Year: 1869

has recently been the recipient unlimited amount
Of abuse for having dared TO write poem eulOgizing
June days June days this year having been delusion
and snare But to-day having been such June day
Lowell dreamed Of hope lies in the future Weather as
well as fortune favors the brave and Grant brought
with him the sunshine that is welcome peace. The
morning had opened It's eyes than all Boston
and vicinity were In motion. Every train groaned be
meath the burden Of humanity the music OF the engine
being drowned in the music OF suburban chorsters who
are so wound up with song TO have serious thoughts OF
reducing life to eternal haeuiah Everybody not In
the Jubilee chorus felt tha, existence would be mock
erry II hc she, IT, did not see Grant, and hear the
chorus So everybody came 20 Boston, with portman
teau in Que hand and waterproof IN the other II Is
astonishing what good memories such people possess
Citizens Of Boston. living in comfortable houses, hnd
bosomfTends heretofore unknown-Dosomtrcnds who
come to SEQ them well through the Jubeewho occupy
all the sparerooms, and expect meat three times day
People with city homes TO bo commserated on such
occasions for If they do not call In the lame the halt
and the blind and mcekly retire 20 attic camp out
IN the back yard they obtain the enyiable reputation Of
being brutay inhosptablc All the carpet baggers that
could not find bosom friends in the vicinity OF tho
Common bcook themselves TO hotels and boarding houses
while lodgings, other than on the cold cold ground
rose IN proportion the demand for peace Az the Time
Of the great original jubilee, when every was
turued with his famy-(what would become Of some
families such should forth today Dit was
expressly stipulated that thou sell aught unto thy
pejghbor or buyest aught OF thy neighbours hand, ye
shall not oppress one another" But we have changed
all that aud ubees mean TO keep all you can ana take
all you can get Boston shopkeepers entertained rose
coloed ideas OF to be made out OF tho Jubtes
and there are dry goods dealers who made arrangements
in advance 10 have lunch furnished TO their
clerks behind the counters, In order to meet
the q. rush Of patrons. Fatal delusionl Prob
ably there was less business done
in Boston during year than yesterday nor Ia tho
0aft for le
nav IS ticket 10 have their savage breasts soothed by
music and untold amounts for the privilege Of not starry
ing TO DEATH they not given to outside extravaganza
Moreover the Coliseum Is so big that 1t takes up all the
time there IT, Anybody who has thought for anything
else, Is a disgrace to humanity.


Grant was 70 be officially received at the state House
at II o'clock; Grant to review the state militia
For a few hours the Coliseum had q formidable rival
The bloated austocrats Of Beacon and Parksts were
helpless before human barrcades that rendered front
doors useless Sidewalks as tightly packed as sar
dine boxes and for what Just for the bare possibility
OF catching glimpse OF him who is first In war and first
in let us have peaceW Blessed be enthusiasm for OF
such ia the kingdom Of Gmores Whenever Boston has
a new enthusiasm It gives the State House new coat
OF paint How it Can resist the present opportunity
marvellous.


While the crowd without stood patiently in the sun, the
interior Of the state House behaved itself with equal
proprety Invited guests occupied the good Governors
anartments and lay wait for the big lion that TO
roar as gently any sucking dove. There were all the
Judges OF Massachusetts, fine looking body Of men as
can be found in any part of the world-from
short ChiefJustice Chapman TO tall Judge
Gray, the only man TO whom Charles Sumner
ia Obliged TO look up There ex-Judge Russell,
Collector of the Port who good at telling stories
at taking care Of scholarships, and OF whom many good
story s told "DO you call the Judge saint" asked
orthodox man OF Father Taylor No, not exactly
saint" replied the sailors parson, but he Is the sweet
est Of sinners" There were Senator Wilson and Gen.
Benham who looks strong Of his engineering
and Gen. Chamberlain whose face is full OF en-
ergy and Gen. Underwood, who lost a leg TO
save the country, and Leut.-Gen. Tucker who
did the same thing. There was Admiral Farragut who
in profile looks like eagle, and whose head is
pact as a cannon ball. There was Commodore John
Rodgers the hero Of the Weehawken, man of fine ap.
pearance and agreeable There were ladies' many and
gay-among them was Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. Then
the Governor appeared and II he had known what
clever man said Of him, his would have tinged
How well the Governor looks" said lady and how
neat he s In his attire" " Yes" answered the clever
man. "he is a clean man. His soul is Uhito his


nen and he is not 30 great Radical as to have for
gotten the meaning Of reason" When Massachusetts,
sends william ClanIn TO Congress there will be one more
honest politician in Washington.


At last the President came. escorted by more dgDta
ries and introduced by the Hon. A H. Rice. What the
Governor sad and what Grant said the telegraph has
told you not how Grant looked as he said 1t. You
eould have knocked him down with feather. Every
word was spoken though, like swollen cork it had
been drawn with great difficulty and the speech was
delivered in go low voice to be gbc to
the illuminated. Finally, the President fall
tered and stuck. II was no use Ho could
not make speech. Delighted at the
fact we all iorgaye him, and the Judges
were introduced and the Senators and Representatives
in their respective departments without, sea OF heads
fro. he
coats and white plumes, looked like bed Of cac; and
when tho President drove or in barouche drawn by


ak horses followed by his honorable escort the patient
crowd enjoyed the luxury Of shouting at the top OF Ine