The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-12-25
Letter from Boston.

BOsToN. De,

ones DC us lllll OF happiness as their cutl
cles will permit, and the big ones as hap
Ply as they deserve; and while the sock
and stockings of the children must not
nay will not, be neglected, let Us hop,
chat Thursday morning will bring to thu
stockings Of grown folks something bette
than corns and bunions. chilblains an,
improving nails.
The streets have presented Il holi,ia,
aspect, the past week, the mild weathe
having been very favorable to out-doo
exercise, and the stores where good
suitable for gifts are dispensed have beel
thronged While every body is bent. &c
corling to custom, on buying something
be it never so small, to present TO kindred
and friend. Vet the effect of the monetary
scare is discovered in the apparent cal
ton and df1idencc with which the pocket
book is unclasped, and am told by sales
men and salesWomen that never in theil
recollection was it harder to sell goods Al
Christmas time than this year The leading
stores have advertised extensively. and
the papers have been oyerbrr,ened with
corpulent and flmcreal figures setting forth
wonderful declines in prices While there
has been Il decided falling off in many
lines Of goods, purchasers seem possessed
Of the idea that every thing is 10 be sacri-
feed by the shopkecperS, and dollar bill
looks rs big in the average customers eye
As did Lemuel Gullver to the inhabitants
ofLiliput
The great event Of the week was, pttJ
crrWcuce. the celebration ofthc hundredth
anniversary of the tea-Spilling which oc-
CURED in Boston IIarbor IN l1713 The
women had nominal charge Of the pro
cccdil@s Al the meetings in Faneun Hall
on Monday and fremont Temple on Tues
day evening. and the men engineered the
meeting 4, the "Cradle' on the latter
evening. All three of the occasions were
successfully carried ont TO 4 satisfactory
conclusion, the speeches. songs, readings.
etc. being We'll received. and with one or
two exceptions in excellent taste Cen
Banks and Wendell Phillips. Of course,
had to Smng@le into their remarks some
Of their peculiar views, on rather crotchets
the one calling on the ladies to resign
| their cushioned seats and comfortable
| berhs IN the rail ears to barrels OF -four,
! beef and pork, bags Of corn, Wheat and
oats and the other denouncing the gold
dollar and clarifying its paper substitute.
But then Banks is nothing unless Sensa-
tional nor Philips unless radical.
This tea business has brought ont many
| "reminiscences Of that cyenttul day when
the bohea was stepped in the saline waters
Of the harbor. and some few names are
added to the list Of those supposed TO have
been concerned IN the matter Family
| traditions are ovcrhaulcd, and if by amy
chance it can be proved or s,lrmiSed that
one Of the males Of the family was away
from his home on the afternoon of Dee
l6, 1913. nothing, You see, can be palmer
than that the GOOD man was doing his
| country service III the dress Of ve savage
Mohawk. Therefore, dear ladies, when
Your lords and masters, stay out until the
Short hours Of the night, repinr not, for
haply they may be bent on some noble
| enterprise which will one day cause them
and Won Ia be famous and send vnnr
names down 10 rcmotcst pustoritv; and
when they do come home With clothing
dSalrangcd and Soled by mmi>takable
contact with mother earth receive them
not reproach1ully, for these may be but
tokens of the hazardous enterprise in
which they have been engaged. and the
thickness Of their utteranccs no doubt pro-
| ccedS from protracted struggling" with
the Indian tongue
Now that Prof. Aga~~iz is dead, there
be those who thus early are discussing as
to his religious belief The Journal recent
" made a statement, said to be based ON
information given by a gentleman present
at the professors bedside. that A@asSiZ' 5
last connected words were "T'r%t Ii FN,"
This is the end. Now, while it is reason
ably certain that this expression was in
allusion to his bodily illness. there are
inc man wished to express his disbelief in
future eNi>tence-always Il mooted point
among rcli@iOnists | remember the an
swcr AgaSSiz once returned 10 an over
curious questioner as to his theology Said
he smiling. :'hell, don't know what it
is, unless it be technology" And what
matters it whether he believed in a future
life or not That is question which
every one must decide for himself and as
AgaSsiz knew no more on that subject
than The veriest simplcton, his opinion
GOES tor naught outside OF his own midi
viluaity-in fact, on this question ''you
PAYS Your moniSh and YOU takes Noym
| choice"
| The fair for the establishment of Il Home
| for the Young Women's Christian AsSocia-
| ton, Just closed. Melted $50 900, 4 success
almost unprecedented in such enterprises.
A large part Of the receipts came from the
tea party, held under the auspices of
the fair committee in fremont Temple
which was completely filed. TO Illustrate
the amount of human nature in mankind,
| viii mention 4 phase Of it evnccd Al This
| gathering A souvenir box Of tea was to
be given to each ticket holder, but I'M
fortunately the supply gave out long be-
fore all We're supplied, but people going
home from the hall in the horse cars saw
richly dressed ladies wonderfully endowed
with these miniature boxes, one lady hay
inc 70 less than eight These tea chests
We're gotten up by the Oriental Tea Com
pany. who have thus shown Il keen eye to
business, and have succeeded in getting
themselves extensively and "ratnitonsly
advertised by their means.
Rumors have been prevalent that Boston
Music Hall was TO be purchased by the
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