The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-05-25

coIors. etchfngs. models of watercraft or
every description. and animals tnat
thanks to the taxidermists' skill. nave the
appearance of breathing, living creatures.
Also exhibited in lfe-slze. IN wax, are
human beings of every nationality, plying
their different vocations. Salem is 1denu-s
fed with the first and last colonial Gov
ernors of Massachusetts,, 1t having Deen
the home of Governors Endlcott ana Blao-
street. Bradstreet is sleeping his last
eternal sleep in Charter-Street Cemeters,
where also lie Justice Lynde, Natnanlel
Mather-brother Of Cotton Matner-N1afs
Corey. first wife Of Giles Corey, who was
en- cruelty pressed to death between stones
because he refused to plead when accused
of Witchcraft in those dark days OF 1857
and Judge John Hatthorne (the name was
originally Hatthorne). relative OF Natn-
ariel Hawthorne. 1t is said OF Nathariei
Hawthorne that he was seen kneenng on
his ancestors grave trying to scrape from
the maidstone the CRIME and dust of ages
tbst had accumulated to such an extent
as to make it impossible to read the IN
scription.
Salem has an unhappy connection with
that miserable witchcraft frenzy ATS,
that 1t should have such olot on It's
otherwise fair history! The birthplace ~
tiose cruel mistakes, that caused the
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is also celebrated as the home and birth
Mace of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Ihere
# was. while employed at the custom
hoii,se he discovered among some ruo-
bish In his desk Chis desk IS no" pre-.
served in the First church, the scarlet
letter that was the instlgatlon OF ms
writing the book of that name. ne
.House of Seven Gables" is also seen
in good condition.; in fact, 1t seems as
though Father Time had overlooked 1t
and forgotten to touch it with his Wlther-
ing scvthe The Grimshawe house sets
close by the Charter Street Cemetery,
really in a corner of it. It was IN TINS
old dwelling that Nathaniel Hawthorne
Maid court to his lady love. 1t IS a real
old house with overhanglns second STORY,
gablcd roof and huge chimney. what a
tale those old walls could unfold! His
remains are buried In the Sleepy Hollow
Cemetery, at Concord, Mass. and ms
grave, marked only by a simple lttie
slab. with the one word. Hawthorne,
engraved thereon, while nearby sleep
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thoreau and
Louise Alcott, with quite elaborate monu-
ments The diminutive First Church IS
to the side, in the rear of the Essex In
stitute, and is owned by that society 1t
has the original lewn rafters, the loft,
pulpit, communion cup and platter, chairs
for the children, and the immense brass
key to the door, which seemed to weigh
pounds In this church preached ReVs
Hingginson, Skelton,. Roger Williams,
Hugh Peters. Edward Norris and othe-s,
and in this church Reoecca Nodrse, j
veritable mother in Israel, was rulely
brought heavily ironed, and eNconmu-
nicated although she, like the others.
pleaded innocence and heard her doom
pronounced; a sentence to an ignomini-
Gus death, and to be torn from her fam
lily when they most needed her care But
in her extremity she still trusted her
God. and that trust alone sustained her
through all of that fiery ordeal. Sucn
fatal mistakes were made!
Such irreconclable blindness, and by
men of education, research, and more,
ministers of the Gospel! How could they
be so influenced by the thoughtless, idle
babble Of eight young girls. the eldest OF
whom was only twenty-five and
the youngest not quite eleve years
young to realize the seriousness
of their accusations, and the terri
BILE, deplorable, results that might accrue
from them. The sight Of Rev. Samuel
Parrish's home is marked by a stone, at
Danvers, Mass, and it was in his HON
that the accusing girls were wont to
meet discuss and plan more of their
thing else. In the country courthouse is
the original warrant for the ARE, j. of
Rebecca Nourse, signed by Judge Cor
win, and also some pins. said to have been
extracted from the bodies of persons be-
witched by her and others The old
Roger Williams witchhouSe, where Judge
Corwin resided for some time, and where
the preliminary trials were held in con-
nection with persons accused of witch
craft, is viewed with great interest by
visitors, as is also the Shattuck house
and the site of Sarah Goods old home.
The graves of all the five judges of
witchcraft connection are to be seen in
cemeteries in Massachusetts,, and all are
kept in good repair. Judge stoughton,
faced, supercilious Judge
stoughton, as he was called, is
lying in the old Dorchester Gene
terry, just out of Boston. and his
tomb. which is box-like in shape, and
which has a coat-of-arms on the side,
has recently been renovated by the facul-
ty and students of Harvard College, to
whom he gave Stoughton Hall, since
much enlarged Dreary, bleak. barren
Gallows Hill. is reached by climbing
long, steep hill. and one sees nothing
growing there, not even a shrub or tree.
Doesn'tit seem significant that nothing
will thrive, there? Only large rock is.
there, with huge iron spikes, driven at
regular intervals, to mark the spot where
stood those innocent people and sacri-
feed their lives because of the deplorable
mistakes Of others.
.t'Tis true. It's pity, and pity It's, tbs
true
Come in and have psychological
sandwich with me
~, hats that
Two slices of bread and belief in a
slice Of ham.''--C Cleveland Plain Dealer.