The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-08-06

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while frowning cliffs extend
high above From the Hills,
our course is along pretty valleys
where lovely lakes and smiling
hillsides unite to make up land:
scapes that seem to laugh IN
their gladness.
BOSTON.
At Boston we lose no time.
We are about to begin tour OF
observation in, probably. the
most interesting of all American
cities. What memories are re.
vived. Here was where the Rev.
olution began and but short dis.
tances away are Lexington and
Concord and Bunker Hill and to
the last named place we go at
once that we may stand with I'M
covered head and make the obeis.
ance that every American owes
to the memory of new England's
patriots.
The most noted place visited
after leaving the Bunker Hill
monument are Faneuil Hall,
the ..Cradle of Liberty" erected
in 174o; Old North Church where
Paul Revere hung his signal
lights on the eve of the battle Of
Lexington; Old South Church
once used by the British as a
riding school; Boston Rarbor. the
scene of the Boston tea party;
the old elm under which Wash
ington took command of the
American armies Harvard Uni
versity with its vast museums,
i collections, etc; the Boston Pub
lie Garden with its statues and
flowers; the very spot where the
first blood of the Revolution was
shed. Nor did we forget that
there were the homes Of Henry
W. Longfellow, Oliver Wendell
Holmes, VIM. ii. PRESCOTT Wen
dell Phillips, Edwin Booth. Ey-
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erett, Sumner, Agassiz and a
score of others aaost assuredly
every nook and corner in and
around Boston suggests some
illustrious type Of American man
hood.
PEARY'S SHIP.
While in Boston it was our
privilege as well as our great
pleasure to visit Lieut.. Peary on
his celebrated artic ship The
HOPE. An indescribable feeling
of awe steals over US as we re.
call the experiences of this same
vessel and its brave commander
when surrounded by seas Of ever
lasting ice in the polar regions.
THE HOPE was all in readiness
for another voyage to arctic
lands and before we left the har-
Dor she was ploughing her way
throughing the foaming sea en-
route Greenland.
THROUGH NEW HAMPSHIRE.
1t is almost a perfect day when
we start for the great mountain
region of northern New Hamp-
shire. We have selected the
Boston and Maine railway as the
most interesting route because
we can view the lovely valley OF
the Merrimack going up and by
changing our course will be en-.
abled to return through the "pine
clad hills" of Maine via Portland
and the Atlantic coast to Boston.
We are soon at Lowell and then
comes Nashua, Manchester and
Concord, great cities for factories,
Concord being also the capital OF
New Hampshire. We stopa short
time at Weirs. a noted watering
place on the shore of beautiful
lake Winnipiseogee. Edward
Everett pronounced this the
loveliest spot in New England
and while other tourists have
failed to agree on this point, the
fact remains that Weirs is worth
seeing. Lake Winnipiseogee OF
| Itself is distinctive feature Of
of attraction in region where
nature has scattered beauties and
| wonders with lavish hand. Fully
so per cent of New Hampshire's
area is yet covered with forest,
and while the soil produces pretty
trees and flowers, it is worth little
for farming purposes. It is q