Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-08-02

finds he has got to unlearn what he has
learned, and commence at that age from the
beginning. He has to be born again-born
second time. In deep questions l rather
have the the original thoughts OF class OF
children to assist me than the state opinions
of their fathers. How can we essay to teach?
This is portion of his remarks, partially
stripped by defect of memory. It's in Boston,
dear old Boston, that such thoughts are
given to sound, not for the great alone to
hear. There any one who was by nature
made member of their society is received.
Rep.-You gave your voice some emphasis
when you spoke of Boston. This club has
given you affection for the entire Hub.
Tom.-Not alone. Boston is the city for
man who loves ideas. Here he meets young
men who are struggling to think, and old men
who think without trying. In the free library
you are met by courteous officers who render
you every aid. In the Astor Library, New
York, the Librarians carry themselves as If
the founders of the library. During the week
vou can attend free lecture on the subject
which interests you.
Although every newspaper reader in the
States knows of Lady Blessington's parlors,
doubt if more than a tenth of the people of
London knew, in the days when Moore sung
in those rooms the ballads which his own i'm
agination had sung into existence, there was
such a person as she. In large dining room
in the house where stopped while in Boston
but one person knew that there was such a
hall as Hospitala. Down Washington street,
high up on the face of brick building, is
small sign. Time and the rain have nearly
erased the letters. 1t used to read, ''Hospi-
tala Hail." In this hall, every Sunday morn
ing and afternoon, meet the now oldish men
who during the last twenty-five years have
there discussed every conceivable subject.
Long practice has made them finished de-
bators. have listened to finer thoughts, but
there in that old hall have heard as keen
debates as ever heard anywhere.
There in the cnalr is neatly dressed Eng
lish-looking gentleman, whose speech and
gesture are almost as easy as Phillips. Full
with humor and irony. He is an unrisen
Phillips.
Then the friedman, all excitement and
enthusiasm. He wants to bring about social
reform by force. A lineal descendant of the
French revolution.
Then the John -Brown-looking American,
who agrees with the Frenchman in the use of
force, and like him, but unlike the man he
resembles, he is exciteable.
Then the editor. A dark skin, turned pale
by literary labor. Truly black eyes. His
blood runs thick. Thoughtlessly dressed. His
gesture is as awkward and nearly as regular
as the movement of a wax figure in the Bos-
ton museum. But he can argue.
There is seldom more than thirty persons
present; but every time you 60 you will meet
some speaker you haven't seen before.
One morning in walked short, feshy man,
in overalls. l could not decide whether he
was farmer, butcher or mechanic.
1t happened that day the question was on
John Browns favorite subjed--social reform.
In his speech, the orator, as last resort, fill
ed Boston with revolutionisB and sat down
all perspiration.
The little overalls man rose with pleas
ant countenance:
s'Let me tell my friend hov his plan would
work. He would be walking up the street
at the head of his mob, armed with broom
stick and beansnappers. Down the street he
would observe some men coming, all dressed
in the same colored coats. My friend is a
brave man. He would not rim. Well, these
men would walk up to him, fhen he made a
slow gesture, which showedthe absence of
effort and awkwardly represented the sweep
of a sword, and sever his head from his
body. His followers, seeing this, would turn
corners right and left, in gfat hurry, and
his revolution would be over
Then he went on to answer Johns argu-
ments. Before he finished b was applauded
many times, and I'll risk to by, no one who
had laughed as he entered fit able to make
him reply.
| A young man will sit sometime in that hall
before he thinks it is safe to hy anything. If
he does try, when the meetinj is over, the old
men will give him encouragement, and urge
him to become one of them.
The only cost is five cents admission.
Rep-You think, then, in pc line of cul-
ture. Boston is in advance ofNew York.
Tom-In letters. In fneirt New York
leads. America was discoverh four centuries
back, but art has only recAtly discovered
there is such place. Amaica has accom-
plished little or nothing. Hrope has made
her what she Is in art. Thy have free of