Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-12-20
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"a ~fh talent but OF n grave and a pIay-
iai east Among the latter ass Is an
essseie ~ Hawthorn ON the parI,r Stove
iro~ whsch wa copy the fo:lowins ex-
tract.
Where Is that brilliant guesr-tha,
quick and subtle spirit wh,m Prome,he
y: iarcd from Heaven To civiiize man.
eind. aud cheer them in their wiuiry
ocsolation that comfortable inmate whoss
smiie, during eight months Of the wear,
ws> our sufficient consolation for sum-
mer's lingering advance and early fighrf
Alas! bIindly inhospi,abss, grudyiuu the
iood that kept him CHEEKY and mercuri-
81 we have thrust him into an iron pri
son!dr compel him io ssnouidsr away his
l'fe on daily pifiance which once wood
nave bsen too scanty Tor his break fast!
With out metaphor, We noe mike our
hre IN alright stsye, and soppiv il
with some haIf-a-dozen sticks Of wood be
tween dawn and nigh;inli.
mover shall be -econci ed tn this en-
orsnty. Truly may Il be said, that the
world looks darker for il In one wav
or another, here and there; AMI All A.
yonnd Us, the inventions OF ,manki n re
last biotiins the picturesque. the poetic.
and the beautiful out Of human life vhe
domestic hre was type of all these at
vseotes and ssened to bring might and
majesty, and wild Nature, and spiritu
nj essence into our iEmost home, and vet
10 dwell with Us in such friendiiness.
that Its mysteries and marvels excited
no dismay.
II ID my belief, that social in,ercourse
caiDot long continue what IL has been
now that wc have subtracied from il 40
important and vivifying an element as
ire-light. The effects will be more per
ceptible on our children. and the gener-
atoms that shall succeed them, than on
ourselves, the mechanism OF whose liz.
may remain unchanged, though its spi-
ri 90 Tar other than Il was Tho sa
cred trust of the household-fre has been
transmitted in uuhroken succession from
the earliest ages, aud faithfully che rish
ed IN spite OF every encouragement such
as the Curicw law Of the Norman con-
querors; until, in these evil days, physi
cal science has never succeeded In ex
tinguishing il. But we at least have
our youthful recollect ions tinged with
the glow OF the hearth, and our life Ion
habits and associations arranged on the
principle OF a mutual bond ia the domes
fic hire Therefore, though the
sociabie friend be for ever departed. VET
IN degree he viii be spiritu ,Ily pre-
sent TO us--and still more yillithe en,pty
iorms, which were once full Of his reioic
ing presence, continue to rule our man
ners. We shall draw our chairs toQeth
er, as we and our foreiaihers have been
wont, Tor thousands Of years back. and
sat around some blank and EMMY chr.
ner OF the room, babbling, with unreal
cheerfuiness, Of topics suitable To the
homcly freside. A warmth from the
past--from tbs ashes Of by gone wears.
and the raked-up embers Of long ago.
viii sometimes thaw the ice about our
hearts. But il mnst be otherwise with
our successors. On the most favorable
supPosition, they will be acquainted with
tne nre-side IN no better shape than tina,
oil the suiien stove and more probably.
.ney viii have grown up amid furnace
neal, Ia houses which might be fancied
10 nave their foundation over the infer
neiPit whence sulphurous steams and un
nreathable exhalations ascend through
the aperturcs Of the Hoor.-There will
% nothing 20 attract these poor chill
oren 10 one centre. They will never be
hold one another through that peculiar
medium Of vision--the rudy CLEAN Of
bsazIng wood or bituminous coal-which
gives the human spirit so deep an in
sight into It's fellows and melts all hu.
manify into one c0rdia heart ofhearts.
Domestic life if; il may sill be termed
domestic will seek its separate corners.
and never gather itself mo groups. The
easy gossip; the merry, yet unambitious
Jest-the life like, practical discussion of
real matters ia casual way-the soul
oftruth, which is 30 often incarnatsd in
asimpis hre-side word-wil disapoen,
from earth. Conversation viii contract
the air OF debate, and all mortal
intercourse BE- chilled with a fatal
frost.
ln classic times, the exhortatiou 10
hight 'PFo arts 81 Iocis"-for the aI.ars
and the hearths--was considered the
strongest appeal that could be made 20
patriotism. And il seems an immortal
utierance- for all subsequent ages and
people have acknowledged ils foTce. and
responded TO IL with the full portion Of
manhood that Nature hal assigned n,
each. Wisely were the Altar and The
heafth conjoined in one mighty sentence.
FOR the hearth, had its kindred sanetitv.
Religion SAT down beside il. not in the
prieaily robes which decorated, and Ger,
haPs disguised, her at the altar. but Ar
rayed ~ a simple matror's 0arh. and IA