Mower County transcript., 1903-06-17
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state along the radtssof the Eric canal
much Of the way and passing through
Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, the Hoosic
tunnel and North Adams to Boston. {. !.
\. Boston sisatee be the sM d sccasaelf the
teachers II The country neH month as
the National Educational Association
will be held here July s to 10. I never
tire of revisiting the historic places in
Boston and vicinity which take one
back to the early days Of thescolonies.
The old state house at the head OF
State street is one Of the most interest
ing relics Of the provincial period. The
Town House stood; on this site from
1857 to I'LL when it burned and the
present building was erected in 1713.
Here Endicott and Sir Edmund Andres
and others presided oyer the proceed
ings for the government of the colonies
by royal consent, here John Adams,
Otis, Quincy, Hancock and other. patri.
OTIS made the first opposition to royal
authority; in front Of this building "the
Boston \ Massacre took place in 1910;
councils Of war were held here and the
Declaration Of Independence was read
from the east window July Is, l776. On
this site the first public library in
America was located. The building
now is filled with rare paintings, prints
and relics of old Boston in colonial
times. ..--<
Another building, the associations of
which fire every patriotic American
heart is Faneuil Hall. This was built
in 1742 by Peter Faneuil and presented
to Boston for a:smarket and town hall.
There in "the Cradle Of Liberty" was
denounced the British dministration
of the colonies, The famous Quincy
market is just east of this hall. The
old South Meeting House built in 1923
was another. building used as. q place of
meeting BY the patriots and from its
pulpit iii 1853, 1770 ana 1873 sounded
fifth the patriotic appeals of Otis,
Y'hrren, Hancock, Whitefield and 9th
~ who counted personal safety and
SSmfort Of far less account than there
sacred and inalienable liberties. @'s'ss
The old 0North church, in the tower
Of which were hung The lights for Paul
Revere still stands on Salem street near
SGopp ilIandsis now the oldest in the
city, being erected in 1722. ysg .s,e
The state house on the summit Hof
Beacon Hill is 9 stately ,edi6ce with a
giided dome, occupying thessite Of
John Hancock's cow pasture contains
many historical relics including the
Bradford manuscript of the log Of the
Mayfower. A few years ago an at
tempt was made to have it torn down
for q larger building but wise 'counsels'
prevailed and the old building remodel
ed and improved is left. Bunker Hill
monument, 221 feet high dedicated in
1643 marks the place of the famous.
battle of June II, '1775, when the 1900
British soldiers won their costly victory
over 5000 American patriots. Here in
Boston are Franklin's birth place and
the homes of Lowell and Longfellow
and Harvard University at Cambridge,
the oldest and one of the richly endow.
led institutions in Anerica. Here are
to be seen many objects of special in
terest TO- the patriotic historian, and
these are always of chief account to me.
But the Boston of today, with it's
public library on Copley square, next
to the library Of Congress the largest
and finest in America, the Museum of
Fne Arts, the Public Gardens, Trinity
church, the broad streets in the new
portions and the magnificent churches
and; residences, business blocks and
public Buildings, shows public enter
prise and aspirit Of progress hatEkeeps
the city in the lead as the metropolis
of New. England and as one of the
great commercial centres of the. conn-
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|: The feelings of one reyisiting the
home Of his childhood are peculiar. In
looking for the familiar things, one
painfully discovers the changes on
every hand. The old associations are
broken UP, the old friends scattered
and one feels quite out Of place at last
even whore as 9 boy he knew every tree
and house and hill for miles. The last
'.timeI was here vas for tdyss mother's
funeral three springs ago, and oh,sthe
loneliness Of the old home5With father
and mother now gone. 5s ss. 81 .?.l ID.
The 4 l35th Gommene cement exercises
of Brown University my Alma Mater
are in progress. The survivors Of my
Fold class hare q re.lnion next Tuesday
and On W Wednesday the { graduating ok
|ercises VIII be held I'M ths old First
Baptist church. It seems j beyond be
nee II tx, F r,SS,S 1ScaSad