The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-21
ABOUT MEMORY.
SOME OFITS FREAKS IN LORD
BACON.
4 NfMESTs FOR TIE CRIMINAL
BITTERNESS II ALL.
Written for THE DEMoCRAT ,

Lord Bacon-I believe it was Lord
B4con-is on record as hayiog given
memory blsckeye by the statement
that it was one OF the lowest 10 the
order Of the Intellectual faculties.
The distinguished gentleman in
question was philosopher and Of
course had the right to speak "Ae
ooe having authority" and to ca,il
ut the lower classes who didn't come
up to bis ideas of spectsbility.
Tnat ls philo ophy-to show Others
the way in which they o1ght to walk.
and at the same time religlously re-
frsin from walking therein.
Why, there was old Dioge nes--but
that has nothing to do with the con-
troversy between myself and Lord
Bacon.
The Question is this Dill he have
bad memory and in consequence
philosophicillY condemn those
who were no., like himself, gifted
with forgetfuIness2 We are bound
to conclude that such was the case.
To be absent minded seems 20 be an
hereditary trait in the Bacon family.
Only q few days ago certain Lord
! Bacon-a remote ancestor OF the
! Eng 'lshman-paid visit to my
dower garden in my absence, when
[ arrived on the scene be had rooted
up and deroured several rose bushes.
pear tree, and WAS meditating an
attack on honey-suckle vine. !
succeeded, by the aid Of strong
argument, 6 feet long aud 4 inches
square, in perauadlng him to leave
| his repast. | thought be would re-
member It. But the next morning
when | arose, | found that IN fit Of
oblivion he had returned. The ap
peararce Of things might have led
one to believe that an eartIquske
had married cyclone and that the
happy couple hai repaired to my
flower garden to spend their honey
moon. | always did think tha;
Cyclones-but TO 60 back to the
great philosopher. To say the least
his utterance as to memory is s"spi-
cious.
Did be ever tumble ont Of bed be
fore breakfast turn over the wash
stand, empty the bureau drawer,
runmage iG the closets and swear
tho roof off, because be couldn't find
tbs slippero3 Did he declare that he
placed them right by his bed and
suggest that burglars, the servants
or his long suffering wife. were re-
sponslble for their disappearance?
Aud did he spend an hour 10 ''ahoop-
ing things mp only to behold the
gorgeous pattecps-caljed slippers
by courtesy, adjoining his fes,s II
would be interesting 10 know.
onbtless he sometimes left his desk,
while he was writing his inductl,e
Philosophy, about which every body
! talks so much and understands so
little, and remarked that ".ome glld,
ed fool had moved 4is fountain pen"
! Then few minutes later he would
reach up and discover the missing
article behind his ear and say: "ol
| I'm | thought so -
But memory WASH t Of any conse-
! quence, oil no; because he didn't
| have it. There was time when be
! was sgain cOnspicous fDr his forget
fulness. He had in his possession
about ten Thousand pounds OF the
Kings moDey and when asked to
account for 1t he couldn't renem>
Ter 10 save lis life where it Was.
Pare forgetfulnesa, Ghat was ell. Ii
IS great pity that We lave no data
TO tell Us what he dli with those
funds, for we must believe that be
appreciated tue provert: 'Money
makes the mare 60" THIS qno-
tation Is taken from Darwln's "Ocigln
o. Species, u lave vide stquaint.
anre villa literature Incidentally
it may he rema' hed that it also made
him go-to ii.
We are not ahIe to learn from the /
authorities how far he carried It's
aversion to the insignjf ant facnlt.
For instance the public has never
Known pr"hably ne.ec Will kaow,
whether he forgot 10 chew his fool
while eating, whet her tie forget TO
- in the hoase when it rslned
whether he couli remenher % shat
his eyes wien be went to sleep.
Ne can make a personal apIllcs
.ioD Of hls maxim sni fad ihat lie
is risht. 'f we coGil lose menor,