Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-02-12

the ground. The white maple, the |
oak and the birch up to six or eight
inches in diameter and forty feet in
heighth were all Frustrated, while
the less flexible pine and hemlock
had by their mere stubbornness lost
many branch; the poor elms of
Gloucester held up broken stumps
of limbs as if asking for pity, while
the ground was covered with their
branches. The same was true in the
parks and streets in Portland; the
larger trees were robbed of all their
upper branches, while the small ones
and shrubs were bowed to the earth
as if in solemn and subdued mourn
ing for their unfortunate fellows.
This same condition of things held
to Dover, N. H., and to some extent
to Boston, but not nearly so destruc-
tive as we ncared the Hub.
The first thing that strikes a
country man on arriving in Boston
is the people, or at least thatfs my
case. Can it be possible that this
hUrrying throng going in all direc-
tions know where they are going, or
what they want? But the streets.
The snow and the rain of the last
few days had made them almost
impossible. Slosh ! Slosh !! Slosh =!
from one to twelve inches deep has
made them unnavigable to any but
the unconqucrable Yankee that we
are. Five cents took me nearly two
miles TO the BIRDS nest, and though
the mother bird had flown, positive
assurance of her safety quelled all
fears and assured a good nights
rest. Sunday morning dawned clear
and bright, and Boston was dressed
in white, for during the night eight
inches of "beautiful snow" had
fallen. BY s o'clock the principal
streets were cleared so the street
cars were running, the snow plows
having BEEN running the last half of
the night. Thousands of horses
and men worked all day carting
snow from the streets, and thouS-
ands more men and boys and women
tried to clear the sidewalks, vet
failed to do it, for at 4 o'clock p. hi.
on Monday the sidewalks of Wash,
ington street were half covered with
ice and snow.
Notwithstanding all this, Sunday
was a gala day on the old MiIl-Dam
road. Rev. J. w. Hamilton talked
temperance to an immense audience
in Music Hall, and Rev. George L.
Rabbit of Maiden told the story of
his conversion from Universalism to
Orthodoxy to a crowded house; this
last IS the sensation of the hour.
Monday noon Joseph Cook held
( forth at fremont Temple, the first
in his course this year. lie opened
by referring atfectingly to the death
Of his father since his last appear.
ance here. The writer heard his
last lecture here, at the close OF
which he stated that he had been
summoned to the sick bed of his
father, and that proved to be his
death-bed. The Rev. gentleman
paid glowing tribute to GladSt one
and said among other things that
the trouble with Ireland was Irish.
men, and that he did not think their
situation would be bettcred if they
were to add to their present number
the ordinary Irish politician of this
country, and in his opinion l agreed
have said before and / repeat il
here, that | would gladly pay my
proportion if the Protestant world
could be taxed to buy Ireland and
give it to Irishmen if the brawlers
would 60 there. Then they might
drink and fight and fight and drink
and shoot and knife and dynamite
to their hearts content and / could
look on in perfect serenity, but the
sober, the industrious, the good and
the intelligent of this race in oul
country, and they are many, I would
beg to stay where they are for they
are needed and welcome, but if the
other class could go-somewhere-
the world would feel the relief as
much as New York City did wher
Billy Wilson took his regiment tt
the front in 1861. II. D. s.