Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-03-18

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Boston Pride, and What it Meanss
A new chapter of the Idle Thoughts u
in the Boston Transcript, ridicules Tho
pride Of the Hubs" W
After miscellaneous talk the other cye
ming, at otIr club, and when most Of rs had
got we'll into our secotd cigars, the Bank
er referring to some of the new granite
warehouses Of the city, called them one Of
the things Of which Boston may feel proud.
Upon this the Squire remarked that
there was no need of any new fuel to local
pride, for Boston vas already the proudest
| city in the world. a,t
I The Doctor was not inclined to assent to
this. observing that though he had often
heard the city reproved on this score, he
thought it was undescrvcd, and did not
believe there was more local pride in Bos.
ton than in New York, or St. Louis, or
Chicago .- .-.r.. ..e,. -.
"Ah, but Boston pridc," retorted the
Esquire, has one element no where else
found. The cities you name do indeed
boast of their great growth and botndless
prospects, but never seem satisfied with
what they are now; while Boston people, 9
on the other hand, think their city about
perfect as it is. and this conviction sticks
out of them Extensively wherever they 90
for they praise or condemn everything as
it approaches or recedes from Boston
standard" .@ lo Gs
"That is very true" said the captain,a
for have heard Boston pride ridiculed
in San Francisco, Manila, Melbourne. and
other ends of the earth"
"We came by it very naturally" said
the Banker.
"Well, WE'LL" said the President, F." Just
local pride is the handspring of public
spirit. But what has Boston yet done that
it should be content with what it isw
"Done? Bless me! Do you want I
should repeat the familiar catalogue of its
achievements ?" asked the ESQUIRE. "Has
it not Fanuel Hall aud Bunker HILL? Did
it not once make teapot of its harbor?
Was it not the birth. place of Franklin and
the home Of John Hancock and Sam Ad-
ans? Was it not the first iu the struggle
Of the Revolution and in the war to SUP.
press the Rebellion? Has it not the most
beautiful Common, and the most beautiful
suburbs in the world? Has it not the lare-
est public library, and does it not breathe
the literary air Of old Harvard? Is is not
the brain that gives out all the new ideas
that are afoat in the country, and is not d
small perephy around the Hub the most
delectable spot on earth? Dear me! All I
these things have given Bostoniaus pride
enough, when diluted so as to be tolerable;
to supply half a dozen Western cities;
and leave enough then to make the place
unpopular everywhere else"
"That reminds me-" said the Banker,
"of the lines of one Of the New York DO.
cts, who has sly allusion, suppose, to b.
some Of our theology. He says: ,9
A Boston man, the proudest child on earth;
One born in Boston needs no second BIRTH
g The Captain remarked that those New
York people like to hit us off; /" and last
Summer" he continued, 81 saw in their
city map representing. globe. in the
centre of which stood Boston, and all the
world subsidiary to it. Vesuvius and Hec-
Ia were its gas works, the North Pole it's
ice house, the Great Lakes its water supply. x
Madeira its vinegar factory, (it being TOO
virtuous to drink wine), a Mexican prai-
rie its geological garden; Timbuctoo had
an Office of the atlantic Monthly, while
New York was too small to appear on the I
map at ALL" gi2 a&9ai
"And even our clergy" said the Rev /.
erend, laying down his pipe, "eveu our
clergy minister to this social pride. One
of them objected once to reading the Epis,
copal Liturgy on the ground that he did
not think it was true to call ourselves
6 miserable Sinners And not loue since
another Of our clergy, preaching id . usigh- !.
boring town, and using hymn book where
were these two lines: ei sc 9}fAt boos.
sGreat God how infinite art snou, nagiJ
What worthless worms arc wsi
requested the choir 70 sing the last line n {
if It read: +D
'How frail and wleak are wsP
An editor Of newspaper commenting
on this alteration of the hymn book, yon.,
dered the reverend gentleman did not tel
the choir to sing: i @aa hHa
How great and good are weP" nagn
- Tho following story Of rSelnbsr Of
the General Assembly Of ,Keutucky i
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