The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1880-01-07
Letters From The People.

STOWE, VI, Dee. 81, 1873
Mr.. EDITOR:
Dear Sir:-As YOU were pleased TO
pnbIish my letter ffom tlifs famous town
In last weeks paper. | venture 70 write
again for the purpose of calling attention
10 the importance of small things. though
Il Is the agitation of small things winch
improve or retard the grown anu
prosperity of all communities. peopie
IN any locality who are constantly sroWF
ing and grumbling about small matters
who fret aud scOld, who are on lne
lookout for some fresh scandal, VINO go
about from house 10 house 10 relali gossip
who is telling what this man and that man.
or this woman or that woman shoulu no.
who interest themselves In regard TO every
new arrival In town, who know tue hlslo-
~ of every man, woman and chlld Wllhlh
radius OF thirty miles. such a cominnll-
~. Mr.. Editor, will not flourish. Neither
Is il a locality which would attract out
siders. Men of means aud OF refinement
who desire to settle In the country. men
who build factories. men VINO contribute
to charitable institutions, men who take
AN interest in institutions of learning. who
contribute to the support Of churches, VIII
hesitate long before settling down among
AilOst VIII All 10 lilAlNli W
they do nothing to make home attractive.
In my last letter to the NEWS. alluded
| to the importance of Il polite and civil de-
pertinent on the part of everyone y pO-
| lite aud civil person has an even tempe.
he does not make use of prOfame language
every time he opens his mouth; he Will
say nothing which will injure your feel
ings he is not satirical; he does not repeat
to you anything he may have heard to
your detriment; he does not retail the
last gossip he speaks Ia II low tone; he
does not laugh immOderately at his own
jokes he is not OtliciOus; he is not too ia
milar. If he wants favor lac Will ask
tor it, not demand it; he will pay the
printer his bill and will pay all other DIS
| How many, Mr.. Editor, will run INTO
! debt, get trusted wherever they can with
no intention of ever paying? How many,
Mr.. Editor, disregard their promises and
whose word is worthless? How many
are on the lookout for chances to swindle
and to defraud, and, if su 'cessful, call
themselves smart? How many are full OF
| brag and buster and entertain those who
are compelled to listen to their idle talk
with the narrative of how they have come
| the odds on Jones or Smith? How many
go to church, look solemn, pray for the
wicked, and cheat through the entire week
if they can get chance? How many,
Mr.. Editor, 90 about telling how the
church should be supported and the min
lister paid, vet put their hands down deep
into their own pockets and keep them
there? How many will sympathize with
the poor and the unfortunate and go
about to raise contributions in money,
food and clothing from the liberal minded
and generous hearted, yet nary red do
they give from their well filled pocket
boOkY Why is it that there is so much
hypocrisy in our day and generation
Why are men and women given to so much
deception, not to say right down dishOn-
esty? Why do men and women go about
retailing SANDER and telling talshoods
Why do they like to pull down regulations
instead Of building them up? Why are
they so selfish, so ugly, so iIl-natured, and
exhibit such an entire disregard for the
comfort of those about them? Why do so
many lie and why are there so many who
are constantly committing petty larceny
These questions are more easily asked
than answered. Does it not show, Mr..
Editor, that with all the money which is
being raised to maintain public schools.
ministers preach and dcnOunce sin and
wickedness, while the Sabbath schools
draw in the young for the children to be
taught catechsm lessons, we say, while
all of these agencies are employed to keep
the masses moral and upright. yet the
evils we speak of abound to an alarming
extent and are on the increase, what is to
be done to stem the tide of immortality
| gntf inU in Cn SfronU pUninSt wa
sure that our base for moral and ntellectll-
al training is sound and rests upon the
right foundation? Are those of my own
sex doing as they should? Are we free
| from jealousy aud from envy? Do we
pity the little weakness Of each other or
do not denounce with terrible severity all
small Irregularities among our sisters
Do we remember the words of the Savior
who said Let him who is without sin cast
the first stone? DO we practice economy
in all household affairs? Are we satisfied
to dress within our means? Are we kind.
modest, loving mothers. sisters and wives,
or, are we boistcrous, given to much idle
talk, and contcndng in public for wo-
mems rights? Are the men all they should
be? Are they industrious? Are they
willing to work? Are they kind civil and
| pollCe Ill Tue iallllly circle! Nnen Jney
20 out do they take their families with
them? Do they permit their wives, their
mothers or their sisters, to share in their
sports and outside amusements, or do they
not go away by themselves to the. grog
shop or elsewhere, and then tell wrong
story when they declare that they have
been to the lodge? fear, Mr.. Editor.
am making my letter too long, so must
take up the subject at some future time.
LAURA.