Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1854-02-03
ITEMS AT HOME AND ABROAD.


ITEMS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
-IIov. J. c. PARK 5 TECTrRE.-The sub ,
icrt orthe I.yreum lecture Monday evening was
- the Dignity Of Labor The lecturer stated
that the Worlds Industrial Exhibition
marked the Epoch Of Il proper appreciation Of
labor. lie considered all kinds Of manly labor
alike honorable 1t ia not the class of labor
but initriurity in his class which makes the
man contemptihc. Hence every one should
aim to be first in his class. In order to this
intellect must guide labor. Labor rises in
dignity as it is connected with mind In
these days the daughters Of mechanics are as
well educated rs any others. Their superior
facilities however give them no right to look
down on the honest and manly labor of their
fathers and brothers, or to dcsFis: the atten-
TONS of their brother comptn,ns. He dwelt
on the necessity Of Thorough female education
in all classns, both because the mechanics
wife may one day be the Presidents lady.
and BECAUSE on The mothers OF the land de-
ponds The character of the rising generation.
The chef Recommendation Gf )LNa.r is that it
makes man devout. The lecturer spoke of
the degradation Of slave labor, and closed
with the declaration that on it S laborers de-
Ponds the progress of our country, and that
never will it cease to respect labor till the
laborcr ceases to resp CT himself Mr.. Park
is fluent speaker and his lecture, though
containing nothing very new, WAS interesting
wholesome well delivered and well received.
| The lesson taught in it WAS good one but
not. we trust, especially needed in this Or
any other part OF Vermont. We believe that
N.JlnunteIs need net to be told Of the dignity
of labor. There is no class Of illrrs in our
State, and individual specimens Of the sort are
rare. The sons of its Green hills are n race of
hard and hardy workers and they respect them
selves and their vocations Its daughters too,
we trust and believe, are above the petty
thought that honest labor whether Of the
head or hand, is degrading. Those of them
who think themselves the hest can follow
back the ancestral pedigree but single gene
ration before they run against the jack-rlane
ready hanG, hard and brown though it be,
goes the true and generous heart
Its intelligent and enterpriSing farmers and
mechanics. our State delights to honor. 1t
places them in posts of honor and trust
They mingle in and go to make up its best
society, and long may it continue 50 to be,
, --SUlcIpE IN LUpLow, Vt We chroniclcd
q day ~ two since the burning of Mr.. Stiln
On Tuesday the oath says the Branle6orC
, Statesmen, Joshua Kelly, Il weak minded
, young man, ~ years, old hroug t up by Mr.
/ Stimsou, and whose clothes, with Il littl,
, money and notes against Mr.. Stimson to tn,
amount Of $3.50, were burnt with the house
hung himself in barn on Mr.. Stimson :
: farm Although Mr.. Stimson had agreed t.
= give him new notes next day and contri5u
= li,n was TO ne t,ikcn up to make up ms los
n in clothes, he wAs very low spirited after tn
It fire, and ru sdly afternoon after doing hi
r chorce hung himself hy an OK chain over
e beam SO low that his knees were on the floor
lie WAS found dead.
u -SUlCIpE IN Plymouth, NI.-The State,
II man also mentions the suicide Of o. X. F.r
e well young man who shot himself in Il pai
N Of Plymouth, called Frog city, on Sunday tn
l. 18th inst. lie married, last Fall, girl OF l.
N whom he met at the Woodstock Fair, a fe
IT weeks lre,ious His wife refused to liy
II with him, and went home to her parents
lc fdrwcll called to see her, and as she rcjecte
his request to live with him again, he col
cludcd that life without his wife was NJ
worth having, and stepped immedately .,
of the house into the yard, and in the sgl
~ Of his wife, and others, put pistol und'
il his chin, and blew his brains out, fllir
dead.
- NERNoI'rERs IN CALIroR"IA. The fir
cf llalleck, Pcachy, Billings * Park of S;
c Francisco, have lately completed "A building
IL that city wliirh the San Francisco Hrd
rs, speaks of AS So great an ornament to the ci
&c that it attracts universal admiration.
occupies one side of an entire block, with
,.o front of 400 feet. 1t is of Italian architC
nv lure, and is one which in extent permanen
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