The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-13
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WIN Nlog uiiN lbNl hhbNiNNlEN
of Our prejudces against early rising, you
think we did bodily harm to the waiter
announced that we had concluded not to
go, and straightway returned to the com
pletion of our broken slumbers."
Really, my dear fellow, that long and
elaborate reply to our little conundrum is
very remarkable exhibition of energy for
you to make, and moreover, entirely UNI
suspected You should guard against such
unusually violent cXertion, Immediately
after dinner so you really should. Your
cigar, too, not prepared for such long
speech from you, has gone out, and is con
sequcntly ruined. Light a fresh one, old
fellow, and don't exert your conversational
powers any more There, now you look
Iatural again. though rather tired, ms might
bc expected
Unskillcd labor IS rarely effective, and
you have illustrated that fact by, after all
that outburst missing the mark entirely.
You don't take into consideration how the
vicissitudes of life on the rail in February
tone down the manly spirit. Contrary TO
your expressed opinion, we howled "all
right" in key which at length carried the
meaning of those words TO the walters
profound understanding arose with all the
meellncss of the historic and pastoral
lamb fed, and cmbarking on the duplicate
of yesterdays train, were, at the expiration
of the duplicate of yesterday itself,
landed in the good city Of ways that are
dark, and streets whose efforts (if any they
make to come out anywhere in particular,
alc vain
No doubt it has occurred to you, as it
always does to us when passing over the
railway bridge which gives you access to
the municipality of Boston, no matter from
which side you approach, that the good
city which you overlook from your cal
window, is strangely destitute of all that
individuality which under the sunlight is SC
strongly marked. At night it is merely
like an irregular section of the starry
armament fallen suddenly into the water
with all its countless thousands of starlkC
lights winking in establishment, and re
Elected and multiplied upon the hcaying
surface of the shiny sea. But a moment
and the illusion is dispelled, for you glide
along in alarming proximity TO granite
warehouse walls, and by the time you have
pulled on that refractory glove and seizet
your pormantcau, with Il vicious little
farewell shake, your car stands still and yot
are released.
Thus we, and scarcely having time tC
wonder if our friend has received anC
needed the telegram we sent, we step GU
on the platform and meet his welcome face
and grasp his kindly hand. OF course oul
next step is into hack, which safely de
liyers us, IN the twinklng of an eye, at tn,
Parker House door For tea of cours,
under the circumstances nSthing is for
moment to he thought Of but quail-on
toast, with minor accessories, and, shall W,
confess it? a small bottle of Madam,
CliQuot, over which, and our fragran
llavanas, we hold pleasant converse ant
seal anew the covenant of an old friend
ship.
Speaking of the city's veal of her sons
successes, and of the mines of 'demnitioi
gold and silver oyer which we walk in he
streets, George tells us of an example nea
at hand. Parker's marble walls, as you
remember, surround corner-the corne
of School and Fremont streets The hote
thus has two fronts, but its proprietors still
are not happy, for they want the corne
itself to rebuild and make a part of thei
hostelrie. The block on which they thu
look with envious eyes is by no means larg
and far less new or elegant. In fact
Mcssrs. Parker & Co. would infinitely pre-
fer It's room to its company, and so stron!
has this preference grown that few month
since they offered its owner, Mr.. T. o. ii
p. Burnham, .f0ur hundred and .ffty MOus
and dOlldTs for it, which offer was declined
as well as another, to pay fifty thousan
dollars more than any good judge of rea
estate in the city would pronounce it to b
worth. Mr. Burnhams Golfers are so wei
filled now that some old associations clus
tering round the block outweigh the glitter
ing temptation offered by his millonair
neighbors. We catch Ourself muttering
''lead as into such temptation, and let u
fall"
No catapult, yclept ''waiter" vents hi
bad humor on our unoffending door a
heathcnsh hours next morning, but whe
the radiance of a full-ledged day unseal
our slumbcr chrysalis we rise refreshed an
look from out our window far down tn
, harbor, as it glistens in the morning su
and proudly bears upon the bosom of il
quiet waters those stately ambassadors c
the commerce of the ocean, coming to gree
r their sOvereign's elder brother, the con
I merce of the land. A massive, dignifie
, cunardcr is Just touching the wharf IN Eas
Boston, a frigate drifts at anchor down {
l our left, and seems to be looking from II
formidable rows Of eyes rather contempt
ously at the ungraceful but industriou
ferry boats which pass and repass almo'
under its bows. Far and near the water
S sprinked with white, dancing sails, an
t cleft and confused by tugs, which dart frol
- place to place with restless energy an
speed.
+ Beneath us is another sea, boiling an
tossing in its narrow and crooked channel
the streets. A sea of men and women, AN
horses and vehicles in endless variety
| COnSldll anu lllhJcstlC InOtlOH' lHC Nlhli
4 aspect which has met our eyes each morl
/ ing for many week is passed away wit
its symbol, the " beautiful snow" and a
exile from fair Italia cheerfully grinds OF
the suggestive air, gentle spring" so e!
9 actly underneath our window, that we SUI
, coed in dropping coin precisely on Il
= top of his head.
; Financially and commercially the goC
II city is at present thriving and prosperou
y Ships are unloading their rich cargoes
her wharves and her warehouses are lii
-. bee hives for the industry that huns al
u buzzes in them Her streets are populol
|. even beyond their wont her marts
IS trade are thronged and active her plac
n of amusement generally are well-fillet
:, her horse cars fairly groan under the ma
, of humanity crowded and pressed with
&c them.
7 Rv the Wav isn't IL sinruIor that In ,