Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-10-30

"Nt'tat1 az NHd' nc NuutA |ttm utI a.
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Tie cap "a, 'atly d,7r,t,I b, lore FL
Vati bal ,nicfuI 'h, room Who ihto~ing
huns ID On The ,,f,, J-ciAud be- va, iAug
ODD md should b, Z % ofa cop of,ca
You a,c a!,. ~, o ~ ihs evening, ar,
You not : inquired Mr. MoNbay.
i ana later Than usuil, ansNcfcdM t Nov.
bray i have h,o Attending a committee
n'oIng Of our h,novulrut society, which
DETAINED N, sornr utnc
Your hcne,ul,b, ,oo,,Y,u always dc
iaining YOU ,hirk SAID Mrs Mowbny
me~hat tcproachiolIy, bcncvoIcn, soc.c.
ties are good things no doubt, but | think
YOU ha,c quite slt'ici,nl 10 DO both with
your time OIL your mnncy, orhou, auru
ding to any such things What can Ne DO
of the poori Il Is we're well iof those
who have nothing TO do aud plenty Of mon
~ 10 spare bot | canno, see how persons
with - Hunted an income as outs have any
business Wltt b'ncvoltut Sociotl,s
wei my dear, replied Edward i have
thought Oh The subject 'ulIictui!y TO cnt.le
me TO decided opinion, ! AIN sure II you
had been wuh usto day, and had heard the
instances Of good we have already affected,
you oulI not hol 50 tightly the excrlon.
Of such humble individuals as We. hopc
am u,tlhcf u,sI,linG my business nor
nv home, IL these Huns, mud am con.
hdcnI YOU VIII rJnce with me when ]
tell yUu that We have good reason TO hope
that we are milking some impression, how
ever lule, upon the wee and ignorance
" hch have 50 long made those Lanes sud
uIIeys at the back Of our. house n nuisance 10
che nclghborhoo1
OF course my dear saidMrs Nov bray
/ wish to sympothse with you IN any OF
your ctlous 10 DO good
we have some funds in hand, remark
ed Mr. Mowbfay, aud promised the com
mIuce to VISIT the poor families myself To-.
morrow, 10 ascertain their individual cur
cGmslnncos, and the best means Of serving
them 1T me add my dear SAID be coax.
lngly thall hope you viii accompany me
'tu' cha. N.' ". I,r, ''os3r' - ina. ....-
iu'o lhur ncc,s,iu,s aud ,ndcavorm, 10 al
lcviuic lhclr d,,'r.
Mrs Mowbmy would willingly have
conceded 10 her husband the monopoly Of
th,s pleasure; but after making hos, Of
objections and excuses, which were sue.
cessIvely combattcd by him, was u, last
brought 10 acqulesco IN the wish, and prom
lsod to be- IN readiness on the following at.
lernoon 10 accompany him on what she new.
rrlhrI IS deemed 1t Quixollc expedition
The noAi day MIS- Nov byay was rca
DIV On her husbands return from bust.
moss, and thorough alfred for the occasion
they started on their exploratory tour
/ Lowing the main thoroug hare, with nS
gcn,ccl dwelling houses and glucrng
shops. they turned dowpn linlo bye street
Ut the ond OF which. they found themselves
IN tie midst Of huge nest, as it were OF
courts and alleys which presented stri.
king contrast with the gaudy rect they
had luSl left Mrs MuW bray was 50 shoe kcd
nj the sight Of such wretc heIncss. that she
hcsnatod to proceed tall rcassufod by her
husband, who well knew the locality, aud
had often vsH,d the poor families before
The appearance Of The spot was ndc,d
dcplorable, and not llule startling to ono
whose walks had been continrd to the pub.
lie thotougharcs was lovely afternoon.
yet even the suns piercing beams could
scarcely penetrate some Of these cherries
gloomy nooks Here were clusters Of pes
tllerous novels some without loors. crowd
ed with human bCugs, though un6l for tn,
hath lalIou of the most ynlu I,.s animal In
many the oil window Canos were broken
while Others. were SO duiy aud patched
with paper. or siuh,d with ,6gs. that the,
bu, very partially Rdmll,d N,c hyh, o. the
day Ragged aud ylcIou, hole were gam
boiling IN groups, and lnroIuo, d cbllIfer
were PLAYING IN The slmy mud somr squal
ID and puny 10 cons qucnce Of bad air md
insult cent food, aud olhots hose chubby
FEATURES displayed N spite II dirt and prlya.
tlos. a robustness 81 hrhhh that would have
done credit 10 The noblcmnn Here were
g1uut men. with dali MEANINGLESS counte.
uauccs sitting on their c9mfIrcss lhrcsh.
holds and buny haggard women srrcech
ing tor their hlaoard children. while the
scarcely concealed forms. Il the Young,
l'mal,s might have served ms mod Is for
the pain Ter or sculptor Yet even here
were traces Of humsn gym l'l,s Of the pr.
csl kind Gifls were nursing their Lnby
SISTERS lu most piu'ul utNpudutss he
playful innoccn, hcc1 krlcn, a univ, rsal
laVorl", 'follcked about n the Nrniow sll
the social dog seemed quur at Tome wuh
the children %. th,v shared v'. lug iir.
guausc OF brad AMI ion u.us % s.,..
anlalrd sauce p1n and spaul,,ss l'apG a.
the upper Windows grew the h,omc Der
gauo' md the hiushing ecuancum wiki
strange luIuulucc.
The appearance m such ncishborhood
Of tWo wc.ldrosscd persons soon caused on
unusual excitement especially as Mr Nov
bray vas known among lhe poor iuhabJ
uui anI Whenever be- sppoafrI ,hrrc. %
might b.. s1i ~ calculated there ,,ss some
thing 20 BE- given nNav Jtudron otter a
h,.ty glance o., lbr u'ruicrs l,0thpr plly
fellows and rln 10 ltcir homrs ht,ts were
thrust ol, o., 'Lc windows some .hu iiird