Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-01-18

should nave physlcai LABOR. NHE ,fEp e
5 During the three hundred and thirteen
working days in the year. eur clerks in
every department Of buainess find little
or no time for recreation, except 1t be
after their places of business are closed
hence there is taken for amusement,
much of that time which ought to be de-
voted to tired natures sweet restorer,"
and the tendency is to convert night into
day. fl.s a. H.r
When scientific lectures occur, they are
adapted to meet the wants of our business
community, and occur late in the evening.
To receive the benefit Of the nightly en-
tertainments, the lecture halls, theaters,
and museums, are nightly thronged by
the educated and refined while the
lower class. in manner corresponding
to their degree. spend good share of the
night in dissipation at the ale vaults
groggeries, and the $50 called) music
halls. which abound at every corner. u
It1may not he uninteresting to your
readers, to mention some of the coustoms
or fashions which obtain here upon the
exit of the old, and the new year it
seems to be done in novel way VIA
set Of rowdies-otherwise gentlemen-get
to gether and parade the streets making
beautiful discord by way of attempts at
comic song, or in some other way giving
vent to their lungs in saceet inharmonies ;
thus the old year passes away doubtless
wearied of life, and gratifnl of 30 good
an opportunity of making its exit while
the new year feels highly complimented
at the notice taken and demonstration
made upon its arrival.
Passing up Broadway on new year 3
holiday, one is panied as we'll as some.
times secretly amused by the representa-.
tion Of degraded manhood in its various
s ages of degeneration. for if there is a
law prohibiting the sale Of alcholic H.
qu,rs it seems not to be strictly enforced
for you not unfrequently meet men who
under its influence, would seem by thei,
talk equal to any emergency, aud they
do appear to have vivid imagination, for
in their fights of fancy they are extreme
ly volube in the use of words, anc
through their illustrations and compar
isons. may be somewhat awkward some
times, and not exactly ito the point,
yet they are never in want Of them.
On new years" it is customary 70
the gentlemen to spend the day in MAXIM
calls on his lady friends, while the da,
following the order is reversed; the gen
tlemen remaining at home. and the ladie
paying their yearly visit.
1t is interesting to a stranger to oh
serve the customs which prevail amonj
the higher classes" on new year hol
iday in New York--gentlemen iu splen
ded equipage. and elegant carriages
acc mponied by walters, who look aftc
the team, all ou, mikingcals sometime
stopping long enongh to go in, and some
times coutenting themselves with send
ing the waiter in bearing their car
which seems to answer every purpose. a
it is merely fashion; in fact. what i
literally is, an outside appearance.
The day following the events chroni
cled. 0 what SPLENDID dash was ther
my countrymen. The ladies all out
gentlemen all eclipsed But really,
suppose this is nothing strange after all
as it is generally conceded, without con
troversion, that the ladies stand at tb
head Of their profession in matter Of fash
ions. if in nothing else. as.r sg
The chief center of attraction for tn
E young. and middle aged, through th
holiday season has been the unsurpasse
, skating grounds in Central Park ; thes
grounds have been literally alive wit
the pleasure seekers. in enjoyment Of th
; delightful exercise Of skating, what
jovial, joyous. pleasure seeking, mis-
> cellaneous crowd ~ II e'''''' +
i Real life in New York. is indeed
: varied one presenting the extremes Q
poverty and riches; Of high moral e,
!. c.llence, and Of the lowest degrees Of VIC
!. and degradation.
NJ H7i' s.l5ds ol 9h G. W. W.
I New YORK Jam. q 1855. 1am9q lulsis