. New England; a human interest geographical reader. ce is 58 New England Burial Hill. Here are the earliest marked oldest is that of a merchant who died in are a number of very curious epitaphs. Thefollowing one refers to a Plymouth boy who died beforehe reached the age of two years: Heaven knows what a man he might haveMADE. But we know he died a most rare boy. Another inscription is this: Here lies InterredThe Body of Mrs. Sarah Spooner who deceasedJanuary ye 25TH 1767. She was widow TO The hand points to the next stone, which marks thegrave of her husband. Here a
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. ce is 58 New England Burial Hill. Here are the earliest marked oldest is that of a merchant who died in are a number of very curious epitaphs. Thefollowing one refers to a Plymouth boy who died beforehe reached the age of two years: Heaven knows what a man he might haveMADE. But we know he died a most rare boy. Another inscription is this: Here lies InterredThe Body of Mrs. Sarah Spooner who deceasedJanuary ye 25TH 1767. She was widow TO The hand points to the next stone, which marks thegrave of her husband. Here are two lines from the epitaph of TabithaPlashet, written by herself : Adieu, vain world, Ive seen enough of thee; And I AM CARELESS WHAT THOU SAYST OF ME. She was a rather eccentric person who, after herhusbands death in 1794, taught a private school foryoung children. She did her spinning in the school-room, as was the custom of the day. One of her punish-ments was to pass skeins of yarn under the arms of thelittle culprits and hang them on llisloric Faneuil Hall, The Cradle of Liberty Boston, Old and New BOSTON Harbor cuts deeply into the coast, and isbordered by various irregular peninsulas. Themost central of the peninsulas is the one which the heartof the present city occupies. This was originally abouttwo miles long and one broad. Coves indented it on 50 6o New England all sides; there were hills and hollows, and several pondsand marshes. It has greatly changed in size and shapesince then. Some of the hills have been entirelyleveled, hollows have been filled, and land has beenmade where the coves and shallows along the shore usedto be. Bostons first white settler was a young Englishclergyman named Blackstone. He came about 1624,and built a cabin on the west slope of Beacon he lived alone. He started an orchard and hada rose garden, and his house contained a small libraryhe had brought across the Atlantic. Apparently hedid not care to have near neighbors
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