Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-25

was called srthe father of good writing in Boston," He was for so years uninter- ruptedly, except for tho siege of Boston, connected with the North Bonnet writing school. Eis pupils called him Johnny Crump, as his fingers hnd been drawn up by an accident in childhood. 4 most interesting place to visit is old North square. In shape it is not a square, but Q triangle, surrounded by rather neglected but picturesque buildings The interest centcrs in a low structure built on the old Dutch plan, with overhanging roof and doorposts. This was the home of Paul Revere, and though built somewhere about the year 1876 it still stands firm and looks likely to last another half century. It looked odd to sec the sign ''To Let" in its windows.
 Salutation street, running from Com mercial to Hanover street, is one of the quaintcst, tiniest streets in Boston, SO narrow people can sit at opposite windows and talk to each other as if in the same house; so ancient that the houses seem vis- ibly tottering to their fall. Time was when this was one of the most respectable streets in Boston. It was always narrow, but in former times it looked far wider, as the houses stood 20 or 30 feet from the street in the midst of gardens and were never more than 2IS stories high.
 Where Patriots Dwelt.
 Leaving Salutation street, we take our way back to salem street and seek out the Old North church. Towering far above surrounding buildings, the old gray eIli- flee, with its green mantle of ivy, still stands firm. On Dec. Is, I773, it saw men of the neighborhoOd, disguised as Indians, hastening under cover of night to the wharves wherc lay the British ships laden with tea
 ''on the 18th of April, in I775, " it looked upon brave men, true Americans, hasten ing to the battle of Bunker Hill Now a restless, noisy foreign population surges ever about 1t. The neighboring houses which sheltered heroes of the Revolution, have become dwellings for the offscour- ings of foreign nations The street, in former times so clean, Is filtered with rags and paper. Still the old chimes ring out as swsetly us of yorc, and still on Sundays the high backed pews arc filled with wor- shippers Thcrr, sitting in the high, mar row gallery, with the notes of the ancient organ in ones ears and ones eyes upon the gildcd chcrubim who have been blow ing their nOisclcss trumpets 14S long years, scenes of the present vanish. Near us Is James Wells, who was commissioned to ''set in the gallcrys and keep the boys in order, that no disturbance be in time of divine service" Below, in the body of the church, are men in small clothes and powdered wigs The face of Paul Revere Is seen among them. Robert Newman and Isaac Harris arc thcrc, with a scOre of oth- CTS who have helped not only to make the north end historic, but the United States free.
 As the service closes the illusion vanish cs, and the faces fade away as tho figures in n mirage. still tho old church remains, and leaving 1t behind there seems an add cd dignity in the weather beaten, tottCr- ing buildings of the quarter.
 Passing mp Hull strect, the Old North still in sight, wc mach COpp's Hill burinl ground. X tablet on its entrance gate tells Us that Increase and Cotton Mathcr arC buried hcrc. and that on this ground wcro planted the British batteries which dc stroycd CharlCstown during the battle Oi Bunker Hill.
 Thc City of the Dead.
 Copp's hill Is the lowest of the thrcc hills of Boston. Still 1t is far higher than the roofs of houses on the eastern side, so af- furtls good view of the hnrhor.
 On the left an the graystOne buildings of the navy yar,i, to tho right q long line