St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-04-04
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| ''1 HIN HUN DeIl1cGeReryIutnSstl the !nrSt
season, but go on steadily improving You
will surely find that your garden adds dai.
" to the pleastirc of your life and home
"Consider the lilies how they grow they
toll not, they spin not; and yet Isay unto
you that Solomon in all his g.ory was not
arrayed like one of these" The various
objects around you changing with the
changing seasons win beguilc many an
hour; and thus communing SO often with:
nature, you will acquire more spirit for
severer tolls, and better relish for read
ing and meditation. The birds will come
and build their nests IN your trees and wa
ken you with their morning warblcs Need,
l say there will be kinder hearts in such
abodes-less of fretfulness and despair
more Of cheerfulness and of peace? Iti
impossible to describe how much more at
| tractive village would appear where ev-s
cry residence was thus surrounded These:
are matters Of fact. They are not impos-,
sible or visionary improvements. For
their accomplishment they only ask your
leisure hours. I think gentlmen, that your
love for your state, to say nothing Of your
own personal advantage, will induce you
to carry this branch of culture into prac-
| tice. But if you remain Indifferent and
inactive in the matter, then appeal to the
ladies to form horticultural society and
declare that gardens shall be made, anil
then 1t eciW be done!
Let US now attend for moment to cuz
ture IN the house. We all admire those
things which please and do not weary the
sight. If we have flowers from all coun-
tries in our gardens, so let US hare maps
Of these countries in our houses. Let US
people our dwellings with pleasant objects;
with pictures, and books, and statuary.
Never buy these five cent 6aubs represent,
ing fat infants, and oval faced maidens in
pink and white, or prim young lovers in
dressing gowns and slippers, which are
burlesque on human nature Sooner than
this, buy a tailor's last years fashions. or
picture of Pharaoh crossing the Red Sea,
showing Pharaoh and his hosts all out of
sight under water. Don't buy ornaments
t's* because use, they are cheap, on the principle
the name of Jones thinking it mi ght a some- e.
time be convenient in the family. But
let us save our money till we can purchase
work of art Of real merit and which will
be of permanent interest. The engravers
art has brought within our reach the most
splendid works of genius, giving us copies
Of those triumphs of architecture which
have been the work Of centuries, and min-
iatures Of the sublimest forms of nature
The colossal grandeur of St Peters; tho
ruins Of Adrian's magnificent villa; the
barbaric hut; the fallen glories of Venice;
the graves Of crumbled states the crowded
harbor where commerce watts it's opulence;
the peaceful valley; the field where war
has spent its havoc-these, and such as
these, in striking contrast, are pregnant
with instructive and ennobling lessons.
And thus, though we might reject the
austere counsels Of wisdom, the arts teach
US similar lessons with persuasive and
fascinating eloquence.
If what have already said meets with
favor, then I can pass over the subject Of
conversation; for newer and happier top
les of talk will then have come to take the
place Of those light and trivial matters
which too commonly monopoGze the tongue.
Pardon me however if speak Of man.
ners. mean not the forrnality which is
technically called etiquette; but that con-
duct or manner when we meet a fellow
creature which, at least, indicates that he
is one Of our species. No wonder people
like to visit France! The Frenchman sa.
lutcy stranger on the highway with
kind word and pleasant smile. Perhaps,
alas. the manners Of our countrymcn are
a true index Of their feelings; and that
they arc indeed Indifferent to the condi-
ton and welfare Of all in whom they have
no personal interest. The last words ut
tered by Sir Thomas Noon Tolfourd-
who expired in the MONDAY Of his fame as
a Judge and writcr--wcrc in q charge
to grand jury. lie was speaking Of one
: Of the causes Of crime, and thought it at
tributablc in no small degree to tho want
Of sympathy between the different classes
Of society. "rh:s feeling" said he, "aris-
} ing from that kind Of reserve peculiar TO
the English character, does, think, great
ly tend TO prevent thst mingling Of class
with class, that reciprocation Of kind words
and gentle affections, gracious admonitions
, and kind inquiries, which often, moro than
any book-education tend to the culture Of
the affections Of the heart, refinement and
r elevation Of tho character Of those to whom
, they are addressed. And If / were to be
2 asked what is the great want Of English
| socicty-to ,aingle class with class-1
would say, in ono word, the want is the
5 ,oans Of ,ynpahy." We have perhaps
iuLsrited too much Of this reserve, but
: henceforth let us put into our platform Of
!, culture one plank for sympathy and for
G kindly manners. r.,
: 4 is related that at public perform
! ance in Athens, AN old man came too late