The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-07-21
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on" "c"'tii permit 10 ramblc In foreign land.
during certain golden hours of their lives
seldom tail to bring home tokens from the
pleasant places they have visited in then
wanderings. Vases and dishes OF spar from
English Dcrbvshirc. boxes and trays in wood
mosaic from TonbridSe Wells, shawis ard
calrnSormS from Scotland. Irish moses and
sea-wecdS, carved wood from Switzerland
agate ornaments from GERMANY, the ruby
and azure glass of Bohemia. the corals of
Naples. with the scarts and mosaics of Rome
and Florence. Many of these beautiful
th'nss our readers must have seen, especially
OF late, since, owing to the increase of travel.
they are no longer rare
We have mcntiond only few of these
manufactures peculiar to certain places, and
always a>sociated with them in the minds of
travellers The list mi ght be heightened, but
those We have named are sufficient for our
present purpose. That purpose is compare
lively an humble one. but we believe that if
1t were once carried out to any considerable
extent II could not taii to bc useful IN itself.
and III The end to lead to somc.l,n, Licl,-
tf.
We have often heard foreigners rcrret that
" ''''' ~ '''i S'i"i'> no pretty tflIit'>
whose m 'n"iartUrc Is peculiar to our people
or to certain districts aud towns visited in
their travels, which they can carry back
with them As rcmemhranrcS, or As specimens
OF the skill and industry Of the inhalitants.
Neither could they easily Obtain engraved
views of the many beautiful and notable
passages OF natural scenery which were de-
hight TO their eyes while here, and which
they would gladly have been aklc to recall
at home. by a sketch, however light. p,o-
cured upon the spot
The traveller in Europe meets with no snch
difficulty. Almost every town Of any im,or-
tancc has some manufacture bv which i. is
distinguished. and which from ii> beauty or
n'iI'iE' or from it, happy union OF both,
meets with ready sale. And we know "A
gentleman who spent some time in Europe
who has an album containing engraved views
oi all the places he visited. even ;llc small
est. and OF the principal objects o:. interest
IN those places. 1t is these collections OF
cnrio>itics. and the abundance of these en-
Travcd memoranda III great measure. which
makes up the n!ca oi Europe in the minds
OF Us who >it n home. Nv friend brings me
stone from Venice or Verona and p1t Il;
on my marile-riccc, where it soon became a
marvel and is no longer mere stone. tut
the germ OF poems and conversations. Til,
Is because everything that comes from Eu-
rope Is European. is individual AMI charir-
:erIStic each SmallcS: hamlet saws. What
can ave to these travellers that they NAV
remember me. and Immediately the Swiss
peasant brings ont the wood that in his leisure
he has carved INTO fantastic or useful shapes:
the rough Bohemian offers his co,rcous
glass whose ruby and azure treasure for
eve the snnS"t a.' room uf ,ha. romantic
region the fishermen o Maple, stretch ou;
their s'ron]cd hands, dripping with the wa.
ter Of :heir sacred hay, aud filled with rarest
co-aS. red. white and rose or the mll-evcd
Turk. smiling from ont the smoke that fills
his nu>k-pcrtumcd bazaar. bargains drcami-
ly with you for embroidered slippers. TASKS
of altar, and mu>lins whose web in only wo-
ven moonlight.
'\cry WELL saws the crusiv readcr,-alas'
that we must take some cr,lStv readers for
granted Very well Iou surely don't in
tend to advise orr people to devote anv of
their time 70 making such .cw-caws AS Won
have been describing. To buy them or 70
covet them, is little less than folly. ami be-
sides. II II were not. We have As much As we
can do with clccting Presidents. making
steam engines. and laving our TELEGRAPH
wires across the bed OF the Atlantic occin.
without bu>yin- ourselves with such ,Iu,u
matters as earrings and boxes. Moreover.
50 far as We see. this >uiicc: has no coutr,.-
ton with that of the Fine Arts. We >holiA
like to hear something profound about .!hc
schools"
! The cn''>tv gentleman must have patience
with us. Tor 1t Is our purpose to advise those
OF our readers whom IT NAV concern. to look
about them. and try if they cannot find some
unemployed resources living within reach
whlch might he improved and made of profit
That some such occupations are needed both
bv men and women. there can be no doult
whatever. We ourselves have known IRIS.
whose situation in Iiic forbade their roinr
out To service, and who rcbcllcd against the
idea CT becoming sewing lrudgcs. vet who
icit the necessity OF an occupation hv which
they coud earn their own support We have
known boys who steadily refused to 90 INTO
stores or serve behind counters. and vet felt
no call to any Of the pro;c,>ionS-h with
enough artistic sense to make them vcaru for
an employment that should feed and not
dcadcn their love OF beauty. and who finally
sunk INTO the slough OF cIcrkdom for want O,
kntiirr paSiuragc and nurture.
We want emlloynen,s that give room and
verge enough for the lcvc!oIcmcnt OF inai.
vidual character Why need We all run in
certain beaten tracks Why must Young
man DC counted respectable only as he follow.
certain specified professions Why need he
be lawyer, priest, medical man, clerk or zen
tleman farmer, because his father has an in
come OF ten Thousand wear: Why is he
counted the black sheep of a rich mans fam
lily. who could DO nothing for his living tha,
his decent friends would have him. but insis
ted on putting on a blouse and entering ma
chime shop among the lowest hands, in order
t. learn the detail of tic business? Why did
his cousin Caroline refuse to bow to linn in
broadway? The result of all this is that ou,
young men have nearly lost their manhood
and for the most part have their lives mark
ed out Tor them. instead of making them tl,
result OF individual character 4 man of
great genius cannot be so restrained, we know
but every man should rebel against these tyr
annlcs OF society and declare that whether hi.
work be hod-carrying or the writing OF Iliads
no hand shall restrain him from doing wha,
he was ,,n born to do, and being happy in hi.
work. There IS scarce a boy who if he were
allowed to follow his impulses in the choice
OF an occupation but would do something
praise worthy. The very fact that we have
made The number of professions in which a
gentleman may engage so small. has made the
remaining occupations in which men are EN-.
ploved not respectable. We lock into the
kitchens Of Pompeii and wonder to see pans
and skillets whose shape and orna1.ent make