Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-05-12
Sunday in Boston.

dAu nearQ at almOSL any Time, we de-
l.cided to visit a church of historic
interest, the Old North Church built
| in 1923 in what was at that time the
centre of the city near the home Of
Paul Revere which we also viewed
from the exterior as it was Sunday
and we could not enter. The Old
North Church is like st. Michaels in
Charleston except for the fact that
charleston has remained as an aris-
tocratic residential section just
where is was from the beginning,
whereas here, the desirable attrac-
tons, such as educational institu-
tions have gradually moved west
Ward, and left this quaint part of
Boston almost entirely in the hands
of foreigners. 1t is a long distance
from the section of the city which /
am told is exclusive Boston. As I
left the train on my arrival here on
Friday evening last Carst, as they
say here,) lady who had been in
conversation with me, said "You
need have no fears, anyone who gets
off anywhere in the Back Bay Sec
ton is all right, it is the most aris-
tocratic part of Boston" 1 told her
Isdidn't know anything about that,
but hoped I wouldn't be entirely out
Of place.
s In Old North Church, the pulpit
stands high with a winding stair,
which we viewed from the very high
lH enclosed seats. AS I entered, the
people were standing and their heads
were SO low over the tops of the seats
Ethought they were sitting down. We
occupied seat on which was name
plate of Col. josiah Ahy, 1924. I'm
agine the poor little puritan maidens
seatedsin those places where they
could see nothing unless standing up
IN their seats and listening for hours
to- some dry sermon, and then there
were the long gs,rods with brass ends.
standing in the middl aisles Just as
tsey did iI1 those earl days with
Wnich n Z to sSF tap -sthem on JfieS headFm
they or anyone should happen to nod.
AS we approached the church,
there were hundreds of foreigners
standing out on the streets and in
them, jabbering and talking, and fl
nally little ragged boy, (all Of them
were not ragged, however,) walked
Just in front of US and evidently
recognizing that we were strangers
began to talk with amazing rapidity,
and we paid no attention to him. AS
we reached the gate of the church, he
turned around, faced US, spread out
his arms and bowed, saying, "And
this is the Old North Church" We
understood then that he had been
trying to tell US about it all the time,
and we thanked him, and / would
have brought him home with me II
I could. This was repeated by some
what more genteel and handsomer
boy as we approached Paul ReVer re's
house. am told that when Grand
Opera comes to Boston that these
Italians flock to get the seats to such
an extent that there is hardly room
for the natives, and understanding
the Italian language in which large
part of it is sung, they become the
most enthusiastic portion of the su-
dience, taking possession of the ap-
plause with their vcciferous and ap-
preciative "bravos."
After being seated in the Old
North Church and carefully shut lrlto
our section we began at once to be
interested. The walls contained many
marble and other tablets, memorials
and historical information of great
interest. One tablet gave the names
of benefactors to the early church,
among them being Peter Fanueil,
Paul Revere, Sir Christopher Wren
and Sir Francis Nicholson, one OF the
early governors of South Carolina
There was also memorial to Sam
uel Nicholson, distinguished naval
officer of a somewhat later date. His
tory says that most of the French
Huguenots settled in the Carollnas'
but a few to New England, as the
names of Fanueil and Revere indl-
cate. On one pew there was an ex-
ira silver plate saying it was the seat
of Paul Revere, had been purchased
hv bic con and was still the property