Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-01-15
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fsor-es Than 1'Ics;l--iyas.
4 good driver V Zen he is setting out for
q long journey makes haste slowly, The
impatient horse is hold in cheek, and rot
allowed TO rise up al his strenCi h during
the first hour ON the read. Strangely
enough there ere Eie1 who take better
care ot-thtir horses than they 10 them
selves Good old nUhhiu, VEo hes hcen
T0sturing al summer, IL lot expected to
run q race The first time the harness is
Put ON after the summer vacation.
''l1agy with Dobbir, remember lie hasn't
leon working says the master, as John
drives uPto take tho family for morning
airing. Having given this humane diIec-
ton, away flies the master of the house
down the gravel walk, through the side
gate, 10 the railway station, while the
nearing rumble Of a train Cuickcns his
sters &c is just back from IGonth in
the mountains, where ne has been ",iOle
i brown by the sun and winds. He wisely
chose a Tcltiul place, not far from GER
tain "muuEtgin pas tUre." Eight, nine,
even ten hours Of sleep have been dealt
! out 10 him nightly by natures unstintiag
hand. Tho little ruts and signs OF wear
Z that eleven nor tbs of constant IugiuCEs
application have worn in his agile brain,
have been smoathed out by the tender
| fingers OF Ret, that best of nurses. The
! h gE-stIung nerves have dropped from the
! CXacting tension, Is the strings of tho
| violin relax when the masters hand is
still. THE swiftly flying four weeks have
! given change and recreation, but have not
! been sufficient TO tone mp the whole man
/ for a violent spIirg into the activities Of
! life. Yet here he is, the very morning
after his return, allowing barely time to
/ catch the train after u breGthlesS run. In
m me in vine ana Garc as though he
! had never left his desk. The mountains
are as far beyond his thought and ken Gs
! last years ledger. Natures lGSoa and
moderation is forgotten. in his haste TO
lie rich he is obliyioUs Of the rule to make
haste slowly. Rot an hour in the bust
ling day is left for recalling The pictures
that the month has drawn upon lis
Tetina.
Night comes, and he Gays, "T declare,
| I'm tired as dog. l don't believe much
in vacations, after all" re has tuned up
his violin with too sudden & turn of keys.
Let him look out that TO strings snap.
The ten hours deep that he uEhcsi tat.
ingly appropriated last week, and found
50 delicious, lie urhesitating)y abridgaG al
at once to six by reading or accounts; and.
before he has been at home q week, littIa
cgeascs GTot again mSrking The places OF
tie old ruts in the oniitIyc LIain, and a
forse CT Icing tagged OUT taxes the
place Of the elastic spring Of health that
was beginning to steal over him in tx
tonic am Of the mountains.
It was Charles L&mb-Wasu't ii?-whC
said tLct "SabtGthl2ss Satan" invented
work. He still carries it CT, one would
! think for il you c&postulate with thoa,
hurrying rroll, they reply that tAere is l.C
choice; they must 50 On; and it is an clC
saying that she must needs so tlCt tAe
devil driyee.n But il this day ana age
when it IS frequently confessed that tht
devil is myth, can lie rot lie c%tICit ct
from the hauats OF trade. \ little morg
| moderation, a more gradual settling down
to daily toll, little Of the simplicity o
norLta;n life III Grosa food and early
hours would be Ike drops e holy W3toi
III keeping this milchjeN ovs LCsytOdy on
Of sight, II Is absurd 10 ConEne yaCatiCI
hes Sings to tour weeks Of one year if the!
can lie made to spread their mantle owe
tee ether fUlty-eight.-- The CGriGtim
Register.