Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-01-13
Bequpsts to the Poor.

| see that by The recent death Of one Of oni'
statesmen, who WAS very wealthy, the city
Of Chelsea was left SOD for it. poor This
was given in consideration OF the splendid
vote" that city gave the dernised at time
when the contest WAS decidedly close. Now
as Chelsea eNpendS about S;2Oo annually for
the support OF those who cannot or will not
provide for themselves, an analysis of this
bequest becomes somewhat interesting. On
a & per cent. investment it would Weld ~
year, less brokerage and the usual percen-
tage for red tape and incidentaIs which
would probably cut the interest down to
per cent. Take the 81 which will thus be
secured and divide 1t equally among the 400
poor Of Chelsea and it don't take great
deal OF mathematical cacu alton to deter
mine the amount each will receive; but IL
does take considerable figuring to find out
Just how much adupose will be added to-
each Chelsea pauper by the increased lux
uries the additional cent will provide
Charity, thou art veritable humbug.
4 Change for the Better.
The removal Of tue old ark now standing
IN Haymarket square and used as a passen .
ger station by the Boston IL Maine Rail-
road, Is again being talked of; but as that
subject has been periodically on the tapis for
the past dozcu years, il may prove revival
Of what has grown to be very musiy
chestnut A plan for an elevated track over
CaIseway street was at one time very pop
u'ar scheme with that corporation, and
every time an accident occurred In that
vicinity the project was sure to come up for
consideration and the details of construction
elaborated at great length. This time the
scheme does not contemplate an elevated
track, but the removal of the station across
Causeway street and the ere;tion ofa COM
modous union depot Such an improve
ment Is certainly desirable, as the Haymar''
ket square building is not only AS cherries
as q morguc, hut dangerously located, on
account of the trains having to pass over a.
crowded thoroughfarc
Whiskey and Enterprise.
I have always bon more or less careful
observer Of men an things, and the opera
tion of high license here in Boston has par
ticularly attracted my attention to phase
of human nature which. while not altogether
uncommon, appears to be characteristic OF
hose who dispense bad rum. refer to the
yeneral lack of enterprise manifested by
rumsellers as class, and to the unsym-'
oathetlc, nncbaritab!e and selfish greed
which high license has seemed to make more
pronounced among them than ever. The
average rumseller never was or any particu-
lar u.e to the community, aud now that the
law has made him II mOnopolist, he appears
In he not only less scrupulous in regard 20
The character OF his customers, but more
yrasping in his tendencies and less enter
prIsIpg In matters OF pnbli' interest. This
has often been remarked hy Others of late,
and It seem. 10 m2 shou d he Al important
consideration in the granting of licenses tho
coming spring. As means of debauchlng
the yentler sex the saloons Of this city are
fast becoming most potent in their in
luence.
Author Charles II. Hoyt.
The writer had at one time the distinguished
,onor of "ediing the wire" on the Bos-
ton Post, and on occasions enjoyed the priyi-
ege of chair near the "All Sorts" man,
then pcrsonidcd by him who Is Mt present a
lramatic author Of world wide repute, and
representative in the legislature OF the old
Granite State. Charlie, a. he was then fa-
mllarly called possessed an original fund OF
humor aud made n success Of his depart
ment; but the position, 1t seems, was not
calculated to crafty his ambition, and he
suddenly developed into what has proved