A SHAM BATTLE AND A REAL HERO.

HE boys in the Springfield Mili-

tary Acadeniy were fond of proces-
sions. Their teachers declared that they
would run a mile to see three men walk
behind a fife and a drum. All they
wanted to make them happy was a band
of music, a broad street to march through,
and a line of spectators to gaze upon
them. There had been no procession
in town for six months, and they deter-
mined to have one in honor of Washing-
ton’s Birthday.

As Springfield is a Revolutionary
town it is all alive when the 22d of Feb-
ruary arrives. It hangs a flag from the
spire of the church, and rings the vil-