Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-09-28
For tie Daily Patria.
An Irfsb Tour.


ries for my contemplated journey-but my
restless disposition could brook no delay.
pinned for recreation-for remission of those
duties that are expected of a foreigner on a
visit to bis friends-namely, the duty Of call
| ing on two or three dozen of them every
twenty-four hours. had almost worn the
soul out of my body in these affectionate du-
ties, while the sole of my 'sandal-shoon" was
fast wearing to an ETHEREAL thinness. Could
be expected to sacrifice my leather, even in
| such cause? Methinks j hear my dilapida
ted boots echo mournful, creaking "Nor
took the northwestern train from Lon.
don Uia Liverpool, en- route for Dublin and the
Lakes of Killarney. Not only was / com
pclled to fight my way through solid phal
anxes of noisy rabble, who were collected
around the booking offices, before could OBJ
tain my ticket bat also was forced to consent
to the unpleasant necessity Of allowing my
dininutive proportions to fill very small
vacancy on back seat in the carriage or else
occupy a seat on the floor without cushion
So much for John Bulls accommodations
inquring faces in crowded carriage, only six
feet square-faces distorted in feature and
rendered miserable from the uncomfortable
compression Of their owners body corporal
There was one pretty face-black eyes aud
coral lips-but the fair possesser of these fas-
cinations occupied the same bench with my
SELF three passengers to the left. l can't look
left-handed-it makes me squint. And had
even leaned forward for that purpose, should
have been pressed out of my seat in the same
manner that connoisseur would eject the body
of a shrimp from its natural coat of scales.
Directly in front of me was perched an in
fantile specimen of Saxon progeny that at
tracted my attention. He was the youngest
of five that fond PARENT was treating to an
excursion. His eyes were saucer-shaped and
stretched to their utmost capacity. while his
mouth was so wide open that 1 doubted the
possibility of its ever having been shut. 1t
looked for all the world as if it had been
fitted to a door-knob, so perfect was it in cir
cular appearance. To my great annoyance,
the child's head was so completely jainmed
in between two elderly females that he could
look no other direction than directly at me.
The steady stare of those large, round eyes,
for seven hours, was narrowing to think about.
couldn't stand it. l grinned horribly at the
urchin, to make him look off, but the grimace
only served to increase his establishment, and
he stared the more. l pulled my hat down
over my face in despair; had done every
thing in my power to brighten him; had
given him grin that will doubtless haunt
him to the last hour of his existence. l en-
deavored to sleep and forget his presence,
when some one tapped my shoulder, and l
turned to behold a still greater bore. This
was an adult an individual with whom l
was acquainted, and he recognized me in the
feeyoom in Cheapside, where l occasionally
took my cup of coffee, and looked over the
morning papers. His name was Scdthena-an
antique fossil of the genius literary-long,
gaunt and meagre-looking, with head beau
tiful iron grey, closely shaved and cocoa-nut
shaped, and, in all probability, as full OF milk
and water as that tropical fruit. BY way of
appearing intellectually interesting, the I'M
couth creature had cultivated upon his upper
lip huge moustache, resembling, i'll external
appearance, the color and fexibility of an
old toothbrush six years in the service. AS
if to add still more to the ludicrous aspect of
his figure-head, his neither lip had acquired
habit of nervously twitching when it parted
from the moustached upper, as if apprehen-
sive of an attack of bristles from that quar-
ter. But when, in addition to this, he dis
torted his features in an intense and agoniz-
ng effort to "look expression" in an impress
live manner, and with his long bony finger
,esticulated violently. in order to impress |
you with the fact-the startling fact--that
you were in the presence of a real child of
genius" you could not but believe that he |
vas either an escaped lunatic, or 'conva-
escent patient" from the London Hospital, |
Who had had the fever and had eloped with |
he delirium still on him. Literature was in |
i'm monomania. Literature was his hobby. |
lie imagined himself and would endeavor to
ednce his listener into the belief, that he, Ac-
IEON SCATHEM, was the greatest OF living |
cribblers-that his posthumous publications
you'd, centuries hence, become invaluable.
lie told me so on the cars. | merely echoed,
many centuries" Il can't help writing"
ontinued he, tits IN me and must come OUT
advised him to try Holloway's pills. He
nswered by asking me what kind of feeling
xisted in my country with regard to rail
-ays. and mentioned any quantity of rail-
Dads he had projected" the great stock
Dmpanies he himself had established, the
,athing articles he had written for the Times
gainst the Pope aud Napoleon. He also
indy offered to lend his powerful pen in
riting articles favorable to American enter
rise. and didn't know but he might cross the
tlantic, if it was only to project few more
lilroads. In behalf of my countrymen l
lankcd him, and he leaned back in his seat
, take breath. The train began TO slacken
S speed-.the bells rang-the coach guard
routed, "Harrow Station"-and we stop
I'd. | looked out lust in time To catch
glimpse of the old church spire in the
tile village that the pen of a wild college
|
as again In motion. All the passengers,
,ccpt ScATHEN, got out at Harrow. He
one remained to keep me company for the
st of the journey. / noticed that he, also,
manned unusually quiet and. pecping under
G greasy "tile" that sheltered his intellectu-
casket. discovered that those orbs, wont
sparkle with the fire OF genius, were closed
deathlike slumber. Fortunate circum-
lnce! / could now enjoy the passing
emery, uninterrupted by his incessant twat-
:. The sun, gliding from behind the misty
ii of clouds, shone benignly upon the har-
st fields aud the picturesque old castles and
ndmills along the route, rendered the nat
al panorama varied and BEAUTIFUL in the ex-
enc. There are many places of interest to
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