The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-14
SUMNER RAMBLEs ABOUT BOSTON.
Extracts from Private Correspondence.

bUhmER RAMBLES ABUUI BUSIUN.
Extracts from Private Correspondence.
81 went to the Museum to see Fritz last
Wednesday evening. 1 enjoyed it very
much, especially the dog. The darkey was
vulgar and I didn't like Fritz dressed as a
woman; but he drums beautifully, is bet
ter actor than l expected, and 4 worse singer,
His voice must have been fine when he was
younger and less dissipated. He reminds me
of Joe Jefferson. His dancing is good, but
seems tame after Dixie Dixie takes the funny
parts at the Bijou, and is the best dancer in
the country. Why, have seen him jump
four feet high, whirl around, and come down
as light as feather. He is without an equal;
and Seymour is next, in my humble opin-
ion.
l went, yesterday to an exhibition of pic
lures, at Doll & Rchards's, on Park street.
l am working on my lace at intervals lit
tie every day, and like Warmers bear, 'it's
coming on" We took the "hosscahs
there are no street-cars here, you know
and rode out to Dorchester After
walking all over the town, we
finally went up to the top of Sann Hill and
watched the boats in the harbor. There was
a sail boat turned over and a man hanging to
the side of it. After a while alittle skif
worried a quarter of an inch at stroke and
picked him up, and sloop (''sloop one,
sch oner two, ship three'') came out and
towed the capsized boat back to the wharf
You probably know how the Bostonians
celebrate the anniversary of their
little unpleasantness'' of the 18th Of
June, hundred or so years ago,
This year, the proper date fell on Sunday
and we had the celebration on the 18th.
There was great parade over to Charles
town, sham battle down at Point of Pines,
and people everywhere "recreating" as Wig
orously as though they were paid for IT. 1
was fortunate in being able to furnish a
young man and carriage with two seats,
and four of us went out to Wellesley. l had
been invited to go down the narbor,
but on holidays the crowds on the harbor ex-
cursion-boats are so great that l preferred
the carriage ride. We started about and 10
o'clock, driving out through Newtonyille,
West Newton, Newton Lower Falls and
Wellesley Hills to the Hunnewell Place at
Wellesley. 1t was beautiful morning, with
a cool east wind, and the drive up hill and
down dale" over the clean, hard roads,
shaded by magnificent elms, was in itself a
delight. The Hunnewell Place ad-
joins the grounds of Wellesley
College. can not tell on
what side, for we don't have points of COM
pass here or if We do, their use has become
obsolete, which amounts to the same in the
end. Mr.. Hunnewell gave the land on which
the college buildings are situated, and it is a
most lovely spot; pretty big for spot"
too. We saw procession of students march
ing in Indian file through the long grass,
each one energetically swinging an empty
hower-bask Probably they had been
or were going botanizing. The group of
college buildings look quite like village in
the distance. The entrance to Mr.. Hume
wells place reminds me somewhat of the
western entrance to Crown Hill. Here, how
ever, the lodge is of brick, with massive stone
posts and a beautifully-laid stone-wall gives
an impression of substantially not impaired
by the wooden ones of Crown Hill. The drives
here were not so wide nor so neat as those of
the latter place, but these wound around
through avenues of perfect trees of every
kind. There were delicate tamarack and
hemlocK; spruce and pines and balsam frs,
with their branches tipped with tender
green of this summers growth graceful
elms and soft naples, and little white brches
whispering sweet things to purple beeches
Now, don't say that's awfully poetical; its
just what l thought of, and tall oaks"
tndb lIOIA lllbl6 dCOTDS grow,
and trees with light-green, feath-
cry foliage-in fact every kind
of tree that will grow in this climate. Look
ing between the clumps of trees one sees
stretches of velvety lawns more beautiful
than any picture | ever saw; and everywhere
were white and lilac-colored rhododendrons
filling the air with perfume. One walk 1--WE
had to leave the carriage outside) led
up three or four broad stone steps
to little balcony, with stone balustrade
across one side. 1 wondered what it
was for, and discovered, on ascending the
steps view fit for paradise was spread out
A little blue lake lay before us like a sap
phire set in emeralds; in the distance the light
er blue hills faded almost imperceptibly into
the blue horizon. Beneath our feet, straight
down, was a broad hedge of hemlock as
smooth-as smooth as fire engine horse
and bordering lovely Italian garden. In this
garden are all kinds of evergreen and some
deciduous trees trimmed in fantasticai
shapes, an exact imitation of the noted gar
dens of this kind in Europe. Then there
were little beds of flowers and foliage plants
interspersed to give color to the place 1t
was indeed triumph of artificial training
A large boat-house stood on the edge of the
lake at one end of the garden, and out on the
water a tiny yacht danced on the sparkling
waves. The lake is not less than mile and
half in length and somewhat wider
than White river above the Broad Ripple
dam.
Leaving this we visited a rustic bower,
where we had another fine view of the lake.
The mosquitoes in the bower were unusually
spirited specimens of their race They
showed the true Yankee enterprise. We
strolled around the house, large, old-fash-
Toned structure, but comfortable in
appearance. There was conservatory
full of tropical plants, and another
open, covered with an awning,
which was one mass of bloom. l noticed par
ticularly in this an abundance of pelargo-
NUNS and fuchsias. Next we saw garden
devoted to foliage plants and bordered by
high hedge of arbor-yitie. the entrance way
being gothic arbor-vite arch. We looked
into the lighthouses and saw peaches and
apricots ripening on the walls. Miss B., who
is from Canada, remarked thatshe chad never