Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-04-16
Letter from Boston.

BOSTON, sunday, April ~, 1913.
Messrs. Editors The long, cold Winter which
has been experienced on the New England coast,
as well as in the mountains, begins to grow less
persistent, and to show some signs OF an early
surrender OF its prerogatves in favor of its more
genial successor. The Lenten season OF humilia-
ton and fasting is at length over and past, and
EASTER SUNDAY
has dawned upon us with all the glory OF n bright,
sunny day in early Spring. And those churches
which have been fasting and doing penance more
or less for the last forty days are now rejoicing,
apparently with great joy" though whether it
Is because the Lord is risen," or because the
| days OF soberness and self-denial are over, am
| unable to say. At all events, the churches
| decorated with flowers some OF them quite eab.
orately--and crowded to their utmost capacity by
| the devout, or the joyful, the curious, who
press in with great eagerness to see and to hear.
| have visited six or eight OF them during the
morning service, none of which, with single ex-
ception, contained a vacant seat and some no
standing room.
The T" Church OF the Immaculate Conception, a
large and costly structure on Harrison Avenue, at
the South End, was tasteiully decorated, and is
four hundred candles were burning brightly to
1
grander church above 1t was densely packed
with a well-dressed audience, and enough proba-
bly, went away, unable to gain admission, to have
filled 1t again.
The "Church of the Unity these two repre-
senting the extremes OF Christian sentiment,
Catholic and Untarian-was also closely packed
with seekers after truth and the Spring fashions
the admirers of Mr.. Savage and OF Barnabee, the
| mi belongs
church, though suppose he never sings his funny
| songs therein but never see him without being
reminded Of " The Tall, Young oysterman and
"The Cork Leg" And so OF all the principal
churches; they are so full that II the salvation OF
the Boston sinner who comes a little late To
church depended upon his getting comfort able
seat therein, he might as well consider himself
lost or go ont and sit on the steps in the genial
sun and wait for a more convenient season,
: which will come by next Sunday, when the
churches will not be so crowded as they are to-day
1.-THE BOSTON COOPERATIVE STORE"
a., AZ the sign reads at No. 0 Cornhl is new insti
tuition modelled somewhat after the English fash
q ion, and somewhat resembling the old " Protective
Union" plan which we tried with but Indifferent
: success In this country some twenty years ago
1t Is a grocery store, well filled with what seeni
10 be a stock OF good goods, and every purchaser
+ receives Il voucher" showing that he has pur
\ chased certain amount OF goods, and II Their,
should be any profit, after paying expenses ii Il
to be divided pro rata among the customers when
ever It's prosperity rs euch AS 10 enhDle u 10 de
D clare dividend Whether this ia an honest at
e tempt at equitable dealing | don't know, anC
whether 1t will succeed nobody can tell; but | be
. leve that cooperation In some FORM or Ii
:, many FORMS is 10 be the key by which the capita
and labor problem, which threatens 80 much mis-
B. chief to this country and the world, will even
n tualy be solved, The proceedings OF
"a "TIM GENERAL COURT n"
are so fully reported In the daily papers that yo
- can readily CLEAN therefrom whatever may be q
K interest To your readers-which judge to b
a mighty little-and will not inilict much upo
70 them In reference toit. The promised " retrencl
Z ment"-promised by both parties alike-has nc
been accomplished 10 any great extent, nor will
be until the people shall have elected repr'
Il sentatiyes of their own, and not politicians, /
places OF trust and OF power, in the useless an
u, vain effort for the present at least To rid then
~ selves OF the burdens which, In consequence
p; unnecessarily expensive systems Of government
d. are resting SO heavily upon them now.
al WiLLOuGHBY.