The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-04-03
Notes of a journey North,

of summer. Yet the transition is by no
means unpleasant, and the writer found
it very enjoyable. On the day of depart
ure from Washington, March 25th) the
weather was SO warm that doors and
windows stood invitingly open. The grass
was green, and the trees Just ready to
burst into leaf Gardening had begun
full two weeks before The city, basb-
ing in the warm sunshine, presented a
gala appearance. Flags tluttered in the
breeze from the tops Of the hotels and
over the Senate and House wings Of the
Capital. Pennsylvania avenue was thlong
ed with promenaders, and numberless car
rIages rolled to and fro over its broad
asphaItum payements And when the
train had moved out Of the city, there
was still evidences that spring had come
Along the line between Washington and
Baltimore the farmers We're busy hauling
out manure and poughlng. ON sunny
slopes the grass was assuming 4 ycrna
illt'' huN II W do nv tIIt NlNii SlfCl 0tNl
in the city squares and parks. Between
Baltimore and Philadelphia there was no
signs of farming operations but there was
no snow or ice, and Il few warm DAYS were
apparently all that was needed to start
the grass. The 10Th was spent in New
York, and it was bright beautiful day,
and hailed by all as the opening of sprin.
Ihe next morning found the writer On
train m roHte from Fail River to Boston
There We're occasional, bat untrequcnt
patches of snow and ice to be seen, and
ere long a snow storm set in which gave
the landscape quite Wintry aspect. The
snow soon turned to rain, however, and
it continued to rain for two days, making
the streets OF Boston thoroughly unplcas-
ant to pedestrians. \ Shiny. slippery
black mud coated the pAycments, and
proved the most unpleasant feature Of the
whole Journey Ia the vicinity Of Boston,
and even iii some sections Of the citv it,
self, snow was to be seen, and the streams
ana ponds were not yet free from ice.
lHe 'e"9"" Is 91'd 10 ne Ill IelS' TWO
weeks later than it was last year
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