Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-08-21
THE METROPOLIS
OF THE NATION
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machinery works and factories. the
great Huber Hodgeman printing press
works being here; and Mansfield, a
manufacturing city of some impor-
| lance.
Boston is one of the oldest and
wealthiest of American cities, and
contains perhaps more places of his
toric interest for the tourist than any
other place on the continent. So much
of the colonial and early constitution
al history of the thirteen colonies and
later the United States of America
was made about Boston that columns
might we'll be written describing
incidents that would be of interest to
Americans everywhere. Our second
visit to this quaint old city was even
more pleasant than the first, and in
the two days spent there we were
constantly entertained by an ever
changing variety of scenes.
One-twentieth of the wealth of the
United States in within fifty miles of
Boston, one-f fifth of the savings of the
American people in the banks of this
state. Boston is the second port in
America in the volume of business.
Boston has more varied industries
than any other American city 1t is
rich in manufactures, in mines and
mining property, in commerce railroad
and steamship lines and sailing YES
sells. in stocks, bonds and mortgages
OF property. 1t has wonderful archi-
tectural and mechanical attractions in
great variety, magnificent harbor,
and 1000 acres of park lands, the
most varied in the world. It's educa-
tional institutions are world famous,
and its theatres, amusements and
business houses are varied and on an
equal with any city of the world.
The most noticeable feature about
Boston is its narrow, crooked streets,
in the old section of the city. The
streets and alleys are very narrow,
some of them just wide enough for
vehicle to pass through, and they
cross and re-cross in every conceivable
form, so that there is no uniformity
to the buildings or streets, and it is a
very difficult matter for a stranger to
find his way. 1t is said that in the
early colonial days there was a. town
pump in the center of the town, and
the streets were laid out upon the
paths that originally lay between the
town pump and the cottages of the
villagers. There is an air of culture
and refinement perva6ing the city
which is also noticeable to the
stranger. and it seems that the wait
ers, street car conductors. etc. are all
college graduates, for they are courte-
Gus and refined to a remarkable de-
gree for people of such pursuits.
Boston Common is naturally the
first place the tourist sees. This beau.
tiful Park of 4S acres is rich in his
toric lore. A magnificent soldiers
monument crowns Flagstaff Hill,
where the British artillery was sta
toned during the siege of Boston
Here also the British mustered before
Bunker Hill, and in the war of 1912
and the civil war it was a mastering
place for soldiers. A monument COM
memorating the Boston Massacre, and
one to the negroes who fought in the
civil war are also prominent features
of the common. Near by is the Public
Gardens, containing "a acres of rare
and beautiful flowers. trees. etc. On
the common and here are trees from
all parts of the world.
A visit to the Old State House, the
first town house of Boston is indeed
interesting. 1t was built in 1867.
burned, and rebuilt in l713. Here met
colonial courts and legislatures, town
and city governments, and in front of
it occurred the burning of the stamp
clearances and the Boston Massacre.
Here were also the whipping and
stocks.
Faneuil Hall, the cradle of liberty.
is also near by. 1t was built in 1742,
aud was the focus of the revolutionary
movement in Boston and the colonies.
On the ground floor is the famous
Boston market, while the second floor
has the public hall. where many noted
gatherings were held. and on the third
floor il the rooms of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery of Boston, one of
the oldest and most notable societies
OF the nation.
Kings Chapel and burying ground
is also interesting. 1t is Of old Eng
lish architecture, built in 1749, and
here the British officers worshipped
during the siege Of Boston. In the
burying ground, established in 1880
are buried many famous personages,
including Mary Chiffon, passenger
in the Mayflower. In the Granary
buryinp ground not far distant are