The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-06
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body. who the conductor said was Miss Will
kins stood In the doorway,
the night before about Miss wilkins was
skeptical about ANYTHING further concerning
the author; but rs evident R1p M bn prl SS
does Randolph. Our trolley guide man had
laid down a trip for us neXt over which we
and we wouldn't have missed 1t for ANYTHING.
II was through the, Blue, Iitl reservation, a
seryatory and kite-hying station We didn't
get out and walk I'M to the observatory. for we
were planning to get an ocean hath hciote we
state park woods with VARIETY OF natural Of
fects. Al Ncponset we changed ears andNith
Nantasket Beach. At Quincy we saw the
birthplace OF two Presidents md We saw other
il 7Phiaienhia conductors would ever know
as much about their routes historically as
these Boston men seemed to know.
firm and when We got there there were stu
stray bathers. 1t had been hot day In spite
Il third i' d HT" bath in The ocean That night we
climbed the rocks and watched the moon and
the OCEAN Eary IN ths morning ~e had Ian an.
ten n lot Of Boston attractions on sins OF paper
and drew one TO see where We should go. 1t
Harvard after short visit to the Public
Library Then we ,trolleyed down to ltsyere
Beach to and R1tHs the ibn nor
shore is a chain Of summer resorts strung TO-
gether by the troleVs: One may spend weeks
the way 20 Lynn the cars hurried over salt
marshes and on to Marbehcad. the cars skirt
pG tine '9 phe MN shh s r9ats Ne ty in
and about Marblehead until the next after.
noon. when We went on to salem n, am picked p, ta,5
enough at night to dream of witches. and tho
next day we revealed in witches. We saw
House o: the seven Gables and Hawthornes
birthplace We gave whole day to Salem and
went on to Gloucester in the evening again.
For two days We missed a sea bath because
we were too busy but at Gloucester we made
connections again with the ocean at little
about Gloucea-cr because we wont right
around Cane Ann by trolley. and each beach
and elm seemed hner than the last. Those
two days about Gloucester we're two Of the
most charming to me of the trip We had sent
cur trunk from Salem to HAMPTON Beach. and
Salem. crossing country to Wakefield and then
going on to Lowell, where we started down the
Snry BNt a0y WITH an H"ca9 Rsh s
Newburyport and its beach and then wound
up at Hampton Beach. which made me think
DAYS We spent there, and then went. on to the
limit Of the trolley lines. to Exeter. n. H.. near
the Maine border line.
The trolley roads have taken every advan-
taRe OF ocean scenery. and there are two or
three stretches Of 9qd that run Tor two
sSna from q Sandy Hook to sea$Tsht %" or a.
buty lark. ohIy tue coast is bO'u anu rocky.
and we saw one tempest in the afternoon Mt
Gloucester that WAS a revelation to me IN
grandeur. Coming back We doubled down the
Merrimac to Lowell and Boston. taking "A new
iine from Wakefield into Boston and a new
route to Norton and Providence. While we
were In Boston we took another trim to Nam
tasket Beach and returned by another line
seeing Secretary Longs home. From Provi-
den"e we reached East Greenwich by trolley.
The railroad had TO he taken then to Westerly,
and then the trolley from Westerly to Watch
Hill. There are several new lines planned that
int in lnan M n
wear. The pleasure Of the tour was its or!Ei-
nalitv and the real country we went through.
The plea santcst rart of The trip was from New
port To Hampton Beach. and hv sticking strictly
TO the coast line any one can have as fine va
cation as he wants.
Now I'll tell YOU the finest thing about It
all-the absence Of cur dirt and cinders. After
u OO-mile trolley trip any one Will become an
advocate of electric or any power but coal"