The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-07-15
LETTER FROM BOSTON
BOSTON. .Iulv ID 1,

BOSTON, July II, 1915.
1t may seem late in the day to tell war
story, but shall tell it because some of its de-
tails have Just TRANSFERRED. At the time when
the war opened, there was in this vicinity u
magnificent farm which was called the finest
i'll MiddleseX county. 1t Boosted its hundred
head of cattle, &c. 1t was owned by an eccen-
trio gentleman, by whose family it had been
held many years. This gentleman had one
son, just come of age, and several daughters.
As often happens in such cases, he bestowed
all his affection upon this only son, and made
him the foundation of all his no pes and eXpecta
lions. He was a reserved, man, however, and
gave little evidence of the depth of his feelings.
The boy on attaining his twenty-frst year ex-
pressed desire to 60 to war, but the father
sternly objected, saying that he needed him on
necessary that he should begin to learn how to
take care of it. The boy was not to be reasoned
out of his intention, and, it is said, was encour-
aged in his persistence by his mother. This
seems hardly natural, but at all events he ell
listed. and was encamped for time only few
miles from his home. The father visited him,
and tried to prevail upon him to remain He
offered to send his best Farmland a middle
aged man of iron constitution and muscular de-
yelopment as substitute, pay the latter hand
somey, give Il home to his wife and children,
and provide for them during the absence OF
their husband and father. Even the command
ing officer admitted that the country would be
much better served in this way than by the ser
vices of the STRIPPING. But the latter was his
fathers own son, and having determined to go,
he was not to be persuaded to change his mind.
The paternal patience was then thoroughly eX-
hausted, and with Il terrible oath he left the boy
and returned an altered man TO his home He
cursed his son for iisobedience and his wife for
conspiracy, for he termed her part i'll the
affair. A few days before the son was to leave
the vicinity of home for the South, the mother
asked, as had been her custom, if she could
have the of particular horse for the day
The husband sa ya@ely demanded for what pul-
pose, and on hearing it was for the purpose OF
driving to camp to see her son, SWOre Nolley
of oaths and said she should have no horse OF
his for that object, but that il she wanted to see
the ungrateful fellow she could walk. And
walk she did As soon AS the son was actually
gone, the father sank into state of chronic
irascibility. He swore continually terrible
oaths against every member of his family, and
declared that he hoped his son would never re-
turn home alive. He turned against his wife
and daughters, and called heaven to witness
that they should never receive cent of his
property. Well the years went bY, the man
grew daily worse, but nothing was heard from
the absent son. The wal ended, but he came
not, nor was anything known of his fate. A
short time since the old gentleman re mem
bered his threat to his wife and daughters and
sold his fine old estate and home. For il
he received the sum OF 500 900, and with this
money he settled down to board at IN old place
a few miles from his once beautiful home
There he STAYS with nothing to do but reflect
on the bitterness of his grief, his own rash con
duct, the unnatural separation of his family, to
Squander his fortune in seeking to forget, and
to devise means for revenging himself on his
wife and daughters, who still live near by
upon an estate of their'own. Can anyone doubt
that there is hell, when this man makes such
an one in his own breast:
The thermometer having ranged between the
eighties and ninetes for the last week or more
the effect has been to thin out the population
materially and yisibly. Hosts have departed
to the beaches, mountains, country boarding
houses and down east villages, to quarter OF
good-natured cousins. Those who must stay
in town are much the better off for the room
of the absentees. These stay-at-homes, man,
of them, are by no means TO be pitied. ques
ton if, on the whole. their sum total of enjoy
ment and comfort at the summers close doe!
not exceed that of most Of the wanderers il
strange and merccnary places. The former re
fresh themselves with short and cheap jaunt,
into the suburbs, by the new open horse cars
perhaps, in which, by means Of the seats ar
ranged in regular carriage fashion, one can fan
cy himself proprietor of a span, and seated il
his own private conveyance. These improved
cars, by the way, are really delightful to rid
in, except in a severe thunder shower, wheI
their real holiday character becomes unmistak
ably apparent. Then there are the varou
harbor excursions, costing at the most siXt!
cents for the round trip, the boats for maxim!
which are every day crowded, chiefly with wo
men and children bent upon day Of pleasure
Children seem to take naturally to the water
and am sure they never enjoy themselves bet
Ter than in wading, bathing and gathering shell
and pretty pebbles on the beach. To Nahan
is the longest sail, and it is the most quiet re
treat. 1t has the Maolis Garden, which is TIL
popular, but still not very attractive resort. |
is here the picnic parties go. But the beaut,
of the island to me is in its lovely cottages, 81
picturesque in their French and Swiss archi
lecture, and 50 brilliant with their red painte,
roofs and surroundings of green lawns AM
blooming terraces. The residents are 50 eX
elusive that they are SAID to form close cor
poration which admits no stranger to the inne
circle till he is proved to be of the "blue blood.
The Maolis Garden which attracts the common
class is their sole bete MIR, but they can d'
nothing to the end of graduating the evil TO
the reason that it belongs to the Tudor family
who own now third of the island, and One
counted the whole of it in their possessions
Notwithstanding these facts, the great publ
does find its way to Nahant and enjoys all it
loveliless, for the "cat may look at the king
You know Then there are several shorte
trips, to bingham, Hull Nantasket Beach
Downer's Landing and Long Island, all o
which are inviting after different ways. A
nearly all OF these places there are good tresl
dinners and chowders TO be had, which is ne
little consideration after sea voyage; and
notice that however much certain persons
ecstlcise over the beauties of nature, the pro
gramme doesn't seem quite complete unles,
they are enabled to regale themselves upon The
products of nature AS we'll. That it may be
SAID, gives ii back bone or staying power to The
poetical discourse.
The theatrical people begin to scatter imme
tliately after the Fourth, AS on that patriotic
day the season closes with them. As the
salaries also stop till the new season, wheel
opens the first of September, they find it neces
sary to bestow themselves in healthful bu
economical localities. Warren, Barron anC
Crisp of the Museum, have gone this year Il
Woodstock, N. H., which place affords the de
10 of M of pbaannaSS fist