St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-31
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he uIunmtrN of Initiation may sci
dom IL III the case of Nouu" l.rgyctt
prove fatal t" lite. hut the principles 81
>HpcrNlcnCc Ia meaningless rules an
requirements tend Ia cramp the indie.
pcndrncr Of the individual without any
adequate compensation in the increased
advantage of the mass. Literary secret
societies such ~ exist in oIIr colleges de
not exist in England. and there is Ger
taInlN no excuse, for THEN existence. ON
any stimulus thus given To scholar
ship. tnI no one will pretend that We
have risen to a. high a standard OF in
t"llcctmal culture as has been secured
at the great English universities with
ont ANY such adventurous aid. There.
are. ot com So. occasions when :; secret
society may Ice beneficial IL in time of
wal. III promoting patriotic and useful
ends which could hc ctfcctiNck secured
i'll no other way but in time OF peace.
even political secret societies are apt to
he as hanctul rs they are Short lived.
Ho>toH GI"bc.
What is most of all needed i that the,
President. who under the constitution
has either Immediately OF remotely the
''''''' VI wv Il'ul VI every
federal official should manifest his faith
in this reform as he did his faith in the
union cause when the army under his
command fought lt> WAY from the
Rapidan to Richmond. \ clear apprr-
hcn>lon of what the reform means and
III" C"mprchen>iVruc>> of its application
with rrSolutr will to stand hN il on thu.
part of the President. would at once lit
II out of the region of doubt. and place
il upon the high ground of assured size
cess and would bring to President
Grant Il solid and enduring fame.
matching the greatest of his military
achievements with the highest triumph
of Il wise and fIr-Sccing craftsmanship.
lion. {. ". willard. on Girl .Scrrjrc
hctorm. in Freeman.
When the disease swept down upon
Memphis. there also the Association
went promptly to work, relieving the
necessities of the sick Mr.. jackson
and Mr.. Rae, tclcgraphcrS at Shrcvc-
port. died at their posts: Mr.. Savillc.
who succeeded Mr.. jackson. died soon
after. and Mr.. Davis of New Orleans and
Mr.. Bernard of Cincinnati went ON ~
volunteers to take his place. These.
two have since. by President Orton's
orders. forwarded free of cost all dis
patches relating To the sufferers. The
Sisters of Charity, with mtliuchiuu
courage, nursed the sick, and three Of
them lald down their lives in that scrv-
ice. Cler%ymcn of all denominations.
Baptist. Methodist. Unitarian, Univcr-
SaliSt, CongrcgationaliS and Roman
Catholic, carried out the teachings of
their Master, and initiated His exam
pie III mlnlStering to the sick Seven
of them died while engaged in this
work. and several others were proS-
tratcd with the disease. We have al
ready referred to the editor of the
Shreveport Times, who kept up his
paper when its only news was the rec,
ord of deaths, and when most of those
concerned i'll getting it up, and Il large
proportion OF its readers. had been ear
RED on 10y the pestilcnce. In Memphis.
the story is the same. Mayor johnson
worked steadily until the disease seized
him. OF the physicians, five have died
aud others are sick. If it is noble to
die for ones country, what shall we say
of the nobility of those men and women
who. without the inspiration of fife and
hruhl' ana act'latcd 10y the puIeSt de
Noti"n. have hattlcd with an in>idiouS
and terrible disease, and given their
lives for others In an age which has
been StIgmatized as peculiarly an age
of SeIiisLness and money getting. such
examples OF patient heroiSm are in
Structive and imSpiriting. - Boston Jour-
nal.
There are mean spirited Republicans
who begrudge the Democrats the small
pleasure of rejoicing over the accident
al success of Allen in Ohio. We are
sorry to see this. Why should not
Democrats rejoice over this small crumb
of comfort Haven't we Republicans
had surteit of firing cannon and shout