. The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . Eilgartowns dockiiii; facilities. 22 MARTHAS VINEYARD. THE OLD BURYING GROUND. Beyond Tower Hill lies the old Gods Acre, containingmany stones dating back tv/o hundred years and more, withmany a quaint epitaph to reward the searcher. Here was buriedJoseph Chase, son of that Lieutenant Isaac Chase who was oneof the first settlers of Holmes Hole. And it was in this neigh-borhood that the settlers of 1632 fixed their dw
. The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . Eilgartowns dockiiii; facilities. 22 MARTHAS VINEYARD. THE OLD BURYING GROUND. Beyond Tower Hill lies the old Gods Acre, containingmany stones dating back tv/o hundred years and more, withmany a quaint epitaph to reward the searcher. Here was buriedJoseph Chase, son of that Lieutenant Isaac Chase who was oneof the first settlers of Holmes Hole. And it was in this neigh-borhood that the settlers of 1632 fixed their Here lies l)niieil ye bod ROBERT STONE, SESK. Ajred 6r) years departed this life 12 day of Marcli, 1689. is in place of the oUlest ne ou Marthas Viuejard by Joseph Diiiiliam 1863 The old stone lies here de Sixty rods southeast from grave may be seen the ruins of tlie cellar ol thi House cil the lirsl white settlers who came to the Tslaiiil1630. CHAPPAQUIDDICK. Chappaquiddick is an almost unknown country to the Sum-mer visitor. A ferry takes one across to the shore, where isEdgartowns bathing beach, and if the traveler is so minded he EDGARTOWN. 23 can mount to the top of Sampsons Hill and take a look overNantucket way. Before electricity was doing our long-dis-tance talking for us a semaphore stood on the crown of this hill,whose long arms signaled whaling news to Nantucket in onedirection and to East Chop in the other. The code was of ne-cessity very simple, being intended for but the one purpose,and occasionally the operator was put to it to know how toconvey an odd piece of news. F
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