Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-07-29
TRAVELLING.
The Bcneiits Resulting from Change OF
Surroundings.


The Denents Resulting from Change OF
Surroundings.
AS boy is pleased with whistle or
knife, and in youth finds delight with
either horse or a 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
at 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 land where youth is re-
newed would be hailed as leader with
a splendid following. And yet, to one
Injured to bleak and Indictment eli
mates. 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 ono is employed
and contented, is one of the surest
means OF rcviving lost energy and in
creasing vitality. The wine-like winds
OF travel-for nothing is so much like
it, in stimulating vigor, rs the swift
draughts of air one inhalcs by contrast
of climates-is of all things intoxicat-
N hn IL
is larger, we know the earth is beauti-
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,
rcvives our rccollections and enlarges
our views of others. 1t does more. Il
adds a 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 season
IN some fair valley ("where the smile
OF the Creator is crystalized on the
landscape"D, or in some city of refine
ment, is world that before was I'M
discovered.
As an aid to conversation and a
theme of general use in business or
pleasure, II is broad and instructive; as
means of learning history it is be-
yond all books, maps and teachers; for
acquiring knowledge II is rare expert
ence. "He is a wise man who has
known many men, seen many cities. "
The influence of travel on reading,
love of learning and general advantage
over information gained in books, need
not be urged to enforce its meaning.
We all know that the more one learns
the more he will learn, and fact once
outlined Of fields we'll known will out
last all descriptions.
From the chances of trade and the
changes OF business, We often meet mon
and women who have seen better days,
whose ample fortune once afforded the
luxury of ease and comfort. Notably
is this true of the once wealthy planters
at the South, who have lost in the vor-
tex OF commerce, and the tide of affairs,
the means that had furnished many
a feast Of enjoyment, whose present
chief solace is the fond recollection OF
what was theirs so long in reality and
is now only cherished in memory.
From these we may learn that next to
our nearest friendships will ever be the
gain and profit of strange lands visited,
fortunes enjoyed and fond scenes re-
membered.
And what, after all, is life but little
journey in a strange land, with few
companions, less friends, flying train.
a halt at the little stations, o rest and q
recollection of what we have seen,
known and enjoyed most as we travelled,
even though they may be unpossessed OF
like impressions and surroundings.
The chief gain of travel is that NEAR
OF making one at home with the many
classes of associates who read from the
start that one of easy manners has at
least some superior knowledge of the
world. Then, too, tho pleasures OF
contemplation must ever be source
of companionship, and one that has
travelled many miles with attention will
have q mind well stored with natural
paintings and pleasant places to recall
at leisure and enjoy when alone.
The enlargement of the mind on Sec
ing the growth of great cities. the l.ro.
gress of vast improvements in mechan-
ism and arts, with the still greater
wonder at the works of nature rs seen
in rivers and mountains, valleys like
Harper's Ferry and the Yosemite, falls
like Niagara, the grandcr sights of the
Yellowstone, are all themes to contem-
plate, cnlightcn and inspire. Books
and paintings can never wholly define
,hcm.--J. W. Donordn, in Current.