Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-02-18
Correspondence.
Letter from Boston.
From our Boston Correspondent


BoSToN. Feb. Is
We have been hayin. very cold weather
and no one la, hal cause to complain that
the winter was backward. for We have had
clear aud sharp air with high winds and
the mercury down to, aud even b low zero
many DAYS. Outside OF Hn>ion II has been
colder still, but for the Hub we cal
zero temperature pretty severe. The lrar-
Dor has been full Of diiitin. ice hut The
steamers, vessels, apd Ferry Boats have
been able with much difficulty to p'ou.h
their way through: they have however,
been 50 covered with ice that they have
strongly rr>emblcd IN many instances,
f"aing icchergS. Water pip are trnz,u
10y the scores, and the Cachl,uatc Water
Board have no less than sixty men en.ag-
Ell IN repairln. them. and u force of thirty
men have been constantly rmplovrd in
thawiug ont the hydrants 80 they could b..
used III case of lire. II i a irving season
for the poor, and many families are living
in the most ahject poverty. rp.uhug en-
tirely upon the soup houses for their food.
being out of employment with no means 10
procnr" even the neccssaric> OF lite. MANY
cases of the most wretchcd misery are at
tended to daily by our charitable in.t.tu-
tions. Thursday the atmo- pheic became
quite spring like. We had >omr snow and
an abundance OF rain which melted the
ice in the harbor aud blew ii scaxard, lie.
sides supplying the neighboring cities aid
towns with a goody supply OF water. an
article which they have for several month.
been >orely ia need OF, but Friday more
In. the people awoke TO find the mercury
down 10 zero again. The ,ain nearl,
spoiled the sicighins. so almost every
vehicle /, now on wheels.
TIE RATTLE OF BALAkLAyA
and the Charge Of the Light Brigade
was mO>t wildly described last Ihur,day
evening. IN Wesleyan Hall. by John e.
Edgar. who served during the Crim. an
War IA the Fourth Light Dragons. form.
Ing part "i the Light Brigade which
fcnnyson ha, immortaizcd hy hi, hca,i,i.
iul lostn. Mr.. Edgar j. a ,tudrnt at n,
( Bangor Theological Seminary. and wiz
graduate next summer. IL i 10 orator
bat narratc> III. interv>tIn. story in yer,
>l'upic aud straightforward manner. an,
has no difficulty In command ~ the mos;
perfect attention OF hl> audience De.pit,
the severe storm the hall wa, well filled
The lecture was illustrated with diagrams
drawn upon blackboard \ correct copy
was read. of the order from Lord Raglan.
the tommaudcr-in-Chicf "a the Eirl OF
Lucln. which was misunderstood. though
II j. impossible to tell how the mistake
was made, but ii prrcipitatcd the Efiyadc-
OF Lord Cardigan upon III" guns of the
Russians with \ di>a,trud, result. The
Light Brigade numbered G13 men wher il
rode into the Valley OF Death, " aud ii3
were lost In that briei ilght of four min
utes. Many instances OF personal yalor
were related which occurred in this memo
rable battle, and the speaker alluded to
the cowardice OF his Commander and the
by-word which originated from It OF
Where Is Lord Cardigan" During n.
description of the Heavy Brigade lac CAV.
CLOWN. account OF young Elliot. a Brit
ish officer. whose daring bravery caused
him 10 receive fourteen sabre cuts. but he
lived through 1t all aud his name was left
entirely out of the public dispatches. 81
another reapcd the reward which was his
due
Prof. Moses T. Brown read. during the
lecture, Tennyson 5 poem. entitled .,
r''--a- a.. ..'" Light Brigad. So
given with me effect %... ----..y CRITICS
VINO were present pronounced his render
ing of it-perfection. lie i one of our
best elocutionsts and is Professor Al
TUFTS College.