Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-07

and used for the storage of ammunition
during the Indian and colonial wars. This
building IS sull used as a powder maya
zine oy one of the militia organizations OF
Marblehead. Wheeling along the hard pike
toward .Salem the great variety and pro-
fusion of wild flowers on either hand at
tract attention. A few miles further and
the historic city of Salem is reached by
an elm-lined thoroughfare. The large num-
Der of beautiful residences and attractive
lawns along this street afford a marked
contrast to the dingy environs Of Marble
head.
Historic Church.
Along Essex street to the old first meet
ing house, built in 1884, whose first pastor
was Roger Williams, we took the immense
iron key, almost large as that of the
Bastile at Paris, and passing around Plum
mer Hall, obtained our first view of this
historic church, the first regular place OF
worship, erected by the pilgrims. AS might
De expected, this building is diminutiye in
size, with gable roof and high choir lott
extending over half of it's interior The
high-backed pews and ponderous readinp
desk, and the desk used by Nathaniel HaW-
thorne while surveyor of the port of Salem
ana beverly, and on which he penned his
famous Scarlet Letter." are to be seen in
this edifice. The old rafters are the onIy
part Of the original church that have not
peen modernized, SO very little idea can he
formed of the building as originally used.
me custom house ON Derby street,
where Hawthorne looked ont of the u,;n
dow and wrote his famous description of
Leroy wharf in the Scarlet Letter" one
OF the greatest commercial marts of CO.
Enlai times, and now sleepy and almost
abandoned place, is well worth a visit as
Is also the birthplace of Hawthorne. No. ~
Union street curious old house in whose
upper left-hand room Hawthorne was born
July 4, 1904. This building is now used as
a private residence, and the narrow. wind
more QenSplV tod
in Hawthorne's day.
The DR.. Grimshawe house where Haw
thornes wife lived before marriage. and
which is described in Hawthorne's story of
DR.. Grimshawe's Secret" is also soon
mere, and the Turner house, built about
Ioso, frequently visited by Hawthorne and
widely known as THE House of Seven
Gables" The old Roger Williams house at
Essex and North streets. built before 1634
and now known as the ''Old Witch House y
from the fact that the Salem witches were
tried there in 1902, and sentenced to be
hanged by Judge Corwin the occupant Of
this house at that time, is of much in
terest as representing the days of colonial
superstition. and the site of the witchcraft
Jail, No. Federal street, and Gallows Hill,
where nineteen witchcraft executions oc,
Cured in 1882, are vivid reminders of this
period.
The old North bridge, the scene of Les
lies retreat. February 26, 1775, and the
handsome armory of the Salem Cadets
one of the leading military organizations
OF Massachusetts, and the antique and
deliberately paneled banquet hall where
Prince Arthur was entertained by Col
Francis Peabody, were also seen with in
terest. On our way out of Salem we passed
the old inn where Gen. Washington and
other famous characters of colonial times
were frequent visitors. Wheeling four
miles to Naugus Head, on lower Salem
harbor, we made camp at the cottage of
Prof. Hotchkiss of Gallaudet College,
Washington, and it seemed like home to
be among our friends again.
Our steamer sailed the next afternoon
for Baltimore, so our visit here was all
too brief, and the homeward journey be-
gun the next day was by steam instead of
awhcel. and was marked by no more i'm
portant incident than six hours run
through a heavy fog bank off Cape Cod
and Vineyard sound, with the huge steam
err stopping frequently to ascertain her
bearings by means of the lead line. and
almost too often grazing a lightship or
some craft outward-bound and invisible at
the distance of a boats length. Arriving
at Baltimore, We speedily boarded the train
for beautiful Washington, and the spin
over it's smooth streets to our homes was
perhaps the most enjoyable one of our long
tour awheel. OTIS B. GOODALL.