Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around . nslow, 1674; Mary Chil-ton, 1670, a passenger inthe Alayflower and thewife of Governor Wins-low; Lady Andros. 1688;Rev. John Cotton, 1652;Rev. John ; Professor John Win-throp. 1776; Wait StillWinthrop, 1717; AdamWinthrop, I743; Briga-dier-General John Wins-low, Revolutionary army;Colonel William Dawes,who rode over the Neckto Lexington and Concordto alarm the patriots thenight before the battle atLexington; Oliver Wen-dell. 1818, and CharlesBulfinch. 1844. There aremany quaint old grave-stones in the yard. Some of these have been
Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around . nslow, 1674; Mary Chil-ton, 1670, a passenger inthe Alayflower and thewife of Governor Wins-low; Lady Andros. 1688;Rev. John Cotton, 1652;Rev. John ; Professor John Win-throp. 1776; Wait StillWinthrop, 1717; AdamWinthrop, I743; Briga-dier-General John Wins-low, Revolutionary army;Colonel William Dawes,who rode over the Neckto Lexington and Concordto alarm the patriots thenight before the battle atLexington; Oliver Wen-dell. 1818, and CharlesBulfinch. 1844. There aremany quaint old grave-stones in the yard. Some of these have been moved from theiroriginal positions and set up as edgestones to paths. One ofthese stones has an interesting history. At some time the stonewas taken from the grave it marked and was lost. In 1830, whenexcavations were being made near the Old State House, it wasfound several feet below the surface of State Street. It is in-scribed: TIERE : LYETH THE : BODY : OF : MR. WILLIAM : PADDY : AGED 5S YEARS : DEPARTED THIS : LIFE : AUGUST : THE [2S] KINGS CHAPEL,Tremont and School Streets. 70 GUIDE TO BOSTON. On the reverse is this sin^ular stanza of poetry: Hear . Slcaps . thatBlesed . One . W hoes . J^iefGod . Help . \s . All . to . Livethat . So . When . Tiem . Shall . Bethat . We . This . World . Must . LineWe . Ever . .May . Be . Happywith . Blesed . William . Paddy. As we pass north on Tremont Street, on our right is the Bos-ton Museum, dear to those who reeall the time when it was quiteimpossible to attend tlie theatre, but when there was nothing ob-jectionable in a imiscuui. This fastidiousness of the good peoplecaused their critics to dub it the Orthodox Theatre, and thename clung to it for many years. At Scollay Square we pausefor a moment to note the statue of John Winthrop, by RichardGreenough, a duplicate of the one in the Capitol at Street is the old Queen Street of ante-Revolutionarytimes. The Old Court House, on the right of the street, wasbuilt i
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