The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-04-22
The Common.

The following, iro2a an article in the Brook
lyn Union, is Ole Of those hits a, divers
local institutions" il which people al The
:. hub never fail 10 TAX a certain secret sat
istact.on, when the outsider is good-naiured.
As in tfis case:
After breakfast proposed to take Susan
to see the Common, which was the prime al
traction before the Organ came. Indeed
Boston had SO long worshipped The Common
that the marks of It's habit still remain. The
ely was bnilt with reference to the Common,
anu The, nave AIT Vel had time TO rtbu.id 4
with reference 70 the Organ. All the streets
in Boston run either to or from he Common.
This creates no inconvenience in the more
Remote portions Of the town, since there Is
plenty Of room for the avenues 10 converge
amicably but as they approach the (turEerl
Great Cosmic Centre. and streets, lanes.
courts and alleys begin TO ight FOR pree--
drnce. to SEE which shall first catch a glimpse
Of the crystal Waters of the Frog Pond, g
scene OF intxtricabie confusion ensues- II IA
Impossible TO 90 anywhere in the midst Of
Boston without first passing the Comm
Woe to him VINO wildly fancies the straight
line to oe the shortest distance between any
two points. lie VII be caught up bv the
mob of Streets and n, ways, and whirled hilh
er and thither, until the SUI. 's1s ior MN Il
the east and the stars forget the p,. s@'-
and repentaat he viii be landed at las,
the Common, where he ought to have sone
IN tie first place Ne man who wishes % %
'hlther can lose his way. M matter xhers
re wandsrS, lost and forlorn. IT hin, ,urn n
he right, and there IS the Cznire of GRAVITY
Of Creation, blooming before his ewes. Il
NEAR the old centre. Everybody knows that
the New Organ has causei decided change
IN the balance Of Al Thingsl
When in Ve;.ic- | noticed that through
the labyrinthine streets, winch in that iupe-
mai city DEFY compass and calcaiation, ran
everywhere slender clne-a line of sti!sr
stone SIT IL the pavement Whoever follow
i this he i. The right direction found him
self on lhe Riallo. Tne Nrni,ion plan IS Z
poor copy of the Boston one. Here, the
way to the Common, Enthusiastically without,
is persistently pointed out by the rails laid
I'll. no
inseniously arranged that you may follow
them in either direction, and they bring YOU
- ihe Common, al lie same. Ii is true
.:l2t the drivers of III horse cars, who have
aeen innitia;ed inlo Tie mysteries, are able
70 run Cut Of town on these very rails, but
stranger cannot comprehend IL knew a
faithful h M, whose master, residing in
Roxbury. re tay l. Il am in The CITY. The
intelligent amin, vQi his nose 10 the Met
ropoli;an rails, a12 attempted 30 follow has
owner home. Alas, = might have been tx
proted, he WAS switched If ii the wrong
corner, = d RAJ ropna AMI round in iaat
magic circle which | have described. Bl The
third day he got vely iir5d OF the Common
/ (heing mercy a dog,l and inlias 10 other
method Of escape, be went 10 the Frog Pond,
raised his nose to heaven, and then held il
resolGtely On the bottom of the pond until
he ;elt sure nc was drowned. Tins perlst-
cd q nob.e ana myst ingenious brute-iae
first AID orll being VINO ever had sufficient
sssa.i;, - know LoR = 1roNn hin>-r q
: Frog Pond
Il would fan paint 10 Ven, my Gear Pab-
lie. ithr-e are parts Of il thai would BE- bet
Ter for a coat OF two,) but wherefore linyer
by the bier OF departed greatness. ! have
, been moved 70 saw thu. much, because ;ha
world has heard nothing abou. the Common
since the NsE Organ came. It's glory is
gone. The Stale House ',sars IN vain the
yellow Hu5; in van i.-e Frog Pe,t sro~-
green ia lhr sun; IA an l-5 iaers gtJ So
and G.e oehind their higl renee Ho-,-a
Common has been the mo4thpi,ce of Infinite
Space loag enongh. The Age, the la'eTeets
of Humanity, Cosmos, a.d ihr Atlantic
Monthly, all demanded : New organ, Gad
What could The Transcript DO but say Amen.
Il More than half the thin people would gain