The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-06-22

Ironsides being given this name as
lit was never defeated i'm single
battle. and went through the war of
1912. OF course the boat has been
rebuilt, as the original would have
rotted and gone to the bottom
years ago. However il is built as
near like the original as possible,
and great many pieces Of the old
boat can be seen on the one now
holding the name. There was also
submarine in the yard. This is
the firstI have ever seen, and as you
know, they run entirely beneath the
waters surface while in action. The
steering wheel of Dewey's flagship
| is on the Constitution. = The say
ing get onto the ropes originated
on odd Ironsides''
We then went to the battle ground
lof the battle of Bunker Hill. The
battle Of Bunker Hill was fought on
Breeds Hill and not Bunker Hill, as
always have supposed. When VIM.
Prescott was ordered to fortify Bun
ker Hill he didn't know that there
was another hill between the coast
and Bunker Hill and stopped on the
first one, which is Breeds Hill, and
there the battle was fought. The
Bunker Hill monument is erected on
Breeds Hill.
We saw the old home Of Paul Re
we're, and the place where he mount
ed his horse to make the famous
Midnight Ride We also visited
the Old North Church, which is
still being used. 1t was in this
church that the signal lights were
hung for Paul Revere. The bricks
for this church were imported from
England, also the furniture. The
old organ is still there which was
used in 1855. The saying niger
heaven" originated in this church.
There being place reserved for the
slaves, near the roof.
Then we saw the famous old GEM
etery, the Granary Burial Ground
where Samuel Adams. the parents
of Benz. Franklin, Paul Revere and
John Hancock are buried. This in
cludes about all we saw this morn
ing. | think Boston is the cleanest
city / ever saw. In Boston proper
there are 100000 people, and great
er Boston has II millions.
There is large park, 49, acres
right in the business section. This
afternoon we left at 2 o'clock and
went to Cambridge. | was much
disappointed in the buildings at the
Harvard III. They are all built out
of common red brick, and not at all
pretty. Cambridge has 10000 but
no hotel or newspaper. We visited
Longfellow's old home, where some
relative Of his still lives, saw the
quill pens he used, and also his
writing desks. He had two, one
high one where he would stand and
write when he got tired Of sitting
We saw the home of Oliver w.
Holmes, the elm tree under which
Washington took command of the
American army. The tree is still
alive and looks good. / cannot re-
member all the noted buildings, but
we saw a bunch of them. Then we
returned to Boston via Common
wealth Ave. which is said to be Sec
ond to none. Nearly every one liv-
ing on this avenue is worth a mil
lion or more. They say this avenue
has so much wealth that every blade
of grass has a greenback, every bird
has bill, and every horse a check.
If this cabling is tiresome for you,
just stop and think what | had to
go through.
Boston has a beautiful harbor, 75
miles square. The inner harbor
contains about 1000 acres. That
reminds me, was on the dock called
the T dock. where the Boston Tea
Party was held, and the tea dumped
into the ocean.
This morning I was down on the
ldock. A lot Of fishing boats had just
arrived with cod, and all sorts of fish
! cod mostly. There is fish calico
Schroede, which is a small cod, anG
talk about your swell breakfast,
tsay, but one of those with bakec