The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-10-24

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LONDON, Eng, Oct. 8, 1879.
A friend, writing TO me from Zulu
land, who has had great experience in
camps, says that he has
never met with 90 many soldiers pros
trAted with extreme nervous debility as
he finds at Muritsburg, and that their
agitation and unrest battles the ordinary
modes Of treatment. can account for
this. The Zulu war has been q war 10
which an extraordinary mental strain
has been superadded to no ordinary
amount of hardship. To say that the
battle of Isandhlwana established a
"scare," would not be going too far.
Here Yves an enemy who might attack
at any time In overwhelming numbers;
who would march straight up to the
mouths of battery of field pieces, who
knew no fear, and would show no
mercy. To conduct campaign sue
cessfolly against such an enemy as this
necessitated q vigilance of the most in-
cesssnt kind. A few moments' DELAY,
II an attack should be made, would be
fatal--fatal, not only to the force In a
military sense, but also to the lives of
the greater number of those composing
it. TO sleep in your boots; to have
your ammunition at hand, 30 that it is
impossible for It it to be mislaid; 10
have your rifle 30 placed that it is the
first thing your hand touches as you
spring up from the ground; TO sieep
underneath wagon sodden with rain,
or underneath frosty starlight--all this
Is trying to even the hardest. The
men get used to IL, but still it tells upon
them. Heads which went into Zulu
land with a mere .sprinkling of grey
hair, come back with goodly growth
GLOW gray he has grown!" is remark
heard every day with regard to moi
who have been i'll. This is the result O
the mental strain, coming as it doe,
upon the top Of severe physical exer
ton. t
| We are again promised scandal o
the first magnitude. The name of
woman, previously referred in one o
two Of my letters to your paper, an,
who, for the last two or three seasons
has posed as professional beauty,
is about, it is said, to appear in the di
|, vorce court with no less than three high
tilted correspondents. This Is the logics
result of such unseeming notcriety Q
private woman who has been allowe
to exhibit herself in private drawing
, rooms and public places as sort G
!, prize "Lily," the ne plus ultra of fem
nine physical perfection. All he
"points" have been closely examine
; and freely discussed in society and i
, the newspapers, while the royalty O
/ the sale Of her photographs has enable
: her to dress with the best of the Yves
end bellies. The question has ofte
!, been asked what manner of man Ii
? husband could be, to submit to all tn
! proclamation of sacred things, the mo
. sacred of all things, the personal charm
= aud attractions of his wife; her form
:, face, features, hair, eyes, and all b,
~ lines curves and motions, these ha,
been the daily themes of the newsp
!. pers, and the topics of the clubs, for Il
q last two or three years. Such tantali
% ing descriptions Of this ineffable ''bea
i ty" have naturally attracted swarms
% honey bees around the sweet flowe
" And now comes the tale of the stin
:, 1t Is bad enough to publish these de
!. cate inventories of the public properti
=, of actresses, who, on entering the pu
- lie stage, become sort of public pro
= erty, that is, the public is licensed
- discuss them physically and mental
~ to criticise their eyes and their voice
the opulence of their forms and Il
:, grace of their motions--in q word,
= "handle them without gloves" A wife
Al "beauties" belong to her husband onl
- and If she loves him, she wants no Of
,f er eye to admire, no other tongue
n praise them. The 6rtating Of his sea
a DIAL will probably prevent the lady
~ " question from exhibiting her "beaut
:, in America. The proposed visit wou
y, :. prove Q failure, like carrying Goals
- Newcastle" Should this Dolly Span
y or of husband be foolish enough
10 appeal 10 the divorce court, the sevel
~ correspondents will doubtless follc
~ the high English precedent of denyi
~ the ''soft impeachment" Where
:, woman's honor is concerned mai
~ oath must be framed to suit the oct
=, :, sion, regardless of the pains and pen
w ~ ties Of perjury.
y If the ever-dreaded political troubl
- born and bred in partisan nurseries al
= protected by flaming "loyallsts" do n
70 upset the present prospects in Amerit
~ you will hear of many English capit
a lists taking their money to America 1
y, y, investment under their immedis
. view, that pay more than the farcit
al al one or two per cent. here. 1 ha
- ]. heard of several instances of shrey
a. business capitalists preparing for vi
20 to America with this financial pl
q gramme before them. Let them be
y. 90 sured of political peace, and then ,
-. ~ shall see financial plenty.
~ So far the influence Of Lord Beacon
~ fields international direction of I
y, farmer to Canada-a sort of emigI
). )" ton agents free advice-has not be
y. manifest. In Lincolnshire and I
y counties have been passing throu
:. lately have learned of several farme
~ with cash capital and manly indepeu
" ence, making arrangements TO 20, 4
"a to Canada, where they tell me 'sy
J. get all of old England's social prete
y tions and none of her legal protection
q q but to the American States they 60.
ALPHA
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