The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-03-03
BOSTON.
The Cradle of Liberty and the Hub of
the Universe
Observations of q pistin guished Canton
ian on the Sights, Talk and Achieve.
ments OF the Bostonians.

| DIR, Oliver Wendell Holmes, In his Auto
| crat of the Breakfast Table, calls Boston
the "Hub of the Universe" and that ap-
| pellaton has attached to the place ever
| since.
Boston is regarded the head-center of
authority in all matters in this country
| pertaining to the arts, literature and
| science, religion and questions OF socially,
| evolution and the Ike. subjects OF thls
nature constitute the burden OF their daily
papers and Sunday sermons. II has more
| science, art, philosophy and religion to
the square yard, than any other city in the
| United States, The first week OF my SO
| journ in Boston, the enRcossing subject
| OF talk, was DR.. Lyman Abbotts lectures
on the Evolution of Christianity. DIR. Alb.
| bott is the successor of Henry Ward
| Beecher at Plymouth church, and Is very
popular preacher. He does not believe in
| a creed says the true church is still in the
| future. Creeds are the work OF men, and
designed, he says, TO exclude men ana
| woman from fellowship rather than open
the way for their admission. He believes
| in the Fatherhood OF God, and the brother
hood of man. The Sunday heard him,
had to wait half an hour before my time
came to be seated.
| attended woInan's suffrage meeting
conducted by Julia Ward Howe, author of
the Battle Cry Of Freedom She is now
past so years of age, and still speaks with
much vieor and distinctness. From the
same platform, Rev. Joseph Cook gave us
ringing speech that would have iuspired
new courage and hope to tue few women
of Canton who look forward to the day
when they may exercise the right OF suf-
frage.
The habits and customs of people differ
though living under like circumstances
and with the same surroundings. My adj
vent into Boston was in the latter part of
January. The weather was intensely cold
and the wind from of the bay cutting be-
yond endurance, and yet there was no
provision for heating the cars, and al
though most of the motormen and car
drivers were encased in heavy fur over
coats, saw no one who had his neck pro-
tected with comforter. or the hundreds
OF men l came in contact with, w. W.
Clark, of Canton, whom l met, was the
only man beside myself that wore wrap
around his throat.
peculiarity of the place, however,
Which impressed me most favorable was
tue absence of smoking. You rarely meet
with il on the streets or crowded thorough.
fares. Several times | bad occasion to
drop in the VendomP and the Brunswick,
flrsI class hotels, and in neither did l OBJ
serve any smoking. IL was only at noon
after lunch that notice the Irish laborers
indulge in the custom. Would that the
exemption was more general II Is the
indulgence in habits OF superiluities that
TsbhEhs OUT pTOSbeElNy'
YoV soon discover IN your intercourse
with B >stouians, Ihat they entertain n
high opinion of themselves and the &C
quirments Of their city, and the latter
must be conceded. I hey have a short
abrupt way of Sparkling, "a peculiarly of
pronunciation, $ marked as that of the
Georgisns, and less harmonious. Crit
cism upon our western slang afford them
great amusement, and yet, have heard it
said by those whose opinions are well
grounded, that the English language is
spoken with more correctness by the com
mon people in the states of Ohio, Illinois
and Iowa than in any of the other states
of the Union. Assuming this TO be so,
leave Prof. Burns to evolve the why and
wherefore.
There are many places of historic inter
est in and about Boston the most notable
of which are Bunker Hill, Faneaul Hall
and the Common. The latter embraces
about 20 acres including the Public Gar
den. In agitating the question OF in
cres sed street traffic, strong efforts have |
been made to eDcroach upon the Com |
mon, but II is most stubbornly opposed. |
The people of Boston fight any attempt at |
Curtailing their popular out door resort. |
The grounds contain trees of every kind |
that grow in that climate, and abound in
scription on the Army and Navy monu-
ment has excited so much favorable com |
ment that must transcribe il. II is the |
production of DIR. Elliott, President of |
Harvard University.