Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-12-17

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AMERICAN REVIEW,
RosroN, Dec. 10. Isis.

! last year as Gen, Butler expressed il, and
the effects Of her intoNicstion are iist be-
ing seen, The spectacle Of the old Bay
state dragging her robe. in the drunk
,rl> gutter, and then bcius morchci OF
TO the station house like any iuelriated
Irish woman, i very disgusting % all
philanthropists, and constants even the
/ ,nohs 81 Beacon street 20 hold thcirvinous
noses, Since the substitution OF tho Ii
eense for the prohibitory law, the busi'
ness Of the police courts has largely in
creased, and the productivencs, Of labor
correspondingly decreased, The number
Of arrests at New Bedford for instance,
has been 25i Tor the pas, eleven months
against 49, for the whole twelve months
Of 1865, Even the very loose limitations
Of the present law have not been adhered
to 10y the men who put it into operation
and who promised 10 effect something for
the canse Of Temperance, In some of the
cities Of the commonwealth, moro than
half II the licenses were by law forfeited
ON account Of failure TO make the pro-
per returns, but the delinquency Wa, pa,s-
ed lightly over, and Somehow OF other
as A. Oakley Hall says, THE ra,,als new
or got their dues" Tho "boo,y" lrsi.la.
,urc tina, introduced these evils, W., also
responsible ipr many other plaques that
now bs.c, ,hi, Puritan Egypt, Il Iropo-
sed 10 spend another S5,OOo0OO in blast.
ing hole through Hoosac mountain, but
no man has yet been found Of sufficient
temerity TO undertake the job at that
price, and the present excavations there
seem likely 10 be turned over TO the
guardianship Of bats and woodchucks,
This same lobby-it can hardly be called
lcgislature-camc near dcpriying Bos'
ton Of one of the few remaining yc,,ige,
Of its former commerce, Charles
| town Navy Yard. When Mass trhusctt>
does stop for a drink, she goes on "a regu,
lar bender" Thc,rural papersarc mostly il
favor Of return to prohibition, and The
Springfield Republican is ready to accept
it rather than TO continue the present law
The Boston dailies, with the exception oil
/ tifru Traveller, wUTT att vUry ff7UIt m tTvU1
of license, but are now very mum about
its consequences The Transcript the
literary daily and organ OF all that j.
snobhi-h and 'foine, can hardly, however
conceal the Joy with which il announce,
THAT an essay is being prepared in Tlswc
10 Parton's mastery anti-winc ana mt.
tobacco articles in the Atlantic.
So great is the scrabble among lecture
committees to secure tae thunder Of the
big guns that the lyceum campaign is be
ginning earlier and earlier every succeed
ing year. Already has the acme of ID,
lecture season been reached, and from the
first of January the interest will yisibly
diminish. Boston has been especially
versations" is the fashionable term, be
lieve,) from the lips of its own masters IL
the art. You have all heard of Elmer
sons course Of six evenings. Being deliv
cred in Boston, they could not be other
wise than perfect in the ears OF his audi
dence. The Frenchman who though
that Good was only more universal M
poleon" was not much ahead OF the Bo
, tonians in their reverence for Emerson
What matter if he does lose his place an
q mix up the pages OF his manuscript, an
ve1 the audience by ten minutes della
in nervously attempting to set matter
Alright Isn't that another evidence
!. genius Yea, verify. Without dout
however, before a cultivated audience, l
man is equal to Emerson, but be will ia
TO interest an audience not trained up
:, sympathy with him.
n A. Bronson Alcott is also giving talks
!. quiet little circles of his admirers. He al
:. lives in Concord, Mass, but little WI
Ia from Emerson, and in the midst OF all t
\. scenes made dear to every lover nf liter
r turo by tho former presence Of Ha'
. thorne Thorcau, Curtis and others Of tn
"a school What misfortune it is 10 a mi
=. of literary ambition not to have been DO
:, in Concord, or At least to have his re
;, deuce there Alcott himself is . CO
ncctirut hoy that in early youth TO
:, ship for Virginia with trunk full
goods to be peddled out He soon show
remarkable gift for teaching. and aft
his return attracted much attention by t
80 skill and ease with which he instruct
., very small children Hrbccame acqai
av I'd with the Concord coterie Of philo
re phel, became himself a philosopher, a
N. has lived ~ retirement ever since, exec
a. ing now and tleo a book from his p
Iva Content 10 lead life Of contemplate
"A he has stored Iii. mind with rich fru
Ok from the old standard authors, such n,
me- "ltbcrally educated" man would now 81
10. at as "old mustv books"
ill nice little sensation was made amC
IRE the critic. here 10y Olive Logan, the
ty. lures. that has gained so much appla
.en in the West. She replied to their VI
ave vorab,e criticism 10y caustic and not '
as modest letter in the Tribune, which OF
50 stoned much amusement, and proba
to hurt no one hut herself She seems to
md very sensitive as to what the papers sa,
OBJ her. \ short item recently appeared
v" one OF the chief papers of the CONN
wealth stating that she was an old m
She Immediately forwarded to the &C
DR.. cook OF the items department." a nj
ely paper biography Of herself, with the st
ma ment of her marriage duly daubed v
the blue penciling, and followed by VI
pnp l..t,l;,,, g a1u,,g y,,a,lyu