Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1895-03-09

MISS tOUlu Is 1ulrIy nauSeatlng lhj
whole business is distressingly vulgar
The event is simply one of hundred
and has no international importance
or significance. All this prattle abou
the bestowal of family heirooms
jewels and treasured trinkets has nc
particular interest except to those i'm
mediately interested. These same
things may yet be hollow mockeries.
The bridal veil, yeritable shroud,
the necklace a milestone about the fail
lady's neck, for such have been the
sad ending of other foreign mar.
riages. But peace be with them. No
use to sing Te Deums, play dirges or
say obituaries. Let these people
marry in peace though they are rich,
But few words more and | am
done. A very near friend of the
Gould family sums up the situation
thus -
81 wish to contradict the outrageous
stories that are told about this being a
marriage of convenience 1t is nothing
of the sort. Both families are thor
oughly delighted with the match, be-
cause all realize that it is, first, last,
and all the time, union of hearts.
The count is desperately in love with
his young bride that is to be, and she
with him. He is the very reverse of
meroenary and he has all along shown
the greatest impatience when money
is mentioned. Only those who know
Count de Castellane have any idea of
what a rare disposition is his. He is
one OF the most thoroughly lovable
men l have ever met and this trait is
what has won Anna Gould und not his
title or his ancient name"
Now this settles 1t.
The latest sensational trial has re-
suited in acquittal. A long trusted,
highly honored officer Of the federal
government took advantage of the con-
ddence rerosed in him to rob the ma
ton, when detected fl I'd, leaving faith
ful friends VIII stood by him in adver-
sity to suffer the consequences
Of having given bal for him.
and with the aid of an evil woman
OIL whose account he had deserted
A noble wife, succeeded in eluding
pursuit. After living many years
lnder an assumed name in tue city OF
New York he wns suddenly discovered,
Identified and reurrested There is,
We suppose, not any particle of doubt,
n the mind of any human being who
s acquainted with the case, rs to the
mans guilt But criminal law. as en-
Icted and interpreted, and as put into
operation by existing Judicial methods.
8 not designed to render punishment
or crime certain, or even probable,
except in comparatively trivial IN
tauoes. The idea seems to be that
N occasional failure to escape, spite
II the elaborate and skillfully planned
machinery for thwarting the ends OF
ustice, will suffice to deter from crime
~ making it somewhat hazardous.
The beautiful-snow | mesn-looks
harmless when the little flakes come
ailing earthward from the heavens
'bove, but they make it mighty disa-
'reesble for 1900, 900 people OF this
ity when they come in sufficient guam
tiles to cover our streets with man
lie OF white. These light and airy
peos are the "bete noir" OF thousands
Ipon thousands who are obliged to
7sde around in slush and mud and
lske them sigh for the land of the
range blossom. The life of the street
is made weary when
inter is king and the taxpayer groans
t the vast sums required to keep the
treets halfway decent. Commissioner
Varing says he can keep the city clean
ut it will cost 80, O00,0 900 to do it.
treat heavens! keep your 81, 900, 900,
olonel.
But while harmony is generally de-
rable it can cost too much. Gov.
lorton may remember that the demo.
ratio party in this State was highly
armonious, so far as the organiza-
on and the convention revealed its
selling, when Judge Maynard was
1t was also harmonious
, the point of wild enthusiasm when
enstor Hill was nominated for gov
rnor last fall. Yet the results of this
Iachine- made harmony, are they not
ritteh indelibly in the political al
Ianacsg
William D. Howells has issued An
ltimatum regarding his autograph.
g will give it hereafter to no one
ho cannot furnish proof that he has
'sd at least one of Mr.. Howells
Ovels This is a bull movement in
,tographs if there ever was one.
What delightful place New Yorb
i'll soon be to live in, if all the civil
eruoe reform measures, schemes, for
lie purgation of society of certain
ndeslrable conditions do not go
miss. The civil service reform asso.
ation proposes to regulate things SC
lat the protection of the law will be
itended to large classes of public SER
ants, now the creatures of the bosses.
he bill covers appointments in cities
ld villages, and is drawn with great
ringency. l can't blame some old
ew Yorkers so disgusted in times