Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 6, Number 28, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 8 January 1876 — Page 1

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THE MAIL

A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

SECOND EDITION. Town-Talk. rfVu

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ANOTHER RAID

Sorao time ago, T. T. ventured an opinion which be fears now will have to be recalled. It was in reference to the systematic manner in which that small but ornamental squad of silver-badged pub. funcs. whose principal businessaside from walking j-loivly, looking mysterious and carrying a cane—would seotn to be, the attehding to such matters, collect tribute of the Cyprians. He spoke of the mode of operating of the slight interruption to business, in houses that paid promptly and of the immunity KUCII enjoyed from subsequent annoyance until the proper time arrived for another collection. He also called attention to the fact that the entire business in this line was always accomplished in one, or at most, two days. That there was a grand hurrah, a big cxcitement, several arrosts, and the raid was over for three months. He suggested* tho probability of that being about as often as these raids could bo relied upon to turn out satisfactorily in a financial point of view. The opinion was that, it not being the intention to suppress such houses, the aforesaid pub. funcs. would be too shrewd to "kill the goose that lays the greenback egg."

But it seems his calculations were at fault somewhere. It is scarcely two months sinco the last assessment was mado, and this week there have been more arrests. What does it mean Has the time been shortened? If so, that goose is in great danger. Still the arrests of this week may bo only a kind of feint. They may not mean anything. They may have been intended as a kind of by-play for tho diversion of the general public and not as a menace against a class. Or there may have existed some special reason for arresting those particular womon which do not apply to the rest of the sisterhood. However it may turn out, it looks now suspiciously like one of the customary raids for tribute. They always commence with tho poorer women and out of tho four arrested Thursday, only 0110 had money to pay her fine. Of course it would bo the hoight of folly to suppose it mount that a vigorous campaign was to bo opened against the houses with a view to closing them up entirely and stopping the business. Of course the goose is not going to be killed deliberately but it may he killed, nevertheless.

Now this is a matter that should claim more ot tho public attention. These houses could bo closed smd kept closed, anil tho women driven from tho town, if the authorities wore disposed to doihelr plulnduty and popular opinion ought to compel them to do it. Arrests con Id bo mado ovory day as well as onco in two months. And there is no reason why tho arrests should always be among tho poverty-stricken ones either. trr. 1TAMLKT.

It is pretty hard 'or people at home to judgo fairly of a performance like that of Mr. J. I'. Voorhoea' acting of Hamlet, and T. T. has folt much curiosity to know how it would bo judged by strangers who were entirely disinterested in tho actor. That tho praise accorded him by tho nowspapera of tho city has boon extravagant and otten absurd, can

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bo denied, still there was a general belief that his acting of this character of Hamlet was meritorious and would be rooelred with favor by other cities. Well he has played at Indianapolis and hero is the result: -S -otn Ind. Journal, Tth.1 umr.siHm,nt-wtfkln8 publlo were afforded tin1opportunity !a*t evening ol seein-* Mr. J. 1*. Voorhw* in hi!* interpretation of the rimrncttr of Hum let. Various clr-cums-iuoe-s combined to invmt Uia affair with au unusual degree of interest, ami it very fa'r auJionc.* wa« protoni to great the

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While Mr. Voorh*in» concep­

tion of the character 1* not without originality in ninny fralim-*, and not altogether wanting in merit, he displays continuously a oalnlni lack of eariKwtnww in hi* acting. Vnllo carvfttl IT avoiding any dltpooition to rant he fall* l:ito the other extreme, and (trows w.rtri*roely taints HI* rending,

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not fitiltod, degenerates into a drawl. Ho foil-* in hU attempt to portray the workings of passion by lack of Intensity ana concentration, and denounce* tlievtliainy of his uncle in very much the «am« tone that a in xlentu-lv hungry uian might call for .'teak and potatoes for one In restJ«ti-anU Mr. V«M»rnc«s I* very young— indeed this i" tho am thought which imprccM* ho au»l 1 tor on seeing I in.ami h«»r*is plenty ot time before hliu in which 10 improve. lint hIs lieat friend would bo one who could prvvail upon him tode votelo some other profession 1 h« long year* of |*alent stud which will bcnr«*N»r' to make of him a great actor. The world Is loll of poor awl mediocrw actors--the hark* of the stage—most of whom doubtless eniharked Inthf profe*don with thf hope of il*lng to euiln^suv. ihey have dlseovemt that itrequln* more talent and more application to gain distinction on the tli*n would sntHee to give one a rrulltafoh' standing In lU-nos? any other calling In lire. Mr. Voorliee* should study the Mtnation well before In ing to bec«»me an acton and If hedo- ldes tin ally to enter tht profewlon. let hlia cuinineace at the lioitoin, as a genorafnUlity nian. study stage buidnoM, reading, locution, fencing, and all the thoasaml ana ononrt^onipllshincntitoc«*»aury to font* thorough iu:ior, nnd paUintli ftwalltlw Mm* wticu the manager and tlir pnblic w%y tUt^cftli him op higher. Ureal actors alwayubnikl up from Uie tiottoui.

Nov T. T. protests that tho Terna Haute papers by their ill-advlseil lauda1 tlons of this young man'* acting, are do­

ing him a serious injury. He will not of course seo this himself, at present, but tho knowledge must come sooner or later. He is not a Booth nor a Barrett and a thousand such ridiculous assertions will not make him one. Indianapolis is "close to home" and there are toadies to the Dan Voorhees interest there, -as well as elsewhere. Had this not been the case, this illustrious son of his illustrious father might have, evon there,close as it is "to homo," been hissed frem the stage. The claims.in regard to his acting, made by Terre Haute papers, are preposterous, and fast becoming disgusting. T. T. would suggest that they "give us a rest." ,1

Husks and Nubbins.

No. 191.

THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT. The preachor this morning strove particularly to impress on his congregation tho idea of the insignificance of the present as compared with tho past and the futuro. It was, he said, but a mere point —a speck of timo—hardly worthy ol consideration at all—the pivot 011 which the past and the future turn—the neck of the hour glass, etc.

That is one way of viewing human life and away which is very popular in the pulpit but we have grave doubts whether it is the wiser and better view. It is supposed that if peoplo are less ab* sorbed in the things of this life they will reflect more on the life to come and give more attention to the duties of religion that if tho present appears of trilling significance the future will seem of infinite grandeur and importance. Is not this Idea similar in kind to that which inspires certain classes of religious enthusiasts in pagan countries who inflict upon themselves all manner of physical torments in the hope of gaining Heaven thereby In their eyes this life is of so small account that they can well afford to spend it in a state of continual pain and suffering In ordor to make sure of gaining the next. We cannot think that the best way to live is to disparage and despise the present but rather to endeavor to exalt and ennoble it. True, the present life is but a small speck compared with "the eternities" that have proceeded and that shall follow it, but we can propare ourselves for tho futuro only by rightly using the present, and we shall not properly n&o and' enjoy the present If we keep constantly thinking how insignificant and contemptible it is. We can only live one life at a time and while we are in this world bur whole business is to use it wisely and well. So far from living as if tho present were worth nothing I think we ought to live as if it were all of life and no other were to follow it. Because then we should be more likely to try to live the best that is possible. If wo constantly think o£ this world only as a sort of stepping-stone to tho next will we not also think it is of little consequonce how we live here? A man when he moves into a house only to stay a few months refuses to make many little Improvements whioh he would make if he were intending to livo there for years. Evory one knows that a shifting, unsettled mode of life is not favorable to high culture and worthy achievement. To accomplish any great work or.e must set himself down to it for yoars. He must not be in a hurry but must proceed slowly and steadily. He must be impressed with the importance of his undertaking and its ultimate value to mankind. The world's great men were not men who dospised the present life. To their eyes the world was a great affair. Not the generation in which they lived only but tho thousands of generations probably which should succeed them made it seem of immense importance to them whether right or wrong prevailed, whother truth or error were propogatod, whethor useful discoveries were made. To add something te the knowledge, tho power and tho happiness of maukind appearod to them to be a noblo and beneficent thing. And so it was and is. What tho next life may be and what fnsy be required of us there we shall learn I11 duo time. The preeent world claims our attention and services now and we shall find that the best possiblo way to prepare for the next lift is to perform well all onr duties In this. It is hard to understand how it would help one to bo useful to the world, to feol that tho world nad all its affairs are of no eousoquence whatever, and that it matter* very little what becomes of either.

We are not of those who seem to think tho whole duty of human kind on earth is to wait for their transfer to heaven. If it is true that lioavou is a city of literal golden streets, nnd jasper walls and gates of pear), from whence all pain and grief and nnhappiness of every kind are excluded it will certainly be an infinite improvement flW earth, bat for the present we are in the world and how to live hero is tho problem for immediate eolation. 8ball we ait down with folded hands and sing said dream of heaven, esteeming the present life too unworthy to engage our attention, or Islutll we set to work to make it better?

There la something to do and something

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worth doing. This world can and ought to make just as much and more advancement in knowledge and civilisation during the next hundred years as it did during tho last hundred. It will not be done unless a great many peoplo help to do it. It is not the work of the fow but of tho multitude. Philip Gilbert H&merton, in one of his elegant essays, beautifully says: "The iutellectu.il light of Europe in this century is nol only duo to great luminaries whom every one can name, but to millions of thoughtful persons, now utterly forgotten, who in their time lovod the light, and guarded it, and increased it, and carriod it into many lands, and bequeathed it as a sacred trust."

We know of 110 osto BO worthy of heaven as he who has discovered some useful thing or done some noble deed for humanity. Anil the men who have done these things were men who had an exalted idea of the scope and purpose of life. Do those who talk so much of the insignificance of the present mean to assert that the discovery and peopling of the Now World, the Invention of tho steam engine, the telegraph, the printing press and tho thousands of other useful and beneficent things which minister to man's daily comfort and convenience, are trilling and insignificant? Very true wo could live, as our ancestors did, without them. We could blunder and stumble along on our way to the other world without all these modern conveniences. We could dream of Heaven in utter ignorance of Geology and locate it in the imagination without reference to Astronomy. There is a bettor way than that. Earth lias a purpose just as well as Heaven and we shall best prepare ourselves for tho glory of the latter by comprehending and fulfilling the significance of the former.

Two Nighti of Comic Opera •'**.%

To-night Mrs. James A. Oates, closes an unusually successful season of two weeks of Comic Opera in Chicago. The press of that city is enthusiastic in praise of this charming little woman and her powerful company. One- would naturally think that Mrs. Oates' recent notoriety in connection with matrimonial troubles had something to do with these crowded houses, but the papers up there attribute her great success to real merit and solid worth. It was her purpose to play at Louisville this week, but at the urgent solicitation of several ol our citizons—(she v. as once a resident of this city, before she thought of the lyric stage)—she divides the time between Lafayette, this city and Evansville. We are to have hor on Tuesday and Wednesday eveniags, 11th and 12th. On the first night sho gives Lecocq's famous opera of "Girofle-Girofla," first produced in America by Mrs. Oates, at Boston Theatre, one year ago. On the second night, Offenbach's comic opera of "Princess of Trebizonde." Mrs. Oates is no stranger to most of our people, but that all may know of her, we attach the following from the Detroit Free Press:

Mrs. James A. Oates and her admirable company bogan a season of one week of comic opera at Whitney's Opera House last evening. J. Cheever Goodwin's version of Lecocq's "Girofle-Giro-fla" was selected for the opening performance. That it was a judicious selection cannot be doubted as it called together one of the largest and moat brilliant audiences seen in that theater this season. Of course tho popularity of tho fascinating little Oates was largely responsible for the immense pecuniary success with which her season began, and few will hesitate to acknowledge that she does possess in an uncommon degree those qualities which make her tho life and the principal attraction in opeias of the class to the study of which she has addressed herself with such remarkable suceoss. There is about her something which is a perennial delight to thousands. It has been well said of hor that sho fills tho place in opera which the peerlew Lotta docs in drama. Both have if"Mi and still are subjects of much

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ravo and solemn analytical criticism violate thfl occoptod rules of their respective arts yet ihoy crowd every theater In which they appear, and the public will persist in applauding them, In admiring them and honoring them In all the methods by which delighted and enthusiastic gatherings are wontto manifest approbation. Accustomed an sho is to manifestations of that kind, her reception last evening mast have given her an unusual thrill of pride, and inspired her to extraordinary exertion, for there has never been a timo during any of her cngageinonts in this city when sho achieved a more gratllVing tuoceM*. Her "Oirofie-Girofla is a nappy medium between tho so-called comic opera and the genuine bouffc, with enough of the latti-rto give her imper* sonatlon piquancy, but without tho questionable snggestiveness which tho unadulterated article has tor American eves and ears. Her volco is freshor, clearer, better In every respect than it was two vears ago, and sho has develop* ol a strength that must have then seemed impossible to tboso who knew her well. Her childish figure, engaging manners and irrepressible spirits allied to a method peculiarly her own—as entertaining as it is original—have the effect of putting her audiences into perfect sympathy with lier. and her own evident enjoyment of her work gives tho beholder a double pleasure.

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rofitablo i4practicable to attempt to tho secret of her power. It is a self-evident fhet, and It may as well be accepted, unburdened with troublesome Inquiries.

Mrs. Oates has called afonml her a eompanv thoroughly luacfvrd with h«r. There t* an evennees about their work

ontlre which very satisfactorily fills the measure of expectancy and results in an entertalnmontof the first order, making popular favor the criterion. The eliorim is an especially commendablo feature of this company, and much might be said as to the elegant manner in which the opera of last evening was costumed. In fact the management of all the details was conspicuously good.

IlICHINQS-DEIUiARU. On Saturday evening next Mrs. Rich-ings-Bernard will appear at the Opera Houso, at the lioad of the English Opera Company, presenting for the first time in this city Julius Eichberg's new opera, "The Rose of Tyrol," written expressly for her. Of this musical composition the Boston Gazette says:

Mr. Eichberg's new opera, "Tho Rose of Tyrol," has proved successful, and has evoked a good word from all classes of musio lovers. Its pretty, graceful and pleasing melodies won at once upon the ear, while its music, of a more pretentious character, incontestibly proved its composor's just title to rank as a thoroughly educated and scientific musician. On a second bearing one appreciatos more fully than on the first its many merits and excellences in fact tiie first witnessing of it is merely a prelude to a proper enjoyment. It is in* every way a credit and an honor to Mr. Eichberg' but, with great good judgment, wbilo in this work he lias vindicated his artistic reputation by significations of what he could do were he writing solely for lovers of the higher order of music, he has also addressed himself to the popular ear, and bowed to that wish of the popular heart which may be briefly stated Melody before science. Perhaps the most striking portions of the opera are the song "For your gay villiage," the finale to the first act, the ballad, "It was my dearest friend," and the finale with the introduction of the vcUse. These especially by their freshness and their graces of arrangement will impress the listener.

Mrs. Richings-Bernard sings the mu-ic of her part cs if she loved it—with pnrity of tone, delicacy ot execution and sweetness of voice—delighting the throng with the fire and spirit which she throws into the final scene with Frantz, compelling h«r and her lover to make their appearance before the audience would quit the house. Mrs. R. will always bo a favorite in Boston.

Mrs. Bernard is a great favorite with our musical people and we are very much mistaken if she does not have an audience next Saturday evening which in size and quality will show her this fact. The sale of seats will commenco at Button A Hamilton's next Thursday morning. LECTURES ON ENGLISH LITER­

ATURE.

An excellent opportunity is now offered to this city for studies in tho masterpieces of our mother tongue. Beginning with Chaucer, there are representative works which embody the best thought and sentiment of our portion of the race. Judge Carleton will open tho series with tho general subject of "Books and Reading," on January 18th. He will te followed by leading members of tho bar and other professions until the greatest writers of onr language pass in review. Rare instruction in entertaining form is promised by the names of these generous men who consent to give lectures to busy people prepared in busy hours. The experlmont deserves success. The Baptist church will be used for the purpose so that tickets for the whole course of ten to fifteen lectures will bo sold at the bookstores for one dollar, to covcr unavoidable expense. The series will probably continue to April or May, and will swell the rising tide of popular feeling in Terre Haute for a more intellectual tone of society.

AT the last meeting of the council Mayor Edmunds presented a carefully prepared statement of all the smallpox cases that had been reported in the city up to that date, January 4th. The number reported was sixteen. Mayor Edmunds says in tho report:

Prompt action has boen taken by the board of health and other city officials to care for the suffering families mentioned, and to prevent a spread of the disease. From HU the information I am able to gather, I believe the disease is under control, and that in a reasonable length of time it will entirely disappear from the city.

We quite agree with this view oi the mattor, and bolieve that the principal danger is safely past. There are no cases in the thickly settled, or business portions of the city, and people out side incur no danger in coming into the city to transact the business that ordinarily brings them here.

A DISPATCH was received in this city Wednesday night announcing the death at Canon City, Colorado, of James B. Naylor, eldest son of Wilson Nay lor, of this city. The deceased had for along timo been troubled with hemorragtfof of the lung*, and weut to Colorado about three years ago for the benefit of his health, which until recently had seemed much improved by the change of climate. The new* of his death was a most terrible shook to his parents and entirely unexpected, aa they had not b^en advised of his serious illness. He was a moDt woftby and promising young man and had a host of warm friends iu this city who will be deeply grieved by his death. His parents have the sympathy of the entire community. The body will bo brought home Ibr burial )*. O. Cox having loft for Colorado, with that purpose, immediately on receipt of tiie dispatch amtosncinfe his death.

People and Things.

How long will it take your swear-off to wear-off? Avoid the use of the nose as an organ of speech.—[Spurgeon.

Now Year's calls were introduced in America by the Dutch. A time is coming when this globe will roll in eternal firost.—[Proctor.

Soup should not be swallowed with an audible gasp.—[Book on etiquette. Legitimate drama—the one that fills the seats.—[Old manager's definition.

Even the/Philadelphia horse-barns are becoming finished off to accommodate Centennial visitors.

A Michigan autioneer, while crying "going, going, gonedropped dead the other day as tho last word was uttered.

Washington Irving said that no entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. And Wash knew what be was talking about.

A well known Fifth avenne man lately called on a leading jeweler and had his thousanA-dollar solitaire imitated in paste so be could sell the real gem!

Bowen, in his libel suit against the Brooklyn Eagle, got 91,000 lor his character. This looks like a return to war prices.—[St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

An enterprising pastor of Altoona, Pennsylvania, occupies himself in traveling among the houses of his flock and breaking np all dancing parties.

A cold-blooded New York genius has just invented an apparatus for freezing murderers to death, which he claims that it will do in less than four minutes.

An auditor being asked how he liked the performance of a certain dramatic club, replied that he should "hardly call it a club, but rather a collection of sticks.'"

One of Moody's characteristic expressions came out in his sermon on Heaven last Tuesday.' "Telegraph ahead and secure a room in Heaven," was the way in which he urged sinners to repentance.

The Mt. Morris Union says that Olive Logan is a woman that any true person would like to gather to the heart and shelter from the storms of life. It is well for that man that Wirt Sikes is hard of hearing, uv V/v^

Why don't men swear when they are alone?" asks Talmage. Did Mr. Talmage evor lay around the fence-corners and see alone farmer pick up a humblebee? What did that farmer,say?—[Detroit Freo Press.

When a French army officer is convicted of felony, his epaulettes are torn off, his sword is broken, and a private steps from the ranks and kicks him. After that the civil authorities get in their work on him, but in a more civil way. .•

A Fulton avenue, Brooklyn, shoe dealer has labelled his goods with the following affecting appeals: "Carry me home to Mary." "I'm beautiful." "Ain't I elegant "I'm dying to be bought." "I'll wear myself out in your service." "\ou may tread on me for 94," etc.

Tho Chicago Tribune printed a two column list of ladies who proposed to receive New Yoar's calls, introducing it with tho remark that "the list this year has been carefully prepared and revised, with the view of giving only tho names of those who claim a good social standing." 11

How many medical reputations have been built on a capacity for looking wise and saying nothing! A doctor who knows how to insinuate by tone and face and gesture his perfect command of the situation, without committing himself to specific assertions, may make a little skill go along way, and may even make serious mistakes with impunity.

A book agent called on a former'near Oriskany tho other day, and was told that the farmer was too busy to talk with him. "But" said the agent, "your farm work is all done. You have nothing tp occupy your time." "Yea I have too," retorted the firmer. "I've got to plaut my foot and raiso a book agent," and he did. Ho raised the book agent about four feet.

A Chinaman at Truckee, California, being detected the other day in an attempt to steal a pleee of rubber hose, was kickod about forty yards by the trate owner, and after he had thoroughly exhausted himself and worn out the Mat of the Celestial's pantaloons, John Calmly propounded the following question "You not likee lendum?"

After "Uncle Daniel Drew" had aub scribed $20,000 toward founding a new Methodist College, he remarked to a friend, one day: "Well, air, I didn't know whore the moaey was coming from. I was worried over it, mid so made It a subject of prayer. After fasting and praying over the matter for one day I went down on Wall street, and in lets than twenty-four hours I skinned those follows out of |200/!00.

Revivalist Hammond illustrates an argument «tth a hone shoe magnet and nail* of various niees, from a tack to a railroad spike. He likens the magnet

to Jesus. The tack typifies little children, and he shows how readily they cling to the magnet. A simple touch, too, attaches the shingle nail, whloh he likens to a youth. The larger nails are less and less affected, until the big spike —a tough old sinner of the most intractable kind—will not stir under the influence.

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Religious intelligence in the Memphis &• Appeal: "Her matchless and. perfect figure was a model, and never showed to so much advantage as whon she knelt for baptism."

Ladies should remember that each number of kid gloves conies in three shapes, viz: short-fingered, medium and long fingered. Undressed kids are much cheaper than the dressed, though not so handsome.1'

When a California woman defeated a a lion in a hand-to-hand combat tho neighbors were greatly astonished, but her husband quietly remarked: "Ob, that's nothing. That woman could lick the devil." ei

A Western lady gives the (following advice to girls engaged in looking up husbands: "Look out for physical .health and beauty for the sake of the race. Do not bestow a glance on the a lean, dyspeptic, cadaverous bipod shnn him as a you would a pestilenco."

The fashion of wearing jewelry on the streets is obsolete. Ear-rings fad lockets are last to go, but the former must soon be banished—accordingly to the flat of fashion. Buttons are, however, made as elegant and costly as jewelry, and as much money is paid for them.

The Pittsburg young ladies were in- -m dignant over their names being pnblished in the Commercial in connection with New Year's calls. The poor editor in order to pacify them, was obliged to ,, refer to Washington, Chicago, and Boston, where such announcements are made. i\' 1 #T VT

A woman took a seat in the smoking car of a Housatonic train, Thursday W: morning, at Bridgeport, and on being informed that it was a smoking car, replied that she knew it, and without wasting any more time, pulled from her pocket a clay pipe and puffed away as if she had been there before. *.

There seems to be much suffering this winter among the genteel, poverty-

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stricken women in Washington. A few days ago two ladies, descendants of three of the most distinguished men whose names are interwoven with the history of this country, were turned out of their home in that city for non-pay-, of re

Miss Rose Eytingo, when "Rose Michel'' is withdrawn, proposes to make a starring tour for the centennial summer. Among her plays will be a fcevolutlonary drama, written for her by Celia Logan. One of Miss Kytinge's costumes will be a dress worn by her great-grandmother.

Little did the ven-

erable lady imagine that her best gown would adorn one of the best of American actresses, and become one of the theatrical attractions of

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year. -i~ ,4 s» A young lady writes to the Woman's $ Journal to say thai the pull-back rigging is not the proper place for a woman to carry her revolver, as valuable time maybe lost in drawing it. The writer adds: "I always carry mine in my pocket. My revolver is of modium size, 1 carries a No. 22 cartridge, and the cylinder has seven chambers. In, case of emergency I can easily slip my hand into my pocket, and if I choose, raise the K:,. hammer as soon as I grasp it, or while 0 drawing it from my pocket. In this way no time is lost." It is plain to be be seen that that girl has got pistol on the brain, and will shoot somebody yet, witlror without reason. 4 i-'

CONCERNING THE CITY ESQ I- $ NEBh. 1% {From the Gazette of Tuesday.] 't This evening the question of retaining Mr. Jos. Strout. the assistant City Engineer, in his position, will come up in tne Couneil. We would suggest to Councilmefi who, from the eirebmstanceof their altogether different occupations, know f, nothing whatever of the work required in taking care pf this city, to go very slow in this removal. They may hear seme complaints from citizens of the aystorn, whose complaints are altogether baaed on a dislike of the Chief Engineer. No maa, be he saint or sinner, can set levels and establish lines all over town without incurring the dislike of a great many people. Some men there are, who are small souled enough to heartily^iate 0 the engineer if be put their sidewalk either up or down a foot, or change the line of fence 6 inches, when their 00mttion sense ought to t*»ach tLvui that tho symmetry of the streets, and the inexorable rules of mathematics is what demands the change, rather than the engi-

As to Mr. Jos. Strout, be has been employed on several railroads in the coun- & try, and has a reputation among engl- jj neers as a careful and rapid man in his. profession. s§

The Council should alno recollect that it takes them but a very few minutes tp order an estimate made, whiah may tako the engineer weeks of patient labor to perform, and that daring the season now •one a great deal of this kind of work baft teen ordeird. ,tf.V