Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-08-19
MI 5 G. T. l. l. A N Y.
Translated Irom the French for The Home JOur.
nal.
DREAM AND REALITY.

chy IN France, two young men from Paris
were passing their vacation in one OF the
charming villages Of Morwn on tho hanks
OF the Loire. I, was the end Of October.
and for two months with knapslcks on their
hack. and guns in their hands they had led
the life OF American traprers; wandering
over the mountains in search Of game, eat.
/ Ing at cock.crowing IN the morning the rye
bread and bean SOUP Of the farmers, and
surping Mt nigh, in the hut Of some wood.
cutter upon the harcs or partridscs which
they had succeeded in capturing.
One morning ns they breakfasted at lit.
de inn on the borders of the lake Of Vary
one Of them said to his companion as he III
his cigar, " Friend Conrad. tins hunting Is
very pleasant. but the month Of November
/ is Fastening on. and with il will come fngS.
and with log rain and with rain snow and
I ice. Our dear Morvan-this old nest Of
wolves boars and hsrcs-will he no longer
I ,enahle. We must return to Paris 4"
+" Return to Paris! resume our books,
study. labpr,-wcar our brains out" re-
I pllci Conrad with sigh Il know that
is our destiny. Thu. our families have de-
cided. bat friend Tancfci, u we had tie
least particle OF sense, We should beg to re-
main IN these mountains. Look at tha,
group Of houses half covered by ,hickc, Of
oak and poplar, how pleasant IL would he
u live dream and die there, our orchards
full OF fruits. pure Sinc in our cellar, and
good horses in our stable would IL no, be
better than to minslc in the great ant heap
OF Paris"
Bravo, Conrad" replied the frst speak
er. ironically "you will be citing the "a.
mou. saying Of Juliu. Cesar next but for
myself, have no fancy fnr being first IN n
village | prefer To bo las, in Rome"
81 know your modcsiy, TSncrcd you
mean that YOU would no, be sorry to bc frs,
everywhere"
No matter | repeat that the village i
no, Tor me. A fn, prspec, To pass ones
days in the milst ofpcas'nt' coarse in man
ner sentiment and Language But let us
suppose that we pass our day. here. You
shall b. a country notary, and ! u justice OF
the peace. In two wears we shall each
have upon tho arm u sirapping farmers
daughter. This excellent wife will bring
" each. as dowry twenty thousand
crown.-a greet fortune fOr th' place. b..
fore ten years are over our heads, shall
have at my table SIX sons. arranged regular.
" according 10 height, and you six daugh'
tcr.. grouped in the same manner. or II you
like. YOU shall have the SIX sons aud the
.iN daughters. NJ, no; will not hs,cn
such weight to my fert. Remember tba,
a.. long year. ois,udy we haze spent must
not h. thrown away. We have eaten Of
the fruit OF the tree oi knowledge. bat hi,h-
e'to. we have only tasted the bitterness Of IL;
the sweets Of 1t are yet to come. There is
hut one place where they can be found.
Say. then with me. to Paris"
ITO PARIS then be IT," replied Conrad {;
81 do no, object" Upon which they cal.
lei their dogs and descended into tho valley
The next morning they mouniod the dill
gence--there were no railroads hen-and
In three days they made their enirse into
Pars. Each had in his pocket the dlplo.
ma authorizing him TO practice the law.
which !. generally considered the sure rad
to fortune. II a yonne man is provided
with this. his relatives are ap, u fancy that
he has only to prc,en, himself before tri-
bunal, aud 10 plead there, to become cello
brated in reality there is bitter and wen.
rlsome noyi,iate to he passed Conrad east
long look upon hi, situation, and determ.
ined to rcnounce the honor Of appearing at
the har.
My dear friend" said be to Tancred,
you may become renowned lawyer If
you like. will no, compete with you.
throw my ,oga to the net,les."
"whn do you mean then to bccome9"
"a painter, an epgraver,-an artist OF
some sort"
"An artist you will die Of hunger, my
poor fellow"
THAT is an obsolete jest. Artists do
not go TO the poor.honse now'a days
Sime have houses and chateau (; and II 9TH
ers reside in garret, the garrcis are
very we'll furnished. And what is better,
the rich have ceased to exhibit the dis
dain Of former times; millionaires, bank.
ers, diplomatists. ministers, princes, even,
are happy to associate with painters, poets,
musicians, and sculptors. How many
times have modern journals given US such
passages as these The ftte was magni'
fcent. NM. Lamar,lne. Rossini, Eugene
Delacroi". etc., were present : or, mo-
thing can give any idea Of this ball.
Among the guests. we remarked Victor llu.
60. Decamp.. David etc. wha, figure
would dozen inillionalros make without
a single artist? And moreover. u stroke
Of the pencil the pen. the graver, is often.
if mo-, fortune at least Independence. Il is
to thi. | aspire"
4" jos, as you please. For myself l go
to the halls OF justice. shall enter there
as conquerer foresee."
~ wish i, with all my heart but as in
entering upon life we take different paths
you that Of business, hustle and fortune,
and | tina. OF quie, study, reyerie, the ideal
and art-we shall stray far apart from one
another, and | fear shall seldom meet.