The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-11-15
SKETCH BY A MAN OF FIFTY
by THEODORE $. FAY,

Thirty gears ago / was Fennilcss and
without friend. had engaged unsuccess-
fully in two or three forlorn specuIations,
in the course OF which | wandered about
the State with reckless independence,
sometimes anticipating the bleak and gloom,
future. AT length my funds and every 'n-
vention to increase them we've exhausted,
and stunning all society, spent week In
deyising plans by which | was to be rescued
from my embarrassmeuts. | was very
young. and adversely was strange th'ng
to mt. In the absence Of all amusement
an occupation. | devoted myself TO ramb'
ling. p,ssed hours and whole days in
e ,aning over the lovely scenery Of one Of
the most picturesque countries Lever saw =
[ would start off in the morning. when the
sun frst pered above the glowing east. and
with few hard biscuits in my pocket, push
my journey knew not whither. cannot
describe the sensations with which have
awakened from my feverish slumbers, and
gone thus abroad beneath the fair morning
shy, when the fragrance was ioosened from
the thousand surrounding flowers, and ev'
cry simple object Of nature came up to my
sight with sweet reality, after night tlnged
with the coiors Of unhappy dreams; and as
the sun ,...t.
----"Sprang gloriously
~ And freely up, and hill and river
Were catching, upon wave and tree, srHH
The arrows from his subtitle quiyerP eoe
have seemed distracted from the ties Of
society, and dwelt in the silence that was
unbroken by any sound to remind me Of
man. as If had been deer or a bird, or
some other free and untamed creature Of
the forest. gifted with human sense and feel
ing. OF the scenery around me ! was COM
Oletely enamored / lost every taste for
other occupations. i wished to enjoy for
ever this wild existaace, In the midst o.
rocks, and trees, aud rivers, watching the
occurrenccs Of the inanlmate world. in the
many capricions shapes in which life ha'
Rprung pp in it, mysterious connection will
matter. of.a sal lQisG j q9a1
There il every where through the work
Of Providence an assuasive influence upo'
philosophy, inconsistent with violent emo
ton. Dear rea,ler, If you ale weary Of th'
world; il life has gone with you so that yo'
look upon it as q tedious and a hackneyet
s,cry. If you have leborod long aud are. ye
surrounded with want, II poverty has Gu
down the best feeling Of your soRi; II 70
have hoped and been disappointed; il 80
have trusted and boon betrayed; if some be
ing. around whom your very heartatriking
were Yoyen, has been bat yesterday return
cd to the dark earth, gofarth from the nois
III busy men to the quiet and winning lowell
ness Of a country scene. Look out som
dell in the midst Of lonely forest, wher
the green bank, scented with a few vii
flowers, slopes down to q running stream
that sa@stimes dashes through a compress
cd channel. and sometimes expands iatoll
silyery lake. The bending willaw shall owe
hsng its surface and q few rocks JET thel
rpassy points. here and there, into the iran
parent ripping water. When you Ae dos
upe tho cool grass,. lhe birds will alight ne
YOU. and Warble their notes, and trim thy
beautiful feathers, With . confidence in "
which yop would deem i sscrilegs 70 h
tray. Above your head, through the cpe
ing 81 the branches, pieces Of blae sky v
qIealn upon you, with clouds sailing sileI
M ana II II be toward evening, and d