Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-07-07

n zeal IN his nunlls ~ W "'"P''N" ''NH HNu
than the mechanism Of Art, its taste and or
namenial execution.
Soldiers have to learn to be a great many
lhings-chambermaids among Others; and
the representation ofthe government, in whose
train we had the honor 10 be walking, were
to Judge, Of course, Of the proficiency of the
cadets in bed.nakinr and general Polyology
Tho "barracLs" are handsome new siruc.
iurc, and divided into those "bcd.rooms for
two. Of the comforts aud crockcry Of which
the undergraduate heroes have the exclusive
care. As the Colonel and his staff and the
Honorable visitors walked along the entries.
doors were thrown open, and the aulo.broom.
handling and seeings.aocr, as executed
by the one Of the two Young soldiers whu
was the alternate Polly Of the morning, were
offered 10 official inspection. We looked in
with the rest Really nca'ness and ord,T
could M further go ] noticed bot two pccu.
liariics-in addition, ! mean to mos, mar
iinci scantincss Of superGuilies)-frsr, that
by male and military chambcrmaidirG, no
covrrlct pciiicoa,s were allowed to fall ovc'
the naked iron legs of the bcdsicals and oyc'
the one pair Of shoes that stood in solitary
readiness for action under each bed anl
second, that the mltirass, a' an article tha
could have no possibility of day.duty, ws
rolled snugly up to the bolster, out Of temp
lalion's way. Altogether one gets the in.
precision that glory is more tidy aud srart
than he had supposed, in looking at this Is
the training Of It. had expected two tow
els to a hero, at lclst--among other di'ap-
pon,mcn,s And as for Monterey aud Bucna
Vista on one toothbrush '-bu, these are con.
.idcatious for the llonourablc Boards more
statistical report to Congress.
Visits over, the parade came or a, noon.
How beautiful j, was, on ,la, green plateau,
with sunshine, music and June leaves, noun.
iains and ladies looking on, Cuba and Canada
in the distance, and a sump,uou' collation.
expecting Ne, a, the Coloncl's house immc.
da,cly IN the rcar-l leave to the readers
fancy, with thus much Of mention Aword
or two only before closing, upon points which
nv child.companioa probably dl no, take in
with his Ice cream a, the Colcnsrs, and
hi, bewiIjcrcd delight and asioni,hmcui,
swallowed Immediately before.
Stature seems to 20 by periods. There was
an age, III, historians tell us, when al the
great heroes and statesmen Of the word were
small men. The cadets a, W.s' Point al,
present are, d, is said, unusually tall. They
are Of course nationally thin. But the con.
trast between their agile and viry look, and
the hluir aud plump aspect Of the cadets Of
Addiscomb IN England, (vhom remember
from having once passed month iu the uoigh-
horhooi Of that military college seeing the
parade. and exercises every day) would tore.
show a natural aand trying anngoaism he
tween the two. To my eve, The personal
build and bearing Of our own Young grey.
coats could scarcely be improved upon, Tor
endurance and action.
They come here. doubtless, by ,ha, pick
for the profession which ensures tina, they
were the bcs, among their play.rllows for
the appoinimcn,-bu, more indominble and
reliable looking a set ofyoune customers for
the enemy, need not be krp, ready. And
there is a siurularly cool and thoughtful alb
scncc Of swell and fl,buslcr about them. 1t
is the quiet mlnlincss OF an which bcloags to
fcarlcssncss with skill and knowledge. Their
model is = high oue--thc Commanian, Colo.
mel Ice, being certainly in feature, micn, and
manners, the perfection Of wha, they should
study for soldier. lie with the family Of
Washington whose honors be- InhcrI,s) is well
represented by the way, among the cadets
themselves, his son, a well bal, and gallant
tooking fellow, bcing a, the head Of the gra.
duatiug class.