New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-29
HOBBILS.



Take the case oi - lady ni ON acquaintance who
Lad always greatly drspScd fishing. hat attrdc-
un people could ind ~ II Wa to her lnc"inpirru-
.lh- rat-o atr!Iiug she sad. she might bring her
.lf po.-ihy 10 take an intrc. ~, but never fishing.
At last years agn, she happened to 60 To an
Irish moor with her brother; aud he. not knowing
what To do for her amusement sent her ont NY -isg
under the keepers carr She caught thTrc ii'i anu
also caught her hook in her thumb and had Ia have
IT cut out aud from that day the spirit OF Isaac
Walton entered into her. She bought PAIR OF hsl-
ing stockings. and was 10 bc secn in all Wrhhtis
rcrscNcringv wndinc and logging the water, M
she became an expert angler, and II no" COMPETENT
a. DISCOURSE ;uncdly OH the relative merits of HES,
Gshing-TOds, and all such topcA Ahoth'r Ihuf'
again, who hal been mounted on variety OF hoi,-
hi,s Dante, music algebra, Arithmetic rtc h7d u
ways had a strong dislike 10 everything CONNECTED
with n farm. 1t bored her; she knew and cared
nothing about il, and thought II associated win
nasty smells which she could not endure, But SUD
denly agricultural matters assumed new aspect
Tor farming became her hobby. and she discovered IT
Ga "a. The one thing worth living for and taking the
troube of stud ying. Books on thorough bass. la-
ian and sums left langIIisnng on the shcl' -,
oud her table was covered exclusively with works
upon the treatment Of land rotations Of crops, ma
uurcs the management and feeding Of stock ana SIM
liar SUBJECTS. She learned 10 tell NJ "A snn whether
field were beng dressed with guano bones, super
rhosuhatc or slaughter house manure and would
n long over the doors Of the picsties or stand Sc
rionaly pundcrng upon the " long or short con-
diiion Of dung-hcap, without needing the saNory
o,ors thrrclrOln Arising
who. If nh unusually striking sunset should
occur when he il out shooting, VIII al once
dismiss all further thought of making good
bag send the keeper after skctch-book and
cnl0rs lay aside his gun, and calmly proceed 10
paint-to the considerable disgust of his fellow
sportsmcn And have not secn another gentle
man with any number Of gardeners ut command,
who doyoteS every spare minute 70 ms Aurcuias'
and is pcrpetually rushing of 10 their houses that
he may with his own hands move pots INTO or out OF
n drip, or opon OF shut panes Of glass, to regulate
the amount of air that is 20 blow upon the precious
plants Just ~ if their welfare depended entire by
iipon his personal efforts
The Hobby may I've chemistry. mnsic, lace, science,
china algebra languf yes, history, politics, Nolllr-
teer farming, gardening. athletics painting, archi-
lecture, hOrse-IDcing. what not. he ~ what ~
| NAV and however little choice you may have had
in thc matter you are. nevertheless, completely en-
| chantcd with it, and quite prepared to maintain
that that particular pursuit. and no other IS the
most worthy and elevated of all that can possibly en-
| gage the attention of the human race. And what
| rapture do You not then experience, If you chance
| to encounter another person with tho same craze
| upon him as YOURSELF With what unwoarytng
relish is the common point OF interest talked over
and how exalted Is the opinion you mutually enter
| tain for another's good sense and good taste
| The discussion that goes on between you and the
| kindred spirit whom you have met Is apt TO recall
% the mind of listener tho Negroes idea Of an argu
Inent: "Golly, massa, bow me Tub argeyment
! Pompcy him say-paint dat wall white; me say
! paint lin white, too; and don We argey pom d.
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