Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1857-02-13
Sketches of boston.

A correspondent of the Hnickerb0eker Nag
0sine has lately visited Boston, and he has
CHANGED upon several little incidents which
impress him with profound sense of the So
lsmnity of Boston people. The fremont House
is good institution, but the waters are gloo>
my; the chambermaids attend prayers in the
morning; there are Bibles in the rooms; the
man in the Office never smiles, and altogether
the place is precise and quite peculiar. We
will let him speak for himself, however:
81 have attempted but two jokes in this
solemn place, and they fell like the flakes of
snow, silent, unnotced. An unfortunate indi.
vidua in the reading room last evening as
seized with an unusually violent fit of cough
ing, which, if man could by any possibility
be turned inside ont, would have done it; and
rs partial cessation of it occurred, with his
hair standing on end, (he had coughed his hat
off his face glowing with exertion, and the
tears standing in his unhappy eyes, he very
naturally gave vent TO a profane execration
Every body looked shocked remarked in an
audible tone to my companion, that the ex-
elamaton was Golfer dam; an admirable con-
trivauce for raising distractions from the bot
gentleman to clear his throat; but no one
laughed, and incontinently went to bed This
morning on arising, | discovered that my
boots, left outside the door TO be embellished
with blsckiug, bad, like those of Bombsstes,
not been misplaced; so | said 10 the porter, a
man of grave and solemn aspect: 'You have a
very honest set of people about this house.
'WhyV said the porter, with a somewhat star
Il , / of
my boots outside my door last night, and find
this morning no one has touched them That
man walked Off all slow and stately. and new
err knew that | had been humorous. Disap-
pointnents have been my lot in life. | took
a short ride yesterday in the Metropolitan
Railroad cars which are dragged by horse
power from the fremont House TO Roxbury.
The only other occupant of my car wss q
Young and lovely female in deep mourning.
She wore heavy black veil, and her thick
and beautiful auburn hair was gathered Up on
each side her face beneath a spotless cap, a
widows cap Of snowy muslin.
] had always a feeling for widows; young
and retty widows particularly, always excite
my deepest interest and sympathy. | gazed
with moistened eye TO the sweet specimen be-
fore me, SO young, go beautiful, thought, and
dlds. HAaS sHiAeiihe 5uS iiae "a lsSiltbC0N.
pictured to myself her devotion to her hus-
band during his last illness, the untiring wat CHI
fitness with which she hung over his pillow,
the unwesrying and self sacrificing spirit with
which she hoped on, hoped ever, till 10 des-
piie OF her care, her love, be sank forever, and
her agonized shrek rang in my ear, as with
hands clasped aud upturned eye, she felt that
he was dead, lIer dream Of lite was over, her
strength was gone, her heart was broken. The
young widow had been regarding lac earnestly
during this time, and probably imagined what
was passing in my mind, tor throwing her
veil over her hat, she turned partly around
towards the, and looked s,eadfastly 10 my face
she winked her eyel Yes, sir, she winked her
at ne--the moral Ph@aix; aud rose from my
ashes aud left the Metropolitan car aud returI-
cd 10 the fremont llUuse. And is it possible,
Thought /, a. gazed iron my window upon
fremont street and observed Il sAnclimonious
gentleman iu hong black overcoat, look has.
lily up aud down the street, and then dodge
up smali slley IN great haste, Is IL possible
that this little widow in the car is 81 ali typ
ical Of the great city 20 which she beIongsl A
most respectable, slaid, aud solemn outward
mountaineering a very strong dispose
ton 10 thas delivery which 10 defined By the
Bible as '-ihe lust Of the iesh, the lust VI the
eye, and the pride of life But Boston, cloih-
ed ia it's robe OF snow, looked too pure, too
bird like, aud dismissed the supposlIion from
my mind,