Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-09-06

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expressive Observation-Disclosures him, Bill
/ he's got no friends!" had a pesfec
knowledge Of human nature. He wa
decidedly q philosopher, and had studi
ed " the race" withno small success. :
| He fully appreciated the maxim which
regulates the conduct of so many Of TIT
4 bipeds who happen to be clothed with
'slittle brief authority" .a s. 3
] We dare say there are 50 many wh'
know so little Of human nature, and arr
so ignorant Of the moral physiology o
the human heart, as would not credi
the statement that, in this very christian
city, and amongst the officers OF a char
table institution, there is an individual
who gave the other day, demonstration
Of heartlessness and brutality, which
cast the pbilosophic school boy, to whom
1--we Just now alluded, completely into the
shade. Well, believers in the dignity
Of our nature, and the tender mercies OF
official dispensers Of aims, we pity you
but ask you to listen to the following
recital. II. v.a
The other day, young female mod
estly clad, but pallid and emaciated, and
bearing in her arms an infant which was
soon to be released from allits suferings,
presented herself as an applicant for aims
at public charitable institution.
what do you want-why do you come
hereH asked in harsh growing voice,
smoothed faced we'll fed man WHO
sat at the desk in the Office.
Sir, | have no home, replied the
poor creature thus ruay addressed IL
am starving She added in husky
voice, as she staggered from exhaustion
az ainst the railing in front Of the desk.
l don't believe her, said the smooth
faced well-fed gentleman to another who
sat beside him she's to clean and
tidy and then with repulsiye grin,
intended for smile he turned to the
poor girl, and asked, where is your
husband?
i don't know, sir said she, and after
a pause, whilst the tears flowed fast,
and she -grasped the railing for support,
she added the has left mep
There was no mistaking those accents,
they were the truthful ofsprings of a
broken and bleeding heart. But the
giver of aims was too much Of phi
lasopher to be moved. The grin became
more hideous than before, and looking
the wretched woman hard in the face,
he said -
SWELL. well, suppose your husband
has gone after some other woman, and
you had better 60 after some other man.
The pallid and wasted cheek of the
poor creature thus inhumanly insulted,
was uow crimsoned over, and pressing
her dying child to her breast in frantic
| embrace, she rushed from that demoni-
ac's presence, doubtless soon after to
find refuge in that land .twhere the
wicked cease from troubling aud the
weary are at rest" asa
Reader! this is no fancy sketch 1t
is the unvarnished narrative of a scene
which actually occurred in this city with
in the last week. We have the name OF
the witness lone Of our most respecta-
Die citizens - and we know that Of the
brutal author Of this wanton insult =
The matter shall not rest here-a storm
of dignation shall yet be aroused, which
shall cover the inhuman assailant oil
woman's heart, with perpetual infamy. =
~ Y Tribune.
THE ACE OF DoUBT. The age oil
gold mas passed away, and the age of brass,
TOO, accordingHto some; and we live in an
iage of iron. Well, if it be so, We live II:
the most usefuL age of all the three. But
think we may find more appropriate
designation than this metalic one for. the
age we live in. Might it not. justly be
called Tile age of -doubt2 Not to mention
The Infdels and NJ llerialists, let US think
what doubling generation we are, as to
many matters which our ancestors deemed
indubitable There are the ghosts, The
COLLINS, the witches, and whole hosts OF
fairies, good, bad and Indifferent = they
all are doubted, disputed and denied. We
no longer behold the potent horse shoe
nailed over The stable door 10 prevent the
entrances Of those mischief-foving spirits
who take a delight in twisting horses tails
and names at night into such iL;rcable
knots that dozen combs are broken in en-
deavoring 10 undo them. whilst tie poor
animals are tortured, and their masters are
sore vexed. and with ill-adyised oaths and
CALCULATIONS. to jeopardize their souls - TO
the infinite satisfaction and amusement oil
the mischievous fairy. Nor on the other
hand do we fnd our cunning housewives
leaving the falry's wages. The trimming
cream bowl, on the kitchen dre<ser or on
| the dairy shelf. for which reward these 10
duslrious elves would do more household
work in one night than the busy maids
could accomplish in six days appointed fol
labor they have grown toowise TO adopt
this Iabor-saving system. We believe
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