The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-07-18
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TRAVELLING.
The Benefits Resulting from Change of
Surroundings.


Surroundings.
AS boy is pleased with whistle or
knife, and in youth finds delight with
either horse or bicycle, SO in man.
hood come the change of taste and am
bition. The pleasures of twenty are
outlived at thirty, and at forty we are
looking through the tunnel to the light
ut the other end, and not until very
much older, l believe, do we long for
the lost days of boyhood.
The years that seemed slow in pass
ing at twenty go by like fast coaches
before forty, and startle us like night
express at fifty.
The longing to keep youngis an aver
age desire in so many, that one who
could tell of a land where youth is re-
newed would be hailed as leader with
splendid following. And yet, to one
Injured to bleak and Indictment eli
mates, a simple change to the milder
weather of Southern Missouri, Kansas,
New Mexico or California, will work
wonders in the renewing of youth.
An air bath by travel and new sur
rounding, provided one is employed
and contented, is one of the surest
means of reviving lost energy and in
creasing vitality. The wine-like winds
of travel-for nothing is so much like
it, in stimulating vigor, as the swift
draughts of air one inhales by contrast
of climates-is of all things intoxicat-
ing to the senses. We feel the world
&c 10 l1o auth &c,
full and of all things to the 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 enlarges
our views of others. 1t does more. 1t
adds new life to the old one, and
brings to the newer the right to live
over the other, and fulfills the longing
to be a boy again, for travel in a
strange and romantic country is to be-
gin life anew; and settling for a season
in some fair valley (''where the smile
of the Creator is crystalized on the
landscape'O, or in some city of refine.
ment, is world that before was un.
discovered.
As an aid to conversation and +;
theme of general use in business OF
pleasure, it is broad and instructive; a:
means of learning history it is be
yond all books, maps and teachers; fol
acquiring knowledge it is a rare expert
ence. HE is a wise man who ha
known many men, seen many cities.
The influence of travel on reading
love of learning and general advantag
over information gained in books, neet
not be urged to enforce its meaning
We all know that the more one learn
the more he will learn, and fact ono
outlined of fields well known will out
last all descriptions.
From the chances of trade and tn
changes of business, we often meet me
and women who have seen better days
whose ample fortune once afforded tn
luxury of ease and comfort. Notabl
is this true of the once wealthy planter
at the South, who have lost in the Vol
tex of commerce, and the tide of affair
the means that had furnished man
feast of enjoyment, whose preser
chief solace is the fond recollection
: what was theirs so long in reality an
is now only cherished in memoir,
From these we may learn that next
our nearest friendships will ever be I'll
gain and profit of strange lands visitet
fortunes enjoyed and fond scenes +
! membered.
And what, after all, is life but lit
l journey in a strange land, with fe
:. companions, less friends, flying trail
9 halt at the little stations, rest and
3 recollection of what we have see
e known and enjoyed most as we travele
: even though they may be unpossessed
T like impressions and surroundings.
i The chief gain of travel is that mea
T of making one at home with the mai
y classes of associates who read from
start that one of easy manners has
:, least some superior knowledge of t
9 world. Then, too, the pleasures
q contemplation must ever be sour
g of companionship, and one that b
d travelled many miles with attention W
r have mind well stored with natul
q paintings and pleasant places to rec
10 at leisure and enjoy when alone.
The enlargement of the mind on 81
ID ing the growth of great cities, the Vi
" gress of vast improvements in mecht
c. ism and arts, with the still grea
lg wonder at the works of nature as sc
os in rivers and mountains, valleys
st Harper's Ferry and the Yosemite, fl
st like Niagara, the grander sights OF
n, Yellowstone, are all themes to conte
plate, enGghten and inspire. Boz
ed and paintings can never wholly def
n. them. W. DonoUGn, in Current.
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in African Currency.