The mirror., 1923-03-29


merchants. Marblehead contains many
queer buildings and still holds many
queer customs. Her glory as port how
ever, is of the past, as no more do great
sailing fleets make it the end of their
voyages, and the town is rather quiet
place. A fine boulevard connects it with
Salem, the Witch city.
Salem has a fine harbor, and was the
port from which great fleets of whaling
and trading vessels set forth. Here, too,
was where many innocent persons were
burned, under the belief that they were
witches, and wrought charms upon the
population, causing sicknesses and death.
Here, also, many notorious pirates were
executed on what is still called Gallows
Hill, now a district of fine residences.
AT Salem, and its suburb, Peabody, are
located immense plants given to leather
making. Here, also is located the House
of Seven Gables, now used as a tea inn;
and here also is located the Peabody In
stitute, wherein are some of the finest
collections of pictures, paintings, and
other works of art, of New England's
early days. Here, also, is great mu-
scum, built and furnished by the old East
Indies Mercantile Co., with its collection
of articles collected by the captains of the
old sailing vessels that piled their trade
all over the world. Within its walls are
models of hundreds of vessels famous in
our early maritime history, as well as In
dian relics of all kinds.
Crossing the bay onto the other side
one enters Beverly, the Garden City,
founded by the Cabots. Here, in church
built in 1890, and still used as such, was
held the first Sunday school in the United
States. The city at one time was part
of Salem but became independent about
1864. The city consists of Beverly
proper, Beverly Farms, Pride's Crossing,
and Montserrat.. Between Prides Cross
ing and short distance east of Beverly
Farms lie the summer residences of many
of our great captains of industry; Frick,
Ayers, Bennett and others live there dur
ing about nine months of the year. Shoe
making is the chief industry, as is shoe
machinery making, Beverly being the
main plant of the United Shoe Machinery
Co., whose machines are sent to all parts
of the world.
Passing out of Beverly eastward, along
the State Highway Boulevard, we pass
through the little town of Manchester-by-
the-Sea, the summer home of many famous
artists, to that fsh-smelling city of Glou-
cester. You know you are approaching
it long before it appears because of the
smell of cod drying in the open air. From
Gloucester go great fleets of fishing
schooners to the Banks. Here, also is
located large glue factories, ship yards,
and fsh-packing plants. There is large
of Portuguese among its popu-
lation. In cathedral is set of nine
chime bells that are wonderful to listen
to. Being engaged in the fishing trade,
the smell, the talk and the work reeks of
fish, and the traveller is willing to drive on,
through Magnolia, small typically New
England village, to the city of Rockport,
where at Lands End the North Shore
ends and the broad Atlantic lies between
one and Europe.
Rockport's chief industries are fishing
and quarrying Here was built the first
railway in our country, line connecting
the mammoth quarry with tidewater.
Many rich people have built residences
on the rocky headlands of the coast and
it does large tourist-trade business. The
and is very rocky along the shore and as
it lies exposed to the open sea the waves
boom, boom, all the time. For the past
few years Rockport has been the maneu-
vering ground for the destroyer fleet.
From Rockport the land curves to the
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