The Portland daily press., 1870-10-08
[Fron1.an Occasional Correspondent
On the Wing.
BOSTON, MASS.

49, BOSTON, MASS.
To the Editor Of the Press:
Leaving Portland for this city Wednesday
eve by the 6 O'Clock train my good fortune
led me into one of thespaaces which run over
the p. S. & P. Road, and found myself in the
company of about twenty men upon whose
shoulders rest the great railroad interest of
New England) with their wives and daughters.
and soon found that they were men who naer.
rited all the compliments that could be heaped
upon them, and that Prescott, though not a
historian, could give us a history of all the
railroad enterprises of New England, having
been identified with them, boy and man, for
the last half century, though his face would
not indicate to the passers by that he had lived
much more than half that time in fact I was
IN the company of a party of Superintendent
OF the New England roads, who had been
by invitation of the Superintendents of the
Portland, & Kennebec & Androscoggin r. r.
Companies, and they were there on their way
home, parting with their "stern Chase" who
by the way made his exit by the rear, not being
able to make his escape from the front. The
car which the party occupied wa. gorgeous
affair." costing upwards of $4,000, and for beau
ty of finish cannot bel surpassed lby anything
on this continent. 1t is one turned out recent.
ly from the Boston & Maine Co.'S workshop.
1iANiDk az OoVcT the party IOun0 at that
elegant Station a repast awaiting them in
SIDE apartment it for a King, and ample
time was given by the conductor on this end
OF the roulette dojustice to;the well spread fare
A quick run from here landed the party at the
Hub aud by this time they are at their posts in
different sections of old New England.
An early start from this point places me at
the residence of one of natures noblemen"
Hon. Frank B. Fay of Carysville, ex-Presi-
dent of the late Christian Commission; the
man who sdid such noble service in our late
war-and now President of the Society for the
prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Why cannot the iStatetof Maine boast of
such a society? Certainly there lis need
enough OF it, for there is scarcely a day that
does not witness some act of cruelty that we
are powerless to prevent under the present
law. This society is doing much good here in
the way of reforming abuses to which animals
have heretofore been subjected. A walk about
his extensive grounds and a view of somt beau
titul works of art brought from the "other
sl1e'' during trip to Europe in "66" Re-
turned to the Hub looked in upon a few of
the solid men of State street and all had one
song, the burden of which was every THING
nat and Slow still the city presented an an.
pearance OF activity, in all the varied branches
of business '"neneS
A drive oat to the old homestead. the birth
place of the Adamses and Ouincvs and Nth
an accidental meeting of the Oldest SURVIVING
members of 2the Adams family-ouc late min.
lister to London. The day closed bright and
pleasant with strong cold north east wind.
Tomorrow put my trust in "Providence and
hope to keep my powder dry and if the wind
does blow too hard you shall hear more from
"STRAws -