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; . Schooner loadeil witli lime on fire. 82 MARTHAS Sea Weed Hall. ment of their beauty; the generation is probably not far offthat will wonder why such disfigurements were allowed. Thisabomination is particularly offensive along the Beach Road, andis the only fly in the ointment until we reach the borders ofVineyard Haven, wheresome careless citizenhas allowed the dump-ing of rubbish and par-ticularly papers, t
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; . Schooner loadeil witli lime on fire. 82 MARTHAS Sea Weed Hall. ment of their beauty; the generation is probably not far offthat will wonder why such disfigurements were allowed. Thisabomination is particularly offensive along the Beach Road, andis the only fly in the ointment until we reach the borders ofVineyard Haven, wheresome careless citizenhas allowed the dump-ing of rubbish and par-ticularly papers, thatblow all over the lot. disagreeable in-troduction to the vil-lage. Few people real-ize the money value ofbeauty. Why not makea good impression on folks when they enter the town? Mostof us are careful not to dunip ashes and garbage in our fronthalls: why should Vineyard Haven allow it? The village de-serves better of its fathers, for it is one of the most beautifuland sightly of places, situated as it is on a wooded slope and em-bracing the head of the harbor in a gentle curve. So great an authority as Richard Watson Gilder writes asfollows on much the same subject:— One of these days the people of a commercial
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