The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-05-12

Ter uf June made our streets vocal with
HE lorg-drnwn-out cry OF Fad.ssche.s.
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And now the la rbinger. of summer
are cnricliny the morni n2 air with in.
Vulnerable EXPLANATIONS Of tina, luxur.
lou, " ord
STRAW Aw--AwBERRIGs
sauntercd through Centre Market,
after breakfast, aud truly it was n de.
lishtiul scene to the man Of vegetable.
diet. Green peas, ralishcs. s,rawber.
ries, cucuubcrs. new potatoes, (as large
As your fisN. tomatoes, new turnips.c eve.
ry variety Of greens, and escuienls with
out number.
The vegetable market ndjons that Of
the more carniverous feed, and the two
are ike the lion and the lamb lying
down together. 1t would be grca,
place for Prof. Alcot; to expatiatt apon
his tavoritc suh;nc. = Vegetable Diet,
and here, too. Shelly, The poet, mot the
oyster dealer with tina. appropriate
name.) might mctc out his structures
on the bccf-ea;crs with soma effect.
by the way. the admircs Of Shelly
rarely alludc to his theory on diet, and
his very punsent structures upon the es-
adjustment of slaughter houses, in order
to crafty the human appetite for blood.
speaking Of guns" Gas poor old
Mackln used to say,) don't believe in
driving bceves and sheep through the
streets Of n crowded city, to slaughter.
The poor creatures suffer much more in
running the gauntlet Of stages, drays,
coaches, &c; &C., than by the axe or
knife.
Yesterday afternoon, in the vicinity
OF Grand street, saw an freshman dri-
wing COW, which by his mismanage
ment baked him at every turn. She
was a delicate looking heifcr, of the no.
horned breed, but her deficiency Of
horns was more than of.aet'by her dri-
yer, who it was very evident had horn
to much. Bewildered by scene go
unusual to her. the roor creature was
no. very .loci!e under the savage blows
he gave her with short heavy club,
and occasionally she turned upon him full
tilt This excited the attention OF some
cruel boys, (of which there are Away.
too many in our Streets and they fol-
lowed the hefer with shouts and stones.
The rocks which they threw at her must
have wounded her very badly. At
length they cornered her, ut place
where a pile of bricks unfortunately
offered them plenty Of missiles, and they
commenced a vo'lcy that must have
soon rendered the butchers axe super
nuous, had she not, aircr bearing it de-
%pairingly for few moments, made a
dash at her prosecutors and run (almost
!oamug at the lnouth) into another
street. Here she was met by the tall
Irish driver, who aimed n prodigious
blow at her head with his club, but be-
fore it descended she butItcd him with
such force in ,I,e pit of the stomach a.
10 knock him. breail,lcss about q rod.
The las, I Saw OF her, she was rush
ing up Orchard street, with big boy
william holding on at her tail,and a crowd
following with stones, while her fallen
adversary-in-chief, quite pail and sober
ed, was slowly picking himselfup, and
altering many profanc imprccaions,
not loud but deep, upon, "the ugly
haste
] mention this instance Of human
barbari,y not as a novelty, but as a char
ac,eristIc Of crying evil and nuisance
peculiar ] believe to New York, viz !:
that IF having slanghtcr-houscs within
the city. So much for the cruelty Of
man now let me me.tion a '.ct illus
trative ofhis knavc... although ma
ny IIi.h emigranis are warm hearted
honest and industrious, very few are
gentle and educated, but the other day
! met with one, Gas I often have be-
ior") who was all this In addition to
his good qualities, he has simplicity
equal to the Vicar of Wakefield. A
short time since, this young man, not
wish.tandng he had passed several
years in British cities, and ought to
have known better, was so yerdant a,
10 take Peter Funk auction for gen
uine one, and bidding five dollars on a
gilt pach, had the inexpressible felic.
iiy Of having it knocked off 10 him
Before handing i, to him, the auclioneer
took it into back room TO wind it up.
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