The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-04-14
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
lFfom the Nsp York Ledger.1
the MOUNT VERNON PAPERS.
By EDWARD EVERETT.
Enrrus AGRA PnonAr.-M ashington's Motto.
AN INCLUSION INTO II EMPIRE STATE
10 PART l.

AN INCLUSION INTO THE EMPIRE STATE
SaadrieAes as compared Hifh a hasfy dinner at an inn
Sirfy cents saued and proposed inresfmenf for isl,
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Being under engagement to repeat my Addres.
on the Character of Washington, at two or thret
places, in the western part of the State of New
York, circumstances had prevented my keeping
the appointment till the middle of December. ]
must confess that I looked forward to the expedi-
ton with some anxiety. 4 journey of a thou
sand miles into the Lake region, at this season OF
the year, to be made in six days, on three OF
which q discourse of two hours length was to be
pronounced, IS. to a person who has reached the
age of.-but no matter about that,@a pretty
serious affair. On taking counsel with a judi
cious friend upon the subject, he advised me,
above all things, to take on me and with me, an
extra supply of warm clothing, and, if / had
occasion, as / certainly should, to travel in the
night, to be sure to get a berth in one of the
sleeping cars I promised to follow his advice
on both points
With respect to the first, / was already well
provided with an ample supply of the accustomed
articles of clothing, external and internal, of the
warmest materials and closest tissues. But fol-
lowing my friends advice, and looking forward
to the exposure of the journey, | laid in an extra
supply, better adapted to a voyage of Arctic ex-
ploration, than to a trip into the State of New
York Ii consisted of a supplementary pair of
overalls made of pilot cloth and well lined with
thick cotton, a dreadnought cloak also lined and
wadded, a ~sea-otter tippet, the gift of a kind
friend, which DIR. Hayes might have envied, a
pair of very warm gauntlets. lined with vicuha,
and a most voIu.ninous Bay State shawl These
preparations for the wintry journey had not been
made without fitting domestic advisement.
At 1en1th tho aDnointed dav arrived and clad
in all these h~abiliments, which had the effect of
duplicating my apparent diameter to the
naked eye, 1 took my seat in the ear for Albany.
A few moments only elapsed. before l perceived
that the atmosphere was far from being of that
boreai severity, which I had taken for granted,
when in the chill of the early morning, L had
hurried on my ample stock of garments. ordi-
nary and extraordinary. On the contrary it
was, for the middle of December, a moderate
day outdoors; the weather, mingled snow and
rain, settling down into the latter. Within the
car, to take off the chill, we had an iron stove
kept for the greater part of the time near a red
heat. / soon felt more as If L was already in
the tropics, than upon a journey, in the direc-
ton of Canada. Before long l was Obliged to
ommenc the operation of laying aside one
article after another first the India-rubber over
shoes which were parboiling my feet, then the
warm vicuna gloves, then the splendid sea-otter
tippet, then the ample folds of the Bay State
shawl, then the lined and wadded cloak, very
much as the grave-digger in Hamlet divests him
self of the traditionary score of jackets. | would
gladly have got rid of the pilot-cloth overalls,
but as 1 had only half a seat in a crowded car
for a dressing room, / did not attempt that criti-
cal operation. When / had thrown off the last
article of extra clothing, which could conve-
niently he laid aside, / was a little disconnected
at the Indifferent success of my expernent in
dressing for the season.
In other respects. / made the journey to AL
bany most comfortably, especially after the
youth, who sells what he calls IS meggyzines, !"
had passed through the car with the " New York
Ledger without which the traveller might as
well stay at home; and with which, he that
stays at home has about as fair a chance to i'm
prove his mind, as those that travel. This COM
Portable condition was further owing, in no
small degree, to a liberal supply of sandwiches,
prepared by neat and thoughtful hands before L
left home, and carefully st WED in my travelling
bag. / am surprised to see how few travellers
avail themselves of this resource, on n journey,
on which, if there is nominally a place for din
ing, you are nearly sure to arrive 1T an unusual
and ineonvenient time, whereas you take your
sandwiches at your accustomed hour, OF Just as
you want them For instance If, in passing East
or West, you leave your seat in the car to dine
at Springfield. in Massachusetts,, you find indeed
n very good dinner prepared at the Massasoit, for
which you are allowed twenty minutes. The
operations of placing your shawl and bag care
fully in your seat by way of retainer, of finding
your way into the house, of washing and brush
ing, occupy the first five minutes of the time.
The fear of being left behind makes you hurry
from the table five minutes before the time is up.
In the remaining ten minutes you bolt your din
ner, pay your seventy-fve cents, and returning
to the car. find that your shawl and travelling bag
have been piled into another seat by a lady and
gentleman ~ who have in your absence helped
themselves to yours The sandwiches, on the
contrary, as / have said, can be taken when you
please and eaten leisurely, which your doctor will
tell you is the best sauce to your dinner. Be
sides this, they will not cost you, at the outside,
over fifteen cents, so that you have made a COM
Portable meal and saved sixty cents.
Having helped you to save this handsome sum
1 ought to tell you how to invest it to advantage.
Ten cents of it you will want, to pay the boy
who takes your valise to the hotel in Albany.
With the remaining half dollar, | should advise
you to pay the first three months of your sub
s~cription to some valuable weekly paper. There
are several such published in different cities OF
the Union, and delicacy forbids a more particular
indication of that, to which l think your prefer.
ence will no doubt be given. If you tell me, us
you probably will, that you are already a sub
scriber to the "New York Ledger" the next
most desirable investment for your half a dollar
which occurs to me i, to contribute 1T to the
fund for the purchase of Mount Vernon. If. a,
is quite likely, you have already done this, then
give il to that half clad, wretched booking crea,
ture in the corner of the car. holding wrapped w
in her threadbare shawl, a famished, blue-lipped
child, that does not look as if it had had a com.
foF:able meal for a week and it would not b,
amis if you handed them, at the same time, thu
remainder of the sandwiches. They have ALREADY
been devouring them with their hollow, vacant
hungry eyes. There, my friend, does not that
unesxthly smile repay you have you not laid Out
your fifty cent piece a hundred fold better, thar
If you had paid it for a half masticated meal ant
a dyspeptic afternoon?
But We shall never get to our journeys end
if we loiter so by the way. Let us then strair
MP the Beckett hills as fast as we can, dash dowr
to Pitts6eld and 80 on to States Line and tn
Hudson, till we get to Albany, mewha wear,
and q little bit dreary, just before dark. Thi
travelling alone in the winter. Of a rainy day, il
not the most genial thing in the world At tn
Delayan however, we shall get a nice comforta
bic tea, a room, q fire, a chance to write a lettel