Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-08-15

joined usf or trip through the Berk-
shire hills and they surely were
treat.
The next stop was at Plymouth. we
saw the Plymouth Rock. Many of the
things that came over in the Nav
Hover are at the Pilgrim hall We
could see the monument to Miles Stan
dish from a distance. The date on
Plymouth Rock is 1920.
Our next stop was Boston. Here with
a card OF introduction from John Howe
to his brOther-in- law, Or. ]. Arthur
Jones, we certainly did see Boston.
perhaps more than most people see of
1t who live there. The doctor ushered
us up and down streets some of which
were not over six feet wide 1t was in
such places that many of the old relics
were, such as the Bell in Hand" a
large hand and arm made of iron hold
ing bell, dated 1886, and the Boston
stone, a big, fiat stone with a large
round stone on the top of it. This
they think was used in grinding wheat.
This town OF Boston has many monu-
ments, too numerous to mention. One
IS to George T. Angel, founder and
Tor many years president of the HUI
name Society. We saw the house Of
Paul Revere, and stood on the spot in
front Of the old state house where the
first blood was shed in 1776. The
stones Of the street at that spot are
all laid in circle. The old state house
still stands and is surely we'll pre-
served. We were through it, Here
Franklin's first engine still finds shell
ter, also many other old relics. The
old customs house still stands. Years
and increased population called for
more rooms, SO it was decided to build
upon and strengthen the old founda-
j ton, and now that is BOston's only sky
scraper, 1913 feet in height. One hun
dred twenty-five feet is Boston's lin
/ it. But the governmental id this. and
ia grand piece Of work it is, with
big lighted clock in the tower that can
! be seen many miles away. One of the
many things here that were of spe-
clal interest to me was the Bunker Hill
monument, which stands on Breeds
/ hill, and it was on this hill that the
battle known as Bunker Hill was
] fought. The space covered by this hill
would about cover our entire square
space at Lancaster, and the hill is
quite light and this big monument
which is 225 feet high stands right in
the center of it. This is at Charles
ton, Mass, right across the river from
Boston. DR.. Jones and his wife are
numbered among the cleyerest people
| have ever met. BY the way, he was
/ born and raised at Lancaster. We will
never forget our visit with the Jones's.
This place portland, Me.) is a very
fine place. We were here all day and
saw much. We were at the house
where Henry w. Longfellow was born.
He also had a latter home here and
one at Cambridge, Mass.
/ There are 365 islands on the bay
here and some Of our greatest forts
are here. We saw one of the big guns
taken from the Maine that was sunk
by the Spaniards 1t is mounted here
at Bay park. We were at two shows
here and I never saw such big the
aires before in my life. We start out
tomorrow for the White mountains,
Green mountains, Catskills. and the
/ Thousand Islands
We hope that all of our dear old
Lancaster friends are we'll. We ex-
pect to be back about September I.
! With regards to all, The Schades