The Republican journal., 1873-03-20
Letter From Boston.
Correspondence OF the journal.
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BOsTON March II.
Heaven forfend us but these March
winds are fearful. It's lucky that fashion
has reduced the feminine skirts, or how
could one be out in such weather without
danger of laundering? | have been one
of squadron veering and lacking up
these wide and windy streets, until the
snug rugged masculines. sailing along
without single garment tapping, We're
most enviable At such a time there is
little compensation in the thought that
stockings are clean and carriers en-
broidered But its no use to groWl since
the wind, by Scripture license, elbow eth
where it lsteth'-and there, suppose, is
an end of it. So, elbow winds, and crack
your cheeks'
Boston, yea all Massachusetts,. has been
agtated over the discussion OF the woman
suffrage question by the great and General
Court OF this commonwealth. To the State
House have gone all the strong-mindod
who favored, and the weak minded who
opposed; and they have grated AMI wrang-
led until even the big wooden Goldfish,
symbolical of q great industry. has seem
ed to wiggle his tail in alarm. wonder
if his whole fish skin would settle this
dish OF disturbed coffee And after all
the wordy warfare, the legislature calmly
and provokingly voted the petitioners for
female suffrage leave to withdraw The
Woman's Journal sadly but not despair
ingly records the result this week and
| compliments the one Democrat whose en-
| lightment prompted him to vote yea The
untiring ladies who champion the cause
say it is very tar from being lost that
progress has been made. and that It viii
come right in good time.
OF the making Of ingenious TOYS, for
The amusement Of children and those of =
| larger growth, there is no end A dealer
in this city brought out fine assortment
of automatic bears about Christmas and
these have been he rage ever since They
are about eight inches high sitting on
| their launches, covered with tar white Or
| black, and look very lite-like. with por-
celain teeth and glass eyes when wound
up by a key introduced among the fur,
some inside mechanism cause them 10
move their paws M and down, open and
shut their mouths. put their heads to the
| floor and raise them, and 60 through
other comical motions A dozen of them
in . shop window, all wound up and 90
ing through their motions, was a very
comical sight, and attracted 4 big crowd.
| These toys are afforded for five dollars
each, which is not an unattAinablc figure
| for those born with Silver spoons in their
mouths; but the little baretce of the
streets must iorbear their bears
| Not many miles from the city dwells Il
man not unknown to The inhabitants Of
steady Down East Near his residence il
a pond which in summer add much to
the beauty OF scenery about his we'll kept
| place. In winter the bows OF the vicinity
| MAKE merry the CLASSY surface thereof
with coasting and skating. During the
last cold weather, much to the veXation
OF the boys the gentleman cut from the
pond considerable ice for future use, leav-
| ing OF course dangerous places which
| served to heap vengeance upon his head
from the disappointed youths. One eve
ming a valuable cow came NOT to Her ac-
| eustomed quarters for the night and The
| placards on posts and trees failed Of the
| deserved effect Oll Sol in TIE payt few
days has shown his sympathy by thnwne
the mystery to the extent OF revealing =
COW through the TIM ice Of tile pond
The boys are jubilant in that neighhor-
hood, but the gentleman tails to apprc-
ciate home produce in the shape OF lee