Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-01


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the scenery. At the right 10 hiSn, aofup'
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piete S.andish monument In Duxoury, and
further 81 the distance, historic fsymoatn.
We pass on. but not Without ffcush8 OF
the scenes that have tfanspirsd siinin feseh
of fhe eye. Al The lsff, snd j. ass before
We Teach the homestead OF Daniel webster,
We sura TITO . cart path, leading over
sra6o,h, untroken nslds, which terminate
IN small elevation, on which - situa.sn
the Webster cemetery.
Here en- tho summit, surrounded by 81
iron iehes. Is the Webster lot, 81 the oacs
AID middle OF which IL grass covered
mound, shaded BY trees, aud resting up'n
IL 10 tablet Of pure white marble bearing
the Inscription, Daniel Webster Near
this 10 = short, cnbical column, on which l.
The nams, siso dAe Of tirfe, Death An0
sxtfscy from bic writings. The EVIL men
do lives after them, the good 70 Oft Inferred
With their bones Not 20 With Webster
Whatever his private character may have
been, II is past ION earth but the prod1et
OF his brain, the words OF wisdom thas fsll
from bis lips, bis very name, will live as d
type OF an emiaen. statesman. until the
transmission Of words and histories 10 DO
more.
Passing by this lot we come TO tne,
large granite monument, erected to the
memory Of the early settlefs Of Mafshfeld
whose names cover the four sides. Curl
Gus it 10 to read the names of those OF
whom We have so often read in the pager
Of history, and realize that they, like us,
were mortxls; and walked the same greer
earth; experienced the same changes 10
times and seasons; were warmed BY the
same sun that now smiles bengnsntiy upon
Us; beheld the ssme starry vault srchins
above them At night - We do; and that We.
in common with them. mutt share the sams
humble resting place.
Here upon this quiet hillside, We fed
many an old grsvestone 90 mHrred by the
winds Of time and the growth Of moss upon
their faces. that the name cannot be traced,
and all that the stranger can know iss thai
many and many years ago, some worn and
weary body. from which the spirit had been
released, tendsriy aud carefully was laid
here for its finAl rest. One Of the Oldest
and most interesting Of the graves, and Sc
well preserved IS any, 10 thst Of Governor
Winsiow OF the Old Colonial days. The
grave is made Of stone and raised above the
rest Of the lot about two feet. Ga the TOP
is the old Winslow coat OF arms and the
old-faahioned wording and spelling Is Sc
quaint that we note the date, 1856 With
attic surprise. Buried here 10 Peregrine
White, the hrst white child born upon
American soil; but Is there is no tsblet to
mark the spot, the place is not found BY
STRANGERS.
still another grave OF interest is that OF
Adelaide Phillips, whose sweet voice has
thrilled the hearts OF so many, and whose
clear, sweet tones yet linger in the ears OF
those who we're so fortunate IS to hesr her.
There IS no stone to marx the spot where