Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-04-28

property accumulated by others, rich Iega-
cies ease, freedom from anxiety and care,
are considered by many to be most desir-
ble and by some as badges of nobility.
Such things are at least suggestive of COM
fort, but they seldom lead up TO genuine
success. long line of New England an
cestors will help u mau very little unless he
has the courage to get up and get within
himself. Laughter and applause.
"Modern society is constantly developing
new types of humanity. The real aristo-
crat, the snob, the religious zealot who
never smiled, were products OF the past.
The genus homo called the dude is mod
ern invention. The word was coined to
meet growing necessity. Laughter.
class OF people came on the stage who battled
description. A new word must be found to
meet such an emergency. One might ad
init the fall Of man, but it required such a
succession Of cataracts from 'Adam down
to account for these beings chat it stag
gered all computation. [Great laugh bier, ]
IL one sought refuge in Oar winism, in evolu-
ton, the problem as no less difficult. That
theory assumes the Survival of the fittest, Of
the most useful--a constant development OF
brain -power--but here were beings who re
versed that order of nature. More than
that, Darwin tells us we must be careful
and not make the mistake of surprising that
the human race sprang from the apes OF
South America He insists that our an
cestors are only TO be found among
the ape tribes OF the Old World. |
never understood why Mr.. Darwin was so
particular in insisting upon this point. For
some reason be seemed to be down on the
South American ape. Laughter Being
an Eoglishmen, it may have been difficult
for him to see any merit in nything on
this side Of the ocean. Laughter How
ever, il he could have lived to examine these
modern specimens of humanity, | am not
sure what change might have taken place
in his estimate Of the human race; but
am quite sure that, after meeting with the
modern dude, his opinion OF the South
American ape must have been improved.
Great laughter This entire family is a
creation Of idleness. With such people, to
work with ones hands or with ones head is
vulgar. To be useful is to be considered
common. Old fashioned New England So
ciety could never have produced such a
class. They can only come from the &C
cumulated wealth Of the past. To properly
selec. the people who should be at ball to
be given by Que Of the 'four hundred may
be an exalted calling; but to build stoau
engine, to construct and run a railroad, to
span the Mississippi or the East river with
bridges, is by far a more superior calling.
The men OF New England to-day who ac-
complish these things are our real nobl0men.
| Applause
There are in the New England State.
about 66, 900 square miles. Onehalf OF
this mother earth is in Maine; the remain
! ing half is in the other five Now England
! States. Nowhere near one-half Of Mains i,
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in 20 of the other five States can be called
tllable. Hence New England, to be great
must OF necessity be n manufacturing couu
try. Illinois, with 10, 600 less square mile.
than all New Eng gland, has fully 10 times n
much arabic land those States. In lit
nois, Iowa, Minnesota, the two Dakotas
Nebraska and Kansas the hoe and plough
the reaping machine. are the badges OF
their prosperity. In New England i
is entirely different. The spindle, the
loom, the making Of leather and boot
and shoes and the manufacturing O.
cutlery, of plated ware. all these thing
are the badges Of her prosperity. To SUCCESS
fully establish such line OF industries, i
was necessary to have people possessing thu
characteristics Of the New England fathers
In New England to day there is a larg
amount of pedigree, piety, book-learnini
| and fondness for art, but better than al
these are the pluck and push, the ingenut.
and perseverance born OF their New Eng
land ancestry. As Il whole, it is 10 NOR
true OF the men than of the women within
New Elgland's borders. The great major
ity of her people seem to live only to b
busy.
II am not unmindfu Of the fact that
is by no means an uncommon habit to b
constantly decrying the character and abil
ity Of the American girl Of the present day
II one could believe the talk SO common
the conclusion would seem to be nevitabl
that the girls of this generation were sinpl
butterflies, Of no possible use in the world
Such n statement is by no means true. Tn
girls OF TO day are just as full of courag
and of self sacrifice as were their mother
before them. 1t is a queer habit people Sc
into of always Ignoring the present an
defying the past. There is one thing, how
ever, that may console the young ladies' c
this generation; it will only be n few year
before the people will be telling what MAJ
veIlous women they are decrylng their chi
dren and exalting tho girls Of to day
,auphter and