Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-02-21
From Mss Led,', Nsgosise.
RIO VI a nee AND REALITY

BY + Arthur
1 mt with a mos spl,nlI gih las, evening
| r'mifk'1l 10 has fnon1a young man whose fnr
iubll c,uAl forehead and char brigh, eye. cav.
! 'ni'cniiops OF more than ordinary mental cndow
| IA us.
Who is shr2 was the friends brief question.
J Her nlm" IS Adelaide Merton, Have you
ever seen her
No. bu, have often heard ofthc Young LADY,
Asa gal o more than oriiniry intelligence
u yes D'a't yon remember the bau,iful lii.
Tie grms Of poty that us-I t. arprar in the q.
zhtr. under the signature OF AirIalicT
Very We'll SOM of them were xquisite and
all indicated no ordinary mind. Was she their
au,harT
SO have been told
! cln very readily believe it, for never have
IN" with "A woman who possessed such brillian,
intellect. Her power of expression is almost m.
bonnfcd. Tier sentences are perfect pictures Of
the SC n,a she describes Ifshe speaks ola land.
scape not ono OF lis most minute attractions is lost
nor one of the accessories to lis perfection as a
whole overlook Aud so ofevcry thing else. in
the higher regions fthc intellect or in the lower
forms OF nature For my own part was lost in
the admiration of her qualities She will yet
shine IN the world
The yong mn who thus expressed himself in
regard to Adelaide Merton was nlm,d Charles
Frnwick lie poss' ss"d fine mind which had
been well storei BIT his views Of life were a.
toy thor perverted AMI erroneous and his ends
deeply ,nctured with the love of distinction for
It's own sake A few tolrrahly successful literary
Efforts had been met by inindicous overpraise.
leading him to the vain conclusion tha, his abli-
ties were Of so high character that no field of
action was lor him worthy one. that had any
thing TO do with what he pleased to term the o.
dlnary grorcllng pursuits of life Of course. all
mere III, chanical operations were dcspised ami
as natural cons ounce, the men who were en-
gagged IN them. So with merchandising and u lso
with the various branches Of productive enterprise
They We're mere ministers of The base hysical
wants of our nnture His mind took in higher
aims than tn Sc
His father was a merchant in moderate circum.
stances engaged in a calling which was of course
d. spls. by ms son notwithstanding that he was
ind b,ed to his fathers constant d.. ion 10 thai,
calling for his education, and all the means of
comlor and supposed distinction that he enjoyed
The first mt n,ion ofthe elder Mr. Fenwicl1 had
been to qualify his son thoroughly, for the calling
of merchant that h. might enter into bnsn IS
with him and rec i've the b,nrfts of his expert
enc enc n aa fl & Viz il e Pr qbhR t2
made the unfortunate discovery that he could pro-
drcc species ofcomposition which he called po-
etry. His cflrs were praiSod-and this Induced
hin TO 20 on rnl he larned the art Of tolcrablv
smooth versfca,ion This would all have been
well enough had he not imagined himself to be,
in Consequence Of vastly increased IMPOTENCE -
SiimrIitcd BY tins idea he pros culrd his collrgi-
at srl It's with renwcI iiIigencr storing strong
AMI comprehensive mind with fics and principles
in scirncr anil philosophy that would have given
him. in after life no ordu,rv power ofusefunass
as literary AMI professional man had no, his sci
fish en!s paralysed and perverted the natural en-
ergics of good intellect.
The fathers intention of making him a MGR,
chant was Of course. opposed by the son, who
chose on" of the learned professions as more hon
orabln-not more useful ms a prof ssion that
would give him dlsnclion--not, enable him to fill
his ri Thi place society In this he grnlif-
ed A. the time OF his introduction to the reader
he was Aaown as young physician without pa
tinnt fle had gra luated b't had not yet seen
amy occasion for taking office, his fathers
purse supplied all his wants His pursuits were
manly lite :ary--cnnsls,Ing of essays and "vlcws
for some of the periodicals. intermxed with lib
cra seasoning Of pretty fair rhymes that rose oc-
casioniIIy TO thr dignity Of potrv-or as he sup
posed to the lofty strains ofa Milton or Dante.
Occasionally lecture before some literary associ-
alton brought his name into the newspapers in
connection with remarks tina, kIn1led his vanity
nn hIne D,bI,ing clubs afforded another
fell for display. AM he made liberal use of the
facility so much for Charles Fcnwick
Of Atrhide Merton we say remark, that she
was Just the kind of woman TO captlvate young
man OF Fcnwick's character She was snowy in
her style cf conversation but exceedingly super
fetal Her reading consis, d principally OF poet
~ and tn. popular ligh, litcrntnrc ofthcdny with
a smaucrlng of history She could repeat in quite
attractive STYLE. mIny fac passages from Iio-
mpr Virgil Milton Shakespeare Pope Byron
ShIly Col ridge, ami host of lesser lights IN the
pntlc hrmisphere--and could quote from m }
critics. the philoslph and s,vl. Of Bulwer with
the mos, rdfying Dissatisfaction imagnablr-noi
to cnurnera,e her inmy other remarkable chsrac.
terislics
\ s.coni visit to Al hide conf med he frs
favorable impression ma J" upon the mind OF Fen
wick At the lhd VISA he was half in love with
her, AMI she more than half in love with him A
fourth interview compl ted the work on both sd's
~ lhr hih the following conversation terminated
the pleas nj intercourse of the evening They
were SEATED on a sofa and had been talking Of Po'
Hfv nni irds ani flowers green fields AMI smI-
Ing ltnisclpes AMI dozen other things no, ne
eessirv 10 be r'P'aied At present A pause OF
some MINUTES hn' liv succeeded and each seemed
DEEPLY absorbed in though,
a l,lriie' At l-ngth the Young man said 10 q
loN musical tone. fail Of richness ami pathos -
Oh you not FEEL, sons,imrs when your mind
MSS INTO the Trgi0n al pu1e tbouyifs and rangrs