Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-03-09
Ttconderoga.
THE DIFFICULTIES OF NEWePAPER
CORRESPONDENT,

The life Of newspaper correspondent
is laden with difficulties, disappointments
and encouragement. For time we tried
to CLEAN from the broad field of common
everyday life, little incidents-small and
unimportant in themselves, yet are theythe
drops that contribute 50 largely towards
filling up the grand old "ocean of time
and record them in the public print,
where, in few years, our posterity could
see that once we lived, and toiled and died.
This, for a while, was the height of our
ambition, the crown of the great climax
of our life. But presently, dark clouds
began to gather in our horizon and low
murmurings were heard which too plainly
told of the impending storm that was soon
to reach and overwhelm US. Something
must be done. Our friends demanded a
change in the programme. We, therefore,
set our hand on science, and after con-
siderable study and research, succeeded in
producing "an essay on women" to which
we imagined the most heartless critic
could raise no objection. We walked up
to the post office uunoticed and unknown,
deposited our letter and quietly awaited
the result-a result already too well
known to those who have read the HER
AID of Feb. 25th. No sooner was our
masterpiece thrown ont upon the world
than one of the olass--if not the identical
person-whose characteristics we had so
truthfully portrayed, attacked our essay
with the ferooity of Bengal tiger, tore it
in pieces and hurled it back toward US
with such violence that fragments are re-
ported to have been found On the lake in
the vicinity of the railroad ferry.
Again we had requested our friends to
communicate with us by mail. This in
| vitation threw open the door for a large
amount of epistolary matter, only one let.
ter of which we have space to notice this
time. A friend who ia of an inquiring
| turn of mind, having read Mrs. Slocums
very able letter in the HERALD of Feb.
cath, wants to know more about that
woman of cultivation and refinement and
the handicapped table. He says it is
not unusual to see a woman of cultivation
and refinement after a msrble-topped
table; but for a handicapped table to
get after woman of cultivation and re-
finement is quite a different affair. Did
that woman of cultivation and refinement
say anything to the handicapped table I;
or did the marble-topped table say any,
thing to that woman of cultivation and
refinement? ? Did the handicapped table
regain standing position and move back
unaided to it's accustomed place in the
room or was it assisted, in measure, by
that woman Of cultivation and refine
ment? Finally, who was that woman of
cultivation aud refinement To these
questions we acknowledge our inability
to reply except, perhaps, the last. We
| imagine that woman of cultivation and
refinement may have been LinRie Lee.
Again we say the life of newspaper cor
respondent ia laden with difficulties.
Donation parties are fashionable here
this week. Rev. Mr.. Mooney (Methodist)
is tie fortunate one for Wednesday even
ing, and Rev. A. J. Allen Baptist for
Thursday evening.
Mr.. George Shattuck, a medical stu
dent, leaves tomorrow for the Medical
College at Burlington. He expects to
graduate the coming term. ZERO.