, 1869-01-03

stock" eTes offered for sale va By |
I peddler. There Is tradition dawn below
tnat had tho temptation Of Era under the |
Kuate OF ee1psnt f1itea, 9atan woult have |
psoscnted himself rs = peddler with pack on
his back. That, however, being bis surest
card. aad never known to fail, hs neTeT plays
1t until Euccels can bo had In no Other way.
The succesdul poddler, one Who has made
tts fortune sI that business, can oelT .blkzao
himself u he does not reach the hixte1s point
Of iarnc. There u no brxnch Of b1daeu IL
which he may rot become 1 louder. Does hn
Wank to lead IN money matters, ho known the
bcst stocks to deal N, and Il ab&3luts au-
tbority IN all fancies. Hc knows lbs Rosa
roads ftoza the bad, aud along which lns the
most money can be made. Ha KNOWS TIM
people TO operate on; be GIN tail good
Judge npn Poor one, Ind knows how to OBJ
tsln the opInlona Of the latter whenever 10
quised To snftaln biz oHu. He hAa not sold
spcctac1ea without hartng learned the art o1
making peopIn see things ~ te wishes. and
he he's Nhistled of too many dogs not to
know how To get nd Of ugly guardlana Of the
public intereata.,
If disposed 10 cultivate music, who will
question bis taatef Has hn not dealt IN
jewth11ps, and fosulshed the instrunuutal
music to taany kitchen opera uaA he not
sold dddtc~strinEs, md ro4in for the bow,
and With the ACCORDION charmed znAny
8 rustic ears Who 10 qualified
ah he to lead In aualo--to pAtroaixs
the opern-ayc, even to build md own TEN
pie Of Apollo. Il disposed 10 pAtronize let
tera, who Is better qualified? II not tho III.
thor Of his eountty's ballads, has be not car
tled them into every household : and the man
who hss made Nov, tiae up, William Hi1ay, ~
household 1ords In the habltstions Of the
people may not be bowled from any stool in
the literary world which he may seaect. Who
70 qualified BY an early cultivation Of origt.
na taste TO own = gallery Of The old masters
a &nsn who has iaorned tho NAIla Of every
har.room aud country dwelling with the iiEs-
Like poztralu OF the trelrc Apostles, each
wearing aowlnG robea of different hut Of tho
| most pronounced coloss:
Ordinary mea, coming Into the possession
| ofw ealth, might fee1 backward IN linking tho
leadership In Ill these mattezx thsy might
look upon the term OF " dilletaate" rather
as 3 rrpreach, but the eatly experience Of 4
| peddlr1 has taught him to endure wo.ss
names than that, and to push hfmseu euceess.
fully within doors which hi class had beer
ordered neve1 to enter. Tbs psddlez, there
fore, has the perseverance which win enabl<
brru, II he choose r&ver to. be put back by
any such considerations q would deter other
men.
But cren he must not expect 10 escape tht
enry Of his fellow.men. other men startln,
ont in life With him, who cbose other txzdes,
may laugh 1t his success, and be weak et,ouXt
to cry "Peddler'' at the envied Rothsehiid o
the Rau1as, whoen name will be 50 Identified
with art and letters Of the present dsT- that
IS the Augustaa and the EllEabcshan sge
describe historic eras. 10, Ii attet umas, on
day will be known to posterIsy u the Ped
dler's age. Ths native genlos snd the spot
less honesty which In early lie !eare the pa
terua1 1nanaion, under the peddIer's pack
nAy confidently rely that 10 the race Of III
they will ovettake and distance Their Teloe
| pedean rivals, and. armed With the sharp IN,
seTefc and varied experience Of peddlcl
nsy, In the end, rank With the htghest-au
claim Tor their posseasor precedence Of th
journalistic critics, who, It distance, anee
at an intellectual greatness they fail to al
preciAte. For such people true omtnenc
nay feel cordial contempt, and walt ps
tiently until time and the tide Of travel sha
: bring ts dctamers within his grasp, ~
| then. closing his hsud up them. mai
, | them feel as penalty for their temcrity tt
J sensations Of the Imprisoned cast upon It
| most expensive bed known to modern no