The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-07-03

musician and Q member OF the society, VINO lives
some miles from the town His condition Is
humble, being hand-loom weaver bis dwell
ing is ola character cording with his condition
Of the Parish of Halifax, bordering upon the
moor of Ssltonstall. To find his biding. place
became a task Of infinite difficulty. How
ever, after much inquiry, and many wind
ings through a devious path, which lay over
fields and through farm yards, the distance
sounds of a vioIonceilo fell upon the ear Of
our wandering musical votary, making him
no longer doubtful Of the whereabout" OF
the famous bars player" As some Of the
hardy mountainous had dcnominated him,
ON inquiry being made of them touching his
dwelling house. Following the direction whence
the pleasing sound issued, he was led to mean
looking hut. He entered and found the object
Of his search half dressed, engaged in the per-
Torrance Of one of Lindley's c0ncertos: the
room contained two pair Of looms in one Of
these the "gud-wife' was industriously "ply-
ing the shuttle - and on the hearth was her
lord, surrounded by two or three younkers. deep
ly engaged. We have intimated, in domestic
concert Of no ordinary or commonplace charac-
ter, for his execution of difficult and beautiful
composition Is described as admirable and wOr-
thy Of all praise Thus, beneath this humble
roof of poverty, and far from the haunts of cul-
tivation and refinement, was presented picture
Of simple and virtuous happiness rarely to be
found in England. How truly might it be said,
in this instance. that music has been given by
our bountiful Creator to assist In smoothing the
path of human life .-Bradtord Observer.
General rsn Or FacuIsses.
Society is more level surface than We ina
CINE. Wise men or absolute fools are hard to be
met with, "a there are few giants of dwarfs.--
The heaviest charge We can bring against the
texture of society Is, that Il is commonplace;
and many of those who are singular, had better
be commonplace. Our fancied superiority to
others Is In some one thing, which We think
most of, because we excel In it. have PAID
most attention 10 il; whilst We overlook their
| superiority 10 us in something else, which they
set equal and exclusive store by. This Is unfor-
,unate for ali parties. never felt myself supo-
rior TO any one, who did not 90 out Of his way
to affect qualities " hich he had not. In his ow n
individual character and line of pursuit. every
one has knowledge, experience, and skill--and
who shall say chparsuit requires most, there
| by proving his own narrowness and incompe-
tence 10 decide Particular talent OF genius does
not imply general capacity; those who are mos,
versatile, are seldom great in any department
and the stupidest people can generally do some
thing. The highest pre-eminence in any one
study commonly arises from the concentration
of the attention and faculties on that one study
| He who expects from great name in politics,
In philosophy, in art, equal greatness in other
things, is little versed in human nature. Our
strength lies in our weakness. The learned in
books Is ignorant Of the world He who is ig-
norant Of books Is often well acquainted with
other things; for life is Of the same length in
the learned and in the unlearned The mind
cannot be idle; If il is not taken up with one
thing, il attends 10 another through choice OF
necessity; aud the degree Of previous capacity
| In one class or another is mere lottery.
Ha.lins Characterised.
| The Truc H'hil0soPhrr.
| The character of the true philosopher is 10
hope all things not impossible, and TO believe all
things not unreasonable. He who has seen OBJ
scurites which appeared mpenetrable in physi-
cal ana mathematical sceuc. suddenly dispellei.
and the mos, barren and unpromising fields OF
inquiry converted. as if BY inspiration into rich
and ineShaustibe springs Of knowledge and
power. Il simple change Of one poin, OF
view, or by merely bringing 10 bear on them
some principle which il never occurred before 10
try, will surely be the very last 10 acquiesce in
any dispiriting prospects Of the other hand. the
| bounGless views of intellectual and moral, as
well as material relations, which open on him on
all hands in the course of these pursuits, the
| knowledge of the trivial place he occupies in
| the scale Of creation, and the sense continually
pressed upon him of his own weakness and in
capacity 10 suspend or modify the slightest move.
ment of the vast machinery BE- secs in action
around him, mos, etfectuallv convince him. that
humility of preteRsion, no less than confidence
Of hope. Is what best becomes his character.
Hersrhei.
Inward Biindnes..
Talk 10 a blind man-he knows he wants the
sen se OF sight, and willingly makes the proper
allowances Bat there are certain internal SEN
ses which a man NAV want and Vet be wholly
ignorant that he wants them 1t is most un-
pleasant 10 converse with such persons on sub
lecis of taste. philosophy OF religion. OF course
there is no rfasoaing with them. for thew do
not possess the facts on which the reasoning
must be grounded. Nothing is possible. but a
naked dissent, which implies a sort of unsocial
contempt; or, what man of kind disposition
is very likely 10 fall into, hearess tacit acau-
essence, which borders too nearly duplci,y.
--Coisridgs.
A Consciencc-ssr.ek Shoemaker.
When began business was u great politi-
clan. Nv masters shop had been a chosen
place for political discussion; and there ! sup
pose | acquired my fondness for such debates.
For the first year had too much 10 Go and TO
think about to indulge my propensity for poll
tics: but, after getting little AHEAD in the
world. | began TO dip into these matters again.
W
argument if my livelihood depended on 1t:
my shop was often filled with loungers. who
came TO canvass public measures; and now and
then | went into my neighbors houses on
similar errand. This encroached on my time,
and found il necessary sometimes TO work till
midnight, TO make up for the hours lost One
night, some little urchin, who WIS passing the
street put his mouth TO the key hole Of the door,
and with shrill pipe, called out, Shoemaker.
shoemaker. work by night and run about by
day - "And did ysS," inquired the friend,
"pursue the boy with your strap. to chastise
him for his insol-nce ~ "No, no." replied
Mr.. Drew; had "a pistol been fired off at nv
ear. could not have been more dismayed or
COMPOUNDED. ! dropped my wsrk. saving to
myself. True, true; bni you shall never have
that to say of me again have never forgot
ten it; and while l recollect anything, | never
Enthusiastically Of Samuel Drer.
Interesting Fact.
There is at present in the possession of an in
dividual in this place male canary of abou, fif-
teen years Of age. that is unable 10 feed itself.
and TO whose musical powers ILL naiured time has
put complete stop. On the same floor. but in n
separate apartment, is another male canary a 70 n
Of the aged bird. This young one being allow
ed TO leave his cage early in the morning, and
fly about at pleasure. is in the practice Of visit
ing his old friend, and kindly feeding him as
birds feed their young; and this he does several
times in the course of the day. He also perches
on the cage Of his progenitor. and sings with
great spirit. no doubt to cheer up his old relative
in his declining days. The old bird has a par.
ticular way of calling on this prop of his old
age when he requires his services, which are al.
ways given and received with mutual satisfac-
ton. When the young bird is in any way OBJ.
structed from attending to the call of the other.
nc appears TO be very angry, and expresses his
disPleasure in certain noisy and screaming
manner. which il well understood by the in
ma of the house - HARLAN He,.rLd