The Republican journal., 1897-07-01
A June Outing.

ed the infalllblllty OF an otnelWlse liulh-
full poem.
Although the first half of the month
was marked by peculiarities OF weather,
the 18th dawned ght and beautiful, and
two ladies asked themselves how the holi-
day should be spent June is pre-emlnent-
" month of eraduations and weddings;
We could neither graduate nor get mar
ried on short notice. but we could be pat
riotic
The crowd would go to CharlestoWn
therefore we would not. Concord had
been visited some months before and we
hnally decided to visit Lexington; so
mounting the silent steeds which, with all
their other tailings, aIe not disturbed by
patriotic sights and sounds, we were soon
in the clean green country l say clean
advisedly, tor the long continued rain had
washed the leaves and shrubs until they
looked THEN best. Haying had eommenc-
ed and the new movn grass lent It's odoI
10 the breeze. The Gay was warm and
We rested often and ''tried the earth, u
the existing circumstances making one OF
Lowell $ perfect days
A cabbalh stiffness pervaded Lexington,
and the petty village was model of
neatuess aud comfort. The common, the
scene OF the battle, is triangular shaped
and IN the centle OF the town, and at tie
time OF our visit was immaculate Ill car
pei ut velvety green.
Keep oft the grass was not seen and
the children played there in happy I'M
consciousness OF the tragedies enacted
there. the proof Of which We had come TO
see.
Prominent among the historical relics
is the memorial elm, planted by Gen.
Grant Aplil ~, 1870 ana near it a granite
top, TO commemorate the spot where
stood the first three churches which were
identified with the town Tor one hundred
and fifty years, the trst built IN 1852
when the town was parish OF Cambridge,
The second in Ills on the incorporation OF
the town, and the third in 1894, burned in
lo46.
The oldest house in town was built in
800 and shows The bullet holes, neal
" hich tablet says; this house was the
rendezvous OF the minute men before the
battle. -
Following the outline OF the common
we come to the tree $50 years old, to
which We're attached the ropes to raise
the new meeting house in 1874.
Farther on ii native boulder, which
marks the line OF the minute men, has
The wUIds OF Capt Parker underneath a
calNed litle and powder horn; 'Stand
yUuI ground. Don't fire unless fired up
On, but ii they mean to have war let it
begin here.
= lew Steps more takes us to the
''house OF Jonathan Harrington who,
wounded on the common, dragged him
sell TO the dooi and died at his wife 5
feet
The only Object 70 break the uniformity
n The common is ne compact monument
erected by the inhabitants OF Lexington
to Tie memory Of those who tell in the
battle.
Oh the road to North Lexington stands
Tie house where Samuel Adams and
John Hancock We're sleeping hen ARGUS
ed by Paul Revere"
The house has been enlarged and is in d
good state OF preservation, but the win
COWS, with twenty eight panes OF glass il
each, would attract attention aside IRON
the Il eIet, surrounded as it is by modern
dwellings.
Having finished our historical exllora
lions made visit to the famous HAYES
estate IN Lexington, made more famous
by the Hayes will case SO often mentioned
III the papels, toinspect the exquisite dis
play OF Ihododendrons. Imagine a great
tent l13 long, - feet wide and 70 feel
high, tenaced, walled and encircled witt
fAododendlOns, the daintiest, most fragile
and the hardest, in every shade Of colol
iron the deepest scarlet to the most deli
cateIy painted white-one great mass OF
gorgeous, exquisite bloom-imagine this
aud then one may have an idea of the
scene upon Nhich welouked. A committe,
0f the Massachusetts Horticultural SO
elety visited the estate the day before an6
The Boston Herald Of June 18th says, 1.-THE
exhibit OF rhododendrons this year is the
hnest ever made under the direction q
Mir. Comley (the English gardener) on the
Hayes estate, and the members of the
Horticultural Society are confident it il
an exhibit never equalled in the United
States. 1t comprises at least 1900 mag.
nihcent plants, some which measure MOI
less than II feet through.
such perfection, owing to concentrated
skill in careful development, has never
before been reached and inasmuch as the
Hayes litigation and the peculiarities OF
weather may result in such a good exhibi,
being never repeated, this one should be
seen by all lovers of flowers and of colors
Who can spare the time to visit Lexing-
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