National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-01-10
Letter from TIC Hub.

'"'''S" S"Vu OW"'0"-OS inc McIitoIiou'
and deserving. Tho so long since we hav,
Spoken, line from tho Hub" we trust
will not seem strange aud nnwolcomc. You
readers were fully informed Of the great fire.
Yet already, doubtless, the startling and vivid
impressions of the terrible calamity are wear
ing away. The same 10 true to some extent
here, Yet to many Of us thu significance and
reach Of tho loss grows week by wock-fol
since the fire Boston has no mean, Of keeping
time and tho days 90 by.
With strong faith and u submissive spirit II
is comparatively easy to "stnnd (the) fire. but
the annoynnccs, Inconvenience and labor con
scqucnt are often not so oasy to bear. There
has always been quite largo element Of hu.
man nature even In Boston. and VIC don't scen,
to have lost any by the fire. In fact, such or
deals, aro great educators, (Educo) develop
much Of avsricc and mesuness; much also Of
sympathy and mngnaniinity, and in some cas-
en- whore they were tile expected. We may
learn many
LEssoSs FROM THE FIRE.
| Undor this head We propose to give you, ~
leisure affords, serios Of articles, or letters,
| night Of the firc wc were at home with our
family quietly reading the papers. and paid
no attention to the repeated alarms, tho our
| Oldest spoke Of the "fro bells" several times In
| the early part VI the evening. We had not
| been to u fire for . score Of years. We retired
| about half past ten without even looking out
| of the window. Before we were asleep the
wlta a "A nriubhnr uSnI anil .x.itcIIv told
us Of great fro in the vicinity of our place Of
business. Dressing hastily We assembled to tho
roof from which the grand and terrible spec
taclc was visible Mrs Borax looking up tho
street from tho window saw the illuminated
clouds OF smoke and cindcrs moving south Of
Dover St. and fearing n Chicago calamity ad.
vised us not to go down town.
When we reached the Common a wicrd fas.
cinating sight presented itself. The tops ION.
ly) of the houses on Beacon st. were illuminat.
cd and with tho dark back ground, and darker
base, looked strangely beautiful in the lurid
light, like city of some enchanted land. We
found all the approaches to the exciting scenes
of the fire blocked by throngs of men, women
and children, idle spectators, Interfering much
with the work staying tho flames and saving
merchandise.
by u roundabout way No reached our place
of business on IIawley st. in the Harvard Col
lego building. Seeing the flames rolling up
above the buildings on the opposite side Of the
street, sort of undeiinablo, acquiescent fee
ings came over rs that "all was lost" Passing
out to Frankn st. We found the fire hadn't cross
ed. and hoped tho iiremen would prevent its
crossing to the northern side of that St. and so
taking our books from our safe we started for
homo. Seeing a light in the Mt. Vernon Ma
ti0nal Bank, we were reminded we had in it %
box of private papers, AID gaining admit ancc
we waited nearly half an hour till the KEYS ere
brought and the vault opened. The officers of
the bank took out of the safes In the vault, that
night about one hundred thousand dollars in
cash, and seven hundred thousand dollars in
bonds, notes and stocks. The private boxes,
with few exceptions, were left to their fate,
most of them however, placed in one Of the safes
were found all right after the fire. One tin box
left with several wooden ONES on u shelf in the
vault was partially melted, while the wo. len
ones preserved their contents uninjurcd
W bbuC1 bbttS CoNfTtu WITH leather Etunu Ine
best" remarked the cashier few days after, q
fact worth knowing. Our books safe at home
we started again for the scene of wild and tn
multuous confusion and fierce conflict. Reach
ing fremont st. we found and engaged u team
just unloading and taking seat with the ,lriv
or started for the rescue. But instead of driv-
ing down fremont and thro' School as We urg
IL lao. 4, l..
throng and confusion of Washington st. which
we found blocked ut the head of Franklin St.
We left the wagon to rceonnoitcr and ia five
minutes or less returned to find the team had
been "gobblcd up" and was filled with goods
which must be taken to place of .afcty, and
when we finally arrived at the head of Nawley
ST. on Milk, It was too late" 80 fearfully rapid
had been the progress Of the flames. Had
there been proper organization on the par of
the fire department, or of the owners and Occu-
pants of the stores, and tho buildings had been
| thoroughly manned to protect the roofs and
| windows with wet blankets or cloths, we be
lievo the north side of Franklin st. would have
been saved. The old South block was saved
in this way. When the bank building on the
corner of Washington and Franklin SITS went
down portion of the burning structure fell
thro' the window. Of Dame, Illsly Il Co.'S hat
store and into the has emcnt, igniting combus-
table material there, which was quick y sxtin-
gushcd by tho occupants, thus doubtless pro
videntially saving the whole square bounded
| by Washington, Winter fremont and Broom
field Sts. Finding VIC could save mono of our
goods, and seeing men and boys ri shing out of
store near by with arms full of flags and va
rious kinds Of fire ,corks--the air bong filed
with sparks and cindcrs We left tho street and
| offering our services, not needed, at two or
three plsces on Washington ST., we returned
home. and remarking: guess we shall have
ti.no now to get acquainted with our wife and
children" we retired, and by the time our
goods were well under way, we fell off to
sleep. But We have wandered from our text,
| to which promising to keep more closely in the
future, We wish YOU
| "NERRI CuRHrNAs"
! We feared auld Santa Claus was burned
ont, bnt it would seem that the clouds. of
smoke and fire proved q chariot in which he
escaped with the spoils Of the city,
Think OF his leaving us
| "a CHICKgRING"
Of such beauty and marvellous sweetness and
power that one night it insinuated itself, with
all its bulk, into the dreams Of the lady OF tho
house in fact, she said it was running thro'
her hoad all night and yet it was so winsome
and agreeabe-so soft and sweet was the
tread of its feot, that che did not wake till tho
morning sun raped at her window. If any
want piano inquire for Chickering'S" and you