. New England; a human interest geographical reader. s, authors,and other professional men. The first man of fame tocome was Augustus St. Gaudens, the greatest of Ameri-can sculptors. He remodelled an old tavern into abeautiful dwelling. Later comers in some instancesalso made over local houses bought of the country folk,and in other instances they built new homes of mar-vellous architectural attractiveness, and they sur-rounded their residences with all the enchantment that New Hampshire Places and People 275 landscape-gardening and unspoiled woodland per-mitted. Their homes are widely scatte
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. s, authors,and other professional men. The first man of fame tocome was Augustus St. Gaudens, the greatest of Ameri-can sculptors. He remodelled an old tavern into abeautiful dwelling. Later comers in some instancesalso made over local houses bought of the country folk,and in other instances they built new homes of mar-vellous architectural attractiveness, and they sur-rounded their residences with all the enchantment that New Hampshire Places and People 275 landscape-gardening and unspoiled woodland per-mitted. Their homes are widely scattered about theneighborhood of Blow-me-down Brook in a tumbledregion of steep hills and deep valleys, with the giantform of Mount Ascutney looming skyward not faraway to the south. It is a secluded spot several milesdistant from the nearest railroad station, which isat Windsor across the river. Formerly Portsmouth, at the outlet of the Piscataqua,was the largest place in New Hampshire, but it hasfailed to keep pace with the manufacturing cities which. A Purlsmoulh walerside use water-power. Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the poet, wasborn in Portsmouth, and it was there he had the youth-ful experiences that he relates in his delightful Storyof a Bad Boy. The simple old house in which helived has been preserved as a memorial. 2/6 New England Another famous man of remarkable originality whostarted life in New Hampshire was the editor, HoraceGreeley. He was born in 1811 in a humble farm-houseat i\mherst a few miles north of Nashua. His motherwas strong and active. She did both housework andfieldwork. She hoed in the garden, could outrake anyman in town, and could load hay as fast and as well asher husband. The farmers had to contend against-^, . hills, rocks, ^Sr\^i^^>dti^^ sand, marshes, and long win-ters. It gavea stranger anew idea ofhard work tosee an ox-teamploughing thesides of thosesteep stonyhills. The little boy driver leaped along from sod tosod, the man wrenched the plough aro
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