The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-11-21
METROPOLITAN MUSINGS.
what a Beersteak suggested.

NATURALLY enough my good friend, the reader. to
whom iguratively extend my customary weekly ssluts
ton, will sny the line above suggested what those
derl roast pigs running about with carving knives
venently attached to their ribs reported to have
been in the habit of cIying--nnmely, nCome and
eat me r. But the very estimable lady who super
intends my prandia repast will bear witness that it
did not awaken any such carnal desire in the Middle
Aged Man. for to the destruction of the aforesaid lady
peace of minda piece Of which, by the way, she be-
slowed upon me- as she said-the ascending odor of
steak in process Of preparation sent far away
the bounding pillows, Of which T. p. Cooke loves to
sing and by that strange relation of the senses the
memory with which all amused and puzzled, my
yesterday dinner allowed to grow cold as King
Lear, While carried in the spirit to the quiet wales
beautiful lakes and towering mountains of Cumberland
and Westmoreland, in the tight little island of Eng
land Like Dreams these freaks association which
odor sound will sometimes give rise to- may gen
orally be traced to existing in fact recorded by
memory. My relation mot my Chatham Street Uncle
was this: Two years ago. in the summer time, was
very hungry all day long, despite the throbbngs of
limb injured year OF two previously in the memorable
collision between the Michigan Central and Illinois
tal Railroad trains in which at least forty better person
ages were insontinently killed. had tramped over the
Ioest ridge Of the rowning Helvelyn," and towards
evening drew to the Horsehead Inn," celebrated
for being separated by but few feet from Wordsworth
wyheburn,s modest house Of prayer
As lonely as the lowles dwoing'-
an ancient structure which has outyed its history As
entered the snug 'paror" Of The inn, where my eye
delighted with cleanliness which could feel
my olfcoy nerves we're sauted by precisely the sac
savory odor which yesterday bore bodily from my old
chair (not the celebrated to which Miss Eliza
Cook is extavaganty attachcd and to the detment
of my reputation for strict punctuay and stad SOBER
middle-aged sedateness, caused me to make violent
demonsts ions, which, upon my honor only the In
voluntary gesticulaons caused by the enthusiastic nar
tive my snemory relating to myself but which the
female person whom have twice before but shall not
agan called lady has fit to torture pervert and
constran into declaration the ulflment of which
legal friend thinks might justify suit for breach Of
something other and, in reply to which, advised
the legal gentleman to bring two SUITS as thereby he
might gain pair of breaches.
But to return to beesteak It was eaten with so
much of that excellent sauce, hunger, that whereas
sometimes, when old foolish longing for some kind Of
notoriey has me, have seriously thought Of
ptng my power of subsstng upon short raons against
canary bird and butterfly, but have been withheld by
the humane consideration that the poor little things
would certainly starve to death in week. found myself
playing trencherman with zeal that would have done
Justice to old King Dunmal, the last King of Cumber
land whose carn had that day visiteda strange wild
place it is,
uo.,d ovor hray Kn 'a' han,,a,, p,us ~ spnss %aaa
lie who held supreme command
HI M bones s a and d. those Of All ba nower
Slain hcro in disastrous hour
A wild mountain king doubtless he was who had small
thought of resgning his sway and with the same long
ing notorety have confessed to above found IT, poor
man. under the carn heaped over his kngly body by a
generous foe. Sitting here meditative nddle-aged
person. can see again the grand panorama of lakes and
hills which / bcheld that day. alone even without
sound except occasionally the much ridcued .'soenn
bleat' of
,lsmb len somewhere 10 itself
The piantve spirit Of the sohtude"
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Description uch cti'icseu put uue, none the less,
tested Heyeyn, where the silence seems pro-
found tha II 1t possible for silence 10 do So gbbers
and chatters of danger and fear But the view on clear
day pays for all the toll it is joy enough to say to
yourself my eyes see and my heart feels the same
grand eternal hills and sweet reposng lakes that have
given inspiration and Joy to Kit North who lived yoner
at EIlaray TO Souhcy who sleeps yonder at Kcswick
where paper will thank you for six pence and besides
show yon the fulllength marble cgy of the Laureate
also to Wordsworth, whose home lies just below you at
the foot of yda Mount and whose form rests in that