New-York tribune., 1903-01-18

...- 90 ..-,rs AZ F7n+haringav Castle. vest
-..- .,r g,,4a,7 zabett's Lord Burleigh and
--.-E other mementos Of the romantic past
The art5quary upon whom he bestowed ms
7.-.-a~z }..gelietion j. asleep in the churchyard
s1--c with The comfortable vicar. "ho hhe"
fa-- IL make the most Of life without pIeJuuiSe
-, -s, 15ea 10 come The streets Of Old Boston
viii he ransacked in vain for treasure troNe
s7rb As Hawthorne stumbled upon, but there
are t,aokshoTs for d population twenty tunes siS
1a---- and there are Yankee notions temphlsIH
,z5--ra,--5 which mieht allure a prosperous
a,,,a,j.an town If it were turned adrift III Bcs-
t0r Dee-s-
The old Lincolnshire ;cvn. which John Cotton
.-5 q few OF his ueighbors and paIishlonerS
.-a-sfalIE remembered when they entered upon
-r.f-e exile in The bleak wilderness Of Massachu-
r.-ts is neither deficient il practical ablltE nor
N enterprise. Il is well governed nunlclI-iI-
5-- win large resources Of land and renja :
inherited OF purchased from the oldtlHe sUllCS
and with finances 50 skltully managed tl.1' II
,s Unnecessary, TO lev, a borough rate fo- or
.1-arx purposes. There Is no local taxation
g -4-r-r with or without representation. ana
there is as little likelihood Of an Indignation
meeting IN Shodlriars' Han as Of tea party
in The Wash The corporation has not been
content 10 watch listlessly the decadence o.
The fortunes Of a town once influential 4ild
r.-osuerous bur has struggled couTase'usiE TO
avert ruin and depression. When l. became
evident that the port had become worthless
from the drainage OF the marshes the shIliA1Se
Of The river and the sitting of the har"or mouth
= new charneI was cut to deep water. the out
FIJI Of The sluggish and tortuoUs With2m WAS
regulated. and = new and capacIeCs dock WIS
constructed. Nearly million dollars was Ie-
CURED for these improvements. and Boston pro
yi5ed he capital from its own resources b>
rno~.esaius the freehold farms and other prop
e--f-s owned by il These transactions. which
involved a liability Of over sixty dollars for
eyer t-habitant have been sharply criticised
BY some Of The contentious politicians: and the
beneficial results are not observed when the
ir-7rgar-fa1 stranger strclls from the South End
10 -ha rublie gardens and the docks and returns /
~ ferry and bridge 10 the marketplace- am |
not attempting 10 scrutniZe either the operation
Of sinking funds or the methods Of financing /
local improvements. but am content with olleF- /
Ing the evidence that a brave effort has been |
made 10 save the fishing industry and the coast |
wise trade ana that, stagnant as the old town |
appears there has been progress since HaW-
tho-ne's time when the custom house was an |
ordinary dwelling and there was only remnant |
Of the wholesome commercial life of port
The old town after many vicissitudes Of fort |
2 bout the muster Of the Boston during the |
American Revolution. one hundred and htty |
vars after seven Of the famous Pilgrims found !
refuge IN Ieyden from imprisonment in the
dungeons Of the Guildhall, and John Cotton and
two aldermen. Thomas Leverett and Atherton
Hough took passage in the Griffin for Massa-
chusetts where they named the new settlement
after their English home. To the serenity OF
old age IS added a bright and CHEEKY content
raent- II local ambition has !apsed and there
Is no expectation among the fisherfolk ana
sh0pkeeQers that there viii ever be revival
OF industries with the rush and turmoil Of
great city the virtues Of home loving com
rnL1ity remain and Jhere are ~tgns Of thrift,
comfort and nelghborly affection in the modest
houses and smiling groups in the market square.
Probably there IS increased stir and hustle on
market days when the street stalls are filed
With cattle and farmers are shouting for ale in
the taEe-rs and hand organs are sgueaking in
Tho corners. bat ordinarily the streets are silent,
PE .err aft,. train time when the omnibuses Of
three hotels are driven with noisy rumble and
crack &C. the whip at furious pace. That is
The chief source Of excitement in the staid old
town Isy four n the afternoon the business
of the DAY is over, the shops are closed and /
the chimes Of St Botoph's heard like
ourfeH; and there is a solemn stiffness until !