Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-01
A VOYAGE NoRTHwkRD.

PFSoRsCor BAY. May =. 1875.
Tie good cid steamship George Appold out
| ran her time. When ! delayed my yarn OF a
northward voyage we were AT Sea, north
| OF CAPE Cod. IL was break EAST time. and our
captain said We should arrive at Boston AT
five O'Clock T. m. that day. Bur the Boston
girls must have had hold Of the tow rnpe. IL
the sailors say when a ship i masking good
tlme on homewani voyage, for a h aif-past
Hree We We're along side the pier. The wind
was blowing stifily right down the harbor.
ana we met few schOonCrS and ore bargue
outward bound, but there was a noticeable
absence of large vessels, and the yachts OF
me Boston club have hot yet taken their
usual archoTageS. Altogether the harbor
looked bare. ard the partly dismautled null
81 the old steamer Columbia riding AZ anchor
IMPAIRED something of an air OF de>oiation
10 The scene. The Cunarl steamship com
pany'> lock in ChaTleSfown was empty: the
elevator was idle. and there We're few signs
81 ACTIVITY in any direction. save where The
work of filling IN the South Fay was pro-
crossing. Indeed. a 2 learned afterysrl,
Boston i suffering from the business derre,'
sion from which few cities IN the whole
country are exempt
A SMOKE N BOSTON COMMON
Inc FoyaAc had been very pleasant one.
though an Oycrcoat was Of course t>>euf Al
10 comfort while al sea. hut I was most
aGreeab!y Surpri Sed in Gudlu. the weather
so warm and pleasant ON landing i'm Boston.
The grass was quite aS -reen a. I had len u
in Washington. but vcgpIar ION was otflprEvfS.
not So far adj anCed, though the buds on Tho
trees were swollen well nigh 10 BURSTING I
found could safely lay aside my overcaat.
ana on TIE morning after my arrival !
smoked my after brca S:aSt cigar aud read
the PoH, seated Ne> ide The frOg-poud. en-
j"EeG my smoke more Than usual. because Of
an l|ea 'hat ! was Infringing anon En, I'm.
prophecies in IGIui-iuE i'm q within I'M.
sacred precincts Of the Common Indeed.
recall 10 mind tradition that smoking p,ir
OF door was once upon time prohibited iu
all Boston.
BOSTON pnINErPS.
Now rrphluItHg liquor law j an eS'ab-
!lSLed fact, but there j., despite D.. quite a.
much drinking ami rather more drum xenue>>
IN Boston han in Washington. Wherever
Puriianical ideas hold sway there hypprrlry
VIII prev Drinking behind door * Ger
tainly more dcmOTallZ.ng than drinking III
tar. and az open drum Nard - a better man
IMAM ne who, protesting temperance. drinks
IN secret. It's impossible FOR me to write OF
Boston without having Shy az the fanatics
who abide and rule there. Bat 10 return 20
ne common. This piece 81 ground. With
busy fremont and fashionable Beacon street
on either side. seems less carefully cared for
than formerly, and the contrast i great when
one passes INTO the nicely 6ept public gar
GcnS which recoilect a. a swamp Auditing
on the Back Bay. bUj where the bay was
then. now there are stately rows Of dwellings
and churches with tan taper,ng spires. To
grow az all in any direction Boston Had 10
oncroach upon the tide waters. \ few more
hIes would make Boston quite handsome
city.
: now filed with fire buildings. and the new
Post and TrdScFi,f buildings speak well for
the prosperity of the press. But we cannot
Judge altogether by outward appearances
ioT The H"dhd, while occupying the meane>t
quarters, makes more money than ali of itS
contemporaries combined. And ID deserves
It's great success. too.
There il one place ~ New England whore
The traveller is sure 10 find well-Stockel
Iarder and an excellent cuisine. There may
he other places, but those vino pass by the
,rrf1l F.a.a e..
her 10 fare worse. IL is the Weicker'S OF the
HUB. strong feature of the establishment
! its butter. Not that the butter is strong;
far nom IL; il il yellow as gold. sweet n
loves young dream, and clover-S cenfesI
one who Journeys in almost ana direction
from Parker's carries recOllectiOls Of that
butter for which the hotel pays II per
pound aud % The sayory dishes which ac-
company 10.
FROM BOSTON TO BELFAST.
But d. will not do to lingeT over the Parker
House table. After an early dinner on Fri
day, the 18th. transferred my belongings To
the steamer Cambridge. which plies twice "A
week between Boston, Bangor and inferno
diate points. owing 10 the ice embargo.
which had only been raised a week or two.
The supply of gOO3S down east had been
nearly exhausted. and the Cambridge was 80
laden that her guards dragged in the water
amldShipS. II was blowing half a gale from
The southeast, when AT half-paSt =. m. the
lines We're east of and wesheadej down the
Eay. and fOg-wrcathS were curling around
The distant islands. The outlook was. on the
whole. rather discourage and began 10
think that the good luck which had thus far
attended my n0rthward voyage had now de-
serted me- SteamDg down the tOrtGOC>
channel ofBoston harbOr with islands. rocks.
reefs and shoals on either hand. We al length
bore away northeast, and the iib was set 10
steady our oVeTladen craft. soon a three
maSted schooner came ploughing along I'M
der cur lee, with all sail set, and carrying
huge bone in her teeth.' and she would have
passed Us, had not the steamer set her fore
sail. which enabled Us To- draw away nom
The iOre-and-after. II was not 30 rough when
we passed Cape Ann, and We're fairly out 10
sea, as expected, nor did the fog make our
nearer acquaintance, and nOrJhwarl next
morning by the hOarSe shrek of the whistle
as we neaTed the wharf at ROckland, ] hat
a FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE COAST o. MAINE
Black and barren anu dreary enough ii
looked, too. The hills were rUS>ctt- brown.
the trees bare, and overhead was a leadea-
grey sky, heaYytwlth coming rain-StOrm.
Our next stopping place was Camden which
Is going into repute as a summer resort. and
which has really picturesque surroundings.
The ground II high and broken, the harbOr
winds its way far inland. and back of the
town, mountain rises preCi pitOu>ly. behind
which il "A lake in which / am told that
Speckled trout abound. In point OF scenery
there are few towns on the coast Of Maine
that compare with Camden. Our course now
lay close 10 the rugged shore, and inside OF
The islands, to Belfast, where ! landed about
O'Clock on the morning Of the 18TH. and NV
northwaTd voyage was ended, I was barely
housed when lie rain came down In torrents.
and for day or two hard wood fire had q
WONDERFUL attraction for me. Yet il was not
so very cold. and the storm over the weather
became quite warm. We have since had
some really hot days. The grass is quite
green, the trees are leaving out, straw berries
are in blossom, and mosquitoes have come
PILSBCRY.