The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-01-27
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DRY and 0NtlS ptIeV"S' ""N' ""'''
sun. euvclaped their manly forms IN
h's,nn ,nii when real danger threatened /
I,oior. and therefore having, accord
tu' 90 the northern practice, become |
~ .;obtfpl D0SscsSors Of 81 the offices. |
,n tcrrihlv alarmed lest the rebels should /
,o>,c>sion OF the Government, in- |
H.. the offices, and thereupon proceed l
Ut fantastic tricks before the a>tOnished !
~. ~ tho true and lOyal people thereof. !
n-.d "a - ras,ie." a IL were. with torch !
-, ,rocl...on ~ weird conundrumS, each I
Sobich In success sion waved III torch inqui-
..,~Iv fovsfdS q SkcictOn clad IN graV. lie
,,fc.>cS fhat thl~ ghO>tly exercise, dally M
.t,lDcd m. was we're urCsomc morally, intel
i.rfually. and physically. II j. true that he
-.,ri,fl, knocked the procession into mex
..i..htc confusion wnpncYcrit passed by. but
D.. AID LONG and plne for exemption from
Che necessity for tSis sort Of exercise Ills
wish was never completely grained, now
over. although the performance was IN
,hc II sometimes varied by the snoS'I'u-
zion II the taiin for the torehhght proc,
- v,hen anxiety for The welfare OF the
80, ,.,.rcd ,aborins man kept The rich manu-
,',,,,(r. awake day and night, although
-, ri the uncra,ciul creatures could not
'd,r.t,nd or appreciate their tender care,
o.G .r,m,d totally blind to the dangers
,.ticb ,bev were told menaced them.
LIVING his political experience for the
pr,,tni, and turning 10 the
.oclN.LlFg or NLw ENGLAND,
,hegc were many prculaIitieN that aV,rsclea
hi. attention some That eNc'teu h's ac'
..i,,,,on II there j. one characteristic
more uniVct-llly apparent man aholh,I
mono the ptople il i Sclf-depcndence VI
Il l.. to "a .Ynf hCFnpr more 3D.
..r,,hle ,p ,he women because les, expected
moro INT The woman who docs not display
,,i. Characteristic j. the exception IN 'heI
rt.hh,rhaod. II may De >sij with entire
.,cufscS tu1t II any person IN that country
,,,ni. ANYTHING done, that person does IT,,
r,i... fl REQUIRES more Than one. ana the
,,l. hold, GOOD with al ages, classes, ana
.,>s>. whenever Fhtlp' Is employ ed II
D.. r,,dcd. There are no s1pernumeralle',
and there j. absolutely 10 waste. Onc iaiu-
ily i'm the south. OF given condition rs 10
means. will waste more than len iamlles Oh
Ike condition ID Vermont. Oh course
there are exceptions TO these general
statements. but they are not numerous
The absence Il male walters nj the notes
and e.tipc.hou>ps ~ Vermont i one OF
tho things that hlS; strike stranger
I-pI,.>. p,Ih4ps. we except at OCCASIONS
.ur.rinitndcut If q dining-io0m. II Is que>'
fIralle II there Is a male hOlel-Waiter TN
,be state: and what sill more forcIbly
nh. >ouibclner l. the fac that, in many
,,.,,rcc>. ,he hand.0mc young lady who
80. ON him is a graduate, and very posi-
ly an, daughter OF some prominent citlZen
.the WI age AS most OF the towns are
.,leJ-nl.ch account. FOR the slender ap
,.ofifc Of Young men from the south upon
ttefr first arrival IN the Green Noun
,,in.. and the phenomenal development
4 tto sane. - Illustrated by their pro-
l,rocd >tsy n table ever afterwards. Clean
line, in household matters Is sort OF rell'
zion with The people. and If man should
conGnc himself strictly TO the food served
m nj. own home he would have to live Z
very lou.r time before be- could eat the tra'
diilonal pee: of dirt. Nothing so quickly
touches one coming from the region OF per-
uctual flowers and eyergTeeDS a. the pains
taking care wiih which he sees ladies nufs
ing their
PIT PLANTS AND FLOWERS
IN that far mort bern region on summer
day. The fora that he sees in the country
mikes him melancholy, and by contrast eX
ogrerates the wealth OF that which he lei
Al home. ana he 6Dd> himself frequent.
wishing for some Of tie exquisite roses a e
other fragrant blossoms OF The land wher
his heart Is, "tu>i TO let these people So
what flowers are.
The hotels are among the best " county
boiei. in the United States. Go to th
smallest village, and although the eXterlO
OF the hotel may not be very attractive !o'
arc SIRE 10 rel good, clean, Well.cO0keC
food. = plenty of rich milk. the best butte
in the world, and, finally, a bed which it i
lnXurv 10 sleep on. There is very Strn
cent prohibitory liquor law on the statute
book Of the State. but, alas for the iniruitl
Of human nature, it l., to large extent,
dead letter. and nearly every botei mas IL
=" dead.fall" more or less carefully con
cealed. bu, generally ready TO open to III
m Iolc sound Of money. The reDe
brinadier found the same state OF thing
in Maine afterwards, ADD carefully inquired
into The history and results OF prohibition!
legislation there. which satisfied him that
although absolute prohibition i practically
impo,,Ibie. and although the enforcement
~ the law gives rise 10 much perjury ant
dcpriYes the state OF considerable revenue
il prevents great dealof crime and misery
10 which other communities are subject by
limiting the facilities for obtaining liquor
and keeping thereby in the pockets OF thu
people, for expenditure IN Legitimate
methods, thousands Of dollars which wouiC
otherwise 90 10 The vendors Of the" pizcn.
Still there does not seem TO be any serious
difficulty ia the way OF mans
GETTING DRINK,
il ne puis his hole mind on it 0ike the fell
low who dug for the gopher during tho
war; and goes armed with that most fOIm
dabie OF al human weapons, money
There are plenty OF people there who eel
"fa,ieued with Sperrets," but they have tc
DO il In q ,ncaklng way. which only adds tC
the degradali0p, and they are obliged TO &C
IL on very mean liquor, Tor 1t doesn't pay Il
keep good and costly article when II Is iia
bic 10 be seized at any time. III may be tha
every man Is gifted with certain amount
Of "pure cu,sednes, " distributed through
different channels Of his natural system,
and that damming up any one OF these VII
only cause an overflow IN some other, sc
that the average will be maintained; but
every good citizen and every pi0us woman
will say Ia regard TO th9t channel through
which the propensity to drink flows, dan
it,"
very pleasing feature OF all Vermont
Villages j. ;be public park, with its hne
shade trees and band-,taOd, from which
the good band with which nearly every VII
iage II supplied discOurses music on publlc
occasions aud summer evenings. That same
evidence of a wel-ordered society good
roads and excellent bridges-is 10 be seen
everywhere throughout the State. and when
II Is remembered that there is hardly ANY
level land in II, the impression upon one
coming from a region winch, even with q
fiat surface, has not these advantages, Is
much StronOer ~ first than III Would other