The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1865-09-13

city. Rather than be confined, with Their T
families. within the narrow and crC"lo- /
staeets Of the old city proper, wealthy bus
mess men establish themselves in the sub
urbs. where they enjoy the luxuries OF
city life with the ample space and fresh air
or the country. a business man Of Boston
assured us that One-half Of all the mer-
chants Of the city lived out Of the city, go
lng in 10 their stores in the morning cars
and returning by the evening trains. There
are also about four hundred miles Of street
railroads. which DO u very active business
Some Of these routes are Is or % miles
long. being extended quite into tho coun-
try.
BOSTON.
Boston presents an attraction to tue peO-
Die Of the west, TO which the west generally
can Law no claim. II il an OLD town, having
many old things in it. some Of which are
venerable because they are old, and some
because they are connected with renarha-
BE historical recOlectiOns. The love Of
history increases with individuals and ma
lions as they grow older, aud the Aassachu-
sets people treasure up the memories "
The past with al industry which the people
Of "A new State could not De made 10 lmi-
tate. Hence they viii show you Old Fan
emil Hall. and old historical trees on Boston
Common and an old church with cannon
ball sticking in it as fired by the British;
the old State House with its antiquatei
desks and seats. and the portraits OF the old
Governors Of the state, and many other
old and venerable things
Bnt the patriotism OF the Boston people
+, also shown by the Bunker Hill Nonu-
ment. which cost $3.50 900. This, however
\ in the hands Of Yankees, Is not losing in-
vestment. Is the receipts to the Company
| Al 20 cents admission ior each person, bring
in An annual income Of $50, 900. We were
assured that on one day no less than zoo
visitors we're put through, although the
area at tie top is but ten feet wide The
number Of visitors Will doubtless vastly n-
crease with future generations.
| But we saw in Boston another display Ol
patriotisrn which seemed 10 us peculiarly
touching AMI appropriate. The main en.
trance 10 the old State House il supported
bv two rows. Of five columns each, OF large
wooden columns. each column being hnted
in the upper part In each fiutins Is ias
tened the foot of the flagstaff of the color
Of Massachusetts regiment, 50 that eaci
column has thirteen regimental ilags, 81
displaved a. ID hang down IN iestoons
| Wuele turs ,.4s ...-.- "a, ~-.i ttiN hl
disturbed BY none The number OBJ th'
regiment was marked 40 the foot OF eaci
flag stan, and when regiment had h0'
two stands OF colors a. Was frequently the
case, they We're displayed side by side, the
one being nearly gone, or hanging IN tat
ters. while the new one would be in com
i parativcly good preservation. some %
them were inscribed with the names of The
battle fields where they had been carried
while others were 50 faded, torn and de-
faced that no yestigc of any Inscription
could possibly appear on it. This dlspO
sition Of the colors seemed to US very hap
! DIV, and not susceptible of change for th,
better Massachusetts sent forth her he
roes to carry these colOrs in the face Of th,
enemy, and when no longer needed, they
are returned and displayed unitedly in The
State House rs the highest possible evil
dence Of tho valor both of the living anc
OF the dead who followed them.
We were also impressed with the belle
that Boston is a cleaner city than many
of the West. There Is much tobacco used
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buildings indicated that il was used in q
more decent and Christian manner than
with Us. The narrow and crooked streets
are paved scraped and swept: and th'
thousands OF men and woman whom We
saw in the streets and churches were q
PLAIN in manners and conversation as ''com
mon folks are with us The ladies' were
no better dressed than those of Lansing
and We did not see a single dandy Hence
We concluded that the aristocracy must %.
Vet absent on their trips 10 the mountains
!
This Institution IS the largest OF the Kin,
in New England, and in many respects i,
conducted with much ability and success
The Farm contains 800 acres, aud is ole
aud well improved, with ample barns an,
out buildings. The number of boys in The
School is 335, of which 23l live ia the mali
buildings while 81 live in houses built oT
the Farm. on what is called the Family
System. The Families have respectively
80, 30 and "A boys. I'm each house there h
a man his vile, aud female teacher, ans
the domestic work is done with the help %
boys. There is a sch0OlrOom in each hOus,
and yard for play outside. Each Of thes,
boys has n garden OF two square rods. fOi
which be pays rent 10 the state. and dispO
ses of the balance of the crop Is he pleases
There is Il knitting department in the in
stitution, occupying f3 small boys Thes'
make all the stockings used by the boys
with surplus for sale. There Is one Tea
ture connected with the working Of thes,
boys which was rather new aud curious
They knit six hours each day. and To be
guile the tediousness and monOtony Of thei
lab0rs the lady who has charge of then
reads TO them considerable part Of tn,
time from some book which will lnteres
them, or they sing in concert with her BY
the hour: but whether they hear OF sing
they do more work than they would q,
without these exercises.
We noticed another popularity here
The boys learn to print their lessons OF
their slate before they are taught to write
They Will learn to print very fast and thi
teaches them 10 read, spell. capitalize an,
punctuate, and prepares the way for 4 plail
hand writing. T. F.
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