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

Faneuil Hall. almost around the corner,
is next in order-for you see. m those
days, Boston town" was but a STRIPPING,
and its old streets and lanes ran close to-
gether, and public buildings stood near
neighbor. To-day libraries, museums.
armories, societies, churches. clubs. colleges
and halls are scattered over miles Of the
city.
Faneuil Hall, built in 1912 by a wealthy
man of that name, and dlnated to the town
as a public hall because it was too poor to
build one of its ownl,'has more old stirring
memories within than any other building
In Boston.
Here mass-meetings were held: here men
urged and worked and talked and
planned" the great tea party of 1173; here
the first speeches were made for independ-
ence-for liberty; here battle flags were dis
played and campaigns planned; here women
met and worked-yes, aUd sometimes coun-
seled when to urge, TO talk or counsel was
almost treason.
Beneath this Cradle of Lihprtv"-well
named-is a meat market. When the
general market place was built the open
plaza around it was filed with ox-cart, or
hand-cart, OF baskets laden with garden
truck from which rye busy housewife" of
I'VE olden time" chose her prudent meal. The
hucksterS of five generations ego, who
brought in their fatted cattle or poultry, or
vegetables. or fruit raised almost in the
town limits, have given place to-day to well
filled stalls of beef from half across tie conti-
nent, Of fruits fr m the Pacific Coast or the
Gulf States or across the Atlantic.
A part of Boston is her statues in every
corner with inscriptions unusually fitting.
For weeks you may ransack the old land
marks, look up old relies, take coast excur-
sions to points Of interest, stand on the edge
of Plymouth Rock, ride to Provincetown,
where the MayflOwer landed, go over to
Marblehead, or the tiDend of Cape Cod, and
vet feel there is much more of interest than
IL IL nuGGiba IN nPpbmnliSh tn Ia a
ciate.
For last days trip ride over to Cam
bridge. the several long bridges bringing
the TWO places so near together that they
are now practically one. Walk over the old
college grounds, which cover acres. Hun
up some old resident who loves and knows
the place. to show it TO you. Listen while
he tells with pride how John Harvard left
9700 or more TO found the school less than
twenty years after the landing of the Pill
grim fathers, and he will show you the old
chapel. the memorial gates, the lecture
rooms, the many college buildings, the
library-so overgrown there is hardly
space to add another graft to the parent
stock-the gymnasium, tie law school, the
new chapel, memorial hall, with It's marble
tablets, bearing names that he points TO
with pride, ana last of all he will show you
the banquet hall, its great arched, dark
ceiling, rich with carvings, its memorial
windows, given by classes, among whose
many dIiCdhJ laiuOuo, anu pCl-
haps many more TO be.
About block away is the birthplace of
Oliver Wende! Holmes, and on the way to
Longfellow's you pass the Old Elm. broken
and bowed with age. Its SCARED trunk is
covered over with sheathing OF zinc to
protect it from wind aud weather. An iron
paling is around it. Streetcars and teams
pass around it, as 1t is in the center of the
street. A tablet stands against it, telling
that under its shade Washington stood
| wien he took command Of the American
Army, July g 1775.
Longfelow's home is closed this season,
| but walk in and standing Oh the steps en-
| JOY his doOr-yard and the view over the
| green marshes and Charles River TO Boston,
| where in the twilight the spires are dim,
| the lights fl Ish out from house to house,
| long rows of lamps from the bridges send
flashing CLEANS of light out over the river,
glimmerng and glowing and fading in The
| night.
Music and learning and pictures and art
| treasures and statues and histories! All
are educators-and Boston has them.
Boston, Dec. 8, 1891. Mrs. L. T. THASE.