. . the sun -ty-fifth. The Sixty-fourth wasmustered out on the 3rd ofDecember—one hundredand forty-two officers andmen present. The occa-sion was painted byscenes of tempestuous hi-larity similar in all respectsto those which enlivenedthe camp of the Sixty-fifthThenext day the regimentmarched to Lavaca, andloaded its baggage onlighters for transportationto Indianola. While 1was going on old Happy-Jack, the tattooed sailor—whose name was John —slipped away andmade the grand nmnof all the sami ls in the town. Jack was an artist
. . the sun -ty-fifth. The Sixty-fourth wasmustered out on the 3rd ofDecember—one hundredand forty-two officers andmen present. The occa-sion was painted byscenes of tempestuous hi-larity similar in all respectsto those which enlivenedthe camp of the Sixty-fifthThenext day the regimentmarched to Lavaca, andloaded its baggage onlighters for transportationto Indianola. While 1was going on old Happy-Jack, the tattooed sailor—whose name was John —slipped away andmade the grand nmnof all the sami ls in the town. Jack was an artistic whistler, his imitation of themocking-bird being a really wonderful performance. Whereverhe went he entertained the saloon-loungers with his whistlingand received numerous invitations to drink, not one of whichS declined. The result was that he got filled to the brim withfire-water. As the boats were about to start, Jack appeared inthe offing, describing the route of a rai; alternately sing- ing and whistling, in a state of the highest exaltation. The. ( OM 1 Kin. WKAKY W WAITING. 7«3
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