(I;iss Y ^7 4 .^1 ^1bS' PUKSKNTED BY "-'^ V j ¥ff '^s*- ' .^ HK.; _ ''"'^ < 4.j^|n pH^x. ' ^'"i^i^^^ tHF?:^ ^52!*^' 'V:; *" J. ■& Oliver Tufts House on Sycamore Street Headquarters of the Somerville Historical Society Pholographed by B. D. Bourne ;S5 o ome,f Yi lit KistoTital 'Sacie'tM '^^«.'^ M \ypy i*E*»l L ■^K \A\^^ .1 ■m^^^^ ^K- y^L C >i^^i>:\) 31 General Charles Lee And The Old Tufts House N J 775 Gen. Charles Lee was in Philadelphia. Learn- ing of the arrival of Gen. Burgoyne in Boston, he wrote a letter ^Mull of invectives against the British ministry, and containing an elaborate statement of his views of the merits of the contest." Lee^s letter was an impulsive one, and might even have seemed violent. When he served as he did for some time among the Mohawks, who made him a chief, they called him ^^ Boiling Water." Burgoyne was a personal friend, had served with Lee in Portugal, and was familiar with his impetuous temper. His letter in reply was a very courteous one, and proposed a personal inter- view at a friend^s house on Boston Neck. This question was laid before the Provincial Council, who granted permission, couched in such diplomatic phrase that Gen. Lee sent word to Burgoyne that it would not be expedient for them to meet. So far as Gen. Lee is connected with Somerville, it may be said briefly that his headquarters in this vicinity were at first in the Royal Mansion on the shore of the Mystic in Medford. This house was at some distance from his troops, but so delightfully sit- uated as to be very attractive. It was in the midst of fruit trees and shrubbery some distance from the road. Its wide corridors, echoing at the lightest step or lowest voice, gave Lee the fantastic notion of naming it ^^ Hobgoblin Hall." By Gen. Washington's orders Lee's headquarters were trans- ferred from the Royal Mansion to a point near his command. This brought him to the farmhouse still remaining on Sycamore 32 From the engraving- in Girdleston's '* Facts tending- to prove that General Lee was the Author of Junius," London, 1813. The drawing- was made by Barham Ruskbrooke. on Lee's return from Poland in 1766, in the uniform of an aide to King- Stanislaus, and shows the inevitable dog. According to Dr. Girdleston, " though designed as a carica- ture, it was allowed, by all who knew General Lee, to be the only successful delineation, either of his countenance or person," 'Printed by permission of Houghton. Mifflin & Co. street, the old and historic Tufts house. It is not to-day exactly on the site it formerly occupied. The experience of modem times demanded that Sycamore street should be straightened, so in 1892 the house was moved back about forty feet. When occupied by Gen. Lee it was two stories high in front, with a long pitched roof, descending to a single story in the rear. Here it was Lee had his headquarters when commanding the left wing of the American army during the Siege of Boston in 1775-76. Here Washington came, in consultation with his generals, and here, in the front chamber over the parlor, he slept with more or less unbroken slumber. What interest would be quickened in this venerable record of other days if only its walls could make known the conferences to which they have echoed; not only should we gather fresh informa- tion as to the plans proposed to drive the British from Boston, to raise the siege and take possession of that town, but possibly the fame of Lee himself would be vindicated from the rumors which were current during his life and which clouded his reputation as a gallant soldier. Was he traitor to our patriot cause or was he a zealous partisan of it? It is said that at Monmouth Lee showed so much vacillation, was, as our modern phrase is, so *^ rattled,** that he was suspected of cowardice, if not treachery. Washington is reported to have called him a ^^ damned poltroon.** ^^The only time,** said Lafayette, "I ever heard Washington swear.** After the battle Lee had the audacity to write two independent letters to his commander-in-chief,^ which might readily subject him to charges of conduct subversive of good discipline. He was brought to trial, and, after careful consideration of all evidence pro and con, the charge of treachery and treason was dismissed, but he was deprived of his command one year for insubordination. He died at an obscure inn on Market street, Philadelphia, October 2, J 782. His 33 last delirious thoughts were on the battlefield; his last articulated words were, ^^ Stand by me, my brave Grenadiers/^ It is certainly to be hoped that his old headquarters — the Tufts house — will be carefully preserved as an object lesson that may well excite our imagination as we dwell upon the incident of that struggle which belongs to those days that tried men^s souls and gave to us freedom and law, liberty and independence. JOHN S. HAYES On Prospect Hill January I, J 776 What is that tall, white shaft of pine? That shaft, when many years have gone. Will be a nation's lifted sign For centuries to look back upon; To loom through perils, victories, fears, A beacon for a thousand years. See ! see ! there floats an unknown flag, A flag unseen, unknown before ; Let England's might tear down the rag That dares to flaunt upon this shore : Aye, snatch the insolent shred away — 'Tis but the banner of a day! Ah, no: by many breezes fanned. That flag shall float o'er field and town, And strong, ah, strong must be the hand That tears that lifted banner down. Old thrones shall reel, old realms shall die. But still that flag shall wave on high. Who, who are these plain plowmen here. These wielders of the axe and spade, In awkward regimental gear Drawn up in loose parade? Why, these are empire builders, man, The greatest since the world began. Who are these cohorts from the wood? They are the vanguard files of fate, Proud men of red, imperial blood. High regal souls and great. The children of a haughty name. The sires of states and sons of fame. 35 And here, to-day, breaks on this height The sun-burst of a nation's morn. That unknown banner greets the light That sees an empire bom. And these rude ranks that round us stand Are fathers of a mighty Iand«'' SAM WALTER FOSS. •fe 36 Old Unitarian Church on Highland Avenoe 37 The Flag of Our Union **In radiance fair, Floats on the peaceful air That flag that never stooped from Victory's pride; Those stars that softly gleam, Those stripes that o'er us stream, In war's grand agony were sanctified: A holy standard, pure and free, To light the home of peace, or blaze in victory,'* F. MARION CRAWFORD. HOSE soul does not thrill with emotion when he sees the glorious banner of the Union! What mean its glorious stars and stripes? It is the flag of his- tory. Its blue tells of the unfaltering faith of those who rallied about it in the days that tried men^s souls. Its crimson tells of the heroism that defended it; its white of the peerless fidelity of those who with loyal devotion gave them- selves to the Union and the nation; it is a banner of beauty and glory; its stars are undimmed, its crimson does not fade, its white purity is unstained; it is a representation of the dignity and au- thority of the nation; it is the clarion inspiration of war; it is the sweetest song of peace; it adorns the altar of faith; it crowns the fortress, however large or small; it floats from the schoolhouse and the home, from the court house and the capitol. ** Stand by the flag, its folds have streamed in glory. To foes a fear, to friends a festal robe. And spread in rhythmic lines the sacred story Of freedom's triumph o'er all the globe." Bom of the Revolution, it has passed through the baptism of smoke and flame, and to-day is the symbol of the most imperial republic the world has ever known. During our Revolutionary 38 struggle the colonies had significant and stirring flags. There was a red flag with the motto ''Liberty and Union ^^ in white across the bottom, with a field bearing royal colors. There was a white flag with the words, "An Appeal to Heaven/^ in black across the top, and a pine tree in the centre. There was a blue flag with a white crescent in the upper left hand corner, with '' Liberty ^^ in white letters at the bottom. There was a yellow flag with a coiled rattlesnake in the centre; and there were other flags of curious designs that served their purpose, and though unique in many particulars, were never without meaning. For instance, an officer writing in March, 1776, from what is now part of Somer- ville, says: ''I am stationed on Cobble Hill with four companies of our regiment. Every regiment is to have a standard and colors; our standard is to be a deep green ground, the device a tiger, partly enclosed by toils, attempting the pass defended by a hunter armed with a spear, on a crimson field ; the words ' ' Donari Nolo / " I will never surrender. Of the ''grand Union flag," the immediate predecessor of the original Stars and Stripes, this interesting and true statement can be made, that it was given to the breath of liberty-loving New England for the first time January J, 1776. It was hoisted about the same time in Cambridge and in Somerville. In the former place it could not have been seen from the British works; and although Cambridge may be justly proud and join exultingly with us that on its Common, as on our Prospect Hill, the same flag threw out its folds with promise of better things to come, when the Union Jack should be discarded and a constellation of stars take its place; nevertheless, it must be conceded that only from Somerville could the British see that flag, which they mistook at first as indicating the submission of the Colonies to King George^s speech ; indeed, St. Williams, of the Royal Welsh Fusileers, made a water-color paint- 39 ing of what he calls ^^ Mount Pis-ca, or the strongest post of the Rebels/^ representing Prospect Hill with a staff and flag. A writer gives his testimony, which indicates that the flag was seen, not on a common, but from a hill. He says: *^The grand Union flag of thirteen stripes was raised on a height near Boston.^^ A letter from a British ship captain, January 17, J 776, says: ^^On the receipt of the King's speech, which they burnt, they hoisted the Union flag, which is here in Boston supposed to intimate the union of the provinces.^' A British lieutenant, writing from Bunker Hill, adds: **It was saluted with thirteen guns and thirteen cheers.*' In still added confirmation of what has been stated, we quote the following from a letter written by Washington, January 4, J 776, in which he refers to the new flag: ^*We gave great joy to them (the British) without knowing or intending it, for on that day which gave being to our new army, but before the proclamation came to hand, we hoisted the Union flag in compliment to the United Colonies. But behold! it was received at Boston as a token of the deep impression the speech had made upon us, and as a signal of submission. By this time, I presume, they begin to think it strange that we have not made a formal surrender of our lines.'' It was Gen. Putnam who flung to the breeze the ** Flag of Prospect Hill." Here, over this ^^ strongest post," this stronghold of the American lines, the new American ensign was first beheld by its enemies. *^'Twas when the flower of English troops Entrenched in Boston lay, On Prospect Hill were anxious groups,] All eager for the fray. Their hearts had long defiance hurled. Though every voice was still Until old Putnam here unfurled The Flag of Prospect Hill. 40 ^Sublime the motto which it bore. Appeal to Heaven's hig^h throne. That he who brougfht them to this shore Would g:uard them as His own. And here they stood^ this gallant band, Resolved their blood to spill^ Defending- from a foeman's hand The Flag of Prospect Hill. ** While fervent prayer to Heaven ascends To bless the patriots' cause. The air a solemn silence lends^ As suppliant here they pause. Amen ! then thirteen hearty cheers Were echoed loud and shrill, While floating high o'er all appears The Flag of Prospect HiU." But let us not, with all fond memories of the Flag of Pros- pect Hill, forget the reverent honor due our own star-emblazoned banner, the Flag of Liberty and Independence. Out upon the four winds blow, Tell the world your story. Thrice in heart's blood dipped before They called your name Old Glory ! Stream, Old Glory, bear your stars High above the Seven, Stream a watchfire on the dark. And make a sign in heaven. *^ 4' Maj*-Gen* John Paterson Commander at Union Square lOHN PATERSON was Colonel of the Berkshire County Minutemen at the outbreak of the Revolu- tion. His residence was Lenox. He was Connec- ticut born and bred. He graduated at Yale College in J 762. He was a prime factor in the organization of many beneficent movements. He was a member of the Pro- vincial Congress, and knew well the machinations of the British. He kept his followers in the mountain towns informed of every movement of the King^s forces. During the season of 1774 and early 1775 he was in the vicinity of Boston. Knowing the com- bat to be approaching, he went to his Berkshire home to summon them anew; and no sooner there than the news spread over the country, by flying horsemen, that the ^^ Regulars ^^ had fired upon the ^* Provincials ^^ at Concord and Lexington. News reached 42 Lenox, one hundred and thirty miles distant, during the night of the nineteenth of April, and the morning of the twentieth found a fully-equipped regiment on the march to Boston. To be sure, their services were not immediately required, but if that early struggle had been prolonged, the men of Berkshire would have rendered the same sort of service as did the men of Acton, Concord, and Lexington. The Berkshire Regiment came to Boston. At once it was placed at a trying point, and during the Siege of Boston — summer, autumn, and winter — the regiment rendered patriotic ser- vices within the limits of Somerville. Col. Paterson and his command was placed at a strategic point, — at the foot of Prospect Hill, — where "Fort Number Three" was constructed to guard the road to Cambridge, and within speedy reach of Lechmere Point. This "Fort'^ was at the present Union-square Station on the Fitchburg Railroad. Lechmere Point was at the Court House, East Cambridge. Near the junction of Medford street and Somerville avenue was a redoubt, which was in his special charge. To be sure, the Evacuation of Boston, after a most trying winter in huts and trenches, did not permit a trial of these strategic points. But it was just such military and engineer- ing skill displayed that made the British to think more than twice before opening an attack. If the British had made a move towards Cambridge or the inland towns, the large value of the citadel on Prospect Hill and the forts on Central and Winter Hills and in the intervale guarding the turnpike would have been at once seen. The "red coats" may have had the discipline and the uniform, but the minutemen had the valor and courage of freemen. CoL Paterson had standing orders from Washington himself, during the entire Siege of Boston, on the least alarm to advance with his men to the redoubts nearer the shore to meet the invaders. And so well was he prepared, that as soon as preparations were made for 43 ■** going to Halifax/* the Berkshire Regiment was sent speedily across Connecticut to guard the lower Hudson. In the mind of Washington the lower Hudson must be retained at every hazard by the Provincial troops. Troops from Boston arrived at New York as soon as the British vessels^ which went around Cape Cod. Col. Paterson was at once, and from this time on war d, placed at strategic points where military skill was demanded. He was rapidly promoted to the rank of a Major-General. He was a close friend and counsellor of Knox and Washington. His loyalty to the cause in which Washington led was never questioned. He super- intended the construction of many of the strong forts on the Hudson River, and was constantly in command. He remained with the patriot army from the first to the last. It was Gen. Paterson who proved the good friend of Deborah Sampson, the woman soldier of the Revolution. On the return of peace, Gen. Paterson returned to his Lenox home and en- gaged once more with his accustomed energy in the affairs of peace. In 1792 he purchased a large tract of land in the Chenango valley. Central New York, and migrated thither. He became a judge, and was a United States Senator at the time of his death, in 1808. In the new country, as in his former home, he was fore- most in promoting schools and religious interests, and at all times was a devoted citizen, a loyal, liberty-loving man, brave in promot- ing peace, as he was in the years which tried men^s souls. A few years since a monument was reared in Lenox to his memory; and recently a great-grandson. Dr. Thomas Egleston, of Columbia College, prepared and published an extended biography of him. Among the maps in this biography is one of the fortifica- tions of Somerville, showing the relations of one fort to another, and the engineering and military skill with which they were placed and constructed. This map was executed by Mr. Charles D. Elliot, 44 President of the Somerville Historical Society, and we have no hesi- tancy in pronouncing it a genuine contribution to the cartography of the Siege of Boston. The monument to Gen. Paterson^s memory, and the biography, intelligently and affectionately prepared, will last long to tell the story of patriotism, as shown in his career and character; but longer yet, we trust, will endure the nation, which represents the largest freedom, the choicest liberty, and the noblest spirit cherished in the hearts of men. ANSON TITUS. Union Square at the Time of the Civil War 45 H pa c o O 46 Prospect Hill And Its Early History EW spots throughout the length and breadth of this country have as many incidents in their history to excite the patriotic feelings of Americans as Prospect Hill. And fortunate, indeed, it is that in this year of 1898 the City of Somerville has decided that a part of the now nearly decapitated hilltop shall forever be preserved as a shrine to American patriotism. In its connection with the American Revolution chiefly lies the fame of Prospect Hill. Close to its foot the British marched on their way to Concord and Lexington on the night of April J 8, J 775, and again they skirted its base late in the afternoon of the following day, when they received the hottest fire during their dis- astrous retreat. A month later Col. Paterson^s regiment occupied a breastwork at the foot of the hill, which had not then been forti- fied. On the evening of June 16, 1775, Col. Prescott marched from Cambridge, with one thousand men, along the foot of the hill to fortify Bunker Hill, and during the memorable struggle of the seventeenth the hill was occupied by the American reserves. Re- treating from Bunker Hill, the Americans took a defiant stand on Prospect Hill, and immediately began to fortify it, under the orders of Gen. Israel Putnam, who superintended the work in person. From then till the British were driven out of Boston, March 17, J 776, it was the strongest and most important fortification in the American lines and a constant menace to the enemy. Nearly four thousand American troops, under the immediate command of Gen. Nathaniel Greene, were encamped here during the Siege of Boston. At a later period two thousand three hundred British troops from 47 Gen. Burgoyne's surrendered army were quartered in the barracks on the hill for about a year. The outline of the fortifications at Prospect Hill and vicinity was traced many years ago by Charles D. Elliot, formerly city en- gineer, who has recently prepared a map to be used by Prof. Thomas Egleston, of Columbia University, in his forthcoming vol- ume on the ^^Life of Gen. John Paterson.^^ A copy of this map is here presented, by which the reader can easily comprehend the sys- tem of fortifications. Cobble Hill on the map is Asylum Hill; Lechmere Point is East Cambridge; Willis Creek was Miller's River, now filled; Fort Number Three was located near the Union-square Station on the Fitchburg Railroad ; Cambridge road is the present Washington street; the road to Menotomy (Arling- ton), Bow street and Somerville avenue; the road to Lee's head- quarters, the present School street; road to Putnam's headquarters, Newton and Prospect streets; and the road to Ploughed (Nunnery) Hill, Shawmut and Cross streets. Strong redoubts encircled the steep brows of Prospect Hill, while the citadel occupied a com- manding place on the summit. In close connection with the military importance of Prospect Hill are its sentimental and political aspects. Here on this cele- brated hilltop on Tuesday morning, July 18, J 775, ''Putnam's Flag," the standard of the Third Connecticut Regiment, was un- furled with appropriate ceremonies. This was the famous ''Flag of Prospect Hill." The flag was a scarlet standard, bearing the Connecticut arms, with the motto, "Qui transtulit sustinet," on one side, and on the other, the recognized motto of Massachusetts, " An Appeal to Heaven." The flagstaff must have been a temporary affair, for history records that on August I following a mast seventy-six feet tall was raised on the hill, which had been taken from a schooner that was burned at Chelsea. 48 THE HASTY PUDDING PARTY ON PROSPECT HILL {From the original picture ty Henry "Bacon, "Paris, formerly a resident of Somerville. By permission of Lothrop Publishing Co.) Copyrighted in Wide Awake, January, IWl Another, and still more important, flag-raising took place on Prospect Hill January 1, J 776, possibly in the presence of Gen, George Washington, commander-in-chief of the eighteen thousand American troops investing Boston. A committee had been ap- pointed by the Continental Congress, consisting of Franklin, Lynch, and Harrison, to design a ** Union " flag. This was the first American Union flag, and was hoisted on the day that the new Continental Army was organized. Its unfurling before the great Provincial Army was one of the most momentous events in the country^s history, signifying to the world that a union had been formed, which not even the greatest civil war in history could rend asunder. The flag contained thirteen stripes, but whether these stripes were red and white or red and blue is not known, although historians generally say the colors were red and white. In the corner were the crosses of St. George and St. Andrew, in- dicating still the loyaky of the colonies to Great Britain, and show- ing but a vague idea at most of independence. Again, during the Civil War, Prospect Hill became a camp- ing ground for American soldiers. Many years ago an attempt was made to locate the old Revolutionary flagstaff, and after per- sistent digging a mast was found, probably the original staff, a little back of the house formerly occupied by Rev. Charles A. Skinner on Munroe street, about midway between Prospect-hill avenue and Greenville street. A handsome painting of the historic flag-raising of January I, 1776, was made one year ago by Clyde O. DeLand, of Phila- delphia, an American artist, who is deeply interested in the history of this country. Before starting it, he visited Prospect Hill, mak- ing sketches and taking photographs of the place. The painting measures 23 x 36 inches, and is now in the artistes possession. From this picture a magnificent double-page half-tone illustration 49 was printed by Harper's Weekly last January^ on the anniversary of the flag-raising, and, very appropriately, an artist's proof of this picture was sent by Harper & Brothers as the first gift to the newly-organized Somerville Historical Society. WILLIAM P. JONES. An Ancient Living Room 50 When Lafayette Came to Town EVENTY-FWE years ago my mother was a small Somerville girl. It was all Qiarlestown then, rich in historic associations as it is to-day, and sharing with the old town, from which later it was sliced away, alike the honor of Winthrop^s farm and the glory of Bunker Hill. Among my mother^s papers — she was a Munroe of Prospect Hill — I find a manuscript series of sketches of her girl- hood in Somerville, written for her grandchildren and full of good material. From these I select a few passages, as characteristic of life in Somerville in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Chief among these must be reckoned the day when Lafayette rode along Milk row. It was in J 824 or 1825, during Lafayette^s famous visit to America, says my mother, that the gallant Frenchman rode one day from Boston to Cambridge, by way of Milk row and Charles- town. "He rode in a barouche, drawn by four white horses, and, for some reason, the whole line of carriages stopped as they were 51 passing our house. My sister and I were perched on the top of one of the back buildings, just where we could have a good view of the procession. When the carriages stopped we two little girls took off our cape bonnets and waved them at Lafayette, where- upon the little old man bent forward, with all the grace of a Frenchman, and smilingly bowed to us ! Then one of my brothers went to the barouche, and from his hand the man so honored by the whole American nation took a glass of water and put it to his lips. How much we thought of that glass ! It is thus that little incidents of the great and good will be treasured not only in the heart of childhood, but all through life.^^ Here is another sketch of an old-time festivity — the " open- ing ^^ of the new windmill: — ^^On the top of Prospect Hill, made famous by Revolution- ary stories, my father built a windmill. It was an eight-sided building, tapering off toward the top like an enormous haystack. It had four wings, which reached almost to the ground, and when the wind blew hard enough to make them turn, the big, round millstones would grind against each other, the bags of yellow corn would be poured into the hoppers, and sweet meal would be ground out. ^^ While our windmill was being built many curious eyes watched its progress, and when it was completed my father invited all his friends and relatives, far and near, to come and eat hasty pudding and milk the first day the wind blew hard enough to move the wings. ... At length the good time came. The morn- ing was clear and breezy, and at three o^clock we were dismissed from school and climbed the hill, where already friends and rela- tives had assembled from Boston, Charlestown, Roxbury, Cam- bridge, Lexington, Medford, and I don't know how many other places. Fires were kindled on the side of the hill that was 52 shielded from the wind, and men and women were stirring the freshly-ground yellow meal into savory mush as the miller brought it to them. ** The wind blew, the sun shone, and everyone was in the best humor, each waiting his turn with bowl and spoon. My father had engaged milk from all the farmers weeks previous, and all the guests brought their own bowls and spoons. It was a merry occasion, and we little folks thought the young men very funny, as they went around singing: — * Hasty poddingf, hasty puddingf, hasty pudding and milk. Hasty pudding, hasty pudding with a little molasses in't.' '^ Still another picture of Prospect Hill children in those far- away days do I find, and this time in connection with the Har- vard boys, whom time, it seems, does not change in their exuber- ance of spirits. '' Commr ^.cement Day at Harvard,^^ says the manuscript, *^was not, in my childhood, associated with halls of learning, but with booths and tents on the grounds around the college buildings, where candy, cakes, and fruit were sold to the children. To ex- change our money for these things was to us going to Commence- ment! For what purpose we thought that young men were be- hind those brick walls I cannot say; for, when free from the restraints there imposed on them, they were bugbears to us chil- dren. Prospect Hill, which, by right, was our playground, and to which we would invite our young companions, seemed to attract those young men also in their recreation hours. They would come with a rush, jumping fences, singing and shouting, breaking the branches from the trees, shaking down the pears, pulling off the apples, and scattering our little groups in the wildest confusion. At the first sound of their boisterous merriment, we would rush from the orchard where we were eating fruit and gathering 53 flowers and make for a place of safety, calling to each other, * Run, run ; the collegians are coming ! * ** Since I have understood mischief-loving young men, I can imagine that those boys enjoyed highly what was sport to them, but death to us — or almost that; for we would be so paralyzed with fear that our little feet could scarcely keep their strength to reach home, where, when questioned as to our alarm, the invaria- ble answer would be, *0, those horrible collegians frightened xis\*** No reminiscences of Somerville in those old days would be complete without a reference to the famous convent on Mount Benedict — the ** Nunnery ,^^ as the Somerville children always called it. I find in my mother^s manuscript a full description of the place and of its outrageous destruction by a lawless mob, but from this I take only a characteristic child-memory. It seems that one of the girls who ran away from the ** Nunnery ,^^ and caused much of the subsequent trouble, came to my grandfather and begged his help to recover some of her be- longings. He consented, and so, my mother says, ** It was decided that my sister and myself should go for the runaway^s property. ** Accordingly,^^ she continues, ** we went. As we approached the gate I tremblingly caught my sister^s hand, fearing the big dog within. * Don^t go,^ I said. * We must,* she replied ; * be brave,* and, I don*t know how, we managed to get inside the gate. We knocked on the outer door. It was opened by a pale, calm-looking woman, who did not seem an inhabitant of this bright, sunshiny world. In a voice which seemed to express doubt as to our suc- cess, my sister stated our errand, and, greatly to our surprise, at once the silent woman gave us what we asked for. ** What a pair of heroines we were when we reached home ! All sorts of questions were showered upon us: Were you afraid? What did they say? Did the big dog jump at you? Indeed, we 54 soon began to think that we really were brave and had done a magnanimous and very daring deed/' So, through the little manuscript run these brief glimpses at childish days amid the orchards and gardens, the lanes and by- paths of what then was a pleasant stretch of hill and valley and fertile farmland, but where to-day a prosperous, pushing city covers plain and upland. Apart from its value as a treasured memorial of one whose whole life was a blessing and a benediction, this manu- script holds, at this season, a renewed interest as a picture of Boston^s beautiful suburbs five and seventy years ago. ELBRIDGE S. BROOKS. '\brA;^< .:: ?"'•_ ty/i^iM<»i^^fc. Old Stearns House, Broadway 55 :M jy irU VUlrf li M jAjy^-ifW W'k''*«- ' wr M ^"■^'i .*' Old Russell House, Broadway, West Somerville Drawn \iy Georg-e P. Fernald Memories Of Early Days have been invited to give some reminiscences of the early days of Somerville, but as I have already con- tributed several pages to a former publication, "Som- erville Past and Present/^ I feel that I have exhausted my memories of the old places and personalities. Still, there is always a little gleaning after the reaper, and some impressions may steal across my vision which were not photo- graphed upon the other sheets. When my husband and I first thought of coming here, in J 859, our friends tried to dissuade us from the venture. The only idea they had of the place was what they gained from the vicinity of the railroads in passing up into the country and down. It is not much to be wondered at, and some to this day still cherish the 56 Winter Hil! and Winter Hill Station on Lowell R. R. from Central Hill 1880 delusion. The two stopping-places on the Fitchburg Railroad, named then Prison Point and Hospital Crossing, gave a suggestion of depravity of character and aberration of mind, not favorable to the reputation of the neighborhood. But to counterbalance these preju- dices, I can recall what a cultivated young minister said to me: " You are going to a very choice place on those hills " ; and so it was. He remembered, probably, his walks over here from Cam- bridge College and Divinity School, where many a student, with the fine frenzy in his eye, invoked the Goddess of Nature and poured forth his orations, delighting in the sound of his own voice, undisturbed by the noise of electric cars, and only interrupted by the crows cawing in the old elm trees scattered all about the pastures. The houses were simple, but ample in size, and almost every family had a good piece of land for vegetables and flowers, and especially pear trees, which flourished on these sunny hills, so free from early and late frosts. It was a picturesque sight to see the great loads of hay go through the thoroughfares from the coun- try to market. If you needed hay, you had only to run down the hill and beckon to the driver. The sweet aroma that exhaled from it was quite different from the dry bundles that we buy to- day. Our horses consequently thrived, and our own white pony, Flora, whom we brought from the hills of New Hampshire, lived to a good old age in this healthy atmosphere, and was known to all the neighbors. She finally yielded to rheumatism, and lying down one warm summer day in our pasture, she could never rise again. She took handfuls of grass from boys that went by, and passed away under the friendly light of the stars, and was buried in our orchard. The long row of sheds belonging to the Unitarian Church were an interesting feature of country life, and the situation on Central Hill was so commanding that it could be 57 seen all around the suburbs of Boston. It was the "First Congre- gational Church'* of Somerville, and for some time, I think, the only church. Mrs. Columbus Tyler and Miss Whittredge carried on a Sunday school, before worship was established, being troubled because the brick-makers* children were brought up in such an atmosphere of noise and profanity on Sundays. The schools in Somerville were excellent for the period, and the primary ones were especially interesting, being free from the present crowded condition of the population. The little children were under the immediate eye of gentle and winning teachers, and made happy on their road to knowledge. All the neighbors* chil- dren frequented our grounds and pasture, and enjoyed the gymna- sium in the barn and the large U. S. Army tent on the lawn. This brings me to the subject of the Civil War. Somerville sent her due proportion of men and money to the war, and the women in all the churches worked faithfully night and day to prepare com- forts for the soldiers. Miss Sarah Foster, a daughter of an early esteemed citizen, was supported as a teacher for the Freedmen by the Baptist and Unitarian people on Spring Hill. My husband, the Rev. Charles Lowe, I remember, gave a parting address in his church to certain companies, and his society presented each soldier with a pocket Bible; he also addressed a gathering under the flag at Union square. He never despaired of the cause, and did a great deal by his hopeful demeanor at home and during his work at the South to keep up the spirit of our people. The High School Union, which was first started by the lamented Edward Edgerly, showed the fine progressive and serious spirit of the young gradu- ates of that day. There were several societies for mutual improvement in the town. The one I especially remember was the ** Conversation Qub ** on Spring Hill, where a few ladies and gentlemen met every 58 week at each others^ houses for conversation on literary themes or educational subjects. There was a pleasant equality among the people in their various churches, and their parish parties constituted their principal social life, and enhanced the influence of the church upon a com- munity, not so much carried away then with the distractions of the present age. I fear I have already exceeded my space, and will close these imperfect records and this rambling talk with my best wishes for the success of the Somerville Historical Society. MARTHA PERRY LOWE. Samuel Tufts House 59 Somerville in the Civil War jE must not neglect the record of Somerville in our Civil War* When the tocsin of war sounded Som- erville was a town of about nine thousand people. She was not at a loss as to what her duty should be. Before President Lincoln issued his call for troops Somerville had been roused throughout her borders. Cobble Hill echoed back the old refrain of the Powder House, and Ploughed Hill and Winter Hill sounded across the valley from Prospect Hill the defiant loyalty to the Union flag. Meetings were called and committees for recruiting appointed. The utterances of the town by resolutions, by pecuniary contribu- tions, and by enlistments, had no uncertain sound. So that within four days of the President's proclamation, — April 19, 1 86 J, the anniversary of the day which helped so loyally to make Somerville patriotic and freedom-loving, — Somerville* s soldiers left Faneuil Hall for the seat of war. Hundreds of her men took part in the nation's strife. Other States counted Somerville men in artillery, infantry, and cavalry service. They were to be found in the navy, in the regular army, and the engineer corps. This fact stands us in place of many words, that Somerville furnished 1,135 men for the defense of the Union flag; that 98 were killed in battle or died in the hospitals; that 250 were wounded in active conflict; and that out of its army of J, J 35 men 40 were commissioned officers. Aside from the treasure of life and strength contributed to upholding the integrity of the nation, the home of national man- 6o hood, and the power of the nation's flag, it should thrill us with justifiable pride to know that our city raised more than $200,000 for the Union cause, and that its refined, cultured, and warm- hearted women were unceasing in vigilance and toil in work for Christian and Sanitary Commissions, by which their loving hands cheered the wounded, comforted the sick, and blessed the dying. We may say, without exaggeration or qualification, that the record of Somerville at home and in the field establishes its rightful claim to loyaky, heroism, and patriotic devotion to this municipality, to this grand old Commonweakh of Massachusetts, and to our great republic, with its unbroken federation of States. '^Nothing can rob thee, oh, beautiful queen, Of the names and the fame of thy patriot dead ; Dead^for their homes and dead for their flag. Under the shaft or the slab marked * Unknown.' Honored and loved, they live in thy heart; For Somerville's dead are forever her own.'* JOHN S. HAYES House Once Occupied by Edward Everett, Winter Hill 6i Y^ Little Old Schoolhouse And Its Pupils [ROM earliest times the desire to advance educational interests has been shown by the cities and towns of our Commonwealth. Next to religion, the Puritans ranked education. In front of our State House stands the statue of Horace Mann, the educator, presented to the State by the school children in 1869. One of the reasons why Somerville became a separate town in 1842 was to provide better public schools. A few facts concerning the first schools may be of interest. The Cedar-street Schoolhouse was the first, though built under another name, in 1843. In 1868 it was removed to its present site. The valuation of school property in 1842-43 was $4,455, and during the same years the sum of $J,287 was expended for school purposes. Two hundred and twenty-six pupils wended their way in 1842 to ye little old schools. The first three superintendents were Rev. George H. Emerson, O. S. Knapp, and Joshua H. Davis. The schools were under Mr. Davis^s care twenty-two years. The salaries paid were as follows: $600 to grammar principals and $210 to assistants. In 1856 $1,000 was the salary paid to high school principals, $800 to grammar principals, and $250 to women assistants. In the early days the study of psychology did not receive attention, and the knowledge of the needs of child-life was meagre. Much was expected of the pedagogue; he had to be "A man so variotts that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome/' No doubt he aimed for a high standard, and after sixty years of onward march, we look back on the stream of educational 62 progress and give thanks and praise to the early pioneers who began their work in our public schools. "A consciousness remains that they have left Deposited upon the silent shore Of memory^ images and precious thoughts That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.** MINA J. WENDELL. IlKliiiiiiM^ Union Primary Schoolhouse, Butlt in J842 63 Cast of Scenes Scene L An English Rural Gathering In charge of Mrs. A. C. Hill, Mrs. E. S. Conant, and Mrs. W. M. Hadley CHARACTERS Miss Adella R. Hill ** Amy L. Cole ** Lena Crane ** Alice Spaulding '' Mary B. Reed ** Bertha Wright ** Ella Burgess *' Nettie M. Lovering '' Bertha Perham ** Bland Thomas '' Bertha Richards ** Jessie Grieves ** Jennie Perry May Queen Peggy Geogory the Court Jester Willy - - - - Miss Annie Harvey ** Ethelwyn Drew " Ethel Batchelor '' Susie M. Vincent Mr. M. P. Reed ** Joseph C. Howes ^* Ernest Wing *^ Charles Houghton *' W. M. Elliott '' Arthur Foss ** George Moody ** Joseph Ralph Miss A. M. Emerson Miss L. Lund Mr. W. F. Cutter Mr. W. H. Burgess 64 .... JOJEPM J. QILEJ.... RML EJTflTE^INJURflNCE 31 Union Square Somerville, Mass. Auctioneer, Notary Public, Justice of the Peace. Rents and Qaims Collected. Mortgagees Negotiated. Titles Examined Branch Office • • 344 Medford Street, Oilman Square LAMSON & HUBBARD MANUFACTURERS OF fine $ilK, Stiff, HATS Soft ana Straw .. .. LADIES' FURS .. .. 90 to 94 Bedford and 229 Washington Streets BOSTON, MASS. 65 Scene IL Indian Home Life and Arrival of the First White Settlers In charge of Mrs. C. W. Hale, Mrs. W. S. Brackett, and Mrs. A. C. Aldrich CHARACTERS Miss Gertrude Hall Mr. Ralph F. Reynolds *' Martha Hale '* Arthur B. Harlow " Bertha Paul ** Charles M. Houghton Mr. F. W. Swan *' P. Bethel Wright *' Stanley H. Tead '' Albert W. Hale ** Frank E. Fitts, Jr. '' G. L. Peirce ** Everett Davis ** H. J. Sanborn ** Edmund Harvey ** A. J. Meserve ** W. C. Nickerson ** L. Dyer INDIAN CHIEFS Mr. Bradford H. Peirce Mr. Cushman ^^ Scene IIL Launching of the Bark^ ^^The Blessing of the Bay ff In charge of Mrs. G. M. Harmon, Mrs. G. H. Folger, and Mrs. G. T. Knight 66 mellington^mild £oal Company Successors to Horatio Wellington & Co. and B. F. Wild & Co. Jintbracite and Bituminous G0AL Brand) Vards and Offices 226 Main Street, Charlestown 511 Main Street, Charlestown Union Square, Somerville GiLMAN Square, SomervilIvE mbarvcs Craigie's Bridge, East Cambridge 149 Medford St., 34 Warren Ave. Charlestown District, Boston General Office, 7 Central Street, Boston HOWE & FLINT ^w t^ e^* e^* Furnaces f^ t^* t^ e^* ^* t^^ t^^ t^^ and Ranges e^* ^5^ s^^ 9^^ 5t Union Square, SomerUUe Telephone 32-4 67 LAUNCHING OF THE BARK— Continued CHARACTERS Miss Estelle Bray Miss Maude Tousey '* Ruth Capen " Ethel Harmon ** Louise Mellen " Isabella Knight ** Gertrude Knight ** Ruth Tousey Gov. John Winthrop Mr. Charles Anthony '' Samuel Capen '' AHrcd Hcnsted " Harry Turner ** Carl C. Tarbox " Louis A. Brown Mr. Walter Sawyer ^ Scene IV* A Social Gathering at Ten Hifls Farm In charge of Mrs. C. D. Densmore, Mrs. A. W. Edmands, and Mrs. John E. Sylvester Miss CHARACTERS Alice B. Edmands Mr. John P. Sylvester Adelaide R. Edmands a Charles D. Richa Gertrude N. Hall 4i Fred L. Richards Anna B. West ii F. Frost Barrett Grace C. Howes it Hosmer Barrett Mildred B. Howes it Philip H. Darling Geraldine Brooks Irving Wetherbee Mabel G. Paul Alfred J. Brine Inna Bradshaw Francis J. Brine 68 A GENTLEMAN'; Dress Overcoat r ♦♦ ♦♦ Made from the Celebrated Fitchburg Kerseys, in Blacks, Blues, and Browns. Thoroughly tailored and guaranteed .. PRICE S15.00 Old South Clothing Company 31S-317 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON A. A, SANBORN^''^='^ Steam and Hot Water „ „ Heating cApparatus ifips. 16 and t8 Post-Off ice Square BOSTON High and Low Pressure Work of alt Descriptions . Estimates for Private and 'Public Buildings cheerfully given 69 A SOCIAL GATHERING— Continued Mr. George H. Galpin '* Arthur A. Kidder ** Gifford Currier *' G. F. Brett '' J. N. Buckingham " A. Rorke Miss Helen D. Carr " Maude S. Richards ** Elizabeth Jackman ** Blanche Bradford Mr. Edward D. Densmore ** G. Ellis Densmore ** John H. Densmore Harpsichord over one hundred years old kindly loaned by Qiickering & Co. Lee Powers kindly loaned old-fashioned furniture. Scene V* A Colonial Wedding In charge of Mrs. Helen E. Heald, Mrs. E. A. Maynard, and Mrs. H. F. Woods CHARACTERS Miss Mabel Fisher Mr. Harry Stephenson Mabel Fitz Carrie Hoyt Amy Hamlet Florence Ralph Bertha Brown Bessie Cullen Gertrude Thompson Mrs. Maude Hibbs Mr. Richard Churchill Bride - - - - Groom _ - - William Stephenson Herbert Stone C. Nichols Harold Kneeland Louis Dearborn Harry Osgood Harold Palmer Bradford H. Peirce Miss Elsie Lake Mr. Carol L. Nichols 70 71 $oiiiervilk national B<^nk SOMERVILLE, MASSACHUSETTS 5S UNION SQUARE transacts a General Banking Business CAPITAL, $100,000.00 .. .. H)ircctor5 .. .. J. O. Hayden, Pres. Walter C. Mentzer John A. Gale, Vice-Pres. Frederic W. Stone James F. Beard, Cashier Nathan H. Reed ly. Roger Wentworth A. M. Kidder Allen F. Carpenter Albion A. Perry James F. Hathaway David D. Lord F. W. Parker Simon Connor J. Frank Wellington George O. Proctor ^ ^ ^ lFn^ivi^ual an^ jfirm accounts SoliciteC) ^ J^ J^ PERKINS THE DRUGGIST Cor. Central and Albion Streets WHITNEY a SNOW ^HARDWARE^ 2t UNION SQUARE, SOMERVILLE 72 Scene VL The Old Powder House In charge of Mrs. Adella Cummings, Mrs. Alfred T. Nash, and Mrs. S. Henry Wilkins CHARACTERS Miss Georgia Reed Miss Bertha Keyes Miss D. May Reed Miss Florence Eaton MILLERS Mr. Louis L. Glazier Mr. Everett Davis FARMERS Mr. Arthur E. Ellis Mr. Ralph Reynolds BRITISH OFFICERS Mr. John F. McGann Mr. R. Loring ^ Scene VIL The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere^ and The Call to Arms In charge of Mrs. C. P. Battelle, Mrs. R. H. Riddell, and Mrs. Nellie S. Smith CHARACTERS Miss Mattie N. Freedom Mr. Ralph H. Kenniston ** Inez M. King '' D. Frank Rinn ** Mercy P. Byam '' L. M. Bacon '* Ethel C. Wheeler " C. E. Nichols 73 Ride of Paul Revere 74 RIDE OF PAUL REVERE— Continued Miss Georgie M. Clark Mr. Chester W. Butterworth ** Florence King " Lawrence Robbins Mr. Guy C. Riddell " Percy Rolfe " G. Waldo Proctor " Frank A. Bennett *' Ralph H. Hosmer " Howard Giles '* W. G, Eaton " G. H. Burgess '* H. Prescott " H. Adams Captain _ _ - Mr. Alexander J. Rorke Stage Driver Mr. Elmer L. Brine Fanner _ _ _ Mr. J. R. Nichols Fanner _ _ _ Mr. Walter C. Nickerson Fanner _ _ _ Mr. Robert J. Peters Blacksmith - - - Mr. Guy P. Moses ^ Scene VIIL The Battle of Bunker HiU In charge of Mrs. S. H. Libby, Mrs. A. S. Hill, and Mrs. George F. Loring AMERICAN SOLDIERS Mr. B. D. Bourne Mr. Russell Pipe Walter Littlefield Anson M. Titus Edward S. Cox Henry E. Mead Ralph Reynolds Dana W. Bennett Charles Shaw Harry OTeary F. E. Cross Robert A. Bennett E, J. Loring 75 FREDERICK W. GAY REGISTERED PHARMACIST PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY 524 Somerville Avenue^ ^ Somerville^ Mass* OUR FOREFATHERS--—^ ^ and our Foremothers were strong people, and they ^BW«. needed to be, because they didn^t have an aid like the #^ BICVCLE WRINGHR 1^ to save the hard work. It is made with ball-bearings, and runs easy under the heaviest strain. Price $3.50 W. E. PLUMER & CO., ^ 52 UNION SQ> L. H. BROWN Rack, Livery, Boaraing, and $ak Stable Cor. Somerville Avenue and Prospect Street SOMERVILLE Particular attention p^iven to Boarding Horses Carriages and Harnesses for Sale CASSIUS HUNT CHARLES C. PAYSON EDWIN HUNT C. HUNT St CO. Wholesale Commission Dealers in QCffln, inKE, RivERissroHD mm nm 120 nnD 122 SOUTH nnmcT otce dostoii TELEPHONE CONNECTION 76 BATTLE OF BUNKER HELL— Continued BRITISH Mr. Ralph S. Loring " John F. McGann General Clinton Israel Putnam Captain Small Lord Rawdon General Prescott SOLDIERS Mr. Thomas P. McGann " Louis Pennock Mr. C. E. Conover Mr. E. W. Curtis Mr. Herbert P. Yeaton Mr. Dana W. Bennett - Mr. E. J. Loring ^ Scene IX, The Raising of the First Flag on Prospect Hill; January I, 1776 In charge of Mrs. Isaac Rich, Mrs. J. Abbott Clark, and Mrs. J. Frank Wellington CHARACTERS Miss Marion Gooding ^* Grace Simonds " Josephine Kimball " Margaret Lakin ** Florence Eaton " Gertrude Niles Mr. Arthur Cushman ** Curtis Fairbanks " Willie McDonald George Washington - Mr. Ralph Reynolds '' Frank E. Fitts, Jr. ** Arthur H. Gooding " Harry OTeary " Wallace Hubbard " Wilder Sturtevant " Frank Hamblin ** Stanley Tead " Ernest Kimball - Mr. Julian P. Twitchell 77 PHOTOGRAPHER 352 Washington Street BOSTON We produce a.11 the best And ne'west things in photographic nvork. If you i[l gi-ve us an order. Place your orders for Christmas photos early and a'boid the rush A. F. CARPENTER OLD STAND STORAGE GROCERIES Storage for Furniture, OF ALL KINDS Pianos, Sleighs, Trunks, Cases, etc Cbc Best Butter in tl)e market Cor. Somerville Jive, and ParK %i First-Class Trade Solicited someRUTCce ..'^ure Coffees and Teas.. IN SEPARATE ROOMS At Lowest Prices FLOUR A SPECIALTY With locked doors, neat and con- venient Parties breaking- up housekeep- IRo. 522 Somervnlle Hvenue ing- will do well to make early application R. nOLLINQi & QO. MANUFACTURERS OF €lcctric, Gas, and Combination f\mm |TiiieCdiiip$|and|$bade$,§TirepldcelTunii$bing$ 523-525 •«» Washington -^ Street-^* Boston 78 Scene X^ The American Flag Dance In^charge of Mrs. Geo. Stephens, Jr., Mrs. W. F. Watters, and Mrs. Williston Lincoln DANCERS Miss Anna B. West ** Martha L. Hale ■*' Mabel Paul ** Bertha P. Paul " Alice Sartwell '' Gertrude Hall '' Helen D. Carr Mr. Francis J. Brine Solo Dance Mr. George H. Galpin ** G. N. Buckingham " J. Frost Barrett " Philip Darling ** Irving Wetherbec ** Gifford Currier ** Arthur Kidder " A. J. Rorke Miss Alice B. Edmands e^ Scene XL The Arrival of Margaret Winthrop and John Eliot In charge of Mrs. Geo. O. Proctor, Mrs. E. B. West, and Mrs. A. A. Gibson CHARACTERS Miss Marion West Miss Helen Higgins ** Gertrude O'Brion Mr. J. P. Belliveau '* Ethel Butterworth '* N. P. Reed ** Mabel Proctor " W. H. Burgess 79 4' Rand House £r Great: Opposite Park St House DeAVOuancD 1569. Elm. Somcrville Ave. '/"'";if/,;..'" V 80 ^EXCELSIOR MILLS' Established 1838 Incorporated 1895 f ^ i^^^^f J. T. GLINES CO. EDWARD GLINES, Treasurer WHOLESALE DEALERS, IMPORTERS, ROAST- ERS Or ^ tJ^ ^ '^ ^ ^ ^ COFFEE No. 50 INDIA STREET, - BOSTON, MASS. Telephone 2296 Boston QUIRESfamoushamS Are Delicate and Delicious. -,,jjii. They make the daintiest sandwiches for ft^g^tojil teas and luncheons in the house or '™ '^'"'^if's*^^^. out-of-doors. Carefully cured, they I keep moist, sweet and refreshing. ^-^;^ Our " ready-cooked hams " are a great J^-^-^-^^^. conven ience 7vhen yotiWe away from home. JOHN P. SQUIRE & CO., Boston. 8i ARRIVAL OF MARGARET WINTHROP— Continaed Miss Grace M. Howes ** Grace Proctor " Bessie Wisdom " Hattie Wisdom Margaret Winthrop Governor Winthrop John Eliot Mr. W. A. Colcord ** K D. Cooke " Harold Harlow Miss Ethel Lincoln Mr. R R Bradford - Mr. Walter S. Sawyer ^ Scene XIL A Colonial Tea Party In charge of Mrs. L. V. Niles, Mrs. G. W. Simpson, and Mrs. Elbridge S. Brooks CHARACTERS Mr. Charles D. Elliot " Charles F. Simes ** Frank W. Marden ** Frank A. Ware ** S. A. Carvill Mrs. George S. Minot Soloist - - - Mrs. Charles D. Elliot ** Charles F. Simes " Frank W. Marden " Frank A. Ware ** S. A. CarviU Mr. Lon F. Brine CWVes S. '^obex^soxv SxvswaTvee ^S S\a\e S\Tee\, liosVoxv 'SeVe^Vo'ive SS^O "^oom SOT ScTvd ^OT a \TvaV ordeT *5. S. CVvewe^ Co. 'BioadTDa"^, COT. "Wl^. 'Ocrwou S\tcc\ ^SVvaxvVis^vmw^ T)a^ Scene XIIL The Flags of the Nations In charge of Mrs. E. C. DoIIiver, Mrs. F. L. Dunne, and Mrs. G. W. Freund FLAG BEARERS America - - - - - - Miss MoIIie Edmands Russia _ 1 - _ _ _ Miss Helen Walters Germany - - Miss Frances Frost and Mr. W. Pierson Italy _------ Miss Florence Green Spain - - Miss Helen Bradshaw and Mr. J. Nichols France _.-____ Miss Edna Jones Holland _ - - Miss Alice Dunne and Mr. F. Rice Sweden ._-_--- Miss Mattie Bell Great Britain - Miss Ruth Benton and Mr. C. J. Nichols ^ Scene XIV* The Children's Quilting Party In charge of Mrs. Edward Glines, Mrs. S. M. Pennock, and Miss Gerta M. Colby CHARACTERS Miss Jeannette A. Dawson Mr. Albion M. Boothby " Marcella Kendall '' Elmer L. Brine " Nathalie E. Kinsman ** Arthur F. Gooding ** Mildred F. Lincob *' Percy J. Holmes 84 Adams House, Formerly Standing on Bow Street 85 QUILTING PARTY— Continued Miss M. Jeannette Pearson Mr. Guy P. Moses Ina G. Thompson Florence Keeler Moses Bertha E. Brown Helen Higgins Soloist J. Robert Nichols Bowen Tufts R. H. Kenniston Dorothy Crane Bessie Densmore e^ Scene XV* A Dancing School of Y^ Olden Time In charge of Mrs. Henry A. Robbins, Mrs. L. Roger Wentworth, and Mrs. Arthur C. Whitney DANCERS Miss Alice Miller Master Carl Gleason Louise Whitney Marjorie Loring Dorothy Joyce Isabel Wild Amy B. Wood Amy Hubbard Gladys Hastings Dorothy Crane Helen Higgins Lucy Robbins Spinney Nat Rice Prescott Wild Arthur Corwin Harold Taylor Freddie Westing Horton Pushee Charles Pope Moses Wright Parker Brewer 86 m new B«ot f«r Himm Sarioris $2.$o > EXCLUSIVE^SALE^FOR^SOMERVILLE J- F. W. GILBERT 36 UNION SQUARE THREE NEW BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS THK TRUE STORY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, the American statesman Told for boys and girls by Elbridgb '^ '^^7.^fM^:t^..5o. New York: E. P. Uutton & Co. " A rarely good bov'sb"ok."—7"A^ /•-7'(j«^Wu/. d „, iui„,, " A complete and satisfactory account of the tragic Custer campaign. -Butte Miner. FOR SALE BY ALL BOOKSELLERS SIMON CONNOR Pallor anb ITmpovter HILL BUILDING, UNION SQUARE SomevviUe ESTABLISHED IN 1852 T. W, BRYANT 27 WOOD STREET ,«-..— J. E. BRYANT O. F. BRYANT ^^c^..^ S2 RICHDALE AVE. 2A GRANT STREET jfuneral ^ 2)irector6 170 ScDool street, SomcrpllU i5 nmn Street, €Darle$towi _ , , XT • Telephone No. 4'-» Telephone No. .123-2 87 Scene XVL The Miniature Navy In charge of Mrs. C. F. Simes, Mrs. F. A. Ware, and Mrs. E. G. Glines Miss CHARACTERS Florence Darling Master Everett Stone Edith Winn 4 " Louis Lombard Gladys Loring 4 * Louis Keyne Susie Richie 4 * Ned French Frances Paon '* Ernest Ware Leila Stevens " Howard Miller Helen Barker " Charlie Parks Alice Lyon i '* Robert Macomber Cora Taylor * * Myron Lewis Lucy Sears 4 * Harold Dix Sadie Whitaker 4 * Charlie Russ Eva Richardson t^ The Colonia I Booth In charge of Mrs. John F. Ayer, Mrs. David L. MauLsby, Miss Annie G. Stover, and Mrs. John S. Emerson AtasacA. ^ 5^ ^^\oAN ee^^ Tew €(|Udl Done Surpass Tl IHocba Jobn f . nickerson Co» Bost on, mass. "YE GOODE OLDE TYMES" How often the desire finds expression that these "g-oode olde tyraes" might be with us ag-ain. For then it was that every article was sold on its merit; that integ-rity was the watchword of the merchant; that adulteration was un- known. And yet, the fact is, some of to-day's articles of merchandise will measure fully up to anything- known in the past. As an instance, take «BLUE BRAND^ ALL-LEAF LARD Here you have an all-leaf lard, the only all-i^eaf lard, in fact, whose superior was never known. Here is purity, integ-rity, sterling worth in all the beauty of its excellence. Here, in brief, are all the qualities so characteristic of "ye goode olde tymes." Many of those housewives who used to try out their own leaf lard — and their number was legion — because they couldn't secure the desired excellence in any other way, now buy "Blue Brand" All-Iveaf Lard, because it only supplies the quality they desire. Could greater deference be paid to its excellence? Consult your dealer on this subject. Quite likely he handles "Blue Brand " All- Leaf Lard. If he does, he'll extol its virtues, "for none know it but to praise it." But if he doesn't keep it, get a pail of some other dealer. Give it a thorough trial in your kitchen, demonstrate its worth, and you'll then be as enthusiastic in its advocacy as a host of others. " Blue Brand " labels are so distinctive (see illustration) that you won't mistake this lard for any other kind. In 3, 5, and 10-lb. pails. Prepared only by BOSTON PACKING & PROVISION CO. 77 and 79 South Market Street, BOSTON 89 The Puritan Booth In charge of Mrs. Oren C. Sanborn, Mrs. J. Q. Lowell, Mrs. C. E. Parks, Mrs. J. O. Hayden, and Miss Katherine W. Wood ASSISTANTS Miss Susie Vincent Miss Bessie L. Duddy ** Martha Vincent ** Edna Gushing ** Marion Stiles ** A. Sleeper ** Bessie Burrage ** Alice Vincent " Grace Simonds u Bessie Albee Dora Lowell Ida Remick ** Alice Cooper ** Ida Godfrey ** Cordelia A. Foster ^mP CT — CT-TT — cT^v <-» V *J *5 u ^ ;'i 90 .^.w^ ^ WHY? v? ^p^ ^-.^ because every man luants and C ^/ ) .f'r^.^^^Cj^.^^i^i-T'yiJ/^i needs Endcnvment or Life Insur- 1 ance and can get more for his 45 Milk Street, Room 37, Boston money in the ^ ^ ,^ ^ <^ ^ ^ Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company cAssets, $t09,22l,204A8 Liabilities. $85,29t A74.09 Surplus. $23,929,730,09 G. LESLIE NICHOLS ^^ ARCHITECT--^ MASON BUILDING BOSTON. - - MASS. W. L STEVENS, D. D.S. S)enti6t 2 HILL BUILDING, UNION SQUARE SOMERVILLE CATERING FANCY BAKING C. C. EARRINGTON 45 SUMMER STREET Ice Cream and Fancy Ices furnished in any quantity for any occasion J- Choice Wedding Cake to orderJ'^oUs and Bread for suppers, parties, etc^ a specialty 91 r=-^^ The Somerville Historical Society Appeals to the people to assist them iii preserv- ing objects of historic value, and to prevent those that now exist from being destroyed. Will you help us by joining the Society ? The cost is only one dollar per year. The Society is incorporated, and will re- ceive, hold, and preserve loans or gifts, and hand them down to future generations. We doubt if there is another spot in this country so sacred as this of ours in the eyes of all lovers of liberty. Let us collect and catalogue a 11 /the scattered data of the early times and teach our children the value of their inheritance. ^0 .) 92 1l UfTS CoLLEGI l^ Lonn^ and Pbipps /Irchiteets Excnange Building Boston • LORING & PHIPPS, Architects EXCHANGE BUILDING. 53 STATE STREET, BOSTON Geo. F. Loriii},'-. 78 Hijrhland Ave., Somerville Sanford Phipps, Watertown EDW. H. BAKER, Prcst. WNl. A. HUNNEWELL. Treas, Main Office and Wharves, ^Mumm^ 157 Main Street Cam BRIDGEPORT Boston Office, - - 20 EXCHANGE PLACE BAKER-HUNNEWELL CO. 93 Contents Frontispiece. Oliver Tufts House on Sycamore Street Photo8:raphed by B. D, Bourne Officers of Somerville Historical Society _ _ . _ 7 Festival Committees _-----_-8 Membership of Somerville Historical Society - - - - JO The Somerville Historical Society - - -CD. Elliot 14 Miles Standish and the Plymouth Explorers - C. D. Elliot 16 An Old Colonial Mansion - Drawn by E. J. Loring 18 Gov. John Winthrop and His Ten Hills Farm, C. D. Elliot 19 Timothy Tufts House on Elm Street - - - - - 22 Somerville in the Revolution - - - -CD. Elliot 23 The Sampler ------ F. M. Hawes 27 A Colonial Doorway - _ _ Drawn by E. J. Loring 29 John Mallet, the Old Miller - - Mrs. L. F. A. Maulsby 30 Gen. Charles Lee and the Old Tufts House, John S. Hayes 32 Portrait of Gen. Charles Lee, From Drawing made by Barham Ruskbrooke On Prospect Hill ----- Sam Walter Foss 35 Old Unitarian Church on Highland Avenue, Drawing by E. W. Hamilton - - - - - 37 The Flag of Our Union _ _ - John S. Hayes 38 This article was from the able pen of the late John S. Hayes, but through an inadvertence his name was omitted as the author 94 o o LO O O 1 1 Art CN 1 bowl, er only , :b ^ tj '^ w o P5 bo "H c -♦-• Q) o 3 C . o Spoo poon, '*-» o o , 1 o o to m N> "S uC CO ^ TO U 4-> o O o o 4-t ir> ^ ^1^ 1 vr> in o i/^ i^ pa •t5 1. ■ ' ^ <^ C 1 1 Ift 8. 00 b<0 liver ver c OT t^ TO __ W tn o Orange Spoon, a Coffee Spoon, all J > _l ^ 4. <^ «^ «^^ ^M^ ■■■■ O u &• -J o -J C > ^^ GC <« u ^^ s S o .*s 0) » ^5 • ^ of f« u z DC s O 2 O ^- ^^ u (;;id I •«. H Z *S o <« ^- " «) u £ cc •^ < JS D <« o ^^ U) O z ^ ^^^ o s z 5^ D (D «>' CM s «> 1^ 9S CONTENTS — Continued Maj.-Gen. John Paterson _ _ _ Rev. Anson Titus 42 Map — Part of American Lines in Siege of Boston^ Drawn by C. D. Elliot __.--- 46 Prospect Hill and Its Early History - - W. P. Jones 47 The Hasty Pudding Party on Prospect Hill, From the original picture by Henry Bacon, Paris, formerly a resident of Somervilk When Lafayette Came to Town - - - E. S. Brooks 51 Winter Hill and Winter Hill Station on Lowell R. R. from Central Hill, J 880 Old Memories of Early Days - - - M. P. Lowe 56 Somerville in the Civil War - - - J. S. Hayes 60 Ye Little Old Schoolhouse - - _ M. J. Wendell 62 Cast of Scenes ----..-.- ^ t^ An article entitled "Early Days of Tufts College,^' by President E.'H, Capen, was received too late for publication, much to the regret of the editors* 96 mSiAiMem m »)waca*g»»- istoric At J* foot of Prospect Hill SlSSiSSffi^S'i^S^ :'. "j^: . 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