Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-06-13
:" Seven hours TO sleep, to healthful labor seven,
Ten 70 the world all0E-snd all to Heaven

Now, the man TO whom this distieh is attributed
! is generally allowed 10 have brought something to
pass his generation. But suppose the days have
| grown shorter since then. One remembers an old
form Of expression, dropping in to see friend"
barbarous idiom, adapted 10 the savage state Of
may we call 1t society ?-among our forefaibers I
protest. With the exception of my friends Smith and
Jones-Bbo are ooRessedly behind the age-I should
shrink from trying that experiment at any house of
my acquaintance.
1 should expect to be dropped out again pretty
quickly and thankful if it we're out Of two pair
Of-stairs' window. did that kind Of thing once,
remember, in the dayso mycomparativs youth and
simplicity, in the case Of the Rev BroWo, who had
been good enough to say he should be ''alWays glad
to see me-" rode over there about the uncanonical
hour Of one, with view to possible lunch, let me
say as am about ny confessions, The confidential
servant struggling into his coat he opened the
door for me, and startled into confession that
he believed master was in his study;" he would see
So / vas ushered into very cold dragging room,
and, after giving time to get exceedingly uncom-
Portable, my reverend friend made his appearance
We both, Of course, full Of apologies-I for my
unreasonable interruption, he for having unsYoid-
ably detained me. He gave me TO understand, of
course in the most delicate manner that he was
always much engaged II the morning. Now happen,
since those days. TO have learned the Interpretation
of this mystery. At the time, of course, thought
he might be editing new edition Of the Fathers or
original explanation Of the Articles-mOst Of my
clerical friends we're, in those days. But Browns
confidential servant happens to be lover of my
cooks.
II you want to have all your private habits known.
keep one of these modern ''confdentials" by all
means. Brown buys all his sermons eheap-litho-
graphed in MS That's the last fashion. Perhaps !
in his CASE it's just as well for his hearers ItdOn
take many Of bis mornings, at ell events, TO "pre.
pare for his dRties" as Mrs Brown terms it, But |
Browns morning study is pretty much as follows:
Breakfast, to 10; Times newspaper, 10 TO IL /
yaWn; look out Of window; cast up yesterdays &C,
counts; write two uOtes, twice over, and three /
school reward tickets That carries US on till half
past twelve Try the Times again, perhaps; clerk
calls about q Wedding or q funeral chat with him
about the family affairs Of the parties concerned
till the luncheon bell breaks up the conference |
And Brown has been every busy'-he tells Mrs.
Brown so, aud he thinks 80. Such a man ought not
10 be interrupted. l knew 3 man who wrote his
sermons on horseback Certainly they were not like
Browns Ms. J, and another who wrote q Roman
History, or, might say, the Roman History, in his
lraWing room, surrounded By his children at play;
mt then they not studious characters like my
eVerend friend TheD again, Mrs. Brown is
sorry she has so little Of Mrs Smith" She would
o much like to be better neighbors; but her timeis
o fully occupied with the "dear children" ga |
post devoted wife and mother" SO am told, 1 an
earthly glad she stands in neither relation to me.
hose a'dear children" never look half so pretty,
alf so innocent, or half attractive, as saw them
ne day, escaped from mammals and msdemOisells'B ,
lrTeillanee, galloping round Smiths paddock on
is old rough pony, and Madeleine (the Countess
od-child) osneing with wild delight at old Pontos
rave face under her best bonnet
Poor child it was very naughty, no doubt-quits :
laidst 81 the rules Of her "briRging ups" e was
ny incautiOus to bars lstt heE for moment under