The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-20

men AT .. James Hall, Mary was sent there
dressed Tor the occasion ln her youpg mtstress,
opera cloak. Awindfall OF three hundred ponuds
has not tempted her 10 leave ulnily IN which
she is treated with Kindness and considera non.
IN work on British husoandry,' one-pro-
badly the most nj glected otthp very valuable
series OF books published rs the Library OF
Usetul Rnow wledge, the following remark occurs
which, II not 50 applicable no a as il was thirty
years AGO, is still great deal too m sch so:-
Nothng is more remarkable than the over
Tearing behavior which the middle class OF
Engh' especially the agricultural class
gen rally exhibit 10 wards their interiors;
Al small railway station IN Normandy we
saw blouse louneiDa upon the crossing gate
ana tIenChman, whom we in England sholld
describe as gentleman, "most respectfully
dressed" wished to make an inquiry OF him, and
before doine so raised his hat. Nov it IS hardly
an English custom for one man to raise his hat
10 another, even il his equal in worldly position,
ah0 we see no sufficient reason for desiring Gnat
the custom should prevail; bat in France, where
II is the prac ice for gentlemen to lit their hats
10 each other, it charmed us very much In the
instance we have named, to see tnat, even
toHaIds man so much his INFERIOR" this
french gentleman felt none OF cue bumpJiOls-
ness winch we have seen not few times dis
PLAYED IN country p aces in tngland towards
aercUn urdl Labor crs they are cello we'd at across
the road, and, 1t NAV be, sworn at il the poor
clowns do not understand question, or cannot
give an Intelligent answer.
Let no one say that il French gentlemen treat
peasants and inieriorS with courtesy they only
.OFttl bli' lCfOluJlOLdIR SplI.l Giten uiSDIAyeu
IN that country. and encourage the cr,es OF
"LIberiy. Equality, Fraternity The case is
lust the reverse. This courtesy aud these cries
are but the impressions and echoes OF the fear
lul lesson which WaJ gwen seventy Years ago
to the old imperous aristoCrats of France,
neelectiul of duties and devoid Of sympathy;
and the contrary between them and some land
owners ~ England is not so great as can be
desired, while the families OF tarm-aborers are
so often found huddled i'll two, or PERHAPS
threeIoomed cottages, althouah IN the country
The re are building sites and building materials
III abundance. IL may please good many peo
pie TO read OF pastoral scenes and model sga. ms
IN the poems OF the last century, but the real-
ties or village lie are very different. Nor can
~e wonder AZ the grosscst immortality pre- vailing
III country'places under circumstances in which
1t Is so impossible co observe the primary
Jtceucies OF human lite.
BumDtiouEness again, is exhibited sometimes
on the score OF superior attainments But
WneJeas bumptIousness on the ground Of riches
OF birth, or station, Is often iound TO exist in
individuals who really do possess these worldly
advantages, bumptiousness on the score OF at.
talnmt nts ls found with comparative rarity
among persons whose attainment5 are OF any
real Importance. We are, indeed, conscious
that in fOIming estimates OF society the ten.
oency is 10 form ones general conclusions too
hastily. Still, we are con ldent that the particu-
lar sort of bumptIo Isness o. which we are now
speaking sprouts the most freely lust where there
is the least reason tor 1t; Tor there is no truer
SAVING than that the more a man kno Es the
more he hDjs he has yet to learn, and therefore
the distance by which he has outstrIp ed others
appears 10 him to be less important than it did
some years before. This is the OILY frame OF
mind which is compatl BILE with Increase i'm
knowledge; and when man appears to be too
prCud 10 learn any more, it is pretty certain
that he is too stupid to be taught any more
ASK really clever man tor information, and
inc chancts are that you will receive 1t In
manner that peases and imp, esses you. Ask
Your question OF some bumpious beginner and
mark rhe tel'-s atished air which he exhib Is, the
snee1ing "nahs" with which he meets your
doubts, ana the condescenslon which he affects
Iii delivering his dicta, evidently shing to con-
We! an impression OF now much more he k.oWs,
but does not think it worth while to impart to
you. You may really forgive the poor creatures
bumpt;ousntss in consideration OF the amuse-
ment which II ahords; you perhaps call him
cocE-spaTrow, but you llOel the bIrd.
To gam information as to a certain national
school, we once asked a young ser Iant-of-all-
work, in the demurest manner, whether she
had been taught there. To Our astonlshment,
we iound we had atirOntei her. mot she, lD-
deed. she had moi been to those common places,
but to schools where they charged sIXpence or
II shilling week! Similarly, the less OF euu-
cation and OF general kuoW ieuge tnat Is reuul-
site Tor any patti cular calling or profession, the
more prone are its followers to underVaue
every other; Just as in Edward Irvings prime
a shoemaker said of him that he was "a sensible
man." Decause (as il happened) che understood
about leather" Such men often speak as If
they, thought the music OF the spheres was
largely owing to their dull thump, thump
thump upon single note.
Aga.n: bunptlousness in attanments is eX.
h biteu the most freQuently by those who have
rsCn through fortuItUuS circ cumstdnces rather
tLan hard, thoughtful work, The raDidity of
their rise is naturally much more present to
their mind than are the adventtious cIrcum-
stances to which 1t has been mainly o wing;
being, therefore, impressed with an idea of the
greatness OF their abilities, they fall into the
bab OF showing themselves OF. They like tJ
spar with those they meet on business, aadthey
discuss subjects with, apparently, the primary
intention of letting you see what remarkably
quick and clever people they are They seek
reputation tor tnialbllty, and II is Iudicrous to
see What an amount OF tortGrin argument they
will brave rather han confess themselves TO be
IN error; and yet even gods and goddesses we're
wrong sometimes. Continued practice of that
sort Certa My often gives such men an amount
OF cuteness or monkey sharpness; out this ls as
far removed from the state OF mind OF we'll
informed man as it iS from the manners OF a gen.
tlenan. The most quiet, gentemanlv man we
have ever met on business Is =. U. in a walk
OF the legal procession in which a silS go IN has
rarely, II ever, before been seeu; learned and
asGute to degree that surprises all, and vet
equally courteous in has conversations WI h
every conner, whether o learned brother, O sOl,-
c.tOr, or a clerk.
We do not expect to find bumptiousness
among clerRymen. 1t is so Numerically oo-
poste to Christianity, that they are enabled
to repress IL not only by honesty in their con-
Vlcti ms, but also by regard to out yard con-
sistency. When 1t shows lJsell IN spite OF these
two motives, 1t Is discredltable indeed. A
salesman" mildly suggested, not long ago, to a
popular clergyman, that IL his sermons took less
than nve-and-hlty minutes IN delivery they
might be equally beneficial, and would, he knew,
be more pleasing to many Of his congregation.
The pastor spraug Indignantly from his chair
and replied that this was matter which he