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

trasts. Ii is eccentric it is tantalizing
1t is seductive. We are pi1ued at its capri
ciousness yet it units US for living any.
where else. Summer hardens into winter
winter is glorifed into summer. Roses and
sunny skies in January verdureless waste,
cold winds and chilling frogs in July
Did you ever see such a summer a.
this?" said one Irishman to another
" No, be jabers, not since the middle Of
last winter
We cry for thick blankets while you are
sweltering in the doggy heats we throw
open our doors and vii iDws while you are
covering beneath the arp stings Of win
ter. Not that all days in summer are cold,
and all days in winter warm but the gem
eral rule is, that June, July, and August
are detestable, and the rest of the year IN
equalled for loveliness OF weather. There
are not only days, but weeks, when the
skies are indescribably glorious. The Nile
valley is not so sweetly balmy. Southern
Italy not so rich in mellow splendor. ihe
golden sunshine permeates every pore,
qulcSens every pulse of life. The air has
an lndetinable soitnes- and sweetness
tonic quality that bra IS the nerves to a
Joyous tension, making the very sense Of
existence delight. The contrast of tenn
perature between summer and winter i
less apparent than real. The remarkable
eqGabIlItY of the climate will appear from
the following: In June, 1874, the highest
thermometer was 81 degrees, the lowest IS
degrees in January of the same year, the
highest was SO degrees, and the lowest. 81
degrees. In December, the range was be-
tween 90 and 81 degrees; in August it was
between IS and 60 degrees.
Society has greatly changed forthe better /
within the past lew years. but Is still some I
what " mixed" The lines of class and .
casie are often vague and shadowy. Your /
coachman OF yesterday may be your land
lord to-day. The man who supplied you
with vegetables few years ago may now
rank with you socially. The woman who
dad your washing in the early days may
look down with plying eyes upon you t.
morrow. Bridget, who was your maid-oi-
ill-work when you first came to the couu-
try, lives IN grand house, reJuices in
;oachman IN livery, and goes to all the
great parties Don't feel hurt if she cuts
'ou, tor she Is " in society,"" and cannot
lhJrd to be too promiscuoGs in her ac-
lIaln;anceS. IL is natural that IN q COM
nunlty 50 largely made up Of fo=tune-hunt-
r., wealth should be a controlling social
'ower but it would be unjust To say that
Seasth Is the sole standard of social posi-
ion. Occupation, how one lives, and
where one lives. have something to DO with
{. There Is story Of rich mani will
Tot vOuch for It's truth-whO some years
igo gave famous party. He had a large
lrcle OF acquaintance, but he could not
invite every body. d" We must draw the
Inc somewhere, you know" he said, and
e drew It bravely between wholesale and
eteil The man vino sold soap aud can
les by the box was decreed to be within
he " sacred pale Of societys most elect
he man who sold soap and candles By the
ound was voted social Phi.i.tine. 4
ieh lady was about to give large party.
nd called in a friend To talk over the qne--
lon OF invitations After reading the LIST
be latter SAID
" But don't see the Bierstad's Sl-e-
you viii invite the Bier-tadis?"
" B.nr>tadt who Bier,tadt ," !
" " by, the great painter 80
l. he one of them ar California paint
IS? because, If he Is. | won't have him '