The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-03-18
before breakfast walks.

do yeu ever take walk before BREAKFAST
No? Bless your eyes, how much you miss.
Why you hav'nt the least idea, not the faint
est pulsatlon of thought, what a quantity Of
delightful blessings are crowded into a walk /
before breakfast. Indeed, it is with feelings
of the utmost conjunction we confess, that
until rery lately we had no practical idea of
the matter and even now our experience is |
very brief, although desperately energetic
But there is so much to see, so much to feel,
such world ofnew thoughts and perceptions,
breaking in like a shower of brick bats, upon
the mind in one of these walks, before the
sound Of the saw and hammer, and the rat
ting of wagons, and the confusion of mems
voices, are heard-that the first walk, you
wonder how in the deuce it comes YOU never
got into the habit of taking these strolls be-
fore; and the second time you try to "head "
the sun, you wonder still more how you ever
wrought, your courage. up to the desperate
pitch required to open your eyes and venture
out on the first walk. The third time, you
are very apt on awakening, to gently turn
over, close your eyes sweetly, and go to sleep
out, which has to get up before breakfast,
simply because if it don't skip around right
sharply, there will be no breakfast, so far as
it is concerned. But if you succeed, and
braylng prejudlces and bad habits. venture
out on these expeditions, you won't regret it.
The sun slowly rising above the horizon, as
ifhe too were leaving a soft couch Of much
comfort and his rays spreading out among
the early grey mists as if old Sol had forgot
ten to comb his. hair-and the cool fresh
breeze actually appearing to laugh as it sings
through your hair and gives your cheek
nights parting kiss-and the merry chirping
bird, apparently flirting and hopping about
justin the full delight of a glorious morning,
but in reality very anxiously seeking what
worms he may deVour, and occasionally with
his head turned one side studying the pros
poets of getting any breakfast at all-this, all
this. we mean to say, is very pretty ana nice,
and the realization Of only the early riser.
But this is not half the story. The ro-
nance gives way to reality, as breakfast time
approaches and you feel beefsteakishness
of disposition, and kind ofterrible preference
for ham and eggs over dews and sunshine,
that is truly awful. And then bless US, how
nice everything seems at breakfast! Why it
is Just then, that you really begin to feel the
beauties of nature. Talk to you at that time
of gentle dews softenng the carpet of the
earth--iti is nothing to compare with 'lasses
spread nicely over pancakes;-or of the gold
enorb of day rising like a giant from his couch
what's that spectacle to the jolly golden
sun-Iike face of bright eggyolks rising in their
own plump munifcence above the horizon of
red7browned ham and graYy;-of. the sunlit,
aud bird voiceofilled, wreaths Of mist-what
are they to the odferous steam in pleasant
haste leaving the plate Of hot rolls, and the
Juicy beefsteak ! r Bah! Poets and lovers
may live on the immateraHtIes of nature
you will prefer at that hour, the delightful
realitessya done up brown
But we had not the least idea in the world
ofrattIing away at this length about.morning
walks. as it was only our intention orstating
the fact that as we are indulging in these
walks, they shall be made a subject of gossip
in the paper, as we shall plainly tell some OF
the impressions received from the view of
the new improvements Of our city as seen in
morningsslrolls. This morning. we give the
frst..sa..ii re,5-. &C.
RoBBERY.-Hon. aRob't Dale Owen was
robbed of $50 at Mt. Vernon on Wednes-
davr night. He had that day received the
amount in bills from Plank Road Co., to
whom he had loaned the sum. On retiring
at night he left his pants containing the roll
of bills carelessly athis bedsides In themor-
ninc.ahea discovered his loss, but we believe
could fix suspicion upon no one. He had de-
clared his intention OF devoting this money
tn the ad7ancement of Plank Roads, by the
pubiicationsof pamphlets, &C., and travelling
for the puFpose of speaking on the subject
~4Thes Worcester Palladium concludes
sensiblerernarks about the folly ofthe pre-
sent. controversy between the North and the
South. with the declaration of the worthy
pair, who, after a long series of family bick-
erinqs. finally came to the decision: It's o.
no use for. us to have a quarrel, for as sure as
we do. we shall haves to make it up in the
end!n 1slz i .a.3.-ia-
HIRAM PowERs 1.-The Hiram Powers was
here on Friday night from St. Louis. This
is a. thew kick, p as she was built expressly
for the N. Orleans trade. Mr. Allen, the
clerk, remembered us in late papers.
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~ The colored Baptist church was de
stroyed by fre-last week at indianapolis.