, 1870-06-19

hey were sent into this world to bear crosses, |
te. think it would be we'll, therefore, for
dx OF their snArtest debaters to take upon
themselves these six crosses. Let ouo Of
hem pack up and move tho household goods
Of th1ee-story family on rainy day; !
tha second, have good smart caso
uf smaa11-po1-nnne Of your honn-
pAthic boardfng-house meaales; the
third, listen to Brother Moody, or any
other of the brethreu, upon the difference be-
tween theological tweed1edum and tWeedle- |
dec for threa hootn on 4 hot afternoon; the
fourth, Estan to monotonous, gabb1ing no
man abusing the Tyrant AAn' through ni1
houra Of dreary triteuess; tho 18th, put his
whole mind on raiaing Shanghai rooste1a and
bantam hens; anI the sixth. go down with
his rate into the severn and de1ve among tho
decayed dinners. Then lot the whole nix meet
and compare uoases. It wonld not only provo
their devotion to their creed, but it would SET
tle question which would afford great relief
to thousands Of auderurs-
At present am inclined to think th4t the |
best way Of moving would be to quietly hudale |
-FOUR traps together take one farewell look 1t |
them, get out Of doozs, and then, without any |
needless h4ate or confusion, set fire to them; !
that Ia II you arc well insured You could
move vc1y easily that way. rs you would have
nothing to do bnt to get down to Webster'a
definition, that is, have vi.A action.
There il nothing more touching than the
sight Of nterfamisias. seated on tho top Of \
loAd Of his furniture set OF against d back |
e1uund Of tabie-tegs, atove-tops. broom han
dles, and mattresses, holding como precious
and fragile article Of household furniture be-
tween his knees, turning bis back upon the old
house forever, and looking straight forward i
with IN e12resaon 3i iaes, wnica d u l9 eaHnny
suspicion about tho integrity OF tho load be-
Lind h1tn, sdnired by crowds Of small boys on
the Sidewalk, winked Ut and 1eerea Al and
squlnted 1t and laughed At darisively By Brown
and Jones, lis old neighbors. who take mali
they hare bcen thare too. Pa&erJamitias
reaches the climax Of tho situation and tie
e1act point where be takes very little interest
in life, when the tall-rope giTes way and lets
family secret into Tho street; IL. & same secret
John john Russell Youns 90 happily
used in the case Of one Dana. You cannot
mike PaterJdmilias look dignifed o1 natural
under these circumstances. George Washlns-
| ted Tail, Von Humboldt, or Lord Macauley,
whateyar they might DO elsewhere. howercr
much dignity, maItialneas, energy, unbreechod
| valot. science, or eloqueDce they might pos
scss, in the position Of fdtTtau'saa5 Toula
No man has natural dignity enough 70 rise SD
perio1 To- the total depEavisy Of tnaniznate
thinss.
A Arab, mounted on big camel yith
away; .s Ar. Lopgfellow So happily
puts it, with nothing but tho great hlue blank
Of hky abovo him, tho great yellov blsnk OF
desert around hin, aad the towering pyra-
mids and Eternal SPHINX behind h1In ia pictnr-
esque; but Pate1dmilias looks only as II he
were "silenty stealing away" from sheep
stealing rid
Theta arc ono ar two philosophical thoughts
| which ocsur, however, in this chaos Of moving,
and one or two tendencies toward moralizing.
the astounding discoveries sou make. piscov.
cries Of old Shoes and books, and hats and
India rubbers! How they come out from odd
| cornera and dark retTeats in perfect shoals
Can it Be posalhlo that ron over 'rora such =
1t it now! Put It By the side OF your present
ons, and it Is an elephant to = mouse. How
| You wonder that you could cver be 30 r1dieu
lonB ~ to wear that shocking thing! And Jct
when you mora again, few yeA1s from now
, from anothe. odd corner, md go through viii
tho same wondernent.~ AL Of which on].
, tends to prove that you arc ridiculous all TIL
! | time. Will yon never rcslize that fashion II
' wsys Is, and always WAS, the very harlequin o
= Aud sun come the socumul.ions Of .h
. | years. VIII they naver caase7 Tho old hoop
! alirts, IN which you swept th1ouEh the eoiroes
tho old hreeches, which wore wonderful
, things, when drst you thrust your manly leg
! through them, upon the occsAon OF Eltz
= Boobies reception, At which you danced il
them, you know, with the lovely Coleste, not
b quite tat and frorsy, addicted to naoFnin
n neg1ige, children, and bass' a1e; the old oyste
cans, n1usty and mouldy With the recollection
ees~a5B6 sns e9 I'd bes; ssS n esoss
9 | cant depths linget yet memories ot amhnsia
~ evenings, although no golden bubbles CLEAN
- no rosy glanor entiees you to break thei
# silve.ed necks, when you hold them to th
= healths you have drank, Of eongenill spirit
long gune under tho turt, whom you pledge
le in those old days whom your shadow VI
$ longer than now and your pass
9Sd I'd lesten e Fapaa .1a pspeaa 1srn n u
a doeumenss doc I which % you put I away reiigionA,y =
IA CAUSE they we're of such great value, no,
~ Drowned and covered With dust and thrust
70 you into the pile Of old bottles AMI eans Il
,e The rag man to carry away: How IL the'
~ morse1essly Eou thrust them one side, alshoue
each one Of them ia little monument
" Ho1e pleasure or pam In your lie. There
,v very little, after Ill, that timc deems wor
- preserving, and nearly everything pesish
And yet onr whole life is nnaao up Of the
IN accumn1ations Of things we suppose to
AZ valnAble, when al yalue consists in the
+ atAnt enjoyment Of thi1gs- There ia no ma
es woman or child who docs not indulge in th
ae passion Of accumulation, piins up this n
=. throwing it away, to make room for that.
II there anything We accumulate that We won
10 Bave il We could7 Not even our years, vi
4. their load Of pleasures and rulso1ies- "
- would not willingly give them up for m 9
rs portunity to Lire them over again, provided
he | could do so with more wisdom aud forcaigh
no ! Who inaulges in retrospects? Who docs p
ae shut the tomb door Of each year and u
u, it and roll large stone At the door Of 1
,r. sepulchre. 80 lttbe that no angels come
mistakes, and this one of your faults. and th
one Of your so7ows and this one Of 20
If. foo1ishness, and perhaps there wss one poor !
=. lie year in which you really accomplished sou
Q. thing, and yet you are willing TO let that
nd With The rrat for what It will fetch. You vi
IT, 1ngfy giye up al your accnmulations cxct
| your money and therefore it has been Wis
no ordered thtt you must give that up so that {
Of CrGsus, when he dies and goes into biz
he feet Of ground, has to loavoi it Ill behina a
A. for his fe1riage over the sty1, md In that
~ spcct, ragged Tom, the psupes, Who died
his squAor; and aleepe among tho henbsne 4
- pig weeds, ia Just ~ we'll Oh ~ he, and pr,
= .ely ~ 81 to Heaven sooner
of won't hArc tho ineubus Of ma
i've, maudacious n1sblo monument Pre-
-. ing him down. It wouldn't b 1t Al L
lily pIisinc u eome peoplewho sleep under
n much marble aud granite got left behind
he trumpet. Certain it Ia that al tie poor =
m, ercrn, md to1ers, and uAmeless heroes
ase earth. who sleep in unknown graves, wl1
s3' tho frst to heaf the glad tidinSs-
And :o,nstt ,33t,s nm r 0.ag 15 yeq vii, ae 60
est old wound afresh. It may b ! little shot
ere in Bono unfrequentsd corner Of the gaI4
vi you find Little bed ulAdo up with duaE {
,rs .sleep IN +. fou th9uEht son put ~
80 vent Cd With the angels How onnipres
md ahe must have been! her little feet "
~ crerywhcre- Therb never yct was house
" which the reminders Of the dead child co
the be Ill put away. You may lire century in
nd yet ths e. tTs y e q thsee hte !sass o.
never e1aco- Aud 30 this little bit Of rib'
leads you frun fcrgetfolneea back to iv
8 in memory; from pleasure back to hca1t-hze
es9 inS agony. The little one, With Ill hef
on some Ways, and doines: nd ss!ings Is y
In yUu Agaln, and you look 1oI tae usaaot ne1 .!
ON ind tho glnaa Of her curls, and you listen
am tho patter Of her little feet and the che
r7o1 | fing Of her voice, and In yout new soss
per which IL only the echo Of the old, for time
MT tempered it, you can look through the Z.
lble I in your cyes and zee, for the nSot n1ne'
, IN, beautiful life is when it has h.d = great s
hat woven into its web.
rely VIII the neH ever compensate Tot the 6
You hare lived 10 long In the old ao1se
.o3e you have become fitted into il aad it has
3oF- | come rArt OF yourself. LIS Nlls A[e III
Hall 1 associations, and oEery room hsA nosnoT
/ M plcaaure or pain, Tho new house Is only
. Of work Of the carpenter md nnason- Tho d