Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-10-24

often 1Stlcss, ana most vi tioSe VINO 20 tnere,
are brought together by habit or the obligations
of society; in the country assemblies, on the
contrary, YOU only find those who are attracted
by the hone of enjoyment. There, it is a forced
conscription here, they are volunteers for gai-
ETY. Then, how easily they are pleased How
far this crowd of people is yet from knowing,
that to be pleased With nothing, and look down
on every thing, is the height of fashion and
good taste Doubtless their amusements are
often COARSE; elegance and refinement are want.
ing in them but a. least they have heartiness.
oh, that the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of these merry
makinrs could be retained in union with less
vulgar feeling. Formerly religion stamped its
holy character on the celebration Of country
festivals, and purified the pleasures without de-
priving them of their simplicity.
The hour arrives at which the doors OF the
porcelain manufactUy, and the museum of pot
terry, are open to the public; | meet Frances
and Madeleine againin the first room. Fright
ened at finding themselves in the midst of such
regal magnifcence, they hardly dare walk
they speak in low tone, as If they were in q
church.
eve are in the kings house," said the eldest
sister, forgetting th,t there is no longer king
in France.
encourage them TO go on | walk first, and
they make up their minds to follow me.
oollcct;or, Uoro wo SOC CLAW moulded into
cynr, shane tinted with every colour. and com
hined with every sort of substance,
Earth and wood are the first substances
worked unon bv man. and seem more particu-
lary meant for his use. They like the domes-
tic animals, are the essential accessories of his
life; therefore there must be more intimate
connection between them and us. Stone and
our first efforts. and belopg loss to tbe indiyid.
nal Than TO communities. Earth and wood arc.
on the contrary. the nr;ncipol Instruments of
the isolated beinp who must feed and shelter
himself.
This. doubtless makes me feel so much in
terested in the collection I am examining.
These Guns so roughly modelled by the savage.
admit me to knowledge of some of his hab-
its those elepont vet Incorrectly formed vases
of Tho Indian iall mo of doclininc intollicence.
in which st;ll ol;mnors the twil;1bt of what
ros onco hr; ,bt smnsh;re those lars loaded
with arobesonos show The fancy Of the Arab
rudelv and ignorontlv coniel by the Spaniard
We And hcre The stomn of every race. every
oo,,r,.,, ord o,or,. ocro
Nv oomnon;on: soored It,lo Interested in
,besc b;s,or;cai ossocia,;ons. thev looked at ali
,,.;,b ,hat oroJ,lors aJn,;ra,;on which Inoves no
roo Cnr pyn n ntiO ny Olson ScIOu Madeleine
rooJ tbe name written under every niece Of
yorL n,orsh;n and ber sister answered with nm
avolnn,ot;on of worJnr
1n ,i;s ,'o,, mo rnachod I,lo co,,rt-vord
,,haro thoy had ,hro,rn a,yov the FRAGMENTS nj
a,,,o L.alo,, ob;nn Eranoos noron;roJ n col
o,rod soncor almost whole of which she took
nossoss;or os n roc,rJ nf tho visit she was
VI ;nc. bonoofor,b sbo woul1 have a snec;men
of tbo Sovros china ,rb;cb ;s amin made far
I;,,,a wo,Id So, undoco;ve bor bv telling
bnr y,hot tho nrodncts of thr ronnfoctorv are
sold oil oyo. Tho world and that her soncer.
-. ." 4, ,,o. - oJ ,,os ,bo sor,o os tbose
,hat aro horaht ~ ,ho sbons for s;xnencn
WI, shoriJ oJos,ro,, ,Lo ;llus;ons of her hum.
bio ev;stencep Ave- we to break down the
bo1oo ,gowors which narf,me our maths ?
Tb;9os ore of,orost no,b;rg in themselves. the
tbonShts ye attach to them alone give them
vaIne To ro,;fy ;nnocent mistakes. in order to
rncover some usrless reality. is to be like those
harmed men who will see nothing in a plant
hnt tho chemical elements of which il is COM
nosad
IN having the mandatory. the two sisters.
who had ,aLer nossession Of me with the free
dom Of or,lessness. invited me to share the
luncheon they had brought with them. de-
cI.ned ot first. but they Insisted with so much
goodnoture. that I feared TO main them, and
with some awkwardness | gave way.
We had on,v to look for n convenient spot.
7 led them up the hill. and we found a plot OF
grass enameiled with daisies. and shaded by
Two wolnut-trees.
Madeleine could not contain herself for 10Y.
| All her life she had dreamt of n dinner out on
,hn grnssi While belninp her sister TO take
,he nrov;sions from tho hssket. she tells me OF
all her eyneditions into the country that had
brcn MANNED. and mt off. Frances. on the
otha, bonI WAS broncbt nm ot Nontmorencv
and bef,re she became m ornhnn. she had often
,one hocl, to her nurses house That which
Raj ,bo attraction r. novel,v for her sister. had
| Co.. hnr tho charm of racollcc,ion She told th,
,;r,age baryes,s to which her nnrents had taken
her, tbe rides on Mother Iuret's donkey. that
tbey could not make 20 to the right without
nnlI;ng him to tbc left tbe cherry gathering
prd no so;Is on tho lole in tho hoot of the inn
Loernr
these rocolloctions have all the charm ant
G.oshuoss Of chiIdhood Frances recalls 70 her
self loss what She has seen than what she ha,
GsI, Whilst she is tollirg the cloth is laid
anJ ,o 81, down urJer n ,ree Refore ms wind.
the valley of Sevres. its many-storied house.
ahu,,;ng rnon tho gordens and the stones o
the b;lI, mn tbe otber side snreods out the parl
of St Cloud with its mogni6cient clumps o
,roos ;rtersnersed win meo5ows. above stretcl
,ho baavons lilo an ;n,wonso ocean. in which
Tho clouds are sailing I look nj This beoutifu
country and listen n these GOOD old maids
odn,;re and 7 am intoros,ode and time nasse
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