Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-05-20
Something CheerfuIs Historical Tours.
Bo,ton's Revolutionary Section.

Boston Revolutionary Section.
Let 'cr 90. Bill-thc >cats are FULL"
We are now going 10 Boyl>ton T.. ia
nous for its year'round torn-up rondi-
tion. When il isn't having 4 subway in
serted. i; j. being dynamItcd for denis.
maulcd for macadam, or blasted for bal
last.
''On Your left il the Massachusetts In
%stitutc of Technology, renowned for its
graduate who will never curse the
world with poetry. descriptions of near
nature or humorous stories. on your
right j. the Daylight Building. 50 called
On account of its being able 10 knock
The daylight ont Of other blocks when il
comes 10 sunshine and ventilation.
Bumpcty bump Bumpety bump. Bump
ely bumpbump.
ION vur right II the Colonial Theatre.
famous for its two dollar seats and
.kippy shows. II stands ON the Sps where
the cow used to 20 thro' the gate Ia the
Common. which was set aside in the
early Sometimes" aS Il cud %champing
ground for retired bovincS. On the corner
stands the Hotel Tourainc. where David
Warficld praised the rolls they served
for breakfast on the morning Of May the
third. nineteen eight.
w are now going down fremont St.
the busiest and finest shopping district
for miles around.
On the hill YOU will see the State
House. The dome is covered with pure
gold leaf every 81 often for the paltrN
sum of "A thou and a fifth. The Frog
Pond is over there some placc-So tagged
because there are no frogs in it.
Bumpety- bump Bumpcty bump. Bump
ETY. bnmp-bump.
We are nov passing the Foamy Soda
Fountain. where they serve the highest
schooners Of strawberry iizZ IN Ma>>achu-
sets. II stands on the site Of Henry
Fernald's chicken coop. which WAS moved
to Dedham on a whcclbarrow in the fall
of 1910.
The building directly opposite i the
one Daniel Webster used Ia stand in
front of while irying 10 decide on moving
to No. Il.
Now We are tectering thro' the SkHllN
Square known az the Hub Of the Uni
verse. There are nine streets that empty
their tantalizing traffic into the square
daily. They are often spoken Of a. the
|SpokcS. The subway en-. rance - the cap
over the Hub and if a man can't gct
lost here he j. either a visitor who hasn't
learned how yet. or AN dc settler who
went away and forget.
We are now humping along Hanover
street the only lane i'm town retaining lis
Original German name. The longest
sphagctti in the world j. served ON This
street. III the daily output were placed
end on end il would Ic longer han Wash
ingtOn ltSreet- the one We Just crossed
and that wuuld h. SOME >paghrt. a.
the path leads from Providence. RoSton.
to Providence. Il. l. tSamc name all the
way out-yery S~tranec.1
q your LEFT il the first pair Of scales
Old Man Fairbanks ever made. They
weigh as much now as they ever did-aS
they are i'm u constant daily use.
"on your right is the Relief Hospital.
IL anything happens Ia this car we'll in
|spect THE interior later.
W. are nearing the North station.
where 50 MANY trains come in daily that
the natives have long given up the habit
OF going down 20 the depot 10 watch the
engines pull in.
The elevated j. the Sweat music we
hear overheard. Before the extension
was built from Dudley to Forest Hills il
was Boston's most popular five cent mer-
'ry go-round. but the "All out-no pas
sengers-this ear goes Ia the woodShed"
slogan discouraged tho belt liners. so now
we all have 10 take the subway To New
ton and walk back for amusement and
exercise.
We will now curl up in u sleeping