Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 27, 1916, Page 3

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1916. ‘0LD BOSTON LIGHT The First Mariners’ Beacon to Be Kindled In America, TWICE BURNED AND REBUILT. Then It Was Destroyed by the British Revolutionary Naval Forces and Again Rebuilt Through the Efforts of Governor John Hancock. The first lighthouse of which there s any record was built by Prolemy 11 on the island of Pharos, at the eu- trance to the harbor of Alexandria. 1bly the most famous lighthouse of modern times is the Eddystone light, which was one of the first built i ain and which has been famous b 1se Of its duugerous situation and of {ts having been four times destroy- ed Ly the augry waters of the English channel. Minots Ledge light, at the entrance A0 Boston harbor, is among the most " poteworthy of Awerican lighthouses and shares with Old Boston light the futerest of every voyager who enters the tortuvus chaonnel to the clity of Boston Boston light is famous in {ts way It was the tirst lighthouse bullt in America. It is one of the most impor ghthouse stations on the worth Eivery sailorman and Bosten light. Every has read the many wreck in which Boston was captured and re- tliwes o the early lution. of Friday, Sept. 1t ht was tirst “kindled,” chronicler \lu\q o r‘ the 1 On the o 171 1 use of the day For merchy ect of euntrut e to court tool ression of the awners and 1 the proj at the The xeneral 1 petition of “The town dered the ulal au atlon to At last fa ‘n by the au of the light oyear he ship rwas ready to put into George Worthylake was He and his wile e drowned two years rote a ballud wnily. The ry of the light ranklin W thylake Captain shipmaster, was ap ser had many oth s looking - besid | clety, the ¢ | intendent, the digestion. SO AL B N a4 of everybody. cost small. Wrigley’s is a constant friend ‘ to tecth, breath, appetite and The refreshment and comfort of this toothsome, long-lasting confection is within the reach Its benefits are many —its That’s why it’s used around the world. Noth- ing else can take its place. of a vessel belug In A.3tFes8 Nt Wwas his Quty to go to its rescue. In 1720 the lighthouse was burned and rebullt. Again in 1751 the light- house and other bulldings were burned and were again rebullt. Robert Ball, the keeper who succeed- ed Captaln layes, remained untll the British tleot sailed from Boston to Hal ifax dQuring the Revolutionary war, Ac- cording to the stories gt that time, Ball salled away with the fleet and never returned. The British wautonly destroyed the harbor property, including the light, before they salled away when they evacuated Boston. Thus it Is that the islund on which Boston light stands 18 the last soll in Massachusetts occu- pied by British armed forces. The destructlon ot the light was a great loss to marlners and the mer- chaunts, and shipping interests induced Governor John Hancock to send a spe- clal message to the Massachusetts leg- islature recommending an appropria- tlon for the rebuilding of the light. With commendable promptitude the legislature evmplied with the request of Governor Hancock, and plans were made for one of the finest and largest lights ou the coast. This was in 1780. The new structure was of stone. Oll lamps turnished the light. Then the governwment took over the lighthouses and assigned thelr care and malnte nance to the treasury department, un der whose Jjurlsdiction they still re main. The island and the light were turmally ceded to the Unlted States government in 1790, The treasury department has alway: given Boston light a great deal of at tention because of its importance and because it is the most widely known landwark to the entrance to the sec ond port in Awerlca. It bhas been improved and enlarged from time to time, and the accommo dationy for the Keepers and their fam- ilies are all that could be deslred. De- spite its age the light station is, for all practical purpos essentially mod- ern and up to date. It displays an Incandescent ofl vapor light, giving a white tlash of 100,000 candle power ev- ery thirty seconds, visible sixteen miles in clear weather, and as an auxiliary ail in foggy weather sounds a power- ful tirst cluss siven, with a double blast of five seconds each every minute.— Boston Globe. Some Exception. "It must be hard to see people scrumble for a meal” “Yes, unless it's eggs.”—Baltimore American Accept nothing that is unreasonable: discard nothing as unreasonable with- out proper examination.—Buddha. He Was the Whole of It. Over the wire to the parsonage came this request “The bishop would like to meet at the church this evening the pastor, the class Teader. the Sunday school super- president of (h( roll amd of the young peog the president of 11 be there,” was the Christinn Floratd “All rizh answer Write Wrigley’'s 1644 Kesner Building, Chicago for the funny Spearmen’s Gum-ption book. 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