Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-12-16
entertainments.
what VIII YenDo with Your I've
nings this Winter!

what wifi YenaDo with Your Eve
nings this Wintcre
Winter is fast approaching already
il has sent out its skirmishers in the forin
Of singing winds. and bitter snow squalls.
With il will come long evenings OF leisure.
Young men what do you intend to DO
with these evenings
There are thousand indncomenss 70
seuauaer them The gaily lighted -bil--
lard room opens its doors and invites you
10 enter. The theatre, the ball, solicit
YOU. All sorts, of similar temptations al
lure YOU to spend your time aud money,
and many of you will be drawn into ex-
travagant expenditure, by these, IN Thorn
selves. innocent amusements
Another and worse class OF temptations
will beset you. The drinking saloon, the
gambling den, etc, will invite you to en-
ter. and with deusiye excitements seek
TO blind your. moral percei tions and lead
you to ruin.
What are you going 10 do with these
precious evenings Will you throw away
The golden opportunities, and take upon
YOU "a burden OF vain regret for the years
that arc 10 come? Do you not see their
value, if improved?
There are thousands Of young mechan-
les who viii see these words, and WILL
zone Of them, perhaps, resolve that this
winter shall not be spent as was the last
ghis winter shall be devoted to neglected
arithmetic algebra, bookkeeping They
viii seize the coming leisure to perfect
their knowledge Of drawing, or to com
,,lete their perusal OF some scientific, MS
iorical. or literary work begun long ago,
but still unfinished. They know the value
Of time and they viii no longer squander
it.
Alas how few of these wise resolutions
will be kept Yet We are hopeful that
some will be Influenced by our exhortation
10 use their time in more profitable man.
ner than do the majority of pleasure low
ing young men.
The means Of sell Improvement are now
so widely diffuscd that no one seeking
knowledge can fail to obtain them, atd
while we do net counsel the utter renunel-
alton of innocent amnsements, II Is AWAY $
wisdom to. subordinate these things to
higher purposes. -
Young mechanics, and young men of
whatever occupation you may be, you may
refer your future success or failure to the
way iu which you employ this waters
leisure Then what viii you do with your
evenings = Scientific 4merican.
AnseGo,e Of the Blind.
John Stanley, the musician. lost his
sight when oniy two years of age. He
Lad so correct an ear, that he never forgot
the voice of "a person he had once heard
speak. An instance is gi,en in WHICH he
recoliected tie voice OF a person he had
not heard for twenty years, who then
accosted him in all assumed voice Ii
twenty persons were seated at table
together, he would address them all in
their regular order, without their being
previously known to him. Hiding on
horseback was cue OF his favorite exercises,
though it wonld seem very dangerous
enc Tor the blind aud towards the close
of bis life, when he lived in Epping For
est, and wished to give his friends an
airing. he would take them the pleasantest
road, and point out the most agreeable
prospects He played at whist with great
readiness and judgement. Each card was
marked at the the corner with the point
of a needle, but these marks were so
.delicately fine, as scarcely to be discerned
by any person not previously apprised of
them. His hand was generally the first
arranged, ana it was not uncommon for
him to complain of the party that they
were tedious IN sorting the cards. He
could tell the precise time by watch
He knew the number ofpersons in room
when he entered il !; would direct his voice
to each person 10 particular-even to
strangers, after they had once spoken !;
and would miss any ore who was absent,
and could tell who that che was.