Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-04-18
Patent Sermon.

folly to be wise"
This is great and momentous trutl
Wisdom is only to be attained by lon
and dreary experience, deep thought an
extensive study, and by the time we hay
made a reasonable advance in its acquire
ment, We kick the bucket, and end tn
game but ignorance is always ready +
stepin TO our defense, aud when aided b,
impudcnce, will pass at par, while wisdom
and common sense are at a heavy dis
count. If you would make show 0
yourself, mask your ignorance and as
sumo 3 good share of impudence, ant
you can hardly fail to succeed. If yol
wantto make people thini you are learn.
ed in naval matters, Just step into Jehef.
shed chamber aud look at bis boat ant
and talk lesruedly Of the fight between
the Monitor and the Merrimsc and show
the gaping crowd how the rebels might
have been sunk before they had time to
do mischief Then explain how a single
she'll dropped into the magazine of the
Merrimac would have flaberga,,ed the
whole concern. The next thing to be
amplifed is 10 show how if the twist OF
the riGed cannon had been greater, and
the shot made in the form of a screw
augur they world have bored such holes
in the plating that the Merrimac would
have made a first rate cullender Tbi,
done. straddle horse, ride two cousecu-
tive days through the camps at the rate
Of forty miles a day-go within seven
miles Of Manassas and a mile Of Me
Clellan's head quarters-look at a quaker
cannon from a respectful distance, and
then take 'suack' with some phthisichy
old doctor whose ham and meal holds out,
and you are qualified 10 astonish the ma
tiyes. You can then make them see that
Mcclellan was outwitted and is no gem
eraI-that it was bis duty to have wa
ded through the mud in spite Of the
President and Secretary Of War, and
drive the rebels from their strongbolds
before they had time to leave them and
iu that way he might have stopped the
eating Of a great tot Of his own men,
and saved to the country q large sum in
their board, besides clothing and wages.
Then describe Mrs. Lincolns dress. give
the exact breadth of her farthingale and
the length Of her train; hint modestIy,
iog She is lady, at her sympathy with
The rebej>-aud then describe O.d Abe's
lantern Jaws and long lrgs-and then. by
way Of giving finishing touch, describe
he length and finish Of the rebel ioctoIcg,
and the comeliness of the aigger philibeg
and you will make a great strike without
he slightest aid from common sense or
wisdom.
Ii after an ibis Is done, and The hounds
waIlow your logic, you can demonstrate
low much better ii Is to attack an enemy
n his own chosen fortiGcatons than by
extensive combinations and foolish STRAIT
gic movements to drive him from them
without fight, and attack him in the
pen field. BY this management you will .
e voted smart, and you will aid the poor
orIorn rebels by doing all you can to di-
linish and weaken the confidence Of the
ountry and army ia their own chosen
talere. ] DO not 60 so far as one writer
id, who said
"a little learning is a dangerous thing"
)r | think a very li;tie learning is quite
seful both TO ignorance and impudencr.
May you all improve upon these basty
inls, and greatly profit thereby in laying
p large stores Of 5unkum and shoddy.
men and amen.