New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-13

heads OF the whole trlOe OF weary eafth-Pl"uuoi''
My toll today has been cold and duh enough; new
ertheless, was neither cold nor dull"
Still he finds the Custom-House ian unoieS'
place" and its service a dreary thraldom' nor are
his associates such as he can heartily welcome 10
his intimacy. Il do detest all oilices-a' Il. ie'N',
that are held on a political tenure And "an'
nothing to do with politicians Their hearts Wiliel
away and die out of their bodies. Their cosoieho''
are turned TO india-rubber to some substance 90
black as that and which will stretch as lnucn O"0
thing if no more have gained bymy Custohl-Iiou'0
| experience-to know politician IL Is MO"
which no previous thought or power oi ~ "P".n'
| cOuld have taught me, because lhe aii'i' VI
machine rather is not in nature Inc ""S ~
nassed inside the CustomHOuse were the Woistoi ar
GIVING sense as if all the nODlest part % ma" 'o
been left out of my composition, or had decay 0'
of il since my nature was gwen TO my own
Never comes any bird of Paradise mo
that dismal region. salt OF even coal snip Is Ten
million times preferable; for there the SKY is ABOVE
mo and the fresh breeze around me, ana
NV tbouphts having hardly anything TO 90
with NV occupation. rs free as ar
One bright morning of the early Spring, he writes:
What a beautiful day was yesterday MY SpHl'
rebelled against being confined in my darksome duh-
econ at the Custom-I1ouse. Ii seemed sh-a
murder of the joyful young day-a quenchlng Oh the
sunshine Nevertheless, there was kept prisoner
till it was too late to fling myself on gentle wlhd
and he blown away into the country. Nheh
shall be again free will enjoy all things WIN 'he
fresh simplicity of n child of five years old slaii
grow young again, made all over anew WIZ 20
forth and stand in summer shower ana All inc
worldly dust that has collected ON me ShalI DC
washed away at once and my heart VIII be IKE
bank of fresh flowers for the weary to rest upon"
FL, Aflvtl1 Ig
ND his residence at Brook Farm. exchanging the fame
lions of an inspector of coal-heavers for those of
a ploughman and daiIy-nan One of his first letters
from that sylvan abode gives graphic view OF the
situation. have not yet taken my first lesson III
agriculture except that went to see our COWS tod
deTed, yesterday afternoon. l intend TO convert
myself into a milkmad this evening, but pray
Heaven that Mr. may be moved TO assign ne
the kindliest COW in the herd, otherwise shall
perform my duty with fear and trembling. like
my brethren in affection very well and, could you
see us sitting round our table at me,,timcs before
the great kitchen fire, you would call 1t cheerful
sight. Mrs. B. is most comfortable woman
to behold. She looks If her ample person
were stuffed full Of tcndernesS--indecd, as II
she were all one great, kind heart The next
day, he reports progress Il dld not nlk the
COWS last night because Mr.. - was AFRAID 10
trust them TO my hands, or me TO their horns,
know not which. But this morning have done
wonders Before breakfast went ont to the barn
and began to chop hay for the cattle, and with such
righteous vehemcnce' as biz - says, did
labor that in the space of ten minutes broke the
machine Then brought wood and rep'cnishcd the
fires and finally went down TO breakfast, and ate
up a huge mound of buckwheat cakes. After break
fast Mr.. put a four-prOuged instrument into
NV hands, which he gave me 20 understand was
called a pitchfork and he and Mr.. F. being armed
with similar weapons. all three commenced a
! gallant attack upon heap of manure This Office
being concluded, and having purified myself. | sit
down 10 finish this letter ] shall make an excellent
| husbaudman-I feel the original Adam rcyiying
| within me-
The following description affords q specimen of Mr.
! Hawihomes talent AZ Pre-Raphaelite painter Of
actual life.
ride 10 Brighton yesterday morning. II hcng the dav
of the weekly catilcair. William Allen and af went
in a ,agot s.r,,inr a c,lf IA he sold al the fair The
calf had not had his breakfast, bis mother h1d pre-
ceded Brighton and he kept expressing bis hunger
ana discomfort by loud sonorous baas especially when
we passed any cattle IN the field in the road. The
cows grazing within hearing expressed great Interest
and some of them came gailong to the roadside 10 D.
| hold the calf Little children also ON ther wa 10
school stopped 20 laugh aud point az poor little B"s.ie
He was pIetfy behaved uIchin aud kept thrustng is
hairy muzlle between William and mYself appHrcnty
wishing 10 be strosed and pHited IL Wa 1913 ugly thought
that MS confidence n human nature, aud nature in gen
gcral WAS io be- 40 DO rewarded as hy cutting hs throat
fate before now! 81 beautiful morning, clear 49,
crystal. with an nvieomtiue but not d,agTeeaoe cool
ness The general aspect Oi the country green
Summcr-grccncr indeed than mia or latter Hulumrr-
aud there occasional iutermmgings OF the brilliant
hues OF Autumn, which made the scenery more bc#uu
,.,, nor moor ool iug slndc, along the road There
were warm and comfortable EARN houses ancient with
the porch The slopng roof the antique peak The clustered
chimney of Old times; aud modern cottages. smart and
.rfu and villas, with terraces before Them and dcsc
shade AVID wooden pillars, aud other fuCh tokens
~ gehtilty. Pleasant groves OF oak aud walnut also.
times ascending hI aud clothing all round, 30 a. ~
make 10 great Cump Of vcrdure. Frequently passed
people with cows Oxen sheep. or pix, FOR Brighton Far
On arriving at Brighton. We found The village tluongrd
witt people horses aud vehicles. Probably there is no
place ~ New sidHd where the character Of an agri
cultural population may be- 10 well studied Almost AL
the farmers within q reasonable distance make 10 point.
! suppose. attend Brighton Fair pretty frequently, II
business yet as amateurs linen there are all the
cattlepeope ana butchers who supply the Boston mar
ket, and dealers nom far aud near and every nah who
20 Brighton Oh Monday Ihelc were thousand or TWO
OF cattle On the extensive pens belonging TO the tavern
keeper, beside many that were standing about One
coma hardly SUI hlep WITHOUT running upon the
horns Of one dilemma en- another, Ia the shape of
OK, COW, bun, The yeomen appeared
10 be more ia WeIr element thdh nave ever
them anywhere else, except indeed at abOr-mOre
50 than muserngs and such gatherings amusement
business. Most OF the people or bulky make with
they lad lived nesh-det; with notified faces too
hard ana red like those OF persons who adhered The
.p,'t n ~, ,,,6dnl anon, win Ia hrd a. , n VI
the points OF rc cattle. There also gentlemen
farmers neatly, trinity, ana fashiOnably dressed In
handsome suitOus ana trOusefs strapped under their
boofs YcOncn too, in their black blue Sunday snits
cat by country taIlOrs, ana awkwardly worn. Others
dixie ivseD had the blue stun rOcks which they
M, the fields the comfortable garments ever
were invented Country lOafeis were among the thrOng
men who looked wistfuy al the liquors III the bar and
vailed for some friend TO invite them 10 dTink-pOor
Shabby out at-elbowed devils Also, dandies from the
civ cosced aud buckraued who had come 10 see the
minors f Brighton Fair All these and other varieties
81 mankind either hrongcd the spacious barrOOm OF the
hotel drinking smoking. talking igting or walked
LOOKING WIFI hHoNlnE eyes
a. The horned people Tie Of the cattle stood
Is,J ,yafft, mr. offers There something indie