Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-02-22
Change, and chung IS.
Written for the Herald.

A Tailor sends me circular con-
tanning the announccment-"No
change in meas pants" Was he not
cmineLtIy careless in SO doing, seeing
the hard times makes one painfully
aware of the fact? He richly deserves
to be treated with Il Glow of sole"
which anyone so impecunions as my
self might with Il feast of reason
afford to throw in. The incident re-
ferred to may be classed rs an ia
porte, seeing Gas writer in Black
wood disGeurses so pleasantly Show
in9):- {
1.-The universal tendency OF nature
is change; every foot that presses a
blade ot grass, every drop otrain that
falls upon the surface Of = rock. every
breeze that watts Il perfume from u
lower, every ray Of suuShiGc that
falls uron the earth, is an agent Of
This eternal work. Nature is ever
destroying the old and creating the
new; stability is abhorrent to her.
Thus it is with the mind, which is
ever progressing, ever developing
new modes Of thought aud belief;
men Of abnormal intellect determine
tier forms. they are the gardeners Of
the Invisible world of id, as. and, like
their prototypes Of the earth, although
they cannot command one element Of
which the tiniest flower is composed,
they incline them this, or tina, way,
dwarf OF develop them
With us, as individuals, no Hoyer,
changes are inevitable whether we
desire them or not. Whoever enters
upon the stage Of life merely does so
to be pnshcd across it, playing his
! part, and taking his exit, pretty much
- Shakespeare defined the operation.
The individual simply joins the cur
rent Of humanity; flowing on with
the stream, tramp, tramping with the
never ending procession. This is an
obvious fact patent to no one in par
ticular; but the universally and the
uniformity of its occurrence do not
IN the least degree abatc its signih-
canoe. hlcn, generally are not apt
to indulge in sentiment; the rush Of
everyday affairs procludes the posi-
biIlty OF our Lnxuriating to any great
extent, yet even they must Tor mo
nents, have some sober thoughts in
seasons of new departures. For
I'll ese, If they indicate growth and
progress, also Indicate to young and
old alike a nearing of the cad; just
as the bright morning implies the ap-
proach OF noon heralding in turn the
night wherein no man works. The
intensity Of the impression varies de-
pending upon age, condition, pros
poets &c, however hopeful or vigor-
GUS things may appear, a touch Of
sadness mpgles with the most pro-
missing starts.
"Ihe sweet sad memories, and the
things that @ere'---a transition pe-
Rod interviews when you realize The
where-neSss Of tae situation, You
have lost your hold upon the past,
without having apparently SUCCEEDED
in gaming a new grip; hence dis
comforting feeling of helplessness. A
despair, APPLY described US a belated
female with umbrella aud carpet bag
in hand, standing upon depot plat
form and gazing upon recedng
train, or if The reader has ever eslle
rienced that deep subtle sensation OF
the whole being, when he tries TO step
Oh a place that isn't there precisely
under eitHer of the conditions cited lie
may family but approximately real
ize show it is himself" BE this as it
may there is Il particularly plain les:
son to be learnt, which even the fol,
although a knavc may appreciate.
The truth must be accepted, that each
one belongs not exclusively to him