Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1851-07-10

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- The carriage maker put u On, s.s
S.sss improvements, advises TINS pam
that yarnish, criticises the finish, o
Dra;ses the trimmings. He is a violen
fesder of newspapers, almanacs. and re
GENT books; and with scraps Of hlstor.
and mutiiated anecdotes. he faces the We
~ school master, and gives up only =
the volatility of the oily village lawyer
few have the hardihood to match nam !,
And thus every day he bustles through
I,;s mnItifarious idlcness, and completes
lie c;rciea Of visits, as regularly as the
nointers of clock visit each figure on
the dial plate but alas the clock for
ever tells naaa the useful lesson OF time
passing steadily away, and returning pc,
yer; but what useful thing do these busy
buzzing oilers perform
8. We introduce another idlerr He
follows NO vocation; he only follows
those who do. Sometimes he sweeps
along the streets with consequential gait
sometimes perfumes 1t with wasted odors
of tobacco He also haunts sunny bench
es, or breezy piazzas. His business is TO
see his desire to be seen, and no one
fails 10 see him so gaudily dressed, his
hal; sitting aslant upon wilderness OF
hair. like bird half startled from its
nest, and every thread arranged to pro-
woke attention. He is a man OF honor
not that he keeps his words or shrinks
from meanness. He defrauds his laun-
dress. his tailor. and his landlord. He
drinks and smokes at other mems expen.
SEES. He CANDLES and swcars, and fights J;
when he is too drunk to be afraid but
still he is a man of honor, for he has
whiskers and looks fierce, wears musta-
chios, and says. aupop my honor. sir; )"
"do YOU doubt my honor, sir 2"
Thus be appears by day BY night he
does not appear he may be dimly seen
fitting; his voice may be heard loud in
the carousal Of some rejection cellar, or
above the songs and uproar Of mid
night return, and home staggering.
4. The next of this brotherhood ex-
cites our pity. He begahlife most thrift
,ily; for his rising family he was gather.
inc an ample subsistence but, involved
in other mems affairs, he went down in
their ruin. Late in life he begins once
more, and at length just secure OF an
easy competence, his ruin is compassed
again He sits down quietly urder it..
complains Of no one, envies no one, retu-
seth the cup, and is even more pure IN
morals, than in better days. He moves
On from dav TO day. as one who walks
under a spell, it is the spell of despon-
aence, which nothing can disenchant Or
arouse. He neither seeks work nor re-
fuses it. He wanders among men a
dreaming gazer, poorly clad. always kind,
always irresolute, able to plan nothing
for himself, nor to execute what Others
have planned for him. He lives and he
dies a discouraged man. and the most
harmless and excusable of all idlers.
{. have not mentioned the fashion
able idler, whose riches defeat every OBJ
iect for which God gave him birth. He
has fine form, and manly beauty. and
the Chief end Of life is to display them.
With notable diligence he ransacks the
market for rare and curious fabrics, for
costly seals, and, chains, and rings. A
coat poorly fitted is the objectionable sin
of his creed. He medtates upon cravats,
employs profound discrimination in Sc.
lecting hat, or a vest, and adopts his
conclusions upon the tastefuIncss Of 9
button or collar, with the delberation
Of statesman. Thus caparisoned, he
saunters in fashionable galleries, Or tiaunts
in stylish equipage, or parades the streets
with simpering bellies, or delights Their
itching ears With compliments Of fattery.
Or with ehoicely onlled scandal. lie is
reader Of fctions. II they be not too
substantial writer Of cards and billet-
doux, and is especially conspicuous in al
buns. Gay and frivolous. rich and use,
less. polished till the enamel is worn off,
his whole life serves only to make him an
animated pupet Of pleasure. He is as
corrupt in imagination as he is refined in
manners: he is as sel6sh in private as h,
is generous in public; and even what h
gives to another, is given fol his own sake
He ,Yorships where fashion worships, to
day at The theatre. to, morrow at tn
church, as either, exhibits tic whites
hand. or the most polished actor.
gaudy, active and indolent butterfly, h
Autiers without industry from foyer t
flower, until summer closes. and frost
sting him, and he sinks down and die:
nnthought OF and aforementioned.
6. One other portrait should be draw
OF business man. who wishes TO subsi
BY his Occupation while he attends
everything else. ia sporting club so
to the woods, he must 60. He has $
his line in every hole in the river, an
dozed in summer day under every trt
along its bank. He rejoiccs in Q ridin
party-a sleigh ride--a summer f!olic-
4 winters glee. He is everybody
friend universally 6 cd natured, 10,
ever busy where il will do bin no goeoe
and remiss where his interests reQur