. . ses only the hind quarters ;kinntd and laktn, so that everybody had tender, juicy steak. Beef formed a very consid-erable part of our dailymenu, A peculiar featureof the hot, dry air of thatTexas plain was the factthat fresh meat, when cutinto slips and hung up,would not putrefy butwould in one or two daysbe so thoroughly dried, orjerked, that it wouldkeep for an indefinite soldiers prepared largequantities of it in this wayfor use at pleasure. ThoseTexas cattle had enormoushorns—often with a spread,from tip to
. . ses only the hind quarters ;kinntd and laktn, so that everybody had tender, juicy steak. Beef formed a very consid-erable part of our dailymenu, A peculiar featureof the hot, dry air of thatTexas plain was the factthat fresh meat, when cutinto slips and hung up,would not putrefy butwould in one or two daysbe so thoroughly dried, orjerked, that it wouldkeep for an indefinite soldiers prepared largequantities of it in this wayfor use at pleasure. ThoseTexas cattle had enormoushorns—often with a spread,from tip to tip, of four orfive feet. Men who weregifted with both skill andpatience, decorated some ofthese horns with all sortsof military and sentimental designs, engraved in a highly ar-tistic manner, and took them home as mementoes of their so-journ on the Texas prairie. On the 10th of October the Ohio regiments participated inthe election for state officers. More than four-fifths of the votesfor governor were cast for the Republican candidate, GeneralJacob D. ROBERT O. LUCAS,HOSPITAL STEWARD, SIXTY-FIFTH. t865.] 757
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