The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-03-05
GOOD THIxes IRON "RzALNAK.n

n L remember hearing one of tn
t shreWdest ministers OF or time cav ths
d he Joined a ministry thinking it woul
: last only seven weeks. You see," h
c said. ''they were old friends of mine
e and they had asked me- TO join thom.-
4 And felt that being old friends wa
: quite willing 70 partake their downfall
. and here have beea years In office wit
| Them" No one eau see how minis
1 try will fall, or how war will end o
how any series Of political events will
come to a conclusion. declare neve
knew ministry to go out upon the ex
act questions they were expected to e,
oit upon. We are thrown back to tn,
ola French proverb, Nothing is GER
tam but abe unforeseen" 1 must say
| delight in French proverbs, WhsI
can be better than toe celebrated pro.
verb. '.Nothing succeeds like success. ,
Ine opposite isquite a. true: IN othir o
succeeds like the want OF success" :" or to
put 1t in another way, .sNone are SO
successful as thG unsucce ssfll." 1t all
depends upon the meaning you give to
the world success. The late Lord Car
iisile used to delight in saying which
ran thlls-"Heaven is place made Tor
the unsuccessful"
In those days when we had not the
ihnictlon OF railways, and when barris-
! ters, even on the Northern circuit tray-
eied in post-chaises, it fell to the lot or
| very sanity good man to have to tray
ell with Lord Thurlow who was then At
torney General. A journey to the
North was serious thing in those
times, and my sanity friend dreaded
the long journey with the clustering
Attorney General, who he was sure
would utter many naughty words be-
lore they arrived al York. They had
hardly left London before the good man
remarked, "We shall have a Tong iour.
hey, Mr. Attorney and 80 Thought [
would bring some books toamuse u.s.
dare say it is long time, since you
nave read Milton's Paradise Lost, shall
read some of it to you?" "Oh, by ALL
means, said Thurlow, 81 have not read
word Of Milton for years" The good
man began 20 read. out his Milton: pres
entity ne came to the passage where Sa-
tan exclaims, "Better to reign In bell |
lnan to serve in Heaven" upon which |
Ihuriow exclaimed, "a id fine fellow,
and hope he may wln." Nv sanity |
friend shut up his Paradise Lost" and
felt that it would be no good reading to
the Attorney General, If he was to be
interrupted by such wicked expressions
OF sentiment.
remember reading of some murder
ommitted IN Russian palace-a noisy
murder, too-but nobody heard any
.ilihg OF 1t IN the next room. Now that
~ my Idea OF how house should be
bulit. III should be possible to commit
murder Ill any room without the
rest Oh the house being troubled or dis
.urbed. As 1t is. architects seems to
have set their faces against all quiet and
privacy. Studious men are the ctlms
OF neighboring pianos. A nursery ia
not psd OF annoyance. | have studied
the question OF noise very deeply, and
| VIII tell you sonnet hing of the greatest
Importance. Put layer of sniaIls be-
wsen the flooring that se eparates room !
rom the room above it, You will find ,
nese shells admirable nen-conductors
u sound. wish architects were sub a
eet 10 examinations. ihe first cues ;
ION l should ask them would be, what : :
thickness OF material will prevent such
nd such noises-say the paying OF a
lsho oy beginner-from being heard Z
Il the adjacent rooms. | remember =
fhen was IN Germany and used to i,
pen over the German newspapers. r
othing used to delight me more than q
be advertisements OF servants. which :
. often began, "Ejn STILES Madchen." y
low il one could advertise about hous. =
: and say truthfully "En STILES y
Iaus, I'M sure do not know whether :,
latsls the right Germany, what an at =
active advertisement it weu,d be ! =,
MAINTAIN that the great duty of q ~
ost Is not to be & bore, and not to show 70
sople Anything which he may fancy =.
icy might ike to see. Indeed, | have q,
'me TO the conclusion that the host. to la
perfect host, should be blind and a ~
ippie. even think it would be bet Of sf
that this perfect hest should have an ~
lpediment in his s.speech aud be slight "
paraly tic. We are all to tell our ex- IT
'riences OF what ia lonlly called hos a.
Gaiity; 80 hear one of mine; [ was a.,
&c invitad by a host whom | Thought W.
De perfection. He..was very learned NJ
was very witty, he was partially ~,
md, and always either in fit of the &,
ut or threatened with fit of it ue ,h
iere Is the man for me-" said. 81 W
II accept his invitation. We shall a.
ly See him ut dinner, when he will be -
,st agreeable" went to his house. no
le next morning after my arrival, to n
] utter amazenent, he ordered hors- do
FOR all of us and took us to see some ~"
alnage works on his estate. Theirs hs
re ~ degrees of frost that day. A. ~
sat on our horses surveying the comI ar
III process OF draining, about which t ~
ought knew something and did no. 70
ut to know any more. we were near oo,
statueiisd. AS the old women say, VIII
4 might have knocked ME down with w
Father; for hands, arms, feet and legs
re entirely without life Aswe rode
X could not help saying. My dear 7.
DON'T take me indoors, am entirelv
zen. Just throw me into vour ice.
Use, shall be very useful there uext .se .ae
ne" don't believe he felt the re- N ..o
ot. .,. we
iy complaint Of the world, which I ned
leave to make very loudly, is this t,.a
nat there is too much of everything. Wa fI,a
conservatory Is always too full OF az
Fers TO please me; u city, of inhabi- CIV CIV
Is; dinner, of dishes; = speech, of e"ti e".
us; concert, OF songs; a museum a nu'
picture gallery, of pic hN, 1ae
es; sermon, of texts; an evening Wo Uo''
~, OF guests; aud so | could on ot, ~
merating for an hour. at Least. Nil W ~
thlhgs which are too full in this full W.
. world. use fulsome In the oripi- ,r
sense. You remember the witty eitS
n9 OF q French traveller. When ons
ed about his travels he pithily ex- ,,Ifo
ned: "Hy a qaelque chose de trop dams .yVs W.
les pdyS-leS hdbitans. ;,',S