Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-03-21
PROVIDENCE.
The Oldest CITY in Rhode
Island Founded by Roger
Williams.
A Quaint New England Town
Tied to the Present by
Trolly Cars.
From our regular Correspondent


This city is situated on an arm of the
Narraganset Bay which is not y-ry v,os
but long aod ,gyed. Provide ce rises
rather aoru ptly To a IUfIy terrace from
Tie bay. Wa king along und-r the
locust trees which hung full of red
I'll, seoDs, cherry, horsechestnut and
walnut, which pl-aSantly shade the
| brick paved streets, one I. els transport
ed back couple centuries to the coIoni-
al period, the trolley Cars bringing ones
thoughts TO the present, while the
cOIoL ial style of the residences which
are detached with grounds around ard
siDes, ~hIch had assumed their autumn
red Ints, were trailing sgsiust Ike
dwell Pc soon Carry Us back again.
Ou B-p-nt street are many uIce resi-
dences also st. StrIbeb's EpIscs pal
nurch which 10 Very sugx. stIve Of an
Ulu New E. g and NEE lug house with
It's It ne sJrucJur =, CUr.Ltn an columns
aud tall ste-pie with cIock and
Aeath-rcock; further slo is the
AIhtBaeum. ouhding sUggssfii z q
large maUsoleum by i,s style OF srrhi-
3. rtur-, II has vine covered front.
Ia front OF the Athena um is "A drink.
,ug fountain VII. re the tired pedestrian
al Tefr-sh himself, yer il are the
sor's "Coma unto me everyone that
ID rsreth." There are also nire resid-
-Dc-s on Pfuspect STREET On Brown
street as flock of the familiar north
ern sparrow, one on q fs nee looked at
uS In open dshaDcs as We passed by
N. Ne r the Union depot 10 a ~. nu-
meDJ of Gen. Bur inside on bIs horse in
broI Z standing on granite bsse.
10 The mark.t were all kinds Of veges-
ahles IN barre aud baskets. On me
II the ,treets Is a brUIz, 81 tue Of
Columbus. The names of some Of the
streets are P.enty, B, ron apo Da' mouth.
The ride 90 Q of the trolley III &c from
The heart of u q city To- r ger Williams
park u deli, h'fuI. past the pretty homes
'itn Their rt.stic EXTERIOR APPEARANCES.
Il ger Williams park Contains I02 acres
aud was beQue hed IN 1871 TO the city
ny b -tsy WIlIi-ms; in Il Is q beautiful
bronze monument of r ger Williams
nOiding bnok 10 bis hand Oh which
is '';5oHl Liberty and beneath on the
granite PEDESTAL is liberty writing the
nsme K ger Williams ~ d AZ her feet q
shI-id, books and laurel wreath.
TEere % a good msnsgerIe here and
the park will ba beautiful a hen be
numerous young shaded ees have grown
10 maturity.
ProvI5rDce vas named by r ger
Williams and founded by hin in 1856,
be Obtained grant of Qr"und fr,m
Sach. N CanonIcus; he plsre WIS psr-
'IaIly buried in 1915 by King Philips
war. At one time PROVE ence maIrtaIn
ID co d trade with CHINA and the
E st Indies.
On Of be- finest buildings # it's kind
IN Nv EngiHnO, Is tie T. ty Hail, which
lost 81 OOo,t OO -. Is built of gIsDue; in
front 10 a sOlu and sailors mobuueng
rr-cIeo toy he state u 1871. TIE Slate
II Iuse Is a plato brick Iucture and
81 built 10 1862 The pru cipal stores
for trading IRE w, stmiusi.r street.
Br Wa university Was founded in
Warren 1864 and removed to Provid-
-nre in l17U. 1t Outlined Its name in
le04 10 honor OF MGR oIas Brown who
We ore OF the priI pal benefsc' ors. 1t
- Btpt st vi iv-fs,Iy but uDsectsrisn
Va Its manage Dent. H. is heated en-
COLLEGE hill ard bun-ruus tui.dIucs are
c"nn- cted vi b it
10 kht de llabd hall is jerks % useum
0f oloQy, The ARA RemsIt is accord
Ok To The modern method Of classitica-
non, beginning i'm 10 Pr nvert-brates
and e Dill With mammal 10 il. sepa ate
from the sybopiic c"Ilect,un, are local
G lrctI"ns representing the fauna Of
Rh"de ls.aLd.
There are various courses Of instruc-
tiOD 10 the Sciences al d tiI Q arts. an ex-
teDslv- opportunity Is gwen To study
large Uumber Il snci<pt auo moiern
!angu g,s including So e. ish anG Dane
NOrw- ian. be o, j-ct # Teaching many
II th-m b, lag to Enable the sc oIhrs to
read the masterpieces Of literature in
those Ian. gss
e nne' ted with the university 10
coll ge for women Who have aii the sd
v nrnges TIE young men do, but clhss-
q Om civil g-s Tn. library 9 START
ii q 1861 when the Rev. Morgan Ed
ar, coll c,ed boz x, 10 Englsr d for
- 81 u now Contains over $1,000 VOL
umes. 10 Marcy hall are be q rrclta-
mns. Tne l., man gymnasium is very
ics, IN IL are the usual apparatus for
~ ~ nsiice, dumb telis, rings, ladders,
tic, there Is a gallery I, r visitors u here
hey can SEE the stud-r ia r xei cising.
IL the CHI miesl Ia u atory is a nice
collection OF geological spec imens; tIis
laboratory Is yell equipped. in one case
ere goods y hich have teen dyed by the
stud nts. In one Of the buildings 10
published be- Brown Daily H-rald, ore
II the c. pies eontAiueo The d, mes e the
Fresh ma ella, 3, the college ealsr Oar,
tepar ment OF % usic, college rews, ad-
FeriIsements, person al rews OF the stu
tents aod eWs o. 6ther G. l!eeee. In
4yIes ! all are r. CT alton rooms, il uss
bull in memOriHm tf vi liam CLARK
>ayl-s II eIudPrt az the uriver.ity, by
IL father in 1850 ~ d is q rough brown
i'on-; in thi hA is he hspel N which
= teau Jul oii pain,i, g e General
BURNSIDE on is h"rsP. IL nae ar iu-
srestina sight to SEE " ose several ban-
red young men Vi'h ID. ir stu0isus
aces. ass. m bl d for the morning Exer-
uses, n solo sung nv on Cfths a. wa by
no OF the hsst Singers va have ever
Ieord. hAy b. d reading Of the Scripture
nd sung "AUake my Soul, Stretch
VERY Nerve" which Was sccou panied
y the organ and, a corn-t which VAS
DlIow+d bs prayer after hIch o. ey dis
= rsed ." their vsr Gus Glars roc ms.
The HIs''rIcal Society buli6uR was
nit in 1872 and conis,ns a fine coIIec-
Ion OF p' in inss including PORTRAITS OF
Daniel Webster. George Ill and Will
am 4 !ery Channip9. IL has fine c. J.
.cti at boULs, pamphlets and old
1is.; there are q 0C0 h. und v. lumes
III $1,000 unbound There are also
lany old colo ihl relics. manuscript
ook ~ ntsininR ,ntoVrarhs and brief
ket' b. Of many of the khOde Island
nd Providence plan'atlons; cane
lade fr' m place OF P-rr,'s h+Rship
non ter the hattie "f Lake Ere;
Intstnve. Candle mould and other srti-
leg illustrating d~me-ti' habits and
ustOms which prevailed in colonial
mes. seve al arrows q bv the Apa-
h. Of A IL mo in 1867, a combs used
v the W.T. OF e yer Williams and much
Iore OF 10 erSs'.
f II PKINsoN HDLGArE.