Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1859-01-06


Boston, Dec. Dist, 1853.
MEssRs. EDITORS The fall of the
snow on its feecy wings has sent my
thoughts over the praires to you. How
softly it fallS-this white winged snow
how beautiful now is our city, with the
plumes of the snow king resting SC
proudly upon it Old Winter looked
IN upon us once before this season, but
hearing the busy click of the hammer
and the unusual hustle Of the people, he
took himself wings and sped away,
thinking mayhap, that he had "taken
Time by the forelock," for indeed one
would not dream that the "ruler of the
inverted year" was on his throne here.
Young America" with his busy, en-
terprisng fingers, is hard at work in our
old city, so that its prim face is bright
ening with new beauty under his active
touch. Here he stands in his proud, eff
hclent power, and pointing to venera-
bic bit Of architecture, wreathed with
the step of many years, says "vanish p
and almost instanter there upriSeth a
noble edifice rich in " modern beauties
OF sculpture and adornment. There he
sweeps through an entire street, and
brushes beneath his all-potent feet the
doomed relics of " long ago." they
crumble at his will they fall from their
places switch shall know them no
more;" and over their graves there up
springeth carved marble and iron richly
wrought, with the epitaph OF the dead
past, written behind the living esprit
OF the present." which CLEANS out
proudly from every column and curious
curve.
We stepped into Franklin street, and
where were we? What a change !!
Once it looked modestly up to the sun,
bordered with quiet, brick built homes
now it is an elegant broad street, clad
in our own Bay State granite, bear
ing on its sides, noble stores rising five.
SIX and seven stories into the glad air
forms that add grandeur to our city.
OF which Bostonians may well be proud.
Business is claiming more and more of
ouf land; raising handsome, extensive
stores over the resting place of ancient
homes, and sending the passive citizen
to new sprung streets and residences.
In order to meet this growing demand
for land, the city authorities are having
the Bay west of the beautiful public gar
den filled with earth thus creating q!
foundation for new buildings, which are
to surpass any here in elegance and per-
lection, and which will command fine
views of land and water. The stirring
spirit of change is floating over us; the
streets wear gayer aspect than in days
OF yore, and the public enter with fuller
zcst into each "revised edition. of i'm
provement. Vive la jeune Amerique !!
This music-loving people are in exta
cies at present. The Italian opera, with
" la petite Princesse" at the head, is Gre
ating Juror, filling the crowded audi
ences with new sense of sound. There
are four Prima Donnas Madame La
bolde stands first as an artist; her exc
cution is wonderfully correct, delicious
ly perfect, excelling all tones but those
of the Swedish Nightingale Picolo-
mini, is the "pet -" the fascinating,
little princess" All who hear her love
hsr-not for her voice, which is quite
inferior to Madame Laboide's, but for
her sweetness and the frank exuberance
of her feelings. There is often an ex-
quesite cadence in her voice, of sadness,
which, with the varied expression of
her sweet face, creates much applause.
She has charmed the Bostonians and
established her fame in the hearts of the
musical world. Herr Formes the grand
basso is really "grand" in his full rich
tones; they carry the senses up into
boundless sea of sound, filling the heart
with deep, undying melodies. Since
the never-to- be-forgotten days of Jenny
Lind, no sounds have so delighted our
lovers of music as these, and the man
ager Mr.. Ullman receives the warm
congratulations of all, that his troupe,
=" his singers and players" have reach
ed such perfection in this glorious art.
The ladies are busy with "Fairs and
exhibitions" The elegant Music Hall
is occupied now by the contributions
from hundreds of fair fingers which are
to be sold for the benefit of the " Young
Mems Christian Association" The
Hall is deliberately decorated, and pre-.
sents splendid appearance in the eve
ming. A Chinese pagoda forty feet in
height rises on pedestal in the centre
OF the hall, around which are tables for
the sale of various articles. Four large
oriental booths grace the hall; one in
each corner, which are occupied by the
four principal denominations COMPOSING
the Association, Baptist, Congregation
al, Episcopalian, and Methodist; there
are also booths upon the platform used
for a post office, flower stands, Sc
1he walls and balconies are beautifully
dressed in evergreen, and festoons OF
rhododendrOn drOop gracefully from the