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BOSTON
DRUMMER.
FANEUIL HALL
COPYRIGHT 1891 BY ARBUCKLE BROS. M.Y.
BOSTON COMMONS.
OLD SOUTH
CHURCH.
ARMY AND NAVY
MONUMENT.
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BOSTON, MASS. U. S. A.
AT HOME.
This peculiar city, playfully term-
ed the "Athens of America " and the
"Hub of the Universe," lies on Mas-
sachusetts Bay, formerly one of the
pear-shaped peninsulas attached to
the main land by marshy necks
fringing the shores of the bay. The
Mystic River on one side and the
Charles on the other, pour their
waters into the spacious harbor on
the city's eastern front. The marked
facilities for commerce and defence
seem to have influenced the choice
of site by the first settlers.
It will pay you well to keep a
small coffee-mill in your kitchen
and grind your coffee just as
you use it, one mess at a time.
Coffee should not be ground
until the coffee-pot is ready to meaning "Living Fountains."
The Indian name was "Shawmut,"
An
avenue stretching some ten miles out
through the suburbs preserves the
name, Shawmut Avenue. It was
receive it. Coffee will lose more
of its strength and aroma in one
hour after being ground than
in six months before being
ground. So long as
subsequently changed to "Trimoun-
taine," or Tremont, which title still
applies to one of the main thorough-
fares and certain buildings. But the
only one of the three hills remaining
is the famous Beacon Hill, the
unique dome of the city, as seen
from the harbor, its apex crowned
with the great gilded dome of the
handsome State House. The present
name of the city was adopted in
1630.
ARIOSA
GRIND
YOUR COFFEE
remains in the whole berry, our
glazing, composed of choice
eggs and pure confectioners' A
sugar,
clases the pores of the
coffee, and thereby are retained
all the original strength and
aroma.
ARIOSA COFFEE
has during 25 years set the
standard for all other roasted
coffees. So true is this that
other manufacturers, in recom-
mending their goods, have
known no higher praise than
to say, "It's just as good as
Arbuckles'.""
ARBUCKLE BROS.
NEW YORK CITY.
JOSEPH P. KNAPP, LITH. N. Y.
Boston Commons, the pride of all
Bostonians, is situated in the heart
of the city, covering 48 acres of land,
containing ponds, fountains, the
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument,
Parade Ground, &c.
By an act of the Legislature, Mu-
nicipal authorities cannot encroach
upon it in any way, without a vote
of the majority of the citizens.
The prominence of this town in the
struggle for national freedom has
left many interesting reminders.
Faneuil Hall stands pre-eminent as
the place of public assemblage,
where the most brilliant and power.
ful tongues swayed the masses to
deeds of valor. The various institu-
tions in the domains of religion,
science, literature and art, are the
natural outgrowth of the solidity
and refinement of character among
the people. The size of its com-
merce involves a large admixture.
of foreigners, with its cosmopolitan
result, but there is a certain flavor,
in Boston's own social core, of
subtle strength that has wide recog-
nition in America as well as abroad.
Population 1890, 417,720
