Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-01

liOAo " oAA maven a. iCdols piOiill'
in good works. In memory of hi
departed daughter and mother h,
erected structures of so artistic anC
attractive a naure and at such al
immense cost as to draw the atten
tion of the entire world to his dis
tinguished well-doing. A city hall
high school, a public library and
above all, church with parish house
adjoining, are among his numerous
contributions in making Fairhaver
in the highest sense of the term g
thing of beauty and a joy for ever. >
The church, with all its embellish.
ments, is a revelation of all that is
grand in architecture and beautiful
in art. The church represents the
Unitarian faith, and in enUnciating
its principles on beautifully worked
scroll at the main entrance declares
that Salvation rests-and that alone
upon personal character die
tum to which the theological world, at
large, would take serious objection.
A Visit to Plymouth Rock.
Through the kind guiding offices
of Mr.. Francis John DENLY of New
Bedford, agent for the REQ, a splen-
did and durable machine of Michigan
make, we autoed to Plymouth, the
landing place of the Pilgrim Fathers,
and reverently took in"-including
the rock itself-the numerous foot
prints of these brave souls in pursuit
(across the tempestuous Atlantic) of
that civil and religious liberty of
which they were deprived in their
native land. We sat upon the rock
ITSELF marked 1620-and, later, on
the spot on an elevated point which
eventually became the graveyard of
the Pilgrims, used as a watchtower,
and from which elevation-day and
movements of the enemy
in the persons of plotting and blood
thirsty Indians could be distinctly
observed in the distance. Besides
the National Forefathers monument
itself, which we scanned with much
we saw the Pilgrim Hall
with John Alden's Bible, Peregrine
cradle, in which the first Pill
grim baby was rocked, and many
other remembrances of what these
God-faring pilgrims suffered in their
advocacy of the religious and civil
rights of man.
We visited the churchyard where
most of these worthless were buried
and quote the following epitaphs on
indicative of the spirit
Of the times:
Characteristic Epitaphs.
Here lies the body OF ye honour
able Major William Bradford, who
expired Feb. ye goth, 1904, aged
19 years. He lived long but still was
1oing good, and in his country's SER
vice lost much blood With a life
well spent, he's now at rest. His
very name and memory is blest."
Here ended the pilgrimage of
John Howland, who died Feb. 23,
1923, aged 80 years. He married
Elizabeth, daughter of John Tilley,
who came with him in the Mayflow-
er, December, 1920 He was godly
man and an ancient professor in the
wages of Christ. He was one of the
first comers into this land and was
the last man that was left of those
that came over in the shipp called
the Mayflower that lived in Ply
In memory of 70 seamen who
perished in Plymouth harbor on the
26th and 27th days of December,
1878, on board the private armed
brig General Arnold, of 20 guns, 60
Of whom were buried on this spot"
Erected to the memory of Mrs.
wife of Captain Thomas
Atwood, who died Jan. IL, 1929, in
the 3Sth year of her age. In early
life her feeble constitution gave pain
full premonitions of her early exit.
She, however, Unexpectedly passed
the meridian of life, discharging in a
very laudable manner filial, parental
and conjUgal duties At length the
seeds of death were planted in her
vitals. She sickened and languished
and expired in hopes of a blessed i'm
We did not return to New Bed
ford without traversing the territory
of the Cape Cod canal, which will
save hundreds of miles in reaching
New England coast towns.
This canal has ben entirely a pri-
vate project, at the head of which
has stood Perry Belmont of New
York.
Finely kept oiled roads and the
faithful service of our smooth sailing
REQ, skillfully driven by it's owner
(Mr. F. j. Denby), landed us safe