Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-01-17

marriage and acceptance. l8sliiH
Power. of'a isaiiroad King.
The power exercised by strong capi-
talists through railroad corporations, is
strlkingly depleted hy New York cor
respondent bf the London News. The
letter says:
"A great capitalist like Vanderbilt or
Stewart, IL he takes a fancy to railroad
management, buys a line up and be-
eomes at one stroke almost rs influen-
till as an English duke. In fact, Van
derbilt has within the last seven years
afforded a striking foretaste OF the In
tiuence which these great corporations
may yet exert upon American society.
He bought up some five years ag6,
nearly all tile stock OF the Harlem
road, l50 miles long, running through
one of the richest agricultural regions
I'm the North between this city and
Albany, put his SONS and SONS In law
In the various offices of tire road, and
now manages it as he sees fit. He did
the same thing to the Hudson River
Railroad, running between the same
places, but along the banks Of the Hud-
son River, thus controlling the only
Two great lines OF coiffhiunichtion be.
tween the commercial and political
capital OF the State. Within the pres
ent year he has done the same thing
with regard to the New York Central,
so that over the three great lines OF
communication of this State, about 7GO
miles long I'm all, lis word 10 law. He
Is In great part proprietor of them.
His relatives and dependents fill all the
important offices on them |; he can use
their funds ms his own private proper
ty, and let the public know Just as lit
tic ab6tt the details of his manage
fnerlt as about those 6f the n1artage-
nfefft OF his FIRMS, II there n ahy
chance Of the Legislature interfering
with him, he sends up his trusty parli-
mentary agent, and the obnoxious bill,
though much debated. somehow makes
slow progress, and at the close of the
session falls still-born. In England
Vanderbilt would have bought him an
estate, and he and his two sons would
have sat I'm the house himself, or have
returned or kept out other members.
PRINTERs. are unlike 9th.
! err class of men. Their vocation iffi
parts to them All intelligence that does
not result In any other business
l. DSutih6 VIII iuuSuuBc
i'm Its combination Of letters, words
sentances. and paragraphs, they are
constantly brought into communion
with thoughts and their working, and
! thus insensibly become imbued with
the ideas of those minds whose crea.
ti0ns they help To enbody into those
ft,rhs That give them to the world
They literally get grammar at theiI
fingers ends while picking up the
types that form sentences that are
grammatical, Spelling comes 10 them
as natural as breathing, for they fai
into correct ofthograpy through force
of habit. The characteristics Of prin.
ters are not so favorable to personal
\ thrift as those Of other professions
They partake of tire nature of artists In
some degree, sfsd are generally Hbera
to fault, thoughtiess OF Che future
and frequently improvident for the
present flush when In a good situa
tion, and dead broke when on tramp
They may be said to he the working
Bohemians Of the world Of operatives
| i-Erchdnge.
IDENTIFcATIoN or FLAGS. On thu
return of large number OF flags of tho
different Iowa regiments by II. Is. mus
teIfuR OLictIb ITO cNlueuce - telt upOI
the flag, or on any OF Its accompani
ments, Indicating to what regiment thu
flag belonged. Officers or suidiers In
Des Moines or vicinity are requested Il
examine the flags now In tire 'Adjutanl
Generals office. To officers or s0ldiers
visiting Des M0ines the same request /,
made. Those whoca and followed
the flags will undoubtedly recognize al
s'old acquaintance" In some OF them.--
Register. eea{l ht9 laaga
Garibaldi has written letters to two
OF tile representatives ar those people IL
Glasgow who sympatlize with hi
views and objects. In his letter to tn.
Chairman ofthe Orange Association Il
the following passage. Speaking %
the people he says: You will be l0it
I that Iris rule fs mild. that the pe6pI,
are contentsd, and that IL has ever beer
30. Now, n tlyis be true, how ID IL tina
they who cIsim To- be the reprcsenta
/ tives of Christ upon earth--uf Hin
4 who said, My Kingdom lis not Of thh
wOrld'-have since the commence
ment of the temporal power requested
French iDterveUtion sixteen times
German Intervention fifteen times
Austrian Intervention seven time, ant
Spanish Intervention three tiriIes.n
i Charles Dickens lwho h parted from
his wife) and Miss Anna Dickens1l
are engaged--that is, they are engage.
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