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Cape Ann.

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Massachusetts, is a place very

much resorted to during the sum-

mer months. It was settled very

early, and there are a great many things

in that vicinity which are interesting on

account of old associations connected

with them. The National Library gives

some interesting sketches of the Cape,

from which I will make some selections
for my readers.

Until very recently there was an old
church on the Cape, situated in the west
parish of Gloucester. It was erected in
1713, and when pulled down, was found
to be perfectly sound, having been con-
structed of the best timber in the strong-
est manner. It would have stood for a
century longer, and ought to have been
preserved as a memorial of the olden
time, instead of being sold for fire-wood
for a trifling sum. Its distance from any
settlement had long ago caused its aban-

donment as a house of worship. In form
it was nearly square. The pulpit was
quite an imposing mass of wood-work,
containing timber enough to build a
good-sized house after the modern man-
ner of erecting dwellings. The pews
were square, with high sides, surmounted
by wooden railings. In the galleries,
the sexes were separated, the males sit-
ting on one side, the females opposite,
each party being arranged with refer-
ence to age. Beneath the pulpit stood
the chair of the deacon, whence that
worthy personage was wont to “deacon”
forth the psalms and hymns, two lines at
a time, which were first sung, and then
followed by two more, at intervals, until
the whole was accomplished.

Another object of curiosity is a build-
ing called the “Old Garrison House.”
This is the one which you see repre-
sented in the engraving. It was built a
long time before the revolutionary war.