. Observations of an Illinois boy in battle, camp and prisons-1861 to 1865 . t of the day was falling in for soup, pre-pared by the cook on detail for the day, in his open-air studio. It was an article that would not passmuster at a fashionable restaurant, but it was hot,there was usually plenty of it, the beans were abundantand as good as Michigan or New England soil couldproduce, the pork was the finest product of the Illi-nois pork raisers, and if the cook had been mindfulof his duty, had cooked the soup long enough, andstirred it diligently to prevent its burning, it was veryappetizing, we
. Observations of an Illinois boy in battle, camp and prisons-1861 to 1865 . t of the day was falling in for soup, pre-pared by the cook on detail for the day, in his open-air studio. It was an article that would not passmuster at a fashionable restaurant, but it was hot,there was usually plenty of it, the beans were abundantand as good as Michigan or New England soil couldproduce, the pork was the finest product of the Illi-nois pork raisers, and if the cook had been mindfulof his duty, had cooked the soup long enough, andstirred it diligently to prevent its burning, it was veryappetizing, went right to the spot, and built fine loco-motive apparatus for the future marching and on the other hand he had been careless and lazy,there was likely to be a summary court-martial, andhe was lucky if he escaped with nothing worse thanbeing tossed in a blanket. When one looks on thesteaming pot, the words of the old refrain rise at onceto mind. Beans for breakfast, Beans for dinner, Beans for supper, Beans, beans, beans. IN , CAMP AND PRISONS, 6l-65 29.
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