The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-27

iOsELEY JOHNS. III.
! mean vaults in which are buried the Bri-
tish officers killed at Bunker Hill. From
the tower window over the clock We're
hung the signal lights OF Paul Revere.
winch started him on his midnight ride.
Inc tower contains melodlous, sweet
chime of eight bells, cast in England II.
LA, on which, after climbing IN utter
darkness many. shaky steps and mount
| ing two ladders. all trembling with plea
| suraole excitement and anticipation.
read this inscriptions I'VE are the first
] peal of bells cast for the British empire
| in North America" They are rung in
ballad tunes. in hymns or chimes. This
Is an Episcopal Church, and is situated
amid slatterly, Indifferent foreign peo-
| PIE.
! On Cops Hill stood the British can
| non Which destroyed Charlestown. It be-
| came burial ground in 1859, and is, such
| a quiet. peaceful spot, overlooking the
! Charles River In it are the tombs OF
| the Mathers, Eliot, who translated the
| Bible into the Indian language; the Snet-
| liIss, Grays and others, and on some OF
! them are the marks of the British put
| lets. The streets around the cemetery
| have lonely, forlorn appearance, ana
are grass grown. as they are little used
| Tho houses are humble but tidy looAlns.
| There are more distinguished persons
buried in Granary battle-ground than any
| other in Boston, It was founded in 1850,
and has a very high iron fence around II
and an ivy-clad granite portal, with
b1 onze tablets thereon. In this old GENIE
terry lie sleeping Governors Hancock
Samuel Adams, Belingham, Dunmef'
Bowdoin, Sumner, Sullivan and core,
three sgners of the Declaration of Inde-
rendence, including Robert Treat Paine;
also Peter Faneuil. Paul Revere. Jeremy
Belknap, Uriah Getting, Chief Justice
Sewell, Mintmaster Hull, and the victims
OF the Boston massacre. l cannot oe-
scribe my feelings when 1 stood by the
plain little headstone of brave. Immortal
laul Revere and the great marble heaps
of the illustrious Hancock and Adams!
High up on the wall of No. $50 wash
ington Street is a tablet showing where
the Liberty tree stood, where the sons
OF Liberty held their meetings before the
Revolution and hung ef1igies OF the BIZ
fish mobiles.
Kings Chapel is SO called from oelns
the representative Of the State church OF
England in colonial days and all tne
royal governors wershppe6 there. VI
was founded in 1856. Its influence was
widespread from the first. and dld nucn
to lead the colonsts to adopt better llVes,
for the customs of the Puritans were iiaiu
and needed ameioration. Inc present.
building situated on the corner of IRE
mont and School Streets Is OF stone
with front entrance surrounded by large
crlumns The windows have very deep
easements the rs pens. upholstered IN
crimson rep, have high backs, Win doors
to EACH in consequence Of winch the
tithirgmen must have experienced great
difficulty in reaching the little restless
tired child. or sleepy member with thel'
room with seats on their sides. ana On
account of this arrangement of the seats.
many of the occupants have their BACKS
to the minister. In Paul Reveres pew,
which I had the great pleasure OF occu-
plying during a. visit one day, there are
books which have his name printed on
the outside.
When a minister was Indicted into office
in those old days there was such Curl
Gus custom; after reading his credentials.
all present would leave the church. then
the vestrymen would deliver the key TO
the minister who locking himself in
would toll the bell: then all would re-
turn and wish him success and JOY over
his new pastorate The pulpit which is
said to have been used in the first build
ing. is such a cute looking affair, reached
by a minia tul"e winding stairway. lis
round and has a sounding board suspend
ed above It. During the Revolution for
ty-three of the pews belonged to the
Americans and thirty to the Loyalists.
The governors pews were surmounted by
a canopy; in these pews sat successfully
Governors Shirley, Bernard and Hutch
inson, General Gage and Sir William
Howe Sir Henry Franklin occupied pew
Nc 90 He was collector of customs.
and his romantic story with Agnes Sur
rage. which made his name widely
known whom he loved not wisely but
dcvotedly. as the story goes, feeling her
lineage not equal to his own, refused to
accede to her pleadings to make her his
wife, to let her bear his honored name,
although he had lavished wealth upon
her and established her In a luxurious
home During a violent destructive storm
he was thrown under the debris of houses
bruised bleeding and suffering, he lay
with heavy weights pinioning him down
to the earth. when Agnes, with her great
love for him yelling up in her heart,
and with wild fears fer his safety and
with not one thought of her own well
fare sped out alone in the dark hours
Of the night foucd and rescued him at
the risk of sacrificing her own life. He
rewarded her by making her his wife.
Love rules the. court, the camp, the
grove,
And men below and saints above;
Fer love is heaven, and heaven is love-