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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3203, 4 October 1881, Page 3

Old parson S. of Connecticut was a particular kind of person. One day ho had a man ploughing in his field, and he went out to see how the work was getting on. The ground was very stony, and every time the plough sff \icit a'stone - the .man took occasion to swear a little. ' Loot here,' dried f arson S., 'you must not swear in that way in my field!' 'Well, I reckon you'd swear, too,' said the man, ' if you had to plough such a stony field as this.' ' Not a hit of it,' said Mr g. ' Just let me show you !' So the parson took hold of the plough ; hut he very soon had considerable trouble with the stones. As stone after stone caught the ploughshare, Mr S. ejaculated, ' Well I never saw the like !' And this he repeated every time a stone stopped his onward way. As soon as he had ploughed around once, he stopped and said to the man, ' There now, you see I can plough without swearing.' 'But I guess it's pretty near as had to lie,' answered the man ; ' and you told dozens o' lies. Every time the plough struck a stone you said, ' I never saw the like,' when the same thing happened a minute before !' While marching through Georgia, G-eneral Sherman travelled with the left wing under General Slooum. After a long and wearisome march, he one day crossed over to the right wing, which was under General Howard. While in General Howard's tent, which had jnst been pitched, the surgeon came in, who was well acquainted with the habits and customs of both. General Sherman sometimes took a ' glass,' while General Howard was strongly opposed to the indulgence. Knowing this, the medical gentleman, after a short time, wishing to serve his chief without offence to Howard, said, ' General Sherman, you look weary and ill. If you will come over to my. tent I will give you a seidlitz powder, which I think will do you good.' ' Thank yon,' readily responded Sherman, ' I think I will.' The man of physic departed, and General Howard, who took everything literally, ran to the valise and got a powder, which he mixed and handed to Sherman. 'Theieis no need to go away for one, if that is what you want,' he said ; and Sherman, inwardly chagrined, but highly amused, drank the cup manfully, to the mirth of several bystanders, who comprehended the extent; of the joke at once.