The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-03-07
Letter From Boston.
CORRESPONDENCE ofthe journal.

DooloN, MARTIN T.
| Spring has comc-but q refugee from
Greenland's icy mountans' would clost
his eyes in peaceful slumbcrs, lulled by
the melody of g Home, sweet home" All
the week we have hoped for change,
but each day added a new sting to the
sharp. clustering wind, and the final snow
storm has settled the matter that there i
| a misunderstanding somewhere, ana Old
| Probability is completely conquered The
harbor is again full of floating ice, and
| the stream of local variety is frozen too
| solid to admit of even a few lloatino
pieces The winter garments which were
getting so shabby, and must be replaced
| as soon as some of those advertised OPEN
ings came off. have suddenly won them
selves fresh laurels, and after all look
very stylish for this kind of weather.
Nothing is heard now about the mild win
ter, and poor ola March seldom received
very numerous, and the shveriug com
munity look forward to heaps of them if
old unrelenting Jack Frost continues to
pinch noses in his unchristan-lik manner.
The principal attraction of the week
has been the "Poultry Show" at Music
Hall. All the entertainments Of the sea
son at the grand old Hall fail to compare
in novelty and interest to the display OF
the feathered creation For many weeks
the affair has been the engrossing theme
OF the poultry raisers all over the state
and the poor unsuspecting fowls have
been undergoing a severe training-little
dreaming AS they strutted around the
lored old farm yard, that there was such
a great thing in store for them as u trip TO
the Hub. The hall was completely filled
with tables, upon which the houses Of the
delegates Were placed, while the platform
was reserved for the specimens of birds
which were contributed from the numer-
Gus bird stores in the city. The spectacle
was truly novel one, and the opening
ceremonies 4 series of conflicting COM
motions The President Of the Assoca-
ton mounted himself upon the platform
and tried with all his might, like the H.
lustrious Baikins from Cranberry Centre,
to get OFT his carefully prepared speech
The bustles of fresh arrivals and the sat
i5tact0n Of the ones already landed, man
ltest IN the lnceSSant cooling, while the
thousand little heads were tipped so cum
ningly on one side rs they peered around,
Were worthy q better description than the
ameteur, who was all fnll Of laugh. finds
the ability to give. When the fair was
completely underway, the admiriur pub
lie showed their interest by filling every
conceivable space, and the mingling of
voices with the shrill cock-a-doodle- doc,
and the more familiar cut-cut-c ca -dah-cut
mai c a concert, if not OF the most CLASH
ical order, surely possessed Of the charm
of novelty There were specimens f
every kind of fowl from all parts of the
world, and the complicated names which
flowed 50 tluently from the tongues Of the
proud owners, would puzzle the brain of
more than one Philadelphia lawyer. The
Fair closed Saturday evening, and was
pronounced by all a BIG success. The
tordly approaching rooster, which
came of with each house. will LONG have
occasion to crow over his trip to Boston !;
while the modest retiring old biddy will
cherish her commentator. and seek to
merit it in the faithful training of her lit
tie ones lin the way they should 90. =
We regretted exceedingly that some Of
those fine old fellows that come before the
public crowned with the glory of Demo
cratic victories, We're not among the vet
Grams of the iordlv tribe
Something about the Jubilee crreps in
to every paper, and the commencement Of
work upon the Coliseum seems ID bring
the fact of the great effort nearer true
realization than any thing which has been
done before. The books to be used are
fast being published and distributed. and
rehearsals are the order of the day every
where The two poems bv Ionrtelluw-
The Curtew" and Good night, helov-
ed good night, are to be set t. music
and sung among the many chosen pieces
Quite an excitement was created at the
opera few evenings since. and the pet
ted Nillson made to feel that pride must
have fall" Like most popular singers
she is possessed of goodlv share Of thA
green-eyed monster, and made the fact
publicly manifest. Miss Cary. one of ihe
sweetest singers in the world, and a f;.v-
orite in Boston, was repeatedly encored,
which so thoroughly raised the slumher-
ing monster in the fair Nilson, that She
came upon the stage and commenced
singing before Miss Cary had finished
which She pretty seriously regretted. nd
doubt when she was Kissed rom the
stage. The receipts Of the opera in one
evening were six thousand dollars.
A new Joke of rather Il serious nature
has been perpetrated upon some of the
wealthy citizens living in aristocratic 10
calities. Some poor unfortunate seems
to have an extensive family ID distribute,
and has taken advantage Of these biting
cold nights to leave the waits on door
steps; trusting to the generosity OF the
inmates to care for the little stranger, OF
thinking, perhaps, the most reliance could
be placed in the weather to rid herself Ut
the incumbrance. In these several eases
there has been no more romance than the
conveyance Of the basket and its contents
to the Foundling's Home
Preparations are being made for the
entertainment of the Japanese Embassy
which has arrived in Washington, and are
soon to visit Boston. So there is some
hope of little excitement
The Water Board has given Lake Co
chituate only twenty days to 60 dry, if
there is no rain in that time.
A new daily, called the " Boston Daily
Globe" makes its debut in the literary
world the coming week 1t is to be in
dependent Of any party or politics.
An Insane Man Threatens the Queen Of
England.