Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-07-27
Chr lfwisburg Cbronifle.
FRIDAY. JULY -. 1853.
Front 3)tlla1slpDia.


trees, coated with dust and withcred with
heat, hang motiOnless and Dropping; and
humanity is reduced to the consistency of a
wet dishcloth but as "all the world" has
gone to Cape May, or Newport, or Sarato-
60, tho number of sufferers at home is
very considerably thinned off.
L suspect strongly that the Dutch who
founded New Amsterdam, had other rea-
sons for building their town on the marshy
shores of Manhattan, than that it was such
an excellent place to drive piles in {: they
knew the delights of fresh air and an open
sea-view, and thus while they could conform
tothe indispensable custom alluded to (and
which could not have been easily carried
out further inland) they secured to them
selves and their posterity the uninterrup-
ted and much coveted and travelled after
sea-breeze.
o, how We should love to sport with
the name of old Nep's charger, and snuff
his breath for month-to say nothing of
hugging Amphithrite and her maids, for
that length Of time, morning, noon and
night!
But,alas recollection at hand-we have
instead intramural sun baths reflected
from every angle; Sirrocco-like breezes,
freighted with insidious street dust; sick
ening smells from filthy inlets: and pesti-
ferrous vegetable deposits, ,decomposing and
fostering up back allies. The accumula-
tion of dust on steps, the tarnish of door
plates and door knubs, and the closed up
houses one meets at every step, continual
iy tantalize the Imagination, and it is in
vain We try to convince ourselves that it
is just as comfortable at home as any
where; the roar of the waves, and the
shouts of mottled groups who are dancing
among the white-crested breakers, choke
the halfformed lie in its birth.
The travel to Europe continues unabat-
ed, and every one who can raise the wind,
has some disease only to be cured by the
grand tour. Adolescens in his collar that
out-Byrcus Byron, his high necked, short
wasted, long tailed coat, and gun-casc
pants, goes to polish up his manners, and
acquire something to talk about, or to as
tonish the old world with sight of the
new, The pastor has got leave of absence
from his people, and goes to seek relief
from his bronchial attack in mourning
over the church broken Sabbaths, the
counterfeit. relics, and the priest-ridlcn po
pulation of Europe. The Schuylers and
the Neguses find living much cheaper in
Germany, and certainly much safer, than
in the United States and having laid up
a "pile," retire from business, and devote
the rest of their lives to the education of
their children, amid the classic scenes Of
the eastern world.
But the largest number are those who
travel merely to kill time, and spend money,
coined too often from the muscles Of sia-
very-who 60 to climb Mont Blanc and
Etna, buy wood carvings from the Swiss
peasants, and throw small change to the
Lazzaroui of Italy, and backshsesh to the
screaming Arab. 1t is a glorious life to
those who can afford it,and who have taste
enough to enjoy it i; and We confess 20
weakness on the subject, that prompts us
to purchase every book of travels that
comes out, whether by Warburton or a
Jones'
The greatest number, however, who can
afford the luxury, spend their money fcte-
ing the beggarly titles Of the continent,
and in being most gloriously taken in by
the sharpers who swarm or every beaten
track Monsieur, Or Signor, or Herr Yam
kee Doodle, as the case may be, enjoys the
reputation Of being excessively "hush" and
generous and the consequence is, that by
the time he completes his tour, he has a
most enviable collection Of autographs
and emblazoncd cards to carry home as
trophies to be exhibited to the heuninitiated, .
and preserved as curiosities in the family, 4
in exchange for the dollars he has spent in
feeding starved nobil,ty who live on the
dinners Of ambitious snobs from the new
world, seeming to think that every posses
sor of title should have wings like
Mercury or something at least not COM
mon to other men. You 10 doubt think
this extravagantb but it is not the less true.
Business, however, takes n great num-
Der abroad, and we'll would it be for our
own manufacturers if that communication
we're less easy. Isuppose am an old fogy
tor saying so, but can not help thinking
that if French and German goods can be
brought here, notwithstanding the tariff,
and sold lower than our own, our manu-
facturers must be the losers.
Our Public schools are now closed. the
children enjoying their summer holiday,
and the teachers seeking relaxation from
their confning duty.
The most interesting feature of public
business lust nnw is tho d.nletion of tho