New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-18
CREAM OF THE MAGAZINES.


An ANONYMOUS Writer ia The AHantc
know hardly anythng of the class correspond
TO-; IN rho nother country TO the farmers OF my sec
ton of New-EnEland Here VIC nave hel,hoi " r,
nor enterprise ready money Is very scuicr i"a, J
flint is the cultivated poruOnl s,DaIi anu
wrather run ont than otherwise and the seasons
especially disconragna to spirit OF III, ~
and progress. The tenacity OF old fasniol,s Ine III
trlectual mperyiousneSs of both men ana women,
~ a word IN, exapQernted conservatism or our
neighbors, would be shock u tle pItcohoo'NWva
notion OF an English visitor apont ihnhge s Ill
have scarcely the shrewd. laxative. ardeedoie,teI
NJ bumor-loying Yankee among MS Indeed he -
seldom of the farmer class, and IL usually met WIN
in the " store" although remember meetiug ou.
one answering to the type, ana he was the 'n"''oi
of n New-York grocery. ....
The question-asking Yankee Is q commoner ,ype'
though nquisitiveness ~ not connned 10 iankees'
but tourshes all over the country III rural ustrlcts,
and think more especially III the SOUTH put
curiosity is INDUCED in n lesurely, Dusiuess-ike,
materOcourse manner IN our par oi tuo hmt 10
questions are not eager or made for pastime out ue
liberate TO be reflected upon aud made common
property II is a very serious busine $, anu q,,io
legitimate part OF conversaa1n 20 d 10 with dis.
courtesy the artificial standard or wnlch
never goes very lar down IN any soc'i,
becomes n necessity to people who, with naturally
ouick minds have the most provoKlngly palren
6eId on which TO exercise their faculties One must
think about something. ana since there Is elsne,
money time uor opportunity to study things worthy
of notice the readiest thing TO think about Is one
neighbor. There is more waste OF mental energy III
Ann than in most countries, lor Oh tHo nhoiV
there is more capacity. and there are more means
for acquiring knowledge than elsewhere but TWO
thirds of both are mis.iirected and msuSed.
The conservatism Of rural neIGhborhoods is ~ 10
instance so prominent as in the degree OF WILING
ness exhibited by the people to learn new ways Oh
teach their own TO newcomers lne selisuiiole1iiiOy
of man narrowly brought up is pr0dlgl0 ana MS
ar0unent that his fathers did so before MN Is 10
ms own mind unanswerahle. But IL TINS doegeu-
ness of moral torylsm is TRAIT OF hamou pa.utt'
equally distributed in every remote rural neigh
borhood, whether Rounianan, NaVarfeSe' ~
less exhibited in perfection in the typical ns
land of frantic progress and abnormal " smartness,
the New England states. The manners OF boston
aro as mysterious ard little worth respect Ill my
corner ms the manners of Constantlnope. san
Francisco and New-Orleans are az foreign az CaDuI
and PekIn the centre of the world lies within our
own circle. Slowness and diffuseness OF speech are
a local characteristic, not excluding however,
stortlinv and forcIbe terms of expression rs when
a very religious and earnest old woman saI'
" NV God Is not a confined being" alud
ing TO her own inability TO 90 to meeting
and her substituted habit OF prayer ut home. .
Slowness Of manner III general Is characiesriStIc
of what is often called " brisk New-Enelahu
shopping, especially, rs an exercise OF patIence
I mere ~ bur one man III our town who ever seems
in hurry, or aware of the yalue OF time. BESIDES
the Qossiping which is the food OF country NE anu
Inv the way is even more INDUCED III by men than
women there is another un-Puritan TRAIT In my
cOrncr-drnklng -,
UulItaranism IS one OF the Juggernau,s OF rnra d
New-England. There is no love OF life IN itself and
very little enjoyment but what can DC snatcheu
between two wheels of work slowly grind
ing the life Of the Iaborer. Everything l,,lS
is subordinate to " the work" especially
the human machines who do it.. One would think
that man was make for the land not the land for
man. Health as well as pleasure. is sacrificed
chiefly tie health OF women. The food is geheTaly
of a nature to disagree with any constitutions even
If bred to it's use through the inherited tendencies
of several generations but tie men have the anti
dote of fresh air, while the women nave NOT III Is
no rare thing for woman not 10 put her foot out OF
the house for three or four months ut time Inc
long Winters are somewhat 90 blame but the lnceS-
SAINT march of work far more.