Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-02-09


: friend. smaller matters than these have
, swaYed world and ten thousand such
small mst,ers mark the childhood, youth
and maturity. of twice ten thousand
small men and women.
l. is a very small matter for Johr
Smi h to take a journey of six or eigh
J hundred miles. He rushes home from
his counting-room, Office, or workshop
fifteen minutes before the train leaves
bids Mrs. S put clean shirt or two il
| his vaiIse. takes cold luncheon, kisses
the children all round and perhaps theil
mother, strides to the station, goes in a
one end just as the engine is putting ou
at the other. waits leisurely till the las
end of the last car is opposite him, throw:
his valise on the platform, grasps the
railing. vaults lightly up the steps, and
in half a minute is talking unconcernedly
with Mr.. Jones. who has probably gone
through the same performance barring
the last half minute.
But if Mrs. John Smith wishes to pay
a Ten days visit to her mother, sixty
miles away, a fortnight is not too much
time TO devote to preparations. Hel
wardrobe is to be thoroughly overhauled
dresses selected. bought. made; dress
maker consequently to be hunted up and
engaged; old skirts adjusted to new bas.
ques collars mended, .whitened, and
clear-starched; Mr.. Smiths shirts, stock.
ings and handkerchiefs, placed where be
can lay his hands ON them blind folded,
for no Smith ever yet conceived the idea
of liiung up one thing TO find another
under it; the various strata of rocks being
tilted, the genius Smith seems TO have
imhibed the opinion that bureau-drawers
should be arranged on the same plan.-
Then there are The children 10 be SET n
to. The marketing to be arranged. Bridget
TO be admonished. and everything in
general wound up to go ten days without
s'"Pplng or derangfment- Consequently,
when Ihe appointed morning comes, and
with it the appointed coach, Mrs Smith
is not quite ready. With one cheek
flushed, and no collar, she gives hurried
directions. ties up brown paper packages
w'lh ntrvous trembling fingers. which
packages no sooner receive the 6ual jerk
than they ,re discovered TO be bur- ting
ouj al both ends; scatrers the young
fulks hiiher and Ihither. running down
all who are not agile enough to get out
of The way. and is only restrained from
>coldlng outright by dim vision oi
plunges down embankments, butting
against opposing engines. splintered
bridges. flying a1les. and life long sepa,
ration from beloved ones, to which rail-
road journey nova days renders one so
fearfully liable. At tlength, the last knot
is lied, the last kiss given, and Mrs. s..
anxiously looking at her watch. stumbles
over The hem of her dress into the coach,
beseeching the driver to hurry He po-
litely says yes" but persistenily drives
"no." After what he considers unne.
cessary delay, she arrives at the station,
hurries into the ticket Office, tries to hur.
ry open her porte monnaie. but as thai
is governed by the Medo Persic laws o.
inertiae and attraction, it refuses to be
hurried. Hurriedly she asks the ticke
master. 'Is the train North gomez" Hi:
loud, clear, deliberate, mo, ma'am, u
startles her. and before she RECEIVERS her.
self, he has gone to the opposite window
She waits her turn again, "How long
before it goes?'L"Twen ty-minutes-
ma am" With sigh of mingled RELIEF
and WEAKNESS, she sinks upon sofa.
Time would fail me to follow Mrs. s.
on her devious way-to note her anxious
watch over "great box. little box. band
box, and bundle; her uncertainty as Ic
which train she is to take, and her inces.
SAINT inquiries of every man who ap
prosches; the intense unrest that !, oks
out of her eyes, quivers on her lips, Irem
bles in her hands. and hutters in ever =
thread of her garments. All these things
may only provoke smile, but Mrs. ]. S
is tragically in earnest.
Man, too. is independent He goe.
where and when he lists. He need no
he rich TO gaze upon all the wonders o.
the New World. all the magni6cence o.
the Old He can shoulder his knapsack
and traverse the globe. Every spot con
secrated by genius. patriotism. suffering
love. is spread out before him. What.
ever of beautiful. grand. or glorious. il
10 be found in art or nature, is his. Ht
can people his brain with memories tha
will never die. adorn it with picture,
whose colors will never fade, treasure VI
, untold wealth Tor his soul to feed on il
future years.
If the days long toll leave him rest
less-if throbbing heart or aching heat
crave draughtof pure elixir if the mur
muir of the waterfall, the glow of tn,
, stars. or the ever new splendor of tn,
, moon, lure him out into the night, b,
J goes; and the hush and solitude blins
him rest and healing; the night sweep
into his soul, and cools the fever in BIZ
veins. The world recedes. He stand
face to face with God. He receive