The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-06-14


Its Vita stream "i hove viii, niii.c.
1AwYtE> AND Mf.N -Dorhtless there
are good u:en who are lawyers profession
a.i,) and GOOD LAWYERS who are men.
Eut what Is iaw,er who is-a iaw,rr
and nothing else? You may have seen such.
urowinc gray before their time. inhaliny and
ir>ririn. Coke and Biar kSione. pleading, and
reports. until the real. warm blood of hu
rn,rtItv l. deprived of vitality. and .,romr, a
cold. Sow stream, that clears the brain, bat
sturttir> and chill, The heart. They look
ever on the dark side Of human lite. seeing
only vie passions, dishonesty, or mranne,s.
Or poverty. which To them Is both dishonesty
and mcannc>S. They are scritics IN homes.
u. aud honor, and 'ru:hiulnr>>. the aNtr
llun> are unknown to them: >utl-rinuS and
despair touch them not. Sometimes with
nol>elc>s i,,t and oily tonGur> they sprea!
their nets about the un>u>Tcciing unfortu-
nate, and sometimes drive IA ear of Jucrrr.
nau,. and unylrdug mass Of forms and pre-
,r'l"rf which they tooii-hly call JUSTICE"
over weak aud dr>pondcnt victims
And what are they >oci,ly? They are
sharp enou.h lntcilertuilv aud correct e.
uou.h mor,lv-pcrhap>. Bat socially thew
are ,oid, uu-,nial. barren; they contribute
Iothiug 10 human happiness, and derive no
happiness from others; they MEASURE lifa
and human being hy rr-rc'!rnt> and author
INES, and Imagination and hope. friendship
and love. are a! way- convicted ttlons at the
Tar OF their opluior.
These are LAWYERS who are L,wYcrS.-
~, -.
Of IRON and brass LAWYER, who are M, II. who
ackuo"ic'!y ~ the claims OF humanity, who
have 'uar'>, who, IN fine. do not leave their
Christianity az the church door. but carry
1t into the "lllre and the court, and into So
Ga, hte. Bu, what rropu!.ion Of ''thr bar, "
THINK YOU. are these latter individuals =
TuFeto'. I'Y.rs.
IIvi>r Whcn shall We yet rid of the
in>u.atlr, OF t,u. afraid to make III" most
ot >m Ill ,.>uurec>. ani ia" h,>t Of >,antv
means OF rnlrNm"nt> In Pans (a> IN nnu-
incraui. other pla'r~ and counfr->) a man
who ht- >N square trtt Of ward. or >ix square
feet OF hon,r-top. a.orr~ It IN hi, own poor
wa, hlG >ii- t'..r.. il. tn,. tiu- weather Sc
cau>t b. likes 20 DO II. because he chooses I,
90 IT, htrau>e hr h,, nothing better OF hi.
own. and hl> never been lau-hcd ont of fht
enovm.nt OF what be- has got EuuaIiv h.
vii sit At hi door or ~ hi, balcony. or ont
on the pavement. hrcau>r it is cheerful and
pleasant. and hr likes to see the iie OF m.
citv. For the last seventy wears his tanil
have not been tormrnrIny their lives with
continual inquiries aud >,".'ul ,ions whether
other families above and below. TO the r,rhi
and TO 'he left. over the wav and round III.
corner. would consider these r-,.r.ariors gen
te,l, or would It The ike. or would not dc
the like That a',umlnahle old tvrant VI M,d
atnc Grnndv. has never been ot hts acc,u,int
anc". The result l. that with a very small
income. aud IN a ,erv i-ar ritv h,. has NOR,
innocent pleasure than titv Enrli>hnn Of
The same condition and Is distinctly. IL
suite OF our persuasion ~ the 60, trarv. Gan
other in,ul,rr'v y a more domestic man thai
'he E.uGh>hm+n, III rrgtr1 to his sImI'
pleasures bring. 10 a much greater extrn,
divided with his wife and children. 1t is
natural consequence of their being easy an
cheap. and proiound'> independent of Mad
anne Grundy H,u>,hoH |Io1Is
VIII CONTEST BtrwEFN FATHER AN
>ox.-R b Sheridan had A great di>ta>te (
ANYTHING like mrtaphv>Ical discussions whrr,
as Tom had liking tor them. Tom ia
tried to discuss with his father the dortrin
ct Necessity. "Prav. my good father sal
he "dd Won ever 30 ANYTHING IN a state Ol
perfect Indifference: without motive, lmeaI
ut some kind or nth-r!" Sheridan. who sa
what was coming. and by no ,nranS rri>ht
such subjects. even from Tom. or any or
else. SAID Yes. c-rtanlv." Indeed" sal
Tom Yes. indeed" "What total i,
sIference-'otal. entire. thorough indffe
ence" Well. then. INV dear father. te
me what II is ,ou can do with (mnd) ,oa
entire. thorou.h iudlifrren"r?" WHY. Ii
ten to Won. Tom.' said Sheridan. The r
buff, As Tom told me, so d>roncerted HI,
that he had never forgotten il. nor had ev
again troubled his father with any met;
physics.
Another amusing incident is the followin
IN which Professor Smyth. the tutor OF IO'
was concerned:
An incident occurred Just as parted wi
Mr.. ), not a little descriptive of him. '
wrote WOW letter lately said " it "
an aLcrv one Won will tie so good As to thu
no more of it," "Oh. certainly not. my de
Smvth." he said :" shall never think
what YOU have said in it, be assured. Al
putting his hand into his pocket, Here
Is, h. cried. Offering it to me-. ] was glad
nough to get hold of il and. looking at 1t
was going to throw it into the fire, 10. a
behold. saw 1t had never been opened.
HIGH Recentlv.a well-knOwn c
zen had an alteration with "A negro who "
working for him After some high wor'
the Colonel. not wishing to strike the f"!io
and unable longer TO bear his insulting la
guage, turned and walked away. The ST
'an' seeing this exclaimed:
You can't iright-n dis chile dat way mi
sa: knows You're 9oin arter de gun.
am comm back to shoo'-but dis nigga
ready. sab he hab liLbed in de sun
Sout too. sab ="
1t is unnecessary to add that the Colon
did not return
1t IS the "midnlght lamp" which foo
The world with >icklv senrinnentalifcs. WI
false morals, with rickc,y theology. and vi