Reminiscences of Plymouth, Luzerne County, Penna.; a pen picture of the old landmarks of the town; the names of old residents; the manners, customs and descriptive scenes, and incidents of its early history . d was a beautiful grove of oak trees, whereSunday School picnics were sometimes held. From the barnyard, a narrow lane, lined with mul-berry trees led up the hill into an apple orchard, near theeast side of which, later, ran the old Washington plane;and in the lower corner of this orchard, under the shadeof a large wild cherry tree, was located a small privateburying ground of the Hodge f
Reminiscences of Plymouth, Luzerne County, Penna.; a pen picture of the old landmarks of the town; the names of old residents; the manners, customs and descriptive scenes, and incidents of its early history . d was a beautiful grove of oak trees, whereSunday School picnics were sometimes held. From the barnyard, a narrow lane, lined with mul-berry trees led up the hill into an apple orchard, near theeast side of which, later, ran the old Washington plane;and in the lower corner of this orchard, under the shadeof a large wild cherry tree, was located a small privateburying ground of the Hodge family, for James Hodgehad formerly lived in the homestead. This burial placefilled with briar bushes and weeds, was surrounded by arather dilapidated stone wall, and within it was a largetomb or vault, which in turn was surrounded with awooden fence, the corner posts of which were sur-mounted with large wooden urns. This particulartomb always impressed me, when a boy, with a feelingof awe, and close beside it was another grave, on thehead-stone of which I recall the horrifying inscription: Remember, friend, as you pass by,As you are now, so once was I. This graveyard is now entirely obliterated, not a. Reminiscences of Plymouth, Pa. 13 vestige of it remains; the dead, like the old, are in theway, and must make room for progress; and thus, like Imperial Caeser, dead and turned to clay,May stop a hole to keep the wind away. Returning again to the homestead, on the westerlyside and but a few feet distant, was a frame buildingbuilt originally for a carriage house. This my fatherfitted up as a private school room for us children, underthe tutelage of my elder sister. There being ampleroom, and no detriment to proper instruction thereby, afew of the neighbors children were admitted as these, I recall the names of Mary and Ellen Garra-han, Esther and Isabel Bulkley, Sam McNulty, WilsonWright and Hannah Miller, who worked for my grand-mother. This school was successfully cont
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