The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1855-02-09
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l9fasT The Uaappreciated sky.
lglIt Is a strange thing how little, In gen
J eral peoplekuow about the sky 1t IS th,
part ip, the, Creation in which Nature shs'
done more for the sake Of man, more ,.fq
the sole and evident purpose Of talking K
him, and teaching him, than'in any othcl
LOT her works; and itis just the parton
(which we least attend, TO, hersd There an
mot many of her other works in which
some more material or essential purpose
/, than the mere pleasing Of men is not an
swered by every partoftheir organization
but a very essential purpose of the sky
might, SO far as we know, be. answered. il
once in three days, or thereabons great
ugly black rain:cloud were brought up
over the blue, and everything we'll water.
ed, and SO left blue again until next time,
with perhaps film Of morning and eve
ming mist for dew. And, instead of this,
there is not anoment Of any day of our
lives, when Natureis not producing scene
after scene, pictnre after picture, glory
after glory, and working still upon such
exquisite and constant principles of the
most perfect beauty, that it is quite certain
that it is all done for US, and intended for
our perpetual pleasure. And every man,
wherever. placed, however far from other
sources of interest and beauty, has this
doing for him constantly. The noblest
scenes of the earth can be seen and known
but by few; tits MOI intended that man
should live always in the midst Of them; he
Injuries them by his presence, he ceases to
feel them if he is always with them; but
the sky is for all: bright as it is, it is not
too bright nor too good for human ma
lures daily food Some times gentle,
some times capricious, some times awful;
never the same for two moments together;
almost human in its passions, spiritual in
its tenderness; almost divine in its infin-
ity, its appealto what is mortal is in us rs
| distinct as its ministry of chastisement or
Of blessing to what is mortal or. is essen
;tial A, ..H"s ~
| And vet we never attend to it; we never
make ita subject Of thought, butas1 it has
to do with our animal sensation we look
upon all by whicni 1t speaks to us more
clearly than 70 b.utes upon all which bears
witness to the intention Of the Supreme,
that we are TO receive more from the eov-
eriny vault than the light and dew which
We share with the weed aha'the worm, on.
" as successiono of meaningless and mo;
ino,onous accidents, too common and pain!
,fu1 to be worthyofa moment of watch
fulness or glance of admiration. JOHN
! Raskin. i',b 2! .G' fiqa cU"iSASl .ist1 ~ =
~ Gss y. .--i-l--4+ Aa.s-il - Z,iza acrfrlsi =
lI giJ 4 ~ Eating9a DutchmaA. sscs.r8y
X A.Yanisec pedlar travelling though York
State, some time since, putup at the house
, OF q dutehstavern keeperfor the might, at
tithe- close Of a,Gne summer day q AZ That
I tipls, the peculiarly prejudices ofshe Daseh
people of thatsection were strensly'sh6#ihi
in their jealousyof the "tampg Yankee.p
Our landlordawas one who seemed TO take
1puculir delight iuesnnoyinss the descendo
ants. s.of the Pilglimswlio might fall, in hi;
way, and, itlmay be- supposed, he did on6t
Enegleetahy opportunity shatpresented dur
ing the stayiof the Yankee pedlar to quix
him make him the but of sly jokes. {.
( OurYankee friend was not exactly green
thoughhclkept very quiet demeahor aad
til morning, by. which time he had'niatur-
ed aiplan forgiving the Dutehman an ex4 |
planation of the adagc, s'what is sauce 'for1
the goose is SAUCE for the gander." % "A
2Y The morning sun had dispelled the
mist of the night. Jonathan had hitch |
ed his, horse toIhis cart and brought
them up before the door, ready for q
start after he should have finished his
breakfast The breakfast past, and jon
'athan having settled his bill, he felt him
self at liberty to meet the Dutchman
half way in any shape he chose TO ap-
proach and as a signal for more per-
feet understanding of his readiness, he 4
let into him in the following way
Now old Sourkrout. before / 20 II
have one thing, the last of large as
sortment, that | want to sell you. You
are very prudent and economical, and
one would answer fYg. your own family,
and you could let your neighbors use it !
after you had got done with it.
What in the dunder ish it9' inquired
old Sourkrout. ss.4af lt
well, you SEQ now,a saws Jonathan,
when / laid in my stock, / bought a
prime load of measels, and. pve sold 'em
all eout, except one and kinder thought
seein' as how you was a very sayin' man
| could make it go roundl' and Jona-
than had the laugh all to himself
The Dutchman began to, bluster as soon
as he got the idea through his wool. 7
and thinking he could do as he pleased
with an apparently green Yankee, he
commenced bullying him. 4, ~, 4
look A here mister none yer. tricks
upon travellers, said Jonathan, you need.
MT think YOU can scare a Yankee, no
thew, Why" rot your old cabbage gar.
den I have known q Yankee to cat such
.apGtcliman as you arep .lsS "
F;itA Yankee eat Dutchmanl Taes a
tampt likely story. l pet you fife toll
lar, yout eaiiS eat mep a1ss| pNisas.1Isl
I'iltake the bet said the Yahkee.:24z,
rNowas' pose you 60 and 7cail in all YER
neigRbofs9 u zee Eir play ss-FrJ ~
no The heighboFs We're called III ahdfh
pfelimmaries arranged In Witch It Vas
lagteed that the Ddtchmsh shoula take of
his! boots, wash his feet and lay doYnsdi
,the tabls, e The snkss were thcap ppue Up.