— 
MOOKE’S IUIRjSlX* KEW-Y0ESE®. 
Written for Moore’. Rural New-YorKer. 
hints from bittersweet. 
I only ill exuberant spirits I not only effect no 
\ 7l but I do positive barm- 1 harden bun j 
* hen I either blame or punish a child for a | 
• moral act which he has not committed, he, though 
too voung to reason much, feels the injustice o. 
g g Uotoo ..i.lurs.Uy right* loses 
faitli ill my psnetrallt.il ami the lUaiiooa are that 
r L will end by rebelling against my authonty- 
a I morally at least. The Professor here, adapt. 
'Written for Moore's Korol New-YorKe? 
IHR SOLDIER’S STORY. 
thing and that thing, and trying not to think q 
about home, and bv and by the sergeant came ^ 
up to me and said he guessed it was about lime _ 
for me to go onto my post, and then be went off. , 
So I took my gun and went and relived the | 
sentinel that was there. U was on a nill that 
overlooked sur camp, and the wind was bitte. 
cold, and Lehftttered and shivered all over, i 
to* to* 
Written for Moore’s Rural Sew-Yorker. 
THE FLOWERS AM) RAIN-DROPS. 
AX AXX,EGOaY. 
Ltv fbrbail behavior. U comprised I hiH correettvee to I ^mfo^P^dentate no pride “ViT"^ ^though demons was all about — ^ vebap ^ of he at. No gentlelbreeze 
vnt boy. and girls ranging in age of ^pupil, themto^ while the ^coont, but the boys have c *ver felt so before, and I guess I was i to cooithe heated air. and the warm sun 
to Seven be unruly wdmtel,™ bat 4hey do n0 t in- “JS, Jf “ lhdr duty,” said he, earnestly. nrettY sick; but I wouldn’t give up, and I stoid ghone with Intense bright***. Every tender 
ae worst class in school. Miss»Duwsr* realdilheu y **“ ^ ^ but are carried “ w u one day it came my turn to stand on there my two hours was up and l wt^ re- plant waS ary and wilted, and each beau 
’ccidedly.” said Professor BUSWRO . tend ataUnot fi robust ’ , t ricks during the day, but y ved> j wa s glad when my time was out> and tk)Wer leaned its bright read upon its ^ Lhe ^ 
beUeve it is the very worst I ever along by b V“ d muacles, over- I wV ■pretty ML Yousee.it ^ went straight down to the fire that I ba*i left, ^ „ 0 h 1 for one drop of water sighed 
teach.’’ Professor BUSBR ( >d, >y Children wi - * .... and normally averse winter and we had been oa a long march, ^ try and warm myself, and picked up some m eek, blue-oyed little Ylolet. and then a p , 
d„». or the Bit«r.weet Union fl „ to g w«t Jmoscu- “L, Wrrtbl. M , “,1^1,0 way to put on .bo tiro, men I wMte D ,„ y «*„t tb. «ond,or her vo.ee 
elHngClfts«5Jo.2w»R not in ’^‘ Jflreda I morally at least. The Professor hers, adapts « Y ou see,” said the soldier, atx 
Sp ictory condition. In' ,M ' comprised bbj correctives exclusively to the rocrai nature bimselt - up oa bis crutches, “ I beloa 
* ati f Otoriety for bad behavm . ^ ^ ^ J* ^ papil& . He treats them for f en ^}° ' Army of the Potomac. 1 don’t tak 
local n . twenty boys an fe • " be unruly and cruel, and disobodicat, while •. I on myself on that account, hut the 
perhapt ht to eleven Miss Dunn- rea i difficulty lies in the fact that they do noun- alway9 done lheir duty,” said lie, 
from cig he worst class in sc > httshrod. tend at all not even to do well but are earned Well, one day it came my turn I 
“ If is i wi.ledlT.” said Professor Bobhbod. tml at all not w* are tine ro twist I _ ..I t mv tricks dll ling tl 
uy w. L. IKOBIUAJL cold, and Lehattored and shivered aa over, a - 
__ tried to wads in the beaten path, but J stumb.r. a-j lT waa a botj 8U ;try day in August. The ai. 
« Yo n see ” said the soldier, straightening am , st aggosed about, and aould hardly keep on wag fefa||t ^ he avy-the ground parched ant 
u - , hu crutches, “ I belonged to the my le „ H Mv coat Happed about ia. the «ui > dry, and all Nature seemed groaning un< er n 
t .loot take » pride 117^ „ tbouub demon, we. .« about ™ lve burie » of beat . So gentlelbreeze 
, . , the lady a d- i../exorcise t take leave to insist that sehool x don , t want to say much about that 
i matter?” inquired the Ulj , r<eed to be treated a great there’s many a good boy that now 
know " 
mind, perhaps 
■ ay „ Taking tbelr own moral ^biMeo-bor 
\e one or tw 
of the kind 1 one is as 
11 see. And after all 
il-disposed.” 
They are unman* 
trick3.’’ 
And non-fiog* 
discipline I can 
But you’ll see 
ng for place 
r Washing- 
ore plucky 
off in a 
8TABLK, c believe it 19 tne veiji -- 
“Indeed I “ tt a„u.- rrotertor BmnnoD 
undertook ti ’rincipal of the Bittersweet 
the way, is I 
School. matter ? ” inquired the lady i 
“ What is thv 
dressed. know.” 
“ I really don’t mind, perhaps,' I sugges 
“ Scholars don’t mind in their way—after 
“ We-c-cll, they . 'ways. Taking their c 
mischief is done, su ’■ 
time you umierstand. ie one or two bad pu] 
“ Influenced by son 
probably.” of the kind 1 one 
“Not at all 1 nothing 1 1 see. And afte 
bad as another for augh il-disposed.' 
none of them are really e\ 
“Mischievous?” They are uni 
“Well, yos, mischievous. tricks.’ 
ageable, Impressible, full of 
“Tried flogging, eh?” ' And non 
“ FJogglDg! I should say so discipline 
ging and every other system of ® u t y° u 
devise. Nothing does any good. 
—class prepare for spelling.” ll 8 ^" r 
Claw scrambled forward, wrangli r 
with a unanimity wirrthy a batch o. arep 
ton politicians. A lively small girl, m. 011 
than, learned, as events proved, led 
hand to hand tussle with three strappL 
for the head of the class—and to the c. 
pluck he it recorded, she carried the day. 
a dozen other youngsters were pulling and i 
Ing In as many dilTerent places and directions 
their rights—or somebody else’s. As to the fi 
there wasn’t any, and nobody would own to bi 
ing within three of It. 
Master Bush rod, ferule in hand , charged. 
along the line, stormed belligerents, coerced the 
refractory into position, and reduced the young 
rebels to general and Indiscriminate order. 
“Now then,” said he. “where does your 
spelling-lesson begin i ” 
“Dunno;” “Didn’t give none out:” “Did 
too: ” “ Begin to abaf e and take two short lines; ” 
“ Don't nuther; ” “ Take yesterday’s lessonover 
again.” “Mr. BuSHROD,” piped another, 
“ lookee here, taint no sich a thing, now. We 
begin to orthodox and take one o’ them there 
long lines. I'll just show you.” 
Irruption the order of the day. class point¬ 
ing out, declaring, gesticulating, protesting and 
chattering like a forest-full of monkeys. 
“ Back, every soul of you!” A wave of the 
ferule. “ Back, back.” Two more waves and 
peace was conquered. 
The first word of lesson was duly put out. 
Plucky small girl missed it. Big hoy No. 4 
caught it out of her mouth, spelled it correctly 
and marched in triumph to the head of class. 
Was whisked hack again but expecting to be, 
did not at all allow the ignominy to break his 
heart. Jjtssm BELLOWS, or, as the children 
called her, Jezebel, a biaek-eyed, curly-pated 
sprite, pinched a quiet little mouse of :yglrl at 
her right hand. Was reprimanded. Tweaked 
a fat boy on her left, who, between astonishment 
and a masculine instinct for experiment, set up 
an electrical howl. Class reproved for whisper¬ 
ing. Jk/.khkl called up and sequestered by 
way of penance in a corner near the blackboard. 
Stunning caricature of Professor, the nose ter¬ 
minating in a rod with a bizarre tuft at the end 
of it, popularly supposed to represent a bash. 
Spelling at a stand-still. Admiring glances of 
class fixed upon the blackboard, 
“ W hat are you doing there. J ESME ? ’’ 
“ A figuring,” answered tjie elf, deftly wiping 
out her work. 
“ You are a bad child. Come and stand here 
by me.” 
Jezebel obeyed with charming alacrity and 
in odd snatches of time, managed to inscribe 
C’ROSi'ACii in beautifully clear characters on the 
back of the Professor’s black coat. The fat boy, 
recovering his equanimity, trundled a red apple 
down the class to his little sweetheart near the 
foot. A toll girl was bidden to throw away a 
cud of gum. Obeyed by dividing It among her 
mates, who all fell to chewing and were dealt 
with “ according to law.” Two or three of the 
class were punished for whispering. A boy 
“ old enough to know better,” dropped a live 
tadpole into a little girl’s flowing sleeve. A girl 
stuck a pin iuto a boy’s leg. Somebody pulled 
hair. Somebody kicked shins. Class was or¬ 
dered not to whisper. The lively small girl al¬ 
ready alluded to, went down on her knees to 
pick lip a slate-pencil. Revenged herself on the 
little fellow above her by pinning his two small 
tvowscr-iegs together with a broken darning- 
needle. Small boy measured his length on the 
floor. Class In lively commotion. Small boy’s 
sister making demonstrations with her fists. 
Class threatened with condign punishment If 
rk un d inclined to muscu- rain, ami terrible bad roads. ^on the way to.pht on the fire, vvnen whl * Daisy caught the Kwnajoi ■ner 
h t e ^ t tout that M hoo, *2* don . t wwjt to 5i , much .bout that o» m o»»ar.U tt the BA. bHa^od n,y .m-d ^ .BghU ? h« ■** J>«4 •*+ £■ 
“ “ e ' ’ SKtta - * «‘ tol », *"*' ’ torch, but there's tony . boy that now 
del] less like angels and more like animals. A hl hia col!in 0 n account ot iU I know 
*• T attmizested ,.hi id is a little beast, in many respects, and when that Itused me up, and Shis daj that I was to 
’ _ fiL ; b _, - rt nditlon will frisk, precisely like other . camp guards \ was right down >iok. 
stand on camp guard, I was right down sick. 
But I never want to shirk my duty; and I 
.. .1 *1_ll/S 
CftUid U)WalU8 IV VIiv- *•**••''-- - - “^*0- J TTor 
I could see only one of the bsys settto* thore, for one drop of voter. Her 
bu . wben i got cliwe to it i stumbled against cleMj gilve ry voice floated along the whole 
something, and I looked down and saw it was length of flower-bed, and 
T.v-M, the feller that had the dlanee, laying flower went up the cry-“Oh. for ona 
there. I thought he had joat laid down there to drop Q j unler” 
lg their own y00 ng animals. im nos 9 ibillties-nor But 1 t0 b ., v « an y of the other boys do warm< an | 80 L told him to get up, or he brigbt Raindrops were gayiy sporting 
“S*r» r TC r pSp, ■>» brtto able » “” u 7 d then I »w tbnt ht, Cotbr, , n . fcc0 , c loud, fur up in the blue S lry There 
f0 bad pupUa, moral impr<> >* ^ imp0( , e ab80 lute quiet up- “ y ( sVa8- Y ou can’t always tell when a WM some bura i, already; and so 1 threw down wa3 a gud den pause in their merry a °“ e ’ 
ten years » ■ , , bl j y ^nnot be still . .. k t bave qee n some of the boys. sticus, and took hold of him and rolled him ecbobl g f ar along the sky, was bean. 1 S 
mat one i,» en yoeng cbUdren I- t l„a Onto Ae b“de,t kind of work ”” an J 2 tee turned up to n..»,pelo » . tb6 ^ftered ilovyer^"Obl for cm drop o/ 
And after all and who ought not to be so u t J V going round doing - wo a .nobi *■/, o 1 n l if'A. I , . T. ...no oucfibl! His c v cs was ttoncj 1 •> "Rach dron stood still in mute surprise. 
stead of t 
exercise, 
muscular 
'SiSii Zoning themselves by motives ad- \ C L st and on my pins yet, and as long Uye a9 l00g as he ^^tTme" ^fr, away^Uv^beneVt one^and 
““Ol eapmm wafa ri^Iwn^l feUow. ^ Tn-tL Hte. And «> we curled the our time 
•, ; U lf you had this very class to manage ^ wm alw pU . asa „ t , and took food care of boJy t0 the tree and laid it on wme dead leaves amusements. Of what value . q (>ur 
Tro* now on. for instance, how would you pro- ^ ^ "S go" the ^and r^esh 
CC “ d I would begin with preventives. I would J r ^V/y anybody. You didn’t see any of our ^’of bim , poor fellow’. He got home, at the drooping flowers. Thc*e J^ e “ J apread 
call class to recitation singly by number as No. bovs layhl? off 0 n him, nor shooting him in 4l Aud what became of the other so. 1 - - pause ithosogo ^ P ^ tk()f the cloud? 
1 No 2, and so on, instead of allowing my pu- y b / kd uring a fight It has been done, sir, oue with consumption,’ I asked. throughout the leng d ^ sa0Q eacb aU - 
1,’i/to meet in a crowd on the school-room floor. don e,” said the soldier, earnestly, as ,< Wby b ] ess you, he died the next day after W ere heaid by evorrwp, „ 
SaU chSdnm, w^n huddled together, fall in- ^ of surprise on my face at his the other one wa9 burled. There wasn’t no life yery voice replied-^ Thun- 
“ ‘ ....... v,o(rin tn carter as naturally as a I ...... «nfflcers that have abused and bftrd i- i e ft in him when tother one died, be- then they sau 
coed?" 
y “Iwould begin with preventives. I wour by anybody. You didn’t see any oi o 
a call class to recitation singly by number as No. { off on hiui , nor shooting him i 
mxr r.Ii- * r * /V n. A r* Vumn il.MlP. 
egia to caper « re mark. “Omcers urn — Haraiy ui uuu --—r " Awhile we are prepar- 
flock of lambs or a drove of young colts, and the men> and raa de everything hard for cause> yoU 8ee , he jest sot there ^ let hlmflop der m «dvau^ of us ^JxUe that 
that with so little idea of doing wrong that their bavc lost their Uves in battle without the down into the Are and die, and didnt har mg for our journey,. ,, 
__ STi L rebel,, It ,eem b> netto in ***""?£% lift ZfS - Z«* »• ^ 
b 
sp, 
clos 
Miy. 
UlltULC no ” 
« My class never remember their numbers, 
objected the Professor. . . .. 
“ I keep u cl ass-book of course. In this at the 
eginninp of lb. term I write the name, of he 
filing-class in alphabetical order. At the 
p of each recitation my pupils number core- 
ffiving their whole attention to the busi- 
n hand. I then call class-roll from my 
vi as each child answers, record his num- 
tiny figure after his name. If at the 
Ution any one, as for instance No. 5, 
place I do not wait for him. No. b 
1 es No. 5, No. 7 becomes No. 6 and 
ss ,r'tor:rt:’rjmr, l hr w h :,e th. ^ 
C "”Zf» that d., I ttoed^my "7e h^ »red If they had been sent home in ob ‘^^^'thT'l 
““'Ltd how did yon get along after that!” ij eoffly repeated the wonisof the Thunder—” the 
ih.a.^^D,-.1 
then WO are reUcved four hours. The hoys call agaln , aR(i in the spring our regiment got into a were making all possi^ P & Zephyr 
it -two on and four off” and sometimes, where fi bt ftt Fredericksburg, and there Ig°t th= departurc . d hey hat , hadfengied it to 
thev ain’t verv strict, they let the guard go to “ look off< „ said he , clapping his hand on the 0Q its W ay earthward, aitd h.^enga, 
Sent and 2av till bis ’turn comes. Well. I ^ rop of hU left leg, “ and then I had to be di, carry tbei r cloud ^ey were 
, ,, ,,, ... bul i couldn’t sleep. I had the cbarKed . and—and—I’ve got to be oft in them i lbe flowers were stamn . Tbe 
•f.kpdc^t coufb and pains right here in my cars .” and he left me suddenly and hobbled ready to depart on bheu ‘ tbey w b;ld 
Te t and mv clothes was wet, for it had been j rog3 tbe TO ad to the train that was just leaving Zepbyr kindly wafted the r c v > * 
SSnJXra .. hadn't no chance to j ^^lepot near -,« ^TSSl S SK 
ce it. Ana ioui / we en»i> w — — . , 
found out when we oome to bury soon, far along the sky. was 
• 1 his hoarse voice, ho said to tne 
book a, tation any one, as for 
ber in a place I do not wait 
next reei es ^ Q , r>, No. 7 bee 
forgets his the delinquent appears, 
then becom place below thos 
so on until , class to a livel 
must take his e matter of nur 
This trains the vdlng will ari 
ponslbility in th. claim the sa 
ally misunderstut rds . The 
for example, may et until tl 
cases I allow no wo n signif 
remain perfectly qm am ing 
erty. They may the they 
speak by rising and ass tand 
posture when of course v ti 
attention. They are to s \e 
feet, with the toes properl. ' 
lower limbs well straightei 
and firm, the bust expant 
thrown back, and not at all 8. 
erect and well poised, and th 
naturally at the side. I have a, 
thod of asking to speak because it 
gives the ehild an opportunity to , 
tiou occasionally, and teaches an i 
riage of the person.” 
“ The physique is not sufficiently at 
in oar common schools,” remarked tin 
eir whole attention to the busi- wqu11 lay down ] n my tent until my turn to go j 
I then call class-roll from mv You see we stand on post two hours, and 
eh child answers, record his num- th ^ u we are rebcve d four hours. The hoys call 
gure after his name. If at the ^ afcwo on and foUr 0 tf,” and sometimes, where 
l any one, as for instance No. 5, ^ aiu - t ven - strict, they let the guard go to 
ce I do not wait for him. No. 6 ^ tent and gt ' ay till his turn comes. Well, 1 | 
No. 5, No. 7 becomes No. 6 and ^ Jovm? but j eouldn’t sleep. I had the 
ie delinquent appears, when he wickedp) .t cough, and pains right here in tuy 
place below those already seated. and my dothes was wet, for it havl been 
class to a lively feeling of res- raining tw0 days , and wo hatln’t no chance to 
e matter of nu tv hers. Ocea-ion- ourse lves, and my body was all cramps. So 
vding will arise. Two children ^ tQ mygel f, ‘Jim, (my name’s JHEM9, 
claim the same seat. In such j KKMg Baxter,) Jim,’ says I, ’You’d better 
rds. The belligerents must ^ ‘ ^ you - Uget your death laying here.’ So I 
et until they see me at lib- u and tben ba ck again, I was so weak, 
'n signify their desire to ^ y Xa - d a ]m,] e longer, and then I got thinking 
tuning a correct standing . ., That was foolish. A soldier never 
d ry ourselves, and my body was all cramps, so together, I gazing 
< ...I 7 ♦<** ill UvO ir imv name’s Jkf.ms, — y,i aow ;n<r in mv heal 
I said to myself, ‘JIM, (my name a .Jkkms— | 
Jeems Baxter,) Jim,’ says I, ‘YWd better 
blessing in my l 
of the Potomac, 
5 mg silently after him, with a | stow i, for a moment, gazing upon the e 
heart lor this hero of the Army I loW> and then, as they recalled Ike 
I nAiir flowers—“Oh! for one drop oj water, 
thev receive immefliato , b . nk abou t home wnon ne s su.*, uc- re gimenc, -~~ soivikhw— - ; ,, i i,-hriaht netals. 
tand firmly upon both ... u ^ e if he does he’ll BpOe himsolf-that’s so. breast . He was remarkably cheerful, altho „h kavCfel Each flower unfolded j g 
v turned outward, the TUlt s 0m8 times they can’t help it; and then suffering intensely from a most paufful wi-to and gratefully receded: 1 „ nd heauti- 
led, the spine erect . k and ^eker, and pine away, and and hi3 black, piercing eyes seemed glisten Every i ea f and branch, now g • 
led, the shoulders f y g? ” with them. with that ardent hope which only burns within ^ was paying gently in the coo. tom «jd 
hrugged, the head ^ i found it wouldn't do to lay there, the you thful bosom, as he convened wuh one each lant , standing erect in -1 I 
e axms hanging an , w/ot right up, and went out to one of hi* fellow comrades who shared his beauty , gracefully nodding, seemed to say- I 
iopted this me- ' , u wires that some of the boys keeps danger9 on the many battle fields ill which their fftonfc you _-i thank you, kind rav <. .. 
U a mute one, and sot down on a piece of JgLot had participated. The surgeon in Qh Uow revdYe d were ^ 
vary his posi- "where was two soldiers setting there, harge 0 f the hospital, finding the brave boy bQt a fevv moments be .ore, stood; 
fiegant car- rXth O^m was poor sick boys as ever you ^ wpldly drawing near bis last moments from A U was now cool and ^shing 
nne of'l was bent over, with his face lutemal hemorrhage, and witnessing his total tbe Sun , which before had been ao bngbt, am 
tended to ® ee ’ ou hU knces> an d he kept moaning and unc0 nscioustvess of his precarious situation, m- g^^hing, had withdrawn his go i eu <- 
ris up, and then fell back again, i was so » 
So I laid a little longer, and then I got thinking 
.about home. That was foolish. A soldier never 
ought to think about home when he’s sick, be- 
“Three Cheers for the Union. 
Ix the hospital at Resaca a bright young 
noor flowers—“un: iw .'’V • 
each rata-drop immediaKl, toft its home m ft. 
each raiu-drop -- 
cloud and hastened to their relie!. 
on. with -hat MiAtdld tne gratafnl plane 
le longer, anu tneu i goi, .uumiu S in tne uuayiw — —-. ^ ~ em, . .— =- _ , 
That was foolish. A soldier never lad of nineteen years, belonging to a cavalry , uft up their drooping , - or ™"’ theil / yithered 
_ __hp’« sick, be- was mortally wounded in the left ratter of the rain-drops upon then 
tended to 
' Profes- 
down on 
" Of course I have my little system of . 
ties,” the lady resumed. " Children who 
or crowd must go down one and that in t. 
code of honor has eoino to be a great disgrace 
assure you. If a ehild whispers «r answers th 
teacher when he is not directly addressed, he is 
punished in a similar way. At the same time I 
am careful never to a-k a question at random. 
I addre.-s myself especially either to some indi¬ 
vidual or to the class at large,” 
“ But all this consumes time,” said I. 
“ Not much,” replied the Professor. 
“As each child takes bis place he assumes a 
correct sitting posture which I need not describe, 
placing his feet squarely upon the floor and fold¬ 
ing his hands. Be retains this position during 
recitation or loses his place. Thoso simple mea¬ 
sures cut off the three most common forms of 
disorder in classes of small children—general 
confusion, improper use of the hands and feet, 
and improper use of the tongue, I next intro¬ 
duce for a very' few minutes some appropriate 
gymnastic exorcise, accompanying it either with 
music or the recitation of arithmetical or geo¬ 
graphical tables, This at once relieves restless¬ 
ness and sluggishness. The children return to 
their seats sharpened in intellect and disposed 
to sit still. The spelling-lesson is usually a very 
short one, frequently not comprising more than 
twelve or fifteen words. A dozen words mas¬ 
tered »something gained, while the confused 
oeoal- ] 
oush J 
heir 
I 
is, sea tin | 
the plant 
here for 
Briny tor ** the Sun 
did the soldier eonidentUllr, “it ™ home- gUsteDC d in the eye as he fa-sed hu rnothei , mJ w tlie eirtll. sre will step 
7, k„L that was killing him; there's man, a L turf pressed it with her letters to his bosom t0 w al carry us dirodUy-JOack M 0 
d Jot !AA in the army, and this reviving, he gave them to the hono ^ doud .„ So theylwaited a to 
f.now was lest about fluished, and I knew su ™„. Calling one of bis favoriteeompan.ous hoari gUd a „j happy, as UW|Vl*^ «P« ^ 
I tell you what it is,’ 
noor fellow was jest about tmianeu, ana . 
im when he was jest about as stout and merry 
any hoy in the army. 
Well, the other soldier that was setting 
, wa s a u used up with the dysentery. He 
his simple couch, he reached forth his hand, b€autiful wor k they had accomplished, wh. 
w “ . n. A T irtaAihi a hnff 
ia nia Mlriinc uvuvtt, IJCduauui -— - , a 
saving:— “They say (meaning the doctors) I suddeldy across the sky therelstolc a bng 
must go. Matt; but before I go let’9 give three which came very’near to the ra| 
cheers for our glorious old Tniou. Raising drops< ^ gently caressing^ them,^ be ^ral 
Wflk a useu 1*1' -CLlCvin e- -- O fbnm 
, be ouo of tbe best boys iu our company hlraM , f ap l„ his Iwd, the effort wssToo t^nu. , , lhem upon his golden «ar, “dB 
there 
used t 11 
—ahva, 
to all of 
Campaign 
wasted aw. 
death walkii 
You never se, 
always said if 
get well, but th 
cause, you see, g 
diet* to be disebar^ 
left in his body, t 
keep a sick man in 
only a burden there, i 
hA one OI me UUV8 ill mmseu UU m MW - , , I uiciu O ., ^ Vi *4 
rg ready and willing, and always pleasant c i d sping tlie rough hand of bis comrade e ^ away ^ t heir fairy home m *-1 P, 
us. But he got sick iu the Peninsular sank t0 the floor, a sweet smile lingering on his ^ A. E. Reap, 
. ami It turned to diarree, and he jest br0Uiied hut linelv-moulded <**»****« ^n- Pleasa nt Valley, N. Y., 1S64. 
I to skin and bones, and looked like scions that ho hail a the last horn laUheU tne -— 
about , only he didn’t walk much, wish nearest htsheaiU_ EARLY IMPRESSIONS, 
' home h^woSd The Loyal and Rebel Irishman ; t n is related of Origen that he was indeb 
a such a shiulder as he was. ne j 
he could only get home he would 
ey couldn’t discharge him, be- 
overnment won’t allow a sol- 
red if he has got any breath 
hough what they want to 
the army for when he is 
s more than I can tell, 
oor fellows was sitting 
ning, but I couldn't do 
they do not stop whispering. “ i on fusion worse jutuble of impressions left upon the memory by 
confounded.” As a grand finale llie children 
number helter-skelter and rush pcllinell to their 
seats whispering and sparring by the way to 
their heart's eonteut. 
“ I do my liest by that class,” said the Profes¬ 
sor, “ but I can’t hit upon the right thing.” 
“ Your hitting upon the wrong ones is tlio 
worst of it perhaps,” observed Mi»s Dunn.sta- 
BLK. 
“ "Why so, pray?” I inquired. 
“My motto Is ‘Never punish blindly.' 
If l Bay to a boy ‘You are a naughty wicked 
child,’ when he is not naughty and wicked, but 
a long lesson, indistinctly remembered, is often 
so much absolutely worse than lost, to say noth- 
lug of the wretched habit of inaccuracy which 
it tends to foster. I repeat the lesson again and 
again until the class lias spelled two or three 
times around. This serves as a kind of review, 
fixing the orthography of the words in the 
mind of the pupil, aud directing his attention in 
partieulai to such as happen to be missed, since 
he knows he may directly be called upon to spell 
the same portion of the lesson himself. Final¬ 
ly 1 dismiss my pupils singly, beginning at the 
head and excusing each in turn by a glance of 
■ ><Kk ink Babju l r. 
Edgovllle Farm, Coldwater, Mich. 
“So both of them p „ etty 
there shivering and rnoa, , ^ 
anything for them, nor v 
either; they was both p. 
You see, wheu a feller is s. 
don’t get much help. Soldier 
they can do to lake care of ti 
wouldn’t do for them to be pity 
for if they did they wouldn't be 
set ot grannies, and wouldn’t bo fl 
I've seen a sick soldier on a march 
up with the rest of us, til! by and t 
out and fell down by the roadside andv 
the foam running out of his mouth; 
boys would go right along, and make a 
it, to prevent themselves from feeling ba 
wouldn’t do for ’em to feel bad, for if tlie^ 
it would spile 'em for soldiers. 
“ Well, I sot there by the fire thinking of ti 
remselves, and it 
-ing everybody, 
nothing but a 
l for soldiers, 
try to keep 
iy he gave 
lied, with 
would The Loyal and Rebel irishman. I r is related of Origen that he was indeb 
m. be- During a flag of truce> late y, two 1^ ^ ^ fa[her> Leouides , for his profound kno 
’ a sol- b?5 Tbout auli friends and the edge of Scripture, and forithe early directun 
br *' ath poor ould Dart, and the reb his thoughts to Christian truth. He w.w 
rant to full canteen, and thev sat a health to auired to commit a portion ot -cripture 
a he is and drank one tho ould Dart, At memory every day, his father explaining to 1 
ell. g*g* Kelli sounded for the men to fall back it> m , anillg . Tbe boy took great delight in, 
sitting lo their places, but our friends were oblivious ^ ^ the im luence of his lather s piety I 
dn’t do R- a time they were seen to issue, arm in oiuled his instruction. The awakening u) 
wouldn’t from'tlic krcc.^botli moceedingto our lines. lect of the child was thus brought 
mo up. I ar johnuv’s friends ealleA out.to him to come imffiedlate ^taet with the pure tnn, 
rruy be back or they’d fire. God, and his life took Us direction from 
aueh as ^ mTfl’Sid hoS.” “bviAfilcer in command early training. Leonides, with deep than j 
, and it called out to the rebel skirmishers not to toe. nfj3S t0 God f or the hopes which las sou * 
vvbody, or he'd tire in return, and that he d let the man q and interest u. divine truth eucouri 
g but a the lwo camQ nearer our lines they him to cherish, dev. ully longed and prayed^ 
soldiers. co 5w *topped to settle the matter in dispute, tbe H olySpirit might take up his abodemj 
to keep and the last thing we heard was - heart. It is **id that he would often lean 
he Have ” < h ' u ''" from our nu V’ e w h?e ) and the sleeping child kissing his breast as " a 
ed, with I S,fe-ll to'?» 8 toK(n «S il ole, Vie.) l.e „le I» wUle'li the IIol, Spirit designed to pre 
but the j teettohe dbtink.“ M: but Ame rtt , ms dwe lluig. - 
^ U TO ft IhjW A 1'EKKCII writer sttys. “Sorrow is at 
r did heaJi; (hie, hie.) They were actually goin^ Qod doeg not let it grow on a branch too i 
back when our men separated them amt sent „ 
Ms each man back to his respective line. to bear it. 
the sleeping child kissing his breast as a 
nie in which the Holy Spirit designed to prei 
Bis dwelling.’ — Meander. 
A French writer says, “Sorrow is a f 
God does not let it grow on a branch too ' 
to bear it.” 
