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REGIMENT CHASED ONE WILD RABBIT One of Ihe most amusing stories of the Civil AVar is told by Colonel Hpvey of Boston father of Carl Hovey editor of the Metropolitan Magazine MagazineThe The colonel says his regiment was camped near where a big battle was in progress waiting to lie called into line when suddenly he heard a commo ¬ tion in the camp and upon investigation he found that a wild rabbit had started to run through the place and every sldier there was chasing the terri ¬ fied rabbit IT seems tlie men had been without anything to eat for fortyeight hours hoursThe The rabbit ran lralght into the colonels tent The oplonel servant a huge negro witli a pair of hands as huge as hams planked them down on the rabbit killing it instantly instantlyTlie Tlie negro dressed the rabbit built a fire and started to stew it in the coffee pot tlie only available cooking utensil and how good it swelled exclaimed the colonel colonelShortly Shortly after this the colonel was called into battle Several hours afterward the colonel felt a hAnd on his shoulder in the darkness Its Sam whispered a voice Drink this yere rabbit stew stewThecelpnel Thecelpnel took the coffee i dt placed the nozzle to his mouth and took a great long draught of steaming hot stew and didnt it tastq good You drink the rest Sam said the colonel as lie handed the ot back to the faithful negri who drafted tlie contents aiid crept back behind the
