Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-11-07
The PHrLosorHr OF KITE F1rrSc.-we have O

table the Kncker6ocker for September, magazine
which always contains something clever In the
present number attention has been arrested by
pleasant article on the philosophy of flying kites.
An extract from it Will amusc-haply instruct our
readers.
The kite is the scheme, or plan Of reform: the
wind Is the moral atmosphere of society, which Is
always In motion IN some direction. Even when
calm prevails down below, there is always breeze
enough aloft If you only get Your kite sufficiently
high to benefit by it. The line is the necessity and
propriety of the case combined with the motives and
means Of the actors. and twisted into cord. the
goodness and strength of which alone can Justify the
experiment. and by which the kite at the same time
manains It's place IN the heavens and its connexion
it'll its orionators and the earth below. Those who
hy the kite are the Reformers; and the beb,ai is
composed of those who strenuously oppose the new
scheme the ultra conservatives, who always on the
announcement of piece OF kltelsm, seize It's
tail In order to prevent Its ascension not perccvlng
that they the balancing power of the whole concern,
without whom the kite could not ascend one yard
When any set of men wish to fly new kite. they
spend long time in rogitation, anticipation, and
preparation. am gong TO suppose successful
ascension. Every thing is ready, but a dead cain
pervades the whole atmosphere Not to be discouraged
however, the schemers set up their kite and line in
hand stralghtway start oil at full run through the
and lanes, and the broad fields If society,
raising breeze as ana carefully
neighborhood of elm trees Out from their work shops
run the inhabitants, to what is going on some
encourage loot, and others sernly determine to
keep that kite down all events. Away run these
sturdy old opposers after the kite, which, meanwhile,
for want Of bobtail, is doing nothing better than
skim the ground, and occasionally digs into 1t head
/ foremost and need, TO be set up again.
Just at this moment up comes Tom and sczes the
Kite by It's lower extremity, determined to keep down
But the kite, finding itself in measure balanced
rises and takes him off his legs. With desperate
grippe, Dick sczcs Tom by the ANGLES, and Is carried
up also Harry rushcs forward, makes grab at Dick
and finds himself going up likewise: the kite /, getting
respectable bobail dozen more string them elve:
on the kite only ascends the steadily the con
servatyes alarmed those below dare not faster
on. those above too proud 10 let &c; the kite Il
just balanced and r.ses maestcally 10 the breezy
heavens. The Reformcrs may rest now, make thc
line fast to tree and enjoy their success SAYING {,
each other. What excellent bobta these Con>erv
atives make Very true, Brother RcfJrmers; bu
without these advcrsarIes. where would you
kite have been Respect them, therefore, for they
answer useful purpose, and ind spen,aby neces
sary the successful issue of your scheme Acknowi
edge your obligations, then, and be thankful.
Let us look into the sky Of the Past What
multitude of and sliadowy kites d. there Sc
| lying There scars the kite of Calico with hos
of learned Doctors. an nfallible Pope two, and
college of Cardinals dangling at It's tail There float
The Kite OF columbus. WIN The Now w ORD, PAINTED
on its front, and the Old World, and nearly al
| It's great mon, strung together its magnliccn
bobtail. Higher and broader yet, the mighty kit
of Luther; and count # you can, the innumerab
Popes Cardinals and Priests the images. the monas
teries, and the converts, which swing In shad wv
grandeur below tipped off with the vast and mist
shape Of Satan himself, who wrlthes and struggles ii
vain to keep the kite from rising. He has black >po
the side of his face; that from the lnksian
= which Luther, when once tempted by him, dared I
D cast at the arch-conservatve and since then. In
e Rcorners and his disciples have kept the Father G
: Evil so busy employed, that he has found tim
to wash his face. Look yonder at the scientific KIT
f Of Harvey. with heart its broad bosom. and al
I the ANTAGONISTS. the psychologists surgeons and ply
sicans forty years old at the time the kite
set up, hanging afPendagc TO It's lower cxtren
ty Nearer yet behold the kite of W AsiIINGToN an
the American Continental Congress of l116, with tn
United States of America It's breast. France Spain
and Holland, ass sting to hold the line. and lon
. string of Tories, ending with the empire of Grea
4: Britain. for a bobta!
] These some few of the kitc-hying scheme
which have proved successful but let not the arden
reformcr imagine that, because these have succeeded
his will therefore prove equally Fortunate. Thcs
are the happy exceptions. On the other hand let hn
be discouraged by the failures, bu, l.
HIM learn wisdom by experience, and AVOID. in ilyin
his next kite, the obstacle which proved ruinos hi
: last. 1t Is well for Us. that
{ Hope splings eternal in the human hcari;'
and # on reflection ms head and heart APPROX
: his plan, let him set up his new kite by all means
And Won. grim old Conservative. if your consccnc
Justify YOU also. seize lis tail. and prevent It's
u If YOU If you can keep II down, (aS YOU ofc
do.) it will be right that it should be kept down;
: you carried up with it, that viii be perfectly propc
;, also. YOU viii make beautiful bo5tail, aud vii
J, moreover IN 50 ding have fulfilled Your mission
FAMILY GATHf.IINGs-Thc Boston Courier mention
Il late gathering of the Wellington family at Wal
ham, where the twelve remaining children o.. WI
II liam and Mary Wellington met on the Sd, on a beau
/ tiul and slight hill, the old mansion where
l. extensive bower had been prepared for the occas
There found 10 be present the twelve brother
C and sisters composing the irs generation and cnoue
5 others in the direct Inc Of descendants To mako Il
C the number of two hundred and lv persons bcs ID,
n the musician, and few invited guests. OF the
generation there had been born hundred and three
l. of whom Eileen deceased. OF the third gene
, there had beer hundred and sixty t,c bor
: of whom twenty were deceased and there was on
n of the fourth generation present infant of ION
IS FIVE six months old. This family have all led il
r cusirous and temperate lives, of them in Il
y country
4. Oh friendly TO the best pursuits Of man.
~ Friendly 20 thought 10 virtue and 20 peace,
4. Domcsi life, III rural pleasures sought.
y There had been thirteen children, but one W;
drowned IN Fresh Pond, IN Cambridge, during his la
collegiate career at Harvard University. The twol,
&C all married and have Themselves become the p
81 rents of large families, most of whom now 1--we
ie W ltham and It's vicinity and engaged
nj agricultural and mechanical pursuits.
ne Dr. FRANKLIN NEw CHAEAcTER.-Dr. Du