Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1854-11-09
Too Much Business,

This is world Of infl.xihle commerce. !;
nothing is ever given away, everything is
bought and paid for. Il. by exclusive
and absolute surrender Of ourselves TO.
materiAlpursuits. we materialize theuind
we lose that class Of satisfaclions OF which
the mind is the region aud the resource.
A young man in business, for instance.
begins TO feel the exhilarating glow Of
success. and deliberately determines 10
abandcn himself 80 its delicious whil.
He says to himself. / will think Of moth
ing but business till have made So much
money. and then I win begin new life.
l will gather books. and pictures. and
friends. / will have knowledge, and
taste. and cultivation the perfumes OF
scholarship, and winning speech, and
graceful manners. I will see foreign
countries, and converse with accomplish
ed men. I will d,ink deep Of the foun>
tain OF classic lore. Philosophy shall
guide me, history shall instruct, and po>
etry shall charm me science shall open
to me her world Of wonders. I, shall
then remember my present life Of druid
gerry as one recalls pleasant dream when
the morning hae dawned. Hekeeps his
self-regis,ered vow. He bends his thol's
downwards and nails them 10 the dusi.
Every power. every affection, every taste
except those which his par ocular occu-
patton call into play, is left 10 starye.---
Over the gaiessof bis mind he writes. in
letters which he who rurss may read.
No admIttahce excepted business y In
time he reaches the gaol Of his hopes !;
but now insulted nature begins to claim
her revenge. That which was once un-
natural is now natural 10 him. The an
forced constraint bias become a rigid de-
formity. The soaring u his mind Is bro-
ken. He can no longer lift his thoughts
from the ground. Books ond knowledge.
and wise discourse, and the amenitit j of
art. and the cordisli.y Of friendship. are
like words in strange tongue. Il. tie
hard smooth surface OF his soul nothing
,getial, graceful or wiopipg viii cling,
tie cannot even purge hisiyoice Of its
fawning tone. ior plark from bis face the
mean, money-gttting MAX which the
child does not look a. without ceasing 70
smile. Amid the gtacss and ornaments
Of wealth lie is like 4 blind man Il, pic
ture gallery. Tina. which he has done
he must continue tode;i ho, must accu-
mulate riches whieh he cannot enjoy and
contemplate the dreary prospectof g,ow-
ing old vi hout any thing to- make age
venerable OF aiiraciiyes ofIagc wilhou.
wisdom and without knowledge Is the
winlei . cold without tie wiinis,ss Gre.
PRAcrIcH. Daring The last
summer an attosnty ID d country Town,
about seventeen miles ftpmn, Bangor. hasy-
iag A .msll demand against s,mpmber 81
the second advent pesuasion, made de-
ma0d upon, the same for payment The
M letiae fefuses's adding that On the 9Th
Of OCtObFrslse should be In the clotidscf
lieavsh and fasremoyed fromthe vexation
Of legal dams and bores. The attorney
upon ihisspions declaration immediately
sued out 4 writ Nth an oath annexed
that The defendant was about 10 leave
the State 80 had him arrested there
upon and made linn fork over. SIS
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4 The rlau who cot out Of patience,
got intoi trouble 's''e