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It is difficult to turn one's eyes away from the spectacular beauty of the Cohasset shore, but magnificent as these ledges are, and glittering with infinite romance, yet, rather curiously, it is on the limpid surface of the marshes that we read the most significant episodes of Colonial and pioneer life. IT IS DIFFICULT TO TURN ONE'S EYES AWAY FROM THE SPECTACULAR BEAUTY OF THE COHSIC SHORE BUT MAGNIFICENT AS THESE LEDGES ARE AND GLITTERING WITH INFINITE ROMANCE YET RATHER CURIOUSLY IT IS ON THE LIMPID SURFACE OF THE MARSHES THAT WE READ THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EPISODES OF COLONIAL AND PIONEER LIFE
the year. The cutting of each stone so that it exactly fitted its neighbor, above, below, and at either side, and precisely conformed to the next inner row upon the same level, was nothing short of a marvel. A miniature of the light--the building of which took two winters, and which was on the scale of an inch to a foot--was in the United States Government Building at the Chicago Exposition, and is stone for stone a counterpart of the granite tower in the Atlantic. Although this is an achievement which belongs in a sense to the whole United States, yet it must always seem, to those who followed it most closely, as belonging peculiarly to Cohasset. A famous Cohasset rigger made the model for the derrick which was used to raise the stones; the massive granite blocks were teamed by one whose proud boast it was that he had never had occasion to shift a stone twice; a Cohasset man captained the first vessel to carry the stone to the ledge, and another assisted in the selection of the stone. IDE AND SEASONS OF THE YEAR THE CUTTING OF EACH STONE SO THAT IT EXACTLY FITTED ITS NEIGHBOUR ABOVE BELOW AND AT EITHER SIDE AND PRECISELY CONFORMED TO THE NEXT INNER ROW UPON THE SAME LEVEL WAS NOTHING SHORT OF A MARVEL A MINIATURE OF THE LIGHT THE BUILDING OF WHICH TOOK TWO WINTERS AND WHICH WAS ON THE SCALE OF AN INCH TO A FOOT WAS IN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BUILDING AT THE CHICAGO EXPOSITION AND IS STONE FOR STONE A COUNTERPART OF THE GRANITE TOWER IN THE ATLANTIC ALTHOUGH THIS IS AN ACHIEVEMENT WHICH BELONGS IN A SENSE TO THE WHOLE UNITED STATES YET IT MUST ALWAYS SEEM TO THOSE WHO FOLLOWED IT MOST CLOSELY AS BELONGING PECULIARLY TO COHASSIT A FAMOUS COHASSIT RIGGER MADE THE MODEL FOR THE DERRICK WHICH WAS USED TO RAISE THE STONES THE MASSIVE GRANITE BLOCKS WERE TEEMED BY ONE WHOSE PROUD BOAST IT WAS THAT HE HAD NEVER HAD OCCASION TO SHIFT A STONE TWICE A COHASSIC MAN CAPTAINED THE FIRST VESSEL TO CARRY THE STONE TO THE LEDGE AND ANOTHER ASSISTED IN THE SELECTION OF THE STONE
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