Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-01-02
Francis Hopkinson.-Met

Francis Hopkinson-Metaphy
 Professor. What is a sALT-Box?
 ,Studen4-It is box made to contain salt.
 PrQfessor.-How is it divided?
 Studem-Into salt-box and box of salt.
 Protessor-Vory welllshow the distinc. ton.
 .Studem.-A salt-box may be where there is no salt; but salt is absolutely nee essary to tie existence of box of salt.
 PrNcsSor.-Aren no sait-boxes otherwise divided,
 .StudeM-Yes; by a partition.
 Proje$9or-W hat is the use of this par ] tition?
 ! Sm5cm.-To separate the coarse salt \ from the fine. \ Professor. .-How?-thinI little. ! .SludeM-To separate the fine salt from the coarse.
 Professor.-To be sure; it is to separate the fine from the coarse; but are not salt 1 boxes yet otherwise distinguished? | .Stadent-Yes; into possible, pro5aJle, and postjye. 1 PrQtessor--DeGne these several kinds of salt boxes.
 .Studcns-A possible salt-box is salt box yet unsold in the hands of the joiner.
 Protessor-Why go?
 .Studcnt- Because it hath never yet be- come a salt box jn tact-having never had any salt in #; anl t may possibly be ap- 4 WE Ill.
 Professor Very true; for salt-box ! which never had, hath not now, and per i haps never may have any salt in 1t, can only be termed q possible salt-box. W hat ' is proJablc salt-b0X? \ .Sip1ent.-It is a salt-box in the hand of one going to q shop to buy salt, and who hath ~ixpenco in lis pocket to pay the gro cer; and positire salt-box is one which hath actually and bona tfde got salt it. Professor.- Very good; but is there no instance of a posit5ge salt-box, which hath no salt in ito StudcB.--I know of none. Professor Yes-there is one mentioned by some authors: it is where box hath by long use been so impregnated with salt, that, although all the salt hath been long since emptied out, 1t may yet be called a salt-boX, with the same proprlety that we say salt herring, salt beef, etc. And in this sense, any box that may have acciden tally, or otherwise, been long steeped in brine may be termed poSitjyely a salt box, although never designed for the purpose of keeping salt. Bus tell me, what other di- vision of salt boxes do you recollect? ,Student.-They are further divided into su6Stantive and penda3a; a su6stantire salt box is that which stands by itself on the shelf or dresser; and penaam is that which hangs upon nail against the wall.
 Professor. w hat is the idea of salt box?
 Studont.-It is that image which the mind conceives of saltbox when no salt box is present.
 Professor hat is the abstract idea of 8 salt-box?
 .Student.-It is the idea of salt-box ab- stracted from the idea of box, or of salt, or of salt-box, or of box of salt Professor-Verv right; and by these means you acquire a most perfect knowl edge of sat-hox, but tell me, Is the idea of salt-box a salt idea? Studem.-Not unless the ideal box hath ideal salt in it.
 Professor True; and therefore an ab- stract idea cannot be either salt or fresh, round or square, long or short for true abstract idea must be entirely free of all adjuncts And this shows the difference between . salt idea and an idea of salt. Is an aptitude to hold salt an essential or an acc'dentol property of a saltsbox;
 Stadent.-lt IS esSeniol; but if there should be crack in the bottom of the box the aptitude to spill salt would be termed an accidental property of that salt.box.
 Protessor Very well! very we'll, indeed What is the salt called with respect to the box?
 Student-It is called its contents,
 PrQteSsor.-And why so?
 Student.-Because the cook is content qao adhoc to find plenty of salt in the box.
 ProttssQr.-Iou are very right--l see yon have not misspent your time: but let us now proceed to LoGIC.
 Professor many parts are there in salt-box
 Studem.-Three: bottom, top, and sides.
 Professor How many modes are there in salt boxes.
 Stadem.-Four: the formal, the su5stan ttal, the accidental, and the topSy-turvy.
 Professor or.-Deline these several modes.
 Stuient.-The formal respects the figure or shape of the box-such as round, square oblong, and so forth; the su5stantial respec the work of the joiner; and the occ;dentol