The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-07-21
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alluded to is chiefly felt, perhaps. bv women
who, in many cases, have to live bv the work
OF their own hands. and who have few sort,
OF business open to them, while even in these
they receive less paw than men, |: would
seem that there must be something lct,er for
their hands to do than sewing, some,hino bet-
Ter for their minds than drilling little chill
Grcn with spelling books and ferrules. some.
thing that shall lift them up rather than for
ever drag them down. We know that sew.
my is necessary, and that it pleascs manv
women who have gift for it, but to MANY #
IS drudgerv and an incubus. The" L.,
there are women who Gun teach, who were
born TO teach, and they delight in it. but to
those who teach from the spur of necessity a.
lone, there is no greater burden. Nothing
outside OF ourselves, has given us more pain
since we came to think on such matters than
to see the careless way in which Young people
enter into artive life. To see fine girls and
boys who ought TO be putting their individu-
aiitv INTO their work, sitting quietly down to
sew tape, I" turn spindlcs, to weirh surar
and measure silk from dav to lav. and from
year to year, until life AMI beauty, and the
nee sense OF haIpincS which makes youth a
season OF such exquisite pleasure is faded AMI
vanlshcd-iS grief and a Disappointment.
ct often have we seen in the face of some
dre>smaker or other sewing drudge. or in the
showcase of dagurrrcotvpis,. looks that
told us Of lives blightcd or darkrned bv un-
profitable because ilI-rho>rr Labor. To do
what we will is often difficult sometimes i'm
possible. but not nearly SO often impossible as
Is thought-vet it must be that th-r. are I'M
developed resource. OF the kind W. have men
hone,: waiting for some one TO turn them to
account. AMI which mind bent to the search
could not fai! before long to discover
We know a woman living near the sea.
who supports herself comfortably by gather
IN" the beautiful >ea-wecds thrown upon the
tcachcS. ard arran"in. them neatly in books:
We hnow OF arother who makes a very ele-
CANT sort of paI'e: lantern the pretiicst thing
IN the world for carving about the house,
and forwhich the demand must be great e.
nou.h to occup: all her time another col
lc,t> the autumn leaves of our woods and
preserves them in books and portfolios an
other procnrcS vases of graceful shape from
the nearest potter, and derora,cs them with
slecan: patterns in color. of her own design
There is man in Massachusetts who paint.
flowers most exGuisitclv on articles Of tu,ni.
ture, and we know another in this State who
has earned no slight reputation in making
models of every sort of fruit ami vece ale
his model giving the exact weight. size color
and appearance of the object. 50 that hi> rabi
net. the result Of only few seasons labor. is
become most valuable collection: vet he is
a man of property. and began this work mere
" As an amusement.
There are only a few examples. but we
doubt not that manv more might be supplied
of equal value. They NAV seem tr;ilinr in
stances. hut the subject is not confined to such
narrow limits. Every hand-craf. every trade
can he made Fire Art-onr',- to bt made
So and until it is. 10 labor in it will be curse
and no blessing. know ola tea merchant
who thought so well of lis b. ness that he had
one of our best sculptors make him statute
of a Chinese bov TO ornament his shop. and
when Won went there to buy tea, yol felt that
YOU were going upon no mean errand, and to
garden rather than marke'. You heard
there all that vou would know of tea and Chi
ma. The details of the business became song
anu tfluTc. Hi1u tuc ttT ilIISc VI tIduc Seclu-
ed 10 stand behind the counter.
Every occupation ought to spring from an
individual character and represent it. In
stead o. taking what is given us. we should
hate advice and assistance, and work only in
,ha, field to which we arc drawn. And only
when we resolve to do so. shall we find that
there is a field for every man to work in
where he of rrht bclono> and where alone h.,
can hc happy in working. These occupa-
;ion> oi which we have been speaking. are
the lesser OF the Fine Arts il is true. but
nothin. can come Of their culture but grace
and goodness and peaceful hours. As such
we commend them To our readers.
CLARENCE C40k.
= frigh:.ncd Dandy.
Heard good story las: nj cht over glass
of GOOD hook. uhc wit:c that Old Sparkcr.
of the Mohawk Valley. had queer notions
of, If remember richtlv)
:" was stopping last summer, said our
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