Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-11-25

a correspondent Of tie Boston Post con
tinues TO relate ridiculous stories alb, ut
Horace Greeley's experiences in tho
Adirondacks. Iris Is the last
| Tie philosopher also made the mistake
of keeping up his arguments" with the
blunt backwoodsman when they were not
appreciated or listened to. IN fact, when
Horace, TO bis Own satisfaction, demon
strated that II certain piece of land, So
called for il was really nothing but q
surface Of limestone rock, could be made
to produce crop of strawberries, the
froutiersman put what he supposed would
bs a erusher, by asking
'tHow would You get furrUw deep
eroIgh TO plant anything 2"
ibis question broke the whole Inc of
tbs farmers offences, and Horace, with
the keen perception of Won Moltkc, and
the quickness to take advantage of q break
in the hue Of defence 50 peculiar TO the
first Napoleon, triumphantly replied
Prepare the ground with subsoil
ploughIng.
drawing back as from a lunatic.
Why" said Horace, I'D do it with a
subsoil plough put into the surface of the
lot. say three feet"
the sweat started Oh ihe poor country
man 5 face as he gasped out -
''Make furrur with plough three feet
thick 10 them tarnal rocks Why. you
cussed old fool. earthquake couldn't get
dowr that far if it tried six hs ~
Inviting Death-some Startling Truths.
The New York Tribute asserts that the
cause Of half the vice among US is the ig-
norance Of parents of the fac5 that certain
nervous and celebraI diseases transmitted
from themselves Send to make OF their
children from their birth criminals or
drunkarda, and that only incessant and
skillEul ca:o can avert the DANCER. The
editor then goes on to phiiosoph &c in this
way
"A man may drink moderately but stead
lily all his life, with no apparent harm to
himself, bat his daughters become nervous
wrecks. his sons epIiepti1s, libertinee, or
incurable drunkards, the hereditary ten
dency TO crime having its pathology and
nnyaried laws precisely as scrofpla, CON
sumption. or any other purely physical
disease These are stale truths to medical
men, but the majority Of parents, even
those OF average intelligence, are either
ignorant OF wickedly regardless of them.-
There will be chance of Kidding our jails
and almshouseG OF half their tenants
when our people are brought 20 treat
drunkenness as a disease of the stom ach
and blood, as well as of the soul, to meet
it with common sense Ind physician. as
we'll as with threats Of eternal damnation,
aud to remove gin-shops and gin sellers
for the same reason that they would stag
nant ponds or uncleaned sewers. Another
fatal mistake is pointed out IN the traiu-
ing Of children-the system OF crammIpg
lighthouses forcing Of their brains, induced
partly by the unhealthy, feverish ambition
and struggle that mark every phase of
our society, and partly by the short time
allowed tor education. The simples
physical laws that regulate Che use and
abuse of the brain and utterly disregarded
by educated parents. To crafty "a moth
er's silly vanity during boys school days,
says tbs editor, many q man is made in
competent and useless. If the BOY shows
any sign of unnatural ambition or power
instead OF regarding it as symptom Of an
Unhealthy condition Of the blood vessels or
other cerebral disease, and treating it &C
cordingly, it is accepted as an evidence of
genius. and tho inhamed brain is taxed to
the uttorn1ost, until it gives way exhaust
ed.