The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1885-07-24

Ohews tbs cud Of thought On Boston
Common.


den and the famous Boston Common.
tie untutored savage from the raw
and unpolished West is awed and his
wild spirit tanned by the magnificent
harmony Of nature and art. Every
where the eye rests upon all that is
beautiful in nature, while art has
heightened the pleasing effect without
having introduced the artistic jim
jams OF lost aud undone world.
Il is a delightful place through
which to stroll in the gray morning
while the early worm is getting his
just deserts. There, IN the midst of
great city, with the hum of industry
and the low throbbing of the Boston
brain dinlly heard in the distance, na
ture asserts herself, and the weary,
sad eyed s'rar ger may aambie for hours
AMI keep off the grass to his hearts
content.
Nearly every foot OF Boston Com
mon IS hallowed BY historical event. 1t
is filed with "reminiscences Of a time
when liberty was not oyerdone in this
new world, and the tyrant's heel was
resting calmly ON the neck ofour fore
fathers.
In the winter of 1876 10 years
ago next winter, as the ready mathe
matician will perceive, LOO redcoats
swarmed over Boston Common. Later
on the loca! antipathy to these tourists
became so great they went away.
They are still fed A few OF their
descendants were there when l visited
the Common, but they seemed annie
able and did not wear red coats.
Their coats this season are made Of a
large chock, with sleeves in 1t. Their
wardrobe generally stands a larger
check than their bank account.
The fountains in the Common and
the Public Garden attract the eye of
the stranger, some of them being very
beautiful. The Brewer fountain, on
Flagstaff hill, presented TO the city by
the late Gardner Brewer is very hand
some. 1t was cast in Paris, and is a
bronze copy of fountain designed by
Lienard Of that city. At the base there
are figure representing Neptune with
his tabled pickerel stabber, life. size;
also Anphitrlte, Acis and Galatea.
Surviving friends and relatives of these
parties may we'll feel gratificd over the
lite-llke expression which the sculptor
las SO faithfully reproduced.
But the Coggswell fountain is prob
ably the most eccentric squirt, and
one which at once rivets the eye of
the beholdcr. do not know who
designed it, but am told that it was
modelled By a young man who attend
ed the Goldfish autopsy at the market
daytimss and gave his nights to the
arts.
The fountain proper consists of t,Yo
metallic bulfheads rampant. III, y
stand Oh their bosoms, with their tails
tied tosetherat the top. Their moutl
are ;bnormaliy d1stended, and the
water gushes forth from their tDnsils
in beautiful stream.
The pose of these classical codlisl.
or bullheads is sublime. In he spirit
ed Greco Roman tussie which they
seem to be having, with their tails alb,
| normally elevated IN their artIsti,
catch as-catclI-can or can-can scufil,.
the designer has certainly hit upon II
unique and beautiful impossibiIity
Each bullhead also has a tin dipper
chained 10 Ilic gilIs, and through the
liveiong day, tall tar into the night,
he invites the c.'smopoli All tramp To
come and quench ms neyer-dying
thirst
The Frog pond is another celebrated
watering place. l saw it in the early
] part VI AtAd tbN ~ tt'StC ildtt bCCil
any water in it it would have been a
fine sight. Nothing contributes to
the success Of a pond like wafer.
l vemtured to say to a Boston man
that 1 was little surprised TO find Il
little frog pond containing neither
frogs or pond, bu; he Saiu would find
it all right if would call around
during office hours.
While sitting Oh one Of the many
seats which may be found OH the
| Common, one morning, [ formed the
acquaintance OF pale young man
who asked e il ! resided III Boston
I told him that while / felt h4tterec
to think that I could possibly fool ANY
one, | must admit that was only ,
Pilgrim aud stranger.
> lie said that tie was an old resi- len
| and lie mad ALWAYS noticed that til,