The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-12-09
~. Adams correspondence.

81. sAIHANSy lfNNs W. i''''
Rumors are in circulation of changes in
!aw firms here rs follows: Hon. ii. :.
Royce is about to form co-partnership
wih, lawyer from Alburgh whose name
is for the present withheld, Mr.. y. y.
hall for some years with Davis Adams
will. on the removal of that firm to Chicago.
from a co-partnership with Il prominent law
ycrnow practicing in Bellows Falls and
succeed to the business of Messrs. Davis
Adams. Mr.. w ID Steward now in the of
Zee of W. ID. Wilson is about to remove to
bakersfield where he will open Il law Office
OF his own. His many friends here will
earthly wish him success and prosperity.
a man W osc honesty of purpose is quite
seriously questioned attempted TO enter the
store of Mr. o o Smith in the wee sma'
hours Of last night. He was discovered,
pursued and captured and is now in dur
ancc vile.
A new tin sign has appeared on Main st.
at the entrance to Mr.. A G. Safford's office
ON which is inscribed in bright letters the
following oriental legend: coffee of the
Vermont 4 Canada Railroad Company.
1t is taultlcss in design and execution and
does credit to the artists skill and taste.
Gu Clarke of the Messenger has returned
from a several weeks absence at Montpelier
and resumed his grasp ON what Artemus
called: "Thc arkymcdan lcaver which
moves the word. Mr. Dixon, associate
editor of the same journal has gone out cf
town.. To remain aboHt two wecks.!.
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Hore, az. y0N DiGoa!!:
On Wednesday last a thaw commenced,
which after twenty-four hours of astonsh
ngly industrious labor succeeded in reduc
ing the last vestige of snow in our streets
to Il most abiect and sniveling condition
1t became and was at sundry and divers
times quite sloppy. Mr. Brownjohn of
Ferris street who sat down at the foot Of
Bank street. on the crossing, at a late hour
and measured himself up against the wall,
says the mixture of snow and mud was at that
time Just thirteen inches in depth. Mr.. b.,
thinks he discovered a remarkable pheno-
mcnon in nature on this occasion,viz That
the mixture aforesaid, although in liquid
condition, was at n temperature of at least
thirty degrees Fahrenheit below the
freezing point.
This opinion was not verified by any sci
ontfic tests and we are bound to say that
hut little reliance is placed on his statement
by the neigbors, as he was in feverish and
excited condition while making it, and the
purity of his English was so marred by
profanity as to make his remarks almost
unintelligble.
On ednesday evening last Hon. VIM.
Parsons delivered his fine lecture on
Michael Angelo" to large audience, and
aa audience which seemed to us to be with
rare unanimity, entertained, instructed and
pleased. The local newspapers however,
were as usual, very chary Of their praise,
preferring rather to vie with each other in
critical acumen than by their kindly aid,
encourage home, or foreign talent. One
paper, not usually disposed to look through
Il rose tinted cloud at men and things, pub.
lished fair and well written abstract OF
the lecture, but closed by denying Mr.. Par
sons claim to be classed with Phillips
Chaplin and Holland as an eloquent and fin
,hcd orator, which criticism seems wholly
gratutous and uncalled for, because thu
lecture platform is not legitimate field fol
cloqucncc pure, and simple. The lecturer
on subjects historical or biographical is no
tn indulge in flights OF oratory and rhetori,
hut to condense into his hour and half al
the information, pleasantly administered
that it will hold. This, it is generally con
coded, Mr.. Parsons does, and gives, besides
ample evidence of the power of eloquenc,
within him. and ready when it shall be leg
Ultimately called out. Wendell Phillips il
one of the few great orators in the whole
world whose eloquence can rouse or lrll
can bring shouts of enthusiasm or tears o
tendcrer emotion at will from his enslaye,
auditors, but is there anything particularly
eloquent about his splendid lecture on 9Th,
Lost Arts?" DIR. Holland is indeed "A FIN
him that element of power called magnet
ism without which there is no such thin!
rs eloquence. Fire Mr.. Parsons with III,
ardor of some great work or contest and /
will he fair 10 say of him that he is or is no
eloquent, but it is absurd to arraign Il MAJ
before an audience in lyceum hall an,
there find him guilty or not guilty of tn,
possession of that great gift.
The New York Herald said of Mr.. Par
suns at his debut "ie spoke without note
or manuscript and with yigor, hucnc
and beauty of language that evoked re
peated rounds of applause His peroratio
might very well answer for a classic mode
of cholastc defamation
criticism based on such grounds be
favorable or the reverse, is legitimate, bu
we must distrust criticism which draw
no line between the lyceum platform an
the forum of politics, protest or reform.
The other local journal published
fourth of a column of hash, under head
ing which served to indicate its intende
drift. We find in this notice little or moth
ing of interest about the lecture. 1t mere
ly conveys to the readers mind two con
illusions First, that the writer didn't know
whether Mr.. Parsons was correct and ac
curate or not, and was fearful that ignor
ance might be discovered, and second, tina
the critical discernment which denomnate
DIR. Holland ga quack" would be prone Il
make sweeping condemnation a habit ia
too strong for regulation.
Mr.. Parsons is engaged in the prepara
ton (and, singular to say without the nj,
OF pen or paper) of a new lecture on vii
liam Penn, which he is to deliver for tn
first time on the 10th inst, at Poughkeepsie
This is grand subject and we doubt no
Mr.. Parsons treatment of it will add ne,
laurels to the chaplet America has bee
generously proud to place on his brow, /
recognition of his rare and cultured talen
as lyceum orator. MAY.