Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-07-05

CLEANS OF pleasure as now and then ap.
peared an absolutely live and whole man
in he teachers place. Then the chasm
seemed bridged over or not minded, and
understanding, and heart. and look, and
tone responded from side TO side, as if
wisdom were giving her children holy
day, and were mingling in her pastime
But we sighed to perceive how seldom ii
was so.
We then had forced upon our sight the
house OF man whose god was money,
and who, heather like, made that god un-
TO himself; ard oh, how, with all his
might, day after day, did he Worship
His parner--of the firm matrimonial
had familiar spirit, which she consulted
more times day than the clock could
count except by ticking. This spirits
name was Vanity. Their children were
like so mary butterflies, whose colors were
so gaudy, and wings So broad in proper
ton 10 body, and so continually futtering,
that their brain, If they had any, was not
evident TO the beholder; and, indeed, it
seemed no more thought Of BY the pa
rents if their progeny were born aud liv-
ing withoutit. Sometimes the little gauds
were marvelously like wasps, and the ma
ternal example very much like the sting
ing mother of the same sort of creatures.
A certain schoolmaster opce came near
perishing from her attack but he fled for
his life, glad wthaI that the little wasps
were-no longer to trouble his school, As
we observed the mansion, We could not
prevent these unhappy characteristics
coming grievously to recollection.
By-andby an officer Of justice strobe
along with petty thief in his grippe. A
miserable loafer had stolen but trife, TO
honor Independence Day, and so he was
about to have his ideas of liberty delicious
iy enhanced by the contrast Of prison.
But behold, just behind that officer and
his victim, a parsonage apparently of
very different character. He was dressed
IN the genteelest style Of the day, and ca
reering on one OF the most elegant horses
10 be found Horse and man, taken to.
gether, were show for one 10 stop and
gaze at. Who does not like, once in
while, 10 see elegance and grace on the
gallop! And who, think ye, was this
glorying rider IL was one who had
been public defIulter to the tune of ma
ny, many thousands. He had lived to
eat, drink, and display, and at length pee
ulated to get the means. But in time he
was found out. But what Of that He
had stolen, TO be sure, as everybody knew;
but then it was done on so grand scale
and IN such fine style. that il seemed to
many matter Of admiration rather than
blame. The very guardians OF justice
were dazzled, and did nothing but let him
go. So here he was Independencing it
like champion, while that poor trihe-
taker just before him was going neck and
heels TO Jail. Well, why shouldn't the
pilferer 90 there he might have dressed
up and stolen like a gentleman. Away
with your vulgar thieves behind granite
curtains.
What next2 Two middle aged men in
herce alteration. Each had bis own par
~ newspaper in one hand, while the 9th
er was swung swiftly in the air, ord now
and then, in fist shape, quite dangerously
near the opponents nose. TWAS polit-
cal dispute, carried on in that peculiarly
convincing mode Of argument, denuncia-
ton. Each knew his own side to be right
from the perusal Of his newspaper, and he
knew his neighbours side TO be wrong by
the same means, assisted by intuiLton.-
His own party print did clearly and just
ly present the statements and reasonings
Of the opposite, and he did not read or
touch that paper. Being lover of truth
and freedom, and having some common
sense, he would naturally get at these
statements and reasonings somehow or
other, and Of course i must have been by
latwlt5oa asthere was no other way lett.
On turning from these two freeman we
took land-wide observation. We saw
the two great parties Of the country each
getting clearly at the others views by IN
.tuition. The opposing publications were
net read, yet both parties pretend to free
dom, justice, and common sense; ofcourse
these qualities. seeking an important and
safe understanding of great political ques
tions, could fiod what they sought by no
0 Der means than intuition. As we gaz-
ed and marvelled we had the strangest
vision. Perhaps il was q sort Of waking
dream, suggested by thesetwo newspaper
cd combatan;s. But il was wonderful
We seemed to see two monslrous, mon
slrous forms. each standing on a great
separate platform Of his own. This plat
forms foundation was thin layer Of siz-
able and substantial books, but for super
structure it had an enormous mass OF
pamphlets, as loosely compacted as un-
bundled straw. On top, and around the
toes and heels ofihe occupants, were num-
berless old newspapers, in such order as
might craze confusion ITSELF But far a.
bove lowered the two opponents. Each
was arrlyed 10 the most singular garments
shape everwore. They were made up a!
together Of newspapers--of party homo