The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-05-16
Letter From Boston,
Core 5pon tence of the Journal.
BosToN, May
THE WEATHER AND THINGS.

1 iliAoo PiiClC anu cttSl WIIltS ldUcn " I'm
ocean chiils, have in an almost incredibly
short space OF time put new face ON
mother earth hereabouts. The trees in
our parks and on our streets have changed
their somber winter attire for the brighter
colors OF spring; while our lawns and
gardens are sin verdure clad" Fruit
trees are blossoming, and on every side
there are evidences that
'The Queen of the Spring as she passed down
| the vale,
Left her robe on the trees and her breath in the
| gale.'
A week ago the season was full three
| weeks later than one year ago but 50
rapid has been the transformation under
the present ''spell' of warm weather. that
at least weeks time has been recovered
Coming 50 suddenly, many people were
unprepared for so great q change in the
| atmosphere. and doubtless As much, if not
more discomfort has been experienced
| within the past three days from this cause
| than ever the cheated term will produce
Indeed those OF our citizens who are able
| to pass the warm season in sumner re-
| sorts at the mountains and on the sea
minds for that cool sequestered place
where they can extract a maximum of
comfort without sacrificing the profits of
years successful business Thank
heaven there's some satisfaction for us
| poor denizens who belong to the cant
| getaway in the thought that we are
relieved of all anxiety on this score
THE COLISEUM
\ Under the new plan--or, rather. under
the plan of the old building somewhat ex-
tended the new Coliseum is rapidly as
| suming dimensions in conspnance with it,
name and purpose. Meantime, the choru,
| Of 10000 voices, made OF societies ia all
| parts OF New England, are busy rehearsing
| the music to be produced. while the vari-
Gus committees are Kept employed III per
| tectng the arrangements aii OF which are
! on q gigantic scale. The scheme in being
/ pushed with remarkable yigor Nothing
! that will contribute to its success /,
| omitted. That u master hand is at the
head, Is seen in the method adopted for
securing the constant attention Of the
| press OF the city. Committees meet al
most every night to report progress All
the papers send reporters, fearing some
| important announcement will be made.
! Usually little Of interest is made public,
but that little is seized on with ayidity, 50
that scarce day passes that each city
column Of public notes, constitl ING as
a rule the dryest sort OF reading to all but
members OF the choral societies, vet most
effectively advertising the scheme Al
though a fine field for satire is presented
by many of the phases of this enterprise
q field New Workers and Philadelphians
delight int nevertheless promises To be
the greatest musical demonstration even
held OF likely to be repeated in America o.
elsewhere
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK
In a recent lecture the immaculate
Ralph Waldo Emerson astonsheI hi.
dlletta'te audience by paying tribute
TO slang. He demonstr the effect We
ness of American slang by apt quotations
| Now, inasmuch as our American polite,
are newer than the English veinaeular.
and our system of government unlike any
known to history it is not strsl4So tn,tI
most Of the slang Of the day has a poitica
origin, and that in order to be torci5le
! and concise, political writers and orator
must draw upon it more or less In my
last a slang phrase was used to expires,
the political barometer in this latitude
Please consider it repeated here Never
We're matters more completely mixed
Never were there 50 many anxious poll
ticians Of the outs, poised on the fence
| Greeley stock has not received that I'M
pution expected The call for Conven.
tin at Baltimore has brought it to stand.
still all the active wire manipulators
LOCAL POLITICS.
II local politics there is some activity
The transfer of Hon George NJ Brook,
from the national House Of Representa-
tives to the Probate Judgeship of Middle
sex county. has LETT q vacancy over which
| tbar1 -, nbnSiJaro l,la NAV of mn
poses by the politicians. The Hon. DAME
Needham and ex-Gov Clatiin are the two
most prominent aspirants for the n"mjna-
ton. The MddleSex club. OF which the
Hon. George U. Brastow Ga gentleman
not unknown in Belfast circles) l. Presi-
dent, held a meeting last week, ostensjbly
to receive the Hon. Geo. :. Boutwell,,
but really, there is reason to believe, to
help the Hon. Mr. Needhaln to the vacant
seat in the 9TH district Mr.. Boutwell, /,
understood to be favorable thereto.
Mr.. Frank Bird (the Thurlow Weed OF
| Massachusetts, has got back from the
Cincinnati pilgrimage, still firm in the
| Liberal faith, having interviewed Greeley
by the way and given him a few points,
and received, perhaps, carte blanche for
the federal offices in the old Common
wealth when the sage of Chappaqua sha II
come to the fore Bird is host himself,
and if he really enlists for Greeley, he
will be likely to make the dry bones in
office rattle as they have not done these
many years.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The local event of the past week was
the dinner given to Arthur Cheney, pro
prietor Of the Globe theatre, by his friends
and fellow pitchers 1t was very proper
affair, OF course. Nothing is more fitting
then these social hob-nobbings between
the devotees of Thespis and the literatl OF