, 1874-09-05

dwells on tho Now World mado 1foe' IN
moo gave their life for their country: To-day,
molcst ahaft marks the spot whoro they fell and |
tclls the story OF thor pat1iotiam N "orda that
cannot fail to carry ua back to tno dhr4 DAYS
whom the struggle and tho suffering pocamo |
Tho nlol1i1ment is simple one, Of granito aud !!
ntnnts upon s1nnll inolose1 mound In one cor
nsr Ct rangnaparh called IN goSta oS T. An,
iron railing, and ita outer faco bears
THE FOLLOWING INSCRIPTION: |
sacred 70 Liberty + sae Rights ot usnAlaa!st
Besied defon1el With tho blood IT her SONS, :
by tho Inhabitants Of Lexington,
The commonwealth of Ma.saeh1aes.ts, 5, 1a,
70 thn 1nemeY Of he!r T1s nsll9wuazehe 9n.sa psah
lsaac Muzzoy, Calob Harrington, Il John Brown
8bo ape'n fo g. shis hela sho ars vetms . III
s,vord Of Driaah Tyranny & Oppression
On tue morning Of ~ the .. csaT as memosa6e 3S59
Tie Die was oastl!l
The Blood q theae Martyrs
wsa the conient Of tho Union q these States. then
0s 1ssees ~ s'n e Rsr + s sP5
They man to =; rey'ongs Glt eserens sssa
rhey stiaS nobiy i;s .iarei 10 DO frooil
Victory crowned t1clr arms; and
The Peace Liberty. I: 1ntepsnaensse II tho United
States Of America waa their glorious leward.
Duilt In the year 1903.
Tho Common hns four entrances, aside from
that for carriages, Leing all guarded by posts;
and Just at tho apex Of tho triangle stands .
Nberty-poto crowned by goidon eagle, Which
gliston1 in tho SUMS rsays IS though, perforco,
roHoction wero it's Diqinely imposed duty.
There is aacrelnoas investing the whole town
whose influence It ID impossible to throw oil, nj
though thoro Is littlo aavo tho monument to
speak Of tho early struggle. Ono other point Of
interest to tourists ID
AT OLD uouBE
about Init milo from tho Common, famous %
tho hiding place Of John Hancock and Samuo!
Adams, those arct!-robcls so dorccfy eloquent
that thoy ,scro not included in tho general am
neaty proclaimed by Tint Gorman King Of Eng,
land who held lis power by tho divine .ight"
house inhahitsblc, it has boon nocessasy. to
60 ropair it that but little Of the orig
inal structure remains, to show Its
early form Tic rg rgronn'aas1 however, hive
over with thrift. Inns robbed tho oVorhanging
ilacs Of their right to toss their boughs into
ones eyes ~ lie goes MP the path lending to tho
thpa i aona eads Il an obqo ango v lie roo
This boiug tho Oldest building in tho town, 1t il
fair to prcau1ne that thero ia no other to which
Revolutionary fano attaches. Not 30, however,
with the uoblo elm which shades It. That has
elm yhIoh. placed tn tho mddlo oi state street et
ita broadeat part, would offcctualY shade the
walks on either side And set there are two
such, at leaat, in Lexington, besides many Of
iogsor magnitude though by no moaus diminu-
two, These two arc absolutely perfect 10 their
Bymmotry and mako us OF the Now West vcry
liable to break that commandment Witch warns
RgainBt cOyeting.
Whuo Lexington romindH ns atronglY Of m old
lsnily-cat which haa done it's duty In times past,
thus earning case for tho future, let me not be
understood to imply TINT tharo is no elegance
within ts limits. There Is, as tho
MANY BEAUTIFUL HoME8
lyiug behind tho emooth1y-shaven lawns mus
testify. The housoH arc a} Of wood, aug Ila home y,
tbo lie hi1,, III Or ado by sido along tic le7el half o
tbe snme street. There is no huaiaeaa tn th
placo,-most Of tho gentlemen resident h, hor
doing busineHs In Boston; 9nllko tho ,s,u 9tne .
milcs out-it has not kept paco with the age
Situated on the limo Of tie SfiddleHox Contra
Rairoad,-a branch Of the Dostop Lowell s
Nashua,-i ID easily accessible, there being otgh
how it happens that it has not felt the great heart
throb OF progress which seems strong enough +
thrill pulse oven go remote aa tbb, out 30 y y
True, there have been foW houses pnlls Nitni
twonty -nyo years. and fow arc nov in procee
OF construction; but tho citizens would indicat
through their inactivity that tlloy arc oonfont
rest upon tho lautels which their fathers VOL !'
maintaining tho while . hiona 1eapeoaHnne,n,.; n,,o
during tie summer with city boarlors; but it L
longer exists. Dio Lewia uHed tie building Il
school-purpoEcs until fire destroyed II, dopfi'
ing thu people Of tho pleasure OF hla aociet
No plenix-liko proc1ivitos were mRnilested
but, Instead, tho town eroctea upon tho san
site public hal, l,-s handsome building OF pflc
the only one in tom OF that material, II
nomory docs not play mo false.
THERE ARE THREE CHURCHES,
Unitarian, Congregational, Antt Baptist I'll
flrsk standing highest in popular favor, As con
scarcely hop being tho caAc, owing 70 tho Pro
i1nity Of tho town to the hot-bod Of RADICAL gn
tarinusm, Hero, for some yenrn, the ley; n.
Stapley. The triond Of Robert Collyar, and 1rot |.
rof the nov. Mr. ataples, formerly q ti
Third Unitarian Church Of Chleaso. ma''ssef. ts,i.
to people who hold him IL high esteem. s9vil
him 10 warm placo In their hensta taat ~
were not easily rccopclied 70 hin w. loss nnu
must not forget that hero, too, Theodore fafae
working oarly md lato drew IN Home OF tho
hotoro1ox yows which made men look askan
at him for many year. Thore may, he mo
Theodore rarkors to como from theao gu
Blades bnt ono Is snfo in prolheoylng taas
bold thinker would aoou hnu bimselt oslS'
putsida for lack Of antagonists. -
10 provo to ynn TINT LoxinEton 10 1"!!3 ~ ~
to hor high responsibilities, I must tell you IL
she La considering ..-..
uEn uEarENNtAl uELEanAT1oN.
About hundred young men hare lntoreet
tho1paolyea to mako tle occasion ono thnt I'll
do honor to tho old timo nl,d credit to tho no
Inst what ita character will 10 has not yet bo
fully detor1ninod, but thoy probably work IN III
mony with tho oltlzens OF their nelgheorl
town, Concord, whose history 10 20 closely l!nI
will that OF their own town. II seema It'll
usse tI,..c fsxn eh1nld Rtau6 tnnhthAr. Al II