Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-05-06
Correspondence.
Letter from Boston.
From our Boston Correspondent
BosroN. May 3.

Letter from Boston.
From our Boston Correspondent
BosroN. May 3.
SPRING
Old Prob. Is furnishing as wiki real
sprin--like weather now. aud nature is
just beginning 10 put on an attire tinged
with a verdant hue that tells of brighter
DAYS that are coming, when our lawns
will be carpeted With the green velvc;v
grass, the trees Will bad aud blossom. and
the early flowers will open their petals To-
the sun aud exhale their rich fragrance
about them. Mav-day wa bright and
pleasant. "n jhr sir, ct> there were for
sale, preita ..e punches at Mav-aowers.
selling rapidly at ten cents each. These
tiny fragrant clusters, cannot fail to recall
Ia our minds the day, when We went may
inS. often because il was the custom. sud
not that there was ANY prospect of finding
even a bud; they were generally cold
bleak days, and we would trudge through
the woods with our iiGger> aud toes aching
with the cold. aud yet how happy We were
aud We always counted Mayday a one G +
the brightest in the whole year
KEY. W. II. II. MURRAY
and his friends, have heretofore guarded
their secret well, concerning their future
movements, but it has at last crept into
! life and it j. now known to the outside
world. that Music Hall has been engaged
/ from the first of next October, to the July
/ following, for sabbath morning service.
20 Mr.. Murray's many admirers will have
am opportunity to again sit under his
preaching.
/ The hall is 20 be REMEMBERED. and the
seals will be sold at auction There will
! be only one service ami the Sabbath
I school each sunday. Bumstrad Hall has
( been secured for the Friday evening PRAYER
meetings. Ample funds have already been
raised 10 meet all the expenses and it j.
/ expected that before a wear from next
/ October. 4 new church will have been
erected where the society viii worship.
/ Ihcy propose to build not a costly church.
I bat large neat aud commol.uus hu,ld-
/ in = that viii seat nearly three thousand
/ persons. Mr.. Murray's old pulpit a; Park
Street. j. not vet filled. but /, supplied hy
different parties each sabbath. They have
very small attendance, aud i j, general
/ y considered that they were blind To their
own interests when they let their pastor
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MNCCAEL
the unriyA.iod vcuiri.uq4ist. ,miator auu
I character drlueato~. j. iu Boston. .i,ln.
entertainments each cycaiu. AZ Beethoven
Hal. 10 the treat delight ui e,cryboIy
Who sttculs. IL i without exception the .
lest artist in liz profession. aud eclipse,
even Lingard. when lie appear, A. han
self he j. very slight man. seutlemanly
IN appearance. young. with a smooth face
and a peculiarly winnin. smile which he
uses 10 grca. advantage. y Boston audi
cuce j. famed for liking fun. and they ca-
JOY and appreciate MacCabe fully II ".
can judge by their liberal applause aud
hearty laughter He exhibits by various
changes of dress he different STYLES Of
people one meets with ia daily life. The
chsngcs are made in Il surprisingly short
space of tine, the audience hardly missing
him sometimes before he appears again in
an entirely different costume Hc can
take tie part OF an old gentleman making
As. after dinaer speech; a young lady ia
toll evening dress; railway porter
brainle,s Top who consider, himself a }
Lady Killer" or street musician all with .
great effect and equal credit to himself
ph. JOHN LORD.
who has been giving a course OF lectures
ia horticultural Hall. on The Bencfac;ors
OF World" gave a supplementary lecture
last Monday evening. on Queen Eliza
beth. lie began BY saying that this NO
maa stands out in history a. the greatest
woman that England has ever produced,
and If she lacked those feminine qualities
which secure the admiration Of men. She
shows by her talents aud virtue in an aye
OF change and revolution. She turned
her attention To the establishment Of tn.
Protestant Religion. and TIL. was her
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highest claim 60 tie gratitude Of Ler pos
terity. Alter che established the Church
OF England she turned her attention to the
better administration of the laws and the
development OF the resources OF the king
dom. She dete,ted wa. and never em
barked In it except from necessity. The
most common charge brought against hci
Is that she was a tyrant, and did nothing
to advance popular liberty; but this was
not 50. The Constitution conferred upon
her arbitrary power. but this she never
abused. She MAS considered the best ed
ucated woman in England, except Lady
Jane Grey. by nature she was affection
ate although her affections were always
throne England IVES in a very primitive
state bur there was noble material for
Christianity, Art and Civilization to WORK
upon. The yacillatng policy OF Eliza
beth was necessary al those times. aud
showed her wisdom. We may not approve
OF the course she was obliged 10 pursue
and yet we are compelled TO admire the
results. We csn bat regret that she was
80 severe on those who differed from her
bat She WAS superior ia her federation 10
all contemporaneous sovereigns. and her
government did not aim at foreign con-
quest, but 10 encourage home industries.
aid commerce, build up great nation and
make labor respectable. The expenses OF
the government were managed ecOnomi-
cally. The lecturer closed By saving that
he honored this great sovereign. aud was
proud that such woman had lived and
reigned and died in honor.
A NEW LECTURE AGENCY
is .eing established in this city by James
IL. Roberts. the popular manager of the
Old Bay State Course of Lectures and the