, 1870-10-13
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The re!llltIeiaass ana'sh'' {, Topics
.Buetiishsm. FtitI, ESag.!i.df*f Sg ft'k. IT.
E!dsidge, Wells1.'
,Fhe Hartfe9E{dj Ne9u%ent Works
Sketches. of Chnrneter and Tnct.


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1yrox QUE OWN coRsEsroxpIsIl
HAx4vohp, conn.. Oct. 8,
This pa1t Of Tho East taa always had attrae~
lions for mt. Not that II Aas any antiquities
sines tho collapse Of the Chatter oak-nor
arts. except = portrait of Washington by
S,uart, rejected By South Oaroliua nor strong
natural ecenery; but it is = sincerely earnest
people. without Arrogance. With enormous IN"
yoption, with beHitehing BITS ef village land
eespe, With Iii the perserering method OF tho
Eastern States, and much Of tho aniaole man
pezs Of tho Middle States, ind soma OF the
Of New York Hartford and
prosidenco deal more largely With New
York than with Boston. Both communities
hayc bean growing sway from Boston more
and moro for tho last eighty Jears. Provi-
dence has grown to be tho second city in New
England by the legitimate ednction OF it's
ustu1ai alvantagee-its Ano bay, nSuy nil!
streams, md it is The true ferry slip from
Boston TO New York. Hartford has created
its principal Institutions 1t il the capital OF
and book cauyaeserr, and Of small univee-
set-implement manufactures. Given one pat
euted twist for piece Of wire, and Connect
icut viii raiac seven brick stories Of industry
upon It. a new manner Of bevet for tho head
Of scrow will become the fou adat1on OF nine
gigantic fortunes. 4 faw yea1s 1go somebody
planted = tobacco seed heresbonta; now :hs
xhele valley OF the Connecticut. including the
vide. Of the Eailsoad tracks, Ia ! plautat,on.
Competition il the life Of society aud COM
meEce here. Where one climbs BY tact, ten
viii rise BY emulation. Every fortune hare
begins With the small; ,,.-
is still Connecticut. They lose on every razor
but make up the Ions By selling 50 many on
en- An insurance secretary hero will rack
his brains / year to discover possibility OF
offering SONG better tesrss to the pub!ic than
the company ac1oaa tho way. Tbs artor for
making money l1cre Is accountable for good
deal Of posiGve ignorance amongst the native
ciatbkB. Ha1e ia m advertisement I take
from the Springfield Repxbticdn:
Tske foEce: That my sen, Samuel haa been
given all hi8 time BY the undersigned Ills father.
Ard that as ntu collect 40 money OF him viii
ray 10 aehta of his con1fartnx."
Msgnaninous yet prudent 5AtheE. And
deal better OF NTH 60 upright parent. Bus
mesa batits. taught In early life, sro better
| Than prscocity Of knowledge.
| believe am warranted BY experience In
saying tlere are hundreds Of sons of WeIl-to-
do fathe,s in this State who are among the
lesscns Of eelf-reliance, competition, aud the
tug with fortune arc so wonderfully well
taught tItm, that they itch 10 shut up those
Looks and 80 out to begin the real battle.
Some Of the letters which pass between heads
Of certain kind Of business houses in this
region are as bad as tie shoeuaakct'e, who in
1uired OF cne OF hls customers it she would
have her CATERS ''Wround or I-toio, and
ehe, indignant 1t lis ozshogsapby, snswered
"kneethcr." The most orthodox, conven-
tiona1, and circumspect peddle1s In tho Con-
necticut Valley are found between sayhrook
political Importance Of Massachusetts,, and
preach of thetz wares from coach and sir,
thus combining the thuuders Of fremont
Temple md the price of patent rat-trap.
The REAL LIFE or FtaK.
Jim Fiek, Jr.. the Nov York peddler. is nA.
the New England hate Of him ia iuten.e. ~
wouldn't lend lin hundred dollars" said ,
Hartford banker to me, p" il he gave his note
for thoutand in return"
| Some time ago. met gentleman in tht
employ Of the Erie Railroad, and he gave mi
notions Of tho propsieties Of life. 1t SEEM
That Fix has wAy Of making anybody con
uected Hith The Erie Road, in profitable st
u&tion. pay up Ibetally By subscription when
over he gives b. parades his regiment, Q
INDUCES in auy piece Of sounding, proaig1c
to tickle tie noses Of the New loIkers. Net
York, like every great city, must hAye its dal
bit Of palatatio scandal, it's Rglboche, i
Ancm5roa, its subject Of pasguinkde. or,-it
. jim Fisk. Some timc ago, when Ffsk, to tho grea
disgust OF j., Gould, and the Workfny mana
Gern Of his road, resolved to become ! martis
hero and lead militia regiment Like MsJo
DeBoots, he iesued m order that al the CLERK
, In the Esie office who wanted to enlist, ehonl
! 50 With him On his excursions. immediately
tho Whole body OF clerks enlisted, som
: | out Of desire to have holidAy, aud som
i ont Of wholesome Iear OF being turned ou
i. Of employment. Tho auditor Of the roat
finding litnsclf left with no dispoaable fcrcs
: | went 70 Fisk and said he could not spare a
j. his clerks "Then,' replied Fisk, ~ vi
spare sou. II Jou don't let them all 60,
: inglS, the Enc Ralroad adjourned for te
: das i fun, and went to Scamp Jay Gould,
!. Ill the expenses, 1t ak dollars per dSy, pai
= ty Mr. Fisk, aud they were RECALLED With ind
!. cent bulletins, hitting on the war in Europ
It Some Of the married. men Of tina old Nint1
q cureion, went home with doleful accounts
Is tho moral tuition they had received, and II
E. regiment. returning, mafcbed up Hson'sw1
): wilheut oven 80, VI the boWery regiments
u escort them.
IA Fitk's antique delight amongst females
1t Josie Nansheld," Hho occupies his T#ent!
i, third street establishment, aud il large, Q
fcctive looking porson. However he mi
q, roam OF with Montaland, 1rma, Or Tostee,
- generally goes lack to ills booth to II ha,
= about this lady, but ahe is on good ten
. with large pa1t Of the great pe3dlea
family, and Neara perfect 1ainc Of diamon
and precious stonea when she goes TO his bal
'e II would be impossible to repeat the Hell-l
s. tested stories Of felix's on This head. Fisk b
ftAA ~ Ia - Ra
ri men. IA IN irstsncs ct what mint OF mon
Is be ard bis sang possess IN the Krae Railros
y may add lhaf I an c1elihly informed It
ID tie freight receipts Of that coreetu range fre
E $4,000 10 ssi 600 d.y;; Jag Gould u sai1
= b. very uneasiIy satisfied with Fisk's pub
Il poetib1e, to be railroad king in real EMIT
,e but he Is as thoroughly tied up with Fisk
b. Rode1igo With Iago. Could is alleged to et
Il, duct himself well IN domestic LIFE, but
=, ought to know that hotrasels as second adt
2 to Ftsk. ~ truly as yoq sometimes SEQ s..
nj low co11edisn. Fisk il merely wick
D. amusement to the idle populace Of New 70
ard Gould ie nothing to them at all. exct
Fisk's shadow. All that Flax has to Say ab:
2. Gould's great business senlns only mal
th remarks: "Nlat ia he banging on to L
~ clown for thcn7 He cannot he very sm
qse man to oEe all lis rcpute to Eisk'a admi
hy tion." -
Ii Brck1SanAa, FERRY, FOSTER,
T. Connecticut IL, in como rcspecle, rot soco
N 70 Azsstchu:ettz in reptt sentative man. 1
20 A1aoHe et:id, orthodox, and cong1eg1ho
o. State, ard has i very large foreign and Der
~ Y. critic pcpu1A,ion, hut, the lines being clio
n- trsv d aud the parties more equal tlan
~ Aassaehu.sests, there 70 ieas tytsass o. op
81 Intellectual and FefotuatotE e1ceases. Th
rs il no Conuecticu. man daring to hs 10 ora
ne Isr as Wendell Phillips. The two p1Ts
generally put mp their bert leadcrs, and,
te the discussicn Of political quessionf,
he newspapers ct the state adoRt mof9 T no
a. ecore, sorc Of the Eattern Democratic
~ pers remind ns in no sanse Of the. coal
~ ness and hlssrtemy Of the copperhsad
DS. gnns OF other sections. HawleE., Eng!
I'd buckingham, Hubbard, Gideon Welle.,
ot, wos.hinsss md neighborly graces. prob,
ea, Buckingham is the most popula. mAa IN
.uR l S;ste. He made fortune 1t the town
IL Norwich. where be resides, in mauufactul
es, Indis rubber and leather goods, and, bc'u
ich ccod citizen, benevolent aud orthodox he
rAl no professional Jealousy to encounter. "
Ind PAL The prime ot life, he WAS rnAde Repy
y can lesle1, and after terrific cAnSass,
''n Ttbraas Seymour Tor Governor. He Was
elected 80 often that it seemed roeelh1e
might keep the place till death: but soms
] his friends IN A6FV1tA. peaDS 700 au1aoNs
hat send him to the United States Senate, after
y 3 | ID to Place him there ptematutely, and
ous / consequence Wis, fsrty beat btackinEhs
.etc | so1neu.an, Foster ahi1e Buckingham him
lad to wait few years. No State hAs .
mai Ter Seu.tosnl Eepte<entAion una Conn.
,r.1 est ard efficient one. more devoted to natl
.,s Affairs than to looking after local plundaz.
MONUMENTAL Mu1CAl1sX.
~, Some Ct tho building enterprises Of
S'eo ford over:op the town ~ prndiSiously -
y | tain Of the great Gothic cAthedrl1s Of EuI
rob -. .tnra fheir snrronn3ino hnusAs.