Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-02-19

Ils EuR NTo WINCH a WOMAN rRAyEII-.
FELL oS ~ ONO RAILROAD.

Ias .EvR NTo wAicH a WOMAN TRAVIS EII-E
FELL os A. ONO RAILROAD.
Tie Columbus correspondent OF the CIete-
llni L.1fv relieves the mon)tony OF his &C
counts Of tic current legislative news by
sach staries as the following. which he re-
la-a- under date Of the 22l nit:
~ committee of the Cuyah1ca County
Bar. consisting of Mes-rs. William lleislcy,
John C.. Grannis. Jason Cantieli, and Henry
4. L1nncy came down yesterday to look
after tie interests Of the bill abolishing the
superior Court While on the train they
became engaged in animated conversation, in
the c1ur,e of which Sir William was fire.
gsent.y and lamiliarly addressed as Bill.
Opposite the Cleveland party sat an anti
qrutel couple who VIII bear little de>-
cc'ftiln. One was an old man whose sub
tueI expression Of countenance, bald lead,
and general air Of lown-hcartedness spoke
c.clucntiy of years of martyri1m and long
suffering under the iron rule OF a shrewish
wife y suspicion, twinkle Of ! secretly
ro-uish eye testified however, that be was
generally ready to improve any opportunity
that might offer Itself to escape from jomes-
uc tyranny and indulge in amusements
wAirh bis better half would look upon with
horror. The other was a great, biz, mascu-
linc-i0lSins female, with an awful eye, a
hooked nose, and blue ginsham umbrella.
Her general makeup would have convinced
thc most careless student Of human nature
that She was the lawful ruler Of the unhap-
Us being who sat beside her This GOOD
lady had Trickcd UP her ears when the word
Bill first fell upon them, and by the time
she had Lea-d il repeated two or three times
She had worked hcr-clfu up into very excited
STATE Of mind, which speedily found vent in
the following TRADE 4 say, Josiah. do YOU
hear tha;3 That chap oyer there, with the
u-ly grin on his face and the big ohaw Of
tobacker in his check, Is CanaGy Bill. |
heerd them other fellers call him Bill, and
TT bet nv Sunday bunnitt his first names
Clnaiv. Hes the very same scoundril what
goes through the ears gettiu' list sch old
fools rs Won 20 play keerd- and cheatin' the
get cent ont O. EN-. and them other men Is
what they call his cappers, jist as sure as
you're horn Josiah Jones, | see it in your
eve that he $ the very man what skinned YOU
cato that twenty-seyin dollars and the sil
Yer watch " hat Pa give you when We was
married. the last time you went to Cleveland.
EutyoG hahn got the spunk Of a lackaSs rab-
lit.and You d let him % without ever doin' a
tuing TO stop him. Now you mind what
say. Nou run and holler for the conductor.
and IN Jest set right down on that swindlin'
sharper and hold him till he CONES. / Will
as sure as am liyin' woman.
The latter halt of this rigmarolc mad been
addressed as much to Sir William as to the
husband Of the indignant female. and t. say
HAT the whecl-h0rsc OF the Cleveland Dem
ocracv was astonished, and alarmed at her
outbarst i but to feebly express his feelings.
Seeing that she was about to carry her threat
into Immediate execution, he arose quickly, |
and making profound bow, in trembling
tones thus explained matters
You are laboring under mistaken mn ;
preston, madam, indeed you are. My name |
is Heisley, William Heisey, madam, and | |
am LAWYER hv profession These other |
gentlemen are lawyers, too, and are very
respectable gentlemen, madam. To prove /
to you that am not the individual to whom !
y5u allude beg to present to you my card |
see. there it is in black and white-W William |
Hei}eg, attorney at law, Cleveland, Ohio |
besides never play cards Sir Williams /
labOred explanation, discard. the assurances !,
Of the borrifed husband and the audible |
smiles Of the other passengers convinced the |
good lady Of her mistake, and she subsided, |
leaving all quiet along the lines.
AIT is long, life Il short, Judgment diff
cult, opportunity feeting. To act iseasy, to |
think is difficult; to act according to our
thoughts Is troublesome. Every beginning
is agreeable, the threshold Is the place of
~ -bal L
pressions guide him, he learns as he plays,
earncstness comes on him by surprise. imi-
tation is born with us, but what we ought to
initiate Is not early discovered. The excel
lent Is seldom found, more seldom priced.
WEs summit charms u, the steps to it do not:
with the heights before our eyes, we like to
linger in the plain. Il is only part of art
that can be taught but the artist needs the
whole. lie who Is only half instructed
speaks much and is always wrong; who
knows It wholly il content with acting and
speaks seldom or late The former has no
secrets and no force; his teaching is ike
baked bread ,sayory and satisfying for asingle
day, brt -four cannot be sown, and seed-corn
ought to be ground. Words are good, but |
there are something better. The best Is not
to be explained BY words. The spirit in
which VIC act is the chief matter Action !
can only be understood and represented by
the spirit. No one knows what he IS doing |
while he Is acting rightly, but of what is
wrong we are always conscious. Whoever
works with symbols only is pendant, a
hypocrite or a baBgier. There are many
sach and they Ike to be together. Their
babhing impeies the scholar, and their OBJ
Stinate medioerity annoys the best, The
instruction of the genuine artist opens
up the mind, for, where words fail, deeds |
speak. The genuine scholar learns FROM the |
known to unfold tie unknown, and gradually |
approaches to being master,-G GeOthe's
Wilhelm Msistar. .arrf o.