Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-07


In midsummer there can be no more
interesting outing than a trip to fly'
mouth, which is thirty-seven miles sou'h
OF Boston The traveller can 60 e''n''
by rail or by boat, the latter beng pre-
ferable during the warm weather. we
-, 80, =, po,,o, tJatbor al nine in
e'o"ineu ou' " A. ~, ,,e
the morning. Gong Gown tut Day va"
gets fine view OF Boston Halpof' OIL
which lanes Freeman Clarke said "Why
o. ,ho pay of NAMES. when we
20 " ''S tI..har,n
nave NOT YET seen DoS'o" :.
The ride down the Atlantic Ioast ID
ros, DELIGHTFUL. on the deck OF the
81, r-ii, .,,.,cbino ON, in an
s'eaii'e' W. Th. ,,,i.dtio"s a heavy
endless VISION Inc VIM p'o",
gale, and one feels conlotlapie WIN
large overcoat on.
~. - 4, ei,h, NJ plvn,outh about
-'''0 -, ,,,,ro, .rd
1880 anu rs we dPPioaI"SN
nearer the harbor, the sun peeped
through the clouds that had hung so
Laa,'n,, iii ,ho d,,, and cast beautiful
"' ~ J., III Ia. &C.
shaoo"s on the same seene III Il" '''
sential particulars, as that which greeted
the Pilgrims nearly three centuries ago.
W.. ,ss.d rs,r Charlie Island. where
we Ps''e' "e' =, 49,, ,t,o
their frst Sapbath was SPENT 'u' '"e
steamer, as 1t goes rapidly on, does not
rartake OF the travellers sentimental
ieeIinvs. and we were soon at the wharf
In a few minutes. we stood face to face
with the most interesting historical relic
ON This continent "The corner stone of
the nation.U Plymouth Rock. 1t is not
verv large, only three, or four
neonle being able to stand on It at once.
/, 10, an attemnt to remove the rock
resulted in It's separation. and the upper
leaf was taken away, but in 1850 the
severed portion was restored 10 its old
resting Mace. and il now lies under the
stone einopy reunited to its fellow rock.
PROCEEDING up the hill from here, one
comes 10 tue spot wnete ule oiu Iote
fathers buried those that uieu curing the
FIRST winter. The graves were leveled
in the ensuing spring, and corn planted
above them so that the Indians might
not be able TO count mounds and learn
,ha ,.,,ihIe e,orv nf the first winter
,rLa ra,ea If The ranid mnrtalitv among
Nv liu,J ' ms sc,rvv and nthpr
uN ',,.,,,,, d, ~
weather, and poor and insufficient food.
This first hurying ground overlooks the
harbor. and one imagines, as he picks a
little flower from the spot, that the
spirits oil those long since 9eau are
keeping Vlsii oVei ''e PeOP'0 VI ''''' ia
uon
ne IN rough granite building, whose
Doric columns and portico piyes II al.
most The look of n Creek Temple. 1t Is
pn,,;n, Hail within whose walls are
many relies of PILGRIM and colonial DAYS.
Here 10 the chair of Elder Brewster and
Covernor Carver was brough,
over in The Mayilower. the cradle in
yvhich was rocked Peregrine White, the
FIRST child horn in the COLONY; the sword
nj Miles Standish. with the Arabia in.
ecrin,;ons upon The blades and to which
IongfelIow alludes in his "Courtship:"
Suddenly breaking the shenee' the d'lgen
scribe in'erruphng. ,,,....,.,
Spake IN .he ptlue 0, h5 neat WINS oUi'''''s'
I ~. am, ~, ~. ssi1 ,h. w,,,ik, ,,o,
mons nv ,hat hang here Wv "'''''
Furnished and bright and clean. as If for parad,
or inspec,ionl
This is the sword of Damascus fought with il
Flanders,
-rh, ;,s,,;n,;o,, o, u,;, o,d ,,,o.,
ne ,.pnons upon nus o'u sWol'
We posod,in 10 mi; o 1;a 80
s ~, 90 az - - J",i''s"eu n,''su''
u'u 50 Ill io|i' ohe vi 'ne'h 'e"os'
With peace God rules his slaves and with IN
judgment of His arm He troubled the mighty
OF the wicked.
The word slave here means creatures
and Inv s'the mighty III The wicksdu /
meant The most nowertul and wicked n
The WICKED The nroiessor further sa',
,he, ,his sword is undnubtedlv one Of th
moe, ANCIENT in existence and is of oraa
value.
In The hall is also shown the India
Bible of Iohn Eliot which has for il
nreface "work with iaith i'm Iesus Chris
Vii accomoi;sh anv,bine y An origine
letter of King Philin chief oI IN
Wampanoays IS also seen here.
On the spot where was built the frs
church, now stands the congregation
alist church OF the Pilgrimage" Thi
eminence rises which is Burial Hill. Tn
epitaphs in old rrayeyards posses
much interest To the lovers of The ouair
and rurieus and this first cemetery i,
New England is not without its attra'
tons OF this kind.
i. ~, 20 Go'1arnor W,;iIiSr' nroatnr(
20 NO. ". ~ ..'''