The Van Buren press., 1871-12-19

L. y tNVH tWu haZeI eyes are peeplnS over
0 my shoulder, while a happy voice ex
!. claims .t tttH
@ "Why George, you foolish old dar
e ling. no one will be interest in that but
c yourself =
Is my little wife correct?
Er- Gcn l. ID. lmbodcn, one of the
most gallant officers Of the Army of
! Northern Virginia, furnishes the fol
lowing interesting iiaciaant, among many
others, of the campaign life OF Gen.
Lee: "a =.
"When the two armies were on the
opposite banks ofthe Rappahsnnock, in
the winter ef 1864, meat was some.
times very scarce in ours. Even the usu
! al haK-poand per diem ration could not
Ibe issued, During one Of these periods
OF scarcity, ON very stormy day, several
cosps and division Generals were at
headquarters, and were waiting for the
rain to apate before riding to their camps,
when General Lee negro cook announc-
cd dinner. The General invited his visi
tors to dine with him. On repairing to
the table, tray ofhot corn bread, a, boil
ell head Of cabbage, seasoned with very
little piece of bacon, and a bucket ofw
ter, constituted the rcpast. The piece Of
nest was so small that all politely do
clined taking any, expressing themselves
s''yery fond ofboiled cabbage and corn
bread, F" on which they dined. or course
the General was too polite TO cat meat in |
the presence or guests who had declined |
1t. Bat later in the afternoon, when they
had all gone, feeling very hungry, he
called his servant and asked him To bring
him piece of bread and meat. The
darky looked perplexed and cmt
and after scratching his head sosso' tue o.
said in dcprccating ! wh~ .ooses to
u "Loown bys Robephoneom cognonicn
soe oeRondaraat g."
her John Locke had some good ids
en- about the operations Of the mind: |
ing many OF his notions have been explod
ny by more modern research. Modern M,
tai Philosophers have discovered II
ea, mode of drawing instructions from |
ps operations of the mind upon matt
80 h has completely exploded the {
ar ,rison Of the mind OF child to
.hte sheet Of paper The paper
ow inanimats always remains just as y
the find it. unless defaced by some perso
TIC The mind is animate, and develops of
'he self, fed by animal matter from the phj
'aS ical body The mind receives all il
'er' pressions through some one Of the a
sta senses 1t can receive impressions
other saSS IsaS fhgr't aHg tie 's mind 'fs Z &
a CuRrrrcr~sxestlat nature. This su
word may disquiet All :es place in diff
or whole Aay- sTopsrent times. In 9
.asts gleoM9vHIater. 1t is during Il
While "a smile. Ike ftrs would have !
nay light up e>Anaisskesas the Rondars
says moacstly eallsit,) vigorously.
Au- Is during this period that children :
'ou controlled by the innate physical desil
ted and feelings OF the body.
Now Mr. Iron. talks very logical
ver ifit WAS not that the supposiiion, or p
misses on which he bases his argumel
md wSre wrong in the FIRST instance. !
vel srison IL decidedly in favor Of
=, Gate of corporal punishment. I
her noxious weeds will never grow in
les spiece Of ground, II the husbandn
the is dilligsnt in stirring up the 8
'sta With tho right kind Of 4
me but IL he neglects to do So,
MI, noxious weeds will grow. SO II
ana child is no. corrected by means wit
cou"lis combhllYpsion, it win bring forth
plaeehupds on u knowledge. The CHI
unhappy "fnlssove' are through the anir
home, go forth perse- v,nt-, commune
other homes miserable, and II must 4
the sourness and sadness. "a -, ..~-.
sions, aud strifcs, and railings, which
have made their own early lives 80
wretched and distorted.
Toward the cheerful home the chlldfen !
gather cas- clouds. aud as doves TO their
windows;" while from the home which
isthe abode Of discomfort and strife and
trouble, they Gy ,r5r.h as sultures to rend
their prey. iia .al f.lt
4 Tho class Of men that disturb and dis
order and distress the world are not
those born AID nurtured amid the hal
10 wed influences Of Christian homes; but
rather those whose early life has been a
scene of trouble and vexaton, who have
started wrong in the pilgrimage, and
whose course is one Of disaster to them
selves and Of those around them --Er
Is THE Mooy ISgABlrrD THE ques-
ton whether the moon is inhabited seems
to hsve been partially solved by the fol
lowing German tale a
Ages ago there went one Sunday morn
ing an old man into the wood to hew
sticks lie cut fagot and sluug II en- a
stout staff, east it over ii shoulder. anu
began to trudge home with his burden.
On his way he met o handsome man IN a
Sunday suit, walking towards the church.
This man stopped and asked the fagot
bearer: Do you know that this is sun