Dorchester Illustration of the Day no. 1582
William P. Budwell, an American artist of the late 19th and early 20th century, drew today’s illustration of the Neponset River marshes.
Doug Wynne responded to yesterday’s email:
How well I remember this milestone! That slight concavity near the bottom of the uphill side is probably due to me smacking into it with my red wagon, my scooter, or both. Many times, after we moved from 14 Miller’s Lane to 18 River Street, I would wait for my Dad at the corner of Adams and the passageway between the Mill buildings. Sometimes (many times) (most times) I would be running a little late when the Mill whistle blew, and would use the sweeping downhill curve that started at Pete’s Variety to speed my arrival at the meeting place. Maybe two-thirds along that sweeping curve, just when one’s speed approaches Warp Nine, stands that milestone. Since my need for speed usually exceeded my steering/braking prowess, check the stone for red paint the next time you walk by.
Two other geographically related memories: first, the hedges that stretched from the corner of Miller’s Lane all across the front of the admin building were mulched with cocoa bean shells, many decades before they came into general public awareness. I know this for a fact, given that bailing out into those hedges was an alternate stopping tactic; second, on one of those occasions when I was running very late and giving full rein to my wagon, I met my Dad walking up the hill. I never knew he could clear those hedges with a single bound, and I did not hear language like that again until I encountered my first Army DI! In those days, the term “grounded” had not been promulgated, but I do seem to remember both my wagon and my scooter spending some time confined to the cellar, and me doing a lot of walking.
Thanks again for yet another memory-provoking image.
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