Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-02-24

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4 press. AfIl 4giH 80 ~ ir
/ Inc iall, pale, intense looking penilemnn,
\ Who Is slowly pacing The carpet of the inner
sanctum, is VIM. Henry Fry. the composer OF
'Leonora. NJ this moment he IS thinking ont
,hunder ior 'o-morrows iritpae. VIM. Henry
] ffyls one OF inc MODEST fellows aiive--a ma
Ter OF mcanness and wrong, lover df man
ana rlghi' WIN power OF expression equal to
lhe intensity OF MS ha'o and enthusiasm Of ms
love ihefe Is more merit IN MS little niger
man IN whole mass meeting Of Douglas SEN
aiors and rom any but grog-ruled city, he
wonia nave been SEM 10 Congress long ago (;
%, perhaps, as O'heno says III is oeNer as II
! Mr. hpley, VINO came IN lew minutes ago,
and sat down before that marshalled array Of
DOCKS ana magazines, might be described IN the
language OF mr. weller the elder, as "a stout
gentleman o. eight and forty. lie IS IN Tor
4 long day work apparently, and mas taken on
his coat Luckily tor authors, Mr. ripley Is a
gentleman OF sound digestion and lndomliaole
goo1 humor' VINO enjoys hie and helps others
TO enlny II, and believes that anger and haired
arc seldom proper, and never pay. lie ex-
amines each book, We observe, with care.--
without ever being IN hurry, he gets through
an amazing quantity OF work and all he does
shows the touch and finish OF the practical
hand.
Mr. Dana enters with quick, decided step,
goes straight to his desk in the green-carpoied
sanctHm sdnofor1in, and is soon lost in the pc
rusal OF "karl Marx" or IAN American Wo-
man in Paris" In figure, lace, and flowing
beard, he looks enough like Ions hossuih to
he his cousin, It no, his brother. Mr. Dana, as
BELTS his place, is gentleman OF Peremp'ory
habits. u is his Office to decide and, as he is
called upon TO perform The act OF decision
hundred times day, be has acquired the pow
err both OF deciding with dispatch and OF an
nonncing ms decision win civii oreThy' IL
you desire PLAIN answer to PLAIN quesnon,
Charles A. Dana IS the gentleman VINO can ac-
com'noda'e you, lie rs an ao'e and IN des-
cr'phon, brilliant writer good speaker :
iond and proud oil MS profession mdeiaiigaole
IN ue discharge oil MS duties wnen out OF
harness, agreeable as companion; IN harness.
man mol 10 DC interrupted
Mr Ouerson, inc cry eahor' mas moi ye'
made MS appearance nc uiu moi iea'e INC OF
nee last niehi 'lii 'hree nours amer Imdnlghi,
before ne le''' however, nc prepared liS' Of
mings 10 DC reported ana described 'o-aay' "ri7
ung oPposl'o each Npeo'eo occurrence INC name
., tue man WHOM NC "isneu 10 a.'cnu 10 II
ne reporters come 10 'ne once IN 'ne morn
ing' ana from ms hs' ascet,aln what special
ou'y Is expected o, mem; MT o'crson rose
from The ranks lie mas oeen everything IN
newspaper once from DeSil 10 editor lie Is
one OF the busiest OF men, and nus ihe most
ullnenn post IN the estanilsnneni win great
aoiiliy' Inc elegant and rather d'sfiHgHe gen
tleman, win the small black Albert mustache,
VINO is writing AZ me desk over mere IN me
corner Is mo commercial editor, the writer Of
me money artcie--Mr ueorge NJ SNOW. we
should nave 'aSen Nun ioI anything but a com
mercial gentlemen. MIR rike' tho y 3. ~
oil former washington correspondence, now
writer on political SUBJECTS is not present; nor
arc other members OF the corps
Between twelve and one. Mr. Greeley comes
m win ms pockets iaii OF papers, and a bun
ole under ms arm his hrst ACT Is 10 despatch
MS special ald-de-sancium on various errands,
snch as TO deliver notes. letters and messages,
70 procure implements or seeds ior the farm,
ETC lhen' perhaps nc VIII comment on The
mornings paper dwelling with Per'inaclons
emphasis upon lis deieels' hard to be convinced
mat an alleged iaui' was unavoidable Amer
TWO OF 'hree amusing cohoquies OF ms nature
ne makes MS way 70 'he sanc'um' where usu-
ANY, seveIai people are waiting 70 see him.
ne 'aNes ms scar a. MS desk ana begins to ex-
anime inc heap OF notes. letters newspapers
ana e.ppihgs' WIN when u IS covered, while
one amer aho'her oil MS VISITORS states nus pnsi-
ness One is an exile who wants advice, or a
ioah' OF an au'efusemen. inserted grains ) he
uoes mol gel pie ioan' lot sir rieeley long ago
snut a9wn uiec u0or upon 'niSceliaheouS oorfpw-
e'S anu "sggS,s' hno'"'r N'S"or mas an in-
senuoh wh'en ne "ishes paragraphod INTO ceie-
o'V A"o'ne' 10 one VI ue lee.u'e-commi'-
'ee Oh country ryceu'n' ana wants our EDITOR
:. oo'e ou' u"u Fi'e .s q 'e'''''e ''''s "'n'e.'
Ahoiher Is country clergyman VINO mas called
W say no" '"ucn nc i,Hes 'ne senn',"eehy Tn
0'Dis' ana 10 gra'iiy ms curiosity oy speaking
WIN, WIN 'ng een.1f iAee 70 lace GRADUALLY me