those who sought these rural paths, and cared not yet for "rapid
transit," with its spectral accompaniments. And our hope is akin to a
prayer, that what is left of Louder's Lane may be spared to us yet many
years.

The old Winchester house, on the hillside of Centre Street, was built in
the year 1800 by Captain Artemas Winchester, grandfather of the third
Artemas, now residing here, for his young bride, Miss Anna Fuller, and it
was their home through their long lives.

In early days, whenever a new dwelling was begun, the neighborhood
volunteered their services, prepared and stoned the cellar and well,
often giving days of labor to help on the work. Then at the time of
raising the house, as in the case of the Winchester dwelling, -- an
unusually fine one for the times, -- the relatives and friends came from
near and far to show their kindly interest and enjoy the tempting and
bounteous collation.

This farm originally belonged to Mr. John Morey, who in 1771 presented
the clock, which for many years ornamented the front gallery of the First
Church, and is today faithfully meeting its duties in the Parish House.

Greenbank, a quiet old home overlooking the Arboretum, holds among its
treasures a record of a few years, when Rev. William Ware lived there,
after resigning his ministry in New York and wrote those remarkable
works, "Zenobia" and "Probus." Mr. Ware was a man of great learning of
classical culture, and elegant accomplishments. His mind was a gallery of
pictures which he portrayed in his writings for the profit and delight of
others. Dr. Bellows, in his memorial sermon of Dr. Ware, writes of these
books: "The evinced talents, resources, and tastes, which could not be