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 In the iihici- of bones we insert continuous rows of 
 
 very »iiff cord, which frive nil the support of bones 
 
 with til.' aihantage of yielding to every moTement 
 
 of lilt' forui, and of being washed without changing 
 tiic — ot thegarment. Stylish and tasty as a French 
 ■I, \ rt combining ease and comfort with elegance 
 
 and shape, our Corset has the unqualified approval of 
 
 every physician that has seen it. For Children the ad- 
 vent of this Corset marks a new era in Children's 
 
 Waists. No movement of the arms can displace the 
 shoulder socket, stockings and skirts are always in position, and all is ease and comfort. Walking or run- 
 ning, sitting down or jumping rope, it is all the same. We lace the Lady's Corset ; the Child's Waist but- 
 tons in the back, but it is a perfect little corset in its beauty of fitness to the form. Each Corset is 
 stamped with two numbers signifying the Iwo nieasurements— the first being the size in inches around 
 the waist, and the second around the shoulders, and the variations are such that any lady or child can 
 
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 be easily fitted. 
 Directions lor Measurement lor the 
 Lady's Corset. 
 
 ■ moderately, 
 .V, and iiiaKe no aeouciion. 
 of the Ladies' Comfort Corset in stock 
 
 I follows : 
 
 Waist. Shoulder. 
 
 and make no deduct 
 
 The Child's Waist 
 
 For the Child's Comlort 'Waist; also 
 the "Twin 'Waist." 
 
 iicnt as in the Lady's Co" 
 are should be takei. _ 
 added for buttoning. 
 
 f the Child's Comfort and Twin Waists 
 
 Shoulder. 
 
 ? of London Cord, 
 
 Makinfr 26 different sizes. It is made of the fin- 
 est Satteen, white and drab. 
 
 Samples of the Ladies' Corset sent by mail, post paid, upon receipt of $2, with the WAIST 
 and SHOULDER measures, taken as per directions given above. Child's Comfort Waist, 
 Satteen, 75 cts. to 85 cts., each ; London Cord, $1.25. Child's " Twin " Waists, 50 cts. 
 
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 Wholesale Dealers in Long- and Short l.uinliir, ICiln-driid Liiiiihc-r of all kinds, Doors, Glazed Window 
 
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 FURNISHING MATERIAL FOR LARGE JOBS. 
 
 O. H. SMITH, Manaycr- .TAMES M. PALMKK, 7V.yi.v. A. DAVIS, Agent. 
 
 a-i^.A.i^T's 
 
 Revolving and Self-Cleansing Filter. 
 
 The only Self-Cleansing Filter ever invented, and the only one which 
 domestics will keep clean. Filters that are not easily and often cleansed 
 
 are worse than i 
 
 J. GRANT 6c CO. 
 
 Sole Proprietors, 
 
 24 Cotigi'ess Street, Boston. 
 
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 tions with every Filter. They fit any faucet. Price, $2. 
 
S P BINGI''j( 1<! LB HOUSE, 
 
 3SriVIXtVl.Cl5.Ot, IVX£t!SS.y 
 
 i~iutlv located on the shore of 
 ki t Haiboi, within convenient 
 . . f the Po<<t Office «!tcamboat 
 
 iiliiiln Hithciutthc danfc'i 1 which 
 
 I them ^\hen pla\mg on the 
 
 Owing to the inoieaMng pat- 
 
 . 1 the Sininjihild Hou<ie, it has 
 
 und ni cfv^m topioMde further 
 
 ]iii(iditii.ns than heietofoie for 
 
 —=: ANNEX HOUSES^- 
 
 neail}' opposite the 
 
 to the 
 
 -^ ~^- -- 1 1 II them as if quartered 
 
 OPEN ALL THE YEAR ROUND. WELL FURNISHED BILLIARD ROOMS CON- 
 NECTED WITH HOUSE. SS=NO BAR. 
 TERMS: Transient, S2 to $2.50 per Day. For the Season, $8 to $12 per Week. 
 
 C. H. MOWRY, Clerk. A. S. MO WRY, PROPRIETOR. 
 
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 ^.i: SI Asco N SET, :k._. 
 
 WALTER S. CHASE, 
 
 Proprietor. 
 
 This Hotel is situated on a bluff commanding an v.nobstructed 
 view of the broad Atlantic. 
 
 Surf Bathing unsurpassed on the Atlantic coast. All of our fish 
 
 are caught in sight of the House. Clams dug fresh 
 
 every day. Fresh eggs, fresh milk. Just 
 
 the place for Children. 
 
 Guests will receive every attention to make their stay at the 
 Ocean View Hotise pleasant and agreeable. 
 
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 NANTUCKET, Mass. 
 
 THOS, H, SOULE, Jr. 
 
 Proprietor. 
 
 This House is situated on high land, with an uner|ualed view of the Harbor and 
 Sound, and is strieth' first-chiss. 
 
 ag IlifitJ litfiiset 
 
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 Nantucket. Mass. 
 
 JE, JD, MATCH, 
 
 Proprietor 
 
 This House is splendidlj' located, commanding a fine view of the Harbor and Bay. 
 From the Cupola, a bird's eye view of the whole Island can be seen, including the 
 whole south shore out on to the broad Atlantic. 
 
 Rooms Large and Airy— Table First-class— Prices Reasonable. 
 
 The management will spare no pains or expense to please his guests. 
 
 No better fishing-grounds can be found on the Xew England coast than in this 
 locality. 
 
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 Newly Fitted and Furnished Throughout. 
 
 PRICES REASONABLE, TO CORRESPOND WITH THE TIMES. 
 
 Sili&iARD mOOm &MB BARBER SHOP 
 
 CONNECTED WITH THE HOUSE. 
 
 •4Jo. 87 pnion §trcct, - ■ New Bedford, JaAA. 
 E. R. RICHARDS. PROPRIETOR. 
 
 A Complete Guide to the WHITE MOUNTAINS. Price, 25 Cts. 
 
 Picturesque Narragansett Sea and Shore, 
 
 With Illustrated Providemce and Newport. Price, 35 Cts. 
 For sale by Newsdealers, or sent, post paid, on receipt of priee, by 
 
 J. A. & R. A. REID, Publishers, 
 
 PROVIDENCE, R. I. 
 
IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT 
 
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 The Gkavuketype Company, of Xo. 15; 
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 joniplished by wood engraving, can be per- 
 
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 22 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. 
 
 In all its Branches at Lowest Rates. 
 
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 Rheumatism, Gout and Neuralgia, 
 
 MANUFACTURED BY THE 
 
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 Immediate ichef 
 Permanent (nie i 
 Now i\,liisu,l\ , 
 
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 COTTAGES AND TENTS TO RENT. 
 
 Contracts taken for Cottage Building, Painting and Repairing. Personal attention given to 
 all Contracts, and to the Care of Cottages the year round. 
 
 Office, Dr. Glnn's Block. Residence, No. 18 Kennehec Ave. 
 
 OAK BLUFFS, MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 
 
 W. H.H.Smith s 
 Hack, Livery and Boarding 
 
 Head of Steamboat Wharf, Nantucket, Mass. 
 
 SINGLE TEAMS, WITH OR WITHOUT DRIVERS. 
 
 A NICE EXCURSION WAGON FOR PARTIES. 
 HACKS FOR THE PUBLIC CONVEYANCE AT ALL HOURS. 
 
 BAGGAGE TAKEN TO AND FROM THE BOATS. 
 
 Snow Brothers, 
 
 348 WasJtingtou Street, - - BOSTON. 
 
 Maiuil'aeture to oitler the onl.v 
 PERFECT SLIDING PATE]S"T 
 
 WINDOW SCREENS 
 
 Diploma awarded at the late Mechanics' Fair. 
 These Screens can be used for the top as well as the bottom 
 of the window, and may he removed by simply pressing the screen 
 to the left. State and County Rights for sale. 
 Estimates given on application by mail or otherwise. 
 Orders solicited and attended to personally. 
 
 Satisfaction guaranteed. 
 
 Liberal Discount to the trade. 
 They also manufacture all styles of SCREEN DOORS. A specialty made of 
 
 WINDOW SHADES AND FIXTURES, 
 
 Gilt Mouldings, Draperies, and Interior Work generally, constantly on hand. 
 
 Rubber Mouldings and Weather Strips, Wire Cloth, Landscape Wire, Curtain Materials, 
 Picture Cord, Tassels, etc., constantly on hand and for sale. 
 
 These Screens can be manufactured by giving dimensions required, and shipped to any 
 point, ready to be put up. 
 
 !5^= We Caution all persons against selling, vending, or using our Improved Sliding 
 Window Screen, held in place by springs on side, unless stamped with our name and date 
 of Letters Patent. 
 
 SNOW BROTHERS. 
 
j^ARLpmS PHOTOGRAPHS 
 
 FINE, STYLISH, 
 
 CALL AND SEE THEM. - 
 
 -:%g BUSmESS MEN. 
 
 FINE COMMERCIAL— ESbs^ 
 
 -JOB PRINTING.- 
 
 We take this method of inforiiiin»r business men in general that we now have unequaled facilities for 
 
 WB JiL,SQ EBBP A FVLE MNB OF BUBINBaa SWAmONiBBYi 
 
 and can furnish all kinds of Envelopes and Pai)ers at the lowest prices. We also have in stock and can 
 furnish to order Blank Books of all styles and patterns. Persons in want of anything in our line will do 
 weutogiveusacan. Hespeetfun. .ours, ^^^g ^ KNIGHT. 
 
 4S William Street, Robeson Buililing, • - - ■ NEW BEDFORD. 
 
 -^ICITY STEAM LAUNDRY, j:-^ 
 
 M&t 5^g AQushaM AT§nu§f , =^ = ^g^ B§Mm^-. 
 
 ALL KINDS OF LAUNDRY WORK DONE WITH 
 NEATNESS AND DISPATCH. 
 
 Branch OOlcc : 
 
 jSTo. 5() Sainoset ^Vventie, - - Oak Blnffs. 
 E. H. NEIL, Agent. 
 
 CSIT 
 
 Beds aiiil( Mi> iii ilic w.ulil. Senil lor circulars. Sent 
 receipt of i>rifc. i.r i '. n. |». 
 
 H ERMO N W. LADD, 
 I St., Nrn VoiK ; I«.5 >o. 3.1 St., Philndclphia. 
 
 ThcSTANYAN BREAD MIXER | KNEADER. 
 
 entcl the " .Stanyau Bread Mixer atid Kn 
 
 lavB always IVIt. It Cuts and Bkats up thk Dough .\t thk Same Time, a proce 
 
 vllicli^'ives vou a fiiR-, li^'lit biwiii. No kilclicn should be wiiliuut it. 
 
 (.Sisiied). M. PARLOA. 
 
 Fninii)' Mixm, nilh eooil pnn, l^'i.OO nnd '^•i.-iH. Sold at Kitihon FurnisI 
 ng Stores, and at 34 Mcliool m., Boston. »«TAIVYAIV COItiPANV. 
 
-^}t^ICJI^^ND*^?TYLI3P3i^ 
 
 CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND 
 AT 
 
 H.H.KOOinHGi.CO,'S, 
 
 Mm-. 4 mm^ § 
 
 Purchase Street, 
 
 NEW BEDFORD. 
 
 THEIR STOCK IS ALWAYS THE LARGEST. THEIR STYLES THE NEWEST. 
 
 THEIR PRICES THE LOWEST. 
 
 They have also a well selected stock of 
 
 CORSETS, GLOVES, MITTS, TIES, COLLARS, CUFFS, RUCHES, LACES, &o., and a nice 
 assortment of SMALL WARES generally. 
 
 Ladies wanting anything in their line should be sure to call on them, 
 
 J^os. 4 and 6 PURCHASE STREET. 
 
 E. ANTHONY & SONS, 
 
 c:r-- PUBLISHERS OF^^:Xj 
 
 •■^EVENING STAND ABD,-?^- 
 
 Much Largest Circulation of any Daily in Southern Massachusetts ; 
 Largest Circulation of any Weekly in this section of the State. 
 
 JOB PRINTING 
 
 IN BEST STYLES, AT REASONABLE RATES. 
 
 67 UNION STREET, - - NEW BEDFORD. MASS. 
 
 -R,. 'B'. iFESSEinsriDEisr, 
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 huff', ww///^ 'm^^ea^, '^WlaU, '^W//, 
 16 South Water St„ - - New Bedford, 
 
 All orders promptly filled. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. 
 
SIITHiOS., 
 
 M Mmli Sliajes, 
 
 CLOSES, Ac, 
 
 For Gas and Oil Fixtures. 
 
 Vases, Ouspadores, Jardiniers. 
 
 1 numerous styles, all in Vitri- 
 fied Euamel Colors, and war- 
 ranted imperishable. 
 
 Specialties: VASES, 
 
 SHADES, GLOBES, 
 
 CARD RECEIVERS, 
 
 Berry Dishes, &c. 
 
 Adapted to the wants of manu- 
 facturers of silver ware (for 
 mounting), and suited to general 
 trade in Fancy Articles, Home 
 Ornaments, Bridal Presents,&c. 
 
 Samples at Showroom, 
 
 Robeson Block, - New Bedford, 
 
 Mass. 
 
 (IfficL- and Workt; : 
 
 NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 
 
 DEAI.KR IIV 
 
 Books, Stationery and Newspapers, 
 
 MANILLA AND STRAW WRAPPING PAPER, 
 105 «fc 107 Union and 123 Purchase Sts., 
 
 ADAPTED FOR ALL PUKl'OSKS \VHKl;K fO.M.MoX SOAP OR WASHING POW- 
 DER IS REQUIRED. 
 
 AS A t,AUNDUY SOAP IT HAS NO EQUAX. 
 
 Warranted not to injure the Finest Fabrics and to wash Flannels without shrinking. 
 ASK YOUR GROCER FOR IT. 
 
 IVIANUFACTURED BY 
 
 Chas. E. p. Delano, 
 
 School, corner First Street, 
 
 :yEn BEUFORD, Mass. 
 
C. H. CHURCH, 
 
 • DEALER IN 
 
 Dnigs, Medicines 
 
 — ■ ^^Sfi- "^ 
 
 ^lc;qpiD-s-cpEpic^li3;}e^ 
 
 Fancy and toilet articles, Sponges, Brushes, 
 perfumery, etc. 
 
 Purchase, cor. Middle Street, - New Bedford, Mass. 
 
 Physicians' Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders answered with 
 care and dipatch. 
 
 IF. a-. m?.ix^i=. 
 
 -»EAI.ER IN- 
 
 Oil Cloths, 
 
 MATS, 
 Rugs, Etc. 
 
 173 
 
 PURCHASE 
 STREET, 
 
 NEW BEDFOED, 
 
 2J MASS. 
 
#l!ffe* 
 
 jfARTHAsV'^ 
 
 15 'i 
 
 Open July 1, 1879. 
 
 Its facilities for BOATING, FISHING and BATHING are unsurpassed, and it has the FINEST 
 LOCATION OF ANY SUMMER HOUSE ON THE COAST. It will be run under the same 
 management as heretofore, and will continue to be first-class in every respect. Parties can engage 
 rooms by addressing Parker House, New Bedford, Mass., or Sea View House, Oak Bluffs, 
 M. V. 
 
 HOLDER M. BROWNELL, Proprietor. 
 
 I PARKER HOUSE, 
 
 3 
 
 NEW BEDFORD, Mass. 
 
 The only first-class liouse in the city. Offers superior accommodations to tourists en. route for 
 Martha's Vineyard. LOCATION UNSURPASSED. Charges according to Rooms. 
 First-class Livery Stable in connection with the House. 
 
 H. M. BROWNELL, Proprietor. 
 
f .^ '^ — ^ m^ is 
 
 ILLUSTRATED 
 
 Martha's Vineyard 
 
 NANTUCKET. 
 
 SKETCHES OF DISCOVERIES, ABORIGINES, SETTLERS, WARS, INCI- 
 DENTS, TOWNS, HAMLETS, SCENES, CAMP MEETINGS, 
 COTTAGES AND INTERESTING LOCALITIES, 
 
 ^i^ MAPS -^ OF -5- THE -^ ISI. A WDS.=i^ 
 
 'G Rev. FREDERIC DENISON, A. M., 
 
 ^^ Corresponding Member of R. I. His. .Society, .'iiid of 
 
 Q, Wis. His. Society. 
 
 
 ■^^ PROVIDENCE- 
 
 J. A. & R. ^\IEi5, Printers, Publishers and Engravers. 
 
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 HE full story of New Bedford would be an epic ; that of the Elizabeth 
 Isles a song ; that of Martha's Vineyard a revelation ; that of Nantucket 
 a romance. In each case we should find truth stranger than fiction. 
 '*s) To the thousands who annually flock to these places and to all the 
 dwellers in these regions, we present a vade mecum. It were easy to 
 fill a large volume, but we have chosen to select such facts and scenes 
 as will interest and profit the largest number of readers. Besides 
 thoroughly consulting whatever has been written relative to these beautiful and historic 
 shores, we have engaged in independent observations, and have endeavored to 
 arrange all in an order as natural and convenient as possible. 
 
 Since the pictorial is always pleasing, and is now in great demand, we are happy 
 to have associated with us well-known artists. 
 
 The illustrations are under the management of James S. Foy, sculpt., from the 
 pencil of George G. White, after William A. Wall, pinxt., and landscapes and ma- 
 rines by Fred. B. Schell, A. L. Bodwell and J. F. Hallowell. The enterprising firm 
 having the whole in hand, enjoy an established reputation for thorough and reliable 
 work in all that they undertake. 
 
 Special acknowledgments for helps and hints are due to William A. Wall, 
 painter, S. F. Adams and Geo. F. Parlow, photographers, Wm. P. S. Cadwell, Esq., 
 and Capt. Thomas B. Hathaway, of New Bedford ; to Woodward & Sons and R. E. 
 Shute, photographers, and Rev. H. Vincent, R. L. Pease, Lewis Smith and Capt. 
 C. C. Smith, of Martha's Vineyard ; and to F. C. Sanford, J. Freeman, B. G. Tobey, 
 A. H. Gardner, and Folger & Rich, of Nantucket. 
 
 yune, 1879. 
 
 C;>^ ^::^^<?*--<--^«iE-<s«--»^ 
 
0titetit0* 
 
 THE WAY — 
 
 PAOB. 
 
 
 
 Routes of Travel, 
 
 17 
 
 Recreations, 
 
 
 
 Edgartown, 
 
 
 I. NEW BEDFORD, . 
 
 19 
 
 Katama, 
 
 
 Buzzard's Bay . 
 
 27 
 
 Chilmark, 
 
 
 Elizabeth Isles, 
 
 28 
 
 Gay Head, 
 
 
 The Aborigines, 
 
 30 
 
 
 First Settlers, . 
 
 32 
 
 III. NANTUCKET, . 
 
 
 Vineyard Sound, 
 
 34 
 
 Nantucket Sound, 
 The Islands, . 
 
 
 11. MARTHA'S VINEYARD, 
 
 35 
 
 The Harbor, . 
 
 
 Vineyard Haven, 
 
 35 
 
 Whaling, . 
 
 
 Tisbury, .... 
 
 35 
 
 The Town, 
 
 
 Camp Meetings, 
 
 38 
 
 Public Buildings, 
 
 
 Wesleyan Grove, 
 
 39 
 
 House of Commons, 
 
 
 Oak Bluffs, 
 
 44 
 
 The Windmill, . 
 
 
 Vineyard Highlands, 
 
 46 
 
 SlASCONSET, 
 
 
 Hotels, .... 
 
 47 
 
 Excursions, 
 
 
 Avenues and Parks, . 
 
 48 
 
 -1 
 
 Fishing, 
 
 
 f i0t 0f §Uu0ttmttmw> 
 
 I. NEW BEDFORD— pa«e. 
 City of New Bedford, . .21 
 Commencement of Whale Fishery, 23 
 High School, . .25 
 
 City Hall, 27 
 
 St. James' Church, . . .29 
 Unitarian Church, . . -31 
 
 Vineyard Haven, . -33 
 
 II. MARTHA'S VINEYARD — 
 Map of Martha's Vineyard, . 37 
 Oak Bluffs and Camp Ground, . 39 
 The Iron Tabernacle, . . 41 
 Union Chapel, . . . -43 
 Methodist Chapel, . . .45 
 Baptist Chapel, , . . .47 
 
 Beach and Lover's Rock, . 
 Twin Cottage, . 
 Dr. H. A. Tucker's Cottage, 
 Oldest House, Edgartown, . 
 Glimpse of Edgartown, 
 Gay Head Light, 
 Landing of Gosnold, 
 
 in. NANTUCKET — 
 Map of Nantucket, 
 Town of Nantucket, 
 Low Beach, 
 Old Mill, . 
 Wreck, 
 Siasconset, 
 

 ■"AMERICAN, 
 
 ^p^«ify^^^^j^5]'" , I BOSTON. 
 
 56 Hanover Street. 
 
 -olass Hotel, noted throughout the country for its Cleanliness, Connfort, Ur 
 
 Exeellenee of Table and Liberality of Management. Particularly 
 
 desirable fop Families and Summer Tourists. 
 
 •4pa66enger glevator. 
 
 ^^erfcct Ventilation. 
 
 The only Transient Hotel (on the American Plan), having Running Water in 
 Every Chamber. 
 
 Prices Reduced to $3.00 and $3.50 per Day. 
 
 Hooins at S2..W pt'i 
 
 DEALERS AND CONSUMERS 
 
 Chemicals, Dye-stuffs, Drugs, 
 
 J 
 
 PAINTERS' MATERIALS 
 
 Of Every Description, 
 
 Who desire reliable goods at the lowest prices, will find it for their advantafre before purchasing 
 elsewhere, to call on 
 
 RICE, STARKWEATHER & CO., 
 
 .Successors of Rice, Dkapkk vfc Co., 
 
 No, 25 Exchange Place, - Providence, R, I, 
 
t Mnu* 
 
 ROUTES OF TRAVEL TO OAK BLUFFS, ETC. 
 
 (^/'Q/H j'l'em Ijoik. 
 
 'he New York, New Haven and 
 [artford Railroad, from Grand 
 Central Depot, via Hartford, 
 and Springfield, to South Fram- 
 ingham, Mass., on Boston & 
 Albany Railroad, connecting 
 there with northern division of Old Colony 
 Railroad, for New Bedford, thence by 
 steamers to Oak Bluffs, or via Taunton, 
 Middleton to Wood's Hole and thence 
 by steamer to Oak Bluffs. 
 
 2. The Shore Line, from Grand Cen- 
 tral Depot to Providence and Boston, 
 connecting at Attleboro' or Mansfield with 
 Old Colony Railroad, for New Bedford 
 or Wood's Hole. 
 
 3. The Old Colony Line of Steamers 
 connecting at Fall River with trains for 
 Wood's Hole. 
 
 4. The Providence line of steamers 
 from Pier 29, North River, to Providence, 
 thence by Boston & Providence Railroad 
 to Attleboro or Mansfield, connecting 
 with Old Colony Railroad for Wood's 
 Hole or New Bedford. 
 
 5. The Stonington Line, Pier t,2>^ 
 North River, to Providence, thence same I 
 as via Providence Line. 
 
 6. The New Bedford Line of steamers 
 
 direct to New Bedford, connecting there 
 with boat for Oak Bluffs. 
 
 7. The Norwich Line of Steamers 
 from Pier 40, North River to New Lon- 
 don, thence to Worcester, connecting 
 there with Providence & Worcester 
 Railroad for Providence, thence by Bos- 
 ton & Providence Railroad to Attleboro' 
 or Mansfield, to New Bedford or Wood's 
 Hole or direct from New London to Bos- 
 ton, thence as per route described for 
 Boston. 
 
 8. The Portland Line of Steamers, 
 stopping at Vineyard every Tuesday and 
 Friday. 
 
 Smm SoMan. 
 
 The New Bedford and Old Colony 
 j Lines from Boston are consolidated under 
 one management. 
 
 The stations in Boston are the Old 
 Colony Depot at the junction of South 
 and Kneeland streets, and the Boston & 
 Providence Depot on Columbus avenue. 
 
 From the Old Colony Depot passen- 
 gers are carried over the Old Colony 
 Railroad to Taunton and New Bedford, 
 or via Middleton to Wood's Hole. 
 
 From the Boston and Providence 
 Depots passengers go via Boston & 
 
18 
 
 NEW BEDFORD ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 Providence Railroad to Mansfield, thence 
 to New Bedford or Wood's Hole. (See 
 Book.) 
 
 There is no material difference in the 
 running time of the two lines; via the 
 New Bedford there are twenty-five miles 
 of steamboat ride, and via Wood's 
 Hole only seven. The steamboat ride 
 from New Bedford is exceedingly pleas- 
 ant, in fine weather, and a cheerful relief 
 from the heat and dust of the cars. From 
 Wood's Hole the ride of seven miles is 
 also attractive ; and to people susceptible 
 to sea sickness, it is perhaps, the favorite. 
 Both have their attractions, however. The 
 running time from Boston is about three 
 hours and a half. 
 
 <!Imm 3iQpidmce. 
 
 1. Trains for Oak Bluffs arrive and 
 depart from the Boston and Providence 
 Depot on Exchange Place. Go to Attle- 
 boro or Mansfield, thence to New Bed- 
 ford and steamer from there or to Wood's 
 Hole, and then take steamer. 
 
 2. Steamer direct from Providence : 
 During the summer season excursion 
 
 steamers run between Providence and 
 the Vineyard two or three times a week. 
 
 By Providence & Worcester Railroad 
 to Providence; Boston & Providence 
 Railroad to Attleboro or Mansfield, 
 thence to New Bedford or Wood's Hole ; 
 or direct from Providence by steamers. 
 
 cFmm yyeMem 
 
 mid Jrtm {/mk Siaie. 
 
 By the Boston & Albany Railroad to 
 Worcester, thence . by Providence & 
 Worcester Railroad to Providence, and 
 from Providence as per route described, 
 or to South Framingham and thence to 
 New Bedford or Wood's Hole ; or to Bos- 
 ton and thence as per route for Boston. 
 
 By Hoosac Tunnel route to Worcester, 
 thence via Providence & Worcester Rail- 
 road to Providence ; or to Boston and 
 thence as per route described. 
 
 (Hiom Jfolihttn Jcem Sn^fund. 
 
 By morning express trains, running 
 from White Mountains to Boston ; or 
 direct to New Bedford or Providence. 
 
 Passengers via Boston are transferred 
 across the city in carriages ; via New 
 Bedford or Providence cars run direct. 
 
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 Her gallant ships, with daring- crews. 
 
 Far sped by every breeze, 
 Returned with princely revenues 
 
 From utmost lands and seas. 
 
 lALTING a while in this beauti- 
 ful city, on the western arm of 
 Buzzard's Bay, the terminus of 
 various railroads, a port of 
 J,|_ maritime renown, and famed 
 also for mechanical enterprise and char- 
 acter, we are justified in glancing at its 
 history and looking on some of its sug- 
 gestive edifices. Indeed, the city stands 
 closely connected in history and life with 
 the islands which we are to visit. 
 
 This region was once a part of the old 
 township of Dartmouth, and its Indian 
 name was Acushnet, a name still borne 
 by the river, or arm of the bay, and by 
 the village above the city. Fairhaven, 
 that cosily nestles on the eastern bank of 
 the river, and New Bedford, were settled 
 near the same time, — not far from 1760. 
 The first name chosen was Bedford, from 
 the Duke of Bedford, but finally the term 
 " New" was added to distinguish it from 
 iinother town in the commonwealth. 
 
 The first house was built by John Lou- 
 den, on what is now the corner of Water 
 and Union streets. The first settlers in 
 the old township appear to have been 
 Quakers, among whom was Joseph Rotch, 
 a man of foresight and energy, who, from 
 his knowledge of whaling in Nantucket, 
 
 began the business from this port, build- 
 ing a house, stores, wharves, and pro- 
 curing from France the right to e.xport 
 oil to that country free of duty, a meas- 
 ure that brought wealth to the town. 
 
 Of the very first whaling efforts here, 
 under the management of Joseph Rus- 
 sell, — reckoned the founder of the 
 place, — we are told that the monsters 
 were caught on the coast and brought 
 into the harbor as blubber. The landing- 
 place, with the original try-works, was 
 near the foot of Centre street, whither 
 the blubber was drawn by o.xen. A 
 spirited representation of this spot and 
 its operations are given in our cut, taken 
 from the valuable painting executed by 
 New Bedford's prized artist, William A. 
 Wall, and entitled "The Origin of the 
 Whale Fishery," and first put on exhibi- 
 tion in 1853. 
 
 Mr. Wall, is also, be it said to his 
 honor, the author of the painting entitled 
 "The Landing of Gosnold," first ex- 
 hibited in 1842, and from which we have 
 secured our engraving. 
 
 Going back to the early times of this 
 region we find many curious records in 
 reference to the honest Quakers and 
 what they suffered for their principles at 
 
NEW BEDFORD ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 the hands of the ruling powers. Some of 
 their assemblies were termed " meetings 
 for sufferings," and so they were in a 
 two-fold sense. And the early Baptists 
 had their memorable experiences, as wit- 
 nesses the following record : — 
 
 " The first Baptist minister who 
 preached statedly in New Bedford was Pe- 
 leg Burroughs, pastor of the First Baptist 
 Church in the then called Dartmouth 
 Church, now Tiverton. This church was 
 formed in 1686, and its worthy pastors ; 
 suffered much persecution from the un- , 
 just laws of clerical taxation in Mas- | 
 sachusetts. One of them, refusing to [ 
 give his cow for the tax, as that was 
 needful for his family's sustenance, was 
 imprisoned nine months." 
 
 The first building for religious purposes 
 in New Bedford was the Friend's Meet- 
 ing-House, erected in 1785 on what is ■ 
 now the east side of Third, between 
 School and Walnut streets. 
 
 These ecclesiastical incidents remind us 
 of an eminent divine, who labored in old j 
 Dartmouth, Dr. Samuel West, settled in 
 I 761, regarded as a man of great abilities, 
 but somewhat eccentric. His wife, being I 
 a very tall woman, and named Experience, 
 was the occasion of his true and well- 1 
 remembered statement, that he knew 
 what it was to have an e.xcellent wife, 
 from long experience. On a certain Sab- 
 bath, when opening the public services, 
 he discovered that he had left his sermon 
 in his study, a quarter of a mile from the 1 
 church. Nothing daunted, he selected a 
 psalm in long metre of about fifteen ^ 
 verses, and, giving it out, withdrew and 
 performed the journey to the parsonage 1 
 and back in season to proceed with his , 
 discourse. This will be believed when 
 we remember that in the early New Eng- I 
 land psalmody the tunes were formed of 
 whole notes, and so drawled withal, that 
 
 one stated that he had stopped several' 
 times to catch breath on a single note. 
 
 We are told that the first true ship built 
 in New Bedford was the Dartmouth, 
 launched in 1767, having been construct- 
 ed " under some buttonwood trees, near 
 where Hazard's wharf now lies." She 
 became historic. On her return from a 
 London voyage, having carried over 
 whale oil from Nantucket, she brought 
 some of the famous tea that was so rudely 
 steeped, by disguised hands, in the cool 
 water of Boston harbor. Capt. Hall had 
 on board 114 chests of the detested and 
 rejected article, that went overboard with- 
 out formality on the evening of Novem- 
 ber 16, 1773. 
 
 The first candle factory in the place 
 was built prior to the Revolution by 
 Joseph Russell, and stood near the pres- 
 ent corner of Centre and Front streets, 
 and was burnt by the British during the 
 war. 
 
 We have alluded to Joseph Russell as 
 the father of New Bedford. They tell 
 us that his house stood near the head 
 of the present William street, and Union 
 street was his cart-path. 
 
 But few cities can boast equal beauty 
 of situation and arrangement with New 
 Bedford. It is about two miles in length 
 by one and a half in width, and its streets 
 cross each other at right angles. As we 
 view it from the harbor, it rises regularly 
 and gracefully upon the ascending ground, 
 showing all its leading features to excel- 
 lent advantage. Its rapid growth was 
 due to the whale fishery, and the forms 
 of business connected with that pursuit, 
 a business that sprung up before the Re- 
 volutionary war, and was checked only for 
 a time by that great patriot struggle. 
 During that war this port was a rendez- 
 vous for American privateers. In order 
 to destroy this fleet that preyed on Eng- 
 
NEW BEDFORD ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 lish commerce, the British, on the 5th 
 of September, 1778, landed four thou- 
 sand troops, under General Gray, upon 
 Clark's Neck, on the western shore of 
 the Acushnet, at its mouth. This force 
 marched upon the town and burnt 
 houses, stores, goods, provisions, ship- 
 ping and wharves to the value of ^323,- 
 266. Their report said " 70 sail de- 
 stroyed, of which 8 were large ships 
 laden, and 4 privateers." 
 
 When the war waves subsided the 
 city again built her daring keels, and 
 sent them out upon the seas. In 1838 
 the town owned 170 vessels in the 
 whale fishery, manned by 4,000 sailors, 
 and had 17 candle and oil factories. 
 Into this port, in 1837, were brought 
 75,675 barrels of sperm and 85,668 bar- 
 rels of right whale oil. In 1845 New 
 Bedford was the third port in this 
 country for the tonnage of vessels. 
 In 1850 she had 450 vessels in the 
 whale fishery. But now the business 
 had begun to decline, and did not re- 
 vive till after the Rebellion. But never 
 have the old times of shouting crews 
 and happy ship-owners returned, yet 
 in 187 1 the products of this fishery 
 brought into this port were valued at 
 more than $1,500,000. At present (1879) 
 New Bedford is credited with 133 whal- 
 ers, large and small. Her captains and 
 seamen are known in nearly all the 
 ports of the world. 
 
 It will be remembered that soon after 
 the opening of the Rebellion many of 
 the old whale ships were bought by our 
 Government and freighted with stone 
 and sunk as obstructions in southern 
 harbors. It happened to the writer, 
 amid fiery war scenes, to look upon 
 some of these old hulks as they lay 
 in South Carolina channels. 
 
 In looking at these old ships in the 
 
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 NE W BEDFORD ILL USTRA TED. 
 
 channels of secession ports, we were 
 reminded of the active part taken by the 
 people of New Bedford in the anti-slavery 
 movements of early years, when to 
 denounce the system of slave holding as 
 the "sum of all villanies " was to lose 
 political caste at least. It was believed 
 that the New Bedford Quakers had large 
 knowledge of, and took stock in the 
 underground railroad from Dixie's Land 
 to Canada. Probably no one to-day 
 blushes for the record, since 
 
 "John Brown's soul goes marching on." 
 
 The first ship to double Cape Horn for 
 oil in the Pacific, was the Falkland, from 
 Dunkirk, Capt. Obed Paddock, of Nan- 
 tucket. She sailed in November, 1790. 
 In a week she was followed by the Har- 
 mony, Capt. David Starbuck, from the 
 same port. Both ships returned in 1792. 
 
 In 1791, the Beaver from Nantucket, 
 and Rebecca from New Bedford, were 
 the first American ships to double the 
 Horn for the leviathans and bring their 
 cargoes to these shores. The Beaver, 
 with the Dartmouth previously mentioned, 
 was involved in the old tea party of Bos- 
 ton, having brought over from London the 
 detested lu.Kury, and lost the article with- 
 out forms of law. 
 
 Some poet of " Punch " portrayed the 
 perils of whaling in lines, from which we 
 copy a couple of stanzas : — 
 
 " In the ship Ann Alexander. 
 
 Cruising in pursuit of whales. 
 Bold John S. Deblois commander, 
 
 With a crew so gallant, sails 
 In the South Pacific ocean, 
 
 Beaching to the off-shore ground. 
 'Mong the waves in wild commotion. 
 
 Several monstrous whales they found." 
 
 " In an instant— Heaven defend us; 
 
 Lo, the whale had, near the keel 
 Struck, with such a force tremendous. 
 
 That it made the vessel reel ; 
 And her bottom knocked a hole in, 
 
 Into which the water poured. 
 And the sea so fierce did roll in 
 
 That the liillows rushed and roared." 
 
 After all her changes of fortune in 
 maritime affairs, in war and in peace. 
 New Bedford has had a proud develop- 
 ment, and is, according to her population 
 — in round numbers more than 25,000 — 
 one of the richest as she is one of the 
 most beautiful cities in our country. She 
 has entered largely and successfully into 
 manufacturing enterprises, and counts her 
 heavy corporations whose fame has gone 
 widely over our country and indeed over 
 the commercial world. Among these are 
 the Wamsutta Mills, the oldest, at the 
 north end of the city, employing 2,00a 
 hands, with a monthly pay roll of $50,000 ; 
 the Morse Twist Drill Works on Bedford 
 street ; the Copper Works ; the Iron 
 Mills on South Water and Coffin streets ;. 
 the Flour Mills ; the Glass Works in the 
 south part of the city ; the Potomska 
 Cotton Mills, also conspicuous in the 
 south portion of the city, running 175,000 
 spindles, the New Bedford Coal Com- 
 pany with its prodigious pockets for sup- 
 plying inland Massachusetts ; and the 
 large Cordage Manufactory on Court 
 and Emerson streets. 
 
 Business appears particularly brisk 
 near the end of the bridge. By the way 
 the first bridge was constructed we infer 
 in 1798, but was washed away in 1807. 
 Reconstructed, it was again destroyed by 
 the September gale of 1815 that largely 
 damaged the water front of the whole 
 city and all the shores of the river. The 
 present bridge was built in 1819. It has 
 been a toll-bridge till within a few years. 
 It is now crossed by horse cars. 
 
 The city has a just pride in its superior 
 High School, in a fine building on Middle 
 and Summer streets, erected at a cost of 
 $135,000. It has also its excellent Gram- 
 mar schools, Primary schools, and its 
 worthy private schools of various grades 
 and for special objects. 
 
NEW BEDFORD ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 t of the Whale Fishery. 
 
 The chief of the city's public houses 
 and hotels is the Parker House on Pur- 
 chase, between Middle and Elm streets. 
 The Bancroft House on Union street, 
 has an excellent character ; so has the 
 Mansion House. 
 
 The Custom House is found on Wil- 
 liam and North Second streets. 
 
 Should you be so fortunate as to spend 
 a Sabbath in this orderly and solid city, 
 you may have a large choice in attending 
 the services of worship, for you will find 
 various Congregational churches, the 
 North Congregational, on Elm and Pur- 
 chase streets, built of granite in 1836, at 
 a cost, with land, of more than $33,000, 
 and another on School street ; various 
 Baptist churches, one on William and 
 North Sixth, another on Middle, and yet 
 another on County and Merrimac streets ; 
 various Christian churches, one on Pur- 
 
 chase and Middle; another on Spruce 
 and Smith streets ; the Unitarian, called 
 First Congregational, on Union and 
 Eighth streets, of granite, finished in 
 183S, at a cost, with land, of $40,000; the 
 Universalist, on William street; the St. 
 Lawrence (Catholic) of granite on Hill- 
 man and County streets ; Grace church, 
 on Union above Sixth street ; St. James 
 Episcopal, a new and beautiful edifice on 
 Linden and County streets ; the Trini- 
 tarian, on Fourth and School streets; 
 the Catholic on Church and School ; the 
 Friends' Meetings, one on Spring and 
 one on Fifth street ; and various Metho- 
 dist churches, one on Church and Fourth, 
 one on Elm and County, one on Pleasant 
 and Sycamore streets. 
 
 The French Catholic Church may be 
 found on Acushnet heights — the highest 
 part of the city — on Ashland street. 
 
24 
 
 NEW BEDFORD ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 If you at any time wish to hear the 
 musical Portuguese tongue as used in 
 religious service, you will be gratified by 
 attending the Portuguese Catholic Church 
 — St. John's — on Wing street, corner of 
 Fifth. You will find an excellent house 
 and will listen to a sweet organ, and, if 
 you understand the tongue, will be inter- 
 ested in the Portuguese priest. The 
 church is Surmounted by a Maltese cross. 
 This class of citizens was introduced into 
 the city in the palmy days of the whale 
 fishing. A portion of the town was once 
 called Fayal. 
 
 Inquirers after the past will visit with 
 peculiar interest Pine Grove Cemetery 
 near Acushnet village ; Oak Grove Cem- 
 etery in the west part of the city ; Rural 
 Cemetery, and the Friends' burying- 
 ground in the south part of the town. 
 Some of the tombs, monuments and 
 inscriptions are especially historic. 
 
 Acushnet Heights, in the northwest 
 part of the city, holds many superb resi- 
 dences, commanding magnificent views 
 of country, river, bay and islands. 
 
 On County street, beautifully shaded 
 with ancient elms, as on Cottage and 
 Si.vth streets, are peculiarly attractive 
 mansions and grounds. 
 
 The City Hall, on William and North 
 Sixth streets, of native unhewn granite, 
 cost $60,000. Substantial, too, are the 
 Court House and House of Correction, 
 of brick, and the granite jail, all on Court 
 street. 
 
 The Free Library Building on William 
 street, completed in ICS57, cost $45,000, 
 and contains now 38,000 volumes, the 
 first free public library established in 
 Massachusetts and in the world, and has 
 connected with it a free public reading- 
 room. Within this elegant building on 
 a large marble tablet we read this noble 
 testimony : — 
 
 " This tablet commemorates the en- 
 lightened liberality of Sylvia Ann How- 
 land, who bestowed upon the city of New 
 Bedford the sum of two hundred thou- 
 sand dollars ; one hundred thousand to 
 aid in supplying the city with pure water ; 
 and one hundred thousand as a fund for 
 the promotion of liberal education by the 
 enlargement of the Free Public Libyary, 
 and by extending to the children and 
 youth of the city the means of a wider 
 and more generous culture." 
 She died in 1865. 
 
 Every stranger will pay a visit to the 
 large and tastefully arranged City Com- 
 mon in the north part of the town. In 
 the middle of the common rises majesti- 
 cally the beautifully designed granite 
 soldiers' and sailors' monument, with 
 . suitable inscriptions and bronze orna- 
 ments and emblems. Standing on the 
 east side and looking up you will tearfully 
 read : — 
 
 " Erected by the city of New Bedford 
 as a Tribute of Gratitude to her Sons who 
 fell defending their Country in its strug- 
 gle with Slavery and Treason." 
 
 The memorial cost $13,000, and was 
 dedicated July 4, 1866. 
 
 The city is supplied with water from 
 Acushnet river by proper machinery seen 
 on Acushnet heights. 
 
 Money is here handled by four national 
 and two savings banks. 
 
 The city supports its four worthy jour- 
 nals. The Mercury, The Standard, The 
 Weekly Shipping List, and The Signal. 
 
 A noble record belongs to the Friends' 
 Academy on Morgan street, founded in 
 1812. 
 
 The solidity and thorough furnishing 
 of the school-houses in New Bedford will 
 strongly impress the visitor. The char- 
 
NEW BEDFORD ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 The High S( 
 
 acter ot the instruction well corresponds 
 with the buildings. 
 
 The New Bedford Lyceum was founded 
 in 1828; and the Orphans' House was 
 incorporated in r842. 
 
 You observe that the bridge connect- 
 ing New Bedford with Fairhaven crosses 
 two islands withal, Pope's Island and 
 Fish Island ; these islands are business 
 centres as well. Here you notice a small 
 marine railway, the larger one being at 
 the City Wharf. In front of Fairhaven 
 
 is Crow Island ; opposite the Potomska 
 mills is Palmer's Island, holding its 
 needed harbor light. 
 
 The New Bedford, Vineyard and Nan- 
 tucket Steamboat Company was incor- 
 porated in 1854 and uses a capital of $70,- 
 000, an indication of the relation of the 
 city to the islands. 
 
 Delightful drives may be had in and 
 around the city, if only the visitor is 
 favored, as we were, with the company 
 and kindness of a sea-captain in his own 
 
26 
 
 NEW BEDFORD ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 fine carriage. You will do well to pass 
 up Pearl street by the Wamsutta mills, to 
 Acushnet avenue and to Purchase street 
 and down it through the heart of the city, 
 and then take the royal way, County 
 street, and leisurely survey both public 
 and private edifices. But for seeming 
 to be invidious, we might speak of par- 
 ticular mansions, the old Parker house, 
 Wm. J. Rotch estate, Rowland house, 
 Hathaway house, and others too numer- 
 ous to allow of description. Then there 
 are enchanting drives to the north, to the 
 west and to the south of the city. Nor 
 will one forget to pass along Front street, 
 the wharves, and look upon the ships 
 and the smaller crafts that speak of the 
 city's wealth and enterprise. Attention 
 will be attracted by the Merchants' Bank 
 building, Robeson building, Cummings' 
 block and other noble business edifices. 
 Ah ! no one can know New Bedford 
 outside and inside without visiting the 
 Tars' Retreat or Seamen's Senate at Kel- 
 ley's on Union street and being introduced 
 to the Chronometer Club when in full 
 session. There you will get your latitude 
 and longitude made up from lunar obser- 
 vations and dead reckonings that are 
 sure to put you on your prosperous 
 voyage. Every member of this Club, in 
 tongue and memory, moves on gimbals, 
 and so keeps a level head. The other 
 similar associations in the city, the Wam- 
 sutta Club and the Angelic Club are 
 aftergrowths and humble imitators of 
 the older body of famous vikings. Every 
 member of the Chronometer Club we 
 judge has harpooned the North Pole, and 
 can try oil out of Arctic fogs and ice 
 floes. Stories ? You can have volumes 
 of them from that of the man who was 
 thinking of joining Parson Holmes' 
 church (hie !) to the stout armed fellow 
 
 who threw his single iron through three 
 black fish and strung them on his warp. 
 Well, you must go in and listen for your- 
 self, and your chronometer will be put in 
 order. 
 
 One story is worthy of type : A 
 brave old sea-king, discoursing to a knot 
 of admiring listeners, anxious to empha- 
 size the degree of cold experienced in 
 the Arctic ocean, asserted that "the air 
 was so full of frost that the human voice 
 could not penetrate it." A listener, of a 
 skeptical turn of mind, threw in the 
 question, " Pray, captain, how then 
 could you converse with one another ?" 
 Quick as the thrust of a harpoon came 
 the answer, " Why, when we opened our 
 mouths, our words froze right on the air, 
 so that you could read them as you would 
 a telegram." This beats the phonograph. 
 
 These virtues have Acushnet sailoi-s, 
 Their stories, like themselves, are iriia(<is. 
 
 But best of all — and that's the rubber — 
 They even cut from icebergs blubber ; 
 
 But, lest you should the blubber spoil, 
 Engage them to try-out the oil. 
 
 But our steamer is waiting to bear us 
 away from the fair and flourishing city. 
 We shall run through the Acushnet and 
 Buzzard's Bay, past the Elizabeth Isles 
 to Martha's Vineyard, and then on to 
 Nantucket. Matters of history and 
 special interest will be considered as we 
 proceed. The tour to these picturesque 
 and popular islands, now annually visited 
 by tens of thousands for religious and 
 social purposes, cannot be without pleas- 
 ure and profit. But we will move lei- 
 surely and thoughtfully that we may real- 
 ize the beauty of the scenes. The 
 waters over which we pass and the islands 
 upon which we are to look are vitally 
 connected with New Bedford's history. 
 
NEW BEDFORD ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 Sii^zaH'i Say. 
 
 Fortunately we take passage on the 
 staunch and well-appointed steamer 
 Monohansett, a historical boat. During 
 the Rebellion, while she was yet new, she 
 was chartered by our Government as a 
 transport and went into the Department of 
 the South, under Generals Hunter and Gill- 
 more, and took part in memorable scenes. 
 For a time she was Gillmore's headquar- 
 ters boat and came north with him to 
 "Virginia, where, on the James and Poto- 
 mac, General Grant chose her as his 
 dispatch-boat, and at times as his head- 
 quarters. And now in her state-room on 
 deck you may see the sofa, chairs, bed 
 and wash-stand used by Grant ; also you 
 may see a table once on the River Queen, 
 used by President Lincoln when he met 
 the peace commissioners of the Confed- 
 eracy in Hampton Roads. The present 
 commander, Capt. C. C. Smith, was then 
 first officer of the boat. 
 
 As we pass out of the harbor we lea\ e 
 old Fort Phenix on our left, where oc 
 curred memorable events during the Rev- 
 olution, scenes worthy of enduring record. 
 Twenty-five guns look out from the ram- 
 parts. Just as we reach the bay we pass 
 Clark's Point, on our right, where stands 
 the new fort begun during the Rebellion, 
 planned after Fort Sumter, but perhaps 
 from the fate of Sumter under shot and 
 shell, has been left unfinished ; the light- 
 keeper on the parapet appearing to be 
 the only garrison. However, New Bed- 
 ford is in no danger of being captured, 
 she can defend herself. 
 
 We are again fortunate in our passage 
 across this bay in seeing the elegant 
 yacht of Colonel Forbes making one of 
 her finest passages, having a good' breeze 
 and being in best of trim, with a helms- 
 man—perhaps the colonel himself — 
 
 who knows how to handle the wheel. 
 The Azalia is a beauty, and how grace- 
 fully, bravely and swiftly she glides like 
 a thing of life over the shining waters, 
 with as the sailors say, " a white bone in 
 her mouth." She is making ten or 
 twelve knots. In fact she holds her way 
 well with the steamer, but is not quite 
 equal to us. The passion for yachting 
 finds its justification in the poetry of 
 motion and the inspiration of speed. 
 
 Buzzard's Bay — a name borrowed they 
 say from the fish-hawk — is really a beau- 
 tiful and poetical sheet of water, embraced 
 
 by romantic shores and islands, full of 
 natural charms and story. On the west- 
 ern shore we can see Nonquit, a choice 
 summer resort of the New Bedford peo- 
 ple ; and a little further on Round Hill 
 
28 
 
 NEW BEDFORD ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 and Dumpling Light; and yet farther [ 
 away the line of the beautiful Elizabeth 
 Isles. Toward the east in the distance ] 
 we look upon Mattapoisett the hoary head j 
 of Great Hill, and, further south. West 
 Falmouth, Quamquissett Harbor and 
 Wood's Hole, another terminus of land \ 
 travel towards the islands. By the way, 
 the cuts or channels in this region be- 
 
 tween the islands and points of land are 
 called Holes, and we shall run through 
 the cut called Wood's Hole, between the 
 main and the easternmost of the Elizabeth 
 Isles. Through this short, angular but 
 safe strait the tides often run with great 
 speed, which only makes the passage the 
 more animated. But let us glance at the 
 chain of islands on our right. 
 
 Sihabdh cJskS. 
 
 These thirteen picturesque islands, 
 lying between Buzzard's Bay and the 
 Vineyard Sound, besides their natural 
 beauty have a particular claim upon our 
 attenlion. Whatever may be said of the 
 voyages of the Northmen in the eleventh 
 century we are not sure that the feet of 
 any Europeans trod these shores before 
 the seventeenth century. What we de- 
 finitely know is that in May, 1602, 
 eighteen years before the landing of the 
 Pilgrims at Plymouth, Bartholomew Gos- 
 nold, an intrepid English 'mariner from 
 Falmouth, in the bark Concord, reached 
 these islands, which he named in honor 
 of Queen Elizabeth, who died that year, 
 and here made a temporary stay on the 
 westernmost island, where the remains — 
 the cellar of the house he built — are 
 still shown to us. This group of islands, 
 in 1864 was incorporated into a munici- 
 pality appropriately named Gosnold. 
 One of these, Penikese, was chosen by 
 the lamented Agassiz as the seat of his 
 school of natural history, and will so be 
 remembered. The largest, Naushon, was 
 possessed, with all the islands around, by 
 the Mayhews from 164 c to 1682, when it 
 passed to the Winthrops, and then to the 
 Bowdoins, then to Wni. W. Swain, and is 
 now the property of John M. Forbes, and 
 is nigh as beautiful as a paradise, especi- 
 ally in summer. Here the owner in- 
 dulges his friends even in the luxury of a 
 
 deer hunt. The names of the other 
 chief islands are, beginning at the east, 
 Nonamesset with its Mount Sod, Unca- 
 tena, Weepeckets, Pasque, Nashawena, 
 Gull, and Cuttyhunk, the latter well- 
 known to all who steer through Buzzard's 
 Bay or the Vineyard Sound. We are 
 glad that old Indian names are so far re- 
 tained. By the way the sunken rocks 
 found between Cuttyhunk and Gay Head 
 on Martha's Vineyard are accounted for 
 in Indian legend. The giant Maushope, 
 who lived in the Devil's Den at Gay 
 Head, undertook to build here a cause- 
 way, and had thrown in these rocks and 
 a shoe-full of earth from the Den when 
 an impious crab bit his toe, which so 
 exasperated him that he abandoned his 
 scheme. In wrath he retired to his Den. 
 Gosnold seems to have landed on Cut- 
 tyhunk, May 28, 1602, and selected his 
 "abode and plantation" on a "rocky 
 islet " in a lake of fresh water, " almost 
 three miles in compass," on the north- 
 I west side of the island. Says the record, 
 " we built our house and covered it with 
 sedge ; " the labor occupied " three weeks 
 or more." From dissatisfactions, how- 
 ever, Gosnold and his whole company 
 sailed for England, June 18, 1602. They 
 carried with them sassafras, cedar, furs, 
 skins and other valuables. Sassafras 
 root, for its supposed medicinal qualities, 
 was then in great demand in England, 
 
NEW BEDFORD ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 selling at three shillings per 
 pound. Eminent men in 1797, 
 others in 1 8 1 7 , and still others 
 in T848 visited and recognized 
 the " first spot in New Eng- 
 land occupied by Europeans, 
 and the only one inhabited by 
 them in the glorious days of 
 Queen Bess." The munici- 
 pal meetings of Gosnold are 
 held on Cuttyhunk. 
 
 In regard to Naushon 
 Island, its charming grounds, 
 forest and lawn, and the red 
 tiled mansions of theForbeses 
 — father and son — and the 
 opportunities here affordedfor 
 rest or hunting, we may add 
 that here President Grant in 
 1S74 made a visit and proved 
 his horsemanship to the great 
 admiration of all. On the southern 
 shore of the island are Tarpaulin Cove 
 and Kettle Cove. 
 
 These coves and shores are all historic. 
 Some of the old inhabitants here might 
 give you thrilling stories of the old days 
 of war. 
 
 Of a British report of captures here 
 under date of " Sept. 10, 1778," we read : 
 " In the Vineyard Sound ; 2 sloops and a 
 schooner, i sloop burnt ; " " In Old Town 
 (Edgartown) harbor, i brig of 150 tons 
 and I schooner of 70 tons burnt by Scor- 
 pion, and 22 whale boats taken or de- 
 stroyed;" "At Holmes' Hole, 4 vessels 
 with several boats taken or destroyed ; " 
 " Arms taken at Martha's Vineyard ; 388 
 stand, with bayonets, pouches, some 
 powder and a quantity of lead, also 300 
 oxen and 10,000 sheep." The excite- 
 ment on the island and the condition of 
 affairs may be inferred from this report. 
 British soldiers for a time were quartered 
 at Tarpaulin Cove on Naushon ; Samuel 
 
 New Bedford. 
 
 Robinson in his " Recollections " says, 
 "about 200 soldiers; they were there 
 twelve or fourteen months ; they used to 
 barrack in the old house which stood 
 where the present Tarpaulin Cove house 
 now stands ; they built a fort on the east 
 side of the harbor." 
 
 For the benefit of the medical frater- 
 nity we here copy an entry from the jour- 
 nal of John Winthrop (son of Wait), kept 
 in 1702 : 
 
 "Ye Indians on ye Elizabeth Island 
 cures ye bloody flux with ye iner bark of 
 ye root of ye tauUest barberry bush 
 steeped in water." 
 
 We are tempted to give another extract : 
 
 "Ye natives of ye Elizabeth Island say 
 yt ye Devell was making a stone bridge 
 over from ye main to Nanamesset Island 
 and while he was rowling ye stones and 
 placing of ym under water, a crab catched 
 him by ye fingers, with wh. he snatched 
 up his hand and fiung it towards Nan- 
 tucket, and ye crabs breed there ever 
 
30 
 
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 since." By the way, the " Devell " never 
 finishes his bridges. 
 
 Moral: Beware how you roll stones 
 and begin bridges under his engineering. 
 
 This " Devell " came from the main- 
 land. His three notable steps were, first 
 at Seaconnet, R. I. ; second, Cuttyhunk ; 
 third. Gay Head. He also once stepped 
 -upon Chappequiddick where he left his 
 foot-prints on a flat rock still shown to 
 visitors. Sub rosa : We think his foot- 
 prints are in other places also. 
 
 Within Naushon are Mary's Lake in 
 the northerly part, and yet another lake 
 in the southwesterly part, embracing 
 fifty-five acres. The lake in Cuttyhunk 
 is fitly named Gosnold Lake. Penikese 
 was given, together with ^50,000, by 
 
 John Anderson, of New York, for the 
 benefit of Prof. Agassiz's school. The 
 death of the great teacher changed the 
 order of the school. The better to re- 
 member the Elizabeth Isles some one 
 has ingeniously put the principal names 
 into measured lines : — 
 
 " Cuttyhunk and Penikese, 
 Nashawena, Pasquenese, 
 Great Naushon, Nonaraesset, 
 Uncateiia and Wepeket." 
 Now we pass from these islands 
 through the pleasant strait of Wood's 
 Hole into yet more historic waters. 
 Little Wood's Hole on our left is the 
 Government Buoy Station. As we pass, 
 however, let us recall a few things re- 
 specting those, now gone forever, who 
 were once the lords of all these shores. 
 
 if/ie JllbalHimi. 
 
 Not without historical instruction do 
 we recall the strange story of the abo- 
 rigines. Prior to the arrival of whites the 
 Indians in all these islands numbered 
 about 3,000. Those on Nantucket 
 counted near 1,500, in two tribes, the 
 eastern supposed to have had their origin 
 near Cape Cod, and the western to have 
 emigrated from Martha's Vineyard. A 
 war occurred between these tribes in 
 1630. The Martha's Vineyard tribe, 
 originally from the main, seems also to 
 have been of the Wampanoag family as 
 Massasoit, and afterwards King Philip, 
 claimed their obedience. They lived by 
 fishing and hunting and feeding on the 
 wild fruits, planting and raising but very 
 little. The shores abounded in fin and 
 shell fish, and the islands, says Gosnold, 
 were covered with forests, fruit-bearing 
 shrubs and vines ; from the abundance 
 of the latter he chose the name applied 
 lo Martha's Vineyard. The Indians pro- 
 
 per held only a little personal property, 
 dress and utensils ; the sachems held the 
 right of the soil and the power of peace 
 and war. 
 
 Curious enough are some of the In- 
 dian legends. One of their tutelar di- 
 vinities was Maushope, a monster giant 
 who could wade the Sounds. His chief 
 residence was in what is now known as 
 the Devil's Den, in Gay Head, where he 
 broiled whales on fires made of the larg- 
 est trees, which he pulled up by the roots, 
 and distributed the cooked flesh among 
 the natives. The bones of the whales 
 and the coals of the fires are still pointed 
 out in the wonderful geological phenom- 
 ena of Gay Head, especially the lignites. 
 The first Indian that reached Kapawack 
 (Martha's Vineyard) was, with his dog, 
 borne on a cake of ice, and he found 
 Maushope in his den with a wife and five 
 children. Afterwards in a passion simi- 
 lar to that experienced in building his 
 
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 31 
 
 causeway to Cuttyhunk, Maushope sep- 
 arated NoMan's-Land from Gay Head, 
 metamorphosed his children into fishes, 
 threw his wife over on Seaconnet Point, 
 near Newport, where she still remains a 
 misshapen rock, and left his den never 
 to return. Some report that they have 
 smelt or traced volcanic flames in the 
 Den, and so at last has sprung up the 
 name Devil's Den, which is a profana- 
 tion of Indian lore. 
 
 Maushope played a part in the origin 
 of Nantucket. As a monster bird was 
 wont to visit Cape Cod and carry away 
 papooses in his talons, Maushope waded> 
 the Sound and discovered Nantucket, 
 and the bones of the children in a heap 
 under a large tree. Wishing to smoke, 
 but finding no tobacco on the island, he 
 filled his pipe with poke weed, from 
 which originated the Nantucket fogs, of 
 ■which the natives afterwards said, " there 
 comes old Masuhope's smoke." Still 
 another legend is that Nantucket was 
 made entire by Maushope when on a cer- 
 tain time having filled his pipe with all 
 the tobacco on Martha's Vine- 
 yard he emptied the ashes 
 after his big smoke on the 
 great shoal. At any rate 
 the name of Maushope bids 
 fair to. always have a place in 
 the history of all these fair 
 islands ; and none will doubt 
 that he was a great smoker, 
 or that others have sinoked 
 since his day. Of the stories 
 we have now told we need 
 only say, "put them in your 
 pipe and smoke them." You 
 may find that Maushope 
 was in some way related to 
 the immortal Monthaup (eu- 
 phonized into Mount Hope) 
 of Bristol, Rhode Island. 
 
 The Indians had a curious method of 
 punishing obstinate boys and servants. 
 Throwing the culprit on his back, hold- 
 ing his arms to the ground with their 
 knees, pulling back his head by his hair, 
 they spirted into his nostrils from their 
 mouths a decoction of bayberry-root bark, 
 repeating the process until the criminal 
 was nigh strangled and yielded his stub- 
 born will. They called the method 
 medom-humar, signifying great punish- 
 ment. Perhaps the modern Indian doc- 
 tors in our cities might here catch a hint 
 of the many virtues of roots. We sub- 
 mit the methfij^ of correction to the con- 
 sideration of all policemen and the 
 sergeant-at-arms in Congress to meet 
 occasions when men's angry passions 
 rise. We are disposed to think that the 
 old New England recipe of hickory 
 twigs unsteeped might still be used with 
 advantage in many cases. 
 
 Enough at present of the aborigines. 
 But a word should be said of the first 
 whites that occupied these shores. 
 
 The Unitarian Church, New Bedford. 
 
NEW BEDFORD ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 <SiUt Seit/eM. 
 
 In October, 1641, Thomas Mayhew, 
 Gent., of Watertown, Mass., and his son 
 Thomas, purchased of Sir Ferdinando 
 Gorges and the Earl of Stirling, through 
 their agents, Nantucket and its adjoining 
 islands; and on the 23d of the same 
 month obtained Martha's Vineyard and 
 the Elizabeth Isles; and in 1642 began a 
 settlement at Edgartown, then called 
 Great Harbor, a name which it retained 
 till 1671. In 1664 Charles II by charter 
 gave to his brother James, Duke of York, 
 all these islands lying between Cape Cod 
 and Narragansett Bay, and so they muni- 
 cipally became a part of New York, until 
 by charter of William and Mary in 1692, 
 they, with Plymouth Colony, became a 
 portion of the Province of Massachusetts 
 Bay. The New York records spell 
 Martha's Vineyard Martin's Vineyard. 
 These islands were also obtained by 
 equitable purchase of the native sachems, 
 who, by Indian law, had the power to dis- 
 pose of lands. 
 
 Certain records tell of settlers on 
 Martha's Vineyard preceding the May- 
 hews ; the names given are Pease,Vincent, 
 Norton and Tripp, names since very 
 worthily associated with the town's his- 
 tory. It is said that they landed in the 
 autumn from a ship on her way to Vir- 
 ginia and lived for the winter on supplies 
 obtained of the natives and were after- 
 wards joined by the Mayhews, when the 
 lands around them were laid out in forty- 
 two shares. 
 
 The Indian name of Martha's Vine- 
 yard was Kapawack. The name of the 
 island at the east of Edgartown is Chap- 
 pequiddick. No-Man's-Land, lying ofif 
 to the south and west, was found by Gos- 
 nold "a disinhabited island." At pres- 
 ent it is an important station for pilots 
 
 who are looking for vessels homeward 
 bound. 
 
 Thomas Mayhew, Jr., became the cele- 
 brated missionary. Through his noble 
 and unwearied ministrations the gos- 
 pel was presented to the natives of 
 Martha's Vineyard and finally to those of 
 Nantucket, and wonderful results fol- 
 lowed. He began his labors as soon as 
 he could command the Indian tongue, 
 preceding the efforts and laying the 
 foundation for the plans and successes 
 of the famous John Eliot, of Newtown. 
 He commenced his missionary work in 
 1643, ^"d his school was opened as early 
 as 165 1. His first convert on Martha's 
 Vineyard was Hiacoomes, a man about 
 thirty years of age, who finally became a 
 teacher and had a son Joel, who entered 
 Harvard College, but lost his life by ac- 
 cident just before graduation. Another 
 convert from Edgartown, Caleb Chees- 
 chaumuck, took his diploma in 1665, but 
 shortly died of consumption. Mittark, 
 sachem of Gay Head was the first Indian 
 minister among the natives in that local- 
 ity. Though Hiacoomes was at first con- 
 temned by his countrymen, yet when a 
 great epidemic swept over the island in 
 1645, and he and his family were spared, 
 the people turned and desired that he 
 would instruct them. The sachem, in his 
 own and his people's name requested Mr. 
 Mayhew to teach them the principles of 
 Christianity, and great success followed. 
 Eight Indian priests and two hundred 
 and eighty adults embraced the gospel. 
 Mr. Mayhew's method was to catechise 
 the children, pray, preach, sing psalms, 
 and then answer questions. Thus he 
 continued till 1657 when he sailed for a 
 visit to England, taking with him one or 
 two of the converts ; but the ship, after 
 
NEW BEDFORD ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 ■departure, was never heard from. The 
 good man's death was deeply deplored 
 by the islanders. A granite tablet should 
 be set up to his honor. 
 
 Mr. Mayhew's father, who had as- 
 sisted his son in the mission, e.xerted 
 such influence as to establish among the 
 converts a civil government. The 
 princes and nobles " submitted to the 
 King of England, reserving, as subor- 
 dinate princes, the privilege of govern- 
 ing their people according to the laws of 
 God and the King." In 1666 there was 
 a church on Nantucket under the care 
 of John Gibbs, and one on Martha's 
 Vineyard under the care of Hiacoomes. 
 
 In 1684 Mr. Eliot states that the Indi- 
 ans had two places of worship on Mar- 
 tha's Vineyard, and si.x on Nantucket. 
 In 1695 Dr. Cotton says, " there were 
 three churches and five constant assem- 
 blies in Nantucket," and that " in Mas- 
 sachusetts alone there were about thirt\- 
 Indian congregations and more than 
 three thousand converts." 
 
 But times and manners changed, and 
 the aborigines slowly but steadily de- 
 creased as they came into the excite- 
 ment and perils of civilized life. 
 
 In 1690, in the French war, " a flee! 
 of seven sail of French privateers made 
 descent upon the coast, captured Nan- 
 tucket, Martha's Vineyard and Block 
 Island, where they committed horrible 
 excesses." 
 
 We are about to enter the harbor of 
 Vineyard Haven. The point we are 
 rounding on our right, the northern ex- 
 tremity of the island, is West Chop, 
 holding the Holmes Hole Light. The 
 point opposite, on our left, at the east, is 
 East Chop, also holding an important 
 Light. But a word of the island before 
 we reach the landing. Do you wish to 
 have a general idea of the shape of the 
 
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 NEW BEDFORD ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 island ? Pardon the rude illustration 
 for the sake of the idea. The figure we 
 choose is suggested by the excellent, 
 indeed, perfect map executed by the 
 Coast Survey. Well, imagine a huge 
 bullock, such as Maushope might have 
 seen, shorn of the extremities of his 
 limbs and thrown down on his side upon 
 the sea, his spine at the south running 
 due east and west, his head to the west 
 and turned back a little to the south ; 
 the nose becomes Gay Head, the horn- 
 hump becomes Squipnocket Point, the 
 
 separated horns having become No-Man's- 
 Land, the tail having become Chappa- 
 quiddick Island, while the loins and ab- 
 dominal portions have become trans- 
 formed into camp grounds and the hills 
 that look out upon the Vineyard Sound. 
 Now, if you hold to the rude figure, it 
 will help you in traveling over the 
 island, which measures twenty miles in 
 length with an average width of five and 
 a half miles. But the very waters around 
 us are suggestive of events. 
 
 Vim^ald Sound. 
 
 The innumerable stories, old and new, 
 of this strait, cut by the keels of all 
 known nations within the last three cen- 
 turies, we must leave to be told by the 
 tars and the records of old captains. 
 By the way, we have no faith in the 
 traditions cherished by credulous marvel- 
 lovers, of the voyages of the Vikings 
 of the tenth century, as having any 
 true connection with the islands we 
 are about to visit. Of course we ignore 
 the story that some one, owning all 
 these islands, had three daughters, Eliza- 
 beth, Martha and Nancy, and having 
 given portions to Elizabeth and Martha 
 had the farthest seeward left and Nan 
 took it, and so originated the name Nan- 
 tucket. We do believe, however, that 
 these waters have been plowed by strange 
 sails under doubtful flags. Here have 
 tacked and filled the keels of corsairs. 
 Into these holes and harbors skulked 
 the infamous William (not Robert) Kidd. 
 It is said by authority, that now through 
 this Sound, more than 60,000 vessels pass 
 
 annually in the day-time alone. From 
 the deck of our steamer we now count 
 forty-five sails. 
 
 One steamer now on the Nantucket 
 route is worthy of the traveler's notice 
 since she is historic. We speak of the 
 River Queen. She was built before the 
 Rebellion, and during that struggle was 
 used as President Lincoln's dispatch- 
 boat on the Potomac. On board of her 
 in Hampton Roads, Feb. 3, 1865, met 
 that remarkable company known as the 
 Peace Commissioners — a company and 
 an event not soon to be forgotten. The 
 steamer still preserves, for obvious rea- 
 sons, the same furniture, sofas and chairs 
 on which the political and war dignitaries 
 held their deliberations. There sat Presi- 
 dent Lincoln and Gov. Seward of the 
 Union, and A. H. Stephens, J. A. Camp- 
 bell and R. M. T. Hunter of the Con- 
 federacy. President Lincoln was firm. 
 General Grant soon brought peace by 
 his heroic grip on Richmond. 
 
II. 
 
 {trt^il*0 ptttfirtf^. 
 
 W)iate\ [■!■ lights the age may boast, 
 Pou red on the tide that flows, 
 
 Uudimmed along the Vineyard's eoast 
 The name o( Mayhew glows. 
 
 MIlM^rflS largest island on the. coast 
 v/jkIIK of New England, and justly mem- 
 orable for what has occurred on 
 it, we shall find divided into four 
 townships, which, in chronologi- 
 cal order, are Edgartown, Tisbury, Chil- 
 mark, and Gay Head. These, with Gos- 
 nold (the thirteen Elizabeth Isles), con- 
 stitute Duke's County, so named from the 
 Duke of York. 
 
 Following the tide of travel, as we now 
 must, we shall land at Vineyard Haven, 
 in the township o£ Tisbury, and thence 
 pass to the great camp-grounds in the 
 township of Edgartown, and afterwards 
 visit the village of Edgartown and the 
 other townships, hamlets, and charming 
 localities of the island. 
 
 yimiiQtd Jimm. 
 
 This charming old seaport is snugly 
 situated on the southwestern shore of the 
 famed harbor of the same name. Both 
 haibor and village were formerly famil- 
 iarly known to sailors as Holmes' Hole, 
 and in this harbor untold keels have cast 
 anchor, waiting for favoring winds and 
 tides. Vineyard Haven is the principal 
 village in the township of Tisbury. Its 
 
 thousand or more of active, hospitable 
 people maintain three churches, Baptist, 
 Methodist, and Congregational; and also 
 a chapel with a free reading-room for 
 sailors. The residences of the citizens 
 abound in memorials of the seas of the 
 world, and in curiosities of remotest 
 lands, brought home by bold captains 
 and intelligent sailors. Here, too, are 
 suitable hotels and boarding-houses for 
 all who may seek a quiet, healthful 
 retreat. Full in view are Oklahama on 
 the west, and Prospect House on the east 
 of Lagoon Pond, while just in front, on 
 Cedar Neck, stands Hines' cottage 
 among the cedars, one of the fairest of 
 cottages in the loveliest of places. As 
 we glance around we find four hulks and 
 wrecks on the harbor shores. Capt. 
 Richard G. Luce is one of the noble sea- 
 kings of Vineyard Haven. 
 
 When the township of Tisbury was in- 
 corporated in 1671, under the govern- 
 ment of New York, the proprietors were 
 required " to pay, each and every year, 
 two barrels of good, merchantable cod- 
 fish, to be delivered at Fort James in 
 
36 
 
 MARTHAS VINEYARD. 
 
 New York." Certainly that was a scaly 
 tax for the small measure of protection 
 received. 
 
 The township comprises the middle 
 portion of Martha's Vineyard, and is 
 favored with some fertile and high 
 ground, particularly on the north and 
 west, with a good supply of pines and 
 oaks. 
 
 The village of West Tisbury, of 250 
 inhabitants, is inland, reached by roads 
 skirted with beautiful oaks — not lofty, as 
 the ancient denizens of the island, but 
 yet venerable with their heavy beards of 
 moss. Authority asserts that " the spe- 
 cies is not found in any other part of 
 New England." The pendulous mosses 
 remind us of what we have seen on a 
 larger scale in the live oak forests of 
 Georgia and Florida. West Tisbury — 
 serene yet happy — has its academy and 
 its agricultural hall, and its churches, 
 Baptist and Methodist. Here, John May- 
 hew, of the old Mayhew family, began 
 to preach in 1673, before his ordination. 
 His successors in the ministry were 
 Josiah Torrey, ordained in 1701 ; Na- 
 thaniel Hancock, in 1727; George Da- 
 man, in 1760; Asa Morse, in 1784; 
 Nymphas Hatch, in 1801. Here, too, is 
 a Mayhew cemetery. 
 
 Beyond the harbor of Vineyard Haven, 
 and connecting with it on the south, is 
 Wickataquay Pond, now better known as 
 Lagoon Pond, a beautiful sheet of water 
 three miles in length and nearly one in 
 width, supposed, with reason, to have 
 been anciently a part of the harbor, but 
 cut off, possibly, by one of the giant foot- 
 prints of old Maushope. Delightful sum- 
 mer resorts have been selected on the 
 banks of this forest-fringed sea; one is 
 fitly named Cedar Neck, as it is mantled 
 with cedars; the other has the poetical 
 name of Oklahama. 
 
 There are two other conspicuous ponds, 
 Chappaquonsett Pond, west of Vineyard 
 Haven, in the north part of the island 
 (called by the natives Chappaquonsett), 
 and reached by a romantic drive through 
 pines and oaks ; and Great Tisbury Pond, 
 on the south shore, broad near the ocean, 
 but diminishing in shape like a fid, and 
 so extending far back into the island. 
 Indeed, the southern shore has many of 
 these marline-spike-shaped ponds run- 
 ning up into the land, an indication of 
 ancient changes of the shore. Newton's 
 Pond, a mile and a half in length, con- 
 nects with the ocean. On the northern 
 shore is the well known Lambert's Cove. 
 Of course Tisbury has its roll of 
 worthy men. Here was born Hon. Rufus 
 P. Spaulding, who served in Congress 
 from 1836 to 1839. Some one ought to 
 write a volume of the experiences of its 
 captains and sailors. 
 
 It is said that " it takes all sorts to 
 make a world." Martha's Vineyard then 
 meets the conditions of being a world : 
 not an element appears at present to be 
 lacking. Beginning with the remnant of 
 the aborigines still here, we find nearly 
 every people under the whole heavens 
 represented at some time during the 
 I year; and they are of every conceivable 
 rank and condition. 
 
 This brings us to the fact that Tisbury 
 has her Nancy Luce, a householder, a 
 cook, a seamstress, a spinster, a gar- 
 dener, a poet, and a poultry breeder. 
 Now, as there could never be a circus 
 without a female performer, we advise 
 all who go to visit the grandeurs of Gay 
 Head to be sure and call at the cottage 
 of Nancy Luce, and carry coppers enough 
 to purchase a photograph of Nancy and 
 her hens. She resides about two miles 
 from West Tisbury, on the road to Edgar- 
 town. 
 
MARTHAS VINEYARD. 
 
 On the hill at the west of Vineyard 
 Haven you discover the body of a dis- 
 mantled windmill, the last of a number 
 of such mills that once belonged to the 
 island. The edifice recalls an incident 
 that occurred in a windmill farther west 
 on the coast. There were two millers 
 
 who served by reliefs, so as to turn out 
 as much meal and as much toll as pos- 
 sible. Bill, who was off duty, returned 
 from the village grocery quite inspirited 
 for his work. As he relieved 'Nezer, he 
 observed that the grist was about half 
 ground, and plunging in his measure 
 
MARTHAS VINEYARD. 
 
 took out a toll. 'Nezer quickly informed 
 him that the grist was tolled, according 
 to custom, when it was poured into the 
 hopper. Bill promptly replied, " Well, 
 it's better to be twice right than once 
 wrong." Bill's logic is probably not 
 confined to windmills. 
 
 If you are among the initiated in Tis- 
 bury you can find the Sea-Kings' Circle 
 at Vineyard Haven. The sessions open 
 by giving the mystic grip, smoking and 
 reading the latest Boston and New Bed- 
 ford papers. Then, in order, come the 
 
 reports and traditions of the deep ; and 
 you may be sure that great depths will 
 be sounded. Though the sounding-lines 
 are of spun-yarn they never strand and 
 are literally interminable. All votes in 
 the affirmative are passed by laughing ; 
 all in the negative by spitting on the 
 stove or floor. The member who tells 
 the largest story is president of the next 
 
 ' Tis not to common skippers griven, 
 To beat the salts of Vineyard Haven. 
 
 £am^'Jlfluiin0. 
 
 By warm and grateful ardor stirred, 
 From old oppressive mandates free, 
 
 The voices of tho tribes are heard 
 Upon the margin of the sea. 
 
 Martha's Vineyard has been the 
 theatre of some of the most notable and 
 instructive religious developments in the 
 world's history. Theologians, philoso- 
 phers, social scientists, and all thinkers, 
 may study this island's history with the 
 highest profit. Here was developed and 
 matured, by the boasted light of nature, 
 the singular type of Indian paganism, 
 found by Gosnold and Mayhew, that left 
 its shadows in the legends of the Devil's 
 Den. Here Christianity laid her hand 
 upon the poor, blind, declining pagans, 
 and lifted them up to love the light of 
 Heaven, to know the Son of God, to read 
 and write and sing, and unite in the 
 bonds of civil life and the sweet fellow- 
 ships of christian churches. Here Puri- 
 tanism, Quakerism, and the Independ- 
 ency of the Roger Williams' school, 
 struggled up into complete civil and relig- 
 ious liberty. Here have been born and 
 nurtured bold spirits who have plowed all 
 the seas of the globe. And here, within 
 the last forty years, beneath the grand old 
 oaks reaching from the Highlands to the 
 
 Bluffs, looking upon the Sounds and the 
 ocean, have been instituted the largest 
 and most distinguished christian camp- 
 meetings of the world. 
 
 To meet a wise and widely expressed 
 demand, we have consented to give, in 
 as condensed a form as possible, some 
 account of the rise, progress and strange 
 results of these unique christian meetings, 
 and the wonderful social phenomena 
 springing from them in the form of a new 
 summer city full of beauty, health, pleas- 
 ure and praise. 
 
 Christian camp-meetings are an Ameri- 
 can product. They originated in 1799, 
 in Kentucky, under the revival labors of 
 two brothers, named McGee, one a Pres- 
 byterian, the other a Methodist ; and 
 were overflow meetings held in the woods. 
 From their happy results the idea of 
 such free open air meetings soon spread 
 abroad. God's great unveiled temple re- 
 ceived new honor. 
 
 In the sketch that we have been solic- 
 ited to present, we shall take the meetings 
 and settlements in their order of time : 
 (i.) The Wesleyan Grove, the Metho- 
 dist meetings; (2.) Oak Bluffs, the set- 
 tlement made by the Land and Wharf 
 
MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 
 
 Company; (3.) The "Vineyard High- 
 lands, or Baptist meetings. Passing 
 around East Chop to run down the east 
 face of the island we meet these famed 
 places in the following order : (a) High- 
 lands, (b) Wesleyan Grove, (c) Oak 
 Bluffs ; and then pass on to Edgartown 
 harbor. The camp meetings are reached 
 by steamer from the two great wharves 
 or piers ; Highland pier and Oak Bluffs 
 pier: Wesleyan Grove lying between, 
 having no wharf exclusively its own at 
 present. The old landing was at East- 
 ville, in Vineyard Haven. 
 
 For the sake of distinctness, and to 
 assist study, as well as to mark the reg- 
 ular and marvelous progress of ideas 
 and events, we shall put our record in 
 a clear, conspicuous, chronological order. 
 
 And though we give but the merest 
 skeleton, these bones when clothed by 
 study will reveal the great wonder, how 
 a little camp of nine tents of Christian 
 worshipers grew in a generation to be 
 "The Cottage City of America." 
 
 TyeMeyan §, 
 
 mue-. 
 
 The first meeting was held in August, 
 1835, and that has been the sacred 
 month since, the particular days being 
 determined by the full of the moon. 
 Previous camp-meetings had been held 
 in other parts of New England, particu- 
 larly at Falmouth. The spot here se- 
 lected by Jeremiah Pease, of Edgar- 
 town, was a half acre in the then venera- 
 ble oak grove at the southwest of 
 Meadow Pond — now Lake Anthony — 
 seven miles from Edgartown and three 
 from Vineyard Haven, beautiful for situa- 
 tion, looking out upon Nantucket Sound. 
 It had no equal for calmness and salu- 
 brity on the coast, while its tempera- 
 ture as compared with that of the main- 
 
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 MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 
 
 land was by several degrees cooler in 
 summer and warmer in winter. It would 
 seem that Divine Providence had much 
 to do with the selection of the spot. 
 But we hasten to our condensed record: — 
 
 1835. ^ small rough shed for the 
 preacher's stand ; a few rude plank seats ; 
 «/w tents furnished with straw and blank- 
 ets ; Thomas C. Pieice presided; a 
 few preachers present ; held from Mon- 
 day to Saturday ; about 1,000 persons 
 present ; 65 conversions reported. 
 
 1836. James C. Boutecou presided ; 
 ground fixtures improved; reported 20 
 converts ; i had been a Papist. 
 
 1837. Twelve tents ; one or two 
 boarding-tents; 17 preachers present; 
 about 20 conversions. 
 
 1838. Began on Wednesday and held 
 over the Sabbath. Bartholomew Othe- 
 man presided ; more than 1000 at ser- 
 vices ; about 20 converts. 
 
 1839. Seventeen tents ; 26 preachers 
 present ; also " Camp-meeting John " 
 (Rev. John Allen), and "Reformation 
 John Adams." 
 
 1840. Bartholomew Otheman presided ; 
 "Great Pasture" leased; name chosen 
 "Wesleyan Grove" ; 18 preachers pres- 
 ent ; held from Monday to Saturday ; 
 about 20 conversions. 
 
 1841. Otheman presided; twenty 
 tents, and family and provision tents ; 
 800 encamped ; John Hawkins present ; 
 about 20 conversions ; numbers lost their 
 strength of body. 
 
 1842. Otheman presided ; contribu- 
 tions for missions and Providence Con- 
 ference Academy ; more than 50 con- 
 verts ; J. D. Pease to have charge of 
 camp-ground. 
 
 1843. Frederick Upham presided ; 
 held beyond appointed time; large num- 
 ber of conversions. 
 
 1844. Upham presided ; held over 
 
 Sabbath; 3,000 present; about 1,000 
 tenting; 34 conversions; arrangement 
 made for " Preachers' Meeting." 
 
 1845. Not held here ; but at Westport, 
 Mass.; about 40 ministers present. 
 
 1846. Returned to Wesleyan Grove, 
 and ever after held here ; Upham pre- 
 sided ; bills for preparing the ground, 
 J5174.98; about 15 conversions. 
 
 1847. Upham presided; Providence 
 and Sandwich Districts represented ; 
 about 30 conversions ; voted disapproba- 
 tion of running steamboats on the Sab- 
 bath. 
 
 1848. Thomas Ely presided ; between 
 two and three thousand present; 64 
 tents ; about 40 converts. 
 
 1849. Ely presided ; ordered a well 
 dug; voted to secure lease of grounds 
 for ten years ; 53 ministers present, and 
 some of other denominations ; half-cen- 
 tury sermon by " Father Webb " ; 50 con- 
 versions. 
 
 1850. Ely presided ; 50 ministers 
 present; 87 tents; more interest than 
 ever before; 100 conversions; lease of 
 grounds secured by S. P. Coffin to 186 1 ; 
 annua! rent, $30 ; also additional grounds 
 rented, $6 per annum ; new seating 
 ordered. 
 
 1851. Ely presided; 100 tents; con- 
 gregation 3,500 or 4,000 ; Jeremiah 
 Pease, Sen., chorister; 34 converts; 60 
 ministers present ; chose a " Standing 
 Committee on Finance" ; expenses, $260. 
 
 1852. David Patten presided ; chose 
 a " Committee of Order " ; adopted code 
 of rules for the camp; 145 tents; 60 
 ministers; 140 conversions. 
 
 1853. Patten presided; 160 tents; 80 
 converts ; 50 preachers ; 4,000 people ; 
 Dea. Moses Grant, of Boston, present ; 
 chose committee on singing. 
 
 1854. Pardon T. Kenney presiding ;. 
 60 ministers ; also some of other denom- 
 
MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 
 
 illations ; area of camp circle again en- 
 larged ; i8o tents of all kinds, 36 large 
 ones, some family tents ; " city in the 
 woods"; voted to discountenance hawk- 
 ing and peddling. 
 
 1855. About 50 preachers; 200 tents, 
 some on a "grand scale"; steamboats 
 Metacomet and Eagle's Wing made daily 
 trips ; about 5,000 or 6,000 present ; 
 Charles H. Titus presided ; tents ordered 
 to have names of owners and churches. 
 
 1856. Charles H. Titus presided ; near 
 
 6,000 present on the Sabbath ; tents 
 ordered to have lights burning all night ; 
 burning fluid forbidden; oil was script- 
 ural and not explosive; Committee of 
 Arrangements to be of laymen and 
 preachers, one layman from each church. 
 1857. Held from Aug. 20 to 27 ; 250 
 tents of all kinds; 300 camped in the 
 grove proper ; 60 ministers ; Rev. Mr. 
 Girdwood (Baptist), of New Bedford, 
 preached on Sabbath ; " Father Bates " 
 preached; Paul Townsend presided; more 
 
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 MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 
 
 than 6,000 people; 50 converts, one "a 
 young Jew " ; discussed buying the grove ; 
 moved to secure an act of incorporation. 
 
 1858. Secured lease of grounds for i 
 thirteen years ; some " houses built of 
 ■wood " ; more tents ; some shelters, part 
 wood and part cloth ; Townsend presided ; 
 6,000 or 7,000 " within the sound of the 
 preacher's voice " ; 12,000 present on the 
 Sabbath; Governor Banks, Ex-Governor 
 Harris (of R. I.), and M. C.'s and other 
 dignitaries present; over 100 Methodist 
 ministers, and some others; Thomas 
 Brainard, d. d. (Presbyterian), of Phila- 
 delphia preached; 20 converts; 320 
 tents; "quite a city"; the camp now 
 embraced "from twelve to fifteen acres," 
 when in 1835 it covered " not more than 
 a half acre." 
 
 1859. Small wooden building and a 
 head-quarters house ; an avenue forty feet 
 wide around the grove circle, now Broad- 
 way ; also Fisk avenue begun; Trinity 
 Park begun ; new and large tents with 
 frames ; had got to be the largest meeting 
 of the kind in the world ; Geo. M. Car- 
 penter presiding; 12,000 people; above 
 400 tents; more than 100 ministers; 30 
 professed conversions ; expenses, $1,600. 
 
 i860. Numbers had come beforehand 
 as health and pleasure-seekers; bell rung 
 at sunrise to call from bed, at 8 o'clock 
 for prayer in society tents ; at 10, 2 and 7 
 for services at the stand ; at 10 P. M. to 
 go into tents for the night; 500 tents; 
 earnest efforts to revive the old stand- 
 ards of effectiveness; 100 spoke at the 
 love feast ; in the tents 36 prayer-meet- 
 ings at the same time ; many tents with 
 board sides and cloth tops ; S. P. Coffin 
 "recommended a new organization," with 
 a " committee of laymen " ; " Articles of 
 Argreement " adopted ; name chosen — 
 " Martha's Vineyard Camp-meeting Asso- 
 
 ciation"; $250 paid for taking care of 
 the grounds. 
 
 1861. N. P. Philbrook presiding ; new 
 and fine stand erected, cost $500; new 
 seats with backs, seating 4,000, costing 
 $1,000; 40 society tents fronting the 
 grounds; grounds included 15 acres; 
 tents and cottages licensed; 10,000 at- 
 tendants ; appropriations for year, $890 ; 
 30 conversions. 
 
 1862. Tent frames and cottages had 
 remained through the year ; many people 
 came in advance ; Geo. M. Carpenter 
 presiding ; sermon by Dr. Sears, of Brown 
 University; address by Governor An- 
 drew ; thousands at love feast ; " Pray- 
 ing Band " from New York present ; con- 
 verted Jew preached ; 1 0^,000 at services ; 
 about 30 conversions ; first journal issued 
 — " Catnp-Meeiing Herald" — first pa- 
 per of the kind in the world. 
 
 1863. Hundreds had come weeks in 
 advance ; Paul Townsend presided ; 
 grounds lighted by new street lamps, cost 
 $106 ; renewed post-office arrangements ; 
 distinguished strangers present ; suitable 
 allusions to the Rebellion in the South ; 
 despite the war 10,000 present on the 
 Sabbath ; movement to purchase the 
 grounds 
 
 1864. "Acres of grove south of the 
 old encampment laid out and lotted " for 
 " hundreds of tents and cottages " ; many 
 lots taken, some new cottages built ; 
 camp now covered 26 acres ; 500 cottages 
 and tents; cottages cost from $150 to 
 $600 ; great love feast ; above 90 testi- 
 monies ; 100 ministers present ; Town- 
 send presided. 
 
 1865. Members came to spend the 
 entire month of August ; the socio-relig- 
 ious element becoming strong, principal 
 
 i places on the grounds named perma- 
 I nently — County street Park, Fourth street 
 
MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 
 
 avenue, Cottage avenue, Fisk 
 avenue, Park avenue, Trinity 
 Park, Broadway, Lincoln Park 
 and Forest Circle ; 15 new 
 cottages, some costing $700 ; 
 representatives present from 
 all parts of the country ; 
 Townsend presided ; 1 00 new 
 lots selected; grounds pur- 
 chased for $1,300. 
 
 1866. People began to 
 come "by the loth of July ; " 
 found 100 families and 60 car- 
 penters and painters present ; 
 50 new cottages had been 
 built ; " one two-and-a-half 
 story building (Dunbar's), in 
 the eastern part of the 
 ground ; new boarding-houses 
 opened ; new wharf built at 
 Eastville, by Messrs. Luce & 
 Littlefield, and new road 
 opened to it ; additional 
 grounds purchased; Samuel C liiown 
 presided ; sermon by Prof. Stowe ; ser- 
 mon by Dr. Stevens, (Methodist histo- 
 rian) ; Vice-President H. Hamlin, pres- 
 ent ; grounds "not unlike a real city ; " 
 more than 16,000 persons present on the 
 Sabbath ; more than 160 spoke at the 
 love feast ; sermons by Dr. Scudder and I 
 Dr. Patten ; deeds of the grove grounds 
 received by the Association. 
 
 1867. New movement of a new party 
 — " Land and Wharf Company " had 
 been formed and bought lands and { 
 grove — now known as Oak Bluffs — south- 
 east of Wesleyan Grove, and had built a 
 wharf costing $5,000 with store-house, | 
 and some cottages on their grounds. 
 This excited some feeling, as it increased 
 the secular element around the camp- 
 meetings. But leaving Oak Bluffs for a \ 
 future paragraph, we return to our notes 
 of Wesleyan Grove. 
 
 The grounds were almost thronged 
 before the meeting opened — thousands 
 making the beautiful, healthful place a 
 summer resort ; meetings began before- 
 hand ; " the combined wealth of those 
 having cottages and tents here would 
 amount to several million of dollars," 
 and the owners "were now of several 
 denominations ; " despite the crowd 
 order and decorum prevailed ; Rev. H. 
 Vincent (from whose excellent books we 
 glean our facts), long the honored and 
 able secretary of the meetings, ex- 
 claimed, " Am I really in the old Wes- 
 leyan Grove, or am I in some fairy land ? " 
 570 tents and cottage lots rented ; 12,000 
 persons in attendance. 
 
 186S. " Rustication, the coming and 
 going of people, and pastimes on a larger 
 scale than ever before ; " 45 new cot- 
 tages, some with French roofs, some cost 
 $1,500 ; the " Narragansett House " for 
 
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 MARTHAS VINEYARD. 
 
 boarders ; ground and buildings esti- 
 mated at $200,000 ; 3,000 people here 
 beforehand ; Clinton avenue laid out on 
 old road ; representatives of every de- 
 nomination and class present; four 
 steamboats plying across the waters, one 
 from Boston ; 230 spoke at the second 
 love feast ; more than 100 clergymen pre- 
 sent ; nearly 20,000 different persons 
 present during two weeks ; charter of in- 
 corporation accepted ; about 1,000 tents 
 and cottages — beautiful city in the 
 woods ; some families remain till Octo- 
 ber. 
 
 1869. Had become withal a genuine 
 watering place, — fishing, bathing, sail- 
 ing — but all gave way for the camp- 
 meeting ; some boarding-houses fed from 
 £00 to 800 ; on the grove and at Oak 
 Bluiifs about 100 new cottages, some with 
 French roofs ; the Sprague cottage cost 
 ^3,500; new hotels; an ice-house; 
 grounds enlarged and fenced ; the oaks 
 in the grove being old and having lost 
 much foliage an awning was constructed 
 over the seats in the circle ; a wedding 
 took place at the stand ; illumination 
 and fire-works near by ; sermon by John 
 P. Newman, d. d., chaplain of the United 
 States Senate ; the Camp Meeting Her- 
 ald published daily ; a number of the 
 leading men of the country present, of 
 all ranks and professions; 145 spoke at 
 the love feast ; Sabbath School meeting, 
 Governor Claflin presided and spoke, 
 Hutchinson family sung, address from 
 Hon. Henry Wilson ; near 70 conver- 
 sions ; first and last more than 30,000 
 
 present ; additional lands bought by in- 
 dividuals; the "Vineyard Grove Com- 
 pany" was formed; $12,000 worth of 
 lots sold ; the new grounds finally be- 
 came "The Vineyard Highlands," of 
 which we shall hereafter speak. 
 
 The grounds held in 1869 by the 
 Martha's Vineyard Camp-meeting Asso- 
 ciation in Wesleyan Grove, the Land and 
 Wharf Company at Oak Bluffs, and the 
 Vineyard Grove Company at the High- 
 lands embraced about 300 acres. The 
 three places together have finally gained 
 the popular, comprehensive and beauti- 
 ful name of "The Cottage City." The 
 three places, it will be noticed, are topo- 
 graphically one, and are blended in their 
 appearance and chief purposes. 
 
 Wesleyan Grove has continued to mul- 
 tiply its cottages and to assume new pro- 
 portions of wealth and luxury, checked 
 a little by the advance of the blooming 
 settlements by its sides, and the great 
 revulsion of business interests suffered 
 since the Summer of 1873. The religious 
 element here is always the commanding 
 one, and it has won the confidence and 
 encomiums of all observers. 
 
 We do not propose to proceed with 
 our minute history, but to leave some- 
 thing, and much, to surprise the visitor 
 and repay special inquiry. We must turn 
 to give some particulars respecting the 
 origin and early developments of the two 
 side associations, and their grounds — 
 Oak Bluffs and the Highlands. We may 
 then properly add some particulars of the 
 later developments of Wesleyan Grove. 
 
 (!)uk '3luff6. 
 
 This outgrowth of the Wesleyan I incorporated fully in 1S68. The tract 
 Grove camp-meetings has been under then embraced about 75 acres, lying 
 the direction of the Land and Wharf southeast of the old camp-ground and 
 Company that was formed in 1867 and 1 adjoining it. A wharf was built at a 
 
MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 
 
 45 
 
 cost of $5,000, and a store-house erected 
 near it, 90 x 20, a story and a half high. 
 Cottages at once began to go up on the 
 avenues, and streets were laid through 
 the tract and among the trees. 
 
 1868. The first hotel, the Oak Bluffs 
 House, was completed ; 80 feet were 
 added to the wharf, giving it a length of 
 320 feet, and many new cottages were 
 erected. The company had then spent 
 $8,000, and were assessed for ^15,000. 
 Of course the cottages belonged to pri- 
 vate individuals. The wilderness was 
 made glad, and the desert blossomed as 
 the rose. 
 
 1869. Oak Bluffs grew as by magic. 
 The company in charge were men of 
 character and enterprise. Though the 
 specific purpose of the settlement was 
 not religious, but secular, yet all was 
 arranged to be in harmony with and 
 conducive to the interests of the camp- 
 meetings, as the child could not but 
 venerate and serve the mother. Wealthy 
 men from many cities here built their 
 cottages and here came with their fami 
 lies and friends to spend the hot months 
 of summer, and a wiser choice for 
 beauty, health and pure en]0}ment 
 could not have been made. Just be 
 fore the camp-meeting Oak Bluffs wis 
 magnificently set out in dress, grandl} 
 illuminated on a preceding evening, 
 while the Fo.\boro Brass Band dis 
 coursed their sweetest and most insp r 
 ing music. The scene and sounds su^ 
 gested "the shining shore." Thiet 
 hundred lots were sold, and the com 
 pany projected the superb hotel no \ 
 known as the Sea View House. 
 
 From this immense hotel avenues and 
 drives were constructed in every desired 
 direction. From it, leading southward 
 along the island's margin for half a mik 
 was constructed the plank-walk fifteen 
 
 feet in width. Parallel with this, and 
 for the same distance, was built the 
 asphalt boulevard, forty feet wide. Here 
 sprung up, as by magic, on the shore, 
 hundreds of bath-houses, some of them 
 of great attractiveness, and pagoda-like 
 structures for rest, and numerous places 
 of refreshment and recreation. Within 
 the grounds proper rose the beautiful 
 Union Chapel, and hotels, one after 
 another, as the people crowded to the 
 grounds. Finally the railroad was built 
 southward along the shore, past Senge- 
 kontacket Pond to Edgartown, and then 
 on to Katama and the south shore. 
 
 Hitherto the developments of life on 
 these romantic shores in these singular 
 meetings — a new phase in the world's so- 
 cial history — have been under the con- 
 trol of thoughtful, prudent, enterprising 
 religious men, and hence their results, if, 
 strange and unexpected, have been only 
 good. Here has been order, propriet)', 
 quiet, fraternity, cheerfulness, joy and 
 
 Methodist Chapel Cimp Grounds 
 
MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 
 
 profit. If the secular has been wedded 
 to the religious, has tlie union been a vio- 
 lation of the letter or spirit of Christian 
 law and liberty ? Some of the old Puritan 
 fathers, and some of the Quaker settlers 
 of Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and 
 
 New Bedford might not answer this ques- 
 tion as we do. But one grand test should 
 always be applied in such cases. "By their 
 fruits ye shall know them." All will be 
 well if pleasure and speculation are kept 
 in abeyance to law and Christian devotion. 
 
 VimyuF-d Jii^MantiS. 
 
 The Vineyard Grove Company, another 
 child of the The Wesleyan Grove meet- 
 ings, had its origin in 1869, but became 
 duly incorporated in 1870. From the 
 first its purposes were distinctively relig- 
 ious, though the social element was con- 
 templated. The grounds chosen and 
 purchased embraced about 200 acres, 
 lying east of Eastville, and northerly 
 from Wesleyan Grove, adjoining the lat- 
 ter, and known as the Highlands — the 
 highest land on East Chop, commanding 
 magnificent views of the eastern portion 
 of the island, Nantucket and the Vine- 
 yard Sounds, the Elizabeth Isles, and the 
 shores of the main-land. In the lay-out 
 of the tract, a large, well-wooded area 
 was reserved for preaching services when- 
 ever they should be called for. In 1869 
 lots were sold to the amount of $12,000, 
 and a wharf was projected. The com- 
 pany also projected a bridge across Lake 
 Anthony. The rules adopted for the 
 grounds were the same as those of the 
 Camp-meeting Association. 
 
 Affairs proceeded prosperously in this 
 direction. The wharf was built to re- 
 ceive keels drawing eighteen feet of 
 water. The large hotel, went up, known 
 as the Highland House. A plank walk 
 was constructed from the wharf to the 
 post office in Wesleyan Grove ; another 
 ninning northerly along the bluffs skirt- 
 ing the Sound. And finally the wharf 
 was connected by horse cars with the 
 camp-grounds and by steam cars with 
 Oak Bluffs, Edgartown and Katama. 
 
 As the Baptists had always mingled 
 freely and fraternally with the Method- 
 ists in their great annual religious feasts, 
 being indeed somewhat accustomed to 
 such annual meetings in their Associa- 
 tions — sometimes held in the open air — 
 they now had become such an element 
 in " The Cottage City " that it was at 
 last suggested that they should lift their 
 banner by the side of the happy Method- 
 ists, on the Highlands. 
 
 1875. The first meetings of the Bap- 
 tists were held for worship and consulta- 
 tion. Steps were taken for a permanent 
 organization. 
 
 1876. The Baptist Vineyard Associa- 
 tion was legally incorporated in January. 
 In their circular appointing their " second 
 annual religious gathering at Martha's 
 Vineyard," to commence August 12, and 
 end August 20, 1876," they said, " the 
 design of these meetings is to promote 
 fraternal love and a more intimate 
 acquaintanceship among the members of 
 the denomination ; to discuss plans and 
 methods of Christian work ; to cultivate 
 a deeper spiritual tone and greater ear- 
 nestness ; to inspire fresh zeal ; and in 
 all proper ways to help each other by 
 counsel and suggestion, that from a week 
 of healthful recreation we may each re- 
 turn to his own field better fitted for the 
 work assigned him in the Master's vine- 
 yard." 
 
 Thus unfolded another phase of the 
 religious life and movement here first in- 
 stituted by the Methodists in 1835, under 
 
MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 
 
 47 
 
 nine tents pitched amid the hoary 
 oaks, on the ashes of the council fires 
 of the Indians. How marvelously 
 have the prayers of the Methodists 
 been answered? Their favorite phrase 
 is "Glory to God! Amen." Suiely 
 something of this glory they ha\e 
 seen, and so have others. 
 
 The Baptist grounds have become 
 exceedingly beautiful. In the centre 
 of the grove of oaks stands the large 
 Baptist Temple, dedicated in 187S 
 and kept open during most of the 
 season, but devoted to the mass meet- 
 ings of a week when the appointed 
 time arrives, usually the week pre- 
 ceding the Methodist meetings. Neai 
 by the Temple stands the beautiful 
 Baptist Chapel. The large hotel, the '■ 
 Highland House, and boarding-houses 
 are open to all comers. Cosy cottages 
 arise amid the surrounding oaks. 
 
 So there are now in "The Cottage 
 City" five great places of public wor- 
 ship — the Baptist Chapel, the Baptist 
 Temple, the Methodist Chapel, the new 
 Iron Tabernacle, and the Union Chapel 
 of Oak Bluffs. And within the radius 
 of a mile may now be counted 1,200 
 cottages. 
 
 The camp-meetings are a wonder. 
 To be understood in any proper sense 
 
 they must be attended. When the famed 
 English author, Thomas Hughes, the 
 writer of " Tom Brown at Rugby," and 
 "Tom Brown at Oxford," by invitation 
 of Mr. Forbes, his host, at Naushon, 
 attended the meetings, he was filled with 
 admiration, and asserted that it was 
 worth a voyage across the Atlantic to 
 hear such singing and look upon such an 
 assembly. It has been estimated that 
 during a given season more than 60,000 
 different persons visit the place. 
 
 JiokU. 
 
 For the sake of visitors we make 
 mention of the hotels. Landing from 
 the crowded boats on the crowded piers, 
 and gazing on the mile-long city, one 
 needs, perhaps, a hint as to where to 
 find needed accommodations: — 
 
 I. On Oak Bluffs, (i.) The Sea 
 View House, on front of Bluff, 300 feet 
 long, 5 stories high, large piazzas, superb 
 views of sea and island, plastered rooms 
 
 and gas, on European plan, public and 
 private rooms, elevator, accommodates 
 1 300 guests. (2.) The Fawnee House, on 
 Circuit avenue, among the shops, on 
 European plan, gas, accommodates 200 
 guests. (3.) The Baxter House, oppo- 
 site the Pawnee, on European plan, gas, 
 accommodates 100 guests. (4.) The Is- 
 land House, near the Baxter, on European 
 plan, plastered rooms, gas, accommodates 
 
48 
 
 MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 
 
 200. (5.) The National House, on Cir- 
 cuit avenue. (6.) The Fitchburg House, 
 •on Circuit avenue. (7.) The Graver 
 House, on Narragansett avenue, on 
 European plan, gas, accommodates 100. 
 (8.) The Fall River Club House, on Nar- 
 ragansett avenue. 
 
 II. On Camp Ground, (i.) The 
 Vineyard Grove House, on Sylvan avenue, 
 accommodates cottagers with tables. 
 (2.) The Wesley House, on Common, 
 wealth avenue. (3.) The Howard House, 
 on Commonwealth avenue. (4.) The 
 Central House, on Sylvan avenue, on Eu- 
 ropean plan, gas, accommodates 150 
 guests. (5.) The Arcade connects the 
 
 Camp-ground with Oak Bluffs, on Cir- 
 cuit avenue. 
 
 III. On Highlands, (i.) The High- 
 land House, close to Highland wharf, 
 4 stories high, superb outlook, piazzas, 
 accommodates 200. (2.) The Temple 
 House, in Temple Grove, on Highlands, 
 100 rods north of Baptist Temple, fine 
 outlook. 
 
 IV. Remote Houses, (i.) The La- 
 goon House, on heights towards Vineyard 
 Haven. (2.) The Prospect House, at La- 
 goon Heights, 30 rooms, fine view of 
 Vineyard Haven. 
 
 Near Vineyard Haven is located the 
 Marine Hospital. 
 
 JImmieS and J^ufM. 
 
 A few words in reference to these, 
 beginning at Oak Bluffs. 
 
 Sea View Avenue runs from the Sea 
 View House south along the beach by the 
 Promenade and bath-houses parallel with 
 the railroad. 
 
 Circuit Avenue runs around the Oak 
 Bluffs grounds, which are intersected by 
 the many shorter avenues. 
 
 Ocean Park is close at the south of the 
 Sea View House, with Ocean Avenue I 
 running around it. A little in its rear is 
 Union Chapel compassed by Samoset, 
 Narragansett and Grove Avenue* 
 
 Wabaii Park is south of Ocean I'ark, I 
 between Tuckernuck and Nantucket 
 Avenues. 
 
 Penacook Park, on Penacook Avenue. 
 
 Pellulma Park is on the southwest cor- 
 ner of the Bluffs grounds, between Cir- 
 cuit and Naushon Avenues. 
 
 Hartford Park, between Massasoit and 
 Pequot Avenues. 
 
 Hiawatha Park is on the west border 
 of the grounds, between Circuit and Hia- 
 watha Avenues. 
 
 Naushon Park on Naushon Avenue. 
 
 Niantic Park, triangular, is near the 
 middle of the grounds, compassed by 
 Tuckernuck, Wamsutta and Pocasset 
 Avenues. 
 
 Other smaller reserves are found here 
 and there as ornaments 
 
 The avenues on the Camp Ground — 
 Wesleyan Grove — are numerous, wind- 
 ing and beautiful. We need only name a 
 few. Broadway, Trinity, Washington, 
 Mount Hope, Clinton, Highland, Si- 
 loam, Forest, Rural, Commonwealth and 
 Lake. All the circles, squares, triangles 
 and walks are romantic. We leave the 
 visitor to be surprised by their pictur- 
 esqueness. The Post-office, formerly on 
 Commonwealth square, is now on Cir- 
 cuit avenue near the Arcade, on the 
 dividing line of Wesleyan Grove and 
 Oak Bluffs. 
 
 The new tabernacle, now (1879) re- 
 ceiving its finishing strokes and paint, in 
 Wesleyan Grove, is indeed a mammoth 
 structure and magnificent for its pur- 
 poses — a kind of religious crystal pal- 
 
\TARTHAS VINEYARD. 
 
 Beach, and Lover's Rock, Oak Bluffs. 
 
 ace, though made of iron. We need only 
 mention that, e.xclusive of the pulpit re- 
 cess, it is 140 feet square, with rounded 
 corners, three arched portals, four gables, 
 several stories of windows and ventila- 
 tors in the roof, and a central flag-staff 
 100 feet high. We leave other particu- 
 lars to surprise the visitor. 
 
 The name of the new paper published 
 here is the '^ The Cottage City Star" — 
 poetical and true designation. It made 
 
 its appearance in May of this year (1879), 
 under the editorship of E. H. Hatfield, 
 but managed by the Vineyard Publishing 
 Association. 
 
 An additional attraction in the " Cot- 
 tage City," is now found in the Vineyard 
 Summer Institute, conducted by the 
 ablest of teachers and attended by stu- 
 dents of both sexes from all parts of the 
 land. The lectures and course of studies 
 are of a high order. 
 
 These have become such an element 
 in the life of the " Cottage City " as to 
 deserve some particular notice. The 
 particular recreations are promenading, 
 driving over the island, bathing, fishing 
 and boating. The asphalt walks and 
 avenues and plank promenades lead in 
 every direction. The drives lead out to 
 the villages, hamlets and hills of the 
 island. Great thoroughfares, by carriage 
 and rail, extend to the various shores 
 and remote hotels. Boats of every 
 size, from sculls to yachts, are in wait- 
 ing to bound over the waves for pleasure 
 
 or for fishing. Such as do not choose 
 to ride upon the billows can cast hooks 
 i from the bridges and banks on the 
 ponds. In the " Cottage City " are ten- 
 pin alleys, base ball grounds, croquet- 
 lawns, and last, but not least, the great 
 roller-skating rink, north of the Sea 
 View House. This rink, just completed, 
 at a cost of about $5,000, measures 184 
 by 87 feet, with a height in the centre 
 of 37 feet, having an arched roof, five 
 cupolas, and a tower at each corner. 
 Readers can be supplied with books 
 from Dickerman's Circulating Library. 
 
MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 
 
 Entering Edgartown (Oldtown) Har- 
 bor, we remember that here, in June, 
 1603, Martin Pring came to anchor and 
 remained till August. He called the 
 harbor Whitson's Bay, and named the 
 neck of the island of Chappaquiddick, 
 under which he cast anchor, Mount Aid- 
 worth. Afterward Capt. Thomas Der- 
 mer landed here, and had some serious 
 difficulty with the natives, some of whom 
 were killed in the encounter. 
 
 Touching the real settlement of Ed- 
 gartown we have before spoken. Prob- 
 ably a few families had chosen their 
 abodes near Pease Point or Green Hol- 
 low before the settlement of the May- 
 hew's, the elder of whom seems to have 
 come here withal as a merchant. The 
 town became incorporated in 1671 under 
 the government of New York, and the 
 elder Thomas Mayhew became the first 
 governor. The head of Edgartown Har- 
 bor is called Cotamy Bay. 
 
 We have previously spoken of the two 
 Mayhews, father and son. After the 
 son's death the father here preached and 
 conducted the mission. Succeeding them 
 as ministers of the Presbyterian Church, 
 
 Twin Cottage. Highlands. 
 
 we may mention Jonathan Dunham, or- 
 dained in 1694; Samuel Wiswall, 
 ordained in 17 13, and dying in 1746, was 
 followed by John Newman ; Samuel 
 Kingsbury ordained in 1761 ; Joseph 
 Thaxter, ordained in 1780, and remained 
 for forty-seven years till his death. 
 
 Like New Bedford and Nantucket, Ed- 
 gartown early and energetically entered 
 upon the business of whale fishing, and 
 after shore fishing subsided fitted her 
 large keels for Atlantic, Indian and Pa- 
 cific ocean voyages. Her excellent and 
 deep harbor, the outer between Cape 
 Poge and Starbuck Neck, and also the 
 smooth inner, presented a lively forest of 
 masts, while the jolly whale-boats flew 
 like seabirdson the waters. On account 
 of the depth of the harbor and the ex- 
 cellent fresh water of the island, many 
 ships from Nantucket here hauled in to 
 fill their casks before putting to sea. 
 
 In King Philip's war the Indians on 
 Martha's Vineyard, through the influence 
 of Governor Mayhew, remained neutral, 
 though Philip sent here his emmissaries 
 to stir the native blood. Christianity 
 had introduced its saving leaven. 
 
 ^ From the exposed condition of 
 
 the island, in the colonial wars, in 
 
 the Revolution, and in the War of 
 
 S12, the inhabitants suffered many 
 
 nd great losses. They were plun- 
 
 ered by French privateers and 
 
 eeled by the crews of English 
 
 eets Their vessels were seized 
 
 or destroyed, and many of the 
 
 young men were carried away to 
 
 ser\e in British men-of-war, or to 
 
 pine iway and die in prison ships. 
 
 In \iin did the leading islanders 
 
 plead their Quaker sentiments — 
 
MARTHAS VINEYARD. 
 
 which were sincere — and their 
 solemn pledges of neutrality. 
 Their fruits, flocks, vessels and 
 persons were at the mercy of a 
 powerful enemy, for the inhabi- 
 tants of the main were power- 
 less to defend or succor them. 
 
 Edgartown is the seat of 
 justice for Dukes County, and 
 the courts here held give it 
 legal weight and interest to 
 all who have questions at law. 
 The Marcy House well enter- 
 tains all dignitaries, disputants 
 and regular summer visitors, 
 and chance travelers. Walk- 
 ing through the town, you 
 might have seen a few years since, as 
 the writer saw, at the entrance to Capt. 
 A. K. Fisher's arbor, the jaw-bone of a 
 sperm whale. As the jaw stood on the 
 ground, you could walk, hat on, through 
 the dividing parts. Should you enter the 
 mansions of some of the vikings, you 
 would be most hospitably received and 
 entertained with stories of the stormy 
 deep and far-off lands. 
 
 Besides the court-house, jail, county 
 offices, custom-house and a bank, the 
 
 town has its excellent churches, Congre- 
 
 Tackers Cottage Oak Bluffs 
 
 gationalist, Baptist and Methodist. The 
 hotels are the Marcy House, the Seaside 
 House, the Vineyard House and Atlantic 
 House. Fine and well-manned boats are 
 at the bidding of fishing parties or pic- 
 nicers. A railroad runs to Katama and 
 the south shore, and also runs northerly 
 to Oak Bluffs. 
 
 The Vineyard Gazette began its issues 
 more than a generation ago, and is a 
 rich depository of the Island's history 
 since its origin. 
 
 Jyaiama. 
 
 New enterprises are now springing up, 
 and new summer resorts are being se- 
 lected. Katama, opened in 1872, on 
 the south shore, near Matakeset Bay, is 
 already a favorite spot, having its fine 
 large hotel, Matakeset Lodge, with its 
 ample rooms, piazzas, promenades, and 
 accommodations for bathing. Grand, 
 indeed, is the outlook on the ocean, while 
 the shore view westward to Squipnocket 
 Point and No-Man's-Land are peculiarly 
 impressive, as the great billows of the 
 deep roll in on the sands and bluffs. 
 
 Such as wish for inland fishing may 
 find it in Sengekontacket Pond on the 
 east, south of the camp-grounds, or in 
 Herring Pond at the west of Katama. 
 Charms, too, belong to Chappaquid- 
 dick Island, on the southeast, with its 
 Sampson's Hill and Union Meeting- 
 house, two Humane Houses, Wasque 
 Bluff and Poge Light. Mark Cape Poge ; 
 see how the name was derived from its 
 Indian name, Cap-a-wack, Cap-o-ag, 
 Cap-oge, Cape Poge. Near 1872 a gale 
 closed up the southern end of Edgartown 
 
52 
 
 MARTHAS VINEYARD. 
 
 Harbor so that Chappaquiddick has not 
 been since that time a separate island. 
 Such obstructions have, however, oc- 
 curred before. We are told that no part 
 of our coast has raised as many ship- 
 masters as Chappaquiddick, considering 
 its area. 
 
 Edgartown has been the birth-place 
 of not a few men distinguished for their 
 services on land and sea, fishermen, pilots, 
 captains, civilians and students. Here 
 was born, in 1768, Jervis Cutler, who 
 became a western pioneer, and wrote 
 "A Topographical Description of the 
 Western Country, with an account of the 
 Indian Tribes." This is the home of 
 Rev. H. Vincent, a. m., the distinguished 
 secretary and historian of the Wesleyan 
 Grove Meetings. 
 
 While the ordinary population of the 
 township of Edgartown is near 2,000, in 
 the summer it is swelled to near 40,000. 
 This rise and fall of the social tide will 
 hereafter be deeply studied, and out of it 
 some new ideas will be secured. 
 
 Edgartown, like other seaports, can 
 furnish its social clique of eminent 
 men of eminent wisdom in all marine 
 affairs, who have their regular and ir- 
 regular meetings at a central business 
 
 The Oldest House in Eilgart. 
 
 place. This is the so-called Corn Ex- 
 change, where all is not corn that is ex- 
 changed. The trade is in ideas, and 
 every one seems to be furnished with pro- 
 digious capital. They have seen every 
 thing but the sea-serpent, and the reason 
 they have not seen this is that they har- 
 poon everything that they see. When 
 Captain Fisher was president, and a 
 stranger present remarked that Edgar- 
 town seemed to him like a paradise as 
 all the people had good bouses and fine 
 grounds and j et lived without work, while 
 in his native place all were obliged to 
 toil for a subsistence, the captain said, 
 " Friend, when you go home don't tell 
 your people how we live here ; if you do 
 they will make a rush for Edgartown, 
 and we have enough of such poor, lazy 
 devils here now." 
 
 The principal streets of the place are 
 Water, Summer, School and Main. 
 
 The oldest house in Edgartown is in 
 the western part of the village, south of 
 Water street, and was built by Dea. Wil- 
 liam Mayhew's father, not far from 1700, 
 and is known as the Mayhew house. 
 The site of Governor Mayhew's house 
 was a little to the east of this ; and near 
 by are the old graves, those of the Gov- 
 ernor and his wife being 
 without slabs. It were well 
 if a little monument were 
 placed upon this spot. 
 
 The Edgartown cemetery, 
 in the western part of the 
 \illage, laid out by R. L. 
 Pease, in 1842, has been en- 
 larged three times, and is a 
 credit to the town. Here 
 you find the monument of 
 Rev. Joseph Thaxter, a chap- 
 l.im in the Revolution, in 
 I'rescott's regiment. He died 
 in July, 1827, aged 83 years. 
 
MARTHA'S VINEYARD 
 
 A Glimpse of Edgartown. 
 
 Here, too, is the monument of the rich j his estate with his heirs for twenty-five 
 Norton, once \ per cent, discount. It is told that he 
 
 old bachelor, Ichabod 
 called "the bank of Edgartown." Be- 
 fore his death he made all possible 
 arrangements for his exit, had his monu- 
 ment built, his coffin made, and settled 
 
 held his creditors in three classes, " the 
 Lord's poor, the devil's poor, and poor 
 devils." We cannot learn into which 
 class he himself fell at last. 
 
 BltUmalk. 
 
 This township, between Tisbury and 
 Gay Head, was named after a locality in 
 Wiltshire, England. Its western border 
 contains a charming range of hills, with 
 huge boulders and considerable forests. 
 At Roaring Brook the superior clays 
 have induced the erection of famous 
 brick works, moved by improved steam 
 machinery, under the management of 
 the Vineyard Brick and Tile Works. 
 Here are manipulated more than eighty 
 tons of clay daily, making a brick per 
 second, or 30,000 per day. The kiln 
 department will contain 1,000,000 bricks 
 piled for burning. 
 
 A mile or two from the brick works is 
 a paint mill, on a large scale, utilizing 
 the valuable clays for decorative pur- 
 poses, for oil cloths, and even for interior 
 house-painting. The ochre is particu- 
 larly valuable. 
 
 The Indian name of this section of 
 
 the island was Nashouohkamuck. No 
 wonder it was abandoned. The town 
 has its two churches, Methodist and 
 Congregational. The first ministers of 
 the latter were Ralph Thacher ; William 
 Holmes, ordained in 1715 ; Andrew 
 Boardman, in 1746 ; Jonathan Smith, in 
 1788. 
 
 Chilmark has the honor of being the 
 birth-place of Hon. Timothy Fuller. 
 
 The cliffs at Nashaquitsa, on the south 
 shore of Chilmark, though a hundred and 
 fifty feet in height, '■ in nine years pre- 
 ceding 1853, " were eaten away by the 
 billows and storms, fifty feet back into 
 the island. 
 
 Chilmark Great Pond, nearly two miles 
 long, on the southern shore, is really two 
 bodies of water artificially connected. A 
 small pond near the northwestern corner 
 of the town, embracing about an acre, 
 stands seventy feet above the sea, and is 
 
54 
 
 MARTHAS VINEYARD. 
 
 so deep that it was once reported to be 
 bottomless, as it defied the fathoming 
 line. The places of note on the western 
 shore are Lambert's Cove, Paul's Point, 
 Cedar Tree Neck, and Cape Higgon. 
 Indian Hill, on the north, is also a good 
 lookout. But the township is full of rural 
 quiet and ancient associations. Sheep 
 pastures and cottages lie scattered along 
 the plains and among the hills. 
 
 The Methodist Church, like the old 
 country churches on the main, stands on 
 the intersection of the roads, and has 
 its complement of sheds for the farmers' 
 horses. Chilmark has still attractions 
 for the hunter and sportsman. Here are 
 found raccoons, rabbits and muskrats. 
 Indeed, fo.xes have here been caught. 
 
 Qaij 
 
 Of this celebrated peninsula, called by 
 the aborigines Aquinnah, Dr. Hitchcock 
 says, " there is not a more interesting spot 
 in the State to a geologist," and pro- 
 nounces it also " a most picturesque ob- 
 ject of scenery." " Here," says another, 
 "are all sorts of fossils, from petri- 
 fied quahaugs as big as your thumb-nail 
 to the skeletons of monsters that might 
 have swallowed the whale that swallowed 
 Jonah." The folding strata of vari- 
 colored clays, white, red, yellow, blue, 
 black, green, give to the blufiEs and banks 
 a fantastic and fascinating aspect ; from 
 their outcrops and dips they are judged 
 to be in all 2,000 feet in thickness. But 
 Gay Head must be visited and studied, 
 as it is by thousands of the curious and 
 studious, to be in any measure compre- 
 hended. Gosnold called the lofty, beau- 
 tiful point Dover Cliff, as reminding him 
 of the charming English shore. On the 
 point, which is itself a hundred and thirty 
 feet above the sea, stands the widely 
 
 And of the winged tribe here is large 
 variety, heath-hens, woodcock, quails, 
 plover and shore-birds. Of the aquatic 
 kind are black ducks, blue-bills, red- 
 heads, white-winged coots, sheldrakes, 
 old-squaws, white-bellies, loons, dippers, 
 and wild geese. We saw one stuffed 
 specimen of the killer-hawk, a rare bird 
 indeed. Still another rare bird, a wader, 
 was shown us that no one could name. 
 
 We have mentioned Prospect Hill. 
 This is one of the points chosen by our 
 Coast Survey in the triangulation of the 
 coast, the other points being Mount 
 Hope in Rhode Island, and Monu- 
 ment Hill at Plymouth. The pond on 
 the summit of Prospect Hill attracts 
 much attention and study. 
 
 Mead. 
 
 known Gay Head light-house about fifty 
 feet high, holding up one of the finest 
 lights in the world — a Fresnel lens of 
 the best class, composed of 1,003 pieces, 
 of the selectest glass, of different forms, 
 so cut, polished and arranged as to throw 
 the light horizontally far out on the sea to^ 
 the anxious voyager. The lamp of cir- 
 cular wick is kept full and revolving by 
 machinery. The apparatus cost $16,000. 
 The lamp burns three gallons of purest 
 oil nightly. In a single year 95,000 ves- 
 sels have passed this light. 
 
 Southwesterly from the light-house is 
 the notable glen — bowl-shaped, 100 feet 
 deep, 1,200 feet around — leading down 
 to the shore, that has gained the unenvi- 
 able sobriquet of the Devil's Den, the 
 old home of the giant Maushope, of 
 whom we have previously spoken. Some 
 of the crystals and geological specimens 
 here found were styled by the Indians- 
 " Maushope's needles." So he was a. 
 tailor withal. 
 
MARTHA'S VINEYARD. 
 
 Mayhew, speaking of the 
 natives on tliis island says, 
 " their false gods were many, 
 both of things in heaven, 
 earth and sea ; and there they 
 had their men-gods, women- 
 gods and children-gods, their 
 companies and fellowships of 
 gods or divine powers, guid- 
 ing things amongst men, 
 besides innumerable more 
 feigned gods belonging to 
 many creatures, to their corn 
 and every color of it ; the 
 devil also, with his angels, 
 had his kingdom among 
 them." 
 
 The natives of Gay Head 
 were won to Christianity by Thomas May- 
 hew, Sen., the governor of the islands. 
 His son Thomas, lost at sea in 1657, left 
 three sons. Matthew, who became governor 
 of Martha's Vineyard after his grand- 
 father's death in 1681, and also preached 
 to the Indians; Thomas, who became 
 judge in the county court ; and John, who 
 settled as preacher with the Tisbury 
 Church and also preached to the natives. 
 This John left a son, Experience Mayhew, 
 who graduated at Harvard College and 
 preached to the Indians, taking "charge 
 of five or six different congregations." 
 He it was who, by appointment of the 
 Commissioners of the Society for Pro- 
 . pagating the- Gospel in New England, 
 made a new version of the Psalms and 
 the Gospel of John in the Indian tongue, 
 a work of ''great accuracy, completed in 
 1709." 
 
 As early as 1694 there was an Indian 
 Baptist Church at Gay Head. On its 
 roll of ministers we find Stephen Tacka- 
 mason, Isaac Decamy, Josias Horswet, 
 Samuel Kakenchew and Silas Jones. 
 
 Alas! In 1720 the tribe had dimin- 
 
 Gay Head Light. 
 
 ished to about 800 ; in 1749 to about 165 ; 
 in 1848, at Gay Head, to 174; in 1870, 
 whole number, 227; natives, 188; for- 
 eigners, 39. 
 
 The Indian blood has been mixed and 
 confounded, and the native language, 
 once used in Scripture study and in 
 psalms, has utterly died away. The visi- 
 tor, however, may yet see Indian features, 
 cabins, gardens, schools and occupations. 
 The present preacher amongst them is 
 Charles H. Kent, a white man. 
 
 Across the neck of land connecting 
 Gay Head Point and Bluff with the body 
 of the island, are large and piscatorially 
 valuable ponds — Menemsha on the 
 north, Squipnocket on the south, with 
 Nashaquitsa nearly between them. 
 Were these ponds made by the giant 
 footsteps of old Maushope ? Gay Head 
 has also its needed Humane House for 
 help in cases of shipwreck, located on 
 Squipnocket beach. 
 
 No-Man's-Land, four miles south from 
 Squipnocket Point and six and a half 
 from Gay Head, is really out at sea, and 
 constitutes the lookout station of pilots. 
 
III. 
 
 Patttitftift. 
 
 ' Far I'ounil the bleak and stormy cape. 
 
 The vent' rous Macy passed, 
 And on Nantucket's naked isle 
 Brew up his boat at last." 
 
 previous chapter we have 
 g spoken of the two tribes of natives 
 of this island, their legends, wars 
 pr^e and conversion. In 1641, the 
 "H island, with its four little isles, 
 was deeded by the agents of the Earl of 
 Stirling and Sir Ferdinando Gorges, to 
 Thomas Mayhew, by whom, in 1659, the 
 most of it was sold to nine persons, who 
 
 Massachusetts Quakers were suffering 
 .sore persecution, one of their number, 
 Thomas Macy, of Salisbury, having 
 given shelter to Friends during a tempest, 
 and so fallen under the public ban, to 
 avoid punishment and find a land of 
 liberty, took his family in a boat and by 
 pull of oar and sail at last reached and 
 landed on the northern shore of Nan- 
 
 were thus associated with him. These tucket. Whittier sings this voyage in 
 were Thomas Barnard, Tristram Coffin, | "The E.xile." Macy accepted as an 
 Peter Coffin, Stephen Greenleaf, Christo- associate Edward Starbuck, of Salisbury, 
 pher Hussey, Thomas Macy, William 1 So the Macys and Starbucks have ever 
 Pile, Richard Swain, John Swain, the i been the star names of Nantucket. To 
 these, however, are added the names of 
 some of the first purchasers, particularly 
 the Coffins and Mayhews. The first 
 settlement was made at Maddequet Har- 
 bor, near the west end, where the first 
 town was built. 
 
 Another worthy settler was Peter Fol- 
 ger, whose daughter Abiah became the 
 mother of Benjamin Franklin. Peter 
 was surveyor, miller, weaver, and also 
 particularly an interpreter with the In- 
 dians. By invitation he came over from 
 Martha's Vineyard, where he had assisted 
 in teaching the Indian youth reading, 
 writing and the catechism. At Nan- 
 
 most of whom lived in Salisbury, Mass., 
 the price being thirty pounds in money 
 and two beaver hats, one for himself and 
 one for his wife. The ten were allowed 
 to select associates, and they selected the 
 following : Robert Barnard, Tristram 
 Coffin, Jr., James Coffin, Thomas Cole- 
 man, Thomas Look, Thomas Mayhew, 
 Jr., Robert Pike, Edward Starbuck, 
 Nathaniel Starbuck, John Smith. They 
 next preceded to purchase most of the 
 island and its adjuncts of the native 
 sachems. As yet, however, no one had 
 entered upon the island to reside. 
 
 In the Autumn of 1659, when the 
 
58 
 
 NANTUCKET. 
 
 tucket he became a Baptist and intro- 
 duced his sentiments to many of his fel- 
 low islanders. 
 
 We have alluded to the Indians of 
 Nantucket. Their history is instructive. 
 The two tribes, when found by the whites, 
 were as separate as two hostile nations ; 
 they had recently been engaged in a 
 sanguinary war. The line that divided 
 them ran from the present town of Nan- 
 tucket straight across the island to the 
 South Shore, by Weweeder Pond, where 
 was once an old cod-fishing stage. 
 
 Then, too, each tribe was divided by 
 fixed boundaries into two parts or sa 
 chemdoms. The sachems of the western 
 tribe were Potcone and Autopscot ; those 
 of the eastern, Wauwinet and Wanack- 
 mamack. With the latter and one Nicka- 
 noose the settlers negotiated for most of 
 the island. Here came Macy, the May- 
 hews and Folger, and the Indian preach- 
 ers from Martha's Vineyard ; and here 
 was read Eliot's Indian Bible, and here 
 was sung in the Indian language the 
 Psalms of David. In 1665 King Philip 
 visited the island to arrest an Indian 
 refugee, but failed in his errand. 
 
 Tradition gives us a story wherein 
 Cupid out-generaled Mars. King Philip 
 instigated the tribe on the west end of 
 the island to draw their bows against the 
 tribe on the east end, perhaps on account 
 of the refusal of the eastern tribe to pay 
 their tribute of wampum for war service 
 to the king. It so happened that a maid 
 of the western tribe was betrothed to a 
 brave of the eastern tribe. At the same 
 time it was forbidden to any one to pass 
 the boundary line of the tribes without 
 permission, on penalty of death. But 
 love was stronger than law. In the 
 darkness of the night the maid glided 
 tlirough the woods, and reaching the 
 shore, crossed the Isoundary by wading 
 
 in the ocean for a long distance and 
 then emerged. Finding her lover she 
 gave information of the intended attack. 
 
 ' The endangered tribe was thus put upon 
 its guard, and the impending battle was 
 prevented. Love played the heroic and 
 
 ■ arrested the arm of sanguinar}' passion. 
 Some poet ought to celebrate the brave 
 Indian maid. 
 
 In 1665 King Philip, with a band of 
 his braves, visited Nantucket to seize and 
 slay an Indian who had spoken ill of 
 Philip's father, Massasoit. The Indian 
 fled, but the natives of the island were 
 compelled to pay a heavy ransom for 
 him. In 1674 this Indian was a preacher 
 to an Indian church of thirty members. 
 Philip's policy in this matter was in ac- 
 cordance with an old Indian law. No ill 
 language respecting a dead king was 
 allowed. 
 
 The islanders will yet point out to you 
 the sites of the Indian meeting-houses, 
 school-houses, wigwams and burying- 
 grounds, and recite to you strange and 
 touching stories. The history of the 
 tribes here, if fully written, would surpass 
 the interest of a drama. They steadily 
 
 ' waned before the light of civilization. 
 The "plague" of 1763 raged amongst 
 them for si.x months, leaving but 220 
 survivors. The last full-bloode.d Indian 
 died in 1821. The last half-breed, Abram 
 Quary, died in 1854. Zaccheus Macy 
 mentions the manner in which the Indians 
 closed their religious services. "When 
 the meeting was done they would take 
 their tinder-box and strike fire and light 
 their pipes, and, may be, would draw three 
 or four whiffs and swallow the smoke, and 
 then blow it out of their noses, and so hand 
 their pipes to their next neighbor. And 
 one pipe of tobacco would serve ten or a 
 dozen of them. And they would say 
 'tawpoot,' which is, 'I thank you.'" 
 
NANTUCKET. 
 
 JcankmM Sowid. 
 
 This sheet of water has been historic 
 from the days when native fleets of canoes 
 sped over its bosom on errands of peace 
 or for purposes of war. Before the in- 
 troduction of civilized harpoons this was 
 a favorite habitat of whales, and the In- 
 dians and first white settlers on these 
 shores availed themselves of this source 
 of revenue. The attacks were made in 
 small boats and the " try-works " were 
 ■on the shores. This kind of whaling 
 from the shore commenced in 1673, and 
 the places of landing the monster game 
 were styled " whale-houses." 
 
 We here recall the story that in 1664, 
 the vessel from Martha's Vineyard in 
 which Joel, the son of the Indian preach- 
 er Hiacoomes, was returning to Boston 
 as a senior in Harvard College, was 
 wrecked on Nantucket and all on board 
 
 were drowned or killed by the natives. 
 Also we remember the account that on 
 the 6th of June, 1669, a canoe contain- 
 ing John Barnard and his wife Bethia, 
 Eleazer Folger, Isaac Coleman, and an 
 Indian, in crossing from the Vineyard to 
 Nantucket, was upset, and all were lost 
 except Eleazer Folger, who clung to the 
 canoe and was drifted on to a shoal, 
 where he could touch the bottom," and 
 where, " with a plowshare," found tied to 
 the canoe he "bailed out the water," and 
 so escaped. What wrecks have occurred 
 on the shoals and shores of Nantucket ! 
 Arthur A. Gardner has gathered notices 
 of over 500 vessels wrecked in this 
 vicinity since the days of Gosnold. 
 Many others are without record. But 
 we are approaching the bell-buoy on the 
 bar. 
 
 Jhe rj4land4. 
 
 Nantucket, you perceive, lies long and 
 low, like a monster on the deep, as a 
 giant whale with her little young whales 
 by her side. Its length is about sixteen 
 miles and its average width four miles. 
 The highest point of the island is Macy's 
 Hill, in the middle of the eastern part, . 
 ninety-one feet above the level of the sea. 
 The adjunct islands are, beginning at 
 the west, Muskeget, the two Gravelly 
 Islands and Tuckemuck (loaf of bread). 
 South of the latter is Smith's Point 
 (sometimes an island), and east of it is 
 Maddequet harbor, now neglected. Nan- 
 tucket harbor has a long and shallow ex- 
 tension to the northeast of the town, 
 called Head of the Harbor, like a long 
 sack running near the coast, and this is 
 used only by boats and shallow keels. 
 Throughout the island, as it lies so low, 
 
 may be found ponds of various dimen- 
 sions valuable for fish and peat. Nan- 
 tucket reminds us of the Sea Islands on 
 our southern coast. 
 
 At one time 10,000 sheep might 
 have been seen grazing in the pastures, 
 many of them occupying large commons, 
 and known only by their owners' " crops 
 and brands." There was a Town Pas- 
 ture, North Pasture, Middle Pasture and 
 South Pasture. In June the flocks were 
 driven into inclosures, washed and 
 sheared on Miacomet Plain on the east 
 of the pond ; and these were great days 
 for the farmers and all the islanders, 
 I The " commons remained from the earli 
 est times to near the middle of the pre 
 sent century, and " The Sheep Question ' 
 often agitated the popular mind. Indeed 
 much land yet remains in common. Of 
 
NANTUCKET. 
 
 the four side isles only Tuckernuck af- 
 fords good pasturage. 
 
 Just a word here of Nantucket fogs. 
 Should any one speak derogatorily of 
 them, you may tell him the smoking story 
 of old Maushope who inhabited the 
 Devil's Den on Martha's Vineyard ; or 
 the still better one of the Nantucket 
 whaling captain who on leaving the port 
 stuck a harpoon into the fog bank and 
 on his return three years after, "fell in 
 with the harbor at the very same spot." 
 
 illw Jialbot. 
 
 Nantucket harbor has its peculiarity. 
 The island is shaped much like a jib 
 running east and west, its foot at the 
 east, its top at the west, its south or stay- 
 side rounded out on the ocean, and its 
 inner side on the north, hollowed in. g 
 From this hollowing curve the harbor ^^ 
 runs into the island like a sack with a | 
 half-tied mouth, with Brant Point on the S. 
 west and Coatue on the east. Outside p 
 of these points is the long bar so \\ell | 
 known to all helmsmen, on which at low % 
 ebb there is an average of but about 
 seven feet of water. This crossed the 
 harbor proper is one of the finest on oui 
 New England coast. 
 
 You may have heard how the larger 
 whale-ships were lifted over this bar as 
 De Witt floated ships out of Amsterdam 
 This was done by what were called camels, 
 planned by Peter F. Ewer, consisting 
 of huge, long, flat water-tight structures 
 surrounding and attached to the sides of 
 a ship, longer than the ship, yet fitted to 
 her length and curves. Filled with water 
 they sank to the water's edge. They 
 were then grappled to their burden by 
 undergirding cables. Next the water in 
 them was pumped out, when they took 
 the ship on their shoulders and bore her 
 over the bar. 
 
NANTUCKET. 
 
 You notice the important liglit on 
 Brant Point. A history belongs to the 
 light-houses on that point. The first 
 was burnt in 1759. A second was blown 
 down in 1774. A third was burnt in 
 1783. A fourth was a wooden-framed 
 lantern between two spars. A fifth 
 blew down. Up to this point the labor 
 and expense of the lights had been borne 
 
 by the people of the town. Now, at 
 last, our Government assumed the re- 
 sponsibility, and we have the excellent 
 Brant Point light. The two Bug Lights, 
 one north of the town, between Brant 
 Point and the cliff at the west, the other 
 across the harbor, southeast of the town, 
 are merely guides for crossing the bar 
 and entering the harbor. 
 
 Miaiin§. 
 
 Not inappropriately has Nantucket 
 been termed " The Home of the Whale 
 Fishery. " Some say the bold, hardy is- 
 landers were initiated in the craft by Icha- 
 bod Paddock, of Cape Cod. However, 
 with an extemporized harpoon, they be- 
 gan on a scrag in 1668. In 1672 they 
 ■established whaling stations on the shores 
 and erected lookouts for the spouting 
 monsters. At the stations they built rude 
 try-works and coopers' shops, and John 
 Savage was the artistic cooper ; Indians 
 assisting in chasing, catching, cutting up 
 and trying the leviathans. Eleven whales 
 was the largest catch of a single day. 
 The first sperm whale was caught in 
 1712. In 1715 the boats and whalers 
 ventured far off upon the ocean. Shore 
 whaling continued till near 1760, when 
 the business branched out upon the 
 ocean, the vessels carrying try-works on 
 their decks. In 1775 Nantucket owned 
 150 whalers, some of them large brigs. 
 The Revolution, for the time, crushed 
 the bold enterprise and well nigh ruined 
 the island. How it was revived through 
 Joseph Rotch and his negotiations with 
 France we have recited in our notes on 
 New Bedford. There, too, we spoke, of 
 the ships, Falkland, Harmony, Beaver and 
 Rebecca. The Harmony was finally 
 sunk on the Brazil banks by a stroke from 
 a whale. 
 
 Before the War of 1812 Nantucket had 
 40 ships in the fishery ; when peace 
 was declared she had but 20 left. 
 In 1824 she had increased her fleet to 
 90 ships, and had also 100 keels engaged 
 in coasting. In 1834 the whaling keels 
 amounted to 25,357 tons. In 1840 the 
 island had 70 whale-ships and reported a 
 property of ^6, 000,000, with a population 
 of 9,600, and had five large, long wharves, 
 10 ropewalks, 36 candle factories, with 
 sail-lofts, cooper shops, boat shops and 
 blacksmith shops to compare with other 
 interests. Once the island had five 
 windmills. The whaling business was 
 the life of the place, and large fortunes 
 were accumulated. The town suffered 
 a terrible blow by the fire of July 13, 
 1846, that destroyed, in ths middle and 
 north part of it, wharves, stores, factories, 
 shops and dwellings valued at $1,000,000. 
 With marvelous alacrity, however, the 
 people began anew their whaling enter- 
 prise. 
 
 You will yet find the town full of the 
 indications and memories of that ad- 
 venturous pursuit. Only the bold Nan- 
 tucket men can instruct you in all the 
 arts requisite in seizing Atlantic, Arctic, 
 Antartic, Pacific and Indian Ocean 
 whales. 
 
 Whaling in the Pacific began in 1791. 
 One of the Nantucket steeples, the North 
 
NANTUCKET. 
 
 Low Beach, Nantucket. 
 
 Tower, was constructed in 1795 to serve 
 as a lookout, that the islanders, espe- 
 cially the pilots, might descry their in- 
 ward bound ships. By the way, it was 
 in this same year that the first bank 
 was started, and was soon robbed of 
 •J 2 2, 000. 
 
 The Nantucketers are a kind and 
 grateful people. When Lafayette suc- 
 cessfully used his influence in securing 
 open French ports for American pro- 
 ducts, including whale-oil and spermaceti 
 candles, the islanders met and resolved 
 to send him the avails of the yield of all 
 their cows for a particular day. The 
 gift-cheese weighed 500 pounds. 
 
 They tell us that the first ship con- 
 structed in Nantucket was the Neptune, 
 
 built in 1765, the previous keels having 
 been sloops, schooners and brigs. They 
 add with pride that the first vessel to 
 fly the Stars and Stripes in the British 
 Channel was the ship Bedford, from 
 Nantucket. Among the many brave 
 captains of whom they boast, they make 
 special mention of Capt. Obed Fitch, a 
 man of prodigious muscle and mighty 
 in managing both ships and men. His 
 splendid record in sealing and whaling 
 ought to be given to the public. One 
 story relative to him deserves to be put 
 in rhyme : — 
 
 Herculean oavigator he, — 
 The famous captain of Nantucket, 
 
 Who, washing- decks, could bail the sea 
 With harness-cask in lieu of bucket. 
 
 She Samn. 
 
 The old town, located in 1673, by or- were employed and the demands of uhal- 
 
 der of Governor Lovelace, of New York, ing required better accommodations, 
 
 at .Maddequet harbor, was named Sher- when in 1723 the Straight wharf wascon- 
 
 burne ; and that remained the centre of structed in the present harbor, at a place 
 
 trade and population till heavier keels which is now the foot of Main street. 
 
64 
 
 NANTUCKET. 
 
 The Indians called this locality Wesko 
 — White Stone. In 1795 the name of 
 the town was changed from Sherburne to 
 its present designation — the same as 
 that of the island. Population here in- 
 creased till 1845. During the Revolu- 
 tion, the islanders, on account of their 
 position, were largely neutral, yet they 
 suffered severely. The surrounding wat- 
 ers were full of British war-ships and 
 cruisers, and "when the British landed 
 here in 1779 and sacked the stores of the 
 town of what few goods they had," the 
 cup of the islanders' " sorrow was full to 
 overflowing." The war cost Nantucket 
 about 1,600 lives. But in days of peace 
 stout hearts and hands built up the town 
 and filled it with the treasures of the deep. 
 Altogether the town has a regular and 
 delightful appearance, especially as you 
 approach it from the harbor, and its 
 streets have unusual order for a mari- 
 time New England town that grew far 
 beyond the expectations of its founders. 
 The chief streets leading westward are 
 Main, Broad and Eastern ; those leading 
 north and south. South Water, North 
 Water, Federal, Centre, Orange, Fair, 
 Pine and Pleasant. Other streets, how- 
 ever, are beautiful. Still we find on many 
 of the houses the lookouts — walks they 
 call them — overlooking the town, island 
 and waters. Most of the houses are 
 shingled on the sides. Some of the resi- 
 dences of the old ship-owners and cap- 
 tains are elegant in style and sumptuous 
 in their furnishings. As you walk through 
 the place you notice the large paving 
 stones, the asphalt walks and the fine 
 trees. Not a few of the gardens are 
 largely ornamented with fruitful grape 
 vines. Around the old wharves are 
 splendid yawls, fishing-boats and yachts. 
 The fishermen of the island send off 
 about 4,000 pounds of fish per day. 
 
 In 1826 Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, a 
 relative of the Nantucket Coffins, visited 
 the town and honored himself by found- 
 ing and endowing the present excellent 
 CoflSn school. The endowment was 
 ;^2,5oo. The building of brick and 
 stone, erected in 1852, stands on Winter 
 street. 
 
 In 1827, through the noble efforts of 
 Hon. S. H. Jenks, the present efficient 
 and prized High School was established. 
 Lower grades of schools are well main- 
 tained. 
 
 A private academy was started in 1800, 
 in which year a bell was hung in the 
 North Tower. A social library was 
 formed in 1815 ; and the Columbian 
 Library was instituted in 1823. 
 
 In 1849 broke on the land the Cali- 
 fornia fever, and soon 1,000 Nantucket- 
 ers had reached the Golden Gate or the 
 shining hills. 
 
 The town has its foreign elements and 
 foreign names. One part of the suburbs 
 is styled Guinea, another is called Egypt. 
 
 Monument Square is on Main street at 
 the meeting of Milk and Gardner streets. 
 The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is 
 of Quincy granite and cost $3,000. Its 
 dedication reads as follows : — 
 " Eternal Hcmor 
 To the Sons of Nantucket, 
 
 Who by land and sea 
 
 Gave their lives to preserve a 
 
 United Country. 
 
 istil - 18KJ." 
 
 On the three remaining faces are cut 
 the seventy three names of the martyrs. 
 
 The water-works, located on the heights 
 west of the town, just finished at a cost 
 of $20,000, are the property of Moses 
 Joy. 
 
 The once famous wharves, beginning 
 at the south, are Commercial, South, 
 Straight, Old North and New North. 
 We land at the latter. 
 
NANTUCKET. 
 
 65 
 
 ^'ubik Suildinoi. 
 
 The first meeting-houses on the island 
 belonged to the converted Indians. Dr. 
 Cotton says " there were three churches, 
 and five c i In s 
 
 Old Mill, Nantucket. 
 
 Quaker meetings began in 1704, under 
 Thomas Story, a pure and successful 
 preacher, and the Society he planted 
 soon enrolled hundreds. Here the Friends 
 have ever been numerous and influential. 
 Two of their meeting-houses are now 
 found on the island. 
 
 Other churches, in due time, were 
 planted, Baptist, Congregational, Unita- 
 rian, Universalist, Catholic, Episcopal 
 and Methodist. 
 
 Besides the churches, we here find a 
 Court-house, a Custom-house, public halls, 
 a National Bank, a Savings Bank, and 
 the following hotels: Ocean House, 
 on Broad street, Springfield House, 
 on North Water street, Sherburne House, 
 and Bay View House, on Orange street. 
 
 The large Asylum, with its farm lands, 
 stands in full view at the south of the 
 
 harbor, on the left of the road leading to 
 Siasconset. 
 
 By all means you must visit the Athe- 
 naeum, incorporated in 1834, and spend, 
 if you can, hours in examining its rich 
 treasures. Besides its 4,000 volumes, it 
 is a veritable museum, containing natural 
 and artificial specimens from the remotest 
 lands. 
 
 So troublesome at one time were the 
 Indians that the whites appointed one of 
 their number, named Kadooker, to ad- 
 judge iheir cases of injustice and brawl. 
 His method was peculiar. Before be- 
 ginnir.g a case he had both parties called 
 up and soundly flogged. Hence the 
 Nantucketers still speak of " Kadooker 
 law." No doubt in many cases it ought 
 still to be administered. 
 
 Here you may find a peculiar relic of 
 former times, what probably you will 
 meet in no other place in New England, 
 a town crier; and Clark is a host in 
 himself; he lifts up his voice and cries 
 indeed ; and then he swells his sounding 
 horn ; and then he cries again ; verily 
 he magnifies his office and gives new 
 thought and animation to the town. He 
 heralds the coming and going of steam- 
 ers, the sales of meats and goods, the 
 opening of auctions and shows, the 
 hours of business at great points, and 
 the issues of papers and the new changes 
 of the markets. He trumpets the ap- 
 proach of a steamer from the church 
 tower, giving four blasts of his horn, 
 one to each of the cardinal points of the 
 compass, that the citizens may be pre- 
 pared to meet friends or strangers. 
 
 Ji<iu6€ of l^'ammon6. 
 
 But Nantucket is by no means fully 
 enjoyed or understood without an ac- 
 quaintance with that able and wise as- 
 
66 
 
 NANTUCKET. 
 
 sociation of sea-kings known as the House 
 of Commons, holding their almost con- 
 stant sessions in their large room, pro- 
 perly fitted, at the foot of Main street. 
 Once there existed a House of Lords, 
 composed of ship-owners, but time and 
 change have wrought the dissolution of 
 that august body. But the House of 
 Commons remains with all its wisdom 
 and dignity. What the members of this 
 House do not know about seas and 
 climes, ships and whales, is hardly worth 
 knowing. Indeed, some of them know 
 too much, but that is all the better for 
 the story. They have lanced leviathans 
 from the North Pole to the South Pole. 
 It is true that one of their number, Capt. 
 Wm. Cash, having met with a disaster 
 when off Cape Horn, unhung, repaired 
 and rehung his rudder, and for the feat 
 received a handsome present from his 
 underwriters. But there is a smell of 
 fish about their story that one captain, 
 in the Arctic Ocean, when bruised by 
 bergs, unloaded on the ice, hove out, 
 repaired, reloaded, and pushed on for a 
 full ship. 
 
 On account of the witnesses, we felt 
 obliged to believe the story of a bonito 
 
 that attempted to jump over the ship, 
 but struck a tackle-block and fell on 
 deck ; also the story that the bonito, af- 
 ter having been cooked in a ladle of oil 
 in the boiling try-works, and taken out, 
 will indulge in a shake or jerk that 
 throws all the flesh from the bony frame. 
 As a proof that down-east navigators 
 are not to be compared with Nantucket 
 skippers, we give the story told to us by 
 Mr. Buttman, engineer of the Island 
 Home. Captain Dunham, of the brig 
 Sarah Maria, sailed from Portland for 
 the West Indies. When out forty days, 
 doing his best, he made an imposing head- 
 land with a massive light-house, and sup- 
 posed he was near Moro Castle, in Cuba. 
 Dropping anchor and dressing in white, 
 he went ashore. Meeting the inhabi- 
 tants, he judged from their color that 
 they were Spaniards, and addressed 
 them in the Spanish tongue. They stood 
 amazed. Fearing his dialect was de- 
 fective, he ventured in English to ask 
 where he was. The Indians promptly 
 informed him that he was on Gay Head. 
 By the way, such voyages as that are 
 only too common, though all do not 
 reach Gay Head. 
 
 Jlw MndmiU. 
 
 Before landing here, as since, your eye 
 has been arrested by that quaint old 
 windmill on the high ground at the e.\- 
 treme southern part of the town. It 
 was built in 1746. The first miller, 
 Swain, died in the building. They tell 
 us that, years ago, a little girl who was 
 catching short rides on the leisurely re- 
 volving arms, was surprised by her dis- 
 tance from the ground, and, clinging fast. 
 was carried through a whole revolution. 
 But you must visit the unique, oak-ribbed 
 relic, have a chat with the Portuguese 
 keeper, and enjoy from the upper win- 
 
 dows one of the finest views of the 
 islands. 
 
 One may not marvel that of late 
 Nantucket has been rapidly growing in 
 the public esteem as a summer resort. 
 Only a thorough knowledge of the island 
 is necessary to increase this drift of sum- 
 mer travel to the sunny yet cool and 
 salubrious shores. Every visitor is de- 
 lighted with the unique appearance of 
 the whole territory, and with the serenity 
 and majesty that reign undisturbed over 
 bluff, vale and sea. Whether for physical 
 or mental recuperation the traveler visits 
 
NANTUCKET. 
 
 The Wreck, Nantucket. 
 
 this beautiful old guard of our coast, he blood. Of the exhilarating air, the novel 
 will return to his home with its praises on ' scenery, and the hospitable people, he 
 his lips and the new wine of health in his ' will declare that the half was never told. 
 
 Siadmn6el. 
 
 For short the islanders pronounce this 
 'Sconset, and we approve the euphony 
 and economy. This locality, on the ex- 
 treme eastern margin of the island, on 
 the bluff, looking out calmly on the rest- 
 less Atlantic, is already a select and 
 popular place of summer resort and 
 should be visited by every traveler. 
 
 The jaunty express coach or box- 
 wagon, a peculiarity of this island, leav- ; 
 ing the town takes us over the beaten [ 
 road, six rods wide, that measures seven 
 and a half miles in length, each mile 
 marked by a heavy granite whitewashed 
 mile-stone, plainly figured in black. Soon ^ 
 after leaving the town we pass the spot , 
 on our left where the murderous-handed 
 Indian, Quibby, was hanged. Beyond 
 the first mile-stone on our right we leave 
 the noted Agricultural Grounds. , 
 
 Reaching the romantic village by the 
 sounding sea you will be delighted. The 
 vast Nantucket Shoal that here lies in view 
 measures forty-five by fifty miles in extent. 
 
 But here are two hotels, the Ocean 
 View — happily named — and Atlantic 
 
 I House — true to its title. The latter, a 
 little south of the village, is near to a 
 real summer resort for health seekers, 
 called Sunset Heights. This bluff com- 
 mands a majestic view of the sea on all 
 sides. Here we have sea-bathing in all 
 its charms. 
 
 Much depends upon the spirit in which 
 we view things. The irregular streets of 
 j Siasconset recall the handsome compli- 
 [ ment paid to the tangled thoroughfares 
 of Boston by the polite Frenchman, M. 
 De Chastellux : " Ah ver good, ver good ; 
 it show de liberie. " ■ They tell us liberty 
 is born among the hills. l.t is also born 
 by the sounding sea, as is testified by 
 the naval and army records of the Nan- 
 tucketers. The billows cradle great and 
 brave thoughts. 
 
 Of the indigenous vehicles of the is- 
 land, on the east side, one kind will win 
 your attention and admiration. It is a 
 genuine truck with only one wheel, and 
 that exactly suited to the sandy roads and 
 beaches. You would call it a long barrel, 
 with the axle running through both heads. 
 
NANTUCKET. 
 
 Though you laugh, you will praise the in- 
 ventor. We amazed one of the inhabi- 
 tants by calling the vehicle the chariot of 
 Alexander the Great. 
 
 The public square — the plaza — is 
 marked by the town pump and its appro- 
 priate setting, at the foot of Broadway, 
 and is the centre of attraction. By it is 
 the elegant cafe, dispensing ice cream 
 and other luxuries a la carle. Nearby is 
 the mercantile house of Capt. George W. 
 Coffin, who is the President of the 'Scon- 
 set Marine Club, an association kindred 
 to the Chronometer Club, of New Bed- 
 ford, the Corn Exchange, of Edgartown, 
 and the House of Commons, of Nan- 
 tucket. Captain Coffin is supported in the 
 spring and autumn — the fishing seasons 
 — by a body of vice-presidents and mem- 
 bers of the Club that would do honor to 
 the Chamber of Commerce in a city. 
 Here are discussed the merits and de- 
 merits of Nantucket Shoal and Congress, 
 both being historic on account of fogs 
 and wrecks. Near the plaza you will see 
 the figure-head of a ship — a full sized 
 female — in front of a cottage, and on 
 the end of another cottage you will read 
 names and emblems taken from wrecks, 
 such as " Windsor, N. S.," " Shannunga," 
 and the like. The lads of the town will 
 show you, and possibly sell to you, Indian 
 relics. 
 
 The oldest house in 'Sconset is the one 
 built by the somewhat famous Benjamin 
 Franklin Folger, and was kindly shown 
 to us throughout by Oliver C. Folger. 
 We looked into the little seven by nine, 
 
 Of these you can have a variety on 
 Nantucket. By boat you can run to the 
 green-pastured island of Tuckernuck, 
 where are delightful places for picnics 
 and clam-bakes, called squatums by the 
 islanders. A very popular sail is that 
 
 low-studded sleeping room, and admired 
 the simplicity, contentment, industry and 
 virtue of the olden times. 
 
 In the spring and autumn the 'Sconset 
 fishermen employ about 50 or 60 boats, 
 and their fish command the first prices 
 in the market. 
 
 Sankaty Htad, the spot first seen by 
 Gosnold, is but a little north of 'Sconset, 
 and stands on a bluff 85 feet above the 
 sea, and holds its light at an elevation 
 of 65 feet, one of the best lights on our 
 coast, shining by minute-long flashes. 
 
 Still further north is Sachacha Pond, 
 abounding in perch. Near this once 
 stood Sachacha village, built near 1700 
 for fishing purposes. 
 
 At the north of 'Sconset and Sankaty 
 Head, you find the limited hamlet of 
 Quidnit, just above Sachacha Pond. 
 Among the curiosities of this place you 
 will find the "Hermit," F. Parker, in 
 his cabin, that looks and smells as 
 though it belonged to a period before 
 the flood, but had been unharmed by 
 that great washing. 
 
 We have previously alluded to wrecks 
 on these shores. It was on the south- 
 eastern side of the island at a point in 
 view from 'Sconset, that, on Christmas 
 Day, 1865, the German ship, Newton, on 
 her home way from New York, struck on 
 the treacherous shoal and became a per- 
 fect wreck, all her officers and crew, 
 twenty-seven in number, perishing with 
 her. Then, as only too frequently, there 
 was " sorrow on the sea " and on the 
 land. 
 
 around Great Point on the east, where 
 you meet the Atlantic's full swell. 
 
 A favorite spot for pleasure parties 
 is Wauwinet village, which is on the east 
 shore of the long harbor arm — at the 
 bottom of the sack — a point that com- 
 
NANTUCKET. 
 
 69 
 
 'Sconset, 
 
 mands majestic views of sea and island. 
 The spot is reached by boats running up 
 the shoal arm of water, or by carriages 
 through the sections known as North 
 Pasture, Podpis and Squam. Here are 
 fine hotels, the Wauwinet House and the 
 Sea Foam House, that wisely cater to the 
 throngs of visitors. 
 
 From the Wauwinet House be sure 
 and take a ride to the northern extremity 
 of the island. You will first reach the 
 Haul Over, where boats are hauled over 
 from the head of the harbor to the At- 
 lantic. Passing on, you will leave Cos- 
 kata Pond on your left, and shortly reach 
 a spot where was an old fishing station 
 when shore-whaling was in vogue. But 
 you will press on, though the wheels 
 press well into the sand, up the tongue 
 of land sometimes designated as Cos- 
 kata to the extreme point called Nauma, 
 where stands in lonely grandeur and sol- 
 emn responsibility Great Point Light, to 
 cheer the voyagers in the night. From 
 this you may walk out upon the shore of 
 Great Point and truly feel that you are 
 well nigh at sea. The water view from 
 
 this point is unequalled. The first light- 
 house at Great Point was erected in 1784. 
 
 A ride to the westward of the town 
 takes you to the Uriah Gardner Hill, 
 north of West Centre street, where 
 stands the oldest house on the island, 
 built in 1686, fronting due south in 
 ancient style. To its heavy oak frame 
 were added oak knees, as if the building 
 were in part a ship, or it was expected 
 the sea would sweep over the island. 
 Bricks, in relief, were inserted in the 
 huge chimney in the shape of a horse- 
 shoe, to keep off the witches. These, 
 or something better, have preserved the 
 edifice from destroying spirits. 
 
 Passing westward we come to Trot's 
 Hill, with its old associations, and pas- 
 sing Long Pond come to the site of the 
 old town. But we must leave many 
 localities to surprise you. 
 
 Of course we must ride to the south 
 shore or surf-side, past the Agricultural 
 Grounds and the site of the old sheep- 
 pens. Here, on the shore, is the Hu- 
 mane House, erected by our Government, 
 suitably furnished to aid wrecked vessels 
 
70 
 
 NANTUCKET. 
 
 and save men and cargoes. Near by, to 
 the westward, is a cluster of cabins and 
 store-houses belonging to fishermen, 
 who, by the way, will tell you about the 
 old "fishing-stages " here and at Peede, 
 Sachacha and Quidnit. 
 
 Perhaps beyond any region on our 
 coast the shores and ponds of Nantucket 
 are enlivened, particularly in the winter, 
 by sea-fowl, ducks, gulls, wild geese and 
 hawks. Some of the expert gunners 
 still realize something of an income 
 from their sales of ducks in the markets 
 of Boston and New York. 
 
 Fishermen will tell you of the terrible 
 sea-fight witnessed from this shore on 
 the loth of October, 1814, as many 
 flocked to the beach to behold it, while 
 the firing excited the whole island. The 
 Yankee privateer. Prince of Neufchatel, 
 
 Madequechem Pond. The British frigate, 
 Endymion, one of Commodore Hardy's 
 fleet, in pursuit of the privateer, hauled 
 in as closely as she dared and sent her 
 armed boats containing her first-lieuten- 
 ant and 146 men to capture the Yankee 
 keel and her prize. The Yankee had 200 
 loaded muskets. The fight opened hotly 
 and raged for more than half an hour. 
 The British met a terrible repulse, only 
 sixteen escaping to the Endymion, leaving 
 104 dead by shot and sinking boats, and 
 twenty-seven captured ; and of the twenty- 
 seven surviving ten were wounded. 
 Several on board the privateer were 
 killed; among them Charles J. Hillburn. 
 of Nantucket, who was acting as pilot. 
 
 Many an old scene will rise, and many a 
 tender thought will be kindled, if you enter 
 the old burying-grounds of the island and 
 
 with a prize-ship anchored off opposite , decipher the records of the head-stones. 
 
 3Uh 
 
 Perhaps you would like to go fishing. 
 Possibly that sport and recreation was an 
 object in your visit. You can have it in 
 any measure that you may choose. If 
 the weather be heavy and threatening, 
 you can tramp to the ponds and pocket 
 as many silver perch as you desire, pro- 
 vided you know how to handle the rod 
 and humor the game. But the real sport 
 is outside. The waters that encircle and 
 lave Nantucket teem with the finny fam- 
 ily ; and the shores abound in shell-fish ; 
 on these almost wholly the 1,500 aborig- 
 ines subsisted when the whites found 
 them. Here are crabs and eels in the 
 creeks and coves ; clams, quahaugs, oys- 
 ters and escalops in the shallows ; lob- 
 sters, scup and tautog on the shoals ; 
 mackerel, cod, haddock, blue-fish, bass, 
 et ccetera, in a long piscatorial catalogue, 
 in the sounds and deep sea ; and then, if 
 you choose the heavy sport, sharks, por- 
 
 poises and the great blubbery black-fish. 
 Possibly, you may catch a view of a fin- 
 back w lale, but you will never fasten to 
 him. 
 
 The favorite amusement and excite- 
 ment is blue fishing. Just engage a 
 Nantucket salt with his trim boat and 
 full fishing-rig and make trial of it. 
 
 The biggest fish have been known to 
 make serious mistakes. Annalists of 
 the early times tell us that the whales 
 sometimes ventured too near the shoals 
 and shore, perhaps following a shallow- 
 finned leader, and fatally grounded at 
 an ebb tide. The Indians, taking ad- 
 vantage of the blunder or misfortune, 
 pounced on the ocean lord and cut him 
 up and feasted on his blubber. 
 
 Long shall we think of our hurried but 
 instructive tour, as hereafter we may sit 
 by our fire-sides when return the medi- 
 tative evenings of autumn. 
 
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 WHERE THEY ARE EXHIBITING THEIR NEW $ ELEGANT UPRIGHT 
 
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 WHICH ARE UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE THE BEST 
 NOW MANUFACTURED. 
 
 AGENTS 
 
 HUNT BROS., 
 
 CORY BROS., 
 
 PROVIDEKCE. 
 
 II. J. BENNETT, 
 
 FALL RIVER.