Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-08-21
SATURDAY NIGHT.
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when It will not be necessary to rise early,
and many pleasant hours that may be passed
- free fancy chooses
The pleasure Is largely In anticipation, but
u not the less real on that account, and the
duties and auxieties Of the sver-present to-
morrow seem TO 70 pushed 30 tar into the
future by the Intervention OF Sunday, that
the load OF care II taken from the shoulders
Of the many that carry one too heavy for them:
Lets Danish business, Danish sorrow;
To the Gods belongs to morrow"
And this suggests at once the antiquity of
Saturday nights good cheer, and the various
different ways OF spending said Saturday
night. There is an old song that runs,
"In the good old colony days
When we lived under the King
Every Saturday night
A'pourfng down gin sling"
And there still DO sad dogs among us who
perpetuate the customs of the good old colony
tiays
The writer hastens to assure the reader,
gentle or gentleman, that he is not a sad dog.
Far IRON it; he is a jolly dog, model Of pro-
priety In every way; and he passers his Satur-
day nights counting the fractional currency
that he has coined by sweat of brow, and
rejecting upon the grave problems OF life
We don't know where ours will be-our
grave-but we strongly suspect We won't
have any. Mrs Us is very proud of us, and
we believe that our cremated remains will
orn iment the mantlepiece after our decease.
However this don't bother us 1t only serves
to remind us Of the philosophical reflection
Of friend upon the commercial value OF
mans decease.
Our friend Smith was the fortunate owner
Of a house full of paintings, statuary and
antique furniture. He called them "objet
dart" but there should be dash after that
d, for there was nothing really pretty in the
whole collection, and he did not claim that
there was. He said that the collection vas
valuable because Of its historical associations,
and he led me, with country friend OF
mine, over the house, pointing out the
horrors and explaining the associations
This table belonged to Charles the Great Of
Sweden, that footstool to Charles the Bold, Of
Burgundy. My country friend had one that
once belonged to Charles Of Peque he said,
with smile, aud 1 asked for some OF the
Bold Duke of Burgundy's wine; where at
our mutual friend was much disgusted and
showedl us rag in glass case, which he
said wss an old master, and invaluable.
Then Chinese nightmare with its tail in its
mouth.
HIS greatest treasure was violin
And in its hollow chamber. thus
The maker from whose hands II came
Had written his unrivalled name,"
Giuseppe Guarnerius.
aThat man" said our host "was famous
pupil Of Antonius Strsdivsriur."
Let us hear you play it." 1t was played
out "The man who made that clock was
brother OF the builder of the Strasburg clock
The sculptor of that gladiator took the grand,
prix at the Paris Salon." "The furniture il
the dining room came from q palace o
But In the hall there stood q hatrsck Of tn,
kind that were In fashion some few year
ago and are just coming In style again.
thought / would catch hfffi hara Westopred
and surveyed it "what about this"e i said
He solemly flashed the whites of his eyes
upon me, and pointing, said impressively
"The man who made that is dead!
THE CLOSING TIME.
My friends and walked down the stree
in silence 1t was Saturday night ant
crowds Of cheerful people hurried past us
homeward bound, for It was closing time and
the tired clerks and salesmen appreciated the
fact. Two rough and manly young fellows
were slaming the front shutters Of q hard
ware store, and their neat and careful dress
proclaimed that they, at least, had theii
plans for Saturday night well laid
Back in the Office the gray-haired clerk
with shoulders bent by lifelong struggle
with figures, finds the thirty-seven cen,
With glance at the clock, q long drawn slgi
and stretch, he says to the young clerk nea
him, "Bobbie, lets call 1t day" and will
that slips down from his tall office tool, pull
tired eyes from the bright electric light, anC
trudges homeward.
Thousands OF others are trudeing home
ward under the glaring lights at the corners
and the softer, purer light of the moon in the
intervening squares; through shady street,
and billy streets, past crowds of people seated
on their doorsteps enjoying the glorious
summer night And, as they tramp along
their minds are cleared Of cares, as the sky
is clear OF clouds by winds that blow from
calmer depths Of air.
To citizens who are employed in mills and
factories, Saturday night Is like tho sunset
that follows q blazing summer afternoon
when intolerable heat and glare give place u
o0oler twilight, and sky aglow with pleas
But there are two kinds Of Saturday night,
for many OF them, and they alternate through
out the year with some. Pay-days come
weekly. iortnightiy and monthly "and
and mill hand gathers his hard earned wages
in his hardened hand and breaks for thf
nearest saloon. On Monday morning he
wants to borrow dollar tor a pair of shoes
and his boarding missus " is lucky II sh,
has managed to secure her bill.
Happily, in our town these devotees o
Bscchus are not very numerous, and our la
boring men and women, as q class, 20 to thei
homes on Saturday night as steadily ant
cnssTinIiy as tired red and hopeful, as any othe
Many of our business men devote thei
Saturday nights to q summary OF their bust
ness Tor the week, and settling of their per
sonai accounts but we think that It is NOR,
generally devoted to the family and socia
pleasures that are then most ENJOYABLE, be
cause new questions to be settled ON the NOR
row are not constantly before the mind.
SOME SAGE ADVICE.
This night, of all others, Is the best for lon,
expeditions into the country by moon an,
star light, and we speak from painful per
sonal experience when We urge all those VIII
contemplate long jaunts In the saddle, an,
are not accustomed to q constant indulRenc
In this most glorious exercise, to chose SAT
urdsy night for the frolic. You may or ma,
not De sore the next day, for that will depend
upon the gait OF your horse, the length o
your ride and your skill as rider. but In
any event you will welcome Sunday as day
q rest and can take your meals from ths
manuepiece at leisure. Seriously, Q ho
pstn Immediately upon dismounting, is th,
preventive OF soreness.
Inn applies TO all pleasures and pastimes
tnAS mVoive physical strain, and il com
mended 70 the young men who walk sesinst
ume 20 polnu OF interest," and no interest, n
soc suIIounoing country to the bicycler
eno uicyci6r cycling, and to the cav vonne
man In circus Clothes who brandishas nm
deadly base ball bat or fourishes the ne.ca ,
ful tennis racket.
On Saturday evening the streets ara mi, nj
them returning from the fray, worn out. buI
happy all over. W.
MYTHS AND OWENS.
And yet there are many sombre myths ane
lAgends about this cheerful Saturday night
- The very early days Of Greece, before IN,
snee OF Hercules, revolving human sacrifice.