Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-09-01
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very fine hotel, beautifully furnish
| ed, and reasonable for working
man.
We took in show, and then re-
tired. The next day we went sight
seeing. We visited the Charles
town Navy Yard, Paul Revere's
| house and it's colonial relics, Old
North Church where the patriots
hung. the lantern to signal Paul
Revere of the British approach up
the Charles river; then to Bunker
Hill to see the monument. Here
little raggamuffin seeks out VIC
tim, and begins telling him the u. S.
!, history he learned when he was a
! boy. These little urchins know this
/ part of the. U. S. history on their
| finger tips. This site is known and
called Bunker Hill, but we were
told by the urchins as we'll as the
! guides that Bunker Hill is really
about couple of miles back, but
that the general commanding the
American forces decided to hold
this hill known, I believe, if I re-
member rightly, as Breeds Hill, be-
cause it gave them better view of
| the enemy approaching. But be-
hold Bunker Hill, this site has been
! called Bunker HILL" However the
two hills are only small distance
apart.
Then we took the educational
tour through Harvard; saw the
, home of Longfellow. The people of
| Boston are highly cultivated, and it
| is pleasure to talk with them. I
saw the famous Boston Commons. I
confess l never had such disap-
pointment in all my life. / had
! heard SO much about the Boston
Commons that 1 was really expect
| ing a thrill of some kind, and that
which greeted my eyes was a plain
| lot just like our own commons here
| in McConnelsville We drove out
Commonwealth avenue which is
considered the bonton section of
Boston. The homes are looked up
ON as beautiful there, but I cer-
tainly could not see any beauty
there. I said Mass Sunday morning
at the exclusive Notre Dame acad-
emy for women, and then we left
Boston and drove into New Hamp-
shire. The coast line of New Hamp-
shire is gorgeous. There were
thousands of people bathing in the
cool salt water of the Atlantic which
looked very inviting. We dined at
Rye Beach. and had a most tasty
dinner. There we met a man who
had just returned from the route I
was taking, and he told me a harem
scarem story about wildcats and
bears in the mountains, until the
ladies'in our party were scared to
go on, especially since we were near
the mountains. We drove into
Maine and through part of the ia
nous Maine woods, then into New
Hampshire again where we put up
for the night The next day we
went through the White mountains,
and then into the Green mountains
in Vermont. There are many beau
tiful lakes and summer resorts in
both of these states. However,
| many of these are for the rich. We
! crossed over into Canada from Ver-
mont, and went to Quebec. Visited
! the famous shrine of st. Anne-de-
Beau-Prey about 20 miles outside
of the city of Quebec. The church
is being built anew, since the old
one was burned down. We saw here
crutches and canes left by those
who were miraculously cured
through the prayers and intercession
of St. Ann the mother of the Blessed
Virgin Mary.
We then drove on to Montreal, 10
see the famous shrine Of st. Joseph.
Here there were hundreds of crutch-
es, body braces, canes, ETC., which
have been left there by people who
have been cured through the pray
ers and intercession of good ST.
Joseph. We then drove around
Montreal. 1t is very beautiful
city We then continued on to
Toronto. AS the ladies in the party
had to go shopping, we missed
most beautiful boat ride across to
Niagara. We arrived at the Falls
just in time to see them lit up by the
powerful lights, which certainly is
marvellous sight. The next day we
viewed them more thoroughly. 1t
surely is an impressive sight to see
those tons and tons of water come
pouring, smashing, pounding and
laundering over the great Falls.
Having satisfied our thirst for
ton. 1t was wonderful trip, rich
with magnificent scenery and edu-
cation, reasonable in price. If pos
sible, no one who can, should fail to
take it.