Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-08-31
- letter on the yTing.''
TOLEDO, o., Aug. 10.

TOLEDO, o., Aug. ~.
Waiting three hours for the Detroi
train, improve the occasion to relate al
incident. Among the passengers [ notice
a well drt ssed gentleman and his wife
with very pretty, sprightly child who
tells me be is five years old. After
breakfast at the depot lunch room, the
father takes his cigar, lights it and begins
to suck the end not on fire. Turning to
his little boy he asks, Sonny, where is
yours 2" Whereupon the babe pulls from
his pocket fragrant n Havana, nibbles
one end. and pompously asks his father
for ga light" Paterfamilias and the in
FAINT in pants touch noses, and the urchin,
with an air of much self-importance, like
the genteey parent indulges in a smoke,
squirting ever and anon, from his baby
lips the essence of the leaf into the spit
toon, while his father, standing by. laughs
and applauds the exploit of the youth.
Burning about half the cigar, the lad
tosses the stump aside and draws from his
little pocket a tin foil fold of "fne-cut'
with which he finishes the morning en-
tertainment by the use of small quid.
All this scene the father probably thought
cunning, and that the spectators enjoyed
the sight. A bystander inquired (but
got no satisfactory reply how much
whiskey the father had, also, educ tied
b;s CON 10 baor Othar rnrparka Of the
crowd in view of the precious prattler's
training for future life, in a little while
brought the exhibition to a close, and it
was a source of satisfaction to at least one
of the spectators to observe not voice
among the train walters approving the
teachings of that fond, yet foolish father.
Toledo, the principal city on the Maui
NEE, has population of forty thousand
inhabitants. 1t is particularly noted for
its rapid growth, wealth, the great amount
of business done, and the intelligence of
its citizars. sppnortinp ~ it does over
thirty churches and Az 1n,nv schools and
institutions Of education. It is, also.
noted as the boma Of Nasty. the editor of
tbe BIode who. when not at his most with
Daa Pogram at the Roads in Kentucky.
labors assidnou.lv here and elsewhere for
the benefit of his Democratic Church.
Misunderstood that the Rev. Petroleum
V j. not ooito sali.fed at the result of
the late alecti,r in his f.vorite State Of
Kentucky. bDt claims that his necessary
absence in New York City in connection
with Tammanv to secure the universal.
liberty of the Irish patriots tirreverently
sometimes called Roughs) to peel all the
Oranges in the country, has had an influ-
ence in lessening the Jeff. Davis msiority,
not only ut the Confederate x Roads, but
in all the other large localities south of
the Ohio
Evidently, also, Nasby's recent travels
have not pleased his democratic followers
always, for I have just inquired at pea
nut stand, of the vender of such edibles,
and he briefly tells me that "We don't
think much of him here" So you see Mr..
HERALD reader, that there is still truth
in the saying that "a prophet is not with
out honor, save in his own country"
Complaints begin to be common of the
dry weather West, and yet crops are
abundant, and the general prosperity of
the country undoubted.
While in Detroit, few days ago, l
could but notice how 1.-The rising genera
tion" were represented. Iwenty-eight
thousand children fill the schools there,
and the cry ls still they come
All along the great thoroughfares OF