Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-10-31

and could get along without the rest of
the country very much better than the
rest Of the country without them"
You Were entertained good deal in
| private families, were you not -
Yes: and ii gave me IL chance to see
something of the domestic lif,. of New
Englanders which was glad to have
am not person Of preiudires, and am
willing to bear tribute to worth where
ever found Several things about the
New England homes | visited impressed
me. In the first place they seemed to
have attained the perfection Of convent
cI-'r. Everything is under one roof
/ The world seems to have been searched
| t. bring together all that would make
/ home pleasant, comfortable and convent
! ,nt in arrangements. Household affairs
/ too, seem conducted on system, like
| "Vorythiugclse. So many ofthepeople are
wealthy that Of course their houses have
all that wealth will buy to begin with !;
b;;t vithal there is system and quiet, I'M
dcmnnsirative hospitality which is
charming. New England hospitality is
not Gbtrsivc nothing is forced on you :;
| bat III the same time ven are made to feel
| perfectly at home, and your presence
seems TO make no jar in household af-
| fairs? -
Wine usc,l?'
VERY rarely The temperance doc
| trine se9ns to have a wider appreciation
and more advocates than in any other
section OF the country. Outside of the
large cities | saw no saloons, nor did |
| see an intoxicated person during either
Of my trips into those State. tbs really
remarkable how the moral forces have
got the better of appetite"
Nv hat Of business
Business seemed to he improving.
Indeed that was the universal testimony
But Il stranger could see no outward evi-
dence al hard times, or that there had
been Earl times. s;tw no evidence Of
restitution. Quite the contrary. All the
evidence | saw indicated prosperity
Wealth they certainly have to u degree
that IL hard to conceive without inspec
ton. The evidences of 1t are ever pres
ent in the mammoth manufactures, the
cities by the dozen, the imposing resi-
lences, the immense and costly school
houses and churches. \ country without
possessing an immensely Of accumulated
wealth could not have thcs'. improve
ments on so immense scale.
"iou were not among the poorer clas-
:. Of the people ,"
Il was among the factory operatives
good deal Their wages are not high,
but continuous. There seems always
something Tor willing hands to do. The
children Of poor parents work in the fac
tories half or two-thirls of the time, and
go to school the balance The whole New
England States seemed To me sort of
laborcrs' nest. Every one, apparently,
had something to do. ldlrness is not
respectable. In many of the large fac
tories | saw the sons Of men worth per-
haps half million Of dollars, with their
sleeves rolled up, ut work with the
laborers They learn the business from
the bottom up; and when the protector
and proprietor dies, the vast machine
moves right along Among the earliest
lessons taught children is that labor is
honorable, and they give them start i'll
life by learning them to black their own
boots
''What do you think Of the future Of
New Englsnd?"
Their future will be continuous in
crease in wealth-that is, provided the
country il disturbed by no commissions.
Accumulated wealth aggregates to itself
very fast, and it seems to me the con-
ditions are all pcrscnt that will make
New England as rich as old England 1t
is but Il question of time, and at the
present rate of progress IT may not be
very long time.