Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-29

CUES Ml schs9SpReMSo De vacant continue
TO return liberal members to parliament
to swell Mr.. Gladstone's majority.
1t cannot be said that the British work
man is neglected by those whose duty it is
to look after him. Companies have been
formed to construct dwellings for him
upon approved sanitary principles; banks
are provided in order to induce him to
save his money; coffee taverns of the
most seductive appearance have been
built to keep him out of the public house;
II hall for the purpose of dancing has
recently been licensed, and is under the
special patronage of His Grace the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, so that the votary
of Terpsichore can come and trip it us
he goes on his liz ht fantastic toes, under
the fostering care of the church; and,
lastly, some well meaning people have
devoted themselves to his musical educa-
ton, which certainly has been rather
neglected in the past. The two-penny
concerts are going on in London. and are
quite Il success. The humanizing influence
of music is admitted upon all hands, and
every effort made to bring high class
music within reach of the workingman
deserves success. Tbs senseess music
hall ditties TO give them no stronger
title) which one hears in London and
elsewhere I'D naUSeatm are scarcely calcu-
lated TO refine audiences. 1t was urged
that the workingman had nowhere else 10
90 for amusement, and even if he Were
fond of good music, which some think an
open question, it was entirely out of hi
reach, because of its high price. He has
no such excuse now, and if the British
workman is not the most comfortably
housed, the most saving, the soberest, and
the best dancer and musician of any
workman on the face of the globe, it is
certainly his own fault.
By the death of Lord Chief Justice
Cockburn England has sustained loss
which cannot easily be repaired. He died
suddenly, in harness." it may be said
on Saturday night last, the 4th instant, at
he advanced age of seventy-eight. He
vas educated at Trinity Hail. Cambridge
where he took legal degree, coming ou
second of the first in the law tripos. He
was called to the bar of the inner tempt,
in 1929, since which time his life was
series of triumphs in the legal world, AM
eliminated in his elevation to the exalted
rank of lord chief justice of England. III
was scholar, and a ripe and good one
and was as remarkable for his uniform
courtesy to those with whom he came i
contact in his high judicial position as 70
: his extensive knowledge.
E | hear that well known philanthropi'
proposes to cart coffee through the stree
of the metropolis this winter, and give
: cup 10 every needy person who wants ONT
He has bought huge urn and II Wagon
and intends to start on his rounds us SOC
US the hard weather sets in. Should
q succeed in carrying out his intention, |
d will bestow on the poor a boon which I'll
o middle classes who feed at London re
e taurants seldom enjoy. The New Test
- ment pronounces a benedicton on Il
a donor of such a simple beverage as co
IS water. But if it is praiseworthy to CIV
{ water in season. it is more commendab
N to bestow on the weary a good cup of h
e coffee.
N Mr. Edwin Booth won magnifice
IS triumph in his impersonation of Rich
!, lieu. at the Princess Theater in Londc
!. last Saturday evening. A more enthu
3 aslic and delighted audience has rare
d been seen in the English capital; al
- after the great scene in the fourth act, t
,e American tragedian received a veritat
to ovation. Those critics who had scotfed
n, Mr.. Booth s Hamlet acclaim his Richeli
It, as great, and hint that it would have be
n wiser had he chosen the latter charac,
he for his first appearance
ne AUGUST.