The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-12-16
Glimpses from Interesting Diary
Continued From Page Four

ing 10 ner on aHalrS out as L nau no
relish for such subjects | made no in
quiries. At the halfway house We
took dinner-that is. those who were
willing to pay 81 IL cents for it
the table as i'll provided-and here,
too, the same stiff GOODNESS prevailed,
which had distinguished our journey,
and lady and two gentlemen to help
us make the silence amiable. At
length We got into the coach and pro-
ceeded on our journey. bingham is
a very pleasant looking village. l
saw the Office of the Gazette, which l
admired much for its situation.
Sometime in the afternoon we entered
Quincy. which is, l think, the hand
soonest country place | ever saw. 1t
appeared to be. chiey. gentlemen's
country seats. handsome homes and
the premises near them in a high
state of Improvement Our road lay
elongsde of the handsome granite
church in this place. 1t cost $4,000,
and is a very fine building. l was in
formed by a fellow passenger, whom
/ We took in at the hotel in this place,
/ that the chief promoter of this work
was J, Q. Adams. ex-president of the
/ t. S. and whose mansion house was
/ pointed out to us at the distance, as
! | should think, of about two miles
/ from the church. 1t is the house in
which the owner died, little distance
! from the main road. The building is
two stories high, bears the marks of
time and has Lutheran windows in
the top Saw at the distance of two
miles the site of the railroad, which
extends from the Neponset river,
miles into Quincy to a large quarry
of granite. which is conveyed on the
road to the river and put on board
flat-bottomed boats. which are dragged
down the river to Boston by steam
boat.
About 5 o'clock We entered Boston
by crossing South Boston bridge Our
family caused us a great deal of trou-
BILE, as she did not know where she
wanted to be left. However, We left
her at the bottom of Essex st. For
my own part left the stage at the
post office and made the best OF my
way to Joys, where | took supper,
after having found that the kenne-
bunk packet would not sail before
Friday night | walked around town
a little and at o'clock went to Mr..
JOYS house and went to bed. A
Young man showed me the way to the
house and slept in the same chamber.
On our way he took occasion to tell
me. an utter stranger that he owned
farm and had property to the
amount of 1000, which was altogether
incredible. l, however. seemingly as
sented. but when we went to bed took
care to secure my money as | had
suspicious that all was not right.
Some time in the night | was awak-
ened by the ringing of bells and the
cry of fire. accompanied by the noise
of engines as they ratified along the
pavements. Got up the next morning
about sunrise and found all right.
Spent the day in rowing about town
visited the packet and found an old
school-mate CWaldo Durriln who had
lust returned from a voyage to st
Petersburg. and intended going to
Epnnebunk in the same packet with
J myself. Capt George Perkins found
at the same place. He invited me To
call at his house in keennebunk-Port
Witnessed tho parade of the d "
who marched out Of Faneuil Hall
making a very splendid appearance
Their uniforms consisted of long
, black coats. trimmed with gold lace
end pantaloons of the same material
with fur caps II is probable they
broke few bottles of wine before
they retired for the night Today
standing opposite the p. o" l was
accoetod by two little girls, or )
) Years of age. bareheaded, each OF
them With a piece of --- tied round
their heads. over one eye. One OF
them asked me to give her few
cents to buy her some bread. etc.
Turning round at the same instant !
perceived the other one esmiling at
the trick they were playing Thls
raised my suspicious and I made her
no answer but watched them pretty
narrowlv. They passed on a little
di4tqnce and one began to chide the
other for not playing her part more
seriously They then made the same
: appeal 10 man who was passing by
INIT took no notice of them. Then
hcv enjoyed a hearty laugh and pro-
cocded imposing upon whomsoever
they could.
Same day went over W buuhtl III
Monument in CharlestoWn.
Visited the Common. On
the west side is ditch surrounding q
mote but by whom built or for what
cannot tell. Afternoon went up in
10 the cupola of the State House
which commands a fine view of the
city All the upper part of the Gu
Dola is inscribed with names of visit
ors There are names which would
sink many a Russian BUNDLE tumble
doskv into insignilcance. Following
the custom I inscribed my name on a
pane of glass in the southwest side oil
the cupola with a piece of Forefathers
Rock
Saturday night after dark I sailed
t in the "Grae" for Kennebunk- had
( a fine breeze a part of the way and
at sunrise we cwere in sight OF onr
place of destination. Cot into port
about noon We had to female pas
sengers and seven males. the former
Of whom ! found were old aeqnain-
tances.
As We sailed mp the harbor old
scenes and recollections connected
with them pressed quickly and vivid
ly upon mo | was now, after me
absence Of years viewing scenes Whlch
had been familiar in my early enid