The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-12
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

The day Is rapidly approaching
when the respectable New York citi-
zen will have TO carry around his neck
a card besring n certificate of good
moral character from his clergyman,
printed in nice large type, and backed
IN an interpreter for the benefit of
those guardians of the the peace who
cannot read even the largest letters
known to modern type manufacturers.
A few days ago, a lady, while shop
ping in one of our well known stores,
Inadvertently took up parasol, think
ing it her own which she already had
on her arm. She was Immediately
pounced upon by the proprietor,
searched without success, arrested by
an able bodied policeman, taken to
the station house, where the officer ac-
cused her of being common thief;
lockedup for the night in cell, and
brought into court the next morning.
During the examination, the Evidence
came out that the prisoner was a
thoroughly respectable lady, and that
she tried to explain how the blunder
was committed, but was marched off
a.,G imprisoned as a we'll known thief.
Another beautiful feature of this case
was shown when the lady testified,
that after much pleading she was al
lowed to send for her lawyer. She
gave the messenger fifty cents for the
errand, and he put the money in his
pocket, put a stamp on the note, and
sent it by mail, and, if the lawyer had
not seen a notice of the arrest in the
papers, the lady would have probably
suffered through a longer delay. The
only ray of common sense connected
with the case which has yet penetrat-
ed to the public eye, is the emphatic
way in which the judge expressed his
disgust at the whole proceeding, and
threatened the immediate punishment
of those through whom the wretcheo
blunder was made, branding an inno-
cent lady with a foul title.
While his physicians and friends
hope for the best, it seems probable
that before this letter is in print Will
liam Cullen Bryant, the poet and jour
nalist, will have passed away. While
attending the ceremonies in Central
Park on the occasion of unwilling the
bust of Mazzini, the Italian patriot,
He stood with uncovered head under
a bot sun. At the close of his adj
dress he appeared to be suffering
slightly, although he made no COM
plant at the time. Later in the day
as he was ascending the steps of a
friends house, he fell heavily upon
the stone platform and was taken up
unconscious. lie was removed to his
own residence, where, as | am writ
ing, he lies in critical condition.
Born at Cummington, Mass, Nov.
3, 1894, Mr.. Bryant has witnessed
changes in this city which to major
ity of the present generation would
read like romance.
lie lived here when what is now its
business centre was considered out of
town, and as few men have been priv
LEGGED, has watched the growth ofNew
York from boundary to boundary, as
increasing prosperity threw out its
greedy fingers for new territory. To
any one at all familiar with this city,
this growth can be brought to mind
when it is remembered that the IA
nous Crystal Palace, in which IIor
ace Greely was interested, failed, be-
cause it was too far up town, and yet
it was situated at the point known as
Reservoir Square, below AID street.
Now days if a man live anywhere be-
low 10th street, he feels as though
he ought to go home to lunch.
At the age of'13 Mr.. Bryant wrote
"The Embargo" political satire in
verse. lie was graduated from Will
liams College and admitted to the
bar in 1876, During the following
year he published ''Thanatopsis,"
which is probably the poem by which
he is best known. In 1926 he became
editor ofthe Evenjng Post, adyocat-
ing free trade. Mr.. Bryant is proba-
bly, the ablest exponent of this theory
among New York Journalists, and
many and bitter were the battles he
fought with Greedy through their re-
spective journals. 1t is stated that
the latter once used the remark "You
lie, you villain, you lie, as a gentle
hint to Mr.. Bryant that his ideas on
the subject Of free trade were not
agreeable. In 1869 Mr.. Bryant pub
lished his translation Of Had. The
present is his first illness since a boy,
and trust that this sketch Of his life
may turn out to be passing tribute
to whom the EceniRg Press calls
New York's first citizen" rather
thaQ.it should bear mourning to those
who, from his spotless character and
eminent abilities count themselves his
friends and admirers. RADIx.
The following appeared in the Free
Press last week and we endorse it