Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-11-13


B6sToN, November s. EDITOR
demonstrating observed in your
columns at various times letters from
almost every portion Of the country
save Boston, possibly a few lines from
that place will not prove uninterest-
ing to your many readers. Mem
phians, in their recent wanderings,
could, no doubt, have been met with
everywhere but | will wager that in
no city of its size in this country had
the Taxing District so meager a
representation as in Boston. The
true inwardness of this anomaly is to
me in a measure ine1plicable.
Itmay be that the merchants can
secure better bargains in New York
leather dealers alone proving an ex-
ception-consequently making that
city their destination, and their ex-
ample, apparently, has been followed
BY our pIeasure-seekin public.
They evidently imagine that when
they reach the metropolis the con-
fines of American civilization have
been attained, and therefrom they
make a retrograde march to the
South.
It's difficult to believe them ignor.
ant Of the Hubs" many objects o.
interest, yet more difficult to satisfac.
tOrily explain the mystery.
During the recent epidemic there
we're fully three thousand of our citi.
zens in the North, yet it may b.
doubted if more than twenty included
Boston in their rambles.
Among the wise ones, however
might be mentioned the names o
Major Hartmds, Colonel Il. Dudley
Frayser, Mr.. M. Hawks, L. Leubrie
our very popular official, Ben X. Pull.
len and a few others whose names
have escaped my memory.
For obvious reasons, o d%enizen o
the Taxing District" at once foun(
favor with me. and my heart bounded
with joy at meeting such a genuine
rara avis.
To recur to Boston. The points o
interest in this Athens of America,
to which a tourist should address
himself, are so numerous that Weri
one 10 attempt a description of then
he would feel at loss as to where h,
should begin. Immediately in tn,
city proper might be mentioned BOs
ton Common, Of historical repute, Of
which has been erected an elegan
monument, commemorative OF tn.
Union soldiers who persisted ia thI
late wal.
Adjoining it are the public gardens
a specimen OF Horticultural skill
which will bear comparison with an.
in the country. In the center Of thi
is pretty little lake, spanDed by
stCne bridge Of very handsome de
sign. The art museum attracts quit
a numL er Of visitors, aud an hour ma
be whiled away very pleasantly in
specting its paintings, statues, anC
most interesting of all, its Egyptia
antiquities, comprisiDg many yalu
able specimens, Faneuil Hall, too,
an object well worth visiting. an
a patriotic reverence would demaH
that Old South Church benOt slighte,
In Charlestown, now a suburban pa.
Of Boston, is Bunker Hill Nom
ment, a never failing source Of int.
est to travellers, and its tower is col
s%tantly thronged with visitors, who's
ambition finds zen in s%acrilegious
scratching their names upon Its hi
toric walls.
OF the adjacent town Combrids
Justly claims the priority in point
interest as being the seat of Harval
University and the home of our grea
est American poet, Longfellow.
Cambridge IL 50 repletc wit
objects Of historic concern thu
an account of these deserves o separa'
letter, which | may give you 1T Al
other time.
A description Of Boston would !
incomplete without & brief mention
Butler. who has figured so co.
spicuousiy in its late history. La
Tuesday he made another vigoro
attempt to climb into the gubern
tOrial seat, but he failed almost 81