Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-07-17
BOSTON LETTER.
The White Squadron--The Park
Invasion a Tame Affair.
M. Quad's Good Fortune
Theatrical--That Big
Bridge Scheme.

brlOSe SCnetn6.
The event of the week, of course,
has been the sham battles, paradcs and
banquets incident to the white squadron's
visit here, and Notwithstanding the fact
that these vessels belong tr the people
of great republic, all their receptions,
banquets, etc, seem to Lave been con-
fined to the select few, and everything
was as exclusive rs though the people
had nothing in common with the gov
ernment While the aristocracv were
not restricted in their visits to the fleet,
whether occupying official positions
or not, the peoples privileges were linn
tied to Il day or two in which 10 inspect
their property, and even when they were
permitted to 90 aboard they were hus-
tied along with such rapidity that little
could be seen. This, however, was not
the case with all the vessels, but the
majority of them. In short, royalty
could not have been more exclusive In
its entertainment, and doubt not would
have been much more liberal in demon
Strating to its subjects the means at
hand for protecting their lives and
property in time of war But this
exclusivencSs is not confined to
the navy. 1t is quite "a OBJ
servablc in the two political
parties, who, when victory is to be
celebrated, always do so at some club,
to the exclusion of the common horde,
and glory over the event as though only
those present were concerned in its
achievement. But the people" are
getting to be a good naturcd set of
subOrdnates, and are SO used to being
snubbcd that it has become a sort of
second nature
Contrary to what was generally an
ticipatcd, there was no riot at Franklin
park on the Fourth. The Knights of
Labor assembled there and one of the
leaders delivered an oration. The police
protested, and subsequently arrested the
orator and in the municipal court at
RoNbury the present week he was
fined S2.65. The case has been APP
pealed, and the courts will now decide
whether the PARK commissioners can
keep such asscmblagcs from using the
public parks. Instead of the riots and
bloOd~hed SO confidently looked for,
everything connected with the "inva-
SION was Of the most formal character
imaginable and no damage was done
see it stated that Charlie Lewis
ON. Quad) is getting a salary of Sl5-
000 from the New York World. That's
big lift for Charlie, and rejoice at
his good fortune. remember well
when he made his debut rs a journalist.
1t was in 1869, on the Detroit Free
Press. He came to Detroit
from Lansing, where he had
been employed on the
weekly Republican, n field altogether
too narrow for his facile pen. Although
there was considerable buckwheat in his
makeup when he reached the Michigan
metropolis, he was engaged by Colonel
Norvell on the reportorial staff of the
Free Press and ass gned to duty
in subordinate poSition-an "add
fires as the boys say lie
was not long in revealing his
genius, and his central police reports in
which 'Biia joy, the old ianitor, was
made to figure SO conspCuousIy, soon
gained for that paper world wide eel
cbrity. Whatever uf fame Mr.. Lewis
has acquired rs humorlst has been
fairly earned, but he took step once
which came near proving fatal-h,
wrote book; but the limited sale it cx
pericnCcd no doubt saved
him from an untimelv lit
erary death, as bnt very few out>d,
of the proof-readcr ever peruscd it
NJ. Quad began at the bottom of tn,
ladder and has worked his way to tn,
top through many vlcissitudes, He be
gan his career, as have said, at Ian
sing, Mich, and have heard him tel
how he used to write humorous para
graphs for the Republican and crcd
them to George d. Prentice, thcr
in the height of his fame
in order to have them copied by othe
papers. Any paragraph with Prentice
name was sure to gain currency bu
one equally as good. but without tn
credit, was as sure to be ignored by th
scissors editor. Mr. Lewis is on tn
shady side of so, rather under the aver
age size, and not what might be calle,
of commanding personal appearance.
The theatre season will soon opel
here, but ha0e not as yet heard of any
thing particularly startling in the list o
attractions announced Ncill Burgess
comes to the Park shortly, Denmal
Thompson will open the season at tn
Boston with 1.-The Old Homestead,
while hear it hnted that a Greek pla
will open the preliminary season at tn
Hollis.
| The question of n bridge to East Bos
ton is again being revived in some qua,
ters, possibly by those interested in hay
ing a fat job at the taxpayers expense
or are jealous of the great I'rooklyl
bridge. As Noddle Island has a popu
lation of only Il little over $4,000 an
is in the enjoyment of three eN
cellent ferry lines, don't think there
any pressing necessity for a bridge ju'
now. A bridge to that place would il
cur an outlay as great as that of III
Brooklyn structure, which cost SON
$13, 900, 900, and the people who cro
g and recross daily would not be as we
r served as they are now by the onc-cel
fare on the ferries. Bcsic
all this, Boston has pal
system well under way which it wi
Y cost many millions to complete, and
b. would be well enough to get some pa
q of this work done before saddlng Ii
city with huge debt for bridge, eve
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