Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-09-20
Report of Interesting Trip

weeks ago today Il. "A. McLa1n, Mr..
and Mrs. C. T. Lowell, and l left
Mountville for a trip through the
east and a visit with Rev. and Mrs.
C. M. Coulter of Hull, Mass, who
returned to Ohio with us. Mrs.
Coulter is my sister, formerly Mary
Lowell.
We travelled north through Co
lumbus and Cleveland and Buffalo,
and of course visited Niagara Falls.
Then we started east across New
York, by way of the ."million dollar
highway" and Mohawk river, cross
ing the Hudson at Albany. The mo-
tor club at Albany advised us to
take the northern route, SO we cross
ed Massachusetts, by way of the
famous old Mohawk trail and we
feel we can never quite lose all the
beauty of that beautiful winding
mountain road We were not able
to reach our destination on Satur-
day as we had hoped, but staid that
| night in historic Concord, passing
the next morning through Lexing-
ton, Cambridge and Boston. 1t was
an intensely hot Sunday and we
soon found ourselves in line of
cars, for the city was migrating to
the beaches to escape the heat. We
passed Nantucket at about two and
at four no more cars could enter.
We found my sister and her husband
anx1ously waiting, and were soon
enjoying fine fish dinner 1t was
most lucky for us inlanders that
Rev. Coulter's charge should be in
the east, for Hull is located almost
at the end of a long narrow penin-
sula which partly incloses Boston
harbor, Nantucket beach being be-
tween Hull and the mainland. To
reach Boston, you drive over perfect
roads, 26 miles, or cross the bay,
nine miles, The population of Hull
peninsula is about 1000 in the win
ter and $4,000 in the summer.
OF course we visited the beach
and went to Boston by boat as many
times as we could crowd in, but we
had two very delightful trips. On
our first Tuesday we drove to
PrOVincetown. Provincetown is at
the tip of Cape Cod and is supposed
to be the artists paradise on account
of the beauty of the sea under differ
ent conditions. We drove through
the streets which are so narrow that
cars must creep cautiously through
them, climbed the high tower which
overlooks the sea for miles, pur-
chased fish and steak and fruit and
drove back to hunting lodge lust
outside of Barnstable. This lodge
was set back among the pine trees,
and the mosquitoes were both nu-
merous and enormous, but the win
dows were screened and the lodge
was well equipped tor our needs.
The following day we visited Barns
table. the old town from which my
fathers grandparents migrated to-
Ohio so many years ago, and we
spoke of how grandmother had made
her one trip back from her wilder
ness home here to visit her relatives
there, driving all that distance with
only her young son for a companion.
There are still LovellS and Sturgises
living in Barnstable, and the old
Sturgis house is there, used for a IL
brary now. We came on to Ply
mouth and saw most of it.
On Friday afternoon we attended
for President Harding at Nantucket
park, and in the evening one at the
church. Everywhere we went we
were impressed with the feeling of
people mourning for friend, and
believe that the cause of the gen
uineness of the peoples grief was
Warren G. Harding's friendliness
and kindness.
The following week we made a
trip through the White mountains.
going by way of Portland, Me-,
north of Long Lake, through Craw-
ford Notch; passed Mt. Washington,
"the old man of the mountain"
FrancOnia Notch and home by way
of Manchester, Concord, n. H.,
Nashua, Lowell, Concord, Lexington
and Cambridge. The beauty of the
White mountains cannot be deserib-
ed, the fine road winding through
the mountains with the treeg meet
ing overhead or opening to show
some immense cliff or pine covered
mountain towering up beside you.
The hotels are marvellous, and we
saw the wreck of the immense Pro-
file House which had burned the
week before we were there.
AT Concord we visited the graves
of Emerson, Hawthorne and the AL
colts, the old Concord bridge and
Orchard House, the home of Little |
Women."s At Cambridge we saw
Craigie House, Howard and Rad |
cliffe colleges and Washington's |
elm.
We left Hull Aug. 20. passing
through Worcester, Springfield and
seeing Interstate park |
which contains the purifying foun-
tains and immense dam which are
parts of New York Gitys water sup
ply, and camped at Elmsford. The
next morning we drove to Dobbs |
Ferry and called upon mothers
nephew, H. H. Danford who is as
sistant superintendent of the New
YORK Juvenile farm there. We left
our car and baggage at the home
One of the employees took us to the
depot and we took train down to
the city, spending the day there
and returning in the evening to visit
with my cousin. The next day we
drove down the Hudson, through
New York, crossed the ferry, and
passed through Newark, meeting
cousin George Jones at Mont Clair. |
Mr.. Jones took us up into the noun
tains to his summer home which is
beside beautiful lake. Mrs. Jones
was formerly Juanita Danfcrd and |
she and H. H. Danford are the chill |
dren of Rev. Tom Danford who was
we'll known in this and Athens coun- |
ties