Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-14

heavy burden of your child, and by bearing
1t brayely, help him to bear his lifelong
load.-Hearfh and Home.
From the y. y. Times.
Chari-PIctures of the Census.
The first volume of the ninth census, just
issued by the Superintendent. containing
- Statistics Of Population is peculiarly
interesting from the fact of its containing
maps, representing, in the most striking
manner to the eve, the density of popula-
ton, nationality, wealth, education, and
other circumstances connected with our re-
sources.
We take the first chart-picture Of the
density of population. The darkest portions
are those districts containing over 1875 in
habitants to the square mile. The next
lighter shade represents those from IS to l25
to the square mile, and 50 on until we reach
n perfect white, indicating proportion less
than five. The chart shows a dark stream of
| population coursing down the Atlantic
coast, from thenOrthern boundary of Alassa-
chusetts to the lower edge of New jersey
The darkest colors are seen to be in Eastern
Massachusetts,, in Western Connecticut.
Southern New-Nork, Middle New-Jersey,
and Eastern Pennsylvania. The darkest
color IS not found again elsewhere in the
| mon. The secondary shade, representing
prop )rtion Of seventy-five to one hun
| dred and twenty-five. Is found in patches
throughout the country, predominating in
| the Eastern States, but seen also in W est
ern Pennsylvania, in Western Ohio, in
Western Illinois, and once in Wisconsin
| The light portions Of the Union, showing
an Laverage Of population of from five to
/ fifteen to square mile, are entirely in the
I Southern States. The only purely white
| patch in the Northern States, indicating an
| average under five, ijthe Adirondack region
in New York State. streak of the same
color is seen again in Western Virginia,
| along the Blue Ridge, in Florida, in North
ern Michigan. Northern Wisconsin, and
Minnesota.
The remarkable feature shown BY the
chart is that the iertilizing streams Of popu-
latiOn have avoided the most attractive por-
ti0ns of the country, extending from Nir-
snia and North Carolina westward To the
Mississippi River, and have flowed over the
most bleak and uniertile district. the coasts
Of Ncw-England, New-Nork, and New-Jer-
sey. The apparently best part of the coun-
try looks. under this aspect, solitary land,
and the worst part a swarming hive of pop
ulation The chart indicating wealth is
equally striking. \ deep yellow represents
an average Of - 900 per capita through the
population the next shade 81 80 to
= 600 the lowest shade $500 To $50,
and pure white under $500 Here again
We see the golden current following the
lines ot population, beginning on the coasts
of Massachusetts, branching off into Rhode
Island and Connecticut, attaining its richest
depths at the mouth of the Hudson, and
oycril1Wiug into New jersey and Pennsyl-
vania hence, westward we find broad
band Of yellow, with many spots of the
third grade, indicating property from 81
30 o. $1,000 and more still of the Second !
grade. showing property from $50 20 81,
2Ju. The SIIth again Is almost a pure
white. with few faint yellow spots along |
the Mississippi River, and on the Gulf Of |
Mexico only three or four small patches |
show even tuc second grade of wealth-one |
ln Georgia, one no the mouth Of the Mis~iS- /
Sippi, one I'M Texas. and one In Northern /
Mississippi.
California has two spots showing the |
tEird grade. The fourth grade alone IS /
reached throughout the nion in New York /
City The only pure white spot in the /
Northern State, is. again. in the Adirou
dack region Again, We are struck with
the remarkable fact in this chart that the
portions oi the Union most favored in
climate and SOD are the poorest in average |
wealth
Turning u0w t1 the chart Of li.iteraey, ="
the cOlur~ are reversed. The dark is q ut
the Sluth-thc whiteat the North and W est
4 dark band. showing sixty per cent. and
over Of che population who cannot write,
fills q large part of Virginia and North
Carolina. comes out again in South Caro-
lima. Georgia. and Alabama flows down In
a black stream the Mississippi. from the up
per boundary of Arkansas 20 the Gulf. and
appears again in Texas. This darkest shade
ot color is seen On none of the Northern or
" c-teru States. The pure white color. in
dIcatinE proportion under five per cent.
who can write. marks the whole of Maine. /
New Hampshire. and Vermont. barely
touching Massachusetts,. leaving the other
New England States. as well a- Southern
New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
flowing through Western New York North
eu Ohio and Southern Michigan. until its
plr.y.u- streams circulate in innumerable
course over the far West Almost every
where. however. through the Northern and
Western States only the first grade of color
is found, indicating proportion of five to
eleven per cent who cannot write.
II We Juru now t1 the charts of rae. We
find the purple color. indicating foreign
birth. shading almost all the Union north of
the Ohio River. while the pure white Of the
South shows its native American blood.
The deepest shades Of foreign blood, indi
eating over twcnty foreign persons TO the
square mile. are IN the extreme East on the
one side. and on the western shore Of Lake
Michigan on the other The States north
of the Ohio River. with the purest Ameri-
can blood, are apparently Indiana and Hi
noi-. Next % them come Ohio, Pennsyiva-
mia, Central New York and Northern New
England The only deep purple spot at the
South Is 90 the mouth of the Mississippi. If
we now examine the charts indicating the
separate races of the foreign population, We
find the deepest green, showing proportion
Of Irish Of over fifteen to the square mile.
in the extreme East, in Massachusetts. Con-
necticut. and New York. The deepest
brown spots. however, showing similar
of Germans. are beheld more in
the far W est. ON the borders of Lake Michi-
gan, on the Upper Missouri. ON the Ohio,
and again in New York State. on the bor-
lerS of Lake Erie. \ deep brown shade
also covers the region near the Newly York
City. The South, with the exception of a
faint brown band in Texas, shows few spots
Of eitrer green or brown.
Still other maps represent in pink spots,
the Swedish and Norwegian population
these are found almost alone in Minnesota,
W i~consin, and Illinois The streams which
have flowed over from Canada are pictured
IN still another chart. and are found espe-
cially to have covered Central New Eng
land. Northern New York, and Southern
Michigan. These interesting charts will
well repay careful inspection. They pie
ture to the eye the streams of population,
race, wealth, and education which have
made this country what IL IS They reveal
history and the moral of history They
show that, but for one vast system of in
Justice, the iertiliZing streams of wealth and
would have flowed over every
portion of this Union. They are q living
picture of the retributionw Providence
brings after every system of oppression and
injustice. They point too, to Development.
IN the far Future somewhat different from
that which our economists and statisticians
have heretofore predicted.
The LUBEIcAroRs OF SocIETY.-There are
lubrleators among men, who keep the ma
chinery of society oiled. 50 as to prevent its
joints from wearing. and its journals from
heating. lie is lnbricator who introduces
great Improvements in the processes of socie-
to: but there are men who prevent the iric-
ton which would otherwise be produced by
ITS working, Such man consider one who
Is thoroughly good-uatured. A man who
carries disposition that Is characterized by
thorough go0d-na!uTe, tends to make others
good-natured. Other people take from Us
what We carry to them and if you 90 in an
irritable mood to YOUR breakfast, YOU will
probable find another person who is irritable
over against You and the irritability will
be there because you carried it. If you are