, 1869-10-10
Some OF its Curious EEocHs.

Some OF Its Curious ERsc4x.
. CHICAGO. Oct. ..
7b fAe Editor of The Chicago Tribune.
1irapt1J confess to 1on that my head Ia full o,
aubufban beauty this week, and that mar cnauce
to ri1tc TO you Of nothing else In this letter.
AsI sit here 1t my deak again 10 talk to nv c.r,,
9!eeat'oh, the sky IL el overcast With Il dep.e
leaden pail The asr u full Of fog and sue1csttons
OF falp. wretched individual On the etrret fsnr.
nef labof1ousJ picking out IN ar from Norma
on ~heextDg accordion, and tho horrible noise
GENES up 70 me d!a1natlJ through the wet, heayy.
et"otPaefe' think even the pure cuasedue.s ci
ane nana'ofEans is Preferable TO tho scco.t,tou.
incle IL something ngfy sp!teful and dertlish ,u
he nana'osgAn. 1t keeps you red hot. Your nat.
u1A !eFoc1S rttea to boiling point You could
qo1cty ofop brick on top Of the oYgaa,sr1uder.s
neao Without the sllRbtcat cornpuncpou. Ynu
eoaia welcome any sudden visitation o: nature
upon fhat naD. such a. nhAh OF lightning oY A
tornado' and bless tho hantla thst atuose him,
1at1e nofh'ng to cndesf an oyRah.ginder to
!ou. lie sounds no chord which T1brstes
n nnleon With yo1r heattst1tngp.
fon could not 80 up to The orasn.sy1ntcr. and
recognizing him a. nan and i brother, lid ntm
may tnst hNect stra!n again. Ills music ices not
fco !nd 5ou Of tho sweet South breathing oycr 4
oed o1 s'oies, s'canR aud Rissng odor, but rasher
o1 tnst htRhi}-bccnted south which now and then
tica'nes over bridgeport, Stealing AMI giving m
onof which anells Of anything else rather thAn
fltietA Tho hand-orgAn Ia unrnittgntcdIy, esxea.
1!altJ ard deSiliahy hAI and holds no niaca in
Inc eternal ntnets OF ththgh The man who In IN
as'rnRc lifetime succeeds ID destroying one hand.
organ eonfers boon upon the rnc.,, aud deserves
aI'othcott', ranonIzatton, = nonumsntum er5t mr.
rhsli"s. And general hanilng down to posser1ty
~ rood AMI bIessed man.
Hut wtcn VIC conae 10 tho accordion Il rtvcs m
pause. II suggests asthma, quick conaI npttpp, a
cold In the hehd, g11pea, and other cheerful tlls.
cases. 1t u iachrJtnosc, la4uhs1our, Atra.,Il.uua
Anh poaseaacs many other polyAJ,ah.c qualities
when resta'n from nn!nR, In mcscyE to tho
printer md out Of sheer resnst for
tho reader: Or The gentle rcs,1es. a,
tho noretatS hasc tt-olthourh i will
WsEer box Of 1'attasas aRaiaat box Of .Aiexnu.
ara OF "tnn, that Jou mr. not gentle ut al.
aoa cannos get Indignant u IN accordion player,
nc VIII make Jon miserab1y sad, hypochondEts.
cAuJ Wfctchcd, uisanthrapicaly ma,,ttln. and sick
OF tns stotnach. Ths accordion H. moreover.
suicidal tn it, tendencies. think II my sins wese
forgiven aud MY debts ali pnil, would rathcr
take fhc cxtraet OF charcoal and 20 to heaven to
fe1t Will The lmmotsais, than be compelled 10
listen 10 an accordion for tTo consecutive houta,
wonder II Miss Phelps Ia correct ln sarIuu that
there are nnt1ca} lnstrumcnta In heayen and II
81, pcser asloss people Nth accorlious 10 alp
through tbs Gates Ajar7 hope not. think !
could stand irnmbonea, iewshAEps, tympani,
Gongs cten, hut sccofdiona never. Fancy IN
angel with great shining Wigs, sussroua 6rova
and tailisg rohes nJ;ng through the air playing an
accordion.
W,n Pet5sss In lntenupunR ma. Ins. III
this has nothing 10 do with lhc subur-
tnn bcauty l spokc OF above, when
l rTst put my peu to papcr-but a,u coming 10
It. want 10 write In lny own way, and tho con.
slant Interruptions Of th.4 young woman arc vcfy
annoying. AhJ ono CAT take topic and ait down
aod willie upon It Any QUO can drlye In tho sratghs
Travelled thorou9otarc prefer 10 wander about
at ny OWE hHeet will, stray!u9 AWAY from the
ruaa Il bird calls nc With h!a song, or brook
bAbbles to me nnder sorne leafy coser. or nowtr
bloksotna in some distant towes. II tho young
woman aliuced 10 doesn't want to 20 with me,
tbo can tit down On 4 rock BY tho way lido aud
ktek her heels tn the dust, or witch the teams
Rolng by. until get hack. Bot mn.t Insist upon
no more Interruptions al long % mn Ef1t;nr thta
letter. and cot she.
fon ought to KNOW b. this t.rnc that ,oyc
nature; sud am sree TO confess that It does me
tnlnlAi1aflons aud hold commpnion with her vlsi-
Ole folnA tire Of this worah!p within four
walls, Performed ns 10 r11ch per 5ear al
both lends. Of tho church, ana endured
LOT 10 much In the Ai.u1, / want
cnnnsc- cannot cndlre this running In 5uts and
Hitting down Id = b1a1neG1 sort Of WAY to cut and
dried worship, mapped out In daily paper aascr-
using on Saturday, and run according to Gnnlqt
On sunday. You sec there Is no Inspiration IN It.
IT aAvofs OF tho Shop Tho religion gtt there
es{fsftTes seems 70 be boIn Of tho large type anil
D1pse- II u pretty and osnaueniai. and h. -
good deal Of French gilt about It. But sop6ehox
don't got the daily rtlls1ou the reltg,on between
mAn and man, the religion which IN some WAY wnl
smile the great sin Of the world n With thunder
bolt, and tash terror Into The shylocks who drive
shAyP bargains with womAnH dependenca AMI
mans necesaity. It sometimes seena 70 me, also,
that the fhArsce isu't dead but that a stil 1,yes
preaching eloqreasly and shoRtly to the Magualea
ktaf on, but sweet!y unconscious of the poor ytc
tin passing his door, who has been driven hY
1An fntasuce to tue soul killing commerce OF .he
bIees meekly holding the plate at the doot, On
behalf Of FIJI c1uu1bals and sguat Pa,a9on!an tu
ces9antses, while hts brother near By struggles
With the wolf At the door and the hlacE despair On
he hearth stone.
The young woman viii now See that sm Get.
lnR hack into The roAd for this explains the fea-
lon Why dete1tntned 10 exchange Pueaethon for
Eafad'set The other day, BY going To Lake Forest
laJa AMONG the falling leayes and ,,ronn.. . 49,.
II The haIt nooda.. So. =
! wonder II anyone In Cntcauo tuoxs ~h,+a
tautiiul SPOT Lake Forest ta9 thint S,,...
nn.t nave been In one Of her p1eaaan.est .uotd,
shen she mapped It out Io the Inst nsea. she
tched II up in the air one hundred and ,h,rt. ~.
y more above the lAko; aud what p. yIew you oet
Tue great exnsnFr q wateri Sanding mon tta |
e!-- IN see but little Of its zeal enects. Upon
mt ri ~. -,o,,, ...ssN ss.4a ~ s"a ;" pe .ae
n.n,t,r ~ s,s,.n. ~ "sa' .Hlo LUG 15o'
rhers the v.,cr Sns. ond ~. so4 saano' 'e4l
-ha ,r,rr.,t,,. 80. =. ~ wv t@p1 oektas.
ur,sct, l.. III. .na ~.s aAu euAue upon its
rnn. ta ~. 49,. tn...as o1 eoots IN ka'c"'o-
h,td,. -, .n,rsr.. ..s'at, "ncn 'he 1ou thenws
49, - ra,- rs.n s"sef il".a 'ne distance,
-. "s"ssts ~ The
aee'J VI .tue !eaoef upon which the angels as
ehaed and detcendcd. and a sAI hero ana tntro
mei'pR INTO the hluc, Ike argosIes bound for
Wy laLtl Ahd the wasa Of the Navcs, N they
'A"l Up tne SAND, comet falntfy aud drcamtty m
soe' there can be tothng more enchanting,
n.i' - listened to the MATES singing no pesce-
aI5' thought, noE and then. caught an rnder-
INC OF fadnc'a tn the soue, which VIA telling Of
1At Wild night when the LADY, EtR1n rent Novn
The dattncas on this SPOT, lud carried 10 uanv
'uls down with her Into tho wfash OF the tayes
I'd the terror Of = death, from which God shield
. each and escrs one Dut tho late Shaved M
acee. on 'U quiet boson, OF the terrible unrtst
hlcn Fexes 1t and tue mad fnrr which hnste n
'stnas these cliffs. Jnss n the smooth. plsc,d
ce of your baby. my dear wonsn. rtnecttnr on,r
'ar sulles, shows no traces Of the tides pt mn,
"a which ulil rise sad fall lear,nr tonr l,ns NJ
IN. 10 show wtcrt they hare been nr nm fu,1.
Ia storms which viii swcep oYcr Il furrnw,nr II
th FEARFUL ridges: Of she lore which Icsds ontr
death, or Of the hate which tulA
Then when Nature had hung It m tt,.rr IN .ho
r tkat II might aHaJE look 1t tts iair sece ia Inv
'7or hclow, she rl&uted tho mnst t.su.,f,,. n, .
eea-the hlctnrs thn nat .u, ehu