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Not only notable personages, but notable events have been engendered under the shadow of these hills. NOT ONLY NOTABLE PERSONAGES BUT NOTABLE EVENTS HAVE BEEN ENGENDERED UNDER THE SHADOW OF THESE HILLS
ernor 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. 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. Small-clothes and gold knee and shoe buckles complete the picture of one who, when his mansion was planned, insisted upon an avenue fifty feet wide, and so nicely graded that visitors on entering from the street might see the gleam of his gold knee buckles as he stood on the distant porch. The avenue, however, was never completed, as Belcher was appointed governor of, and transferred to, New Jersey shortly after. Two other men of note, who, since the days of our years are but threescore and ten, chose that their days without number should be spent in the town they loved, were Wendell Phillips and Rimmer the sculptor, who are both buried at Milton.  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 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 SMALL CLOTHS AND GOLD KNEE AND SHOE BUCKLES COMPLETE THE PICTURE OF ONE WHO WHEN HIS MANSION WAS PLANNED INSISTED UPON AN AVENUE FIFTY FEET WIDE AND SO NICELY GRATED THAT VISITORS ON ENTERING FROM THE STREET MIGHT SEE THE GLEAM OF HIS GOLD KNEE BUCKLES AS HE STOOD ON THE DISTANT PORCH THE AVENUE HOWEVER WAS NEVER COMPLETED AS BELCHER WAS APPOINTED GOVERNOR OF AND TRANSFERRED TO NEW JERSEY SHORTLY AFTER TWO OTHER MEN OF NOTE WHO SINCE THE DAYS OF OUR YEARS ARE BUT THREESCORE AND TEN CHOSE THAT THEIR DAYS WITHOUT NUMBER SHOULD BE SPENT IN THE TOWN THEY LOVED WERE WENDELL PHILLIPS AND RIMMER THE SCULPTOR WHO ARE BOTH BURIED AT MILTON
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