The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-02-27
TALES OF THE BORDERS
The FalT Maid Of CeIiardvkes.
NJ ALExAHDnR CAMPBELL

| did not like the idea OF having oil III
specimens Of the fine arts in Europe colec
ted into one "bonnie bouche" at the Louvre
1t was like collecting, q handful Of rip
strawberries, and devouriHg them at one IN
discriminate gulp. do not like floral exhi
bitioDs, for the same reason. | had rathe
. thousand times meet my old and new
friends in my solitary walks or in my
country rambles. All museums IA this wa,
confound and bewilder me; and had th
Turk not have been master Of Greece,
should have preferred view of the Elgii
marbles in the land Of their nativity. An,
it is for q similar reason that my mind still
reverts, with q kind Of dreamy delight, {,
the time when | viewed mankind IN detail
and in all their individual and natural pecu
liarittes, rather than en- mdsse and in one re
/ gimental uniform. Educate up Il iucat,
up Invent machinery discover agencies
saddle nature with the panniers Of labor
and, at last, stand alongside Of her, clothed
| from the peasant to the prince, IN the wood
ers Of her manufacture, and merrily whistling
/ in icle unconcern, to the tune of her unerr.
! ing despatch But what have we gained |
I One mass Of similariues the housema.:a
the housekeeper, the lady, and the princess
speaking the same language, clothed in the
same habiliments, aud enioyin ing the same i'm
munities from corporeal labor-the coIors ol
the rainbow whirled and blended into one
glare of wEite Towards this ultimatusi
we are now Fastening. Where is the shep-
herd stocking weaver, with his wires and his
fingers moving iDvisibly Where .ae " wee
and muckle wheel with the aged danes, 10
pletted toys, singing "TarrY WOO r. Where
the hodden-grey clad patriarch, sitting ia
the midst OF his family and mixing familiar
ly, and in perfect equality with all the
bOusehold-servant and chllds NY heart
constantly warns to these recollecti0as /;
and feel as if wandering over landscape
variegated by pleasant aud contrasting col.
oring, and 0vsrshad0wed with associations
which have long been part OF myself. Oae
exception to the general prngressioh and as
sanitation still happily remains to crafty,
must confess my hiking for things As the,
were. The fisher population Of Nvwhay-n,
Buckhsven and Cellard, Hes-(my observa-
ton extends 60 farther, and I limit my re
marks accordingly ARE, 10 fact, the Sco,-
tish highlanders, the lri b, the Welsh, and
the Marks OF Fisherdom. d ferlng each
somewhat from the other, they are united
by one Common bond OF character-they
are varieties u the same animal-the
ditterens species under one genus. | like
this. | am always in high spirits when
pass through a fishing village OF a fisher
street. No accumulation Of fth in every
hue-or shell, aud gin, and fish -taii---can
disgust me. | even suell sweet SAVIOUR
FROM their empty baskets, as they exhae
ihQmeal dry IN ha nd tb..r
there is hue OF robust health over all NJ
mincing Of matters Female arms and legs
Of the true Tuscan ordeT-~cheeks aud Gu ms
where neither the rose nor the bone has
been stinted. Children Of the dub and the
mire-all agog in demi-nudity, AM following
nature most vociferously. Saug, comforta
bic cabins, where garish day makes ho uE-
handsome inquiries, aud where rousing fires
and plentiful meals abide fron June to J4na-
ar. They have a language, TOO, of their
own-the true mucklebacket dialvct; and
freely aud firmly do they throw from them
censure. praise, or rIbAldry. The men are
here but men I; meI g human machInes-use-
full, but not ornamental-necessary ncum-
braDces rather than valuable protectors.
Poor creature u says Meg Of the Muckle-
backet, she Gamma maintain q man." Sn
Walter saw through the character | am la.
boring to describe and, IN one sentence,
put llie and identity into IL. | knew he was
exceedingly fond OF conveTsIng with fisher
women IN particular. But, whist sucn are
the general features, each locality | have
mentioned has It's distinctive hneaments
The Newhaven hsberwoman (for the man IL
unknOwD) Is bundle Of snug comfort. HeI
BODY, her dress, her voice, her countenance
all partake OF me same character Of enbOa-
PotRtness. Yet there is nothing al ali unIi.
dy about her. She may ensconce her large
hmbs IN more paden coverings than the
gIavedigger in . Hamlet" had waistcoats
but still she moves without consiraiht; and
under burden which would press my lady
waiIIng-mald to the carpet, she moves tirln
free and elastic. Her tongue is not labor
logged, her feet are not creel-retarded bur,
altogether unconscious Of lbe presence o.
hundreds, she holds on her way aud ner dis
course as II she were . caravan ia the desert
She Is 10 be found in every street aud alley
in Aud Reekie tall her work is accomplished
Her Voice VI call Is exceedingly musical, aud
sounds sweetly Ia the ears vt the Infrm anC
bedrid. All night long she holds her stand
close by the theatre, with her broad kuif,
aud her 0peued oyster. la vain does ia,
young spark endeavoT to engage her ia llcea
/ tlous laik. He so0n discovers that. wnere
ever her feelings or affections tend. they q,
not point IN his favor. Thus, loaded witt
pence, snd primed with gin, she returns b,
| midnight 10 her hoL1e-tnere To share q SUP
per -plut win her man and neT neighbors
and 70 prepare, by deep repos for the du
Ties oil ner Gay. Far happier, aud fal
more useful she, in her day aud generation
than she tniBg OF fashion which nen Gail
beau or a belle-in whose labor no one re
losces, aad in whose bosom no sentiment bu
Aelf fiads o place. In Buckhaven, again
tie Saiique Law prevails. There men ar
men, and women are appendagss. Toe &c
department 10 here all In all. Tue w0me
indsed, crawl little way, and through
lew deserted fields, into the surroundan
country bat the man drives the cart, m
the carries the fish !; and the fisn are foun
IN All the larger towns east~ ard Cellar
dykes is mixture of the two--a kind q
Nhliam and Mary government, where, sld
oy side IN the same cart, apd net lnfreQuenl
" IN the same boat are 70 be found mao al
woman, lad and lass. Oh, it ID . prett
sight TO zee the Cellardyke fishers leavin
the coast for the herring fishing in th
north Witnessed it some years ago as
passedto Edinburgh; and this year va
lnssssd IL again.
| Meeting aud conyersing With my ol
friend and minister Of this PARISH of KIlret
ny, We lai4 0s down ON the sunny slope
ths bras facing the east and the Isle Of Ma,
whiiss he gave me the following sntsresuI
narrasives
Thnrsns Iaine ana Gar.h Rls.,. ,us.. Ia.