Show LITERARY BADINAGE the study of auth authors rs who have cave shed a radiance ance of intellectual culture at a bome home and anen antu abro abroad ald oLd tends ta fa dissipate the gloom that may have rested the mind the student it under darder proper spices auspices 0 iu becomes humanized urbanized and b hut but pk what is calp calculated to j ele eie elegate ate his bis soul what nobler inheritance can a nation I 1 possess than excellent treasures the evidence of its genuine intellectual existence it is true that by means of bayonets chains prisons and the rack reek an empire like that 0 russia may acquire a power which will crush everything dinits in its iron grasp but it is a simply physical and ard brutal its subjects are mere machines avith with bLuto automaton matun maton like movements thay thay they vegetate but do not live aa as intel beings does doea vast empire have a literature of its own are mental exertions permitted to energize themselves in thought and speech without fear of df having their becs meis curia curla V wings clipped by t he the censors luth lesak I 1 hand band no the stars that may risen now and aud I 1 then at the literary horizon like a demidoff and the author of that excellent gazette called Koll okol the belo beio bell beil are banished for ever to find a home in a more congenial clime 1 ina in lna a similar condi condl condition con drion lon ion we A U d 6 pain P 0 gal and we might almost correctly add italy regarding the latter the recollections are painful to those who sympathize with the fate 1 or of fallen nations where by the soft lyre of oti the muses every everl everything thing was covered with wilh the lg goiden golden biden veil veu ot of the ideal where the sweetly warbled songs of 0 the nympha nymphs were filling the soul ot of poor mortals with unspeakable rapture where lovely riches were unlocked to the thle inspired minstrel and where one ne f fancies a S to 0 still hear in the musical inua ica murmuring 0 of f gracefully meandering rivulet rivulets atho the appealing cry of the sweet sylvan yvan populace there are with the exception of dante mii ali li francisco petrarca giovanni boccaccio silvio pellico de and a few others no literary stars worthy of noe we think of spain and magnificent palaces em bosomed in beautiful parks fountains of quicksilver shooting up in glistening spray tournaments in which the deeds of moorish and spanish chivalry are rendered so highly interesting to the reader by oriental and european muses bluses with all the paraphernalia of arabic splendor are unrolled before our mind on the broad canvass of imagination where once the polished notes of the wandering minstrel were filing the listening woods or the knight errant errant was defending the honor of his bis lady fair the broad full moon faces aces of the priest meah meet etycl you at almost every step or the stern boking servants of the inquisition in their gloomy dress cross your path ilke like bins of an ill omen ignorance superstition and bigotry are arc the rank weeds growing in the dapah of 94 te the public madof of that unhappy priest ridden country thus drying up the fountains of Int intelligence eilf elif ence toler tolerance pince and 35 33 apathy only now and then theu the sound of merry laughter ining mingled led with that of the or the sweet plaintive mandolina will ripple to the ehrs ears earb of the tourist proving that there awesome nooks accessible touches of natale nataie some of happiness in the he blasted wildern wilderness eba tsa 0 mental dark darkness legs ness the want of literature in any country is geme generally rally raily originating in a development norl nori ot of the intellect of the masses of a closing of the fountains of education and kearnin learning by the arpp rule of despotism ba but where the mind is permitted to remain unbiased by the false notion a of the world where man realizes his bis being the impress of divinity unity di and is assidio duly studying the grand works of Jehova jehovah lt be he wi I 1 sometimes seme times be visited by the choicest inspirations of the muses for tor it is from natures most attractive attire that are recell receil received cd those lofty arld and elevated sentiments that are furnished those gorgeous and glowing colors with which the bay essayist samist say and poet adorn and beautify their pictures but the aluies muses are often whimsical and mischievous by jausi causing Dg those who bestride th the e fery fiery steed pegasus to be thrown out t cf their saddle baddie and produce some mongrel or hackneyed rhyme rhymes which might perhaps M pabs pass a in a valentine for since the memorable f feasts of the roman i cupids cupka victims have from compassion overlooked many things thi rigs 6 or if it not permitted perm tied to vent their effal 18 ions lons in a a welt well scented billet billj of the above description it woud be better to punish so 80 wick d a muses muse by binding her over to everlasting last trig silence or by consecrating the doomed product t to the all consuming bement of fire and to use its ashes as a fertilizer in order lo 10 appease the biath of teiho the muses cf ef a better belter As much as we admire good poetry we have a holy horror of mongrel or hackneyed the least regard to the principles of prosody words are put together whether they improve the metre or no nod in the style stile of mr pott editor of the Eat eatonsville onsville gazette as mentioned in the famous pickwick pick wick papers of oharles charles dickens Dc 1 kens keds 4 crying dying trig frig on a log la Is a hog bog lk the fluid gold of poesy does not run in the veins of everybody it forms forma one of the choicest dainties of literary viand viands andson account of its great scarcity it is ted by every true trite lover or of the pleasure afforded by lih the peru peni lof lot oe poems la in watch the id lab iab las a ea baand nd gace fui ful ul as the flow ofa of a fa fountain lad iad e ith e swe ewe sweetness ness heas i impossible possible m to des describe ribe is lasting and one of t the h e order who can read lord lorl byrons works for lor for in in stance without realizing that the muse 0 hat that accomplished scholar and author is fresh resh delightful ful fui genial and lofty indulging in the Juve loveliest liest fancies and painting with the exquisite pencil of 1 I pi I 1 rd 3 in n which every tree becomes sta aad abd every every grove IB ill 1 jg surrounded aroun d e d wit with b an air airet f clasa clausi 1 i A c belh rethy 1 armer amer times 44 stormy billows of grief are rolling over oyer hi igind anil bib bis phantasmal ens rech ia t t terrific grandeur gnan gran g 4 oeun e V aoe ore ortanse orr ort 1 anle ante e and mil mii I 1 4 hp voi vol thunders oktaw i impresses more ts J the heart hearl of oft be the reaner and again when god the bah sag sete Sele his inspiration the put paints with the gay aud bold abando abandon it ofa ora I rench or spanish cavalier while si buvel ver v r a and abd nd rare wit vit are gushing spark ing ng forth apai rhal a mt the elegant and graceful veres erses ver i es lifo els ela ot and enius re quire a great deab ol 01 fj tj orinn oring ai ald aid ca gare care re in in order to produce pr o 0 d uce rean lean i canty catty genuine mullie arti artt ad att I 1 wor works k a some otheline oth elive ebere a ve an in na no 60 n 0 t I 1 to 0 a display 1 play awse tw beauties which li are often of dpn hidden ta rough onti ftfe but that isah baah egregious ernd erne A perfection iu an argjir art ar science is atten ed led with a grgat daiil of time duif abol abai aili perseverance it is said paid of sir baeier L lytton attori that be frequently wrote rote his manuscript niue timis tim es before they wera transmitted to the erb ers it took virgil a whole jear year year to write a tew rew lew di of hs ma At neide walter water waverly was as after ten teh years labor ab or A lady jenny lind who haa baa acquired a worldwide world wide fame as a jarima agrima dovah weald never thrill and elect electrify rity her by her voice that steals gradually through the fly ity and lush rush of music low arld and b fl tan I 1 P reaches in a crescendo the highest kejs keys etuy ti melody if it were werf not for her tier great 11 6 under tinder the best masters of the age still it is 14 is ls true that no one will make a poet a prima madonna idonna a scholar or a mehari me 1 ic unless b bv nature natorp fund must be in a person if not all exertions to become professional will avail nothing and produce only mediocrity far bettar bottAr for fon a person to be a first class mechanic than to be a mongrel poet in some european countries flattery la is not en rogue vogue young persons are very pla pia spoken to by their precept ors ora in that respect we well remember the phrase aut out caesar aut ahil which we f frequently re heard applied in professors to of th fh highest connections to cur recollection none of our fellow students and some of them were decidedly men of geril geralds ds and of arc ale acquit ulie of the highest order have bave been flah flaW flowered flattered ered 0 or r even el en praised except a laconic well done I 1 1 4 every nation passes in its development through different phases so in in relation to IQ thi U latt Latter uday day saints bo ho certainly form ihie the nuci nu clot ciot of the most remarkable people bt even ever lived i d we I 1 e have now reached that period when the necessity of havins havens reading rooms and theatres theartres the atres is severely felt and whatever some over reile people may think alight the propriety of establish establishing alif theopi Th espi anand an and temples in this terr territory or we will 1 I JI simply say that the erection of so magnificent a theatre as we have hare in this ct city Y port pori portends t ends the inauguration of a new era iu the ibe intellectual and moral development of the community the boards which represent the world en e miniature immature portray in pleasing scenes some interesting tea features tures of the histo ry of the human c character to the audience we e see ourt ourselves ourel elves vs as it we e in a ml mi with all our and learn many things which would unnoticed but independent nil nit lepen tent lent of this the theatre gathers the young people of both sexes in a place which whig h commands rek rei respect and ja thus many from indulging in roAdy ism the establishment ment of a library arid and a readi reading n I 1 room room in ili this city can ot t be too highly prize prized T as it will t nd rid to familiarize the saints who I 1 are likely to assemble there with the litera ture and history of c the leading nations and make them augait in the political events of the day we do not nol consider it apropos to expatiate at present on this ton m tier ater but will simply add a few historical remarks c connected with this thia subject it is well known that the first library wab was by rekus at athens becj e Cb ritt rift thu second pond was founded by ptolemy at alexandria before christ it contained rita ined vols and ivas was destroyed by fire 47 before christ te lamest latest libraries of the present dav are those of pans paris wih vols and SO 80 MSS BISS munich Aluni cb the capital of bavaria with vols vois and oxford ibi lui 41 oooo vols vola and ears EW rS 18 university of Gott ingon in germany with voia ois and WANy berlin prussia vol vols S an and A MSS the largest reading roods we have sen s en are those ot of nam ham hamburg burg and berlin e hold bold nearly loco lodo persons in the two iatter latter establishments lish ments there are to be conrid fo nd 9 gazettes gazettes and periodicals licals in the principal living languages 1 from all parts pacts of 0 the world the ad inn iff those institutions is gratis and from 8 a in till 11 I 1 pm the reader can cari feast feasby upon the literary honey cfall of ail all riat na nations ions tiona refreshments of every kind can be bad at all hours in adjoining apartment the greatest stillness and propriety is is ob arved arld arid police always isi ibi is ladyjo fady f rady ady to suppress suppress the least efforts to disturb the quiel of if choie intellectual sanctuaries that what I 1 ilor llev r lug ing g zette otte I 1 li being published in london in rutlan ru cian tian a if ciocu it criticizes the gover government Dment of RU eui ld diw wim t i billit UIL ull manial LIt acumen ot rue geniusz and a v lut itt iu t caused its suppression even in ger gar baady adante dante Alfh rl was born borri in lin P F rence 1265 and at nis nta brou cem cew raed wark work ts is i ina lna INA ita fi 1 acobe rf rai ral rait ld was b rn in at arezzo in 1301 1304 and wd d d at I 1 acqua arqua u 1 73 lovi tOBt sadi U i cicciu the irini taud of Petr arch anch was born ill III fl irena itu liu A fc evio ivio 0 o et N u i 8 luzzi lit 0 jit 0 sl and ii it rr r or odea odes i la not nut for tiia tila 91 tiu 11 a a Q i i in a mm m nt it t I 1 liutti i i ay iy lys 8 ne he wart wari wi eksted for tor orri t ant aut 1 ome ume dubai c i nu ild led II 11 1 1 e t fr lui lul luie lule lade inde i K roia ruta as ut f alili miu ui 1113 11 vaye vnye 13 ya pdt t a ti th ruti nuli null ali all the au imp sj utie itie lue lae cluora V fortress lor tress ot rg in 11 rha the fl 1 i r luperce a illa us were vere feasts kept in int honor of or ru phu and X 3 a n j from thee thoe saturnalia the w log tt vi in n i t sibil ald aid to ti ave sprung pr ung kv a tri tr we aeu il I 1 vi van a i benei c conui |