Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . aver around the council-fire. But a truce to the past;it is Dock-square, and nothing else, now. In lieu of groves or glades, we have a busy, openspace, with labyrinthine thoroughfares leading into and outof it. Bustling, anxious-faced men are to be seen thereat all hours of the day, rushing hither and thither, intenton dollars and dimes. House and hotel keepers payflying visits to the market close by; visitors from all partsof the States look curiously at the Cradle of Liberty ; omnibuses rush along, distracting perilled pedestrians; BOS
Guide to Boston and vicinity, with maps and engravings . aver around the council-fire. But a truce to the past;it is Dock-square, and nothing else, now. In lieu of groves or glades, we have a busy, openspace, with labyrinthine thoroughfares leading into and outof it. Bustling, anxious-faced men are to be seen thereat all hours of the day, rushing hither and thither, intenton dollars and dimes. House and hotel keepers payflying visits to the market close by; visitors from all partsof the States look curiously at the Cradle of Liberty ; omnibuses rush along, distracting perilled pedestrians; BOSTON AND VICINITY. 3 market-carts, laden with country produce, stand sur-rounded by dealers, and everything is full of lilb andanimation. Looking calmly down upon and over-shadowing this .scene i,f connnen-ial activity, is a hugeStructure, Faneuil Hall, of which we shall presently present, let us direct our glance to a specimen of aijhi-tecture of the early days of Boston. The okl bulkllughere represented stood on the corner of North and Market. Streets until 18G0. It was built in the year 1680, soonafter the great lire of 1679 ; but the giant Progress, in hismarch of improvement, \vd< trodden down this ancientdwelling Others, however, of equal or greater age, may * BOSTON AND VICINITY. still be seen. That at the corner of Dock Square and Fa-neuil-hall Square, formerly occupied by George Murdockand A. A. Wellington, is of the number. Here, on thelast day of May, 1813, the lamented Augustus C. Ludlow,first lieutenant of the frigate Chesapeake, called and drewa check for stores sent on board, remarking at the time toa fellow-officer, as a reason for settling the account then, The Shannon is in the bay, and God knows where weshall be to-morrow. This building, now over two hun-dred yeais old, may remain for years to come. Dr, J. V. C. Smith, in his Ancient and ModernBoston, published in the Boston Almanac for 1853, says : There are reminiscences connected with the growth
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