The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-10-11
Fruits of Extravaganza.

He lNeW L OTh llcTdlu HdhcS lne lOi-
lowing just remarks on the extravaganza
of the present times:
When we look back at the crimes
which have occasioned all this loss, trou-
bic and confusion, and inquire as to their
causes, we find in them the extravaganza
and expansion which have demoralized
the country during the past four years.
In spite of the stern necessities of a cruel
and bloody war we have We'd with each
other in follies and designations. To
make money fast and spend money fast
have been the prevalent RACES. Men
have grown rich upon the misfortunes of
the country. They have made the war
carnival of luxury. To rob the govern
ment has become so notorious proceed
ihg on the part of the officials, contract
ors and agents, and has been treated so
leniently, as if it were virtue rather
than Il crime, that we cannot wonder
when cashiers and telers begin robbing
their banks Expenditures have been so
enormous that an ordinary fortune has
been squandered in year and good in
come wasted in a month. The tales of
petroleum princes have set people crazy,
and every body has speculated more or
less. Windsor took money to make a
paradise on Staten Island, where he
could live as well as the newly rich men
he had heard SO much about. jenkins
took money to give to Earle to invest in
stocks. and when that did not bring him
the return he expected, he took more
money to buy diamond rings for pretty
waiter girls and fit up luxurious apart
ments for courtesans evidently imagining
that these were the pleasures in which
really wealthy people INDUCED. Town
send robbed savings bank, and went off
to Europe to enjoy himself, thinking SO
little Of his crime that he could criticise
the sermons delivered on The st tanner
An elegant establishment and a handsome
income were not sufficient for young
ketchum. He speculated in order to
grow richer; lost money and became
what he is. These men are but types of
their classes. The present detal,ations
may he forgotten, and the panic subside
and business 20 on as before, but the
cause of the evil remains ard unless our
banks and bankers are more strict, and
our shoddyites, gold-gambers and spccu-
lators less rampant, we shall have another
batch of crimin lliies and another panic
to record before many weeks have passed.
THE Man WHO WON'T PAY TIE PRIN-
TEE.-A country editor, who works for
glory and prints on trust, is responsible
for the following mathematical aspirations
on the man who won't pay the printer ::
May he have sore eyes, and chestnut
burr for an eye-stonc. May every day OF
his life be more despotic than the Dey OF
Algiers. May he never be permitted to
kiss handsome woman. May hia boots
leak, his gun hang fire, and his fishing
lines break. May his coffee be sweetened
with flies, and his soup seasoned with
spiders. May his friend run off with his
wife, and his children take the whoopng
cough. May his cattle die of murrain,
and his pigs destroy the garden. May Il
regiment OF cats caterwaul under his win
dow each night. May his cows give
sour milk, and rancid butter. In short,
may his daughter marry one-eyed edi-
tor and his business 60 to ruin, and he
90 to--the Legislature.