Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-09-08
Our Boston Letter.
BosToN. Sept. 5, 1870.

BosToN, Sept. 5, 1870.
Editor Rutland Herald,
The commencement of this month ha
brought great numbers of people hom,
from their vacations. Perhaps more thar
any other thing, the public schools of thi
city and vicinity controls the exit and re
turn of the greater number of those wh'
go to the country during the hot months
of the summer. The hundreds of public
schools of this city commenced their ses
sions for the remainder of the year to-day
The churches employed for the first tim
for weeks, their own pastors yesterday
and their own members formed a create
part of the audiences. The rule has beer
for several weeks, that both the preache,
and congregations have been strangers il
the places of worship. A good numbe'
of Western ministers have made their ap
that remained open. 1t is customary for
part of the churches of some denomin
atoms to close portion of their churche
and meet with others remaining open
Park street church, Mr.. Murray's, Mr.
Kinks Church, well. known to many Yer
monters, of the Congregationalists; Eman
uel Church and others of the Episcopal
and numerous churches of the Unitarian
denomination lave been closed for few
weeks. Rev. Mr.. Potter of Grace Church
New York has supplied the place of Mr.
Brooks of Trinity church, where Bishop
E4stburn formerly preached. The church
of the Unity, Unitarian and formerly Mr.
Hepworths place, will install Mr.. Scher
merhorn young man from Chicago, al
their pastor some evening this week. Thii
gentleman bids fair to be great improve
ment upon their former one, and bears g
close personal resemblance to Mr.. Murray
as well as having similar temperament
When this church was formed, some years
ago, the leading active members, as well
as the most of the congregation, were
going and inclined to be radical, years
have toned them down somewhat, and
they seem now to require something more
as this man is inclined to look back to the
good that is in the old as well as to pos
sible new state of things. Mr.. Chaplin OF
New York has supplied the pulpit of some
Universalist church in Charlestown. This
man has had a great reputation in this
vicinity, but time and hot weather have
the effect to lesson the general interest in
all these celebrities, whenever they make
their appearance.
The news of the capture of the French
army and general success of the Germans
had wonderful effect upon the public
here on Saturday and to-day. The Ger
man population drank their lager beer on
Saturday evening with very great salts
faction. But they are a race that does
not get easily excited, and there were few
boisterous, or even musical demonstrations
in the streets. 1t can be said that few, or
even none of them were arrested for
drunkenness, that rarely happens to them ;
but they could be seen sitting around the
tables at their favorite resorts, slipping
their glasses of beer and eagerly discuss
ing the news. By indulging too freely
in their beverage. they become rather
sleepy in the eyes, but no one is ever dis
gusted by seeing them reel around the
streets drunk. 1t is a fact that they are
all good Republicans; not noisy and radi-
cal, bat thoughtful ones, according to the
tertimony of well-informed Prussian
in recent conversation, the ultimate OBJ
iect of the Germans at home-now fight
ing France,-after their union into one
great nation is accomplished, is that OF &
constitutional form to their government
be it a Kingdom or Republic, no one car
doubt their ability to do that in proper
time, as they have one of the chief requi
s-self-gsvernment. B.