Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-03-11
BOSTON LETTER.
A Gay Lenten SeasOn--The 400
to Have a Circus.
Sunday NewspaperS--Notes,
Gossip, Etc.
The Lenten Season.

ne Lenten SeHbOns
II now looks as though the Lenten
season here in Boston would be a gay
one, and instead of being period of
self-denial and Christian humiliation for
past sins and misdeeds, there are several
events announced which show a DISPOSE
ton to make il unusually attractive, so
far as amusements are concerned.
Prominent among them is the season of
grand opera which will be inaugurated
on. Monday next at the Mechanics
building on Huntington avenue, where
Patti and her great company of artists
will be seen for two weeks in the most
brilliant repertoire known to the operate
stage. In addition to this, BoSton'S
400 have conceived the idea of
An Amateur Circus.
This idea is not new one, ns it has
been publicly given in Paris; but it is
new to Boston. The affair will take
place at the Arena building, and the
participants will be from the Boston
Riding Club and the Boston Athletic
Association. 1t will be n Irregular cir
Gus, with all the accessories of red
lemonade, peanuts and concert after
the circus performance. Ii is said that
Mr.. X. ID. Sears, the champion tennis
PLAYER, will he Que of the clowns, the
athletes all coming from the Boston A.
\. Tie "suprrS' connected with the
entertainment are all prominent society
an,l I'll Ia, -,r,lI ffuir
throughout
Eva Ray Hamilton,
whose debut on the stage was made in
4 New Jersey summer resort last year.
and was very generally mfayorably
commented upon by the press at the
time, appeared here last week with the
Howard Burlcsquc Company. Whether
her cScapade at Atlantic City created Il
desire on the part Of the public to see
her or not. ! cannot tell but n n vaudc-
Vile artistic hear she is only mediocre.
To be General Manager.
1t is rumorcd in railroad circles that
Hon. Payson Tucker, general manager
of the Maine Central railroad, will be
asked by President Frank Jones to take
the same position in the Boston Il Maine
railroad system, made vacan, by the
lcath of James r. Furber This is
consummation dcyoutly to he wished
alike by stockholders and by patrons of
,he road. II the directory is wise, it
will secure the eminent services of
Mr.. Tucker. who is a skillful fnancier,
magnificent organizer, a cool, judi
cious and effective executive officer, and
altogether a most desirable man for the
place.
The Sunday Papers.
The Sunday newspaper is again re-
2e;vng the notice of Dr. Miner and the
Rev Joseph Cook, In the discussion
at the State House the same old argu-
ments were employed, the principal one
being the Sunday labor involved in its
production. These gentleman also said
at the hearing that all the matter of i'm
pnrtancc. can wait until Monday morn
'ng. This is most fallacious argu-
ment and shows n sad lack of knowledge
on the part of those who advanced it. 1t
is well known that the Sunday paper is
made during the week and that
the labor is nearly done by mid
night on Saturday, 1t is the Monday
paper which requires the Sunday work,
and this is shown by the hours of en-
plcyment on papers which do not pub
lish Sunday edition. With them Sat
urday is n holiday and Sunday one of
The hardest working days of the week.
Most ministers who want the Sunday
paper abolished are inconsistent in the
matter, i'll that they expect their SER
mons to be reported, and even court it,
which requires Sunday labor. The
sunday paper is here to stay, and its OPP
poncnts would show more wisdom bv
accepting this fact and then using their
energy to better it,
Hayti and the Taytiens.
Hon. Frederick Douglass, the clo-
quent colored orator and statesman,
will be heard at fremont Temple on
Tuesday evening next, the 10Th inst,
in Lecture on "Hayti and the Hay
tens" As late minister to that repub-
lie Mr.. Douglass com $ prepared
with data which cannot fail
to be instructive, and his we'll
known ability a. writer and observer
of things is sure to make the subject
one of absoi ping interest As lecturer
Mr. Douglass has few equals among
platform orators, and it goes without
saying that large and select audience
awaits his coming here.
The Great Storm.
The storm which ragged alJng the
coast of New England last week proved
the most disastrous we have had for
years, although there was fortunately
but little loss of life. In the city he
tide rose TO great height, c. mpletely
breaking over some of the piers and
wharves and causing considerable dam
age to shipping in the harbor.
At Nantasket beach the destruction
OF property was greatest, the sea playing
havoc with buildings which were sup
posed to be far beyond the reach of Old
Neptune's mightiest rage. The daily
papers gave illustrations of the wrecked
places along shoro, but they furnished
only faint conceptions of the devastation
wrought by the storm.
Notes and Gossip
Boston pays cut $l39, 600 n year more
than it receives in supporting the East
Boston ferries.
A twenty ton mortar was cast one
day last week at the South boston iron
foundry for the United States Govern.
ment.
The goody-goody hearings on Sunday
trains, Sunday street cars, Sunday
papers and cigarettes seem to be ah.