The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-08-26

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II faslinr,iie Victoria brown Is sim. /
rly an error af taste ia ioen, il il an
aison,insi,on----a m,seraliy cnekncyism 4
ia the country Bat In tho country il |
i,As comc. (ai less, everywhere ~iihin |
three hundred miles Of New. York, land
Ne, who usd to pa, eur eyes oat With
ihr everlasting glare of white pant,
with oaly The vulgar relief Of very
green blini-,) arc row being "acne
brown l'iaoria is,i- [,oor innocer,
republican. as We aTc)---si'nriy because
Trinity Church was bull, Of brown stone
ard some igncrnrt .jokn Bill Of a house
painter took II into his head TO daub
over sll ,lc brick houses in Gotham n.
pearly like sbsvwa s,one as he could
make them,
- T. A. H. ~ A., MA 7sIsscS o6s|
d~ei.lngs, COED, bad and Indifferent, are
likely "a be painted ou; Of existence -
OF "Vict6ria brown" is n most suicidal.
melancholy color. There arc, to he sure,
many houses 30 little calculated 10 ava
ken any emotion but those Of wonder us
to how they came 10 bc b,,ilt---llouses
that we would like To see deeply dyed
Of some l,ue that would render them
quite narisiJ&c io mortal gaze. Bat 9th
ers there are that The eye rests on with
delighi--beau'iful country hou>cs--per'
! habs modest cottages, with lat,iced
porchc- half ovcrgrown will. the lush
wooiJine," or pretty villas, embowered
IN shrubbory. and s,aooth lawns, or
pleasant. rambling farm houses. seated
amid blossoming orchards. or. may.hap.
stately mansions with park like mead
ows. studded ~iih noble groups Of ,ha.
lovelies, and mas, graceful Of all Aner-
lean trees. the Weeping Elm: and from
all such we iinplore respite We beg
all tiue lovers Of good taste 10 protect
these fair homes in the country. from
! the rude assaults Of these Knights Of the
! Drush-,licSe valian, Don Qhixo,es of
the Victoria brown" regiment, who go
abort attacking MI t'rt does not wear
their color, more desperately and ON.
nipotcn,'y than Don Quixo,e Of old did
The win,lmills Of La Mancha.
This is the epidemic Of New. York.
Tia, of New England has taken wide
ly different shape. The tendencies Of
our eastern neighbors always take n
more subtle ani spiritual direction, and.
accordingly. we find tia, while the rural
! \. |. -.t,
blind or rather blind To everything but
brown. the country folks down east are
equally distracted on the subject Q,
! tightening rods
We have never heard from scientific
men. ,'at New Finland is a land pecu-
liarly liable to be Struck By AghtHng
fralher famous it is generally, for sirikes
Of another sor,.) but certainly, any per-
son travelling tor TIE first time through
that part Of The Union, n, the present
day, would set it down as fixed fac,
ilia, il was "down east" alone that Spcn
: Ger could have had in his imagination
when i,c was led to say
1he sky in pieces seeming to hc -cr,
Throws hsht,;ng forth, ard hal and ii1tn
fnl showers,
Why. there is scarcely house @ottl
five hundred dollars. in Connecticut o
Massachusetts, which las not, withi'
lie last ! alf dozen years mounted
: chcrdvc de tric2e of bristlins steel con
duc,orS, as terrible 70 the eye of love
Of rcno>c in The country, as the serri"
ranks Of one Of Nnpoleon's invinc'bl
hollow square,, presenting innumcrnbI
bayone's NJ all conceivable points OF ~
tack, were 10 his enemies. A new ncIgI
' Dor strolling out for The first time, an
encouniering one Of these domicll+.arn
: ed from top TO toe with iron iod>, an
presenting arms at every angle.
; the top Of every chimney, the turn
l. every corner, yes, and at intervals {
e every lalr dozen feet. where. along I'll
a strait ridge Of the roof there are no al
clcs--wouM he not turn back with dis
y NAV. with NIL ihouohts of seeking hos
g piinliy ut such a home drive n clean o.
: Of his head?
C. We are nt lnss to know how OF
+ shrtwd ne eishbors OF New England ha'
been persuaded into such very consi
Z cradle item Of needless expenditure
!. yhis same hideous display of lightnir
:. conductors on every house must ha'
~ !" cost, all over that popul,us country
y We suppose tia, some magician, ''cole
=. than ihc " catest''' must have waved b
"' iron rod over them, wi'h some poe
'" spell Of incantation, 10 have prodrc'
re snch an ciiec, on "a whole people, wbe
II the school-masisr il 40 thorough
y abroad as lie is tiIere. We have que
!, toned and cToss.quesiioned and for Il
- life Of .us, cannot ascertain that ~
6 greater damage is sustained IN the far
u buildings and village dwellings Of Ne
!" York nnd Pennsylvania, where Of
= lightning rod answers for whole bull
' ing. than in New England, where
takes fifty or one Hundred points Of I,
- very sharpest description, shooting
W. into the air in all directions.
'e We know very well the pliilosop'
''e 81 protection which the snrGRs la
~ laid down---ihat only certain eirf le |
~ yond the conductors point Of radius,
- - protected by iha; point - but, in go
= jIuih, il j. but very rarely that a dw
~ ling is stuck a, all--bccause tall IRE
o. standing near and about il. condo