The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-27


INSTANCES OF HARD WORK.
Mr.. Williams's statements lead me to no.
tice some modern facts in this connection
Washington Irving was not generally
rapid writer, but when under apreesure he
was capable of great application. While
preparing "Columbus" for the press, being
obliged to finish his task in specified time,
he wrote 10 hours day. After the work
was done he took a much needed Iest
Walter Scott was, as Is well known, not
only very rapid writer, but was also ca
pabe of great application. Woodstock"
to which reference has been made, stands
alone in point Of Iapidity, but an ilustIa-
ton of his industry is found in the state
ment of.Robert Hogg, his amanuensis. He
say that ''thtir working hours began at 6
o'clock in the morning, Scott being occa-
sionally before the time. We continued
writing Gays Hogg)l i'll 0 o'clock in the
evening without interruption, except to
take breakfast and dinner, which were
served in the adjoining room, so that no
time was lost had no notion that 1t was
possible for man to undergo the fatigue
of composition for so long time at once"
The period referred to was 1927. Scott had
DtCOuuC Dhuhlupt, anu WAS WOlhlbR dRdIDSb
time in order to pay the enormous debt
cipitsted upon him. In five years he died,
worn out in mind and body-the saddest lit
erary wreck tn, world ever cav.
EDITORIAL DISPATCH.
The most rapid as well as the most labo-
rious writer's this city has ever contained,
warn Graalau opd Raypond Nai,bar of
them ever found any assistants who could
equal them in point of dispatch. The self
inflicted toll Of these master editors was
much beyond the severest standard on re-
cord. For many years Greeley worked
fifteen hours daily. His writing were i'm
bued with deep thought, and he elaborated
a greater amount of opinion than any pub
licist up to his day The great feat of bis
life was the history of the rebellion. which
contains nearly as much matter as Gibbons
"Rome," and which was done in the space
Of two years. Greeley's early style was
crude and incorrect. He gradually i'm
proved in composition until he became q
master In his profession.
RAYMOND.
Raymond, on the other hand, had, nat
urally speaking, better gift for writing
than Greeley. His earliest contributions to
the press were marked by neat and easy
style. l re,er to brief articles in the Ne,o
Yorker, signed "Fantome," which Greeley
was glad to publish since the writer, asked
no pay his object being TO get into print.
Raymond was then a college graduate
seeking some field for his talents. and
his contribute to the Neto Yorker led
him to journalism as profession. AS an
easy and elegant, as well as a rapid writer,
Raymond has never been equalled in this
city. His application WAS intense, but ai
times it increased with the exIgencies OF
the nOur until ii reached, on une ucca-ion
at least, an almost Incredible degree. i re
fer to The life of Dd iel Webster, which
appeared in the Nes York Times immedl-
ately after The death OF the great So
man. 1t filled thirty.six cvlum Us.
though written under eX raordlnary y
cure, betrayed none OF that negltc wi
such a cnndi ion might excuse R4yud
had the material on hand, but the writing
was done with the rapidity of ordinary
speech, and the task will long sIsnd al ne
in point Of ex ded duration and mastery
success. Raymond Was then thirty-two
De was the first leading editor Of thus city
that was an adept at short hand H-
learned this before he came hither, aud
when closely pressed he penntd his
thoughts in tnis Driet manner, which were
then written out for the printer. While
sp aking of rapid and correct writing for
the daily prt SO, / may refer to the foreign
editorial correspondent of the Troy Times
In these letters so wide a variety IF SUB
Jets was presented, and so many minute
points Of interest were gathered-coDdens
ing a vast range of observation ,nfo few
columns-that they afford striking ilustra-
tions of success VI der peculiar difficulties
There are many clever and even able writ
ers on the metropolitan press at present, but
none that can claim a comparison with
those prodigies TO whom reference has been
made.
KENDALL AND ALLEN.
Last night dinner in honor of the "birth-
day" came off in the upper part of the city,
and among the speakers were Richard b.
Kimball and Ethan Allen. MIR. Kimbal is
we'll known as the author of several popu-
lar novels, and is an interesting writer on
general subjects Col. Allen was one time
on the Herald staff, and also was one of
Greeleys political aids during his unf rtu-
nate presidential canvass. More interest
ing, however, is his present position as
leader in the effort to break the commo-
dore's will. Next Tuesday that will is to
be offered for probate, and the surrogate's
court will contain remarkable representa-
ton of the Vanderbilt family. The hotel
where the dinner referred to took place was
very near the Jumel estate, and this might
remind the colonel how easily O'Conor
broke the madame's will. The ground
urged in that case was insanity, wilhelm the
present case 1t is ''undue influence" The
efforts to break this will is not confined to
Cornelius. There is a number of daugh-
tiers, with their families, each hungry for
share, ank If the will be set aside what a
handsome division will be made Upon the
whole it does seem partial that William
should have (a9 it is eslimated) $50,000,-
900, and that bis sons should each have an
additional So 600, 600, while Cornelius is
put off with the interest on 5000 900. Fam
lily quarrels over estates are as old as any
social records. An instance of this kind
resulted in an appeal to our Savior, who
gave a solemn reply, which can be found in
the twelfth chapter of Luke. Johnson re-
fers to such difficulties when he describes
the influences exercised when will is about
to be made:
"The watchtul guests still hunt the last Of
Tense,
The daue hter's petulance, the sons expense,
improve his reacy rage with treacherous skill.
And mould his passions till they make his viii" !"
How many such battles for property have
the courts of this city Witnessed The great
est estate this country has ever seen now
opens a grand field for litigation. Years
NAV plansa hafora the N uaation shall ha act.