Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1843-06-24


her untainted mind is under all this, and |
there is not chimuey-sweep so low that
he would not give her the side. walk nor
clown, even among the clownish, who |
would not, if he dared to touch her, wipe |
his hands upon his clothes, and with delight |
carry her half a mile over the crossings.
rather than she should soil, ! had almost
said, even the sole of her slipper. ! hope
YOU will pardon the homelincss of my illus
irations. | wish TO be understood, and in !
firing among the crowd, if should happen
60 wound any one, trust | shall not bring
blood; for my arrows arc sent on no hostile
mission, and they are neither barbcd nor
poisoned.
lwould have the windows of the iarml
houses adorned with flowers, not in rusty.
tin measures, and old, black glazed tea pots,
and glass bottles, with the nccks broken
Of, but in whole and handsome i}owcr-pots,
or neatly painted, wooden boxes, for they
really cost nothing. | would have the ri
az2as or porches treliiscd with vines, orr
with scarlet runners, if nothing better can
be had. would have the door.vard filled
with flowers and shrubbery--the roadside
lined with trees; here clump, and there
Il single line Tingling the varieties as ma
ture minE'es them for fruit; and Cutivaling
them for mere ornament and beauty But
this is all, you tell me, for appearance sake!
Well, is appearance nothngl Did you
think nothing of appearance when you
chose your wives; and nothing of your
own appearance when YOU wished them
confirm the election! But why should the
pleasures Of sight be SO lightly esteemed!
Why should they be spoken of in the Ian.
guage Of disdain or difference! Are they
not as rational, as respectable, as valuable,
as abundant, as innocent, as the pleasures
Of the mind and heart! Has God given us
the sense Of sight, SO wonderful, 50 capa-
cous, so infinitely varied in its resources
and objects for no purpose! Isappearance
nothngl What is more studied through.
out the Creators works. What object is
there in nature, from the highest to the low
est; animate or inanimate, swimming in the
sea or on the air an the surface, or buried in
tho earth, which is not upon examination,
found to be as beautiful, as if it were fin
ished for no other purpose than to be looked
at Take the shell that lies in the bottom
of the ocean, the bird that bathes bis wings
in heavens purest lifts, the flowers that
carpet the earth with their varied splendor.
the gIitterng stars that light up the deep
arches of the skies with an eternal glory;
take the combination of the countless ele-
ments of beauty, when the morning slowly
lifts up the veil of night, and, as az the dawn
Of the creation, reveals the glories Of the
visible world, or when spring breaihs upon
the earth, and recalls the dead TO life, and
myriads and myriads Of forms of new
beings come forth AT her voice; take the
descending sun, as lie reclines upon his
western throne, and wraps around him the
gorgeous robe of an unrivalled majesty:
take the perfection Of beauty as seen in
nearer, but more transCendCnt FORM in man
himself, in his symmetrical stature in the
well turned limbs, in the web Of unrivaIIed
softness and texture, which covers him in
the tints Of his complexion, in the grace of
his movements, in the melody Of his voice
in the eloquence Of his eye, pouring out the
fires of genius, or radiant with the charms
of the affections, and so speaking TO the
soul; and will men say that appearance is
nothing and that the pleasures of the sigh,
are not to be valued and cultivated? say
that appearance is always to be regarded;
that ICE cannot render our h0meS too beauti-
FIJI and attractive. Our first object should
be to make our dwellings rs convenient and
comfortable as art can make them: our Sc
cond object should be TO render them to
an equal extent tasteful and elegant. Do
what we can. and all we can. we shall fall
far short of rivalling even the simplest
forms and combinations of nature.
We should do this on the ground Of self
Interest. Separate from the pleasures
which we ourselves derive from il, it es-
sentialiy increases the value Of our estates
The beauty Of a place, the ornamental
trees and shrubs, even the garden flowers
which embe!ish il, are always objects of
attraction to 4 purchaser. We should do
this from considerations Of benevolencc.--
Buildings erected in good taste and proper
lions, and exhibiting refined Judgment
and skill, and grounds highly cultivated ard
embellisied, charm the eye of the traveller
or passer by, and allow us 70 impaTt most
bountifuIy, without diminishing our own
stores. But there is another influence not
80 be overlooked, Habits Of order and
neatnoss, mere personal cleanliness, still
more the cultivation of a taste for beauty
in ourselves and in everything which sur
rounds us and comes under our control, are
IN themselves promoters and securities Of
virtue, They become 50 by inspiring self
respect, and exaltng our sense of charac-
ter The man who is known to respect
himself, is always, in q measure, for that
reason alone, secure Of the respect of 9TH
ers. lie finds, IN that fact, a protection
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