Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-04-17

they are faithfully performed.
What we ought to say 70 all asprants
for civil honor is this, that we hold our
civil Offices in high and sacred esteem, and
under our watchful guardianship. that we
will criticise all errors. sharply condemn
all dishonest acts aud amply reward and
commend all meritorious service, thereby
inspiring high sense OF honor, removing
temptations to dishonesty, and insuring
faithful public service. NJ
r. fhc Editor OF ne American
4 hand organ playing .'Suver Threads
among the Gold" boys playing marbles
under my window, certain jokes and poems
growing more frequent in the papers, q
few blades OF fresh green grass hugging
the stones, on the South sides OF lew
houses, the unusual twtteriug and futter-
Ing OF The English sparrows on the trees
In front OF my window and an almost iin-
petceptible swelling of the buds OF the
trees themselves, a soft look Ia the skies.
a}ttl = SUI ItfltAA ui4IffI ltbh --Htli are tue
signs here u approaching Sprius. True,
as write the snow beats against the win
dow pancs aud gathers fecbly ou,the ground
aud root. But this Is only the last strug-
gle Of Winter to hold hI, power and esi-
IDENTIFY hi Waterloo. on the whole. .~pru.
has clearly the advantage, and day by
dag the hand organs grow more numer-
ous and the boys and the .partows more
noisy.
Now that Spring is sure 10 come am
glad to see 1t coming. And yet confess
10 great liking for Winter. grur old fel-
low though he i. Ike the clear braciug
alr which sends the blood ting.iug through
every artery. and makes The brain as clear
a. tlseii
What though the spicy brrczes
Blow soft DER Crylou'- Isle.
Who would exchange our Northwest
winds FOR them: II is just tbs ragged eli
mate which has made New Euslaud peo-
pie What they are. Had we had tropical
war n.h aud tropical luxur!auce OF Nature
We should have had tropical imbecljiy
...s0, iH-teAd uf the clrar aud active brain.
which have distinguished u. oar land
would have been only another place
"Whcre every prospect plea,e-,
Aud only man - NllC.
Tuere seem, 10 be evcryw here only lust
50 much energy in the world. to be divided
between man and Nature. Ii Nature IS
luxuriant. man seems 10 be correspond
iuEiy lacking, and where Nature Is scaut
ana bare, rIan gets the more life for him
SELF 30 Winter, though rough friend, Is
true one.
like Winter too. for It's snow storms.
They are beautiful enough In the country,
but they give peculiar charm To- the city.
The streets OF large city are always in-
teresting, but never more so than when
the snow Is falling. For some reason
which cannot discover, people are never
50 good-humored on the streets a, during
snow storm. Whether il l. that the snow
softeEs The sound OF wheels and hoofs
on the stony payemeut- and Of feet Oh the
sidewalks. and so leaves the nerves more
H-t'Ar VI NiiCllitl Tue SUI W HiLt t4putl AIl
around ha. the same effect through the
eyes-for some rau>e tie snow seems TO put
everybody upon his best nature. Every
oae looks cheerful as he lifts his feet high
you between the flakes, or A. he stands
stamping and shaking himself upon the
platform OF the hor.ecar The very ear
hoI ses a. thoy plunge aud struggle along.
seem 10 share in the general good temper.
From all sides sounds the merry laugh and
the ready Joke, aud for once the nervous
Yankee temperament seems softened into
an abandon and smiling equanimity worthy
Of Italy-Well, peace to thy memory,
father Winter. Come again,
Were | inclined to philosophize further
| should take for my subject Moral Epi-
DENIES and for my text the walking ma
ns 1t seems as If certain notions like
these ran through communities like the
small poX or the dlphtheria. Why the pa
pers should all at once be filed with &C
counts OF walking matches, why in every
city certain number OF idiots should begin
TO try 10 walk so many miles 10 50 many
hours simply for the sake oi walking, Why
above all. so many females should make a
public spectacle OF their tramping power,
is subject for the thoughtful to ruminste
upon. Going down one of our streets
saw large crowd of men gathered about
. window. They had stood there for hours.
as il they were waiting for returns from a
Presidential election. In reality, they were
only watching the bulletin from the walk
ing match in New York! Life must be
cheap TO spend 1t in ways like these.
Meanwhile it is Lent, aud an increasing
number OF people seem TO be observin. it.
1t is = curious thought that Boston, the
centre Of New England Purirsnism, which
once banished Episcopalians from It's very
soil should now so generally be adopting
their customs. Polite society, especially
seems To favor the observance of Lent
more and more every year. The Opera
| does not come, and parties and balls seem
/ to be ~ heavy discount. Worldly
thoughts are supposed to be put aside for
| the forty days But when we see the fresh
toilettes which spring up so suddenly Eas-
ter Sunday. the cynical question arises,
when they were thought out and prepared
The planning and construction of such
complicated wonders we're not done in q
night, and ore deliberstes whether the
forty days retirement from worldly excite
nent did not afford unusual opportunity
tor uninterrupted rumination on raiment
And yet We must not, to speak more seri
ously, doubt the ideal utility OF Lent. X
society 70 ovsr-sagsr and over-sxcitabl,