Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-07-06
Correspen demee.
Fer tie HereiS.
FILTERS PROM THE flRESlDE OF A
PHILOSOPHER


IA, ssfe ,
-, no. been unable TO break of the habit, al
s.,ssh he pecessiiy Of IL has ceased. The affeo-
.,.,,. seduhiy Of his daughters, while he wa. an
..,,l,S. enssndered among them emulation,
ul,sh. though the LOUNGES, ofihem Is now nearly
t.,, crown. h,, no, ye, died away. The contested
,.,, Al hr,t was. which could make his night caps
-,,,, sa,y and snug and warm. new tie, tina,
vibos, Icing uneasy would keep the isppes close,
a, iainz particularly sol, TO the cheeks and neck
%, an Improvement that would throw the inventor
~ into eostss,es. Blu, since health has made
ax,s Qualities less essential, the rivalry has been
,,-s % by the display OF skiil and fancy in the
trH and embroidery. Observing Julia at work last
,ishi on , so,e.que looking thing, the progress Of
rtich had for several DAYS watched with wonder
IA; curiosity, and found assuming, as near as
cad Judge. the form Of griffin peering over The
"a 100 Of low ,urban. I asked her what on earth
ssvss making. She smiled, promised to now
ss and lot The room. In few minutes q score
d nghi-csps were arranged on the table before me-
each with peculiar form and device, and each a
sLtf d esurre in its kind. One had emblazoned in
able, on azure, wha, Mrs. Satate averred were the
arms Of her family. She wen, to the library and
bfnugb, the works Of Ocean, in folio, (who, you
know, was scholastic divine Of the fourteenth cen
isry. He revived the doctrine Of the Nominalis,s,
which had slept since the time OF Abelard, and
whieh you have heard me defend with much zeal,
and fis,er myself with some abiliiy.l Opposite
the title page was heradc PICTURE the only fea-
tste in which, that now remember, was lion with
BIS tail between his legs, head erect, and mouth
open; which position she called regardant. Be-
meath was Written in ypbric, "Sir Everard Fawke-
per." ] could not discover, from the long line Of
cousins and cousin germans that she gave me, how
msch.of the knights blood the nermixture effected
H BY century and half had left in the old lady's
vsus This was Mrs. Saiiate's only foibe; and as,
with animated PRIDE she told her gold of birth,
Il Imagined could well understand how il happens,
that drop OF blood from one OF Epgand's noblemen
still regarded, even here, by those who possess it,
as a rich Inheritance. We Yankees, who cannot,
mos, Of US, trace back our ancestry beyond our
grand.s,hers, are ap,to laugh at such things. But
We ought TO remember there is a foundation for
pride o! birth in the nature Of things. Al some pc.
Rod, the ancestors OF men of rank must, by their
natural endowments, have raised themselves to en-
nence; and by the constitution OF nature, there
IA preponderance Of chances in favor Of the con-
The daughter Of fair woman is not moro likely to
ssir, than is the child Of person of talents to
ssss good zbiiities that ancestor OF great Or
an fame, however distant il may be, is rightly
ooked upon pledge to extent, for the char
,cser Of his descendent. am disposed to think thai
ne great stress laid on this advantage by those who
nave ii, depends this, that good birth is superior
ny, that misfortune or own cannot deprive
usof, and thai no inferior can attain to. Circum
stances may raise up rival in ,reaith power, bu
Mood runi IN the reins could never look bu, with
feelings Of regret upon the fall, in our own country
Of the order OF the Cincinnati which the founders of
our Independence wished to establish as a living
n monument Of the Revolution. 1t seems to me t'
have had all that charms US much in the nstiiu
tons Of heroic ages. wi,hou, any Of their power II
work injury to the interests OF the people. No
would the badge oflhat order been inefficient In in
spring those who wore it, with patriotism, 30 earl'
allied to pride OF birth. Hereditary distinctions un
sn they be accompanied with predtary wealth. ar,
Powerless to evil; by which I mean that the onl,
Ins'oeracy is the aris,ocracy of wealth. or wha
poNs were tho blood Of tho English nobility bu
iof their broad landsi Let the ritiful noblemen o
ay, whose line. uncontamins,ed by Plebeian mix
tare, may be traced to the Gothic chiefs who con
qOsrsd the Romans, answer. This consideration
makes me think that jefferson and the French dem
oSrsi, need no, have been so frightened at wha
lSe, called the birth Of Aris,ocracy Little as yo'
eel on such subjects, my dear Anthony, you vii
ssiee with me here, when you recoect that, il tn
leas'on rolls speak true, you would have been
Corporal in that glorious order.
III SAID the nigh,-caps were brough, out, twen,
"nsnber; was called upon to decide which wa
@s e'euesi. All came togsshsr about the table
me cape were tried on by Mr. Sstate, by myself
" ans shis, and BY all. There were caps Of ever
'es hom ihs lime OF Quen Elizabeth, with quair
''"oes and invroughs mottos. suited to the perio
wen ihey were worn. They mgn, have been i'm
posed upon good sn,iquarians veritable relics
amer much hesitation decided in favor Of one 10
ga and slh 10 be an easy headress, but so elegant
worked and with such striking figures as to clair
lie palm.
The figures represented morpheus attempting I
administer Tie cup OF Leths N uilt who, with ha
gard eountensnco and wide. staring ewes ~. p
Ginning upon bed OF thorns. Beside them Inno
esace WAS sleeping quietly. with The smiles no, '.
sasd from lis coanlsnancs.
That is mine, exclaimed Mary. and IT, she ad,
e. placing the cap on my head. 'endowin ing one vii
'ssAi-AooS ~iil do IL. hereby make you a knigh,
Nv dfcisioo MAS tsreixed iih znniausa h. I.