Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-12-26
GOOD SKETCH OF "THE YANKEE"

GOOD ShEIC VI " L ne hNhHH'
writer in the Church Record thus con-
cludes an article on New England; "Patriots,
philosophers philanthropists, and scholars,
bave been children among the granite gorges
If this New England ard wherever truth and
honor are battling, the sons of Purltans vii! be
found eager in the fray. But we are errahc
-narion us; we would talk with YOU Of hum
bier men, indigenous plants, that nature has
scattered upon this sterile surface; live I an
KEGS. truly. full of character, burning with en-
ferprisp and curiosity. We meet them lean
+, nerson as hunters dog, and with parch-
ed conntenance ready for sorrow or sadness ;
. of elastic steps thoughtful, but not abstract
ed patient, because cunning; ever watchfuIi
dow TO anger. avoiding a conflict, but resolute
at bav. In dress, always precise gand never
Soppisb; choosing their own fasbiQs kand sell
dom changing them. rheir toilet strA y thrn
eyrywb4rp they 20 The Ease q thsfr an
e,rara - II If desire. 10 please, abdthFlT DIV
word, .or,.,hada.v profit. TheYare all me d,
chanic>, he history Of mems necessities - 'he
I history Of their inven ion, Will m"'h ,"d' ~
A only curious inevitably cons from sue" "o'y
-Dhands and brains .1,;, io,., &c
.,-.;or broods : love of change, and wher
away. 'b,,rnar.fail shows itself we find him
,.;po n track. He never pines in for
a;r or grows sentimental the beauty
ac r;ysr is its capacity for a steamboat, its
49, banks checked into village lots, and
.8;ef Classic waters might do the drudgery OF
cotton mill He looks upon the marble pyra-
mid and ruesses at its height, calculates the
stone by the perch, and sells the magnificent
relic at profit He climbs the mountains
+ height, crossed by beleaqurino hosts, md is
struck at once with the propriety OF tunnel
d" he sits beneath the SHELTERED vine and listens
to the whispering sea, looks upon the warm
promise of grape and forgetting the holy
memories of the land of songs, his trettul slum-
bers turn the smiling vintage into wine, aud
make tor him happy bargain. You shall
find him in ConstantinOpIe, making up In gri-
mare what be lacks in language, while spread
jnr a plaster with his tongue for the man OF
Mohammed; 90 to the Sandwich Islands or
to Australia, and listen to his argument In
favor of republics 20 where you Will, from
the north to the sultry south, from earth
morning 70 her night and the everlasting
Jonathan you will find arguing or trading.
His religion is practical: be mourns over the
heather, and is ready to convert them by the
lob; h. loves liberty with an mpetuous enthu
lie
whip the utsaerse. - If the phlegmatic and
well-bred Engshman talks of roast beef and
his ancestors Jonathan has pumpkin pie
and a grandfather to match them; if the
Frnnchman grows frantic over fricassee Of
frog Quaters DONATION pulls out a dOugh-nut
and greening if the dusky Italian mentions
the mad belchings of Yesuvius, Jonathan Is
ready to quehch it with the believing torrent
OF Niagara. In argument, always specIOuS,
this progressive phenomena trampS the world
with the skeleton of a patent right IN his car
pet bag, and in his ever open hand a pleas
ant How are YEP If you would save your
pride from being humbled risk II not i'll
dicker with Jonathan; his razor is the true
Damascus, strapped upon The wand OF Mlda,
for golden harvest; hi' Sanctity IS otfpn
shrewdness. and his ~Tprt ronpa t~tncr l.
--auite often thr rpfr,r4 halo ~ sor,~b body
smiling. Co! -ritStioualIv, nv by education. I
honest, he IS .lwayS TFnIr'Fnt Tor ~ d''ns
done in the body; his hospirahtes and charles
are ceremonial duties; bis piety Is the sever
ity ola Sabbath; but his bias Is the fhirsting
impulse of creative genius chained to the
more sordid passion for lucre. The live Yen
kee is but the eccentrcity Of truly wonder
tul people the moral and physicl impress of
New England is stamped upon the universe;
we owe her our nationality, and the world
ewes her admir- alton and respect.
EIGHTH REGIMENT. - Dr.. Geo. +
Gale OF Brattleboro has been appointed
and commissioned "a Surgeon Of the 9Th
Regiment Vermont volunteers, Col, Steph-
en- Thomas commanding. DR.. Gale was
70 not an applicant for the place, but it sought
him on the ground of his peculiar fitness.
So says the Brattleboro Phoenix.