The Republican journal., 1911-06-08

guide we climbed the Old North Church
steeple to the belfry where the lanterns
were hung to warn Paul Revere Of the
approach of the British. Much to our
delight the sexton played the "Swanee
River" on the chimes for us. We passed
through s'Little Italy" of $1,000 inhabi-
tants and later entered Faheuil Hall, the
"Cradle of Liberty" Over the speakers
chair was seen the celebrated painting of
Webster's Reply to Hayne. At the time
of our approach the Bar Tenders Union
was holding meeting there. From
there by trolley we crossed the Mystic
River and into Charlestown to 60 up in
Bunker Hill monument. In front of the
monument on the green the spot was
marked where General Warren was kill
ed by the British. The bronze statue of
Colonel Prescott occupies the spot where
he is supposed to have stood at the open
ing of the famous battle. A story is told
of an Irishman who visited here and
going up to the monument pointed to the
word Colonel and spelt ''c-o-lcolonel, On
e-l, O'Neil. Shure and the Irishmen
were great fighters" said he.
From here we rode out to historic Lex
ington and Concord. We stopped at Lex
ington Green, where was fought the first
battle of the Revolution. Fronting the
green and surmounting drinking foun-
tain is bronze statue Of Capt. John
Parker, the commander of the minute
men. Nearby is the old Buchanan Tav-
ern, the headquarters of the minute men
on the night before the battle Across
the green is the Merriam House, called
ga witness of the BATTLE" for here a
mother and sister watched from their
windows overlooking the battlefield
where the son and brother was killed.
In the upper corner of the green is a
boulder on which is inscribed: Lime of
the minute men, April 10, ITS. Stand
your ground. Don't fire unless fired
upon, but if they mean war let it begin
here: Captain Parker" We visited the
Hancock-C Clarke house, full of historic
relics, where were sleeping Samuel
Adams and John Hancock when aroused
by Paul Revere.
In Concord we went through Sleepy
Hollow cemetery and on Indian Ridge
saw the graves of Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Henry Thoreau, Louisa Alcott, Ralph
Waldo Emerson and Senator George
Frisbee Hoar.
On our way to the old North bridge
we passed by the Old Manse, made
famous by Nathaniel Hawthorne's
"Mosses from an Old Manse," and the
Elisha Jones house, pierced by British
bullet. The battle monument on this
side of the bridge marks the spot where
the British were repulsed and in grave
nearby rest the bodies of the two Brit
ish soldiers killed here Crossing the
bridge, reproduction of the old bridge,
we saw the famous statue of the minute
man in the garb Of farmer soldier
about to leave his plough in answer to
the call to arms. The statue was cast in
bronze from condemned cannon given by
Congress, and its sculptor was Daniel E.
French of Concord. From here we went
to the Wright Tavern, now restaurant,
once the British headquarters of Major
Pitcairn, where we were shown the bar
at which, while stirring his today, he
made his famous boast that he would
stir the blood of the d. Yankee reb-
els before night
On the following day, Friday, we went
out to Harvard square, Cambridge, where
new subway is in process of construction
which will connect Cambridge and Bos-
ton. The 1-2 mile ride to Boston, which
now takes thirty-ive minutes, will take
but six minutes by the underground
route. We went over the grounds of
Harvard University, the oldest and rich
est college in America, through the Fogg
museum of art, the Germanic museum,
to which Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany
has sent many specimens, and the Agassis
museum, where were seen the most beau
tiful glass flowers closely resembling
real ones. The art of making these flow
ers is known only to German botanist.
The Wells memorial contains the hall
where the graduation exercises of Har-
ward college take place. This building
was erected by the alumni as memorial
to the Harvard men who died in the Civil
War. We stood under the Washington
elm, nearly 400 years old, under which
Washington first took command of the
American forces. The tree shows the
damaging influences of lightning, having
been struck three times. On Brattle
street we saw Longfellow' home, at one
time Washington's headquarters. In
this house still lives Alice Longfellow,
daughter of the poet. Across from the
house is the Longfellow Park, sloping
down to the Charles river. In accord
ance with Longfellow's expressed wish
this land was bought and turned into a
park that the view of the Charles river
from his house might never be obstruct-
ed. Across the Charles river was seen
the Harvard athletic grounds and the