Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1885-12-10

BuSToN. Mass, NOV. -, lSs

BOSTON. Mass, Nov. -, iNN-D.
Thank sgiying day has come and gone and
TO-DAY the man who orer-celebra,ed ye.Ier-
day INDUCES in his annual reflection tha,
turkeys, dead ones, will bear stntfng better
than men. bu, BY the time another Thanks
giving day ha, rolled around, his dyspep,c
pangs and his good resolutions will be alike
forgotten and he will repeat the process OF
the preceding year. To-day would seem
a more appropriate day fer Thanksgiving
for the sun which went down last Friday
night re-appeared this morning for the first
time since then and thus marked the close
of one ofthe severest storms for many Years.
The tide Of Wednesday, ii is said, having
been surpassed only by that Of the great
storm Of 1851, when Mlnot's Ledge Light
house was swept away, il is estimated
thousand people went from Boston down to
Revere Beach TO see the surf and the ravages
il had made.
Canon Farrar delivers his farewell
lecture on Monday night, Nov. 30 his sub
jet will be impression. Of America They
ought to be favorable, for as the result Of
his lecturing trip here, it is said he will
carry away a. the profits $4,000. Not so
bad considering the time required to earn
il. His lecture is to be given in Music
Hall, which will seat $500 people the sale
Of seats began Nov l6 and in week el
were gone at seventy five cents and a
dollar; such item. are indication. of the i'm
| preston he has made upon Americans,
whatever impressions America may have
made upon him. Hi. subjects have not
been what might be called popular, for the
| ordinary man doesn't care very much about
Robert Browning" or dante" and vet at
both lectures he drew crowded houses His
reputation for eloquenee and scholarship
may have been more widespread than his
subjects were popular. No one has ventured
to critici.e. SO We may presume all were
satisfied.
The old L. S. district court house at the
corner of fremont street and Temple Place,
so long a familiar land mark, has been
gradually rising until by means Of blocking
underneath, its roof is even with the neigh
boring roofs. This is where the flower
sellers gather, for here Uncle Sam holds
sway and no blue coated guardian OF the
peace can imperiou.ly order the seller to
move on;" so, secure in the protection
given, from here they hawk their fragrant
wares. The city authorities would like to
get possession of the building, so that by re-
moving it the jog which narrows the fremont
entrance to Temple Place might be remed-
led, but when the Government wished to
change the building instead of tearing it
down and thus losing the five feet of side
walk so desired, the building was lifted up
into the air and the new part will be put un-
derneath. 1t was first a Masonic Temple
and then passed into other hands and wa:
finally made into court house. This fa
when the foundations we're removed, under
the corner stone was found small box con
tanning Masonic emblems, placed there wher
the corner stone was laid. They have sine,
been given to the lodge which formerly oc
cupled the building.
To lovers Of the play and devotees o
the opera, the new Hollis street theatre is
} decided acquisition, for in capacity and ex
, cellence Of equipment it is the equal 0
any in the city. At present the Mikado
another popular Gilber, and Sullivan oper'