, 1880-06-12
Approaching Celebrations in Bos-
tot' and Some of It's
Suburbs.
Dorchester Two Hundred and
Fifty Yenrs Old Oh tho
18th Inst.
The Third in Age Of the NeW-En.
gland Towns-1ts Original
Settlement.
4 Tlncc OF puritantc Antccetlcnts-Thc
Key. john White, ssthe Putri-
arch OF Dorchestcr.''

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nfch vi "orcnesteF'
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sptesai Correspondence of tn ca'tdao 7s{ot'"s
BOSTON. juno 7:-rhts Is tio seaso'i for
a''artetiitlennlal celebrations In tllls viclli-
w. TIC neigl.bDrlng City Of Salem had sucil
celebration TWO Years ago, It flaving been
ssese m o md hs ySat Dos rae g5ope {
Of 80 yeurs. boston Is sometimes called ule
" lfnl,, y a,M thrr,. fs at teust a ueorraphfrat
s4tt '1s.s "a ~ ,.'..i,a .,r
ta ma, ~, ~ "'seG1 natnn end J'v ta
suburbs, anil the periphery Of the wheel will
describe apnroximutefy tho o,ter boundaries
nf thpsr snvsrnl suhnrhs. sone ~ whIrh
M have, within recent years bsen % -, annexed re, to
poyes Of business, society, amusement, mud
,lnfiy-urwsnaner rlrculntinu nro
,';, PARTS or rl'r SEw.ESa1ANp METROPOLIS.
It's prosperity, accept lis to,,e a,ul follow It's
fashions. Ench spoke Of the wheel will lii
uicnt,, ro rI,lv Tho ln,,,,iort,,. ,.,voo tl,osc
s.,yro1 s,,i,,,r,,s ov', t,,a t,,.or.,,n.,e vii
rn.'s",,t t,,o,r r,,a.t.o , orna. ,a ess s,oau "
ioesehs u'oll ,espeet.so u's.ss W. s'eas ~,
must be allowed Tor tho snl"front- Tlaoll, De-
Efnntng Oil tho northeast, tho first spaco may
t, Dc reekone, ron, % TO- tnslus @ Eust Boston, VIII VIII
s, th1ol, anu .soseTs. lno'i, IN 'n succession, WIZ
1ollnw CEelseal EVerett. Ci,aflestoWfl' SOM
orvllle, Cambridge, Brighton. 1rookline.
lsoxbury, dorchester, Quincy Weymouth.
~ ~. Hrss., 1.s,s o4 .o"n, n'eu, '.Hpy, ~,
'n1a noEchestsi "nso oeeli ahaoHeu W uo
GU city; and me Others, NJ some day near or
;,lanan.,ont my arrs,,,.aI sa,.,n'sn,,. "N ~
'uoepe.uem., u'K"n'zeo a,s.. ae.'Ns'1em.,
DORCHESTER ~ TIE OLDEST,
lennial is, therefore, closc ut hand. md will
~ .,sn ~ .s.at uo '."o =, 49, ~" atn ~ ~
ne piace approp.'ate comhenoi"oon. bos-
II, 1G,o; and So1neryille. which was origi-
nallv II mart of Chnrlestnwn. u,ay lso sutd +,
shnra In ,h,s ant,"mitv Il, santa,nhor thoro
Will viii b. ~ tittIns it'll observance Under Tie ,iirec
ttUn OF the City Government; and upon that
n % r'snrnit;n IT. % in ros,~ct T., THAR cnavnl ~ % ~
l,earIy couyni beginnings, md Those Of them
called to take nn active part in the proceed
ings. 1t does not yet appear that any Of
| them except Dorchester p.,rnoso tn have an
,,.'",,.,,',n,,t oaIot,rnt,n1, o1t,,n,rb na~hns..
,,',,t' ,ataa tse 'r, a, nir,.' yrt;
| 1851. very likely will do so.
| When ffa u0l1imn untitled $tThn 11f4tnrv
ae',nsa,,,.a !, ,,ar ,,,,,1,.al ,i,,.. t,"o.>.,'
a. 49,, uua"e "ss ~, w..
fiSe Veitrs ago, II was estimated by tho lenriled
| and painstaking antfquarlans, t,ndcr whose
sanction 1t was issued, that .00, 900 OF
/ r,Yt, 1,rscpvn.vn vna
- - ,.,t.1s''..s ,".',,..,. .,
os srr;,m r'or ~ ~
u tliose ARRIVING PRIOR 10 lo4o'-weTc sent
| tertM oyer the various States anu Territories
9f tie United states. The tot2! must now
be ,nucli greater, Dorchester las been the
home ct three Goverrprs Of Massachusetts
| One OF them, Edward Everett, was born
| there. Tbs parental dGmEet|e Is yet 8tanalng
III gooa preservation, and the site Of
"the little retl scl1oot-llonss" where Edward
| towllsnsen. John I.othr0p Motley, not
less renowned III ittcrnture, was
nlso born r. Dorcles:er; alld among
age to tts first settfers, may be mentioned
Gems. u. y. Grant aud ". 7: Sherman. MnJ.-
1arlg.-Gcn. Georgu g. Strong, Of the regular
nrniy, and the Hon. E. ". StonEhton, late
Minister to Rllssia. Gcn. Grants ancestor
WAS Matthew Grant, who wns IL passenger in