The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-10-23
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81 An article in the Graphic, discussing . .,,o
4 s,h;ect of hobbies. reminds IL tih' '"'
&8.yorite English hobbies mc not nnNnoM ,
,,ono ne. Our poor people do MOI laa"'-'
IL nr,jnea.pigs, pigeons, rabbits, ana Sh'',i'
~ nes "a the extent that the English woTh-
ssn docs. And wc have not 50 many you.,S
I ,sn of leisure rs the English have. We
ave hardly any men who care to Sqtiinacr
3popey on four.in-hand driving, though our
2kabo!,s do spend fabwiot,s sums on t'"t'inS-
crses. IL i not the skill oil the diiEer
b,,t the speed Of tho horse that
)ss sought OH this side of the water. Man,
8Sistocratic young men in England arc ionu
Eli coaching, and pride themSclrcS or 'ncli
ABILITY to emulate the Professions ,c ,
Some OF the members of the coaching clui>'
2S,nt content with driving for the fun OF the
]ahsnS. have even driven coaches 10 the water,
Sne-places during the summer season, ana
III ne Ventures are said 10 have been CONNER
&E,iallv successful. This may do III England
|e8rhere a man:s social position is hNcd. hui
8with us Adolphus Shoddy dlrc not DRIVE a
8$.osch for nay lest somebody should remind
Bin that his maternal grandfather drove u
(&.oach because hc could no: liciG Iim'eh.
q Rev. ". ii. Murr,:. OF }rk-2trcc' church
&ndulges in the Adirondac',s. " Wttch ne i i
sort OF second discovGrcr, hu. co&9 ii2' COW
8tine himself 10 mountains. IL keep, mn
#sfud of horses. and declares That inc "."'
%sehool theology and horSC-ilc>h are all tn'' h'
4knoys ANYTHING abc:l;. Gcncfai GRAM MS
n healthy nassion for horses, while NJ. ''l''-
81ey has a PASSION for firInn:. for colonies
4ard for mere things besides than we can
acalIut. his hobbies having generally phia'i-
&thropic purpose. Mr.. EccchcT l. lover %
4 fast horses. though we DO not Know 'h'' ne
j keens any OF his own account. lie + 'ci'"'t
led 70. have said that God would not nave pu,
1.-THE "fastH in Il horse if he '!Id iio' Wah,'o
sit brought out. We bclicv"ihat MI. bctchcf
1 HAD in early lie a passion Tor horl~uhof''
land edited 4 paper devoted To thlt sn'!l'c''
l and he has engaged In farming ci latc !,ais'
! deriving more amusement than lr"!t IRON
lit. He himself has limited thit NC SUI
fers little from bihiOmanW. We rc,,aI
solre literary men who arc growers 81 lulll'S'
and we knew Il very ablc minister I'D Mlch'
gan who supplied every invalid Of III, ac-
o,aintanCe with flower, and who carried on
premi,Inls AZ the state fairs OF sufficient value
10 de(ruy all the expense Of hi, hobby. pit,
Bonner of the Lcdgcr. j, famous, for his
horses, while Mr. Bennett. OF the Hc'W'0. Is
Iscauully famous for hi, yachts. Jay Cooke
keeps retreat for ministers At Putin bay.
Vanderbilt drives, we believe. We have
mentioned Dir. Bcecher'. aud Nr. Murray :
love of horses, but Rev. Dr.. Ec,hunc. coli
seryat,ye as nc was. drove Il very A>l team
There is Il story that bis "S"SSi"n once
took him to task for bis unsccmiy DRIVING "
q dashing team. aud that Eeihun" tod th"'
IL might comfort them to kno" ill'i II" va
determined IL sell those hotsc%, "toi. he
added. u was pissed Yesterday, ani ! VIII
MOI, drive team That can hr passed
Professor Lowell has an entirely literary
hobby in his love for old W"Id~ AMI pr"
yincial form, OF speech. H. VIII cha-r :
provincialism through I'LL Of it, c:ymnlo@ic
with unt;i'ing zcst. Old French j. his par
ticular delight, and but that he ha> Wart't
time in riding his hobby. III which hr ni%l
have written many impartial works. lh'
hobby would he altogether commemorative. y
good story i told OF nephew ol Lowell
who shared his uncc's enthusiasm Vie Wa
sent to Canada Tor Il vacation, ANA When Ia
came back Professor Lowell asked how III
euioyed himself. lie answered, 80, nc''
James | had asplendid time: lncrr Is IL"
il word up there later than NoIiai!".
Book-c0llcctnrs are Of various KINDS. S"ln'
buy books from real literary interest III
them. Others buy forage aud r'ri'y. Others
sill spend their money uniy for hInhin@s.
In England there is m epidemic passion
for old china. \ story i told 81 = very "nl'-
nent living statesman, vino, havin- unrN"t"~
cllly received i've hundred pound iota hook
be bad written, waved III" check ant cA-
claimed, "What Il rcvci ] viii hay" Hlnon,,
The od-chiuA shops Of Wardour stree;
The great SINGER L1bIachc Ir'i IN inI-
mensc collection Of snutl-hoNrr and Walking
sticks. lie nude Use Of Il diiirlca, cane every
day in the year. Mr.. elliott tn" St"2'-prn
maker. had magnificent collection 81 Gre
mona vi"!ius THOUGH nc him.Clt could moi
play note. he bad al unillinS car in tI''
detection of TIC quality Of an instrument
When he died his collection brought mort
tim he had paid Tor ii.
\ Dutch gentleman died recently and Tell
what II pang it must bavc cost l,'tclnna'
to resign them IA marvellous collection 4"
tohacco-pipcS, from common clay To th
nieerschaum Of richest mounting. The EN-
press Eugene had passion for ial'~, Which
all her fans could not cool. Au tn%l,sl
banker collected three hundred writing ant
dicssing-caSes.
Autognph.hunting stamp and coin-col
Letting, and the purely feminine taste TO
poodles are too well known To need mention
There is too little of ideulity among our pee
pie, and too much activity IN tlic pursuits {
lie TO make hobbies very popular.