The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1902-11-28
Historic Boston.

Evans E. Ewing has been spend
ing the past week in Boston and
writes as follows concerning the
points of interest in that historic
city:
Every turn one makes here there is
something historical to see; generally in
the most unexpected places, as so many of
these points of interest are in the very
old part of town which Is one labyrinth
of narrow, crooked streets, many of them
not much wider than a half-grown alley.
OF course have traversed the Common,
so dear to the heart of every Bostonian,
almost sacred, in fact, and it is a very
pretty public park. Have visited the old
State House on Washington Street, one
of the most interesting historical build
ings in this country. The present struct-
ure was built In I74S and surely looks it
in every respect, with its quaint old
fashioned appearance, and about it have
occurred so many stirring historical
events.
Our hotel, or at least the hotel at which
we are stopping, is within few steps of
Kings Chapel, which is associated with
the religious history of this old town of
NuituIC dAu i4ullly trees.
Sunday afternoon passed "Old North"
church, from whose steeple it is supposed
the lanterns of Paul Revere were hung
out to warn the country of the march Of
the British troops on Lexington and Con-
cord. and upon the front of the church is
tablet bearing an inscription to this
effect, the date of the event being given
on it as April IS, I775. 1t is the oldest
church now standing in the city. 1t was
my good fortune to pass the old church
just as the chimes In the steeple were
ringing. These bells are said to be the
first chime-bel in America and were
brought to this country from England in
I744. They are very musical and sweet
sounding.
There are so many places have visited
'twould occupy too much of your time for
me to tell of: Bunker Hill, Charlestown,
Navy Yard, cemeteries containing the
graves of so many of the illustrious dead,
public squares, monuments, etc. In fact,
every turn you make you are confronted
by some tablet telling of the historical
past, and there is so much to interest, you
never seem to tire.
1t is fine city, too, aside from the
place it occupies in history, as in contrast
to these old land marks are the great
modern structures, the wonderful rapid
transit subway and elevated system which
handles such stream of traffic you won
der where the people all come from, and
that there Is no friction, as everything
seems to be done in such a hurry with
cars coming and going at such rapid
rate as to fairly take your breath, and
hundreds of other things about the CITY
which interest you.
Salem, where our friends are, is a grand
old place, its fine streets lined with great
shade trees, reminding you very mnch of
some fine old Maryland town. 1t is the
most home-like place I have seen since
crossing the Mason and Dixon line.
Within few doors of where we visited in
the town Is the old Roger Williams home,
noted as the building in which some of
the persons charged with using the dark
art of witchcraft were examined. The
house IN which Hawthorne wrote Oscar
let Letter is also to be seen in the town,
and many other interesting places are
here found which will not take your time
In trying to describe.
The family we visited here live in a
grand old Colonial house, built in 174s
and occupied as the home of one of the
governors of the colony. One of the
doors of the old. part of the house still
bears the mark of British bullets.