The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-01
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 ltwn Il Jnly, 1888 thaf fze valked up the naye of Concopd, snd sAoush have vtsibed many old-land cafhedlals from the qaeen of minisaszs at Lincoln 10 the sknrdy tsnpse as Chesesr, including York nefsrboroueh, Ely and many minor ones h England snd France, around vhose evuEy ssnse and nker, from crypt to belfEy, Unxmused heroic and pafhefsc menne5., nok one eves iagssssed nc moee sAaa this sancsnasy cf tkoaehH aad leaxniar, uiIh ils hgDad aide of srchins elms, In Aeming msmosies of nee void with tAe lyonGdiso q oux new religion of humanity. The sceae itself vas beau- tiful The xaulhed roof of green. neaziy half . mils h lesgsA, 6slinied asy temple oi mere mAsonsy. The comfort. able Nsw Eseiaad Aomes on eithsr side, with their gardens of 6owess in front and their peeps of orchards behind, seemed to incarnate the spirit Of the apostle of the place.
 Here [ met Emerson, and, being from . land of which he had formed many good opin;oos, he treated me perhaps with . larger measure of graciousness than vas his won't with stra1gerA At all events, shortly affes my introduction, he invited me to accompany him in his afternoon ysmbies through the woods and fields, which leaned was . rnost distinguished hooor, rarely, if ever, ac- <>n,.4~S es~ ~u~ c~> ~nA G,~ -ks>k ,.;~k, thank my nationality. On the occasion of our 6rst tramp-i think t was the first, but the spoon of time has % sfirTed up eAe pudding of my brain that the inc gradients are tolerably mixed l; but the time is not of the resaetest coasequence -on enc occasion he took me to Walden Pond, to which Thoreau gave rsnosn. It appeared to be an exfinct Rravel-pit, tiled with the most. exquisitely pure water, and was oeten used by himsslf aad . few others as . bath. l thsak he claimed that its purity and coldness gave 1t special tonic properties for this pur- pose. He asked me if would not like to take plunge.
 !" But we have no towels" suggested
 @Oh," he replied, "that is of no con- sequence; ve can dry ourselves in the sun. l rarely trouble myself abou, eowels-o
 But l, not being familiar with the rare dryness of the American climate, and recalling some damp recollections of having once or twice, as boy, tried . similar experiment in England, which resulted in my shivering on the bank for some time after my swim, and then. with much difficulty, dragging my vet body into my clothes and going home in great discomfort. did not dare to venture, and 90 missed an opportunity of something akin to baptism at the hands of the prophet.
 Near this pond he showed me few acres of shrubbery he had planted as an investment for the benefit of his son, and he considered it the most profitable one he could make. The saplings were then about the thickness of a mans wrist, and he calculated that by the time his son reached the age of twenty-one the timber would be of considerable value. His son was then, think, about nine years of age. It voEid at least, he thought pay better than railway shares, in which he had invested some money, but from WosSuy oP " soos osAsS, oS seA sSISsvSs no dividends.
 On our vay home he plucked . pod of the milk-weed, and broke 1t open to show me the shining silver Ssh inside and told me . good deal, which have forgotten, about the plant He had reverential sympathy for everything that vas nature, and . great admiration for the man who helped to remove the obstacles in the way of the perfect development of any of its forms. He eften spoke with enthusiasm of Mir. Ball, who developed the Concord grape. He took great pride in his own roses. He loved beauty in . woman; it mattered not, he thought, about her intellect. He vas passionately fond of children, and was won't to entertain them in large numbers at garden parties at his own place, on which occasions all classes were invited. remember once . swarm of little enes holding high jinks in his barn and anus ing themselves with ittle dolls made of coFn-cobs, and Emerson vas one of the children, and enjoyed 1t more than any of the rest. He loved health and strength in men, and health in all things.
 As illnsnating his appssciasioa q tho robust qualitios in the male, remark he made 0 me about his soa struck ns toccih'y. We were talking about phrs- nology, and st t,e sama tune about the taleaa ard character of his soo Eddy, to vAo0 l had been giving some lessoas in drawing, when l said that thought he had awell-developed organ of combafive- ness.
 Emessoo replied: ~I hope %; tAosgh l have been afraid that he vas rather de- 6cient in that respect. Hoveves, he is doing better now; he has been fighting the street-boys good deal lately"
 noticed in our valks that he vas ex- ceedingly respectful to ali the weeds and insects; nothing was insignificant to him. He spoke almost with reverence of the pumpkin, saying that it had done great deal for the settlers in early days, vho x<SsxuA A<s,tAu~>~ ~eA~--><3 .-.eA ss