ALONG THE OLD ROADS OF CAPE ANN
He
retirement on the bridge.
had
59
and
several sons
daughters, one of the latter marrying a Calcutta captain
who made
his
of the captain
on a three
home with them. first
years*
have heard
1
spoken of that
it
said
once he was away
voyage and during
all
that time never
once heard from home.
Now we
pass on the right the
little
Wesleyan
War
cemetery where several victims of the Civil buried; for this
generously of her young men, and further on to
Riverview and Thurston's Point with
colonies.
House
we come
their
summer
Harebells used to grow around a bowlder
at the latter place but they are
We
are
Lots**
now
extinct.
now really on the end of the "Neck of and we wend our way along the pleasant
road bordered by wild rose bushes and cherry
On
the right
lies
perched upon the flats,
farm.
hill
and on the
unprofitable wastes of sand tract of land, the
the sand dunes of Coffins
but unsuccessful
and contrary
was once a
he lived the
one of the principal men
down
the near-by clam
thickly
farm of Peter Coffin.
his slaves
various capacities.
cut
left
hardly believable but in place of these
is
rounded by
trees.
Mill river with the village church
Annisquam River, and It
lie
section of the town gave to the army
His
life
wooded
Here
sur-
of a gentleman,
of the town, serving
it
in
eldest son inherited the farm,
in business
he came back here to
live
to the express admonitions of his father,
the trees, living on the sale of the timber as