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The Belcher house still exists, as does the portrait of its master, in his wig and velvet coat and waistcoat, trimmed with richest gold lace at the neck and wrists. THE BELCHER HOUSE STILL EXISTS AS DOES THE PORTRAIT OF ITS MASTER IN HIS WIG AND VELVET COAT AND WAISTCOAT TRIMMED WITH RICHEST GOLD LACE AT THE NECK AND WRIST
it of the North Shore and Boston Harbor from here. This is the view that the Governor so admired, and tradition tells us that when he was forced to return to England he walked on foot down the hill, shaking hands with his neighbors, patriot and Tory alike, with tears in his eyes as he left behind him the garden and the trees he had planted, and the house where he had so happily lived. Although the view from the front of the house is exquisite, the view from the back holds even more intimate attraction. Here is the old, old garden, and although the ephemeral blossoms of the present springtime shine brightly forth, the box, full twenty feet high, speaks of another epoch. Foxgloves lean against the "pleached alley," and roses clamber on a wall that doubtless bore the weight of their first progenitors. Another governor who chose to live in Milton was Jonathan Belcher, but one fancies it was the grandness rather than the sweetness of the scene which attracted this rather spectacular person. ANVAIS ONE CAN SEE A BIT OF THE NORTH SHORE AND BOSTON HARBOR FROM HERE THIS IS THE VIEW THAT THE GOVERNOR SO ADMIRED AND TRADITION TELLS US THAT WHEN HE WAS FORCED TO RETURN TO ENGLAND HE WALKED ON FOOT DOWN THE HILL SHAKING HANDS WITH HIS NEIGHBORS PATRIOT AND TORY ALIKE WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES AS HE LEFT BEHIND HIM THE GARDEN AND THE TREES HE HAD PLANTED AND THE HOUSE WHERE HE HAD SO HAPPILY LIVED ALTHOUGH THE VIEW FROM THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE IS EXQUISITE THE VIEW FROM THE BACK HOLDS EVEN MORE INTIMATE ATTRACTION HERE IS THE OLD OLD GARDEN AND ALTHOUGH THE EPHEMERAL BLOSSOMS OF THE PRESENT SPRINGTIME SHINE BRIGHTLY FORTH THE BOX FULL TWENTY FEET HIGH SPEAKS OF ANOTHER EPOCH FOXGLOVES LEAN AGAINST THE PLEACHED ALLEY AND ROSES CLAMOR ON A WALL THAT DOUBTLESS BORE THE WEIGHT OF THEIR FIRST PROGENITORS ANOTHER GOVERNOR WHO CHOSE TO LIVE IN MILTON WAS JONATHAN BELCHER BUT ONE FANCIES IT WAS THE GRANDNESS RATHER THAN THE SWEETNESS OF THE SCENE WHICH ATTRACTED THIS RATHER SPECTACULAR PERSON
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