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EDITORIAL PABLE*TALK.

A TRIP EASTWARD.

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cult to keep up with the spirit
of the age in this respect. How much
more expeditiously and comfortably a man
may now go to Boston, or Albany, or
anywhere else in the Union, than he could
six or eight years ago. In a recent trip
we made to Boston, and some little dis-
tance farther eastward, we could not help
noticing this astonishing difference. There
are several routes from New York to Bos-
ton.
the winter months, has little to recom-
mend it, except, perhaps, to the man of
business, who wants to be whirling through
space with about the velocity of a Sep-
tember gale. Another route is by steam-
er to New London, and thence by railroad
the rest of the way; another by steamer
to Stonington, and from that place by
railroad to Boston. Another route still, is
by way of Fall River. This is unques-
tionably the best route of all. The trav-
eler leaves New York at the same hour
with the boats of the other two lines that
cross the Sound; and at a convenient
nour in the morning he leaves the boat
for the cars, and reaches Boston in a little
more than an hour. The steamers be-
longing to this line are among the most
perfect specimens of sea-going boats that
were ever invented. In the spacious sa-
lvons and comfortable state-rooms on board

The one by railroad, except during.

of the Empire State, or the Bay State,
one can hardly resist the illusion that he
is in a first-class hotel on shore, instead
of a steamer on Long Island Sound.
The Empire State, especially, in which it
was our privilege to make a recent trip, is
a palace. Indeed, for safety, elegance, and
everything that goes to make up the sum
total of convenience and comfort, the two
boats belonging to this line are unrivaled,
probably, on either side of the Atlantic.
Since we have become acquainted with
this route, we have eeased to wonder that
it should attract so large a share of the
travel between the two greatest commer-
cial cities of the Union.

As soon as a New-Yorker steps upon
the side-walks of Boston, he begins to feel
what a difference there is between the two
rival cities; and indeed, he can hardly
help observing that, considering there is
so little difference between the two, geo-
graphically, the people are quite unlike.
Of all cities on this continent, I think
Boston can carry off the palm for short,
narrow, and crooked streets. Its charac-
ter in this respect is the very opposite of
Philadelphia. If you inquire in the lat-
ter city for a particular place, they will
tell you to go up a certain street till you
come to a certain other street, which will
bring you to the place you want to visit.
Ask a similar question anywhere in Bos-
ton, and the citizen will lead you a long,
wild-goose chase, at:the end of whieh yon
have to inquire again, and you May con-
sider yourself fortunate, if you do not
have to repeat the inquiry two or three
times.

There is more order and fewer nuisances
in the streets of Boston than in those of