St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-09
RAMBLES IN NEW ENGLAND.
Three Days Passed In and About
Boston Among the Bostonese.
What Was Seen and What Was Suggested
By the Vision.
At the Home of Witchcraft and In the
City of the Dead
Especial Correspondence of the Globe

DAY NO. 2.
The demands of the counting room upon
the space in the GLOBE, has rather broken
the continuity of my remarks entitled,
''Three Days Passed In and About Boston, !"
but then | reflect that as much of what L
have to say pertains to matters couple OF
hundred years old, 1t will be like the unlim-
tied railroad ticket ''good until used" Be-
sides, l have learned to have wholesome
degree of respect for the counting room my
self.
ebay No. ~ found me at its conclusion
mixed up with Bunker Hill and the Com
mon" in about equal doses. 1t was Satur-
day night, and, when / am in strange city
Saturday night, always begin about sun
down to study up the church directory in
order to prepBre for an early start the next
morning. There are so many places that a
man can go to on Sunday it is well to get
ones bearings early relative to the location
of the churches. 1 thought this especially
important in Boston, in view of the fact that
bunko steerer captured the venerable
Charles Francis Adams in that city not long
OiNA
gentleman's checks. L didn't feel very
much apprehension relative to my checks
on Boston banks or any other banks,
but it is best to keep on the safe
side and profit by other peoples experience
when it don't cost you anything. l found
by careful investigation that Geo. Washing
ton no longer officiates in ''the old South
church, ''and concluded if I couldn't attend
that kind of service l would give the Boston
bunlzo fellows and the churchs a clear field
and go out in the country and ':commune
with Natures God" q think that is the
way we style it when we are in Boston.)
After xtrieating myselffro Bunker and the
Common, Il went down to Scollay Square and
learned from Mr.. Winthrop that Boston had
the longest horse railroad in this country. II
is called the Boston, Lynn 81 Swampscott u
road and extends from Boston to Marblehead
via Lynn and Swampscott, a distence OF
eighteen miles. That's the distance the way
crow flies, or would be if they had
crows in Massachusetts,. They have eaten
all the crows in that state. ticketed myself
| by horse cars to Swampscott, a distance of
thirteen miles-fare fifteen cents / saved
| ten cents by this process, as the fare for the
entire eighteen miles to Marblehead is TWEEN
! ty-five cents. You can save money when
you are travelling almost any time by not
going so far. 1t was the longest horse car
ride l ever enjoyed. By steam cars the same
trip is made in twenty-five minutes, but
didn't care about steam just then. At 9 p. m
the Harvard car driver babe adieu to Scollay
Square, and taking his transit from the
moon. so that he need not lose his bearings
we were soon out of the shadow of Mr.. Win
throp. The ride occupied two hours and five
minutes, four relays of horses and two Har
ward drivers being required to make the tril
to Swampscott. I was sorry Tom Lowry was
not on board so that he could see how we dc
things in Boston, and hurry up that long
talked of street railroad from st. Paul tc
Lake Calhoun.
There was a smell of leather and flash o
electric light as we whisked through Lynn
hand | thought saw a shoe maker standing
on one of the streeticorners of that city, bu
4 the lateness of the hour prevented my posi-
tive ideG tification of the apparent phenom
ena. Swampscott is pleasant little town o
two or three thousand people, stretched two
or three miles along the ocean beach ant
one of the quiet spots which offer decid
edy refreshing contrast to the busy city.
The ocean, dotted with vessels, stretches gu
before you as far as the eye can reach. Ma
hant, Point of Pines and half-a-doZen Jesse
ocean resorts send forth their sparkling light
at night and for retirment, while at the SAM
time surrounded with life and activity, it i