Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-24

INV Si1iSt, anu equally thankful IOr II.
Ii the real want, the need, OF holiday is to
be measured by the enjoyment of it when it
comes, am sure that the upper ten thousand
need 1t as much as any mechanics in the land.
Belonging myself to the middle classes, 1 can
answer for their appreciation, and | know that
there is nothing keener. To jewellers in large
towns, especially in this great overgrown
Babylon of ours, there is sense of enjoyment
IN the simple escape into the country apart
from the cessation OF daily labour. How
intensely are the first few days at the seaside
enjoyed by all the members of London
family | remember to have heard a dear
little boy, some nine years old, on the green
hill side OF Welsh watering place, say to his
father, as, hand in hand, they clomb the as
cent Dear papa this is so jolly, l can hard
ly believe it to be true" And papa responded
heartily, as though he thought it with as much
sincerity as his child. The first pink flush of
air and exercise was on the little boys deli
cate face, and his fathers nose had already
had sunStroke why will PhGbus insist on
assallng the noses of us Londoners before our
cheeks such as incidental to sudden expos
ure. 1t was plainly to be gathered from the
wlde-awake, the loose jacket, and the incipent
moustache, that PaterfamiaS was in for a
months holiday; but was concerned to see
soon afterwards, that the months holiday had
like to be brought to a premature close by his
inJudlcious temerity in attempting to climb
rocky ascent by an insecure route, the surface
OF which, when midway to the summit, cium-
bled beneath his feet, and well nigh precipi-
tated him to the bottom. These are among
the common Incidents Of the first days holt
days; we gain experience and caution as we
advance.
should have been minded, if time and
space had permitted, to lay down in this place
some rules for holiday makers but the cir
cumstances and conditions are so various that
it would take rather a small volume than the
page or two at my disposal TO legislate for such
numerous diversites. 10 one man the best
conditions of holiday are solitary travelling
and perfect independence; another is fain to
take with him wife and children, and all be-
longings third affects the companionship of
comr&de or two, masculine and muscular,
who can walk as many miles, smoke as many
cigars and drink as much Bass as himself.
Jones take moor in Scotland johnson a
preserve in Norfolk Brown goes with Mrs
Brown and the little Browns to Scarborough;
Robinson is off by himself into Wales, with a
sketch book in his pocket and Jenkins departs
with his young wife to the Rhineland, happy
as king. For my own part, well, no mat
ter; some holidays are better than others,
but all holidays are good.
L have had some grievous failures in my
least discouraged by them. | went out for a
walking tour in the Home Counties and spent
ten days looking out of the windows of bad
hotels in fourth-rate towns, gazing at the mex.
hausube rain. | shall never forget my visit
TO Llangollen, and the weather by which it
was celebrated journeyed to the venerable
cathedral town of Salisbury, on pilgrimage
to my old school house, and found an insignif-
cant row OF ten pound cottages on its site.
My experiences, indeed are replete with mis-
chances of this kind Every holiday maker
must be prepared for them What matter
They are very disappointing while they last;
but we have our holidays all the same. We
say that we might as well have stayed at
home; but we are ignorant and ungrateful
when we say So For in TRUTH abstinence
from work, Liberation from the ordinary enyi.
ronments Of daily life, familiarity with new
sights and sounds, and the admission of new
trains Of thought, all confer upon us the bene.
fits OF a holiday, though the immediate enjoy
ment may be scant. We are better for it
when we return. We may not be conscious
of the gain, but it is no less certain. 1t finds
us out years afterwards, and for every day of
relaxation, gives us another week or another
month OF work Is there nothing in that, my
friends l have seen the strongest frames
suddenly shattered - the brightest intellect
suddenly dmmed And why We know
that God crested" after His work aud shall
human weakness dare to do without it 1t is
said to be great and noble thing
"To scorn delights and live aborious days"
But the line, despite its paternity, is altogether
the greatest braggart and impostor that |
must not scorn delights. 1t is by taking full
of