The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1880-10-29

L. and intellectual, moral and religi
M privileges which are now so systematic
IRE afforded must have q potent inflne
At Ior moral health. From Noyembe,|
MAY two evenings each week are reon
n ly devoted to bringing the inmates
+. gether for amusement or instruction /,
!, the best entertainments in the will
!; are patroDized. Fifty of the patiel
" attended the poultry show last ",
The fourth of July was celebrated on
AZ grounds, an asylum orchestra is orga
)t ed; religious services every Sumo
k occasional lectures, a reading room
n enlarging library, all do their work
Z, wards soothing mania-and awaken
q normal mental action.
@ We do not believe it is possible
: such an institution to be administers,
more comprehensive principles of hun
, ity, medicine or morals than this.
W. H. Fl. Lewellyn of Omaha. n
one of the detectives who arros
waite, is out in letter to the Dailv
replying to that which Truman Br
YATES brothe--in-law. recently wr
de pronounces Bucks statement
tissue of Justification from beginnino
end" says that Buck in order to d
ceal this noted criminal, took precsuti
to have the letter carrier cease his vi
TO his house. and he then went TO
post office in person for his mail. a
that waite was seen on several occasid
10 dodge hastily back from the d.
whenever citizens were passing. Fin
~ he produces an affidavit from Ruc
servant girl, that she was instructed
Wai.ss " .l oas 2 SHSby llg ~ -
duced certificates from l iffiy 1 ,sssSHs s:!
to back him. that he had received lar
remittances of money-S20O.00 in
it was reported-from the East. In
; ply to this LewellYn says that Blu
"who recently worked for 800 a mon
was abundantly able to buy large cal
ranches, worth from forty to sixty tn
sand dollars. ! happen to know llQq
Waite visited the Niobrara stock region,
selected the ranch and gave directions
about the purchase,
Henry c. Willard has compromised
with his city creditors and pays them %
cents on the dollar. Steps are to be taken
soon to take him out of insolvency.
The suits against him as a director in
Waite's bank have been withdrawn.
A class in photography meets two
evenings each week under the efficient
tuition of Mr.. j. Ripley.
Cudworth & Childs have adjusted the
loss by the fire in w. F. Richardson's
barn, week before last, paying Sl075.
The grog faucets are every one shut
up tight.
The North Eastern Insurance Co. will
move their Office next week into the
Vernon. National bank block, the for
mer quarters of the Peoples bank, with
that of the Brattleboro District society
of the New York Life.
A Sad Story.
Of the Degradation of rum--One of
the Brightest lnteIIccfs. One of
ne FINEST Literary Ar;isi. 80 of the
Geo. William Curtis in the "Easy Chair of Har-
per's magazine.
Walking the other day down Broadway.
the Easy Chair heard itself accosted by a
voice at its side, and turning, it perceived
the figure of an ideal tramp. An indie
scribably shabby coat mostly in shreds,
was gathered or buttoned around the body
as closely as possible. What served for
trousers hung over pair of shoes that
must have been rejected by the street
scavengers There was no shirt and from
the coat there rose dirty neck, a gaunt
face and grizzled head, and the voice, in
the low tone of the doubtful but desperate
beggar, said, quietly, "You don't know
me. y
Il. The voice was like strain OF soft music |
fxxras o. oaf and
refined, and the wordsl were exquisitely ar
ticulated. Nothing else was recognizable
in the wreck of man; but the Easy Chair
said at once, "Mercutio," / know your
voice, but not you. -
1t was the busiest hour of the day, and
the street was thronged. Everybody, hur-
rying by, looked at the tramp as if with |
surprise that any human being could be so
utterly squalid and yet walk about. The |
Easy Chair had not stopped, and its COM
panion, who had held little back, quick |
ened his pace at the words, and came into
line. "This is wretched business how did
you get to this ~
"You recall me ~ said the tramp, as if
doubling whether it were possible.
| 1t was fellow craftsman in literature
man whom the Easy Chair had known in
those 'better days" to which the poor
waits always allude His voice showed
him to be a gentleman, and he had filled
official places of responsibility man OF
| various accomplishments and talent.
"You are very good, " he said, ''but you
ought not to be seen walking with such
wretch. However, he continued, with a
kind of recurring gayety, ''t makes no
! II m hn wit
anybody-even with me. "
There seemed to be almost a twinkle in
| his eyes, as if there were a certain humor
in the companionship which he could not
help perceiving, and as if he enjoyed the
surprise of the passers-by. The recogni-
ton and the liberation had Immediately re-
assured him, and his voice had now the
composure and confidence of that of the
best-dressed man upon the street.
GLOW did you get so low?" was the
plain question of his comrade, as they
walked rapidly along the tramp nimbly
keeping pace.
"Oh, he answered, with CHASTITY smile,
"my old trouble, you know. Only" he
added, even meditativey and ruefully, sit
used to be champagne.
His sole grief at this moment seemed to
be, not that he was totally degraded and
ruined, but that he must be drunk upon in
ferior liquor.
eyes, Easy Chair, he resumed, with an
easy recurrence, to old familiarity, and
with the same beautiful articulation, ''yOu
know that il is not mean, and sneaking
fellows that get to this. It is the vice of
gentleman.
There was jauntiness in his tone as he
said this and even in the gait of the I'M
speakable tramp, as If nothing could rob
him, in any possible extremity, of being
gentleman He described with an airy
grace of expression, and evidently in COM
plete forgetfulness Of his appearance, the
incidents of his hard struggle with the APP
petite, and of his final and total fall. 1t
was like Smollet depicting one of his worst
vagabonds with relish Of sympathy and
intelligence which was appalling. The
recollection of ''better days, > the associa-
tons awakened by the mere presence of
his comTade, the consciousness of his hope
less extremity, did not affect him at all,
and he concluded, 81 am not a very old
man, but Of course l shan't live long.
Can't you do anything ~
He looked at himself, as if TO wonder
how the question could be asked, and,
with half smile, answered, ''Not much. y
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