A Cool Commander

Many things of general interest niig-ht be ref erred to, and some of the anecdotes con cerning Colonel Thomas must be quoted, as the qualities which made him a good general, lie was brave to excess, and always in front of his men. At Iiislan'd, I vvhere the regiment had to support a battery - the most trying duty required of a soldier, as he has only to stand under flre hour after hour, and wait - Colonel Thomas, upon his horse, kept the front alone, ridiug back and forth, and shouting such words as "Steadyl Stand flrm! Remember old Vermont is looking at youl Steady, old Vermontl" Ouce.to i his saying that Vermont was looking at them, one man replied: "Hope Vermont won't see us in such a scrapo again!" which raised a laugh along the line and helped more than the sternest command would have done to keep the boys in countenance. At another point, "where some white face showed the need of a little more grit," Col. Thomas said, as the shot tore into the earth: "This reminds me of sowin? marrow-fat peas up in old Vermont"