The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1872-09-26
Letter From Boston.



diction, before the raking east winds of
November set in, are really upon us.
Were it not for here and there a ripening
tree Haunting its crimson stains against
the darker shadows of ems and pines.
one would believe this brilliant sunshine
and fresh foliage belonged TO June OF
course its transitory and brief enough
Tor the air is too crisp to have the impress
sion lasting one. and to come down to
realities, we have had the equinoxial
storm and plenty of fruit If there could
be such q Ounce as never read a news
paper or saw an almanac, the seasons
would be sufficiently marked for him by
our street corners where dealers in fruits
and seasonahle edibles pitch their shaky
stands Those who run may read its
August by the loads of peaches, OF Sep
TENDER by the yellow pears. 50 ripe and
tempting to behold, but which by some
legerdemain never fulfil their promise
when carried home. For my part keep
my eyes on certain old lady on the cor
ner of Temple Place and Washington
street, and such is my faith in her rela-
bility il she should show luscious array
of choice watermelon the 1st of January,
should 60 home and date my letter the
first of September The sun is not more
sure to rise than she OF her cnntreres to
retail the seasons changes, and really
believe they look upon themselves rs
provisional calendars. 1t would be diff
cult to choose d pleasanter place of resi-
dence than Boston is now till December ;
and wouldn't it he cruel not to give her
the credit for some climatic perfection il
she has any
The storm last week brought people
home in shoals--as the crowded! street s
and the still more crowded intelligence
offices bear testimony. Opening Of shut
up houses and servant hunting, are do
mestic yokes around every house keeper y
neck just at present | think know a
servantri,lden woman the in 3tant see
her, OF hear the tones OF her voice
and during a ride in the fremont street
horse cars the other day, | was - sure ot
my theory thai ! mentally bet myself a
pair of ,Iouvain'S best that five ont Ut the
eight ladies', total strangers, sitting oppo-
Sii Il If OF oil 4,
50 they did-poor things! and | saw
nothing but visions of five dollar cooks
the rest of nv ride, such is the power OF
PRESENT sympathy. However there is a
pleasant phase of this coming home, es-
pecially to the unlucky people who grilled
all summer in town We are so glad to
see the brown cheeks and burnt noses
from the seaside, ecstatio YOUNG persons
who have had such a good time, travellers
who haven't had any thing like a "'good
time" and all primed to let out on You
their stock OF grievances, pronoun enc
the whole summer hotel system u swim
die, gigantic fraud, Gust as though You
didn't know IT'D And then that raft al
pleasure seekers. with about rs much en-
thusiasm for scenery as Il iro@, who de
tail all the expenses of a tortnight's va
cation, and religiously leave out every
item of interest or adventure. And above
all the scores of women, bellies or other
wise, returning with trunks full of dilapi-
dated tinerY, and heads full of the new
fashions The streets are filled with such,
and we are glad to see them. For months
the city has been filled with strangers and
birds of passage while now old friends
and familiar faces appear at every turn
aud corner. and pleasrrable sensation OF
welcome, a cordial greeting to the bnsirl
life that is beginning in good earnest,
succeeds the holiday and summers Sepa-
ration
Retail trade IS unusually lively for an
| electioneering season, and we al hope it
will continue, as there is no better none
tary thermometer than a crowded dry
goods store, whatever the political econo-
mists may say. And pretty tempting
goods there are in plenty in all the shop
windows, though the fall openings arc
not yet Boston is never premature, to
call it by no harsher name She always
takes a fever with eyes open and ENGAGE
her medical adviser in advance therefore
the fashions, like everything else, are duly
qnarantned ere they appear on lair Bo7
tonians Our dealers and dressmakera no
doubt say their prayers before they ven
ture on any startling novelty, when else
where it will he taken in one swallow by
greedy fashion mOn@erS without the need
of any recommendation save the fact OF
its being such. But there is satiaiar-
ton in waiting sometimes, and neither
buyer nor seller loses in the long nun.
Our returning flock Of citizens come
home to find the small pox is still an
anxiety to our sanitary guardians. There
is no doubt of its having taken firm holi
OF us, and vaccination seems il very tIutS-
tionable precaution. We had all the
babies and ourselves done over last winter
out of respect to DIR. .Ienner, and now it
appears il don't do any good. The Ger
rble disease has ceased to he lrightc ned
by a COW, and nothing but board of
health can save life and beauty. Dir
Green, the city physician, had twenty
cases of the worst kind last week, and
though the fact is kept ont of the news
papers it yet remains a dangerous truth
There IS no physician in Boston who
knows more about the disease than Dr.
Green, and he confesses the hopes he en-
tertained of its entire abatement on the
approach of warm weather have not been
fulfilled, and its virulence is unprecedent-
ed. What else can one expect when snch
shameful neglect and carelessness as was
exposed this summer is allowed to exist !?
Healthy, Clearly Boston is scared by the