The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1847-11-27
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From our N. Y. Correspondent.
NV YonK, Nov. go, 1917.

NEW YoRK, Nov, 90, 1si7,
Mn EpIroR.-Among the ever changing
scenes ola metropolitan life, it is MS diilicut
TO place your finger upon matter worthy Of
record, as for n child tosuit his fancy in u toy
sh ~. In either case the profusion is bewil
derinr. Events nt across your vision in such
rapid succession that you have TO think quick
look quick--to get even glance Mt them
in their transit; and then they leave so faint an
impression upon the memory, as to make the
pas. seem like quiet floating through chaos,
half dream-li like, half real Each event takes
its turn, and then vunishos. There is no such
thing as history. Nothing is sufficiently
prominent to be worth recording or remember.
ing, Curiosity il satiutcd with each hours
surieit of new things and the current trhnsac-
tons of the day furnish the mind with fresh
food, as regularly as your steak comes from
the butchers, and there is no seeming ncccss'
ty for providing for another days rumination'
We 60 along in the possession of that same
faith viii ch the tribes of Israel exercised, while
resting their dependence upon each days fall
of bread from the Clouds and as in their case,
the mama of yesterday was accounted for
nought, SO nothing here is deemed worthy of
an al(cr-consderntion
Yet YOU must now aud then take time for
reflection; and to be able TO bring order out OF
such confUson-to slit out the available and
the profitable from such multiplicity, you
must Withdraw in measure from the mass
and take a survey from distance, or If you
remain, you must be able to say
in the crowd
They could not deem me one of such | stood
Among them, but not oithcm; in shrnud
Ofthoughts which were not their thoughts 900
In the first instance, "lcvellc-s' clown, not
up will call you a recluse' in the second your
mental abstraction will earn for you the name
of msanthropc; bu, it mattcrcth not. You
have noble purpose to fulfill, rs well as a
taste of your own TO consult The goose is
rrcrarious--the eagle is not; each hath his
destiny-but shall the fowl rcprooch the bird
for refusing to Join the fcathcry flock in the
mud puddlc'
! In my last spoke of the Fair of the Ameri-
can Institute. 1t was brought to close soon
afterwards During its continuance, and in
connection with it, there were many occurrcn-
COS which attracted considerable attention, but
| only one of which have time now 10 notice
Having learned by newspaper announce
ment, on the last day but ono, that the Deaf
and Dumb from the Asylum in this city were,
by invitation, to visit the Fair, took occasion
to drop in at the hour appointed for their re-
ccption, being prompted partly by an undeiin-
cd sympathy which.evcry one feels for these
northumberland partly by curiosity,rathcr
idle than otherwise, which has come down &c
us in an unbroken succession, all the way from
Eden. There were many drawn together there
by the same impulses, and filled with the
same melancholy interest.
The procession of two hundred and fifty
dcafmutes entered the saloon in silencc:-nnc
if tear was seen to start from the eye ofsomc
tender.hcurtcd spectator, [ need not tell yo'
why it startcd;--or if there was another spec
49, Who betrayed not a tear, it was only be
cause lie mad eye-fountOinsa ;::!!e less PToIi
ic;-and if you mistook his pale, rigid count'n
uncc for the exponent of an unfeeling heart
you had only to lool, once more and TO see the
fixed gaze-the heaving brcast--thc frcqucn
swallowing of his better nature, as it choke'
him in its uprising, and "would not down a
his bidding" One single eye drop wouI'
have relieved him.
The new visitors however, needed not these
mantle stations Of sympathy,but breaking Ioos'
from the procession, they scattered in every
direction like a herd of eager cattle in fel'
Of clover. And hero commenced series Of
pc rforuonccs which can no more he describe
than a scene in bcdlam. Each one few to tn,
r I, a.,
n bosty LOOK, len it to examine others, or t.
report to his fellows by signs the result of hi
observations The girls seemed as iull ofcu
riosiy as the most glib-tongued or Gulck-eare'
of their sex, and in the satisfying of it, the!
found enough to occupy their attention in tn
handiwork of the ladies--worstcd and silk or
namental needle work-school-gi drawing
and ctchings-infintessim patchwork quilt
decorated cradle.spreOds and baby jumpers
&c. sc. &c, ad infnitum.
The boys and young men busted themselve
in examining things suited to their taste, fror
an apple pairing machine up to steam en-
CINE; but they were by no means forgetful o
the little gallautrics due to the ladies'. Indee
they were very attentive.
noticed at one time quite crowd at ga
vanic battery, around which they had forme
a ring and joined hands, for the purpose O.
stalking a shock" 1t afforded much amusc
mcnt, especially to the younger portion of tn
company;-and presently they prevailed upo
one of their number, man ofabout thirty an
), of huge proportions, to try it alone. He cam
: up courageously, as though he were just tn
e man to stake the bull by the horns" He ha
e no sooner placed his hands upon the charge