Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-09-17

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y would have insisted on giving his orders a
,s to the rest Of the job.
IS Mice fatten slow in church. They can
IS live on religion, any more than minister
= can.
: Fashion cheats the eccentric, with tn,
: eiaptrap of freedom, and makes them servt
r, IN the habiliments of the harlequin.
e There are farmers so full of science thai
c they won't set gate post till they have had
= the earth under the gate-post analysed
, When lambs get through being lambs they
= become sheep. This takes the sentiment
out of them.
Monkeys never grow anv older in express
5 sion. \ young monkey looks exactly like
5 his grandpapl melted up and born again
San Francisco.
THE METROPOLIS OF THE LAND OF GOLD-TnE
PEOPLE AND THEIR PECUIARITIEs.
Sam Williams in Scribner's ior July.
, The lloodlum is a distinctive San Fran
cisco product. Certainly no treatise on the
resources of California would be complete
that did not include him. lie may be some
what vaguely defined as ruffian IN embryo.
loung IN years, he Is venerable in sin. lie
knows all the vices by heart. He drinks
CANDLES. steals, runs after lewd women,
sets buildings on fire, rifles the pockets of
Inebriated citizens going home in the small
hours, parades the streets at night singing
obscene songs. utterlng h0rrid oaths, and
striking terror 10 the heart Of the timid
generally. Occasionally he varies the pro-
sramme of his evil doings by perpetrating
u highway robbery, blowing open a safe, or
brainlng an incautious critic OF bis con-
duet. One of his chief diversions, hen he
l. IA more pleasant mood and at peace
WIKI the world at large. is st0ning China
/ men ihls be has reduced to a science. He
/ has acquired dexterity in the use Of mis-
siles. delicacy aud lirmness of handling.
/ au accuracy Of aim and precision OF move
ment, that seldom fail to bring the hated
/ hcathen down. According to the h0odlum
ethical code, to si0ne Chinamen Is DO sin.
lt Is better tA2a plstime-it i a work OF
Righteousness.
The Ho0dlln is Of no particular nation
atty lie must simply be young and de- /.
prAved. lie must have broken most Of the [
commandments before he has got far into |
hi- teens lie may be the SON of beggar; |
DO may be the son OF millionaire There /
Is no arlstocracy IN this republic of crime /
lhe great mas ot recruits are. of course,
gathered rom the lower classes, bat - our /
best society has ncqLCathed to the order
some 0I its most brilliant REPRESENTATIVES,.
This sudden oiilorcsecnce of a sharply de-
Li1ci criminal class among boys-for the
IOodlum first appeared only three or four
years ago-ls somewhat alarming Ii shows
That there is scrsw l1o-e somewhere in
our sJca. mechanism. Ile selfish " Trades
unions, which virtually exclude appren-
tees iron tho mechanical pursuits, have
b'en, / 'aiak, the pricipal cause OF Hood
luml-m. Bat there are other causes. NJ
where else are the restraints of parental
authority - lex Us hcrc. \ large portion
ui the people have DO homes They live.
NJ rather they exist. in hotels, boarding
1Hl-c-, 10 logging houses, ear at restau-
rants. spend their days at their places OF
business, ami tnei- evenings at resorts Of
amusement. Ineir children are allowed ID
ran Viii, learn slang at their mothers
breast, s1ear n pinliore~, and p7att.e in
tnc JarEOu ut the street. The distracted
parents. iai-lag 10 govern them. give up
the hgnt, al.9" thc.l 60 90 oat nights and
have tlulr own ~ly l1 everything From
thi> fDlnt thc gu.I go ruin Is 50 short and
direct that it eds 800 EuItt-1larI 10 point
The way. No0d.uaism I- a disease 80 yiru-
lent. SO rapid in it~ spread. that III 3Tal ply
-ic.-1- are a- their WIS end how 70 treat
D.. AL SORTS oi remedies are proposed, bu: ;
the mos; Practical was thar adopted by N-.
oy "a combination Cd w0rkmcn who put up
% c4r1er on lataIns for the Palace llo-
tel, cat the c3.rraylr-y short hy setting
.yeral hundred boys to WORK to learn the
ou~iae--, ihis is me key 90 the whole ,
,'i7'. ~ Hl'e 'ul n.ys ,'s' ~orH' ana t''dium-
''- -''-f --' ---- -'-o'u- 'Al4'S-
--1-
The popular speech OF San F,auciseo i, ,
strongly l4vlrCd with l0calism-. l0l hear $
on every side the Jargon II the mining d
camp, the p1'aiS OF the frontier II man @
laiis ia business be Us gone up hume; I
u Ae MAKES "A iatky speculation he has 7
-u.tA % ric1 h3 dies De has passed {
IA nus cheeks y! man oi sound .sn,e I
1t Is SAID Ills bead Is level; good bG>i-
ne-- is S+'- d pan oaI VOL. Iae genu- .
-ue O@li.'inlin never ,ayS he mas made a
2rtnna'a a'l>'ment, but he has = struck
ieaI never >i1- hc ms got rlch, but he
li- maze ii' tlie- good dinner he
-'.-- lafe lltal cheat l. always o
% OAK --'.inS 40 the real character ot /
man Is c,-inS down 10 the bed rock I
O-e4I oll' freeze cut, are synonyms Il
ir IasaaiF operations Is business " hen b
'iocS. are active tney are slid to be boom C
az panic ih 'he Market is expressed hy K
-Ns IefH more lAH4 man Who i hurt I
ID M!Hih- transaction is clnched' A p
" ea' lDaa Is --.l To have no sand IN him; h
N iH5 excuse Is denounced as - too thin
n TIE sang 'eTu3cuiar. au cating-place j. 4
. ha-h-n'use, pretty waiter sirl Is Il
pen 'l.n9eF' ana a newspaper reporter !
IN IhA-Sln2cr' u
For vounr civ. Sla Francisco Is very :
much Wooded o. petty traditions. Ii ciings u
20 the e. litT with = teath-lke .enacitv O
.lInss 10 it agains. all reason and against u
Is own Interests The bit is a mythical j
luantity. lis neither I2I cents. nor half d
Il - it is neither - cents nor 10 cents b
+ Won buv A q. bif'Sr' worth and rbr,v :
joN-, - r,nfs v.n -et 10 cents hal If =
'ou Offer the stme 10 cents IN lien of a y
. hit. go va,I are lacked pnon as A mild s,rt /,
4 sxind.ar And vet the =. hit is The 4
tandard OF minimum monetary value. Of L
10 fixed value itself. it is the measure Of the d
-slpe of q iarae share of what the penple II
my and sell! Until within tho mast fex y
.s,.r- fire cent riece- were nearly ,inknown W
nd are e.e, ,s- l.,,loB pno, witb di.dain t,
,g tbe more conservatives residents Same "
Inc a.-o -b, I4,dir,, bant rid the 3sn,-er- -
..s evneriy.ar.t ,,f in--,1reirr nan,iss and ~
,-,.,rf.5 sl,sral bundled d,ilsrs' ,nrtb +
'hpy yvore .,..rnfi,lI, rciscrs5 as ,,nwortbv =,
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