The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-18

Fror-a ~ jonathan E2rri-g o-. tfe i@S-
ss1rvsvss- q Lexington. and rAe Al-2ro@
tavern which Ear Percy uset as a ae~
rstaI lie usete4 cs1e s1a& day
4 Eek Ysgles farther o.. Try c1-r5ar@aa1
EzE ssNow W. co-as - soT.--h--E -
-e~~stsr-." ard as ne wheeled - - ~
corner ~ a a.t1@ w5Ilaxe common; rs
s. szs-e-i x~gar6 tae fed % Lexington
7, - sFfeed charming so0t, = - 1at-
loved xr5zrss. more than any other spo-
hz6 %eea. = se@-~e-1 20 reject ne eFeEl-s
o. re long ago. Perhaps & vas e>s-aTsse'
b4lng a COMMON wlthoet buildings. /, az
pears rnu~h - s probably Old o. -1&r
even.Tul day. 4 granite eo'2,1s- MARKS
-hs fns % the seventy -ninate-raen ..
ne tf-rs when they were areA upon ar
cTaared - 8ssDerse- L po- the rock. -
meath a s~yxeras sintto-E and povN1@-
horn. Is The command Of Capt. Parker,
~Staz3 your ground; don. IRE unless
s-sa upon. es1t - hey mean 70 have
var let i begin here" To ths right CT 1as
American He * monument be7earA
which are hsl-iet me ssven who fell az
re Ere o -he Brush. One % them. a.
Other jonathan Harrington. lived Jasr
across ne street. from ne common. 50
near mat after ha vas shat he cr2Ege1
himself % hts oRn doorstep and died -
%Is ifs's feet Tia house stands there
today, and L an told thai IL IS practically
unchanged. In one corner OF the common
Is a tree planted tweaty-one years ago
by Gen Grant
SIX miles beyond Lexington We came -
Concord ana took dinner al the John
Wright tavern so celebrated as the place
where Maj Pitcairn made the threat tEat
be would tia; day SIR the blood Of ma
Americans even as be az that moment
stirred his Rr0y Waile he main body
or his troops wer. searching for the pow
a 4
small detachment vas sent 20 the bridge
= male farther on IA guard the road Al
that point. We rolled down along ne
beautiful road % where
"By the rude bridge that archet the
food,
Their flag 10 Ap-iTs breeze nnfurled:
There the embattled farmers stood
And fred the shot heard round the
world"
Returning 10 tie tavern, we LETT our
wheels and walked over 20 the old Gene
terry. which vas old even when the ReFo-
luton vas IN progress. From that cene-
terry bill Pitcairn tried 10 get view OF
the bridge when he heard the firing. II
the cemetery one might spend hours inter
ested in the quaint inscriptions upon The
conventional slate headsiones. Several
graves Of Revolutionary heroes are here.
and they, Ike all other similar graves IN
Massachusetts. have neat, substantial
markers provided by the Sons OF the
American Revolution
II Is not strange that many persons
make pilgrlmases 20 Lexington and Con-
cord. when We realize that. In addition 70
the prominent part these towns played IN
:hs struggle for liberty. they were the
hcmes of 50 many of our celebrated wit
ers. We passed the homes Of Emerson,
Hawthorne ard the Alco,ts; within few
rods % the bridge IS the Old Manse. made
H.
away We might have visited the site OF
Thoreau's hut. and have added a few more
stones 70 the PIE which adm!ring tour
lists have heaped up that Is. II We could
have found any. and who doubts that we
could find stones anywhere in New Eng
lauds
Through the kindness Of Col William
Barrett we were enabled 20 visit the rooms
% the Antiquarian Society. whore there
are enough rare prints. engravings, let
tiers. furniture. china and silyer-to say
nothing Of pewter-to furnish study for
months We afterwards went with Col.
Barrett 70 his home aud saw his private
collection. which Is elegant He has hun
dreds u pieces. AL rare. some priceless.
Probably no one in Boston during the
eighteenth century had fiaer silver aud
china than the wealthy merchant, John
Hancock. and several Of those pieces are
now BE- the Barrett home.
There Is q satisfaction in visiting Con
cord not 70 - found n visiting the old
parts OF Boston. for the former stu r.
mains a - pical New England town with
loyal American citizens. while the streets
in the nelghborhoo3 Of the Old North
church have nos heard a great deal OF
good English for years. NJ best wish for
Concord is that 10 eDteTprislux Yankee
shall ever strike Of, coal. natural gas or
anything else wh.ca might turn that beau
best American literature. into a bustling,
unromantic manufacturing town. Heaven
preserve 81 from ever becoming metropol-
itau or cosmopolitan
The next day we visited Bunker HlN
AMI assembled tic monument. but found
less of interes. Al the place than al Lex
taeton AMI Concord Il IS difficult FOR
one - imagine tbe appearance of thu
ria-a 80 the tin9e - the bar:lc. What
W8S theu a hsy6el3 IS now the heart %
t'tsr'eetoRn. oas seas ard admires the
monument. hst tie 0iare has hscn So
changed tra' e - vfth great effort that
l9e associates E with the events Of IT
As s0 ai Other similar noted p,aces. the
distress men here make Use Of the his
tori-al names Tor ADVERTISING one IN
stance Rsl Illustrate. The battle. as
svery ore knows. was fought on Breeds
Hll, hst "a few rods from Bunker JILL
History saws ira. oil Cen Putnam was
Very angry WITH his brother officers be-
cals@ .hey wo1i3 nat stop ar the summit
90 the larger htH - fo-tify. ami even
though c1u~-a member gave WAY 20
profanity or taat occasion. TIC believed
Bunker ffl mere srn7~e Ena5le position
SOW every year. or rHs anniversary -
fhe barrie. The Faer. tiartz q Bunker TTni
proper bang oat a ha1nr- Nfth Putaarn's
Norris. we can ]l.h 'e1n hers"
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