The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-08-24


itle picture duubuc-s recms q mere yapary
if llc imagination, Ike impdsihlc Swiss
scenery our Younger readers can hardly bee
lipyo such thups ever were, aud thcN are Tar
ll,m desiring thul ihry should come hack o.
gain. rp different d thr whole course aud cur
rent Of ilrir id,ris ni domestic life. ln what
consists this difference j. Il in particulars
only pr la the spirit ol the household
There d hardly a town, iu all this glorious
and blessed I Mon uf ours, whore We do not
ur nHy not hear Lamentations over the old .
tinc ot 'orinhllity and trccurighhorly inter /
course, la some place. 10 is 'lirlurr our su- T
cirty hocamr so large, u others, 'licioro we
had few rich people among ~, Who rot cN-
ppn-iNr iarhiuu-, and encouraged ceremony
HHri HtTrTVv IN tfTr ritIrH " THHy FTrtIPs hVi
ia b. vain to attempt social visiting here, The
gentlemen are -u late At their hu-iuc-e, aud
come home pa tired, that they want nothing
hui rrst' or 'thr ladies have become 80 tlsh-
iouahlr that nothing hut mprning call i-
pcrussblv witiuut Hi''rt1l invitation, ~
NJ suppose there B. bat little beside formal ur
snowy visiting Aud duo- thi- hr.pcak ar,a-
lcr privacy and comlori ~ home 2 Al cN-
puiruco s1ys no Nurinl trvliue - an ulr-
mrul of huuri pride b. the cuculy ul holh--
\ home priNalrd by the true spirit b. glad
drupl Us thr voice pi q iiirud \ home iu
which the education uf children b. o SECURED
Object, rotvl- rho conversation ol intelligent
and harmonious mpl-. \ homo OF who-c
h1rmUuy rvt'gtuu s thr dIITleuu, hrrnlhrr
spirit ui hospitality. ~ none of these will
the alteration hc between ~cclu.ion and dis-
PLAY two cNtr,mc. equally iuimicul to ioy-
uJt dpmr-tialily Common litc viii bee al-
lowed tu How through them, lur lo sake ut
10 healthy rUrrCut, itH t,rtitiViUp clouds aud
dvws and iho ruuLuw plonm- that iIit arr,--
/ its surface, wherein the eternal starr are mir
rorrd, liz, how mad "a shut IL ont for
pride. ,akvl
But wc must yicli tp circumstance Al
] indeed were circumstance m1dr for manor
mlu Tow circumstance. What compelling
power hiuds u- IN the TRACES Of fashion f--
Whose folly is ~ that make. ~ ashamed ut
domestic umpluNmcuta, iu such sort that We
I rcduluusli hu'h cug symptom uf tlrm
from the seen part ot our liicf Who is it
that measures out the forms with which .
ucighhur must be- received or the degree ot
lrss necessary Ia make an unexpected visit
agreeable Il D. 100 vain tu talk OF Society,
a. IL NuDiru we're q huge, irresistible Nor
gnut,, using u- ns tools cor servants, or a trc-
mcuduus ryl.mlr't1ttlug us uul, ia rpltc Of
b rrrrrtvUs' ittC mcfr l0Ugh, w, aud uCG
a. we, make ruHiciy aud IL i- our individual
ouWard,tc, ur mean ambition that keeps IL
from improving. Every Niriuuus hmil, hl.
the seeds ot rational and happy society with
d u iirclt IhvrvNe the community utiutyrvsL
and tho rnusviousuc-s utthis community .WLi,l
,- 20, hsst requisite for justice aud harmony
There i. the instructive aud hhitM aiicc
ton, which i, the only umnipoicut antidun
against those paroN ysms of -clhshu"s, or ill,
humur To- which We are Liable, aud must be- ,o
while We are iu condition ia which mind
aud body contend. for mastery with altcruat,
sutrvs-, There ara the various tastr. ui'
youth, scN, gruius, aud idiusyucrAcy, which
are necessary tu an uNcitiug and profitable va.
rivty ut interest, There is the felt ucccs,it,
for common aud iuilcNihlc fear of contra
dctuu. There are the antagonist circum.
stances of JOY, sorrow, misfortune, and sue
f'iti ry-irr51tEHr' t6fify
restraint, and struggling will, demanding thai
s,mpathy, without which We should all b.
come intolcia,c and hard.hcartcd rgoti.isi
the course of our throc-~corc and ten year,
iAlerpuurae with ihG AAnrld al large. Ia short
home is indeed . little world; and in cacl
household We sec IN some SENSE resemblance
to his society OF which il forms purt. II
low Hrd trutht Justice aHA r.liniau, rraguul
within our hhmcs,-o would they u social ilr
il pride, desire ofdi-play and of appcurn.
what we are not ia longing iurcNritcmrnt
u secret indulgence ofNiciuus incinatious .aut
the sclhsh turgctiulncss ofthc oneness of fam
lis interests characterize our household life. b,
will they form thr staple OF that society
which We are fond uf making scapc
> goat Of The decay of the household fire i
the cAusc of our social GOODNESS; IL we wuul,
have our intercourse rational ,unatlrctcd.s sym
pathetic, improving and bcuCfircnt, we inu.
reform our domestic maNms.
one theme of conservative satire again,
our new tangled rcpuhlrc-satirc Missed "A
broad aud cautiously echoed at homc,--is th,
, want Of reverence and subordinatiou ohscry
able in our Young people, as if it were, as in
: dcrJi VIZ hdvc hra1d II PTavcty asscTtcd RI b
natural consequence Of our Institutions
But surely this is a misunderstanding of III,
, very natufr OF liberty, which * to Ice esteem
ed only as ttG iiradmaid OF obedience,
4 For who love, that, mu,i first be- wise and eped
= aud there is no goodness whore there il n,
d reverence. Our own Thought, as to this con
tvsscd want IN the rising generation is, tina
\ in the wild chase after wealth aud social dis
70 tiuclion, the old fashioned, fundamental pa
a uiarchHl, God. given idea of the household /
t merged into a sort OF domestic republic; in
all are free aud Yqnal and the very motion
ut natural hardship is rcpudntcd, the promi
- ncut object being not the family but the strug
- Cling waves around it, aud tbs floating, slip
B.. per. treasures upon them. For these we ven
a. turc all for ttrsC we are content to live IL
4 dwell ON RATS, or cling to pieces of wreck; Il
l. dare the unknown monsters Of the deep, To g,
z down with both hands clutchtd full of spoil
e with which We thought to return home at cy
i cning Our thoughts may rcycr, to the ligh
c which'wt know is shining there, but the glar
e about us makes it seem tame if not contcmp
T. tiblc But are the young people alone t.
j blame for these false and foolish notions2-
1 Alas, mol Have we rot taught them that tn
5 time spent under tho parcptal roofis only
70 time OF training for the great arcnaY Has th
happiness of homt been an important en-,
+ with us, or hav6 we let it slip into the elias
c ot'Rccidcnts, not worth considering in com
); parison with liic's great object The wcari
+ ness of this grinding, unsatisfactory life OF
: ours makes our, children necessary as play
r things, 20 Kong rs they can amusc ms; aud th
/ momcut they rt-7 this rt-e their preparation
p for grinding on their own account conlmcnc
. cs, and we hasten to throw them on their owl
r indiyiddal responsibility. Authority, lha
] snml md smn OF The hnmsnhnll is unknown