The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-06-02

Boston, May 25, 1868.


his own death wound. Ifhe could have |
tried to arrange his Circles in Il crowd |
ed street ear, he must soon have been |
aroused to q sense OF his individuality !
and of a busy, buStIing, material world |
about him.
ON riding into the city this morning
ii occurred to me to think if could ar
range amy items of interest for the Reg
ister". In three minutes the car is OF
the track and iolting over the rough
pavement. \ thin man wants II scat,
so we hold our elbows in our laps To
make room. A collision with Il heavy
truck wagon brings the heads nearer
together Elderly lady and daughter
enter, and some gentleman must stand,
Notwithstanding "woman's rights TO
that attitude. \ sprightly young lady
springs from the car step, entangles her
little foot in "that garment which is
iearlully and wonderfully made like
unto Jacobs ladder and falls headlong
OF course the ladies inside scream.
But | leave these scenes for Il stroll
through the common. People here say
thisis "the hub Now looking through
Bostonians eyes | see YOU ON one of
the radii of this center necessarily con-
uected with and dependent upon it
You are SO near the Polar Sea that ice
water in dog days is no luxury. You
live among mountains with snow about
and forest around you. To he sure,
some of the wealthy men here are Yer
monters brains from Vermont money
from Boston. II il said you have Il
Ministers College up there. But
students like seclusion, and a State OF
undisturbed nature afford surroundings
favorable to thought and meditation
OF course you do not realize how unta-
vorable your situation il A few days
since, | was riding with gentlemen in
this vicinity, when he remarked that
Massachusetts must seem 10 me very
smooth and level compared with Yer
mont | asked him to show me field
| of five acres which could be mowed with
q machine Poor man! he never had
| seen the Chsmplain Valley But every
| Nermonter IL, or ought to be, proud OF
| his native state AT the very sight of
those old mountains, 1 can hold out my
| hands to them and say with Tell
"ie daps aud peak
| \ puaids of lbert, I'm With you once asa,n'
But this is q depression / was walk
| ing through the Common II is busy
| with people passing in all directions,
| each one but myself seeming 10 have
| some definite business, needing his i'm
| uleulAlc atteulloh. but I SedsOu OF
! year brings scarcely more changes here
than on Vermont farm. The SAME
| old trees are leaving out and the grass i.
sprinein" up on the lawns ten day5 IN
advance OF Vermont, There sits the
same crippled soldier with his organ
| who was there a year ago the same
| apple woman the same Vender OF gas
ball the same deer look up mildly
| and the ancient city 81 the dead still
| holds IL silent inhahitant9. cross the
| street into the Public Gardens. Every
thing here looks fresh Hnd thrifty
| Many Of the plants and shrubs Are in
full bloom. The swans are il0atinp
gracefully over the smooth pond, and
all il being cared for 10y Il failhful police
man. This brings me near the Natural
History Rooms, and am moved 10 20
in. This Is one Of the moSt interesting
places in the city Tor the stranger tC
visit. 1t is Il large, brick edifice ON the
corner of BoylSton and Berkeley streets
| The first floor is devoted To the library
pictures, &c. The second is occupied
almost entirely with skeletons of ami
mai. and birds Ir"in All parts OF ia,
N"'l" 'lu iroIl' every SIHloS lcai age
- "ll' 'HN' are i"NNl nl"lIuskS, III an
o'iic' hu!' any! l"ll'ioo0 ifP'iics are
VoI''u "; III G"'',' Hto'i', an" >" .IA
era "l tIiilo represented untl tht
'"'I vi ,'t ~ 'tV".ioi' N'' ,ri ,'"'
nl'"t man III M owl IillnEt' h,I' j.
| .lc HNcIt.oll u :" i,uSc -NSi''l' cIepii''hl
. nun nv o'i o'l' Ni,.' Wy luiSe "n;' Oh
| .llc o.iie' ~ lioose' iieIe "Ie hons
lvplnlus, ~'p ll"h' ,i'c sIts VI \ Iilc'
1tilcIS IRON 0""'l' -Alil'IIt'', o'll'I9 rom
t ti -N9i'l' "il1 "ur"" u country aug
N.lI "''iti i"',i 'l'' NV'' IVY az
e,oi,o oi n'i"0, lt"'' 'i'r .\IlleilcIl VS.
uI'h h',,' N'1i'''9 lII"ilH IL hisl, It,
man /" 'lt tl'II',"-Iihc zones ol III,
nul'llii!'.S nIl"' IltIr - I"nit ''llIis o.
Illt''Tot 10 til' lllicil"'"SlSt' y 'aSc ol
one one hundred human skulis, prough
rom rs many u,lIercil' localities az tht
aiiliil"iS any piluS, some =" lil'eahS'eieai
olhcis piackeil9u from l"lig exposure u
VIM ana weather. AhJiher case VIII
pe pi ihucil interest 10 inc dlscipleS ol
Darwin lol mere 'uty can see thelf owl
"'Rh"" ltdScd ancestors. llsl, thelt
are monkey skeletons SIX inches long
unu'i siass neil jars. lheh come thost
oi " larger CROWN these gradually
change mo tle oiahe ontahg al tht
next step ms hhd advanced 10 The more
powerful frame Oh me gorlila. On HE
next nook hallgs me child OF his iathei
sorllla developed INTO iull grown
DarWlhiah, put Labelled mere, Skeleton
ol llotleht0l' Inc next advance Is
TO me sandwich Islander ana The
aucasslan" Is Tie highest develop
al q l..4. IA. of ll.H N Ia.