The Van Buren press., 1867-07-26

And We never have heard or seen the poor man
Whom we left alone in bis glory.
"WHAr Is A TARE T'-Many men, al
though not as exemplary as they should
be in their own lives, are yet at much
pains to rear their childen correctly. The
sentiment with them is, do as say, not
asl do Such iather-not far from
Van Buren-is in the habit Of getting in
toxicated, or on "tare," rather often
lie cndcavors, however, to hide the fact
from his children but little pitchers have
long ears" and children know more of
what is going on than grown people fire.
quently suppose.
One evening this exemplary parent was
hearing his little Henry reci,e his Sunday
school lesson. 1t was from the fourteenth
chapter Of Matthew, wherein is related the
parable of the malicious individual who
went about sowing tares, etc.
"What is a tare ?" the parent inter
rupted to inquire
Henry hesitated.
"Tell me, my son, what a tare is 90
You have had en-" said Henry cast
ing down his eyes, and wrigging his foot.
Had 'em y said the astonished parent,
opening his eyes rather wide. "Why,
what do you mean, Henry ?"
When you didn't come home for three
days last week." said Henry, IL heard
mother tell Aunt Susan that you was off
on a tare'
The Sunday school lesson was brought
to an abrupt close, and Henry, who knew
too much altogether to sit up any later,
was sent off to bed.
FoRcIBLE, IF Nor ELEGANT. .-Ex Gov
ernor Wells of Louisiana, apparently takes
his expulsion from Office rather phiosoph-
ically, if the following incident reported of
him by the New Orleans Times, is true.
An acquaintance met him and inquired how
his contest wit the military powers had
terminated. Mr.. Wells good humorcdly
replied, Badly, sir, badly. / held the
four acres, but Flanders had an Arkansaw
hand-four jacks and bowie knifa-and
had to cave"
JUDICIAL FRANKNEss. An exchange
says that Texas judge was recently call,
cd upon to pass a sentence in capital case
After dwelling upon the enormity of the
oilense, the solemnity of the prisoners po-
sition, and kindred topics, he concluded his
address as follows 1.-The fact is, Jones,
that the court did not intend to order you
to be executed before next spring, but the
y weather is very cold, and our Jail, unfor-
,tunately, is in very bad condition, much
) Of the glass in the windows is broken the
chimneys are in such dilapidated state
that no use can be made to render your
apartment comfortable; besides, owing to
the great number Of prisoners, nos more
than ono blanket can he allowed to each ,
to sleep sound and comfortable, therefore,
is out of the question. La consideration
OF these circumstances, and wishing to les
sen your suflerings as much as possible
the court, in the exercise of it's humane
compassion, hereby orders you to be exc
cuted tomorrow morning, as soon after
breakfast as may be convenient to the sheriff
and agreeable to YOU
a little man in the west OF Mary
land rushed to the Potomac river, last sum.
mer, swearing that he would drown him
self. When he had waded in to the depth
of his waist, his wife, who had followed
him, seized him by the hair, and then; as
a spectator describes it, she led him back
until she had reached place where the
water was about two feet deep, where she
pulled him over backwards, sousing his
head under, and then pulling his head up
again: Drown yourself, (down he went, J
leaving me to keep the children (anothor
plunge Get drunk (! (another souse) and
start for the river! (another Dip Better
use water instead of rum (another dip and
shake of his head. Ill learn you to leave
mo widow - After sousing him to her
hearts content, she led him out, a wetter
il not wiser man, and escorting him to
the house, shut the door.
The influence Of food on the quality
Of Milk is very striking. A half starved
COW yields but little milk, and what it yields
is miserably poor. On the other hand, the
liberal supply Of food rich in heterogeneous
and phosphate elements Of nutrition tells
directly on the milk Nothing, therefore,
can be more injudicious than to stint a
dairy COW in food
An old man ofeighty two, living on
tho Eastern Shore, Md married his fourth
wife o few days since, his third having
been dead but two months. His bride,
though only forty -throc, had "laid OUT
two husbands, the last ofwhom was chuck.
cd under the sod only three weeks previous
to her marriage with the old veteran above
referred to.
Lord Cockburn was sitting on the
hillside at Bonaly, with Shepherd, and,
observing the sheep reposing in the coolest
situation, remarked to him "John, If