Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-07-22
BOSTON LETTER.
Some Midsummer Topics Dis
Cussed at the Hub.
Cyrus W. FIeId-A Doubtful EIpedient-
A New Dramatic OrganIrstion-John
as IA Reformer- Frank Richards In
Luck-One OF the Old stock-The
Homestead wsr-Notes and Gossip.
Cyrus w. Field.

the SUCCESSFUL laying OF tue AtlantlC CaDle, /
and how, few months later the cable hay
Ing proved failure the leading papers ofthc |
country, most promiuert among which was
Harper's Weekly secuted the idea that such
a thing as a cable was a scientific possibil.
ity. The men who then wrote disparaglng.
ly Of Cyrus w. Field, and even went so far
as TO caricature the enterprise, have since
had occasion 20 wish they had been less con-
spicuous in the III ,tter of making pubic
their opinions and advancing unsupported
theories why such project was mpractica-
bic. We have now become SO used TO
the results of Mr.. Fields indomitable
engergy that we are apt TO forget the great
service to mankind which his laying OF the
Atlantic cable most certainly was, lust 3
we have begun TO think little OF the won,
ders OF the teplephonc through constant as.
sociaton, Like Columbus, Mr.. Field was
laughed at, made the butt Of the jokes
OF practical men on account OF his so
called visionary scheme, just as men Of great
ideas always have been, are now, and always
will be. The secret Of Mr. Fields success in
this great undertaking, as well as in his
many other business ventures was his in
ability to admit defeat and his persistence in
following one object. Yet his birth must
have counted for much, as he was one OF
four most famous brothers, the other three
being David Dudley Field, Rev. Henry NJ.
Field, and Justice Stephen T. Field, all
noble specimens OF New England manhood.
A Doubtful Expedient.
The Boston Library Bureau is about to
take step which. in my humble opinion,
should BE- well considered before the thing Is
consummltcd. They are about to engage II
they have not already done so, August Lin
derfelt OF Milwaukee, Wis, who is known to
be one of the best cataloguers in this country.
This man was recently In court at Milwau'
kee charged with cmbezzling $1,000 from
the National Library Association. lie WAS
adjudged guilty but allowed to
90 free, a. the Library Bureau OF
Boston had offered to give him perma-
nent employment. This il raher pecu'
liar incident aud one of doubtful good, es-
pecally as Linderfclts past career Is not OF
the beet. II embezzlers can escape punish
ment for thelr cnmes Just because their
services happen TO be in demand and are to
20 free, 1t is little unjust to those who are
not so fortunate, and ifthe bureaus effort Is
solely to give a man chance they might
find some in this city to redeem, without
having to go West for them.
"Jack" Maeon's Company.
The Mason-Manola comedy company is
| fixed fact 1t is to 20 on tour next season,
beginning early in September. 1t will have
a few practice performances in one night
stands In New England, and will make its
first strong hit for popular favor in Boston,
where It will play for tHo weeks. The COM
| pany includes John B. Mason. the "Hand.
/ some Jack" of the Boston Museum ten
years ago, and Of the Union
! square Theatre in the days
Of Shook and Collier; Marion Ma
/ nola- Mason, Annie Clarke, for many years
the leading woman of the Boston Museum
stock company, Edward Temple, Polly
Winter, Hattie +. SchcI, J. b. Booth, grand
son of the first Junius Brutus Booth, who
has inherited talent rs well as name, and
James II. Brannick. Robert MeWade is to be
stage manager, Louis F. GOttschalk, musical
director; Wesley SiSson, manager, and Lo-
well Mason, business manager. The com
pany will play three-act comedy by William
Young, called "If | Were You,' and one
act operetta, the libretto OF which is by
Sydney Rosenfeld.
A Reformed Celestial.
A Chinaman has been exposing the tricks
that are vain among his countrymen in this
city, aud has pointed out one place on Har'
rison avenue as den of iniquity, where
games Of chance are played. lie says he is
a reformed gambler; but, like his Caucasian
brethren, he did not repent until he had lost
his money John could point out more than
one den of vice on that thoroughfare, quite
evidently, but the one he Is most interested
in Is where fan tan won his hard earned
coin.
Deserved Good Fortune.
Almost everybody connected with the
newspapers and the theatres of Boston
knows Mr.. Frank b. Richards, for the past
wear the press representative of the Park
same capacity for Henry f. Dixey at the
Globe. 1t was Mr.. Richards good work
that has brought him peg higher in the
scale, and he has now been made business
manager Of the Globe Theatre. Manager
Crabtree OF the Park Theatre tried hard to
retain Mr.. Richards, and parted with
him with expressions OF profound regret
Mr.. Richards has entered upon his duties
at the Globe, and Is followed to his new
position with the best wishes of well nigh
countless friends. Mr.. N. A. Morkill, than
whom there has been no more courteous
theatrical Official in the city, ends his three
years of satisfactory work at this theatre tC
enter upon business career.
The Globe opens its preliminary season
August Sth, Germans Minstrels being the
attraction.
One of the Pilgrim Stock.
Mr.. Fred NJ. Purmort the accomplished
room clerk at the Parker House. is the de
scendsnt of Philemon Purmort, who tAugh
the first school established In Boston, tn,
building Of which, erected in 1854, occupied
the site on which now stands Kings Chapel
1t was this school from which the street tn
Parker House is on received its name. Th
younger Purmort has inherited many OF tn
qualities Of his progenitor, and no doubt II
the head of the schoolmaster originated tina
wonderful memory which has Distinguishes