Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-07-02
An Iuvalid's WhIms-H0ItentOt HsRt-The
Aliseries Of Correspondents
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InValids are proVerbially querulOus and
unreasonable, and because they are in
valids il is forgiven them. Their Whims
and vazaries are humored. They may
fret and scold, abuse their toast aud their
frieais, sosat5r theIr mGied1cti0ns and
the furniture, and who shall cry them
"Nay2"
InPrimis. 1t is hot. Ills hotter than yes
terday. Yesterday was hotter than the
day before. The day before hotter than
its immediate predecessor, and it than its,
and so on indeterminaLsly. PurgatOry is
ct least a week back, and hell itself not
far ahead. How hot il Is now no EhermOm
etor Of words will begin to indicate. The
boy who extended the comparison Of the
adjective from hot to hottest, then began
again with HOttentot aud ended with Hot
tsntotest made g oTedilsble effort, but
failed. In other climates he may be
thought to have succeeded. But in the
light and heat Of this locality l denounoe
the ambitious youth 90 unequal to his at
tempt Il is hot. Has the lower world
DsTt of it that ia World p this or is Virginia
"a Scene: Three Specials Of metro
politan journals, smoking meersohaums,
Il 1uu 0olAAAk AoA1oA1 JNe " Bps MAhAA 1l-
riVes with New York papers. Each reads
one Of his own letters
Reading their own letters is part Of
the misery Of correspondents.
Herald special sWesrs Osths both loud
and deep: They have rewritten my dis
patch p Times special finds something
ne spoke Of as nimpudenP pronounced
important" Tribune special is amused.
He had said certain troops were 'handled
skillfully;" he is made TO say that they
Z" were travelled skillfnlly." In another
place, where he had described foliage as
Of the Hdenssst, deepest green" it appears
that it was Of the direst green Mag
nihcenp is transformed into "magniied, y
and destroys the point Of quarter Of q
column Of elaborate rhetoric.
Abatrsctly considered, horseback exer.
oise is q 60 thing. have known it tc
be recommended by physicians. Taken
in moderate quantities not too long sflel
sunrise, or not too long before sunset,
have myself found 1t not unpleasant Ii
imagination see myself, September next
indulging in flowing rain On smooth
beach rosds to the mdFmur Of ocean waves
or in the back country, where the foliRgt
/ II 1AAnnOA oAA AAGA0 nAp oA0us PEuHnCu -
the orchards, following where there are
"Qld roads winding, as old roads viii, -
Here to ferry, and there to 2 MILL"
That is one ricture. Now look on this
Virginia wastes, where only dssoIatiol
dA ellis, aria with Sumuef heats, and no '
four weeks without sprinkle Of rain. Tn
SKY is brass, heated to & white fervOr; th
air you breathe heated like the blast Of
furnace, and laden with dust that choke
you. A 6eroe, pitiless sun sheds rays ik
heated daggeFs these impalpsble dagger
stab you, Hou brOil; yOu pant; you thirst
your temples thTob with thrills Of mighty
pain; you are threatened vita coup d.
sOliel you wish yourself anyWhere-any
where out Of such comment.
Pooh, mani You forget thst yeu are {
Especial" and therefore not supposed Il
be subject to the laws which govern Olhei
nOFials. You are g salsmRndeF. YoI
are Briaerus. You are Agus. You sr
Hercules. You are Mark TaplAV. ;B'
Jolly. Ride your ten, fsteon hours; you
twenty, thirty, Surty, ifty miles. Fstigu'
is yoar normal condition. Sleeplessnesl
ditls. "Tired nature" is yours; the ''sWee
reslorer" somebody elae's. "Bslmy sleep
is for babies. You are special tel
you.
Inoessant riding in The sun is q part Of
the misery Of correspon dents.
Composition is pleasant sometimes.
don't mean the mighty joy Of creation oil
the great author, but the simple pleasure
Of ordinary mortals writing ordinary
things. With dressing-goWn elegance
and Be slippered sase, fair prospect oui
Of the window, fragrance stealing through
from the garden beneath, tempered BY the
fragrance Of rich Havana between yOnI
lips, WeIl-ordered desk before you, quill
pens, and clear, white paper, snug book
case in the corner, basket Of fruit and a
bouquet ct your elbow, good dinner in
prospect, and drive ct sunset with cone.
body, your friends to see in the evening
and only Q column to Write-undsr such