The Republican journal., 1873-05-15
Letter FROM Boston
Correspondence of the Journal.

| DOSION, May Il.
Generally each week produces at least
one bit of news. from which y hungry
correspondent can pick a few interesting
items, but alas the past has been a grand
exception. Nothing but the everyday
murders, suicides, infanticides, and ran
awavs of both man and beast, has been
offered to feed reporters and poor sinners
who have the immaculate column left for
them weekly, upon which they must throw
the workings of the weary brain.
Fog and mud have met with us, in one
fond and lasting embrace; and the cold
hearted east wind whistles a dismal ac-
compartment to their caresses. Sore
throats, cramps, and thenew spinal disease,
are guests at many households and spring
suits are hanging with the other pretty
chicken tixings like "the Harp OF Taras
Hall"
Still 1.-The Bazaar of the Nations'' is the
one great attractions the good people OF
Boston showing their appreciation of the
opportunity offered them to take trip to
the old world for the diminutve sum Of
fifty cents; and Music Hall has been well
filled, each afternoon and evening. Some
thing new and attractive Is presented AL
the time, which does much credit TO the
committee that plan the complicated pro-
gramme, A greater portion of the rare
specimens of foreign lands has been dis
posed of, showing the Yankee thirst for
things far fetched and dear bought +"
Travelling slowly among the different
houses, merely having to step from one
plank to another, to be transferred from
China to Venice, many curious little in
cidents fell to my notice, which were not
SO foreign in their nature as the unin-
telligible XII vi, and parlez vouS. It seemed
rather ludicrous, to see y bedecked and
turbaned Turk, reaching over France
to embrace pretty little French maid,
whose jaunty cap revealed her share OF
the enjoyment, by being wholly INTO the
Turkish lines. Even behind the gates of
Jerusalem, the Heather Chinee steals a
kiss from the Syrian lasses, and then looks
as soemnly over the walls of the sacred
, city, at the donkey travelling about, Us
, Mark Twain did when he stood beside the
grave of his relative Adam. Perhaps
+ these exposures are not quite kind to the
good work, but when people open their
houses to guests, they must expect them
to find the skeleton.
The streets of Boston are in about as
provoking condition as one could
imagine. 1t requires the extreme limit of
60, and how to get there. Dispositions
; are thoroughly tested when we run out all
the wind WE have. chasing a depot car
which has coursed down Court Street, and
connected with the Cambridge line. and
finally find ourselves with numerous
bundles, landed at the Eastern depot and
the car headed up Portland street The
numbering old coaches, which zigzag from
Charlestown to the South Eni, can be
seen any day on Clarendon street bill q
place never sacrificed before to their UNI
earthly bobbing. Streets are being paved
, burnt debris being cleared away; old
buildings torn down; and tracks torn up ;
:, the general upsetting making healthy
subject for some protane words.
The completion and occupancy Of the
first building on the burnt ground, wa
celebrated q few days since. 4 banner tloAt
ed from the front, handsomely trimmed
and bearing the inscription, '''rhis is the
first building occupied in the burned dis
= trict." The roof, rs we'll rs the roofs OF
: several mouths was we'll wet with cham
: pagne, and speeches from prominen
= citizens made quite an imposing occasion
A promise, made not long since, abou
not been forgotten, and an item OF intense
!, has recently developed. The moustache
which has been waXed and trained tc
such severe stand-out- -tvp-ness, is nov
gracefully braided, commencing rs neal
the centle of gravitation rs possible tnc
tapering towards the end Several have
appeared before the public and We're vel
v received by those possessing an abundan
i crop; but were laughed to acorn by hin
= with the sickly spears. which need con
q stant Introduction to keep up their &c
n quaintance.
Lent's circus, with IFS golden chariots
e and bearded women is having great snc
e cess at the fair grounds. aud Barnum fol
lowing 50 close behind with his hobgob
Inns and examples OF Natures careless
a ness, gives virtuous Boston rather severe
1t dose of that class OF entertainments.
e The Boston Post, obliged to move b,
e the street widening, is to erect its new
d building on the spot commemorated rs the
d birthplace of Benjamin franklin
e Mrs. Scott Siddons is drawing crowded
e houses by her marvellous beauty and fine
It elocution.
!? Another set of colored singers from
Hampton, Virginia. are causing almos
u as much sensation as the Jubilee Singers
= which suggests that Boston will have t(
curtail a little of its admiration for the
y colored individual, or it will have NOR,
plums in its pudding than it bargained
for
+ The Maine Central has bulls :. mile o
:, the extension towards Winslow.
/ -Bangoreans can be physicked on Sun
b day only at hours prescribed by the mayor
l. and anothecarv ShOns are closed at othe