The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-03-03
Artemus Ward on Boston.

A-temus thus writes 10 his dear
Betsy" concerning his late visit to the
= Modern Athens ~
The winder OF my room commands
exhlleratin veiw OF Cope Hill, where Cot
| ton Mather, the father of the Reformers
and sicb. lies berried There is men even
now who worship Cotton, and there is
winner who wear him~next their har,s.
Blu, | don't weep for him. He's been
lead too lengthy. | amt going to be
absurd, ike old Mr.. Skiiins, in our nabor-
hood, who is ninety six years Of age, who
gets drunk every lection day. and weeps
bitterly because be han' got no Parents.
HIS mice Orpan, he IS.
Bunker Hill is over yender in Charles
town. In l775 thriI;n' dramy was act
ed out over there, in which the Warren
Combination " playe star parts.
Old Mr.. Faneui is dead, bnt his Hall is
still into full bIsrst. This is the Cradle
in which the Goodies Of Liberty was rock
ed, nv Dear. The Goddess hasn't been
very we'll durin' the past few y ear, and the
num'r:s quack doctors she called 10 didn't
help her any but the old gals physicians
now are men who understand their bust
hess, Major generally speakin, and
think the day is near when she'll be able
to lake her three meals day, end sleep
nights as comi'bly as in the old time.
The Stale House is filled with statesmen,
but sum Of IN wear queer hats. They
buy'm | take il, of haiiers who carry on
hat stores down stairs in Dock Square,
and whose hats is either ten years ahead
of the prevailing stie, or ten years behind,
lust as a intellectual person sees fit
to think about. l had the pleasure Of
talking with sevril members of the legis-
lalur. l tod'em the Eye Of 1000 ages
was onto we American people of to day.
They seemed deeply impressed by the re-
marks, and wanted TO know if had seen
the Crate origin?
Harvard College. This celebrated init
tootion Of leainin' is pleasantly situated 10
ths Bar>room Of parker's IN School street.
and has poopis from all over the county.
| went over to Lexington yes'd'y. My
Boosum hove with solIim emotions. q
this" said too man who was drivln' a
yoke of oxen, "this is where our revolu-
t;onary forefaihers asserted their indepen
dence and split their Bud. Classic
ground"
WALL" the man said, otis good for
white beans and potatoes, bu: as regards
rasin' wheat, faint worth a-But hav'
YOU seen the Crate Orgin?'
returned in the Ioss Cars, part way
A pooty girl in spectscles set near me, and
was telin' a young man she used to know
in Waltham. Poorly soon the young man
got out, and smiIin' in seducliv' manner
said 10 the girl in spectacles: I" Don,
remind you of somebody you used to
know 2"
Yes" she said, "you do remind me
Of one man, out he was sent to the penis
tertiary Tor stealth '3ar1 Of mack eri--
be died there, so concood you amt him, y
did, pursoo the conversation. only
heard her silyery voice once more durin
,heremainder Of the jerney. Turpin' to
respectable looking female Of advanced
summers, she asked her if zee had seen
the Crate origin.
We old chaps, my dear. are apt to for
get that it Is come time since we was in
fants aud ct lite food. Notbin' of further
intIist took place on the cars except
coored gentleman, p total stranger TO me
asked if I'd lend him my diamond Brest
pin to wear to The funeral in South Bos
ton. told him | wouidn'I-not a
PurpuSs.
ment to have allooded to the Crate
Origin in this letter, but haven't seen IT.
Mr.. Revere, whose tavern | stop at, III
forms me that it Can be distinctly heard
through smoked glass in bis notiv' town
IL New Hampshire, any clear day, But
settin the Crate Origin aside (aud indeed |
don't think heard it mentioned all the
tiue | was there), Boston is one of the
grandest, suEetootedest, clear headest, com
iortabest cities on the globe.