Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-08-13
THEY. III COME BACK"
Mrs. George Ross Writes Interesting
Letters From Cambridge, Mass
She is Attending Harvard
and Seeing the Sights.

anu NudS - Noish NhtAc.
Mrs. Ross is the wife Of the Vice.
President Of Hardin College and viii
from the East shortly and will
have one OF the most important chairs
in Hardin College during the next
school year.
The following rambling extracts
from letters to her mother, Mrs. W. 5.
Hathaway, of this city, will be OF
interest 10 our readers;
/ enjoy Harvard very much, work
six hours a day, five days in the week
The work In the laboratory is so in
.teresting one forgets how tired they
are until it is over.
Many departments are large and all
doing good work--to be sure that is
what we are here for. Yet the
management knows that all work and
no play is not good, so have arranged
for Saturday excursions to points OF
interest. These are so well arranged
with guides, special street cars, special
coaches on trains, wagonettes, and
special attention on boats; In fact
everything to make you comfortable,
and after paying your fare there Is
nothing left but 70 see and learn all
you can.
Our first trip was to Concord and
Lexington, we left the College grounds
at eight fifteen, taking street cars and
stopping often to see places Of interest
on the way. At Lexington saw the
common where was shed the first
blood of the Revolution, a stone slab
marks the place where the eight
minute men fell. Saw the old belfry
and three of the old taverns that were
used at that time, then the old town
hall filled with relics, and the Han
cock and Adams homes. From here
we went in wagonettS to Concord
over the road Travelled by Paul Revere
and saw the place where he was
captured.
Stopped at the house where the
Alcotts and Hawthorns had lived and
written, also the homes Of Emerson
and Thoreau. Had our lunch on the
lawns of one of the taverns of Concord
and then went to the old battle field,
the north bridge and Sleepy Hollow
Cemetery where are the graves of the
Alcotts, Hawthorns, Thoreaus, and
Emersons, and a beautiful place it is
at a little past five we took the trair
for Cambridge knowing we had seer
much. The party consisted Of on'
hundredand seventy with three guides
Our second trip was taken Saturday
July ii, and our destination wa
Harverhill and Amsberry. We lefi
Boston at seven forty-fye a. IN. reach
ing Harverhill at ten, went to thu
Whittier home, heard several ad
dresses--of course all on the life Of tht
~poet-saw the brook, the elm and TIN
old mill made famous by his poems
Here we had our lunch, picnic style
consisting Of croquetts, sandwiches
pie, cake, ice cream, bananas, tea ant
coffee. After lunch we took troll,
car for Amsberry, a distance Of fy'
miles; visited the old Quaker meeting
house where Whittier worshiped, thel
went to the cemetery where he /
buried; went to the house in which
he died, he had moved to Amsberry b
be near the meeting house as Their
was none at Harverhill. We also wen
to the top of Powwow Hill and her
had a magnificent view Of the country
This hill is in Massachusetts, but yol
can see buildings in Maine and Ne'
Hampshire, also the Marrimac AM
Powwow rivers and a great stretch o
the Atlantic Ocean, it vas a Gene no
soon to be forgotten. From here "
go to Newberry Port to take the boa
on the Merrimac river for Harverhill
two hours ride beween beautiful bank
/, all the way. Had dinner on boar
consisting of clam chowder and coffee
, The party this time time consisted Q
one hundred and eighty and WI wen
|, by special train from Harverhill /
Boston. I doubly enjoyed this trip a
l had for companion, Miss Allen, twh
was Dean at Hardin three years age
and who knows well how to see thing
! and there is much in that.
: Our third outing was taken Satul
day, July 10th. CHM & Company
t Publishers, sent invitations to th
! students at Harvard to visit thei
establishment and here we saw tn
whole process Of bOok-making; guide
took US through the immense 6-stor
building. We saw the work from th
blank paper through the printed page
! the folding, trimming, cutting, bind
ing and storing. The most wonderful
machinery is used; very few person
! are employed, only enough to keep tn
machines going and in order. FounI
1t very interesting and are Thankful
TO CHM s. Co. for the pleasure the
have given US.
From here we went to Mt. Auburn
Cemetery; saw the graves OF Longfel
low, Holmes, Philip Brooks, Agazzia
Prescott, Parkman, Edwin Booth
Lowell, Chorlotte Cushman and othe
prominent persons. Mt. Auburn Gem
etery is considered the most beautiful
cemetery Ia the United States; it ha
been left in its natural state-hIlls
valley, running streams and fores
trees, q beautiful spot and fit restin,
place for those who accomplished s.
much. How many memories cluste
around US. After a day Of hard worI
in the laboratory ! went fort chang
with Miss Allen to see things nearby
we went to Radcliff College, then t
Washington Elm, the Soldiers
Monument, Old Christ Church, bull
in ISL, used as a barracks in ITS
where Washington worshipped In 1TT6
where the home Of Oliver Wendell
Holmes had been, where the old Chest
nut tree, made famous by the poem
The Village Blacksmith had speadi it
brancbes-all these, and home again a
night.
Our next trip was to Plymouth OF
Saturday, July 18th Here we saw
Plymouth Rock and the old buria
grounds, where our pilgrim forefath