| The Macon
City (Mo.) Gazette, giving an account of a scouting
expedition in Monroe county, by a detachment of Federal
troops under Major McKee, brings in this incident:
That night a party of
them stopped at the house of Mrs. Chick, a fiery secession
lady, who husband stays out in the brush when there is any
fear of the approach of Federals. She was brim full of
fight and abus, and with shovel in had, berated them in
ferocious style, declaring thwy should have no supper there. Major
McKee, however, took matters coolly, and finally so far
prevailed on her, that she consented to get them supper and
breakfast, if he would help her to do the cooking! To
this the good natured Major assented. He cooked the
meat and washed the potatoes, while she sifted the meal and
baked the bread. When supper was over, the lady washed
the dishes, requiring the Major to wipe them after her! In
the morning the same performance was gone through with for
breakfast. On leaving, the lady of the house and the
Major shook hands, and parted on good terms.
Source: Page 1 of the
Liberty Weekly Tribune dated 18 Apr 1862 at http://newspaper.umsystem.edu/archive/. |
