Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-01-03

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clock, an object on my left in the
form of human being met my eyes.
An object the incarnation of wretch
edness, misery and want, the picture
of which no mortal deliver in the mine
of fiction ever produced. q At this mo-
ment he was in the doorway OF one OF
our popular places of business, and
there on Bonded knee, in an attitude
of supplication rendered all the more
piteous and heart-rending by express
sion and gesture that a terrible mala-
dy had fastened upon him, he pleaded
4 an Uain to be sheltered from the blasts
of winters morning. To say that
this poor man was as naked as when
nature left, would not SAVIOR much of
exaggeration. Whole sections of his
limbs from joint to joint were utterly
devoid Of any covering whatever, and
their extremitieS were frozen by the.
cold Of the previous week, and what
few rags hung from his shivering car
cass, the vilest rag picker of New
York would turn from with disgust.
When returned he had crawled or
tottered across the street to another
door as unyielding as the others, with
in which a genial fire was blazing,
where a humane gentleman was en-
deavOring as best he could to arrange
the rags that partially covered him.
How long this poor wretch had wan
dered about or what subsequently, be
came of him / know not, nor do |
claim to be the only participant in
this rare exhibition on our Streets
Men and boys were witnessing the
scene from various standpoints, some
in the streets, others from behind their
boIted doors and shutters, as though
about to be assaulted 10y some invisible
power FROM without. Now i matters
little what this mans name may be,
where he belongs, or what his antece-
t dents are, there is but one inference
to be drawn in the premises. Are
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ages? Are the boosted blessings and
institutions of an enlightened com
munity that promises protection to
] its meanest citizen, dream? Is the
genial hospitality that the Christian
religion is supposed to inculcate, a
Wretched dclusiOn? And are the
prayers Of the owners of those domi-
ellis on whose thresholds man is halt
4 peri8hing, as they are offered up for
the protection OF themselves and their
I little ones, whose homes smell the
-. merry Christmas and happy New
Year, more effectual than the entrea-
ties Of such a suppicant as they
S locked from their fires ? And what
e can be said of the contemplate i'm
! bccility of our town authorities, and
more particularly of that officer who
has this branch of the public interest
n in his keeping to suffer such a speci-
+. mems of squalor and misery repeated
ly among US, or is this living spectre
I permitted to stalk before him like the
z ghost Of Banquo to scar his eye
d balls" and will he not clown at his
n bidding"
q Mr., Ed trust you will not pail.
!, ate this crime against conscience, de.
cency and humanity, 10y rounding off
the rough angles of this case more
than the facts will absolutely demand
1t stands out against US beyond all
y precedent and there it should remain
b, that we may derive all the benefit that
!. its shame ought to inspire.
CHRISTMAS IN CRAFTSBURY,- The
- Congregational and Methodist Socie
ties each had Tree well laden will
- fruit-one of which bore fruit to thu
-, amount of over S700-and preceding
- the distribution of the gifts, Their
- were orations, recitatiOns, and music
Both houses were crowded, and it
hoped that much good will result frOr
i the exercises. Special pains were t.
ken to make the occasion an iterest
ng and profitable one to the childre
II of the poor and neglected families
the town, in imitation of Him who's
birthday our Christmas festivities eeI'
- brate. There is propriety, and
pleasure too, in doing such work ;
- such a time, which every Christia
cannot fail to see at once.
De- CovENTRY.-The number of dealt
ed in Coventry in 1867 was only min
the or a fraction less than one per cen
at of the population. This indicates ;
lim unusually good state of health. II
vas average age-leaving out of accou
the two infants-was a little more thG
No forty-six years. There was no dea
de. in February, June, September, OctO
hat err or December.
tiff Santa Claus was busy at Covent
lar on Christmas eve, with acts Of 81
the stantial benevolence. He left a bi
: rel of -four at Mr.. Sidney Whit
ain door, another at Mr.. Daniel N. SmitI
and Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing y
ler. chine, with mahogany casing, at
ain parsonage door, for Mrs. Rev. P.
liant White. 1t is correctly reported, he
de- ever, that the best freak of
ross Christmas king is to be attributed,
lsed some measure, to Mrs. Santa Gil