Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-14
LOCAL. INTELLIGENCE.
The IaAGIsATIoN.
Lecture last Evening by Rev. c. D.
Barrows

tured las5 evening BEFORE the Lanes society
of the CcngIe gatioual Church, ia the church
building. HIS subjsc was Imagination" He
had large and thoroughly appreciative audi
ence. Mr.. Barrows was on this occasion
heard here fer the first time. He is young
man, a very rapid speaker, and in many re.
spects is eloquent, although his delivery is
marred by occasional indistinctness of pro-
nunciation, and his manner marked by not
little odd gesticulstion. His command
Of language is very fne, the spirit of poetry
pervades his liles, and his sentences are clear
CIT and in unmist8k ably simple and pure
English He introduces 30 foreign word
where an Eag!ish word serves SO well. He
is direct, inci5iye and fUtcible. He KEPT the
ate ltiGn II his audience closely, aad very
frequently moved them to smiles Snd laugh
ter by original wit and anecdotsl relation.
Only the ssiisnt points upon which he dRelt
are given rs indicating tie character of his
finished and brilliant discourse. Imagiua.
ton. he said. il sort of literary pack. horse
bearing many burdens not belonging to it. Ii
is too often confOunded with fancy and the
obisc' on which the faculty is exercised.
The readiest way to ascertain what it
is, is to observe what it does A
painter looks upon a landscape, but
in transferring his picture he may fiji it
in on the canvas with that which memory
holds in her treasure.house. Memory gives
him the materials for the work. Imagina-
ton is not a complex, but simple faculty of
our constitution. To build her magnificent
structures, imagination must have materials,
and these are drawn from the wealth of the
mind. Without good taste and sound iudg-
ment, there may be cratic genius that will
make men stare, but there it ends. Milton
was cited as standing uDrivaled among Brit
ish poets for brilliancy of imagination. The
power of fancy depends entirely oil chains of
analogy, end never reaches the lofty plane at
tai.oi by her sister Imagination. He quoted
from Scott striking illustration of the dis
tncEion between fancy and inns gination. In
aginsti0n revels 10 loftier atmospheres than
fancy aspires to. The latter deals in the
placid and tranquil; the former with the
awful and the grand. Fancy delights
to gather the lilies Of the field and weave
them into garlaDGG for beaUty's brow; i'm.
agination stands on the mountain top.
plays amidst the thunder and weaves her gar
lands FROM the lightning for the storm kings
brow. Wit is Ike the metoo, in the heavens
rare and brilliant. Fancy may elaborate
her pictures; wit, Iever. He gave many il.
Illustrations of true wit and pointed cut the
Characteristics by which it is to be known,
and illustrated combinations of wit fancy
and Imagination. The imagination should be
judiciously cultivated. Il is not incompati-
bic with high order Of genius, The light
trippiDgs OF fancy must not be mistaken for
the tread Of imagination, nor the frippery Of
bombass be received as evidence of this lofty
faculty. There can be no true pJetry with
out imagination. As to lis uses, it has a
vital connection with true eloduepcs.
aud without it eloqueBce is impossible
1t gives beauty to naked ABSTRACT rs,
AMI forces nature into service TO command
homage to the grandeur Of noble thought
Yen the great power of elOquence is con-
S-eFsdltlS necessity for proper cultuCe Of
the imsSative faculty ia seen. Il is the
Illustrator, not the discoverer Of truth. l. IS
NOT enough to state bare fact, and cav this
or that is, bat men uust BE- told Whist It is
like. A nature exceeds srr, by Just 70 much
does the faculty of imagination exceed the
power Of lsugusgs. 1t h.s close reistiDn
20 human happiness. In tie heart dwelis the
capacity for happiness, and its development
depends upon the faculty of imagina
ton. Properly educated. it Is the luxu-
ry OF the intellect, but too much in
du'ged in, il becomes the poison of
the mind. IDdulged in too freely it creates
a morbid appetite in Its poor victim, who
comes TO a state where he Is satisfied with
nothing real, eri Iys nothing fictitious, an / it
then destroys that mental balance which is
one of tie conditions of happiness. 1t is a
budLlt bliAb tLISEG art buAlC nDlaTlGB CROWDED
with imaginative works shame that such
ar too much sought after, for they lead to
wretchedLels and mental incapacity. It is a
shame thai parents will permit their children
to indulge ia such works TO their moral de-
sSruction. Imagination starts many a pain
that had no existence, and invites many a
disease that else had not come. He who
would be happy, noble and true. must
put the touch Of truth on the Imagination,
and lift it out Of the atmosphere of grossness
and passion. Without control imagination
produces lust, apd enganders crime. It il e
great moral power, and bears a close relation
to religion, and in the house of truth it has
its home. But It is also the avenue whereby
evil passes into the heart Could the cham
bers Of imagery be kept as pure as when in
chlldnood we bent at q mothers knee. half
the battle Of life would be won, and half the
struggle for the best be over with us. The
greatest achievements of imagination are
witnessed in the moral atmosphere, where it
fills the soul so full Of heavens imagery that
all other lights pale aud fade away. He
closed with pererstion that was an eloquent
appeal to young men to cultivate, but guard
the imagination.
FREIGHT TO ARRIVE. - The folio wing
freight for Sacramento passed Ogden on the
10th inst: For j. F. Hill, 2 crates spokes
49, 80 ' "a ' ephItSo " W. y DOAco anu L
bale saddlery hardware, 2 crates stirrups, 3
bales leather; Kirk, Geary & Co., . boxes
medicine G. Ii. Gilman, l case and bale
dry goods, 6 cases boots and shoes: Water
house Lester, 81 bundles hubs; J. d.
DAVIS l case fringe, 3 rolls carpet; John
Breuns-, l Csc fringe 2. kuntz, / box gar
den seed; c nJineutAl Oil Company, l tank
oil ". Il Strong & Co., 8 barrels chestnuts ;
w. a. Bu t-Tteli, l box effects; National
Gojd Bank, ! carload plows and fixtures
Hall, LuhEs 4 Co., 95 boxes canned mackerel
100 cases canned Holsters, 400 kegs syrup, 10
boxes Canned c0co2nut, boxes lamp fixtures /;
Mebius & 90, 30 boxes Goldfish. 20 boxes to.
bacco; Holman, Stanton & Co., 2 barrels
castings, l box cutlery; Whittier, Fuller &
Co.. case holdings; Hale Brcs & Co.,
box woolens, l bale cotton goods, box and .
cases shoes W. A. & G. S. Houghton. ] box
books; Capital Furniture Company, ] box
looking glass; l.. X. Hammer. l case or
gsns Locke & Iavenson, rolls CARPET /
box oil cloth Jacob Griesel. box saddlery,
bale blankets; Huntington. Hopkins & Co,
box rules, box firearms, 2 cases lanterns
beZ cutlery, 20 coils rope. l veloci-
pede, boxes hardware, carload sheet
iron, 10 bundles hoop iron. Y bundles
band iron, A sheets iron, 2 cases axles,
cases canned fish Baker & Hamilton, %
boxes tacks, l barrel springs, 5 bales hose :
w. d. Comstock. boxes chairs; G. W.
Chesley, l case cigars Ii. Eckhardt. ca, e
firearms, l case wsds; w. J. 0'Brien, 5
boxes shoes Louis Sloss & Co, 8 wood. frame
lard-presses; j. Hahn & Co.. package
cards, AZ boxes drugs, boxes brushes, 2
boxes perfumsrv, box signs. 2 boxes soap. l
barrel moss c. a. ID Gray. l case cutlery
Weinstock & Lubin, box corsets; l.. Elkus
4 Co, box hats H. S. Crocker L Co., 2
boxes ink; HI. A. Weaver, l box ink A.
Coolot, s packages tobacco Lindley & Co.,
10 barrels currants; j. z. Lawbridge, l car
load hardware.
LATE ARREsTs.-The following names were
recorded at the station-house last night at IL
o'clock John Doe, petit larceny. by officer
Thorp; NJ. Graf and ID. Falconer, INSIDE
meanor, by officer Ferral; Sc June, receiving
stolen property. and ST Que, knowing is to
be stolen, by officers Burke, Dunleyy. Jack.
son and Brissell; John Lumberger, safe
keeping, by officers Ferral aud Nash.
INCORPORATED Articles Of Incorporation
were fled with the Secretary of State yesssr-
dsy - thhEIeadlight Gold and Silver Min
.dg ComsIny. Directors-Peter Bsrgion,
Sidney Roothe. Walter Storey i r. B-nun