National Republican., 1883-09-25
A Visit to One in Which Much was Heard
About the Other.
Republicans Sure They viii Have to
Fight Him and Hope to Beat Him.
The Curious Terms Of Lease Which Runs for a
Thousand Years-The Heirs Of English Estates.
Gossip About GraveyRrds, TheaterH, Good
Dinners, and College Days.
Special LeNer.

the political campaign this fall aud rid the
state of Butlerism. The republicans have
been the first in the field with their nomina-
tions, and have selected candidate against
whose record nothing can DO said. Mr.. Robin
son is q man whose political integrity is of the
highest standard, and whose personal purity
of character is unquestoned. The declina-
tion of Mr.. Pierce was considered stalwart
advantage, as is also the nomination of Mr.
Robinson yet in the campaign there will be
no differences in the party, but republicans of
every shade of belief will unite and work
heartily for success, and success is confidently
expected.
Gen. Butler has all the machinery Of tho
democratic party at his command, and in the
primaries for the election of delegates to the
convention, held last night, it was easy TO be
seen that he would bo the nominee. He
himself, is visiting tho various county fairs
and cndeavoring to mako himself solid with
the rural population. His friends will not
admit that his strength is at all weakened
from last year, but it is have talked
with many of the shrewdest republi-
cans in the state, and they all predict
the election of Mr.. Robinson. They say that
last year many republicans voted for Gen.
Butler because they thought he had been
forced out of the republican party, aud they
wanted to give the old man a show. Ho has
had that show, aud has not fulfilled their OK
poctation, SO that class. will not vote for him
now, but will go solid for tho republican
nominee. Then there are many democrats
who will not vote for him, for they believe
ho is using the democratic party solely to
further his own ends and ambitions.
Talking with o prominent lawyer the other
day, he said. "You have no idea of the
peculiar leases that still hold good in this
ancient city of Boston. L have case now
that has brought to notice q lease of a corner
m nj nf
city, the duration of which is thousand
years, nearly two hundred of which have
already expired, and the terms of payment
are two tons of Russian iron, delivered on
the premises every month. For q long time
tho absolute terms were complied
with, but during the war, when / t was impos-
sible to obtain that particular kind of iron, it
was agreed that its market valve in gold
would be accepted instead SO that since that
time payment has been made in gold. The
premises have been occupied by one family
ever since tho lease was made, the business
being carried on by the younger generations
as the older passed away, and the popularity
of the terms would never have been publicly
known had not the case in which l am inter
ested come about"
From leases to mills and inheritances is
but step. and l find that the Now England
Historic Genealogical society arc taking q
decided interest in the matter of estates in
England to which Americans are heirs. In
conversation with Mr., John T. Hassam, of
the board of directors of this society, was
informed that the death of Col. Joseph Ches-
ter, who for many years had carried ON inves-
legations in London, had been q serious blow
to their researches, but that another gentle
Fitzgilbert Waters, who was ready
to continue the work, for which he
is eminently qualified, having q thorough
knowledge of the genealogies of New England
families, aud great experience in making in
yestigations on both sidd9of the Atlantic. The
results of his investigations will be published
in the society's Register or separately, and as
they will be impartial and general in their
bearing, the number of families interested in
this enterprise and likely to profit by it is
very great. The society asks for public con-
tributions to tho fund in support of il. Mr..
Waters Will occupy the position of counsel,
whose services are retained by the society,
while he is at liberty to give some portion of
his time to private clients-in this latter par
ticular exactly replacing Col. Chester
My visit at the Hub has been one of ex-
treme pleasure. Acquaintances that have
been interrupted for years have been renewed,
and many pleasant gatherings have been the
result. On Tuesday was given quiet lunch
at foung's by some Of my old college class
mates, and the various experiences that each
had met with in the past twenty years since
we left the classic shades of Harvard were de-
cidedly interesting. Then our minds natu-
rally went back to our student days, and the
pranks we then played We're rehearsed, and
incidents long since forgotten were brought
up fresh in mom0ry.
The theaters are all in full blast, and the
attendance at nearly every one indicates
good business. John McCaul brought out the
Queens Lace handkerchief" Strauss now
opera, at the Globe on Monday night, to an
audience which was large in numbers and
enthusiastic in applause. The piece was
spienddly mounted, and the girls in the
chorus were all decidedly pretty and re-
markably good as to shape. John says he
won't have any but pretty girls, and believes
that the face, as we'll as the figure, should be
attractive. Carleton, the handsome baritone,
carried the burden of the opera, and his solo
ut tho commencement of the second act was
tho gem Of the performance.
Az the BostQn theater Is presented the finest
spectacular drama ever placed upon the stage
in this country. That, perhaps may be con
sldered an eXtravagant statement, hut it's
true. Tho title is Jalma," but the drama is
of no consequence The Boston theater stage
is eminently adapted for the production of
spectacular pieces from its immense size, and
when il is filed with two or three hundred
people, attred in the most gorgeous cos
tunes, and with the most brilliant scenery
and many colored lights, the effect is mag
nihcent The piece was produced on Wednes-
day e. ing, the theater being closed on
Mon and Tuesday for rohearsals and it
wer oil with greater smoothness than is
usual on first night 1t will have long
and profitable run.
Pop" is the attraction at the Biiou and
has been doing good business. By tho way,
George Tyler has sold out his interest in the
Bijou for, it is said, $4,000, aud will pr hably
return to Mr.. Abbey, with whom he was con.
nectod for so many years. l saw tho hand. |
some George at Parker's, and he said he hopcd
10 be in Washington, whore he is we'll known |
sometime this winter.
While in New York ] crossed the BROOKLYN |
bridge and spent q couple Of hours in driving |
about Greenwood cemetery. The opulence of |
death, if may so call it, is illustrated to a re- |
markable extent in this beautiful city of the |
dead in tho many handsome monuments |
which mark the resting places of the rich. /
On some S30,OOO and even $4,000 |
are said TO have been spent |
and every form of design is shown, One can
hardly help thinking that tho money might
have been better employed in assisting the
living and making them happy, Though not
so large as Greenwood, yet fully as beautiful
IN point of location, is Mount Auburn, which
Is located just outside of Boston and which |
visited day or two ago. Here are the
monuments to the memory of men famous
In every department Of art and
science and whose names form part
Of our eountry's history. That which
particularly struck me was the one which
marks Che grave Of the eminent tragedenno,
Charlotte Cushman. 1t 10 a plain obelisk,
severe in its simplicity, but massive as was
the character of her whom it commemorates,