The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-05-14
VOL. 27
Travelling.

As a boy is pleased with a whls-
tie or knife, and youth finds de-
light with either horse or bicy-
Gle. so in manhood comes the
change of taste and ambition. The
pleasures of twenty are outlived at
thirty. and at forty we are looking
through the tunnel to the light at
the other end, and not until very
much older,I believe, do we long fol
the lost days of boyhood.
The years that seemed slow in
passing at twenty go by like fast
coaches before forty, and startle US
like a night express at fifty.
The longing TO keep young is al
average desire in so many, that one
who could tell of a land where
youth is renewed would be hailed
as leader with a splendid follow
ing. And yet, to one Injured t.
bleak and Indictment climates, 1
simple change to the milder wealth
or of southern Missouri, Kansas
New Mexico or California, will
work wonders in the renewing o
youth.
An air bath by travel and nev
surrounding, provided one is EN-
pioyed and contented, is one Of tn
surest means of reviving lost ener
gy and increasing vitality. Th
wine-like winds OF tlavel-for moth
ing is so much like it, in stimula
Ting vigor, as the swift draughts o
air one inhales by contrast Of eli
mates-is of all things Intoxicating
to the senses. We feel the world i
larger, we know the earth is beau
tiful, and of all things debilitated
travel is the key to happiness.
Travel breaks up our narrowness
enlarges our love of enjoyment, in
creases our belief in Improvements
revives our recollections and en-
larges our views of others.
does more. 1t adds a new life to tn
old one, and brings to the newe
the right TO live over the other, an
fulfills the longings to be a DO
again, for travel in a strange an
romantic country is to begin lif
anew; and settling for a season i
some fair valley where the smil
of the Creator is crystalized on tn
Iandscape) or in some city of re
fnement, is & world that before wa
undiscovered.
AS an aid to conversation and
theme of general use in business o
pleasure, it is broad and instruc
tive; as a means of learning histo
~ it is beyond all books, maps anC
teachers: for acquiring knowledg
it is a rare experience. 'He is F.;
wise man who knows many men
seen many cities"
The influence of travel on read
ing, love of learning and genera
advantage over Information gained
in books, need not be urged to en-
force its meaning. We all know
that the more one learns the NOR,
he will learn, and fact once out
lined on fieldsswell known will out
last all descriptions.
From all the chances of trade anC
the changes of business, we Otter
meet men and women who hav,
seen better days, whose ample. for
tune once afforded the luxury O
ease and comfort. Notably is thu
true of the once wealthy planters o
the south, who have lost in tn
vortex Of commerce, and the It'd
of affairs, the means that had fur
nished many a feast of enjoyment
whose present chief solace is tn
fond recollection of what was their
80 long in reality and is now onl
cherished in memory. From thes
we may learn that next to our neal
est friendships will ever be tn
| gain and profit of strange lands Wis
tied, fortunes enjoyed and fon
scenes remembered.
And what after all is life but
little joarney in a strange lane
with.a few companions, less friends
a flying train, a halt at the littI
stations, a rest and a recollection {
what we have seen, known and er
Logged most IS we travelled eve
though they may be imposes ed {
like impressions and surrounding,
The chief gain of travel is tn.
means Of making one at home wit
the many classes of associates VIII
read from the start that one of cas-
manners has at least some superiC
knowledge of the world. Then, to
the pleasures of contemplate
must ever be a source OF cOmpal
iOnship, and one that has travele
any.miles with attention will hay
mind well stored with natur
paintings and pleasant places I
recall at leisure and enjoy whe
alone.
The enlargement of the mind c
seeing the growth of great cities
the progress of vast improvement
in mechanism and arts, with I'll
still greater wonder at the works
nature as seen in rivers and mou1
tains, valleys like Harper's FerI
and the Yosemite, falls like Mag
ra, the grander sights of the Ye
lowstene, are all themes to conten
plate, enlighten and inspire. Book
and paintings can never wholly d.
fine them. W. Donovan.
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