Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1867-08-16

Ia - only ten O'Clock in the morning. 90
n yOa hike We viii enter the lo- vooaer
gate. and. passing through the checker.
board garden. rap NJ the Old oaken door.
~ay. Our Summons Is soon answered. and
~s are ushered INTO q vide. open hall. By q
Prin serving woman. who seems a strange
compound Of steei springs. OswsgO starch.
and the neAtsst Of Yankee calico. We look
about us and notice a siingy paper on the
walls. an oil fashiOnsd hat-stand. earnished
~iih bro4d-brinmed beaver aad a Bag
eotioa unbreIla near by; and beyoad. |.
wide. hali-nAksd stairway. lsadinr 10 th-
upper story.
But the eOor At the right nov opens. and
&c are lace TO face With the great oraeslsr
PhilosoPher--There - a smils arousd has
mouth. pen behind his ear. and t-o or
three great da1bs Of ink or as many Of his
sagers; but he holds ost has hands. and
saying, Come an. come IN. Am glad 10
see yOa.T leads the way into the front
apArtmsst- IL Is q los-s;added room.
ABOUT twenty feet square. Nth modest
carpet on the floor. and the sane Ugly pa
per on The walk bat IL Is nov hall hidden
by score or more Of portraits and en-
cravings. In the center Of the room -
round table. on which are some books and
pamphlets. ard ink-ssand and a Ee~ quires
Of ordinary pocket post paper. Near The
table Is an empty armchair. and scattered
about On the h0Or and under the chairs are
perhaps dozen sheet. % freshly written
manuscripts.
The philosopher has been r work and
these neatly Penned sheets are \ pan Of
his next winters lvceum / cture We book
- them and. finding that &C may have cut
some great tbo1shf ssunder right in the
middle. we remark;
. lou are engaged We viii run over
70 Alcott's. ard come again after dinner. =
No. no, be answers; stay now:a
little talk viii brush me up; nv IDEAS flow
slowly this morning And then adding.
. Bat le, Us go Ou, OF this dew. he lead.
the way into a rear apartnen,.
This Is OF the same are As the Other. bat
At looks oui upon green seids. and odorous
9TH al the spring aO~ers. All .ort Of
odd knick-nscks cover the walls. and litter
uP the corner; AMI on tzo sides are open
shelves. filed With odd volumes. in antigse
bintiags. or no bindings At al. These are
the philosophers stones BY ~hicb be turn.
base metal into gold.-rsre old tones.
chronicles. romance. qaain; poetry. and
precious books IN black letter. holding
within tbeir fsaed leaves tie Inspiration Of
a bygone century.
But he points Us 10 some chairs by the
window. and then setting himsef down.
opens his mouth. and Pours forth MN
gled stream Of poetry. prOverb and tran
seehdalism- This lasts quarter Of an hour
by the clock. and IN he mean While ne
manage TO sedge IN only ~ord or i1o /;
bot before be gets through the philosopher
has gaAged us A. accurately a. hceneed
guager wOuld measure a ~hi.key barrel.
lie has the exact qaahiy and quantity oi
tAe Whole of us-hOops. slaves and spirit
ual contents.
fN 49, AaAAEFroA sofAA~NtAe ~
nova a. an author when b. listens 20 thc
rare music Of las conversation. lie Is the
hing Of takers and the prince Of hosts.
ever attractive. cordial and courteous, and
seeming u understand the particular tastes
and Predjadioes Of every one Of has guests
By q sort 0f magical intsition Ills studies
occuPy the early part Of the day. bot the
latter portion be spends With nature. ard
may be seen almost any afternoon roaming
the woods an Geids IN the picturesque VI
eiaify Of Concord- In The evening". boz
ever. the cheerful drawing room as the left
Of the hall i lighted up. and those foSta-
nate enough 10 have the s1.free may there
meet the World ren0unced host. and forget
that they are speaking ~ith one Of tie
crosned beads of iteratsrs in listening %
the genili friend. tie Kind nsigLbor. lbe
polished gentleman.
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