Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-09-15

THE CITY.

Boston dated from Sept. Z. 1880 20. 8. }
The first settlers came nom England with
John Winthrop. The pilgrims did not dis
rcover the place till l63l--elcven years
after coming hcre-thcy regretted that
they had not explored the country more
before settling, had they done 50. no doubt
Boston would have been founded by the
pilgrims. and the Hub Of the Universe
would have had an additional honor. Bos-
ton Is a contraction Of Botolph's town. and
the English Boston took It's name from ST.
Bosolph. Thus thu capital Of the Puritan
colony took IT, nasns from Catholic saint.
But Botolph was tntclar saint Of marin
ers. and the word il derived from two
Saxon words -igniying boat and help.
Considering which the name Is not inappro-
pirate to a city noted for its foreign and
coasting trade as Is the capital Of the '.old
Bay State"
Its name In the Indian tongue was
Shawmut; and twas called by the settlers
fremont or Trimountain from It's three
hills So much for Its history. II one
wishes for description Of 1t as IL is now
let him read Gale Hamiltons Country
Living and Country Thinking
SIGHTS
Boston. says Brookes has a greater
number Of elegant buildings. beautiful
sites. and objects that display the wealth
taste and public spirit Of the inhabitants
than any other city la the United States. :
There Is much to interest the visitor II YOU
can only ind the objects Of interest. You
pass within stones throw Of some promi-
nent object and yet not see Ii. To obviate
this the booksellers have from time to time
issued Guide Books" to enable the sfran-
ger Ia enjoy a visit here-at the same time
pointing out some Of the more prominent
objects. These are all very good. but a,
the present time they are old. and conse-
quently behind the times Again they
omit many things which one really desires
to see. notices Of others which no one ever
visits. On the whole We think il As well
To note some Of the more prominent places.
and then start out. when you get tired
stop and rest. keep clear of Guide Books
If you have made note Of the places you
..-n or thrrs. miIcs ~ s-, ." ..t.-.-.
ter Of mile on. This was the wav We
adopted and we purpose TO give you the
Result from time to time.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
This Is an elegant brick etlifice ~ n
front by l.s n. deep. three stories high.
and cost the city two hundred and fify
thousand dollars. the balance-onc hun
and fifteen thousand dollars, being raised
by subscription. Large a. Is the bull ding
IL Is inadequate to the wants Of the library,
and the citizens are discussing whether IL
would be- better to enlarge the prcse MT
building or build another.
The Upper Hall-Bates-"fo beauty Of
architecture and splendor Of finish Is prob
ably unequaled by any other building In
the country. II. contains the choicest and
most valuable books in the library. The
collection is . most excellent one indlcat-
Ing comprehensiveness Of plan In the selec-
ton Of books, and being rich in the depart
ment of general literature, history, metli-
cine- theology, and the arts and sciences.
In French, German and Italian literature
i u said TO b. unequaled by any collection
in the country. The library contains the
largest collection Of valuable books on
his continent, excepting the library Of
Congress. This is remarkable considering
he age ofthe library, for Ii h comparative
y new thing, the building not being
completed till 1858. The present number |
II volumes is one hundred and sixty thou
and. ninety thousand volumes more than
vas contained in all the public libraries of |
he city in ls4O. All Of these books are |
rec to the residents Of the city save some |
II the most valuable and rare works which |
may not be taken from the hall. But any |
'ne may have the use Of any book in this |
arge collection by remaining in the hall,
where comfortable arm chairs, desks pens
md ink are In readiness. 1t h . very |
pleasant place to spend day and the ot-
is improved by the reading peo-
,le Of this, and other cities. The origin
y this library was something like this,
Joseph Bates . wealthy banker Of Lon
Ion, whose early life was passed in Bos-
on offered to give the city my thousand
dollars to purchase books for public
library, II the city would provide build
ng. The offer was accepted and the
corner stone laid In September 1855.