Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-07-10
BOSTON LETTER.
The Glorious Fourth--Its Observ-
anCe at the Hub.
Beach ReSortS--The White
Fleet--Death of Hanni-
bal Hamlin.

Ddl r1dIilllIls
Patriotic ardor is supposed to have
subsidized for Il tTelvemonth, unless some
unforeseen diplomatic ENHANCEMENT
arises, aud many of those who celebrated
the glorious Independence Day with cat
erwaulings, Tin horns, and other equally
interesting demonstrations of their ap-
prcciation of those who fought, bled and
died for their country, are now snugly
packed away in the various hospitals for
needed repairs. Here in Boston the
number of casualties incident to the
Fourth was unusually large. but there
were comparatively few of fatal char
acter. Now and again candidate for
the marble slabs in North Grove street
was picked up to await identification,
but the mortality incident to the daJ
was not so largely in excess
of the daily average as to call for ex-
tended comment A few bodies were
found in the cutters, to be sure, but it
is too early in the week to say whether
they had been robbed and thrown from
a sixth story window, committed suicide
as means of escaping being asked if
they had seen the Anes building and
the new stock exchange, or had partak
en- OF dinner at some one of the numcr-
Gus cooking schools. All the facts
connected with their taking of,
however will come out in the
judicial wash two or three
months hence, when the bcrcaved rela-
tives will have the consolation of know
ing that the city officials will have de-
clded that the ease is one Of somatlc
death, but like the Western Jury, cannot
decide whether "thc deceased came to 1t
by accident, incident or the hand of
Proyldencc. Red lemonade and pea
nuts, with the usual accompaniment of
West End cowboys in realistic scenes of
Wild lie on the plains, were IN the as
cendant on the common, while frugal
swains and demonstratlrc lovers and
swccthcaItN deposited their nlckcIs with
the swan-boat tender IN the public gar
den and for once IN their lives realized
the dreams OF their fiction painted child
hood. Unusual preparations lad been
made ut the beach resorts To entertain
visitors, and if Is true that clam is
happy at hlgh tide, the souls of the
blvalvcs which had the good fortune to
inha0lt seashorc chowd"rS must have
been rayishcd with delight
at their aqueous environments.
The writer took IN beach resort on
the Fourth for the purpos" OF enjoying
day OF that .'e\crI'rn' h>hlng always
to hc had, and aitwrNpIorlng the waters
OF the bay f"l ihrce hours, succeeded IN
capturing what he confidently believed
were two OF the school OF twelve which
ied The multitude on the shores OF Nal-
nee. as 'h'y haa Ia" appearance OF
having been led upon Tor nearly
two thousand years. Expressing
myself somewhat trr'rIy III rc-Md to
the ca'rh' was assured 10y tIe phiiah-
throplr gGh.Ien''" VINO Irt me 'l' boat
'hat | hau ma" r'marhahIy gooa luck
and mat the perh had taken were
above thc regular b'ath resort SIZE
pain the TWO dollars WIN mental pro-
test ana cndcavorcd To put on
gratIIitd expression OF counlrnanrr.
Il" II Know now wen
| succeeded IN this, but somehow I'M
aSlnc that | detected lrcr IN the boat
owner optlcS Whlch might be inter-
prc'ed As questioning my i'bcraIlty rs
sporting man or Il lack OF appreciation
ol 'he entertainment iurn'Shea. y yes,
there's good il>hlng Mt the beaches, but
to aVoid becoming the cynosure OF all
eyes tKe my advice ana go nome cross
lots WIN your catch
me white squadron Is here riding Inc
pellucid waters oi The Mystic OIL the
navy yard. Inc hcct consists OF The
Newark, iirst rate, IL gun capt SlIas
.ascy' hyihs the nag OF ActihS tcar
Admital Johh G' Walker the Boston,
second rate eight guns Capt G' e.
Wiltsc; the Atlanta second rate clght
guns, capt John W. PhlIIp; the York
town, th'rd rate SIX guns, Commander
+. H. Chadwick and the dynamite
cruiser NesuVlus, Lieut. Shrocdcr.
Contrary to general expectation, the
public VIII not be admitted on board the
vessels during thrlr stay mere, as they
came on business and not, as was gen
orally thought, 10 aid us in observing
the Fourth. They were sent to Boston
to give instructions to the naval battalion
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