Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-23

smother thing which has put all the good resi-
dents Of the suburbs into q futter Of excite
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household. Newton, where the party Is visit-
ing, is a charming town. most OF its residents
being wealthy gentlemen who do business in
Boston and then leave the hustle aud turmoil
of the big city behind them when the days
work i. over and go to their rural homes. where
! they enjoy rest and that rational and intel
lectual enjoyment which IL essential to the
Bostonian.
THE AFTERNOON EXODUS.
To ,oo. N. Oh. borsa o.rz the s;ectrie earx
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" Boston OF an evening one would almost De-
lieve that the entire city population was going
into the country Thousands OF all classes seek
homes in the MANY delightful suburban towns
that cluster around this New England metropo-
lis. The rich. us have said, prefer living III
Newton, WATERFOWL, Cambridge, Somerviiie.
Meirose, Belmont or some other outlying place
because OF the rest and quiet they can secure
and the people Of r,ore moderate means
seek the smaller towns because they cat live
cheaper and because 1t Is healthier.
HISTORIC SPOTS.
Ioston ia richer in historic spots than Utmost
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any o'nei ei.y III 'ne eoun"t' was !" o'o
faneuii Hall where young hoertr was ars,
rocked, and, as the God-lixe Daniel Webster
Everybody up here without regard &c party
ties believes he was God-hke), said: '1ts youth
was nurtured and sustained" 1t was the bell
of the old North Church that rang out when
Paul Revere made his famous ride, waking up
the minute men, who gave the first armed re-
sistance to the British troops at the old Con-
cord bridge. The old state house faced the
(then King street, on their way to Bunker Hill.
and IN the old South Church the soldiers OF
the king found stabling for their horses
Any one who has ever pilOted a sixteen-year-
old boy who had studied the revolutionary his
tory and had remembered the early incidents
of our struggle Cor independence through this
city of Boston, who has listened to the ques-
tions that bright boy will ask and who has en-
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vornp fellow from Wesbinoton and started ON
a tour with him. We visited Bunker Hill and
climbed to the top Of that 22l-foot shaft The
AIR was rather hazy. SO the view was not
quite so good as II would have been ON
clear day. but II was sufficiently grand
TO compensate for the labor OF climbing that
long flight OF steps. There were the cannon
with their inscriptions telling OF the service
they rendered during the revolution and
then there was the bronze statue Of Prescott
who was the commander of the continental
forces. 1t was here that Warren FELL and
never see that expression without recalling the
story of the Englishman who q few years ago
was being shown Bunker Hill by n Boston gem
tleman The latter pointed proudly to the
spot where rises the tall granite shaft that COM
me norates the battle and said. with some show
of feeling; and here brave Warren FELL
did il hurt him. asked the EncIishman.
Hurt him. repeated the Bostonian with
surprise and indignation, ..why he was killed.
sir
well reioined his English friend "a he al
lowed his evs 10 rarg. sIowIv mn tie aides If
the monument and then back again Il don't
wonder at it"
whether there was any further explanations
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OLD fANErL HALL
After Bunker Hill we went to Faneuii Hall,
then to the old state house. where l found so
uorv ,bin,s n, ;,,or.s, Tho, wa s,a,. noor,u
:,
~ ~ h1uie III 'ne oai'ins' NeA, .ne oiu oou'i
,uui0n "Ss NsitTu anu mere uefe arc MANY
uistor" rehGs. ineh 10 the new s'ate mouse
whose guued dome crowns beacon MIL anu
IRON, te eupo,a OF WHieh magniheeht view
can be had. ms Is mitch easier climbing than
,ne monument IN thariestown IN tnis STATE
mousse the regimentai Dattie nags OF the Mas
saehusetts troops are displayed, each properly
aDeieu' showing me Da'tes OF the war OF the
rebeiilon IN which IL participated NO Union
soidier can gaze upon these eloquent Witnesses
10 the vsl"r OF the bay state soidiery without q
feeling OF pride, and as l told how my uncle