The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-06-16
] only quoted Hamlet's words, -
There's divinity that shapes our ends.
Hough-hew thom how we will.
far Me relmont 7tanse.4ipl.
"St. AlfOnsO's Angel"

readers to q weekly | trust the com
positor will avoid typographical errors
as much as possible, child's paper
published in Franklin CO., and called,
"St Ayonsos Angel." There is no
doubt of the euphony of the title chos
en- for this little sheet, but there are
some things about the paper which
are not so funny rs the euphony.
And these / shall make the topic of
this present communication.
AS very few of your readers have
probably ever heard of this little "Aa-.
gel" I will briefly describe it. First
LET me do it the justice to say that al
though its title does certainly smack
| Ito a true Puritan taste) of ragged
Popery," yet its influence is lent quite
impartially to both Papist and Puri-
tan. But as the sheet can in no sense
be called religious paper--distribut-
ing as it does its attention and patron
age charitably Chat is, so far rs chart
ty is compatible with ten cents per
line) among the various interests of
Religion, the World and the Flesh
particularly the latter two, and of
these two specially the last lit would
manifestly be unfair to examine it crit
ically in character to which it does
not pretend to lay claim.
The paper is divided up into several
different departments, in which its
reading matter is designed to be ar
ranged according to the varying capa-
city of infancy, childhood and youth
To its infant readers it furnishes
weekly | hope the compositor is on
his guard column or two on the sec
ond page. have no fault to find, i
own, with the comparatively small
supply Of reading in this department.
Until the number of literary infants
shall have increased beyond its present
measure, the supply is manifestly suf-
icient. l will only say in this connec-
ton that | have curious suspicion
that for some cause or other the edi-
tors do not desire that the demand
upon this particular department should
increase. Their efforts in another de-
partment would seem directed towards
positivt diminishinge of the present
demand. The department which is
devoted to the entertainment of child
hood is diffused miscellaneously over
the first and second pages of the IN
gel. This ingenious arrangement serves
as sort of puzzle for the little folks
which doubtless enhances the value of
the paper to them several fold. 1t is
a complete scrap-book, and supersedes
the oldfashioned bother of scissors
and paste 1t must be granted that
this department is tolerably successful,
presenting perfect fac-simile of those
ancient laborious compilations which
we old people used to put together in
our innocent days of half century
ago. The youths department is per-
4 haps the most striking of all, and of
all it is no doubt the most successful,
furnishing as it does ample food for
the youthful imagination and present.
ing in the most seductive manner,
clothed in all the charming and at
tractive forms of type and illustrations
to be found in this angelic the com
positor will please be particular about
the small "a font. This department
is chiefly composed of advertisements,
and is embellished with several inter-
esting pictures.
But / must hasten on to the imme-
date object of this communication
which is simply but squarely to pro-
test against one great tduh which, in
spite of the thousand excellences Of
this little weekling, / beg leave once
more to caution the compositor two
or three of which / could not help
glancing at above, j must consider
such great and crying evil as to war
rant public exposure Much as l
regret to say single harsh word
even where so richly deserved-the
precious interests of the dear children
and grandchildren who are growing
up around me drive me to expose the
abominable, contagious aud demorali-
zing tendency of the RAD SPELLING and
other nutiiations Of grammar of which
"S. Abonso's Anger' is guilty.
OF what use is it, ask, to send our
little ones to school, if the correct hab-
its which they are taught there are to
be neutralized every week by such a
yillainous example as this child's pa
per sets, in this particular The eta
tations which might make TO support
the justice OF my complaint conld