, 1873-07-07
BOSTON.
The Drought----King Cholera,
Some of the Daily Papers Of
Boston.
journalism in the Modern Athens.


It 10 quite possible to llayo too much OF good
thing, aud tho lovely, oloudless woathor With
which Juno began, protraotod unbrokon through
tho mouth, haB given Ms moro than touch OF
drought. Tho crops Of the farmers are suffer-
ing, mud tho lawns md gardons, lately 30 beauti-
full, look parchod and brown. In cBpccially.ox-
posed placos, the grass Booms fatrly Hcorchcd, us
II fire Ind run over IL. And, iudood, fires In tho
woods and iioldB aro becoming source OF con-
siderable anxiety. On MI tho lines Of
railway, tho spnrkB Of evory pnseing en-
gino 1lindlo flrch, which spread with such
rapdity through tho dry aod "a to quickly
became formidable. Tho torriblo oonnagration
still raging in Plymouth County originated in
this manuor. groas e1tont Of valuable plne-
timbor has already boon burnod ovor, and tho
ensiro force OF tho inhabitants Is only ablo to
keep tho flames within bounds. As for o1tin-
guiBhing them, that la impossible by human
power 4 rain Of several days duration Gun
alouo effect such q result. Last night VIC had a
fow hours of ran, and 1t Is atill falling gently.
30 that ITO aro encouraged to hope that the spell
OF drought la broken.
Tho possible advent OF
KING CHOLERA
is Bubjoc. which bogins to excite certain
amount Of an1ioty. There lavo boon vague To-
ports that casos hnd already occurred In tho
city; but thus fur they nppear to hhvo no fouu-
datlon tn fact. Meantime, our Had experience
OF lass winter Ia remembered ag q lesson OF
warning. Tho old-faahioned proyorb, that IT. An
ounce Of prevention is worth pound Of oure,"
Is not likely to bo 30 lost sight Of Us it then
WIS. Tho Board of Health arc notivo, and tho
city ia in process Of publication In various ways
q, t,,,+ wa nova rooaorah1n lono n eecare
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aiiy seso1e Si''a''on " s..o a-oAuou ooomso
Tho rctlremcnt OF Mr. III. NJ. Hallou from tho
post OF elitor-in-chiof of
THE Daily oronE
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ohangos IN the conaucs OF tha1papef. Ml' oanouS
health, which is much impaired by incessant
editor editor.ta-ohiof M S fu With ill., Wiliiam s. Robinson,
tlso woll.known 1Warrington," as principal ~.
bapx auar an1 % IL popt 9 ohar
actor or ability, Tho Giobe was ntartod about
vsar and = half eco. by COMPANY
~ ~ o;oht or ton ranf1omon' who. hnvin1
n1nptv nh'p ~ n',c1, woro mt ofrnid to nnilor.
tntc fbo moRt hnzarfloua Of Mi busjuoss ontor.
priaos. tie ontabishmont of now dnily papor in
IN eircaiy crowded aeld Tloy conceived that
cover sonowiat moro yaried ground than most
no1it1cn1 and news iournnia. and woro eoncuiuo
t that its own oxco1,enco wonld aoon afford It a
auilieient raison d'otro. Their Dlan included
Ubnrnl epaco for corrca1>oudoncc. foreigu and
| 5onostio with speeal nttentiou to matforB OF
lifororv 1nuaica] nrf nrtistio interost and. to
comuass iii this' tho ouorto form was resolved
on. In Wow Of Tho powerful competition alroatly
| in tho field, tue enterprise was bold one. It
| vi was. Of course, noarly inevitable that iargo
ann If money should bo sunk In tie
outaot vet thnro soorng to be somebody nblo to
boar tho strain, as 11r. Dailou, in lis valodctory
esprossoB hin satisfaction at leaving tho paper ii
a sound fnancinl condition. liz las also 4 right
to eone1atulato linseH On other polnts, Tlo
auccnss which tho popor has achieyoi il it's no.
o,liar iold must lo exceedingly gratifying to ono
Who Who entered it somewhat now to tic ardnous
1ahors of daily iournalsm. The Globe hae. from
tIn first. tnkon excellent rauL among tho boston
doiljcs 1tn niitorinl nnd reportorial corpg yero
wall mado IN. and it's powe carofully eyste1na-
tizod. its literary columns. having boon, with
iudjcioua liborality. placed under tic
Ilirection Of scholar and critic
~ 1snown nli1;tv havo beon marke,l
fnotnro nf TIM pnnsr. and dono much to rive it
yn]uo. Thoro ara Indications thut this feature
of the qIobe il 10 be- less distinctive one iu ft,-
tnro su # no. manv roadors viii rocrot tic change,
thourh nossib]y they nav find in thu infusion of
nav f}fn into lie concorn reinforcement Of Wig
or which naay prove d compenaatipg benefit.
Journals but its editorials havo boen ai1nout in-
yeriably fair in shirt and courteous in tono. It
Processes to be entirely independent In politics,
bnt has always supported tho Administration.
fpv words In reforonco to aome other Of
THE pn1so1pA1, nosToN pAIL1Es
may not bo uuinteroating. In eaeh Of our
larger American cities, the nowapapora have cor;
habitat. and which thoy would soo.n to draw
from lin eol. 4 ChicaTo and I}altimoro dailg
aro az unliko AZ The two cities: noston and ST.
Ton;s m mora nrn,1,,ce thu snmo kind of nova.