Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-16

trigue beneath its roof. The Marshall
House in Alexandria, where Col. Els
worth was shot, is also said to be occurs
ed. No one has ever prospered in it /;
disaster has oYertaken every occupant,
and it is now deserted.
Strangers in the city viii always find
a cordial welcome at the library and
reading rooms of the Y. NJ. G. A, in
Lincoln Hall, on the corner of 9th and
3 streets. The building is four stories
high, built of brick, with brown stone
front and Mansard roof. Returning
thence on Christmas day, snow falling
and sidewalks slippery, as | turned a
corner, an individual, just in front Of
me. threw up his arms, opened his mouth
and assumed an involuntary and some
what ungraceful attitude of repose,
neither becoming the place or occasion,
nor seemingly gratifying the person him
self. AS he paused in his career he evil
IDENTIFY struck something hard, for he
calculated, IN an unnecessarily energetic
manner, "God Almighty then looking
up and seeing a silent rebuke in my
cOuntenance, he hastily amended it by
adding "save me from the temptations
of the metropolis" An appropriate and
comprehensive prayer, but | could not
help thinking that half the energy eX-
pended in his address to the Deity, prop
erly directed in-sawing wood, for in
stance-wOuld have Melted proceeds SUI
ficient to gladden. the hearts of a poor
family with Christmas cheer.
From my boarding house is visible the
house in which the lamented Douglass
spent his last days, and passed thence,
all too early, into the silent unknown,
another victim Of ''good living;" as is
also the house presented to Gen. Grant
and sold by him to Gen. Sherman, about
which Gen. Fitzpatrick had so much to
say in the late political campaign; and a
station house, whose remorseless doors,
on this same Christmas morning, within
one hour, closed three times on as many
inebriated individuals, one of them nice
ly dressed and Of respectable appear
| ance, bleeding from numerous face
wounds and hOpelessly drunk. What q
| sad commentary on our boosted ciylllza-
tion Christmas in a station house.
How dreadful the pang to a fond moth
er's heart, wife's loving trustfulness, a
sisters unselfish devotiOn-a husband.
son, or brother, on the anniversary Of
Christ's nativity, drunk. unnamed,
brutaliZed, in a station house Can
him who vends this vile poison that
| makes thieves, muTdeTers, iunatics,
transforms Gods love into hate, and is
running homes and breaking hearts all
over the land / ask, in all sincerity,
| can it be possible that he who thus helps
destroy his fellow creatures can have
any self-respect, any belief in Gods par
doning mercy, any hope in the here
after
THIS earthly pilgrimage is 50 short
that no day should pass in the expert
| ence of any one without the acquisition
of a new idea. ] received one the first
time / attended church here-the Metro
politan NJ. Z. church, onsfOur and half
street, a costly cdifice, with a high
steeple and chime of bells, numbering
Gen. Grant among its parishiOners. The
preacher, Dr. Tiffany, said, among other
things. that Sunday school libraries were
formerly filed with Il want to be an
/ angel sort of books He trusted they
were becoming purged of that kind of
literature. Angels are far, far inferior
to even the dullest intellect in the most
stunted and dcformed body. made. ncy-
ertheless. in Gods image and one day
TO stand before Him. 1t IS not proper
that we should wish TO become anything
/ beneath ourselves. Truly. the avenues
of knowledge are broadening day by
day. Religious liberation, spiritual free
dom and libeTality are advancing with
gigantic strides. 1t viii soon no longer
/ be deemed a priceless honor and au inn
! pregnable fortress of pride to trace one
self direct from Puritan ancestry. All.
they burned witches and imprisoned
heretics in New England iails i'm those
| days. l expect our pOsterity. four or
/ five thousand years hence viii be fear
/ fully perfect But ! have no such male
| violent feelings as had the man who
''Res0Ired, that as pOstcrity has done
nothing for us, we viii hereafter do
nothing for pOsterity." How sad it Is
/ that the pleasing illusions of happy
! childhood. and which in after wears we
/ cling to with such abiding faith should
be thus rudely dispelled 10y some wretch
/ ed iconOclast. who has no healthful
| sweetness in his soul, and fishes up with
4 grim delight from the stagnant waters
/ of the dead past evidence 10 overthrow
| that which we had considered most Ell
! nObling in human nature Is ii any
| wonder that the average American IS
/ growing skeptical? Why, we are told
! that the familiar story of truthful q.
/ Washington and his little Ratchet Is a
/ fable; that the last words" Of distin-
/ guished men have generally been borniu
/ the eNuberant imaginatiOns of reporters
| and friends; and now DR.. Tiffany tells
/ us that the angels are-well. only a sort
| of second rate errand boys Please let
/ me cherish the sweet hopes and faiths
/ born and learned in youthful days: if
/ they are illusions. let me remain in bliss
fY4E i
| ceivcd notions upset in this way Too
/ much knowledge is destructive to haDpi-
/ ness.
At the conclusion Of Dr. Tiffany's re-
marks he said the interest on the church
/ debt amounted to S3, 600: - 2j0 had
I been raised in the morning. the Presi-
/ dent (then ABSENT having contributed
I 500, and the balance must be made up
| then; no mans professions would save
/ him so long as he owed 4 debt TO the
| Almighty, and every person present. in
| Guiding strangers, was indebted TO this
church. 1t was magnificent begging.
/ and | believe resulted in furnishing the
| desired sum.
The Government Printing office is 4
| large four-story brick building the prin-
| Cipal entrance, on Capitol street. being
/ 9ai ii40NAiANA W u bASA VI ID 4 ElUhi&a.
! Its employees number over POO. one
/ fourth of them being of the female sex.
| Females receive from six to sixteen dol
lars per week; printers and bookbinders.
! good, bad and Indifferent, four dollars
! per day of eight hours. In the press
room are tifty-eight presses. the feeders
being females, and including a Bullock
press which cost SO, 900. and Aliens
Automatic press, for printing envelopes,
ciculars, etc, quite a curiosity. But
the ne pins ultya Of all job presses, the
'Globe" is omitted. The Congressional
Printer is elected, or appointed. by Con
! gress, with salary of $1,000. and a
margin. The present incumbent Hon.
! \. NJ. Clapp, is a gentleman of fine
! presence and benevolent expression, 10
whom nature has been prodigal in her
| gifts Further ] know not, save in adj
/ ditiOn TO the regular holdings. a half day