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to answer all questions.
At last he pulled out his fife, and, sitting down, sent forth ‘Yankee Doodle’ with its shrillest strains.
Then he played ‘Hail Columbia,’ and then ‘The Star-spangled Banner,’ while the tears rolled down his aged and weather-beaten cheeks.
Concluding that, he jumped to his feet, and exclaimed: ‘ Now, d — n 'em, I guess they know which side I'm on!’
He and our informant instantly gave three cheers for the Union; and they will both stand by it until death.
Kentucky has plenty of such men.”
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