| Show I I V A Day at Old Plymouth I I I I 1 In midsummer there cm be no more 1 Interesting oulUrc than a trip to Ply i Il I I mouth which Is thirtyseven miles south of Boston The traveler can go either by rail or by boil the latter bin preferable pre-ferable during the warm weather We teamed out ol Boston Harbor J at nine In the morning Going down the Bay one 11 Haibor of I gets a fine view of Boston which James Freeman I Clarke nld Why go to the Bay of Mapcs when we I have not yet teen Boston Harbor I The ride down the Atlantic Coast Is I most delightful On the deck of the I steamer we tee sails stretching out In an end ess vision The ind blows a heavy gale and cne feels comfortable with a large overcoat on 4 We came In sight of Plymouth about I I 12 30 and es we approached nearer and I nearer the harbor the sun peeped through the clouds that had hung so heavily all the day and cast beautiful I shadow on the same scene In all Us essential i es-sential particulars as that which gulled I the Pilgrims nearly three cent uric ago 1 I I We passed near Clatks Island where i I their first Sabbath was spent but the steamer as it goes rapidly on docs not I I I parlale ot the travelers sentimental I feelings and we were soon at the whatf I ID a few minutes we stood face to lice 11 with the most interesting historical relic I un this continent The corner stone of i thenation01 Plymouth Rock It is I not 11 four very large only three or A people being able to stand on It it once fneopl teor k In 1774 an attempt t I to remove the rock I resulted In Its separation and the upper I 1 leaf was taken Away but In iSSo the 11 aevered portion was restored to Us old I I resting place and it now lies under the stone canopy reunited to lU fellow rock e Proceeding up the hill from here I one comes to the pot where the old forefathers fore-fathers buried those that died during the hist winter The graves were leveled in the ensuing spring nnd corn planted t above them so that the Indians might not be able to count mounds and learn I the terrible story of the lint winter I The cause of the rapid mortality among thin Pilgrims was scurvy and other diseases induced by exposure to the eather and poor and insufficient food I This first turymg ground overlooks the harbor and one imagines us ho picks a l little 1 flower from the spot that the spirit ol those long since dead are keeping vigil over the people of this nation I na-tion I tionA few minute walk from here brought us lo a rough granite building whose ij Doric columns and portico gives it al I moil the look of n Greek Temple Ills I pilgrim Hall within whose wills are many relics of Pilgrim and colonial days Here Is the chair of Elder Brewster and Governor Carver was brought I over In the Maji the cradle in which was rocked Peregrine White the first child horn in the colony the sword ol Miles Standish with the Arabia Inscriptions In-scriptions upon the bhdes anti to which Longfellow alludes in his I Courtship I I Suddenly breaking the silence tic diligent scribe Interrupting Spike In the pride ol his I heart Miles Standish the Captain ol lymouth I Look at these arm he sad the warlike 4 capons ca-pons that hang here Burnished and bright and clean as If for parade i or inspect Ionl This is the word of Damascus I fought m lib In Flanderi i The inscriptions upon this old sword were never translated until ono professor I profes-sor Rosedalcan accomplished llnguis did so in 1871 One ol them reads I With peace God rule his slavm 1 and with tile judgment 01 illS am lie troubled the mighty ul the lcVed The word slave here means creatures r and by tithe mighty ot the wicked Ii meant the most powerful and wicked of the wicked The professor further sd that this aN card is undoubtedly one of the mot ancient In existence and Is of great value In Ihe hall is also shown Dig Indian Bible ol John Mot which his for its i tlliIlcll fcfll preface work with filth in Jesus J Christi i will accomplish anything An original I I letter of King Philip I chief ol the Wampanoags is also seen hereon here-On the spot where was built the first I I church now stands the Congregation I I nhst church of the Pilgrlmige This is 1 on the Ton Square From here nn I eminence rises w inch is i Burial Hill I The epitaphs in old grave nrds posses much interest to the lovers of the quaint nnd curious and this first cemetery ol New upland I is not without its attractions attrac-tions of this kind The first monument of any Importance is that of Governor William llradford The J pitaph on it is cry suggestive and one that appeals to the American boy and girl It reads What your lithcrs have attained with difficulty do not throw away The oldest hvjd stone to bo found here bears the late 01 l63r and it marks the ruling place of Edward Gray a merchant and one cf the wealth let men in Ihe colony Another old one Il6o7 Is i that of Robert Clark the trial e01the I Mali The epitaphs on seme of the t uld 1 slabs I are extremely interesting and though one ands un the graws llluIe lie reads them a smile is I sure to creel over his face Near the Bradford monument are the graves flhl his family Tin fate of the ston < of his son William readi flare lies a body of a liinorable hlayor M l rJol ir r William linadfurd be CPacd Ich y 17034 aged 19 e IM He lived long but mil 1 as i doing good And in his country silvice tell mucb blood 1 AIr a tile ell ipint lies now al rest II its ery name and memory is blest l Another stone near this one of Brad lotd has the inscription I 111 II stone Is I < recd to the memory of tint unbiased Judge faithful ameer sincere friend I and lione51 lOon Colonel IAv Lalhorp hn re signed l this life 1 on the sGlh day of April 1750 In the forty third 5cou of his age find Irtuo charms the por 10 save Its faithful votaries from tile grave This stone had necr alsaei the time Ot being nOn < d nh Lalhorp a name n-On a little marble stone over thc grave of a child are the word I Ile I GlAnced into our wOlld to e A ample 01 out mlserle To a Revoulionary so d cr who died In 1753 Through life he bnved her foe if greit or small And marched out foremost lu I Ills country call Iulher en Is the crave of Kspli ParLiett ho died In 170J rhounds of I can tier bIt Abel 5 fill 1As sold 01 him being dCld he epAkvtl aprons a-prons client Crave mothliks I hear a call Pry follow mortals tont your death forget Va thalou ee < eit on this gv Know you a dyLug tune must halt I A Near the same place Is I i curious stone f to the mimjry rl John Co Un Here lye Interred three children via three sons ot Rev Mr JohnlCotlon ho died In IhS work of tie gospel ministry at Charleston 1 South Carolina Sept ve 18 1769 where lie I md great success and seven sons of Jos all Cotton rill who died In their infancy Near a little pine grove Is a stone to n child The Tuners hate eaten sour gripes and the hlldren teeth are set on edge Let me luoe a few more at random TO rANNIZ CBAF As young ai beaut full and SIt as young And gay as sofil and Innocent as gay TO ILIUM KFIUCR This modest stone wl hat few vain marbles con May truly say flare Jim an honest man Calmly he t looked on either < hfe and here Saw nothing regret Ale there tn 1m rrom natura a temperate faist me satisfied Cbanke heaven that he lIed And hat he died TO ELltAnETII AvCaY Homemhe me as you Im by As you ar now one as J As nuictizci you = Therefore prepare to follow me Thee are but 0 few 01 the many p tipha seen In this cemetery Leaving this old burial I round we vent on down pasdig th Carver II fr Mitchell I Stevens md Leach houses all built Wrote 16S3 and drank Iron the old Pilgrim spring here the fair idscil Ins I used tJ come lor water in those dreary winter days when thc sturdy side with ilgnm was beset on every mine petilcnce I and the savage I Another Interesting sight is Na ional Monument to the Pilgli Fathers a vast pile cf calved granite crowned by avery a-very Impressive statue 01 Faith I fatty feet high This magmficient monument cost thlrtythou < and dollars Tile total height is cightvonc feet and It is I si d that the figure aliti is i the tinest pece of granite statuary in the world Tnese are but a few of the many scenes md relics of this quaint old ton but as one piisei Into me country he sees more ot Plymouth as It was in the lays ot Ihe foreluhcrs I ven within he borders ol the town illre are forty thousand acre of woodland mucn of hich is I the same primitive wilderness hat I was trodden by Ihe Pilgrims Tne forests are ancient and primeval and extend for miles and miles save flow and then where some fire has got In its devastating work Little lakes with cleii sandy bottoms are to be found everywhere every-where and to this day the strolling traveler often rUM on to the rtlllg place of a deer and ealle I or some other Inhabitant of the wild and tang e j fc rests Plymouth has a population ol about 9000 There ate numeruJ factories ol nil kinds and the town is well provided pro-vided with electric cars and lights The standard of education here is exceptionally excep-tionally high and the schools rank amoig the best in Massachusetts There are 11 number cl different churches and thus Plymouth exemplifies most strikingly the fact hat the allisis 1 founded here religious re-ligious liberty Next wic < there Is I to bs a great historic his-toric festival and pageant which will deal with the incidents prior to the landIng land-Ing or the forefathers in this country their Ule in Holland their arrival her their home life and later history The beautiful story of their live I their sorrows sor-rows their adventures told in this novel I and attactlve i way cannot fill to intere all lovers of American Hiitory Miny of the characters will be portrayed by the descendants of the Pi grlms wlu came In Ihe Mayflower The program for the presentation is as fbl OAS Scene ITho Pilgrims In captivity in Boston England Scene II Holland scene Dutch festivities Tlie liVimi on their way to embark Irom Delft Haven Scene IitThe emtmkition Scene IV Southampton England lncllb I bi 1 ohdny LStltltes The Maylt ucr at anchor Hie Pilgrims awaiting the arrival of the Speed allScene Scene vThe signing of the compact In the cabin of the Mayllower Scene IlndlOn home tore I ableau The landing of the Igrims 1 on Plymouth I Hock Sicti VIII I he treaty w till the Indians I Scene villA service In ihe old furl Scene I NcThe courtship of Miles Standish Part a In the Ampla and primitive dwelling 01 the lllgrhll captain Goo the damsel Irllla Pr a In the homo 01 PrIlIa I Why dont you peak for yoursef John Par 3 OnI he bn1dprocession now moved to their new habitation Scene XIlie weuung of Irincis f a Itaron the nameless nobleman Scene tThe wedding of General Warren and Mercy Oil Scene xiiA tea party of 1760 Scene xlitA scene from the Revolution Scene v11e flat Children saenea ilia first lie P11gr alllilirnn he udd I it o wrs 0 tIn lyouth t-In children will reprcoenl the beautiful flow en 01 the 100011 SeventvII chIldren will uk part 1 In I till scene Scene I A moon dane 01 Indian maiden Scene a War ae 01 the brA cl Tile little sailors L H y |
