The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-27
For the Dispatch.l
Comm on Life I'm Connecticut.

III sOuthron is rather generous by ma
ture, the average Yankee is certainly be-
neyolent by practice. The late gift OF one
million of dollars from Mr.. Slater, OF Nor
wich. Conn, for the Christian education OF
the colored people at the South, is an illus
traton of the benevolent spirit which per-
yades the New England States. The Jour
nal and Courier of New Haven says ::
g.The course of Mr.. Slater in making such
generous provision for a permanent and
iar-reaehing charity during his active bust
ness life is as rare and singular as 1t Is
highly commendable and bright example
for imitation In the South il is a rare
thing for one to give million dollars for
benevolent purposes, but here, maugre
the statement OF my New Haven author
ity. il seems somewhat common, Besides
Peabody, there are many New-Englanders
who have given of their millions for edu-
cational and other benevolent purposes.
In this city there are quite number Of
men who have given hundreds Of thou
sands as public benefactions, and no great
ado was made about the matter either.
The New England people seem to class sys-
tematic giving among the common, every
day duties of life. have iour-hundred-
page book on my table, presented bya good
Yankee deacon, which puts general beneyo-
lence under the utmost subsection TO rigid
rules and measures. At this point the
shoe begins to pinch. While the peo-
pie here are not stingy or mean,
il does sometimes seem that they
have sharpened their financial policy until
the point is so fine it fairly pains my southern
flesh at the first touch. In fact, often Won
der whether even the Experimentation y
could get morsel OF bread after certain OF
these calculating Yankees had completed
their church account. IL does seem that
some of the shopkeepers would bite grain
of coffee in two rather than let the scales
balance with a generous turn. And yet
the average Yankee is Just to the last de-
gree. At an ordinary clearinghouse
have found that fellow can get due allow
ance il he happens to be out Of town for
the whole day. One has simply TO exact
his dues aud he can get them to the last
haf-penny.
People here have some very absurd no.
tons about the present political and social
condition of the South. | was recently
fmused by Yale postgraduate student,
who thought he knew more about Virginia
than this writer; but soon found out that
my first-graduate friend had never been
south Of Wheeling and Baltimore, though
he said he chad been there" He was In
blissful ignorance Of the fact that neither
Wheeling nor Baltimore belong TO Virgin.
yer. This incident In some respects fairly
illustrates point. Educated people here
say virginyer, idear, &C., with few ex.
ceptions.)
Common life in Connecticut is very much
the same as II IL In Virginia. In the South
people generally take life easy. Here they
make it easy. Economy and industry are
characteristics Of this section, rs compared
with the wasteful" ways Of the South.
But wealth has brought eXtravagant ideas
into this one-time Puritan place. The arts
and sciences flourish, and factories boom.
But the people do not seem used TO seek
ease. They rather seek display, and must
work hard TO support their elegant estab-
lishnients.
The only chance for natural-bOrn ease
seems to be In the divorce courts, II may
credit local authorities. II Is not easy TO
get married here, and il Is not easy TO sup
port family here. "What would have
supported family when our fathers mar.
ried viii barely support one person now,''
says the annual Report of Connection!
State Board Of Health, under the caption