The Republican journal., 1873-06-05
letter From Boston.
Correspondence Of the journal.


of the city could have been chosen which
would SO effectually rob US of the evidence
OF former grandeur, as the spot which
now lies heap of blackened ruins. How
many times we have all looked upon the
beautiful front of Chickering's building
and the gorgeous windows of Haley,
MCrse u Co., and remarked that ''BostOn
should be thankful that these were saved"
All gone! and with them many of less
haps none out of the number comes
nearer to the hearts of the people than the
Globe Theatre which always wore such
cosy. homelike appearance, and furn-
lshed entertainment for so many enjoyable
evenings. Even at the time of its de-
parture from the stage Of usefulness, invi-
tatlons We're issued for the benefit of Miss
l.cclercq. who has won the admiration Of
all by her late success in the "New Mag
daeme;' and wealthy citizens of Boston
had extended the courtesy. in token of
their appreciation
Decoration day and its attendant fes-
tiviti.s, We're sadly impcded by the fire,
which broke out Just rs the procession
was forming; and in place of the brilliant
costume, deckod with flowers, (many of
the participants being tiremen) the
slonchcd hat and leathern coat was donned
for hard days service.
fremont street again bears a double
burden, in the shape Of horse-cars and
teams; and Washington street ptifullv
shows two more horrible sears upon either
side Of its already singed and battered
fa"e
An evidence Of how 'things were sadly
changed" during the progress OF the fire,
was quite udcronslv Illustrated in my
own experience. In all innocence of I'M
pending calamity, | took in tow another
apNrcciativo feminine, to see all there was
to be seen on the partial holiday. Having
an rrrand al the south end. We hailed the
first COACH which was not lined and
trimmed with the same material as our
SeiNr~; and SIT we Town totally mcon-
Sci0HS OF what an unheard of ride we
were going tn have, for the dininutive
sum Of five cents. No particular excite
ment was manifest till we reached Tenn
p}" Place. when the close proximity of
the pulling steamers caused the driver to
turn off, to finish his route on fremont
street. Once there we found nearly every
Metropolitan horse-car in the city, blocked
and many brother bus Juggling to Get
through the crowd of pedestrians, who
We're undecided which was the most al
trnctivc, the burning of Haley, Morse &
COS establishment on the forming of the
procession. Back we went down Temple
Place, scarcely clearing additional steam
erS, and carts flying with goods; and
ligHa@gea down Washington street, where
our small space commenced to fill M with
Chariestown people, who had been vanIv
waiting for y CONVEYANCE Alas when
we turned down Water street. they spake
net n the five cents gone up, (to the
driver but went out for to see'' if there
was yer another yellow coach to be seen
on Washington street again. No street
commissioner could describe our route:
but small nrchinS rushed out from squalid
places, down by the blue sea, to hurrah
nj the team never seen before ir that
LEGALITY. Finally coming out near the
Albany depot We found the fire had
spread, and Increased the alarm to such
an extent that the cars were being backed
out Of the depot, and freight and baggage
removed
The kind hearted engineer noticed our
struggles and unshackled his cars to let
US pass through; and we were at last safe
on the other side of the great contlagra-
tom; but lame from the lolting we had
taken in the two hours we had bobhed
about in an omnibus. The down town
trip was not unlike the uptown one. and
AGAIN another desire ion Il sniff of woman's
rightS took possession OF me; and
vearned Tor some ut those female minis
terS, 10 suggest that | had rs much RIGHT
On top OF an omnibus as a man for what
q glorious place il would have been to
view the confusion about the burning
space.
Many incidents conld not fail to amuse,
even while hearts We're heavy with the
weight Of the great loss. one perhaps
the most ludcrous, was presented in
evidence of the Rev. w. II II. Murravs
weakness for trottng The Reverend
was suddenly awakened to q realization
of impending danger to his worldly goods.
81 harneSSea himself into long linen
duStcr and a slouched hat, and proceeded
ID the stable, where 4 tayorite trotting
buggy was stored Backing himself into
tie thills he started down fremont street.
al a pace doing credit to his expatiation
on trottng never letting up till the ven
cradle Park street church was reached,
and the object Of his affection was safely
stored from I'LL harm.
Anniversary week has been a grand
exception to every other on record, the
brethren being compelled to leave the
indispensable umbrella at their lodging
house each day. In interest it fell far
short of former years The meetings
were not we'll attended, and some churches
did not unite for worship at ALL One
question, agitated by the masculines, was
weighed heavily in the balance, and
brought things down to a decidedly prac-
teal standard How Shall we secure our
suspender buttons more strongly with 4
view to check the tendency to protanity?"
Each gentleman spoke earnestly upon The
subject, some demonstrating even to The
extent OF an illustration by u flying button.
The t"minnes present looked excessively
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