, 1873-03-22

Will 4u1ot B1oAt many ETounuIosa hlarL18, anu
at tho samo time Introduce sono needed reforma
in ono OF the most important departments of
Western trade and industry.
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SUNDAY BEANS AND CIVIL LIBERTY.
A blow has boon struck In Massachusetts ut
civil and raligloua liberty, which has caused in
outburst Of popular Indignation from Capo Cod
to Chatham -Four Corners. Thoro hayo boon
many blows struck before, but none which went
down 30 deop into the rootB Of personal privl-
logo, sabbatarlan rest, theological prejudice,
and old-tmo custom, rs this one. It has
struck to the Massachusetts stomach "a woll as
spirit, It involves culinary considerations as
we'll as religious responsibilities. It rahklos
In tho duodonum and culminatoa in tho con-
science. Tho wanton destruction Of tea
In Boston Harbor brought grief to tho
hearts Of many respectable old ladies,
but 1t did not intorfero with their
Sunday reflections. Tho hanging Of tho Salem
witches, for their nightly rovels about tho Chin
ney-pots Of tho sovon Gables and their periodi-
cnl Tla-air journeys to sanguB Contro, undoubt-
edly brought aorrow into their respective house,
holds, but it also brought much spiritual couso-
lation to tho focks OF the 1Iathers. The bun
ishmont Of Roger Williams, who, like, Opho1ia,
had too much wator in bis crood WAS hard
blow at close communion, but It only Affected
ono scot, and TINT temporarily. Tho Scarlet
Woman, too, las boon tho victim Of numerous
prosecutions; tho farmora OF Seokonk and
Podunk have more than once loat their vintage
OF cider by tho nocturnal visitat1ons Of State
ConstabloB and Uniyersaliats, Unitariana,
spirltuhlists, Uruuline sIsters, Aboltionlass,
Quakors, and other hoterodox vagarists have
boon aggod, burned, whipped, hanged, and o.
tracized, but their misfortunos have not aeri-
oualy Affected any hut themselves. Now, haw-
ever, fate and tho State Constablos haye COM
binoA to strike q blow at the very palladium Of
Massachusetts. II somo irroYerent hand Iad
nmittou tho Goldfish idol, which Is supposed to
bring good luck to tho Legislative deliberations,
or had driven plug Into tho Frog Pond foun-
tain, or had played Guy Fawkoa with tho Radi-
cal Club, it would not have croated more excite-
ment than this last blow ut the rights Of man,
women, and child, which has descended
like a bolt Of wrath upon the devoted
town Of Chicopee. On Sunday. last tho
State Constabloa Of that town went about In tho
morning and closed all tho bakerios, with tho
beana and brown bread intended for the Sunday
dinnors loft in the ovona! Hino aur 'ac'ymg!
From time immcmorial it has been the custom
Of tho thrifty Massachusetts housewife to par
boil hor beans On Saturday afternoon, placo
them in the earthen pot, and send them by tho
deposit Of / cent current coin Of tho realm tho
pot WAS chalkod with the family monogram, and
deposited in the hugo brick oven, which still
retained sufficient heat after the woek's baking,
to ensure pot full Of baked beans, dolicloualy
Drowned upon the Burface, crowned with sog-
ment of crisp pork, which to the childish eye WAS
an apex OF ecstacy indicativo Of tho joys bolow,
which Ind beon por,neated through aud through
with itB aroma. At an early honr on the Sabbath
morning, tho small child, after haying recitod his
quota from the catochlsm and proved himself
vol up in tile paaln,a and hynna Of tho day, loft
tho paternal roof with nany injunctions against
atoning sparrows mud stopping to sail boats in
tho puddles, md soemnly wcnied his way to the
bnkory, whonco he roturnod, e'uging to tho
oarthon circumference which girdlod tho
iay's repast, its heats tempered BY tho
grateful towel. Thoro hayo been ill.,
stances whore tho small chi]d'a attention has
beon distracted by some stray squirrel, and the
not Of boaus has elipped from tho treacheroua
towol, aud tho small child has boon loft lament
Ing like Lord Ullin, and tho family has gone
| without dinner, but these caBos aro raro. IA Il
rule. the small child puts Ills whole mind OIL tho
| boap.pot. md arrives at the homestead with Its
integrity inyiolate, except TINT tho brown beapa
| on tho top llavo disappeared during tho journey.
Tho Chlcopoo ConHtablos, III tho first place,
have uprooted an old custom, venerable with the
mossoy Of who}o generations, clustering with a.
soctationH wAoao rudc diHntogration will strike to
Tho hoart Of many reeaor OF these words
| who bus long boon q stranger to tho boans ot
vouth, Everyone knows that there have hoor
no beana like those beana Of his innocent child
hood. All othsra arc hollow imitntions, bast
| couutorfeits. Tho pilgrim returning to tho
scouos Of Lin boyiah days, invariably rogalof
himBolf with bake-house boans, atil bakod, md
carried aud stripped of their brown supcrtoios
AZ thoy woro IN his youthful days. Al
this Ia oyor, however, ind olcope<
must hencoforth bako !ts beans In l
tin-pan, deposited IN stoye-oyen, which
Of necessity undertakes or oyczbakos, ana Of
necessity thcy must como upon tho tabl
smoky, watory, polluted with tho Heterogeneous
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