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BY MARY TAYLOR FALT 
WENTY years ago when the late Henry W. 
Peabody of Salem laid out ‘‘Parramatta,’’ his 
Day beautiful Montserrat estate, he was imbued with 
the memories and charms of journeyings in 
Japan, New South Wales and other countries. To have 
tangible connection with these pleasant memories of 
foreign travel, he called his Montserrat estate ‘‘Parra- 
matta’’ because this section of Beverly so reminded him 
of the lovely country shore of New South Wales. 
‘‘Parramatta’’ is a charming town by a picturesque 
river in New South Wales. 
The Japanese gardens with their riot of color whis- 
pered of happy and interesting days in Yokohama. 
The late owner of ‘‘Parramatta’’ knew President 
Taft in Manila when he was stationed there as Governor. 
Little did he dream that the care and thought bestowed 
on ‘‘Parramatta’’ was eventually for the enjoyment of 
a President of the United States in the person of Hon. 
Mr. Taft. 
Some of the many advantages of the new summer 
White House over its predecessor is that it is located 
in separate grounds. Its site is all its own as are its 
sixty-five acres of private grounds, capable of affording 
a nine hole golf course. It is quiet and isolated. It is 
ciose by the Montserrat station from which point. by 
trolley, train or auto, delightful excursions can be taken 
to the numerous inland and seashore places that le in 
all directions. From its high elevation no view of the 
adjacent landscape is cut off. 
Born and bred in Salem, holding tenaciously to her 
associations and traditions, it is not surprising that Mr. 
Feabody should have chosen the colonial type of archi- 
tecture for the residence to grace ‘‘Parramatta.’’ The 
kouse is not quite as large as the one on the Evans 
estate at Beverly Cove occupied last season by Presi- 
dent Taft. It is, however, most comfortable, commo- 
cious and home-like in its arrangements and appoint- 
ments. Some interior changes have been made to ad- 
just the house to the official needs of President Taft. 
The instinctive desire of North Shore summer resi- 
Gents to preserve her natural beauties in laying out their 
estates was a prominent characteristic of the late Mr. 
Peabody. He preserved every natural beauty: the 
creat rocks, the primeval forests, the old trees, the wild 
shrubs. He had a glow of color in the confines of 
‘‘Parramatta’’ practically the whole year round. 
The Japanese Garden was devised from a swamp, 
drained and cleared. Forty varieties of maples, hun- 
creds of iris, two hundred azaleas, a hundred peach, 
plum and cherry trees, arbors of purple and white wis- 
taria, hardy chrysanthemums were all planted to adorn 
it, white forget-me-nots, violets, tall hedge mallows, 
bamboos, magnolias and maiden-hair ferns added te the 
floral beauty. ‘ 
KETTLE COVE-—Site of Manchester’s First Settlement 
The now exclusive Coolidge Point, Manchester 
Cove, on which is established the beautiful estate of 
Ilon. T. Jefferson Coolidge and others, is believed to 
have been the site of the first house built by John 
Kettle, who was one of the earliest settlers to help 
found Manchester’s initial settlement at Kettle Cove, 
in 1626 and 1627, and for whom the cove was named. 
Its qualifications then as now embodied a safe 
harbor, sheltering hills and an ideal spot for settlement 
and fishing. 
There are vestiges today of the infinite thick 
woods ’’ of the olden day in which lurked the tradi- 
tional wild beasts and savage men. ‘Today they are 
the haunt of bird and harmless squirrel, the stately 
Lorders for beautiful drives, backgrounds for pleasure, 
beach or golf links, a remarkable metamorphose in the 
varied and romantic history of Manchester, of which 
kettle Cove was the beginning. In September, 1890, 
one of the original Cove houses built in 1690 by Jok:n 
Knight was taken down. 
In 1700, the ‘‘Cove’’ had grown to be quite the 
largest precinct in the town. During the Revolution, 
Kettle Cove assumed her patriotic role appearing as 
the unfortified watch tower against the hostile British, 
four watchers doing guard duty on Great Crow Island. 
In 1812 an attempted invasion of an English man- 
of-war was made at Kettle Cove. From Crow Island 
the alarm was given by the cannon reposing there, the 
militia being hidden among the rocks and bushes of 
the island awaiting the invaders with the accompani- 
“ee 
ment of fife and drum. The enemy from the frigate 
hearing the cannon and the martial music believed a. 
very large force was concealed on the island and quickly 
rowed away. The glee of the gallant soldiers of Man- 
chester over their ruse was a victory despite its non- 
spilling of blood. In 1835 a Capt. John Hooper kept 
a store at the Cove and it was the resort of the militia 
on training days. ; 
The modern invasion of Kettle Cove is a marked 
transformation of the ancient town. Barren wastes have 
been cultivated, woodlands preserved; new locations de- 
veloped bringing to view new and delightful vistas over 
the finest of macadamized roads. 
Stately residences crown the historic heights and 
from their embowered, sylvan recesses a panorama of 
sea and shore can be viewed from the ‘‘Cove’’ making 
Nature a grand interpreter of the Creator. 
As for the early settler and voyager, they stood 
ii: wonder at ‘‘so many islands replenished with thick 
wood and high trees and so many fair green pastures.’’ 
In fact everything, ‘‘rivers, fresh springs, fish, 
fowl, wild fruits, good timber, much corn, many good 
harbors, a temperate air,’’ the gifts of the Gods to the 
Pilgrims to a new world, are here today. So the Gods | 
still continue to be good to the seekers of new environ- 
ments and for peaceful and beautiful summer havens. 
Kettle Cove and her environs contribute a generous | 
share of these attributes which can be found along the 
entire North Shore. ; 
MARY TAYLOR FALT, 
