Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1861-08-28
But, we proceed to copy the essay which
has elected our remarks:

but, we proceed to copy the essay which
has elected our remarks:
ITO Miss --:-Knowing that you are
about to enter a garden enclosed, and that
you are, at present, a stranger to this garden.
permit an old friend to give you some ac-
count of II. have Travelled every part, and
every path know every production of eve
~ Kind 1t can possibly yield-and as m Y in.
formation can DO you no harm, it may do
you some good.
you know there is but one way of en-
trance. ] need hardly tell you that il is ex-
tremely gay and glittering-strewed with
flowers ofevery hue and fragrance, with all
that art and imagination can invent You NAV
fondly hope this sccEe Of rapture will never
alter, as you will not see tie end of the
path when you enter il. To some il proves
ashort ne-and to you it may appear very
different in the retrospect.
"Hera, my dear girl, let me caution YOU
not 10 dream OF perpetual bliss if you do.
experience will show you that it never exis.
ted on earth, save ia visions or yisionarv
heads.
" You will meet with many productions
in this garden which are charming to the evs
and pleasant to the taste; but thew are moi
all so. Let me just remark, that you are car.
ryinging into this garden one Of the most de-
licious and delicate plants in nature-I mean
GOOD humor. Don't drop il or lose il, as MANY
haze done soon alter they entered, who sci.
dom, II ever, found it again. Itis q treasure
which none can make up to you.
When you get to the end of the first walk
which lasts about thirty steps, commonly
called honeymoon path, you will see the gar
den open In a vast variety Of yiews-and here
II mnQl CnntiOn U0n uo.ps So.
which are nauseous and ~noxious, and even
fatal in their tendency to the unwary and
Ignorant.
There is a low, small plant, which NAV
be seen in lmost every path, called Indifer-
ence, though not perceived at the entrance.
You will always know when near this plant
though you do not see II, by q certain cold.
ness an the abr that surrounds it. Contrary 70
all others II thrives in cold, and dies in
warmth. whenever you perceive this, change
your situation as soon as you can.
~ the same path is found that ugly, vel
low mower called Jealousy, which | wish YOU
aeyeT TO look at. Tutn from IL M FAST AZ nos
sioie 10, y mas a strange quality of tingipg
the eye That bebolds it with n stain wh;cb e
seldom gets rid of ~
a you get in, you will meet with m.,v
ntue, crookeu paths; but do not 60 into them.
advise yoa as a friend, never TO attempt Il
for though, at the entrance Of each. is wr;t,
ten, in large letters-'ln the right way, when
you get in, in nine cases ont of ten. Won will
find the true name to be Perverseness AND
that you are in the wrong, and will not ac-
knowledge it. This often occasions endless
disputes-here is asource of perpetual differ.
ence, and sometimes Of a final separation II
be garden.
shear this spot, you will meet with
sturdy, knotty plant called Obstinacy. bear
ing q hard, bitter fruit, which becomes fata
when taken in large quantities. Turn frou
it; avoid il as you would the plague.
"Just opposite TO this, grows that lowly
lovely shrub, Compliance, which, though no
pleasant TO the palate, is saluatary and sweet
and produces the most delicious fruit in h