Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-13
LYNN AND ITS ESVIRONs.
The Shoe City-West Lynu-High
Roek-Pine HilI-The Legend of
Dungeon Rock.

the suburbs by a native and shown some OF the
pretty residences of the Lynnites. That said
the native is the palatial mansion OF our fell
| low citizen Smith" "Who is Smith," said the
visitor. 'Why, L thought you knew. He is one
OF our most enterprising shoe dealers. That
new cottage across the way is Browns" "And
who is Brown" said the stranger
why, Brown" said the Lynn man, s'is
the most extensive trader in sOleS-shoe scles-
in America. But isn't that a pretty thing of
Thempson's; that villa was built with the profits
OF two years only" What business ?" said
the visitor. g Shoe findings" said his guide
This damnabie iteration," kept up for an
hour or two, grew rather tiresome at last; and
the anxious Inquirer, turning upon his guide,
said it seemed TO him that everybody in Lynn
was in the shoe business. "Oh! no." said the
native " you're mistaken, l assure you; there's
Jones down on the next corner. he keeps boot
factory
Several OF the solid men of Lynn accumu-
lated their ''piles' during the war, making
shoes for the soldiers, and the city has grown
rapidly since, but the Crispins strike bow in pro-
gress, has checked business somewhat and
many OF the larger manufacturers are sending
their work TO towns in Maine and other states
where the knights OF st. Crispin have not yet
organized. The operatives are thus, here as in
some other places, killing the goose which lays
the golden eggs.
Most of the business men of Lynn have hand
some residence. in West Lynn, Swampscott or
Nahant. First, as to
WEST LYNN.
This is continuation of the city to the west
ward, as its name imports, and is mainly made
up Of the residences of persons doing business in
Boston or Lynn, though there are hotel ana
few factories within its bounds. The houses are
nearly all frame structures, with double weather
boarding as a protection against the cold in
winter. They are generally painted white, with
green blinds, and nearly all are surrounded by
ample grounds hai1 lonely improved and CAV
with flowers of the same varieties that grow in
the gardens of Washington. The streets and
ROADS are covered with a blue gravel, which
becomes hard and smooth in a day or two after
1t is spread, ahording excellent drives in every
direction. The streets, in even the thinnest
settled districts, are lighted at night, oil being
used where the gas mains are not laid.
rocky ridge, thinly covered with pine,
cedar, sumach, whOrtleberry bushes, and other
hardy trees and shrubs, extends along the north
eTn boundary of Lynn and West Lynn. Pro-
jected toward the city from the eastern end OF
this ridge is
HIGH ROCK,
near which is the beautiful home of the cele-
brated Hutchinson family of singers, now here
for the summer. This rock is a favorite resort
of the citizens, as from its summit there is a
magnificent view of Boston harbOr, Lynn bay
and Nahant bay, with the cities, towns and
villages along their shores for miles; but this
view, fine as ii is, cannot compare with that
from the summit of Pine Hill, north OF West
Lynn, which has about fifty feet greater eleva-
ton than High rock, and is said to be
THE HIGHEST POINT OF LAND IN RssEX COUNTY.
You take in from here nearly the whole OF
Massachusetts bay, the famous Minots' ledge
lighthouse being plainly visible above the
water line, looking seward. To the west is
birds-eye view of Boston and its environs; TO the
northeast the old town of Salem, where they
used TO burn the witches, is visible, with New
buryport harbor in the distance and TO the
northwest, far in the distance, grandly loom up
over bill and plain, Wachusett mountain, IN
Massachusetts, and MonadnOc, Kearsage, and
White mountains i'll New Hampshire. Nearly
all strangers who visit Lynn go to the top Of
High rock, while but few enjoy the wider and
gTander view from the summit of Pine Hill.
hymns NEW WATER WORKS.
Lynn is at present supplied with water from
Breeds pond, a beautiful lake in miniature,
nesting among the rocky dales northwest OF
Pine Hill, reminding Washingtonians of the
receiving reservoir of the Washington aqueduct
The height of this pond is not sufficient to give
as much pressure 10 the water as is desirable in
city built almost entirely of wood and to
remedy this defect a new reservoir has lust been
built near the summit OF Pine Hill, covering an
area of more than twenty acres, and with depth
sufficient 20 ensure a liberal supply for many
years to come. The water is to be conducted
from Breeds pond TO the water works now being
erected at the foot OF the hill, and from there
forced up into the new reservoir, from whence
it will be distributed throughoucshe city.
The cottage mentioned in my first letter to
IRE STAR Is on the brow of the hill above the
waterworks and with its numerous Swiss gables
and encircling piazzas is pleasing object in the
landscape hereab0uts. It's owners are well
known in Washington, one of them-Mr. Chas
L. Curtis-having been inspector of the masonry
at Cabin John bridge on the Washington aque-
Guct for several years, and the otber-Mr. James
Woodfall-was resident of North Washington
for some time previous to the war. hundred
yards TO the north is the handsome residence of
another WashiDgtonian - Mr. WoodfaI,
senior-who was superintendent of masonry ON
the General Post Office building and other
public works at the national capital. Ascend
ing wild glen north of Breeds pond, we reach
the stony Cliff known as
DUNGEON ROCK,
Wit, MI inh thara
containing mingling of old time romance and
modern superstition. The great earthquake of
lG5S in New England made huge assures in this
immense porphyry rock, which subsequently,
attracted the attention and aroused the curiosity
of the few hunters who penetrated the thickets
by which it was surrounded in search of game
AT what period the legend of the entombed pi-
rate was attached to il does not clearly appear.
That legend is to the effect that Dungeon rock
once contained huge cavern. The gang of
pirates, of which the infamous Veale was sec.
ond in command, conveyed here their
treasures for safe keeping, (by, way Of
Lynn bay and Saugus river,l the mouth
OF the cave being easily concealed. When
the band was dispersed, and some of them
captured and executed, Veale escaped and
sought refuge II this cavern, where was secreted
CathTin, a beautiful flower girl, stolen from her
Welch home by the chief of the infamous gang.
Cathrin pined away and died, and Veale buried
her in the cave. He followed the business OF a
wrecker for year or two, adding TO the ILL
gotten wealth in the recesSes OF Dungeon rock,
ana then came the year los, at which time
his mortal pilgrimage unceremOniously
ended by the great earthquake, which closed
the opening in the rock, engulphing
the sleeping pirate, his treasure, and his
dead victim, Cathrin, the flower girl
In time this story got to be firmly believed, and
it is said that the city OF Lynn once bought
powder TO be used in making q grand attack
upon the obstinate rock, and making 1t give up
its trust. The plan was to fill the assures with
the explosive compound, and blow the rock to
atoms, which was all very well in theory, but
didn't work In practice, and the city, it is al
legged, never paid the bills for the wasted am
muniton. Whether this is so or not, il is q fact
that one Of the singing brothers, Jesse Hutchin-
son, was induced by q mesmerized female to
drill and blast the rock for weeks, in
hopes OF finding the cave, and when he
gave up the task, others kept on, and
made the hole deeper and broader. Finally the
spiritualists took ii up, and and q little more
than twenty years ago, through the influence Of
amedium, Hiram Marble, a hard listed energetic
man was induced to undertake the task. Here
he drilled and blasted, for a score of years,
(haying also wasted the manhood of his son, q
youth of twenty when the task was first entered
upon,) and then the old man, wearied with
work, and heartbroken with disappointment,
laid down his boring tools and gave up the