The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-05-22

By tht courtesy 90 friend we are enc
abled to print tie following letter from
au absent Bostouiau to relative In this
city Though act intended for the pub
BE eve, il will he found very Interesting,
ils perfect freedom being special
charm.
ON B0AEp Srfa AMIR ~ 1nE Ran
SRA, ~ Rourr FROM HoMnNr ro
EtRopf, March Ia, 1873
riso,roNnt "REMINISCENCES,
Dear D. While IN Manila, among
the letters received from our home cor
respondents there was one which came to
us fragrant Of sea-weed, shrimps, salt
tish, slap.iacks, sainted Maria. Sister,
sammy, Snooks, smelts and sabeau odors
"a hundred more from The south aud
spicy shore of Jerusalem the blest
We acknowledge the eorni the record
Of those two day, sport as described 10y
yoor truthful and graphicpcn, &. written
in incdaceahlc characters ON the tablets OF
nay memory.
congratulate you ou your miraculous
haul aud am glad you had such capital
dnish ofa most pcppory and exhaustive
summer. There l. worthy yoath of
Cambridgcport attached to the Manila
forces, good Shot and enthusiastic dis
eiple Of the rod, who listened to the
reading Of your ep,lle with "au attent
ear aud then pronounced II good, first.
rate, so jolly, witty and natural
Tie rocking OF yonr boat m "a long
swell aud calm SEA, while Gshing for cod
OF. Mnots, and sinker occasionally
Pumping into sleepy lobster, he pro-
nomced stroke Of true genius.
One Of these days wc are going TO
spot way down in Maine, among the
pines, the Indians and the moose; where
the speekled beauties are horn weighing
two pounds; and we want you to go
along, too, aud show us how to tickle
their eatastrophes with thoee magic flies
you yanc SO highly.
lie fell in love with the fve-jointer
carry in the bottom of my trunk. So
many years since he had seen one--found
great comfort IN casting the Undated line
on the grass in front of the house and
reeling IN an occasional imaginary veter-
an as Webster called them. The book of
flies was an album of old friends to him
poor exile from his native land.
SAD REFLECTIONS.
1t seems hard for such young bloods to
be obliged to renounce home, friends and
the thousand ties that bind them 10 their
home for the sake Of making money
enough to support them in the autumn of
their days, "Twenty Years in the Phil
/ ippines." There is such book and
quite an interesting volume il is. Many
other twenty-year men that ! know who
will never publish their own story.
"Nothing so successful as success. Who
was it said this2 Clever.
! FAREWELL TO THE LAND OF EARTHQUAKES.
We left Manila after a bamy two
months visit on the 25th Of January
Got so accustomed TO being rocked to
sleep by earth while there, that terra fir
ma seems in dry measure to have lost
its charm,
THE ESCORT 70 THE STEAMER.
We had an escort TO the steamer, many
Of the citizens turning out on the days of
Don Horacio's departure, just as in Bos-
ton some of the John Hancock men keep
Election aud Evacuation days and the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery turn out
aud the Common looks like a holiday, but
| it is nj, and the governor ought TO take
his seat, but be does Mt, and there Ia no
egg pop ginger beer, lemonade, ice cream
and 30 fan Of no sort,
THE BAND BEGINs 70 PLAY.
We had baud Of native musicians on
board the tug that took ms down the bay.
They played "Lucy Neal "Dau Tuck
er," "Boatman Dance" "Dandy Jim" ,"
and such tunes os Don IIoracio aud his
fellows used to whistle into them in their
green and salad days
PERSONAL.
Pierce ), well, aud remembers the hot
weather and deep snow Of the year that
he went courtiug in. Inquired after you
and desired 10 be aAectionatcly rcmcm-
bered. His health is first rate, and the
climate agrees with Mr.. +. TO a charm. -
Little George is q fine fye-year-old pret-
Is, welI.manuered and sweetspoken ex-
otto. The junior partner, Mr.. Foster Is
a sterling fellow, to whom have given a
passport to your affections. lie viii be
turning up about the time this reaches
you, haring gone home by the way Of
California. Extend to him the right
haud Of fellowship and IL be should re-
quire a guide to The big tree, frog pond
aud State House, please d. the amiable.
An uNrLEAsANr VOYAGE.
From Manila, we had not a very pleas.
ant week Of IL 10 Singapore; because the
weather was boisterous, the ship nasty,
the passengers diitOer, lhe food not Park
erlsh the suealHs nnWashed aud no L0th.
Something broke lhe af.t day ont done
ou purpose, believe, Is oue Of ihe lazy
yatiets o. a .abors4ying biz 81 sirslegy.
Porn hoe. all closed, aud flte air ol the
saloon aud eabin. od9hferous as son may