New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-03


industrious punetua; home keeper and time keeper no
Jess taking his tasks diligently they rise hls worn
has he many spare minutes the slipping away OF Twelve
h0urs being the loss Of unlces no dc Dal
Taking timely Of his experience lie adapts MS
abors TO the they pass has his eye on run ana
be touched a little with that amiabe superstition
concerning the planetary influences; since VI
10 brighten his affections and establish swee; relation
Ships between himself and natural thinee In sympathy
With earth and heaven, there eOnspIre Tor ms behe-
1T all helping 10 fructify and TpeD MS crops IL "
unlawful to regard them as enemies Of human tilisge
into his fancy, " his faith, The old worlds rtual
religion Of engagements lie - an spnen ectu
his seasons periods. aud stunts The months sway
him What he sympathize with ne year ~ ~ Hsi
his intermediate times be less genial ID conse
qnence his April fan OF dising mystic m1ous wi
ideas. and brown October shall be- MS golden hgS W.
orchards and then Mp he orchards
opulence, TO crown the gardener Tor MS aDSr7 ine
golden days running fast and fu nave MOI run 20 t
richer crop these have ripcDed; bright euenccs o INC
stars for The feast of Thought and the flow Of discourse
Having thus gathered the rst roses " spung ana te
last apples OF Autumn he Is ready To dispute eiic'y
with the happest man llying ana ~ chah' hls lean VI
''''' ~ "'' TIiH ORCHARD
Orchards are even personal IN their charms t1ah
gardens "a they are more nearly human creations Or
naens Of the homestead they subordinate othcr Tea
lures OF n aud such Is their sway the Landscape
that hons, and owner appear accidents without them
80 delight 60 build In AN ancient orchard "neh 10
fortunate as to possess one that they may live ia te
beauty of its surroundings. Orchards are among VIZ
most coveted POSSESSIONS trees OF ancient stahg au
vines being firm friends and royal neighbofs forever
The profits too are wonderful ~ their longevity Ana
If antiquity can add any worth 10 ulng "nat posso
sinn has n man more noble than thesoi unlike most
others which are best at first aud grow worse III worm
thing; while frmttrecs and vines Increase ia Nvtth
aud goodness ages An orchard in bloom one oi the
most pleasing sights the eve bcholds ~ the ntma.
ment had stopped 10 the tne,tops ana toucneu
eled his essence with the seasons IN It's flushing tokens
And how rich tn. spectacle At tho an,nnnsl harvest
Behold The bending bopghs, with store OF fn thsJ tear
ASd the, have brought % for Sght 'ts scarce can ea,
hand aches 10 them II is noble fru; the friend OF
Immortality its virtues blush be tasted Every muse
Of fhr Iespcrides TO the orchard Of Plato basket Of
pcarnnins golden Russets, any or the choice hnhr'
s 10 rcreshcs his genius Ho may snatch wihcss from
woods get shrewdness from cities learning from u
subcty OF thought, Tor sovereign sense oi Soor mo
graccs ~ dction and behavior lac beet pe"A,s Himself
Where on ~ sls, i i. sRp'' '''''i'' N''
Or 70 his bins beet Columclla says, when beeChen
chests such as senators aud judges robes were LAID
In in his day these Ia be placed ~ dry plaS ies
from rosls, where neither smoke nor any lhg nosos
n come the fruit spread sawdust and so arranged
that the neurets. blossom ends may LOOK uoNhNaIu'
and The pedocs or stalks upward after the same man
nrr IA n arew upon the tree aud not 10 t0u'h one
another And better " gathered little green Inc Hs
Of the chests covering them close
CoMrANIONsuIP
COmpanOnableness comes 10y nature Tor u''.tn eui,
tlge may mellow and refine, % cannot give uc hush ~
nobility 10 the curront ride credentials for
the posts Of persuasion snd of power we mect laslc
ally and pass sounding manners. else epcenter re
temperament, prccipitsting US INTO N9rlots lou t
which the nimblest finds no escape. we ply ,tne
person who shows himself unequal 10 the occaslnni
he scholar for example, whose intellect is 20 cAaetng
80 precise, that be cannot meet MS company oih'
We bau critically: cannot descend 20 meet through
Tie senses sentiments that common level whore
Intercourse is possible with most We ply MN tle
more no caprice confusion, can meet Though
these only. still moro the cas- 81 iiln WIG tl ~.
neither scntiInobiaist nor ideahst or rather not ~
all In human way. Intellect intrrhends Nlh st,r
inent In the eornpanionsbe mind VII win humor We
detain the flowing lido at TIE cost 81 i-lns "1 "i ~
oepiiOn into memory. into the limbo oi ioOa IA't't
s"rie Nonaer "" rssG Wis have eitrd n,yar. and
lsft thfm helpless Why, hut because of hosulo t'PT
Rment@. states OF animauoui Ing lri'vnHI LII III
nnds conductor, one - hlNla9a lno Vsll y No. ~
Vidual no less individuals rcpcl Persons meet Ana
only as ones personality Is sufficiently ovrrpoSernE 10
dissolve the others ndlydna,m can me paffs How 10
gether and become But individuals have no power OF
the sort. They two, not one, perhaps many. rms
onod within themselves by reason Of Their eso1sn Ike
animals they stand alOUf separate oven when t.!
t3emsslyes Rnt Inc freed rcrsnnai rnd meets an -
spprohended by AL by the least cultivated IRE most
81 every one We sposk ~ sympathlts nliIatIc fas
citations. fatcs for this reason
Good books Ike good friends, few and chosen; The
select The more enjoyable; nnd kc thes" ar ar
preached with dindcncc. nor sought tno fanil'ry nor
often. having the precedence ony when hichds tr'
The most anncry Of companions accessible AT al lnos
IA stfU Ood.. frankly declare fhg author mind
without giving ofese Ike living friends they too have
their voice sud plysiognomies and iher company =
Of counsel of amusement without imperuncrce OF
apology, sure of having onr claims allowed s9od book
jutifes theory Of personal supremacy keeping this
fresh in the memory aud perennial what were days
without H. Nor does faith faltcr though tho secret
we search for and do lid IN them viii not commit Il
sef 20 teninrc stl we take NJ The now issue with the
old eNIiectaOu, aud again and again, "a Wc tiy oar
nirds after many failures at COW sation, believing
this visit will be- the favored hour and al VIII be told Ms
Mon do know what book can well spure, certainly none
that has admitted ne, though 10 bc but iO the monoLt
and by the most onque gimpsc INTO The mind aud per
of al
such friendly claim Ia Oncs regard and satisfy eNpecia
since only what rises from the heart reaches IT, being
caught and carried ON The tongues OF mon NheresoeVcr
Nor need we wonder at their scarcity or the value
set upon them ne the essence OF S2od letter. as ..
lleasip V,ns ,s "mm D,S. ~ W. I'M are H
coming And the most that even NE can do, il but
chance stroke two at TIL. fine essence housed IN the
handsome dust. hut too fugitive and coy u be caHght
aud held fast for longer than Tho passDg glance; the
master touching ever ana letouchns tho picture lac
~, -. IA. ee,n -, poem would l.y. writ
find books like persons more attractive ~ they are
der AZ ONCE so the and ENJOY them the more for
tins blending Of nature with the miLd-the te1t spark
ling with the authors personality What n thus implied
gracefully delivered than II written literally; ~
pques then the fancy more and calls the higher fts into
play and an author best serves me Who speaking alike
10 Imagination and reason, arms with figures apt for
occasions thus plumng the genius for discourse Aud
IN lively moods, tho columns become charged with
thought as If each word were blood wise and heshed
peteDess wont 10 be dry and unprOhtabe for
their facts and differences; Truth the flowing essence OF
things the substance OF bong acc0stng the mind most
gracefully flowing form, fixed for the moment Of
passing only In the mnds eye, aud is studied to best ad
vantage rather In boks of biography and poetry than "
history science wherein the personality otenest lost
IN distractions Of fact Reading, like conversation an
ideasm most profitable cslh imagination into play
aud thus leads forth all other gifts.
Every cultivated reader will appreciate the genial
wisdom and simple elegance of style which the para
graphs Just quoted exhibit; but before he closes the
volume lie will find some nuts TO crack, the tough
bitterness Of whose shell gives foreaste ofany