, 1869-05-02
the WORLD or AMUSEMENT,
Tho Old
Old 5 Books, Songs, Wine and
Friends.
The Old Buildiue,
What a Nocturnal Visit Revealed,
A Mass Meeting.
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Rats, Reaches, Ruga and Fare.
well.
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Latest Gossip frosn Everywhsre.
. CHICAGO, Aayl.
IL the -Eilur ot TAe Chicago Tribune:
On this May Day, when Nature Ia putting on ne1
new spring suit Of green, md decking herBele Win
new buds 1ud nowers; when evory blade Of grass
shooting up through the brown sod, and every
quaint little psckARe Of leaf unrolln8 ITSELF on the
bough are new: when restless men and women,
caft1ug their Lares and Pc1atts through the
streets, nre seeking new homes; when new
esee1es IRON the North come shiycrtng1y down
upon us, telling new stories they learned or the
icebeFgs on their way; and when new asparagus
anu onlons are coming into the market; on this
new day, an frec to confess HE the old.
Ake old book l think there Il more virtue.
and Wit and sense, and cold stun In the old tones
ofass-e1asped and vellu,n- PACED uayhap, made to
last forever By tho old WORTHLESS, ever whose
heatfa hundreds Of sutng1 nxye ootne ena gone,
and generations OF birds hare aunR and they none
me "tser for they 1eft thelr souls Ia the tones,
tnAn IN the reauh Of gaudJ modern tr1sh, born In
alI sofa Of ways, In ali sorts Of places and Of Ill
sorA Of parenta, with lives a. permanent ~ tad
podes, and, Ike many human being. carrying all
the usefulness and beauty they possess In thels
Govern Gut Goea great Ways with book, a. It
does with Man There are ereat many g.ided
men znd women II Won't do TO touch or exnnlne
100 closely. The moment Jon handle them the
gut fube on and shows The pewter underneath.
Them arc = .g1c@ mdny books Of The. same de-
scnption.
hkc old wine. There Is vtstue In the old nit.
deWed. cooHthoed bottle. which one OF your laml.
II, whose portrait hangs 10 the hall because he Ia
Little old-fashloned for the draWinR-Fpom.
placed tn the cellar years 4go Break the neck OF
tnasbodle1 and see how the Imprisoned reuti OF
vine leap sparkling into the sunshine, clui In gold
ma fragrant - 1850 you stumble upon In the
woods. No aquafottta, logwood OF burnt snAY,ngs
mere. TINS u tho nectar which refreshed the
g1ants IN the old time, which Horace 9anR and
AnAc1eon drank, With which paute pledged
Beatrice, and which runs through BcethoyenS y
seAerzos and inspired the Btudisas Of the Eua.tcrs
Ike old songs into which the Mfiters hare
poured their sonl8: songs a. full OF passion and
pain rs the West sometimes ia full OF the thunder
clouds; songs full Of sadnces which Ii no. the
hotsterous wo Of the hIred mase, but a. unoberu.
sise and gentle Aa the summer rnin songs full OF
the qnatntncas snt delIcacy and beauty whlch
time has only mcllowed, md which come down 10
o8 AAA4Ao"IA WAL adaSLl3lQQa E4Q6SHf
around them hko vines, Now and then you Ret
soog which touches the heart at once, hut song.
Ike friend. must have been tested By expert
enee before you can fully receive It. Who would
not tnke Aendclssuhnh Flint Violet and Qtsd.
y give up all the nower-songs Of oday. las the
religion OF to-day anything more deNcately beau
uful and graceful than He1rlck, anything more
massive and majestic than the;" Elm Feste Berx',7
10 our modern loyess sing such dainty serenades
as Spencer and Sidney sang TO their Phynlses,
ike old friends 4 m4n can't adonl to have
tno many fr1enda. 1t Ia too e1pcnave In TIL &C.
cia1 economy, not In the matter Of dolhrs and
centa, but in the persona! wear and tear ,hcy "a
caslon one. a man with thousand frtenus Il
worse on than the Wandering Jew. A nan With
ase hundred fHenls ID to be ptred- a 1nnn with
aoaured friends is victim. L man With f,lty
nneaos Is nsppy in quiet way. 4 msn with treu.
g-nsc friends can IND time to be PHILOSOPHER.
man with ten friends, ono for caeh dn0e.. enth
one OF whom Etu sttck to him like his dn3rrs IA
Justified IN ct7 ing Eureka oyes the discovery of
perfect happiness The result OF nv observations
toas women arc 50 made that they viii be tncon.
so!aole without thousand dear friends TO whom
lucy arc bound BY the tenderest ties until death,
aao seu tnoasaoa other friends entitled Ia the COZ
ndences which distract the female hreast, without
WHICH relief the female breast would be simply 4
PenFup fesustus- Il, therefore, you have ten
friends, and thcy are old friends who have trsr.
clled au along the journey WITH you through s,orm
md through sunshine, with any enc Of whom ran
wou'd exchange your personal 4deu.y, cang.atu-
late you.
It Ia because like old thinrs That n,id .;.,, q.
the old TRlBuEB Butidtnr1 h,rc, n,sa,n- ~.
old buildings. The ameA Of antiquity about them
- u fe1fean1nE In the modafu combination Of
sueus - inc bouquet Of good wtnc In a rlllaEnous
beer cellar Ike TO trace sll the hatt. and rrr.
liarisiea Of tie dead and gonc men md ,rnrns,
whkhtn the processes Of tine, have been lng,sioed
into the bIudlng, and become pan ami, n,rc+t ~
T. lhave no objection to ci,nxt ar tvnN non, ~ y,
yonr msec IN the walnsootuax or srs,tng hosms
IN the attic, hut the good old-fashfoned rbo,, NJ
some poor soul With streaming bI.rt h,,r .rd
pale face, who concealed her n,s,nsv and ~ r-,od
her secret With her unde, the rnrf' and .,.cone
teuted In Heaven ,nu.t come bnct II, thc o,a n,s.
where at used 10 be- and rn1r rnde, m. 80
where they used TO vaIk-,he trees whteh t,ox.
the secret well as she, for they heard II or ,e
ghost OF the hoy who nm avay and ven, n aoo
nnd never came home au,In vhoa. ~ go. ~ -
any wave crawling IN the ANA I'm -, ss 49,,
II Jou will listen as1cht. or ,ha ,,,,.+ - ~.
wl1nkleA old nIut who hid h,s in.o,s 49,
the tiles Of the hearth and conor. hsnr
now ana then to req n ,n.,
l did not sec INV sntytts IN ~. A., h,t,t..s.
quite the contrary. Their was .-..t das, -, 1ss.
there. II Eas night when vr,,t fhe,x h,,, ~. ~.
moonlight saw some strange uvhts C,nr ,st.
coteuants the rata 1ntce cs.crroarh.. 49, -.
ders, were holding u general uas, meeting IN ~,
Various rooms, discussing the changed .sncct ~
anairA An antique rat, Of venerable ann<srancr
gray whislerB, covered with the scara NJ man, =
haEd-fouRht light, and With tau sail, rnottlat.a
hy the many .nsstands and n.nrr.ve,,h,. 80
had followed him into his hole many linz an,