Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1845-08-21

TO fashions intoIerant state:
For best in good breeding, and highest in rank
Though lowly or poor IN the land,
Is nalule's own noblemon, friendly and frank
The man with his heart in hlshund.
His fashion is passion, sincere and intense,
His impulses, simple and true,
Yet tempered by judgment, and taught by good
sense,
And cordial with me and with you:
For the finest in manners, us highest in rank,
1t is you, man! or you, man! who stand
Natures own nobleman. friendly and frank,
A man with his heart in his hand
predict that the author of those fine
songs and of ProverbiaI Philosophy, will
vet be one of the best known and most
loved authors, whose books cross the wa
ter to us.
The most refreshing and newest Won
der of London, just now is the ice "trom
Lake TVcnham," an Innocent MassaGhu-
sets lake, that year or two ago, had
very little idea of becoming London Ii
on. (How suddenly we do sometimes
become famous to be sureO Beautifully
painted carts, lcttered "WENnAM Ice,
90 about the city, and whenever they stop
to take out block, a crowd collects, and
there is no limit to cockncy admiration of
it, Something of the kind was wanted
from our country, by the way TO show
that nature at least had not" repudated. "
But what they have done, hitherto, wiih-
ont ice, seems natural enough TO ask, !
lust remember that we always drank tepid
water,in the summer time in London, and
that hook and champagne had never the
rocuperatiug twang that delights the dry
throat on the Polk side of the Atlantic
Now-when the hook has been passed
round after soup-therc is general eX-
camaton and discussion of the new lux
ury, and the conversation commonly pass
cs from that to "juIeps" and "sherry cob
blers," which are mysteries known by
name, and much inquired into, seri-
ousIy think that an American "bar" set
up at Charing Cross, and furnishing the
thirty or forty drinks (of Brigham's ia
nous list in Boston, would be the making
of the setter-up's fortune. | have lost
golden opportunity of becoming a celebra-
ted man, myself, by not being provided
with an accurate rccei pit of the proper
tons.
stepped yesterday, into HolIcl's and
James, to sec Count D'Orsays two
"slatutes miniature statutes of the
Duke Of Wellington and Napolen, The
Count, as an uncQualed horseman, and
the owner, for the last twenty years oi'thc
finest "bits Of blood ttat money could
buy, is, Of course, a better judge of a
horse than most soul ptors. The models
are very different from most marble
stecds. Their snowy points are "dwelt
upon, so to speak. There is no point
which is impossible in nature, and the
truth probably Is, that the Count has in
fused the principle Of his own character
into the ideal he has worked out-lhat
others may stay safe, if they please, by
following what Is general and easy; he
chooses to carry out that which is rare
and just possible, They would be extra
ordinary horses in real life, because, though
any one of their remarkable points may
have been seen, the combination of so ma
ny projections in one animal would be a
miracle of beauty; and this is a very true
description of the Count himself, and of
his talents, as we'll as his person, The
models are seen at a disadvantage, at
present, because they are still in plaster,
and the coarscness of the material
tells on statutes so small. They are to be
cast IN bronze very soon, and then they
will be subjects of study for the horse
flesh. The figures of the two heroes arc
exceedingly good. | found no fault in
them.
saw Count D'Orsay at Lady Bless
ington's few days ago. lie retains his
splendid beauty in undiminished preser.
vation looked at him after so long an
absence, and with much of the illusion OF
other days worn out of my eyes to sec
whether had not been dazzled into an
undue admiration of his personal appear
ance. Even ten years after | recorded
my surprise on first seeing him, however,
| find him, still, by far the handsomest
f man ever saw, and if changed, changed
for the better for his loss of high color
adds to tho intellectual expression Of his
countenancc. His manners have the
same joyous aJandoa which nobody could
initiate, and which would be out of place
in any one but D'Orsay or King His
portrait, painted by himself, and now in
the exhibition of the Royal Academy,
gives scarce an idea of him, from the i'm
possibility of putting his Royal manners
upon canvass, and from his having really
painted himself far less handsome than ma
ture made him. This, and his portrait of
Lord Lyndhurst, by the way, are two very
fine specimens OF the art, and artists
think his promise very remarkable both as
a painter and a sculptor. His will be a
curious life to read Of, if ever truly and
competcntly written.
Walack was advertised to play The
Brigadler' last night at the Princess S
Theatre. | am fond of the character and
was very sorry that's dinner-party kept
me from going to see it, Miss Cushman
is still very popular at this theatre, Mrs
Broughain is playing there also. Since
wrote that had not heard DE Meyer, |
have been 10 morning concert where
he nlaVcd The enthusiasm i'm the audi