Show HOWARD HIS STYLE AS A WRITER we select the following extracts from a letter in the brooklyn eagle of yesterday purporting to have been written by howard of the times J from fort lafayette the letter is an excellent tation of the style in w which aich the great dead beai beat J his hia fanciful nom de guerre was wont to tickle the literary palates ot 0 the readers leaders of the eggle CELL 5 SECOND tier Z fost POST LAFAYETTE may mity 24 3 DEAR dean EAGLE in the language of the magnificent l ent vest Veat vall vau 1 I am liere here I 1 think I 1 shall stay here at least till I 1 get out our berha perhaps ps you yoa are gre surprised at my sudden sadden departure part 11 bo fco was wag 1 I but bat I 1 received a pressing invitation from general dix to come down here which I 1 feel at liberty to decline so I 1 bob murray bro brought the invitation bob murray is united states marshai marshal Alar shai and lie be me the way I 1 should go eo ao I 1 thought it best beat to go it bob is a nice hice mar he has haa a very taking way with himi himy him but I 1 re commend recommend you to cultivate bia his acquaintance yuu you may have heard of fort lafayette it is a great resort of friends of the administration over the left THE LOCATION of fort lafayette is is in the water between be the atlantic ocean and west point it is a good bite site for a marine residence but I 1 seen been any marines here it is inaccessible ces sible on all aides except the inside its out accessibility is what I 1 most object to THE WAY YOU yov GET IW IN is curious and may interest your readers who been here you cant go by railroad or steamboat or horse and buggy the entrance ta is directed in a highly military manner invented I 1 believe bene beke 6 by general dix or bome other man roan you go to fort hamilton which is just over the way A 1250 pound shell with the tha inside out is 13 provided for tor the purpose bouget you get inthe in the shell it is then put in a 2 40 inch mortar and rammed down on a barrel of powder the mortar is touched orf off and up you go you keep going up about fifty miles you then come down and land right 0 in the middle of fort lafayette the artillery artist has attained great precision in the range and you light exactly in the center of a hollow square ot of military people di drawn awn up to receive you ou tue TUB as the shell coes noes oey up la is peculiar when you nave reached an altitude of forty bine ine lne miles eight furlongs fur lur longs I 1 the view la ia magnificent ent you have havo a birds eye view of bath coney island and new jersey I 1 made a sketch of it ill lii sf and nd it to you perhaps you mink think this la Is a ay way iy of getting luto the fort but it lant a circumstance to THE tilt WAY OF or GETTING OUT which I 1 discovered yet when I 1 do ill 1111 let you know the who keep the fort ate are of the military persuasion it is their forte they mostly wear guns or swords and do everything in a military way which is is not a civil way though they have been very civil to me 1 ine be fort is 13 a substantial building there 18 no apprehension of bunglers burg lers sensible people peo pao lc would rather break out than break into it As a hotel it is not equal to the angion mansion Al house though the terms are more reasonable they dont charge any board the ibe only charge military people are given to is to charge b bayonets ayo neta nets the bill of fare is who leeoma but lackritz ritty I 1 it t there 11 ere 1 Is TOO macir MUCH rork PORK the me bill of fare however is varied variell we have pork and crackers for breakfast crackers and pork for tor dinner and pork with crackers for tea I 1 think we shall have a change next weaks week as the commandant has baa sent an order to new york for a barrel of pork when you write to me enclose a burich bunch of radia radishes hes in the letter THE SOCIETY of the fort is select they are mostly people oe of southern complexion who have been recommended here for the benefit of their health they dont generally see it there is no female society here nor no union leagues nor no philharmonic conceits otherwise its pleasant the view is enchanting lovely water spread before the vision on every side eide aa As I 1 said before the bit eit lation is marine ultra marine and gives me the blues aa as I 1 gaze upon il it there is no post office in the foit and correspondence ia is limited perhaps like to know how I 1 sent this letter A pigeon I 1 flew into the fort felt today to day and I 1 attached the letter to his tail it you get it it will tell teil the tale of its delivery the pigeon is pigeon and ard you may get pet him a situation as a letter carrier under postmaster lincoln somebody may inquire WHY I 1 CAME HERE nere ill pil tell you confidentially the goe goy government is makina making extensions to its mansion at fort ham hamilton it likewise lik ilk ewite at fort richmond on staten island they wanted a reliable perdon to look after the architects to see that they pocket the bricks fort lafayette is half way between and so 0 o situated ed that you can bea sea both forts at once orice and ia is just juat the place to see going on A meeting cf of the cabinet was called at the white house secretary stanton introduced the subject the president eaid said it reminded him of a story he once heard in lili illinois nois nola A man who lived in sangamon Sar gamon county in conversation with a medical student stu etu dent Jent said he believe in vaccination says he it dont do a child a bit of good I 1 bad a child vaccinated vaccina ted once and in three days after it fell out of a window and broke its neck the cabinet saw the point at once and laughed so loud that they woke up secretary welles secretary sward siward rang his little bell and sent for general dix general said eaid william II 11 IL how is F tort ort lafayette our flag is there said the general with military promptness ae a there a reliable man to be found in the department of the east said william H if there thundered the general Gwi gral eral lii ill shoot him on the spot who ia Is he asked the secretary hil hll his name la Is dr DEAD dean li bea BEAT says saya the general send him bim to fort lafa lafayette y ette 11 S S Z I 1 came I 1 am still here yours youra in retirement DEAD BEAT IN TIIE THE HOUSE while we make it a daily dally duty to get at least an hour or twe two of outdoor ont oat door doon sunshine and bailin fa ilin think it an important loss to health and ling t h of life let us all aim to create an indoor in door buit slit shine of the heart and hearth by a systematic determination to exercise toward every member mem bero bere ol 01 the household the fullest measure of al a 1 that is forbearing thoughtful affectionate generous and lovely let everything that has the most distant resemblance to a contemptible whine to a devilish faultfinding fault finding to a brutal nesi nefa and to a narrow minded and arid de degrading se be considered as emanations I 1 from the pit of darkness where fiends and burlei dwell then shail light be in every family dwalin cheerfulness in every face and the twinkle of gladness in every eye eya while every heart beart overflows a efflow s with a joy so pure that even angels might envy its sweetness and bliss but let not this be sed without every parent every child determining to ask the question daily MIS with a religious interest how shall I 1 act and speak this day so as to bring the most sunshine sins Bins hine bine lo 10 the heart and hearth of this household 2 arld and fiercest ller celt in dig nations be to the fretful wretch fit only oni for a solitary soli tary taky prison on bread and water ater or for a straight jacket line tenths ot of whose aking waking existence is si s ent ant in bringing clouds in upon an ot otherwise berwise happy hn household by compain faultfinding fault finding and bitterness andre and re pining pini ngn 3 which none but the lowborn low born boru and ind the vicious deli dell deight ht to indulge in to whom it is as natural natu ral rai to snit snap p aud and growl a an a the ugliest cur ifer over 1115 ills meager bade bane 11 halls ails alli lounial ot health |