Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-04-15

New YORK, April 5. 1868.


New YORK, April 5. 1868.
DEAR NEwsDEALER:
We were obliged to bring our morning
letter to an abrupt close, because it mu
60 just at that hour or be too late for Il
next paper.
After sealing and dispatching it, v
took up the Sunday Morning Herald an
u turned our attention to its religious co
umns. We find in it a leading articl
entitled "Our New Religions" The lie,
aid has had its pious attention attracts
a to the recent anniversary celebration 0
the Spiritualists in Boston, at which, W
believe, one of the original "Rocheste
Knockers" was present-onc of the Mise,
Fox-the same, we presume, who claim,
to have been the wife of the great arctic
explorer, Kane. The Herald thinks tina,
Gquarter Of a century is long enough to
sestthe value of an ism and comedies
the fact that during that time spiritual.
ism has notoAly maintained itself, but
has grown'to be a power in The land.
The fact, too, that the original medium
through whom the first modern spiritual
manifestations were made was present to
greet the thousands of intelligent and
hapSy faces, WHO have been made hhppy
BY means of the new light which she has
so materially assisted in bringing into
the world is duly Commented Upon by
the devout Herald From spiritualism
the Herald glides craftily to Mormon.
ism, or rather, it bitches the two new
religions together, and thinks that the
two creeds will do very well for tho re-
ligions of this country The old relie.
ions have come TO dead stand still, but
these twain, having stood the required
test of more than quarter Of a century.
and progressed very rapidly, and shown
great vitality, are fairly entitled to the
held-the religious race cou,se for the
next heat of century or two
This is all quite comforting to us to.
day. We own no pew in any of the
meeting houses" in this village, and
neither the Mayor, Common Council, "or
any other man" having offered us either
the Inequalities of the city, or any sane.
suary privileges. We we're little at loss
what to do with ourselves for the day,
certain silly notions about the sacredness
Of the Lords day having unconsciously
erept into our constitution, We suppose
from breathing too much of the air of 8
New England In these new religions" t
which the Herald now recommends for q
adoption, we find ample encouragement for t.
>ortting on Sunday.
We look up Broadway. The anxious,
'oustilng. precipitOus crowd of yesterday
il not there. The streets are SO clear d
1hat the boys-like us, taking advantage u
OF these new religioDs-are flying their W
Kites, IN an excess Of delighted freedom, a
the gentle breeze being very favorable to u
such fecreatiOns. Strange to say. the 0'
solitary appearance of the streets takes 10
away any inclination We had for going IN
out. and we content ourselves within 81
Dur own room until ove., when we had al
decided to attend the Last regular Sun. q
day Eve. Concert Of the season." at Stein. m
way Hall. A full orchestra is anuounc. 70
ID, with De Meyer. pianist, Listemanp ca
'iolinist. SignOr Albano, harpist. and az
Madame Gaszaniga, Prima Donna. q. The
'oncers is to commence at eight. and we M
Will 60 in good season SO as to secure a sp
eood scat, and perhaps after our return of
Will say something Of the concert. pr
4e THE CONCERT. ..eH to
we were fortunate in securing an ex. ma
'ellent seat in the balcony, as penalty stl
or which, however, we were Obliged to fol-
cat an hour or MORE during which we BIZ
lad ample opportunity to observe the as. to
Of the Audience. By c;obt me
clock the auple Hall was wlll filled cal
nth fashlonably dressed and we'll be. ev'
aved audience. Promptly at the hour str
hnounced, the doors in the reccsses Il in
be ends Of the stage opened, and in pour. wo
q forty. or so. fddling, auting, drum. I'D
a'ng. footing and hootipg Dutchmep in
here we're two Teutons with enormously che
ig fiddler, which had been sent in in tai
dvance; two with somewhat lesser I'D. sev
les, and fourteen with little fiddles which boz
ach carried under his arm; two with fou
utes, dozen or SO with brass horns. Br
rocked, straight. and winding and 9th.
70 with drums. cymbals. tliangles and
ondescript bombardons and "tootipp. VIII
ons." They took their places with mi. wo
tary precision, and at signal from the an,
'nducsor, performed Grand Overture a 8
hosanonde," by Schubert. Their per. fin,
finance was good, Of course, but seemed hi.