Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17
Letter from Boston.

Letter from Boston.
BosroN, MAY IL, 1876.
hesrs. Editors Previous experience IL little
avail in finding the way in this confusion OF
streets at all possible angles, and running in all
possible directions Nor tot any use 10 inquire
We tried it just once, and the gontlemanly police
man mentioned such number of streets 10 be
trayorsed that we thought the place must be
twenty miles away at least, and gave up the at
tempt. What shall we do Well, it is a good
plan when you don't know what to do just to do
nothing at all. And when you don't know what
To say just say nothing, and you will save your
self vast deal Of trouble sometimes 50 CON
cluded that as did not know where ~ 90 would
not 60 anywhere. was in Boston anyhow
right in The noisy racket Of the busiest part Of the
" Hub here in the cradle Of liberty" with
nll It's centennial associations 80 contented
myself for awhile with the pictures and fncry in
the shop windows, and solved the problem At last
in thswRy' let me go hack To first principles and
find my way through the city just as the pioneer
travels Ia the wilderness, namely 4" hy the Law Of
the land " Many years ago we have found our
way through the deep forests Of the Green Noun
taius while hunting the bear and sable. 81 now
we bear along the streets just as the hunter
goes through the big woods The hunter knows
that up hill is towards the mountain top and down
hill Is towards the valley, aud he has no difficulty
in following direct course after he once gets
general idea Of the principal mountains and val
leys Now, then, we remember that A. Peter Farley
hadit, Boston was sort Of hill and that across
body Of water at the left was Charlestown, Bunker
va 3 nlrt.r Tint ..I.
the streets up hill Is towards the TOP Of the hill
the state House; down hills towards the sea, the
big ships Let Us see II by this rule We can find
the monument Now We walk along the side
hill, hearing down little towards the water, or
where we 'guess' there is water, and where a
block or a wedge or a flat-roned shaped buildng
gets in the way we step around tand then strike
along our course again. And sure enough, We
soon hnd the spre OF Bunker Hill rising up before
us and only little way ahead We got there
easy enough, but could hardly understand how it
was done, after ALL Did not Peter Farley teach
Us That there was quite little sea between the
cradle aud the domain Of Mr, Breed? But We
came straight along, every step upon the stony
street On returning, the street was blockaded by
ms snip creeping along between the paving
stones An yer no" we see The cradle has
become too small boston has ouigrown the lin
It's ana pushed It's borders out into the sea. Paved
streets warehouses and other buildings are
placed on stakes stuck into the mud, with draw
bridges to let The vessels pass through. A city
with foundations on posts And such damp eel
aTsi with the tide rolling In twice In twonty-four
hours' ana coming upalmost to the sleepors under
your noor' Oo1y' SHINY green w'th the corrosion
OF Tue SAT- water lurking place for old rub
o'sh' dead dogs dead cats dead - right under
your dweilihs. lhen when these old posts get
p''en' hey
Now we plunge INTO the busiest part Of the city
again, reminded oil the " spectator who rushed
INTO 'he seeming boiling rushing tide OF human
n.y. I'D the Ine'folo'lsi "hen he wished TO lind the
n'os' e"'nple'e solitude 10 De alone the hpecid-
'or went into the crowded streets and when he
wanted company ne went away entirely by him
sen 10 converse WIN ms thonghts ana hncies
in'ousn such rush o. men ana teams running
" ana lIo' we went along the " SIDE MI and
struck washington street NOW we can take
good breath. Here Is street we may safely fol-
10" without stopping To take the bearings Of the
NIL Although It takes a somewhat winding
way yet 1t is something that the mind Of q
stranger can comprehend And here, too, is Bos-
ton IN It's best clothes, so to speak What Penn
syivam' Avenue Is to the city OF Washington
and diratd Avenue to Philadelphia, is Washing
"n street 10 boston opposite the Globe Theatre
on one OF the hhest buildings IN the city, we find
the name OF " Miller. We have never seen the
man. but have seen and heard his pianos that have
challenged the admiration Of the musical world,
ana therefore we have desire to look inside of
that busy hive as well as TO see the person who
by his energy and skill could build mp such a
great enterprise, So we enter and before US
stands fine-formed, good-looking man witha full
eye and forehead that betray his Saxon origin,
and we are presented TO Henry !. Miller. One
glance is sufficient to impress stranger that he
Is IN the presence oino ordinary man. And when
we learn that he commenced business as n watch
maker and became very skillful at the trade; that
he possessed musical genius and received
thorough education in that line and became
hne performer on the piano and pipe organ and
that he now has the personal SUPERVISION ~ the
selection and nrenaration NJ tho ,,,a.o,i, a., -,
a. d. -. ~ as WON
"s wv P''i" 'c NcrS Hu'se OF the process OF manu-
iacture, one can then better understand why il is
that his nianos are unexeelisd h on. 49,. -
a....,a,,I. -, - any anu "ie
eSpe0i"i'S "o'eu 'o' 'ne'' ro''hg hqnid tones so
pleasing TO the ear
We stepped upon an elevator large enougl for
CONCERT grand IN stand mon ,,I1, '',"s" ~,
-, :. o., - ~" VIZ" plenty oil
room atouhu H. ana oy the power from reser-
vor of water we assembled To the sixth story Of
this immense building. Here xe ba,o a., -
M. :, -. "''' "n eAlen-
s'e VIC" VI ".se Po'',o" III the city, with Fort
Independence out In the bay We are just on the
border of that track that has baen lateiv h,,l, ~,
g., ,to as,,o. q, ,,o -, - '""' UP
iio'" 'ne as"'s V, "'e great hre' AMI the build
ings all look as bright as new cent. just at the
lcit ~ ihe lower OF what was once the "Old