The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-13
LETTER FROM BOSTON.
Snow and Sleighing-The Holidays
Unexpected HOneSty-Amus aments
Musical Matters, &c.
BosroN. January 6, 1868.

Editors Journal:
Allow me. although late, to wish
all my friends happy New Year. and
many returns of the same. Since I
last wrote, we have had the pleasure
of a weeks sleighing. For two days
down came the white fakes, clothing
the earth with robes of purity and
beauty. Soon was heard the merry
music of sleigh bells all over the
city,nota wheel to be seen except on the
cars, and they had four horses attached
and were filed to OVERLOOKING; so /
found plenty to study. The grand
Carnival was the 21st. The day was
delightful. The sun shone warm and
bright, aud so did the eyes of pleasure
seekers, boanafor the Brighton Road.
The scene, when we arrived there, [
have no hopessof properly desert bling
It must be seen to be properly appre-
ciated. Every one that has heard of
Boston is supposed to know that the
mill dam is the great place for fast
horses, the road being level for two
miles. Sleigbs of all sizes, new and old
were out, filed with both sexes of all
ages, with the fine horses. gay Afghans,
bright feathers, brighter eyes, and
rosy cheeksef thethrong. jingling bells
and Joyous laugh. 1t wasa sight long
10 be remembered by me, Hoosier.
On one side of the road all were
going down; on the other were those
returning; while up and down the
center dashed Ethan Allen and runs
NJ
ram Woodruff. Berkshire Boy, Lii
cense, and Shepherd Knapp, Jr..l
driven by their owners, the envied of
less fortunate admirers of racing.
Others, whose names are. not as IA
miliar, made good time New ones
were arriving continually until dark,
when, as there was no moon to lend
new beauty to the scene, all turned
their faces homeward. Some said,
even as they sighed, there IS another
day coming. but the next morning
we were greeted with rain. aud freez-
ing by night. terrible wa king was the
result.
The city has been gay with Christ
mas trimmings, such quantities of
trees, wreaths and crosses, and every
window flied with everything mag
inabie. Jewelry,. worth a small for
ture; rich silks and laces displayed
to the best ADVANTAGE; marvellous
dolls and other toys, that caused the
eyes of the little ones to spark le with
expected joy; books. ia their bright
est binding temptingly shown 10 eager
students; costly bronze and marble
statues and lovely paintings; in fact,
ererything, as L said at first; so why
attempt an imposstbility. Christmas
morning, the C0mmoa was filed with /
BOYS and sleds ready for a good slide, /
which they had until it began raining. |
The new year began rather dismal /
Morning found Dame Nature with I
her holiday garments on. but before
noon the feathery fakes gave place to |
fine rain; before night, such streetsnlgI
never saw. | do not wonder. If the I
snowflake in Miss GouId's lovely |
poem was falling In the Street of a |
city, hat it paused to ask what its |
fate vpuld be- If / must have nuftE
l certainly prefer tina at home. y Thi, |
black atuf, the plague of all .g..ri,..Is. |
almost apostolic to get of aone's
af go $3.50 eDe ~ 1909 5Ioas2oA T
Rjxbuly was annexed to Boston
proper, Oh the first. A subject. long
was thus settled. sse s1ussj