Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-09

SnOre limited tram, DOunu Ior the
quaint old city of Boston. The trip
through New York was an uneventful
one, being principally past stony, roll
ing farm lands. through the cities of
Syracuse and Utica, and along the pic
taresque valley of the Mohawk river.
Shortly before noon we crossed the
Hudson near Mechanicsville, and soon
after we had entered Massachusetts, and
were rapidly spinning along toward
terest to encounter was the great Hoo
sac tunnel. which is four and one-half
miles long and took twenty minutes to
pass through. Then on through north
ern Massachusetts, past Greenfield,
Gardner and Fitchburg, most pictur-
esque and beautiful route. Nearly all
the way we were in a mountainous
region, and the train wound its way
in and out among the hills like q
mighty serpent, across long bridges and
along steep enbankments, while be-
meath us flowed sparkling river, clear
as crystal, which glided swiftly over its
rocky bottom, every now and then
leaping down the hillside in a roaring,
splashing waterfall. Later in the after
noon we came to the outlying suburbs
of Boston, Watertown and Cambridge,
and about five O'Clock we alighted at
our destination.
We were met at the station by a
delegation of young business men Of
Boston, and escorted to the Quincy
Hotel, the largest in the city, erected
on sthe sight Of the old Quaker Meeting
House, which was built in 1897. In
the evening we were delightfully."- en-
tertained with reception aud ban-
quet, which the Sons Of Veterans If
Boston had prepared upon learning Di
our coming to their city 1t was serv-
ed in an historical room where Wash
ington and many other prominent pa
triots of revolutionary times had eaten
and eouncilled together.
The next two days We're spent in
viewing the many interesting sights
and quaint old land marks of Boston.
A minute description of each would fill
columns, 80 we must content with a
brief reference only to the most inn
portant.
On the morning after our arrival we
started out for walk, stopping first at
Kings chapel, an interesting old struct-
ure, built in 1858, and Kings Chapel
Burrying Ground, established in 1880,
where are the remains of many early
governors of the colony, some who
came over in the Mayflower, patriots
of the revolutionary war, etc., their
graves marked by tombstones that are
crumbling away and on the most of
which the Inscriptions have worn so
that they cannot be deciphered. We
also visited Granary cemetery, one OF
the most interesting places in the city,
established i'm 1860. Here were buried
John Hancock and Samuel Adams, pa
triots and signers of the Declaration of
Independence, James Otis, the fore
most patriot of the Revolution, Peter
Faneuil, who built Faneuil Hall in
l742 and presented it to Boston for
town hall; Paul Revere, the parents of
Benjamin Franklin, the victims of the
Boston Massacre of ITO, and many
other distinguished citizens and pa
triots.
Next we came to the famous Boston
Common, which was laid out in 1910
as training field and later used as
place for executing criminals. In 1775-6
it was fortified camp with batteries
and 100 British soldiers, and WASH
ington's army was quartered there after
the siege of Boston. 1t is now large
and beautiful park, one of its promi-
nent features being the Army and
Navy monument erected by the city at
cost of SIS, 900 to commemorate the
services of the soldiers and sailors from
Boston in the Rebellion.
Returning to our hotel we rested and
had dinner, and in the afternoon were
given very pleasant carriage ride by
our hosts Of the previous evening, stop
ping at points Of historical interest.
First, at Faneuil Hall, the ~"cradle of
liberty" built in l742, and used as
meeting place ever since. Here recep-
tions were given to Washington, La
Fayette, Count D'Estaing, Jerome
Bonaparte, and many Others; here Otis,
Charming, Webster, Jefferson Davis,
Sumner, Garrison, Everett, Phillips,
Evarts, Hillard, Beecher and a host of
other prominent men have addressed
the people, The first floor of the build
ing is now used as market, the second
story contains the auditorium, the
third the rooms of the Ancient and