The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-08-24
Further News from the Lower
Regions.
ny SPECIAL GRAPEVINE TELEGRAPH.


INFERNO, Aug. 10, 1875.
MEssRs. EDIToRs In my last dispatch
| proposed to give in my next some &C.
count Of the politics, amusements, employ.
ments, &C., as they present themselves in
this, to me, newly discovered region, where
every one consu!ts his own tastes and in.
clinations without regard to the comfort
or discomfort Of those around him.
First then as regards politics, nearly
all that | have me. here are democrats
Of the deepest dye, whose principles (if
they might be called suoh) have by their
long training under the leadership of their
great captain Lucifer, become 60 turned
into them that to be known they need but
to be seen. Their proverbial hatred of
the "pigger" is a guarantee of their 10y.
atty to the party, and if darby chances
to get strayed in here his poor soul will
be very apt to be made blacker than his
hide was before he came here.
This appears to be the paradise Of fire.
eaters, and you meet them at every turn.
They seem to enjoy the kind of society
which prevails here, and appear to be the
right men in the right place, Their fare
is whiskey and gunpowder given in large
doses three times day, aud they seem to
relish it and thrive upon it accordingly.
As to employments, it would be hard
to tell what they are, inasmuch as every
one strives to please himself as best he
can. Formerly, there were here two or
three establishments for forging thunder.
bolts, but Of late, by the aid Of improved
methods, thunder is manufactured on more
scientific principles and consequently the
works have been abandoned. Previous
to their abandonment there were frequent
strikes among the workmen, and it was
just here that those strikes originated
which have brought distress and ruin to
so many families upen the earth.
10 the line of amusements there are
various devices, chief among which are
fiddling and dancing There is no search.
ty Of fddlers here. and carousing is the
orde: for the most Of the time, in which
nearly every ono seems to take a lively
interest. Such as do not enjoy this kind
of sport, find their compensation in a
qniet game of euchre; though it is no uD.
common thing for the game to end in a
fight, just as they do on earth, | had
often heard Of gambling hclls, but never
understood its true meaning till | came
here. Upon earth gambling aud tipping
shun observation, and court the shades Of
night for concealmcnt, but not SO here.
All such amusemcnts (?) ale performed
openly, and are considered respectable
employments with US. Is it any wonder,
then, that certain characters should be in
such haste to get here ?
You will very naturally ask how all
this crowd of idlers subsiat. Reference
has already been made to the fare of fire.
eaters the balance live by what they can
pick up, just as they used to do before
they came here. And il | were to ask
you how certain ones whom might men
ton get their living you might perhaps
be as hard pressed for an answer as am,
There are a great many rich men here,
who thought to purchase admittance to
the other settlement with their money.
Accordingly they were very liberal in
their donations where it would be trump
eted abroad, but let suffering neighbor
solicit charity, and they would, ass a lule
reply somewhat as did the the old deacon
under similar circumstances go to Mr.
such an one ne Will give you something ,
meantime | will pray for you" Poor
souls, they would be very glad now to ex-
change places with some of these same
Lazaruses in Abraham'a bosom, water or
no water.
OF the agencies employed to draw emf.
grants in this direction | might mention
many; but chief among them all, and
standing out prominently before the whole
universe, are alcohol and tobacco. These
two articles have done moro to people the
realms of his Satanic Majesty than have
all others combined in fact, they are the
entering wedge that opens the hearts Of
men to all the vices of which a depraved
nature is capable. And nothing peases his
Majesty better than to sec respectable(2)
christian men conniving at the sale thereof
to see christian communities granting
licenses, and establishing agencies, where
all who are determined to ruin themselves
christian men for s stfi4Puli1JXcel to sec =.
to deal out the life and peace. destroying
poisons to their fellow men, in the face OF
all the evil consequences that must in.
evitably follow.
"But what has all this to do with the
place Of your abode" some may ask
Much every way. II is one of the means
employed by the rulers here to rob heaven
of its glory, and by running the bodies
and souls of men to bring them under
subsection to the government which pre-.
walls here, and add largely to the already
crowded and vicious population Of this
place. And although | am here in the
enjoyment of favors not accorded to some
others, still l should prove recreant to
my own honest convictions, did | not
warn all who are yet free to choose to
take heed to their ways and be wise.
And to those about to migrate let me say:
look well to your tickets don't be dc.
ceiyed into taking the wrong train, but as
| said on former occasion, be sure you
are right, then 90 ahead SALTPHTRE.
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