Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-09-24
OBSERVATIONS in EAST
FORMER yIROQUA GIRL AT BOS-
TON CONVENTION
Visits Historic Sections of Our Coun-
try-Writes Interestingly of Her
Sight Seeing
Boston. Mass, August %.

Boston, Mass, August %.
Editor Censor: Mr. Shields and
myself are here attending the Rexall
Peace Jubilee convention and also tax
ing in many of the old historic places
in Boston and nearby towns.
There are 1000 Rexall druggists
here at the meeting, from all parts of
the world as well as from every state
in the Union. | am sorry the Viroqua
Rexall man couldn't be here so they
would realize in the east that Viroqua
was on the map. / met and had chat
with the Rexall man from Dairen.
He is a member of assembly from
Walworth county and speaker of that
body, Mr.. Riley S. Young. When
gave my talk at the business meeting
at Symphony Hall Wednesday fore
noon, you should have heard his yell,
Wisconsin. Tuesday afternoon we
autoed out to the Blue Hills of Mas
sachusetts. We passed by the old
Jonathan Fairbanks house built in
1886. 1t still looks good for another
100 years. We had beautiful drive
through the Fens, diversified park
system, comprising lis acres of land
and water. Then through Brooklyn
and Jamaica Pond, drives which are
very beautiful. The Blue Hill Range
is a sight one will never forget. Their
highest summit is highest point of
land to be found on the Atlantic coast
If your eyes are keen you can discern
on the tiptop of Great Blue Hill, the
meteorological observatory founded by
the late A. Laurence Rotch and now
maintained by Harvard University.
After our business session Wednes-
day morning we autoed out to Cam
bridge and saw Harvard University,
also the large tree under which Wash
ington stood when he took his first
command and where he knelt down
in prayer. Then we went on to Lex
ington; while there we visited the old
Munroe tavren and the room where
Washington dined November 18th, 1889;
in this room the first Masonic lodge
was held. There are so many histor-
ic places that | would need cook to
tell of all of them. At Concord we
saw the old battle field where so many
British and minute men fell. We had
dinner at the Wright Tavren which
was headquarters of Major Pitcairn
and the British officers on the morn
ing of April 19, 1775. 1t was built in
1747. We took stroll through Sleepy
Hollow burying grounds; here we saw
Emerson's grave, the Alcott lot, Haw-
thorne's grave and where the great
steel king, Andrew Carnegie, is buri-
ed. We attended a concert by the
great singer, John Mccormack, at
Symphony hall. We had clam bake
at Gloucester, August 81 and it will
no doubt never be forgotten by the
1000 who sat down to this wonderful
affair. I'll briefly give some facts
about this clambake. Boston's fam
GUS caterer, Mr.. Cook, who has con-
Quoted all of the big conventions for
the United Drug Co. was in charge.
A week ago Mr.. Cook began shipping
material to Gloucester, four carloads,
"a motor lorries and big boat load;
over 300 employees had been working
like beavers to serve this hot delight
full dinner. Forty ton of rock had to
be hauled into position for the clam
bake. twenty-five cords of hard
wood were cut last winter to cook the
covered one acre of ground 1t took
10000 feet of lumber to build the
tables for the crowd; $4,000 pieces of
china, glass and silver, and 5000 feet
of linen. All the fish, clam and lob
ohNlo WCAC Taught a lew
miles from where we ate this appetiz-
ing dinner. The Essex county farm
ers furnished 5000 ears of corn and
this was all baked with the inside
husks on. The Ipswich CLAIMS are the
most wonderful of all CLAIMS. The
5000 Holsters started life on the little
island across the bay. | guess our
southern delegates brought the tons
of sweet potatoes and watermelons
with them. Today we go 10 the north
shore for lunch and tonight we have
the peace jubilee carnival at the Cop
ley Plaza Hotel The United Drug
Co. have leased the whole ground
floor for tonight for this midsummer
night frolic. Saturday we take a
boat to New York and we will spend
a few days at Washington, ID. C. At
ter all the sightseeing so far, | have
seen nothing as beautiful as the CAPT
tol city of Wisconsin, surrounded by
its lakes and natural scenery.
With kindest wishes, I'll close.
Yours fraternally,
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