Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-09-29


are inclined to envy us, we must warn you that
city life is not to be compared with the tran
quill existence which you enjoy at your will in
the country. If perchance auy peophite be-
comes dazzled with the display of plate, glass,
and luxurious furnishments of our stores, or
the gorgeous articles on every hand OF silks
and gold, which are proffered to him, let him
know that there is another side to the picture.
Within block--it may be within ten feet of
the accumulative wealth "of Ormas or of Ind,'
some wretch may be dying for want Of bread.
The city does not expose "the secrets of the
prison house, Brick and granite can hide
sighs which never could be heard excepting
in city, The city is q focal point for all the
adventurers Of the earth, and where stern ne
cessity compels us all to be hard hearted, or at
least to withhold thousand things which else
where would be granted freely. We are all a
set of drudges, striving to gain daily what the
farmer possesses in abundance.
Gold is the god here, and each is struggling
for his share, however small it may be. Gold
is here omnipotent and plays strange pranks
among us. i.
..Aurum per medios ire satellites,
Et perrumpere amat saxa, potentius,
lctu fulmineo'
In the country all is different. The farmer,
with his broad acres under his feet, may defy
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the city, and bring thousands to destitution,
but the farmer is sure to have something for
wife and girl, and "chubby boy" His work is
laborious, it is true, and he bronzes his cheek
in the summer sun, till he looks like differ
ent being from the "pale faces" of the city;
but then his brain is never racked with the in
finite multitude of thoughts which canker the
peace Of every man who does business in the
city. Thrice happy are the men and women
who live upon farms and plantations, with all
the means of comfort around them. In the
country, poverty is stripped of almost all her
horrors and absolute want thing unknown
| Rich. Dispatch.
IMPORTANCE OF TRTFLEs.-One of the ear
lier founders of the cotton trade in England
purchased an estate in neighboring county,
/ from peer, for several thousand pounds The
1 house with its furniture was to remain precise
| " as it stood. When the purchaser took pos
| session, he missed small cabinet from the
| hall, worth some three or four pounds. He ap-
| piled to the late owner about it.
| "Well," said the noble lord, II certainly did
order it to be removed. 1t is an old family
| cabinet, worth more from its associations than
| anything else. hardly thought you would
have cared anything about SO trifing matter
| in so large purchase"
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| l had not all my life attended to triHes should
not have been able to purchase this estate and,
excuse me for saying so, perhaps it your lord
ship had cared more about trifes, you might
not have had to sell it,
| ETIouErTE.-It is related of young Aus
trian prince who was very hungry, that he re-
mained several hours contemplating dish,
which he could not touch, according to eti-
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| in the country and could not be at his post in
less than half day. But the prince would
have sooner died of hunger than suffer point
of etiquette to be transgrcssed.
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, is said
| to have caught a severe cold one day, while
waiting to have an under garment put on, the
| lady in waiting being at the time absent, and
| the next lady not daring to infringe the law Of
etiquette, which rendered the pleasing Office Of
dressing the queen the exclusive privilege of
the first lady of the bed-chamber.
"Hiram, my boy" said tender father to his
son, "you must be more careful of yourself
| You have not the constitution of some."
"Dont you believe it; I've got the constitu-
| ton of horse. Dang it, if don't believe I've
got the Constitution Of the United States.'
THE ONLY CHILD.-From the bottom of our
heart do we pity the only child We care
| not how large the fortune that awaits that only
son or daughter, we do not envy their position.
When we behold one, who will be the sole heir
| to all parents wealth, we do not have any
envious feelings arise within our bosom to-
wards that favored one; but we pity, that they
have no kind mother or sister, to share alike
their wealth and affections. They may be the
idol of doating parents, but they know not the
value of a brothers love or the priceless
wealth of a fond sisters affection. We would
not exchange sisters love for all the untold
wealth of Golconda's mines. Oft do we take
a retrospective glance down the dim shadowy
valley of the past, and mingle in happy scenes
again, with the loved ones at home. There
was no envy there in our happy circle. Oft
| as we have gathered around the festal board,
have we thanked God that there we're others
near and dear to us, to share a mothers love,
and fathers guardian care.
RAPID EXECUTION OF MUsIC.-Dr. Lardner,
in recently commenting upon the speed OF
seventy miles per hour, attained on the Great
Western railroad of England, remarked, that
at that rate of speed the engine "coughed"
twenty times in second--a number impossible
for the ear to separate and distinguish. Now,
under the direction of a great leader, we have
heard forty violins in the corda of an overture
firmly attack passage of groups of eight
notes, and, with lightning-hke rapidity, play
them perfectly together, as if by one instrument,
each note being most distinctly appreciable by
the ear The effect on the audience was cleo
trical, exciting TO the last degree. Happening
to have watch in hand at the moment we
calculated the speed of the players, and found
for twenty seconds, three groups, or twenty
four notes u second, were played by each.
Thus, in each second, they play nine hundred
and sixty notes, and in twenty seconds, or one
third of a minute, eighteen thousand two hun
dred notes, and had single one of these notes
been misplaced, highly cultivated and natu-
rally susceptible ear would have discovered and
been displeased by it.
aen. The report that the man who couldn't
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