Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-11-09
AdaniZed.
f, MASSACHUSETTS TOWN FROZEN TO
DEATH BY THE CHILLING
GRANDEUR or AN EN-
PRESIDENTIAL
FAMILY.

nine miles from Boston, and in the
siirect line of expansion, its bounda
ries touching the city limits, 1T has
been lying falIow and going to seed
for many years. The granite quarries
to which leads the first railroad built
in America, make great scoops in the
hills to the west. At the north, close
to the city, little colonies are settling
under the auspices of land spectators
and promptly petitioning for sepera
cion from the Anticipated borough
and on Sthe harbor side strenuous
efforts are made each season to arouse
n water place fevar, with uniform lack
of success. But the centre of Quincy
itself defies innovation, and will con
time To DEFY il. The chief cause OF
this absence of life is tlie fact that the
hdamscs own and hold fast to such
Large tracts of the most slightly
hill in the centre of the town, whicl,
would attract fine residences were 1t
passible to purchase, clumsy post and
rail fences mark it as Adams proper
ty. Broad meadows in the most fer
file lM.aiities are unpurClIasable, being
let on long leases by the AdamseS.
Everywhere the prudent foresight OF
John Adams is seen i'll unlmprove'l
pronerty. left to ia;ten Of itself and
,,ll alone for his descendants. Were
The clutch of his family to he removed
irom the ancestral acres, Quincy
won!d spring into an immediate IN
portance ami blossom out as one OF
The Iivelieat, where it is now one of
the dea,lcst, of Boston's suburbs.
There is an all pervading Adams
flavor about The place. As one ap,
breaches by rail, he rides past the
Adams m..hhows and orchards to
avoid trcspaSsing on which the town
road was recently laid out with Il
long dctour. Next comes the Old
homestead, the Presidents house,,
OF la;e years capped with il Mansard
roof 10 the utter des' ructioD OF its
aniiu,,a HON illness. Close at hand is
Nh. iirc proof stone libary, put up Il
N,.lr or two since by Charles Francis
adams to stcr~ his own and his faith
cr's ami grandisthcr's papers. From
the summit of Il hill Looks down the
new residence OF one OF the sons; and
20 the left is The Adams academy, in
which a bequeSt Of old John Adams
has Just found It's monument.
This academy has history almost
as Curious Is that Of Franklin's famous
legacy. la John Adams dae, New
Englautl's learning was theology, and
10 that study all others were me de to
irnd. lis doctors were doctors of
divinity, aud its students were those
who euull cnnstrue Isaiah in the
original Hebrew. Education was not
10 be obtained for the asking, and
everything was as different from now
as You please. With as little pres
cfcnce of the advance OF society as
th,t shown by the printer philosopher,
John Adams determined to give the
youth of distant generations an OPP
portunity OF acquiring knowledge foi
which they would bless his memory,
and in his last will and testament des
jrtiateti q certain tract OF land from
the income should be set aside until q
certain sum should accrue, whea an
academy SHOULD he established, at
which Hebrew, Greek and Latin
should DC taught free to young nlen OF
Quincy. Moreover, the curriculum OF
study might he extended by the in
PRODUCTION of such branches OF scholar
" education as might be determined
upon by the clergy lawyers and
physicians of Quincy. But Hebrew
was imperative. Two years ago the
fund had accumulated, and mar
Vicious wonder of architecture arose
on a lot that had laid open and unOc-
cupied in the heart Of the town. wait.
ing for John adams academy. The
building stood vacant for long months,
q puzzle to every one, until at last %
subscription was raised for public
library, and one of the rooms was oc-
cupied for that purpose, cart load of
pamphlets and patent Office reports
being sent down from the Adams
mansion as q contribution to the read.
ing of the public. An attempt to es-
tablish school there has recently
been made, but as tuition fee is de |
manded tho public scaools absorb
what would perhaps tend Toward John
Adams beneiaction, although they do |
not teach Hebrew. The building
stands as monument of the advance
that education has made beyond the
dreams Of even great men.
There are very few objects in Quincy
that have not the Adams name con-
nected with them. The great, gloomy
stone church that stands in the cen
trail square is the "Adams Temple
The second Adams kindly presented
the stone of which it is built, if the
society would quarry it, dress it, and
build the church. The nunitcent