The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-06-24
LETTER FROM BOSTON.
InprOvem ents-Mummies- TEN
der-foOtcd SOciety-The Trial of
Wagner.

BosToN JusE 14th, 1873.
People who have been strangers in Bos-
ton for six months or more, desiring TO take
the cars at the Providence depot, would be
not a little surprised unless previously in
formed, to find upon turning familiar cor
ner, the old station gone and only heap of
debris which workmen are fast clearing
away, in its place. But short time ago,
and Columbus Avenue was not thought of;
n1w extending from the extreme South
End, fully to the Common, with handsome
mansions on either side, and many more in
process of construction, their lircs to be
with its smooth wooden pavement, where
will you find handsomer causeway? And
this was the reason why the Providence de-
pot was requested to take up its rails and
walk. 1t stood directly in the path Of the
new causcway and there was nothing else
to be done.
For some time past an Egyptian mummy
from Thebcs, ESQ says the placard) has been
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ington street bird fancier, and draws con-
tinually, curious crowd of gazers. and it
is sufficiently amusing, if We feel disposed
to join the throng, to listen to the comments,
the EXPLANATIONS, the wonderments, etc,
which this threc-thousand-y ear.old relic of
an Egyptian calls forth from the busting
crowds who spare n moment to survey the
piece of mortality which has come down
from the great dim past and drops so strang-
ely across their pathway in this nineteenth
century of our Lord.
And this leads m, to speak of Samuel
Way, who was a Bostonian, and who had a
way, which, as events proved was not a very
good way, especially as it was found out.
If it had not come to the ears of the govern
ment, should not be writing this history,
and perhaps Mr.. Way would still be Bos-
tonian, living in his elegant brown stone man
sion on Beacon hill, and still pursuing the
tenor Of his ways. But thereby hangs tale
Mr.. Way struggled. He struggled for the
last time however, and his last venture was
very nearly two hundred thousand dollars
worth of tobacco, but uncle Sam had begun
to suspect the gentleman, and so he put his
fingers upon the weed and Mr.. Way, for all
that know to the contrary, put weed up
on his hat. Figuratively he surely did,
for he lost his tobacco, and besides he was
disgraced and whether twas the tobacco or
the disgrace know not, but one of the two
killed the poor man. This is incidental
The mummy led me to speak of Mr.. Way,
for before q do not mean the mummy's)
death he brought to the country fine col
lection Of these present Egyptians, think
he finest in America and offered it to the
Natural History Society to be preserved in
their rooms on the corner of Berkeley and
Boylston streets. on the sole condition that
it be called the Way collection. But the
Society of Natural History is a very moral
society and they were shocked at Mr.. Ways
smuggling ways, Il never heard whether he
Struggled the mummies or not,) and they
could not think of having a collection OF
mummies in their rooms when the donor
had proved himself so frail II he hadn't
been found out then-but they could not for.
give him for being found out. so the mum.
mics went to the Atheneum on Beacon
street, for the Atheneum is not so tender Of
conscience.
The weather is cool and delightful ant
many put off their flight into the country un.
til the thermometer shall go up to ranging
among the nineties.
The principal topic of interest in the pa
pers is the trial of Louis Wagner for tn,
murder Of Anethe and Karen Christensen
on one of the Isles of Shoals during las
March. 1t is deepening in interest ever,
day and what the result will be we canno
tell. 1t may be decided and the decision
made known to my readers, before this lot
ter lies before them. I'll.