The Maine bugle ... campaign; 1-5 Jan. 1894-Oct. 1898 - Maine.gov

372 THE MAINE BUGLE.
It was voted to allow the ladies to build a hall, and the date
of the next reunion was fixed. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the
First, Tenth and Twenty-ninth held a meeting Wednesday
afternoon, August eighth, and elected for officers:
President—Mrs. C. H. Frost, Portland.
Vice President—Mrs. A'. S. Spaulding, Portland.
Secretary—Mrs. M. R. Weeman, Portland.
Treasurer—Miss Mamie Annie Colesworthy, Portland.
The ladies turned out in large numbers, and crowded the
large banquet hall to overflowing, and after finishing their
routine business they discussed the question of building a hall
of their own. It was voted that a hall suitable for the purpose
be erected near the association building.
TWO WAR STORIES.
The air of Portland harbor has been fairly teeming with the
tales of the great rebellion from the reminiscent lips of the old
veterans who have gathered at their annual reunions in their
regimental club houses. What a pity that all these stories as
they issue forth in select circles of old comrades and pass out
into the surrounding atmosphere in ever diminishing waves of
sound couldn't be somehow preserved in some great phonograph
of nature to be given forth hereafter for the benefit and amusement
of posterity. In one circle of story telling veterans were
General George L. Beal of Norway, state treasurer. Dr. D. W.
Bland of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, General Schuyler Hamilton
of New York, and others. They were talking about the intense
hostility displayed by the southern women towards the federal
troops, and General Hamilton told the following story:
It was when he was in command in Mississippi that he saw
this singular instance of the feminine hatred for a northern man.
He was invited to call at a wealthy southern home, and noticed
that the daughter of the house was a singularly beautiful girl of
about eighteen years of age. He was accompanied by a young
man, one of his staff, who was soon talking with the young girl.
Later the young man came to the general and whispered, "That