Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-07-24

with ,hc most graceful propriey! How easy Is 10
invest our houses with the ,rucst elegance! Elegance
resides not with :he uho,Stercr or the drapcr-h IS
IA, ru M with the hauglilsS and curtains Is hol VI
:he :nnslics the cnrc;;vg, the rosewood, the mah1
,ny the cauLrlebra, or the marble ornaments; It eN-
lists in the spirit presiding over the chambers oil Inc
dwelling. Concntment must always be most grace
ful; it sheds serenity the scenes OF its abode;
II transforms waste into garden. The home 'h'-
.!cd bv these limitations of Il nobler and DrGh'e,
life NAV be wantin: in much which the d!scnhtch.e"
lcsirc but to it's inhabitants it will be palace ID"
uutvyns the Oriental in brilliancy and glory.
GE GENTLEMEN AT HOME.--There are few
families we imagine, anywhere in when rove 10 "I
abused us furnishing lcenrc for ,orIc IN
husband father, brother, VIII SPEAK isa rhn Inv
those whom he loves the best ana 'h.Se i e,
him best simply hecarse Inc his head broken
II l. shame TINT a man will speak more iinP"t'ris
! ~ ,;u,,.s IN las wife or sister, thah Tic """, "
n.her female. except 10" ana '!'ou, o 80 m hr
hn, Tho honest affections of man M nre PrnI' " ~
| ' -: or prnrr:iou 10 woman IN the ia'''! cn.'
,hn,, t. restraints of society, and that A"ohu ue"
| T., il indebted Tor the kndcst pn!ltehesS VI ny ~
iLose not belonging tn her own housGi'oiu. ~,
| n,,b, no. so 10 be. The man, who, because II ~,
moi he resented, infcts his spleen ana pnu u'pv ,i
anon those of his hcarth-stone, Is sina enWn' "'
a very mean m:n. Kind words are c'reu'"'."i o
Iiuu,s between true gentlemen ana l""t' " tr ,b.
and no polish exhibited in society can a'ol'o i' @
b,r. l,prunoc and disrcspcctiu treatment 10" N.Y.
;ndrIord in between those bound t""ethef ~ i ~
orn Ties of blood, and the still more e''c'e" "'"'
coniucnl love- Spnngfdd Rrp"0'''""'
. sr.;,,n.r." says q Persian story
60 =, hon, together. Said the locIcan 10 l.r
swimmer, Have you ever studied i"s ALAS, said
hn,rI the name till now, was the FePN. =, ;,mn
H. chen has half your i,: been ur"" ~, = tn t..
r,nc!' Just then squat came up, a
.iInyc Won over learned any thing OF S" '
.Vn,hiu,, hut logic was tho reply 80; Gus
.t ,h ,c6olr Of uoay life il dr"wn'u: ,;
Tho moral of this, our teacher 'olu u'' ''
eia,, sometimes .ge! bcyoHd me" "'P'''
EycESTRICITIEs OF AUTHORS ANp Io ,'i
DIcnpS p,.sello could only compose III peu, "ii'
Cunarosas muse never inspired MN INV T., ,"r;nm
Ids. oi n dense and m!Ithinl crowd nv " '
Wr.crai had contracted the haoit oi "t'.!. ~ H.
a., l;,,S, md could nor dispense with 1t even III INC
- do,. and hottest month III the year. Desc"rics
s,",,i,t mid wrote stretched at full length on l,iS
,rk, Will, the great urSt Culas wrote MI MS VOTE
lyinp PROSTATE upon his sn'naGi. "u'o" Ncni l''u
,,s"nt;csut apparel, and Haydn himself declared he
,,und composition difficult unless he wore ON his M
ger the ring given him 10y FREDERICK IL. M"'nG','
the poet always stuck wafer on his i"r""e'" oe
tween his eyebrows while writing; Nanico' iSeu !"
nu,il.te the sides of his urai-char with his pen
l. ;E, mud tho readers al lnvrrs ballad OF Atlliral
IIosier's Ghost" would never divine that II was COM
posed while the UNCONSCIOUS author DESTROYED VIII
his cane magnificent bod Of tulips, TO the horror 81
It's fur owner, Lady Temple.
THE ADVANTAGES OF SING1NG.-lt y"a
,vnuld keen spring in your hearts, learn TO sing
There is more merit in melody than most pc"Eie 'te
aware Of A cobblcr who smonths his waS'cl0s WIN
n song will do ~ much work IN Il nav US one S'I'
70 N nature and frettng would effect in Week.
SONGS are like sunshine; they run to chceriu!hcst
IA ri, the boron with such buoyHncy that, Tor Tie
time being you feel flied with june mr. or Ike Il