St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-06-19

SALTED HIS TEA.-A plucky old tel
low had Il son. who was a student at one
of our New England colleges. and one
day thought he would visit the institution
lie did so, spent the day there, and was
invited to stop TO tea He accepted the
invitation. and upon receiving his ration
of the celestial fluid, reached ont anj
seized bowl of what he supposed to hc
white sugar, but which was in reality
salt With this condimcnt ne prcCecdcd
to liberaIly season his tea. Presently hr
perceived, from the sly glanccS toward
him, and by the general whispering and
suppressed ''Snickering." that something
was wrong. and he rightly conjecturrI /,
was some act Of his: and when. upon
his tasting the tea, the ''Snicker' exp nd
ed into a horse laugh" he hadn't much
doubt "a to what the matter was. A.
have before stated, the old GENT didn't
like to be laughed 1T. especially 10y a
parcel OF school-boys. so. with Spartan
resolution. he worried down the abomin-
able compound, wishing. no doubt, that
those BOYS could be made to drink Il quart
each before going TO prayers in the morn
ing. Giving final grasp. and putting uu
a face that was intended to make cycry-
toIy think that he liked lis dose OF
salts he called for another cup, and up
on receiving it. said to the head -nickcr-
vr: Young man, Will YOU be kind
enough to pass the bowl Of salt ," Tho
salt was passed, and amid the most
brcathless silence he dipped a couple ot
spooatuls into his tea, stirred it up, and
tasted II with Il look Of apparent -ati--
faction Why. Mr.. -, SAID the
young man opposite him, do You driuk
alt in Your tea - "Alwavs," answer
ed the plucl>y old man, with great en-
phasis, and in his pleasante,t manner
A>Ecuorr OF MR. LINcoLN-tieu
Dion Piatt sav- that, after the commi--
lion to try Gen. Buell. had closed it, Ia
hors, he happened to meet, in the War
Department. with Gen. Dan Tyler, the
gallant old soldier from Connecticut, who
had served as one OF the members Of the
memorable commission. While rouyer--
inc with him, President Lincoln came
in.
"Well, Tyler" he said "your Buell.
commission came near surviving the war.
and what did YOU discover, after all
We discovered, Mr.. President re-
sponded the frank old man. THAT lirags
with thirty thousand men. all tolI. drove
back Buell., with seventy-two Thousand
veterans. from Chattanooga to the Ohjo
river: marched around him twice, and
whipped him at last. and then retrratrj
out of kentucky with all his spoiIs uu-
touched
And how do you account for that.
TYLER; i Buell. traitor ?"
$40, sir; | won't say that. The
fault is in our army organization"
why" exclaimed Lincoln. somewhat
warmly. ''io YOU mean to ~ay that our
=. men will not march and FIGHT Is well a.
the rebels 90
There Is no bravcr or better material
in the world. The tanf i with Won.
Mr. President"
with me 80
"Yes. sir. Brags had thirty thou
sand men. lie had no base Of ~uppIie--
no burdensomc provision trains, and Vet
no stragglers. Ii man fell out OF the
, ranks under any pretence, he was shot
70 touch that little army. anywhere
was to fight Il force we'll under hand
easily controlled Our men stragglc
di>obey and desert. and all with yom
sanction. When found guilty by ;
=. court. you pardon linn.
, at i the most painful business that
has fallen TO my lot
but, Mr. President, Congress know
!, ing your goodness, has removed the re,
! -pon>ibility-.iving the sanction Of dealt
: to the division romman lers'
"Oh. yes, Tyler. they have takrr
away tie responsibility and left the wo
men. They come bowling in crowds
can't stand that. Let Congress remoy,
:. thc women by law, and you military
. men can cat tllroats to your hearts con
i tent"