The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-12

'Hi"NU'h tl'lENmen, but nero Hancock anu
Adans were arouscd from their slunbcts by Paul
Revere that memorable niehr Down on Clark
and Forest streets, ON "Belfry Ilill," stands in
an excellent state ~ preservation the old bcfry.
lh" bell which al one time hung m this bctry
sounded the alarm ON the morning the British
mar'hcd into Lexington, and Vt was also used 70
summon people to tho house oi God sundays
and TO signal The inhabitants OF the town that
II was nine o'clock aud therefore time TO rake
up their tres and retire, according to an ancient
custom. When one of the residents Of the town
passed out of this world into eternity tho solemn
notes Of the bell would peal the news forth.
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The last interesting SPOT We will speak OF in
Lexington is "Yc old Buying Ground" The
silent cities Of tho dead may not be the most
inviting places to visit but 4 ramhc about this
ono was especially interesting. But few pill.
gfins como to Lexington without spending
time here. just few minutes walk from the
common takes you to II. Many of the stones
have become moss covered that II 's with
great difficulty thc inscriptions can be read.
while some are far beyond legihility We found
some tomhStoncs bearing records of persons
death as early as 1892. In this cemetery is
buried the body NJ Captain John Parker besides
many other patriots of colonial times. Here also
Is the grave of the first school master and FIRST
minister of Lexington How peculiarly tho in
scriptionS read. Many Of them are carved in
the uld-taShioncd style Of printing and spelling,
and some amusing warnings are given, such as
the following: "lIcrc Ives yc Body Of McIIannah
Dinford wife 10 Mr.. John Danford who Died
March 3d. 1925 in yc 2sth years Of Her age.
Behold all You that paffcth by as You are now fo
once was l. As | am now 70 you mutt he. Pre-
pare for dcSth and follow me" smallpox
epidemic must have occurred in Lexington about
1894, for several tomhstoncs mark the death Of
| persons during that year and announce that
| they died Of smallpox. Ipon slate slab held
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| the record Of William Reeds, esq, death, which
| occurred in lbs. Here upon the slab is stat cd
| that he was representative twenty years Of that
| town, also Justice Of the peace, was father Of
ten children and grandfather Of one hundred
| grandchildren BY hi, side rests his beloved
wife
| Taking trolley again We start from Lexington
| to Concord. 1t is at the village common whcre
| Won want TO alight and begin your sight seeing
| in this historic and literary place. This is in.
| decd an admirable, ycS. an ideal place of resi-
| dcnCc for literary workers There is quiet ness,
| an impress Of environments, in TINS old town
which are conducive 10 literary thoughts. There
is a literary atmosphere surely prevalent here, or
| else We imagined So Emerson Hawthorne, Al.
| oott and Thorcau may no longer hc seen walking
| about the streets of Concord nor ahoring in the
| studies Of their respective homes here. hut their
| influence still survives and, while their bodies
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