Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-02-13

not believe that the appearance in old
clothes once in lifetime. or little
rough and tumble scrimmage. will
seriously injure the most cultivated
senior of Harvard.
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1t will be interesting to watch the
struggle that will occur biennially, If
not annually, for places in the new
city department. Favoritism il sure
| to be charged, and n change in the po-
litical complexion of the city govern
ment will send good printers looking
for places elsewhere. Boston is II great
place to talk civil service reform, but.
as in other places in Massachusetts, II
friend at court counts when it comes
to getting job. 1t is laughable to
hear men preach civil service while
they are struggling every day and
night to secure II "fat snap" for some
fellow-worker who will do them IL
good turn whenever occasion Offers
A civil service that removes some
other fellow to make place for u
friend is the kind that really has II
force here.
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HdiHDllIk uCuS uTc HOt NUMEROUS III
Boston, and there are none of the
fashionable" resorts which a few
years ago furnished course dinners to
their guests, but there are numerous
attic and basement rooms where men
are foolish enough to meet now and
then to gamble. There always will be
gatherings so long as the fines I'M
posed upon convicted gamblers are as
trivial as they are at present. The
temptations of gambling are not
Haunted in the face of the young in
Boston, and not many persons come in
contact with the gamblers unless they
try to do so. In short, the evil is rea-
sonably well under control in the city,
and nothing to the contrary would now
he said if it had not been announced
some weeks ago that the gamblers of
their own accord had decided to leave
the city. 1t hardly seems that the po-
lice could have believed this, but it
was perhaps not altogether to be eN-
pected that they should deny it, inso-
much as the voluntary abdication of
the gamblers was said to be due to
the vigorous opposition of the in
spectors. A new grist of convictions
in court has convinced even the gull
lible that the gamblers have not left
the city. And they will not leave the
city while fines are as small as Mt
present. The police are not to blame.
1t is the law. Not one convicted
gambler in twenty is fined more than
500. Arrest is merely an episode in
the career of a Boston gambler. The
Judge who recently sentenced u
gambler to years imprisonment ap-
parently had this in mind and tried to
make the punishment fit the offence.
Lovers of the dog may we'll rejoice
over the character of the bench show
just held in this city. Dog shows,
as they are called, have been an an
nual feature for some years, but they
have come to us late in the season,
when the CANNES had been cam
paigned an entire winter and were
worn out. You can look at tired dog
and praise his good points, but you
lose the animated, bright appearance
of the handsome fellow who is fresh
and playful. There are big dogs and
little dogs, long dogs and short dogs;
in fact, almost any species known, in
such condition as to be pleasing to all.
Oh! but it is noisy, for they have not
yet got hoarse and wheezy.
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The big surprise "On change" last
week has been the failure of L. C.
Hodges & Co., stock and grain
brokers', in the Exchange building.
They have assigned to George C. Dick
inson. The firm issued O daily mar
ket letter on grain, which has indi-
Gated for some time that it believed
strongly in the bull side of the wheat
market. Their contracts on the local
stock exchange were very small. The
firm had a connection with the Chi
cago Board of Trade, being corre-
spondents of Schwartz, Dupee & Co.
+. c. Hodges, the Boston floor MEM
ber, and f. F. Lowry and Egerton
Williams, who attended to the gain
business. Mr.. Hodges is prominent in
many interests, being member of
the Boston Park Commission, we'll
known cyclist and patron of athletics,
and for a number of years has repre-
sented the Roxbury district in ward
and city politics. He is also popular
in club and social life. The statement
of assets and liabilities has not yet
been made.
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Section 3 of the subway, more COM
monty known as the Park street
station loop" is practically COM
pleted. The trestle work, cementing
of the broad expanse of floor and
walls, has been finished, the cavity has
been thoroughly rooted over, and
there now remains but very little
detail work, and some back filling, be-
fore this section of Boston's pet tran
sit bed will be in readiness for the
construction, overhead, of the station
building, which, according to the
plans, promises to be an attractive
piece Of architecture. The tunnel is
nearly 700 feet in length. At the
West street end it is about 4s feet
wide and gradually increases in width
until at the loop end there is an area
of some 160 feet, from wall to wall. In
eXcavating this section it was neces-
sary to undermine nearly two-thirds
of that portion of fremont street
reaching from Park street almost as
far down as st. Paul's Church.
Ihe Horse Snow ASSOCIATION mas an
nounced lis list of prizes for the an
nual show, which will be held in the
Mechanics Building, commencing on
April 10. Nintey-eight classes are pro-
vided for, the prizes amounting to over
$4,000.
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The New England Hospital for Wo-
men and Children has opened its doors
at 30 Fayette street, and patients are
admitted daily Sundays exceptedD
from 8 to 10.
OBSERVER.
1t pays to be a speedy bicycle rider.
Less than four years ago two welsh
lads, the Linton brothers, worked III
cOlliery in Northern Wales, earning less
than SO cents day each. One of them
was taken up by shrewd cycle tram.
er and broke all records for a period