The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-27

Cobbs Hill, just on Boston's border. Away
to the southwest almost on the site of the
colleges. the buildings you see in the dis
lance, the headquarters of the army were
located.
For fifty years the idea of a monument
slumbered and It took twenty years more
TO complete IT, Of granite blocks, on a solid
rock foundation, it may last centuries. TO
De In time an enigma TO future generations.
Down the stairway you slowly grope
and out from the underground entrance.
Not break mars the column but the win
daws at the very top. For perfect out
line the peak or top is hardly tall or
slo2iug enough. but the proportions other
wise are admirable.
The streets of Charlestown are hillocky.
and, indeed, so is the whole of the town
site, giving very uneven appearance to its
streets and buildings. 1t is so rocky that
they might well say they have "bnilt upon
a rock" Much of the outlying country.
and in many of the charming suburban
homes these rock masses have been put to
good use in landscape gardening Their
rough surfaces are moSs-grown and vine
covered.
The navy-yard can hardly be of interest
% San Franclseahs, who have their own
Vallejo navy-yards aud dry-dOcks as sam
pies; still look at the mammoth chiSeled
granite dry-dOck must not be neglected.
Eighty feet wide and thirty feet deep, il is a
marvel of stone-cutting. The massive stone
walls. too, shutting out all outsiders, are of
interest, being so foreign to anything Of a
Californian character
1t is here that much of the Government
work is done, ard the cruiser Newark had
sailed but the day before your correspond
ent arrived in Boston.
On the way back to town, walk I'D the
blind alley where Franklin worked. The
Offices still stand, but are closed; the we'll
worn door-steps and small-paned windows
tell little of the past.
Back to Boston, in jOltng street-cars, on
the long bridge, over Back Bay, the banks
lined with shipping from all parts of the
globe. You may rest awhile in Boston
COmmOn-not more than forty acres, with
perhaps twenty more in the Gardens !"
just adjoining; it is still Boston's largest
park.
The soldiers and sailors monument, which
stands on the highest point. is fully thirty
feet high and OF marble, surmOunted by
are figures in bronze, life size, representing
the slave, the Indian, the soldier and the
sailor. Between are broad tablets in ex-
qusite bronze work of scenes taken from
the different naval and land engagements in
the rebellion.
Just beyond few yards is the Frog Pond.
dedicated as the first city reservoir some
time N III, but which, having outgrown Its
usefulness as such, is now tiny lakelet an
acre or theTeabOutS in extent.
The grounds are laid out with much care,
but all the parks look barren and empty
compared with CALIFORNIA; parks. The nat
ural trees, stately white oaks, naples. ash.
or arbor vitfe, are made much of, but tie
hardest of flowers cannot live outside In
winter, and strange trees are almost as diff
ficult to grow, hence the bare look Of the
parks.
The Public Gardens, just below. are more
pretentious, but everything has been housed
long before this; the few harder roses.
ornamental trees or shrubs are wrapped in
straw and will stand still for months. One