The Republican journal., 1871-04-06
Letter From Boston.
Correspondence of the journal.
ROSTON Anri1 2 1871
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SIP GARTUS

Correspondence of the journal
BosToN, April 3, 1871.
SIP GARTHS
image has been dancing through our
brain all this dreary morning. Sip, her.
self, never danced. She sang sometimes.
But there was no heart in it. 1t was only
a mock show to make the girls laugh,
and forget their sorrows. Her feet were
too weary for that. Feet and hands both
were tired struggling against the stern,
stubborn, hard, unyielding facts Of life.
Yet in that life, as she lived it, there was
something 50 grand and noble, that we
fancy we would rather be Sip than Miss
kelso. Do you not see her now, as she
sits upon the chopping block with the axe
resting at her side? Do you mark the
fierce light in the eyes and the PAINTINGS
round the mouth? She is facing an I'M
welcome future. She loves Dirk, but she
can't and she won't marry him, and bring
innocent children into the world to enact
over again her life of sorrow and drudg-
cry. Brave Sip, suffering yourself rather
than bring suffering to others. Some
times we hope to see you glowing upon
canvass as you now glow from the pages
of this book God sees her, pities and
comforts. The fierce light softens and
the pain lines creep into a tender smile.
IL
had left all the other pages of her ''Slent
Partner blank and given us only that
one grand, earnest, prophetic sermon Of
Sips from the stone doorway, we still
could have thanked her As it is we turn
to each page Of this thrilling book, from
the quaint aphorism on the first TO the
poetical suggestions on the last, with a
delight and fresh pain. Pain that such
sorrow should be in the world, delight
that master hand and a master heart
have at last come to the work of relief
We predict for the ''Silent Partner a
larger sale than Coates Ajar," of which
more than sixty thousand copies have
already been sold
PECULIAR PEOPLE,
with their peculiar ways sometimes crowd
attendance upon your thoughts, whether
YOU will or no. Thus from thinking of
Sip Garth, we 90 straight to thinking of
q certain wealthy philanthropist in this
city. Not one Of your pharisaical indi-
viduals who proclaim their deeds from
the house-tops; but an eccentric, honest,
whole-hearted, noble man, whose ears
and purse are always open to the cries of
distress. Yet with all his kindness of
heart, and excellence Of purpose, there
are people who think John will never get
to heaven, he is so irreyerent. Here are
4 couple of good stories related of him
which we think are deserving of print
Always q free-thinker, he found no diff
Guilty in becoming follower of Theodore
Parker, and in tne zeal and earnestness
of his soul sought upon every available
opportunity to bring others into the light
of this great mans teachings. This ac-
counts for the following circumstances
which happened one lovely Sabbath morn
ing as John was sauntcring service-ward.
"Can you tell me the way to Trinity
Church >" said a well dressed stranger
with polteness in his air, humility in his
mein, and meekness in his speech. Ger
tainly,n replied the obliging John, and
the needed directions were given. But,
he continued, ''you are evidently q
stranger in q strange land, and | will do
by you as | would want you to do by me,
Turn aside here, with me, into Music
Hall, and my word for it, you will hear
more truth i'll one half hour than has been
dealt out in Trinity Church for the past
twenty five years. The man of the meek
speech bowed with just q perceptible
smile lighting his face and said ''thank
you but in an humble way | myself am
going to otticiate at Trinity Church this
morning. John passed on. On another
occasion having got deeply interested in
a paragraph. he forgot to put away his
paper when the minister commenced
praying. He was at last reminded of his
duty by 4 nervous man who sat beside
him. "Won't you put away your paper
sir? Ican't hear the prayer" sob yes"
said the smiling John, land would be-
fore if | had only known; but l thought
the minister was praying to God instead
ofyou."
NEW BUILDINGS.
Two large, elegant and commodious
buildings that have been in process of
erection for the past two years are now
nearing completion. One, the Girls
High and Normal School House, is al
ready occupied, but will be publicly dedi-
Gated on the nineteenth of this month.
1t is a noble structure, four stories in
height above the basement, and covers an
area of half an acre. 1t contains sixty
four rooms One of these is fitted up for
a laboratory, one of the most complete in
the country, where the young ladies are
taught not only the art but the science of
cooking. In the upper part of the build
ing is an art room to be filled with charts,
statuary and paintings. In all its details
the building is an ornament to the city
and credit to its intelligence and
liberality The other edifice alluded to
is the Adams building, at the corner of
Boylston and fremont streets, and Just
opposite the splendid hall erected a few
years ago by the Masonic fraternity. It
is the property of Charles Francis Adams,
and much time and money have been con