The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-08-26

to interest and the fund to be applied to establish and
support free schools in Williams0wn THIS trust has
been most faithfully executed In 1885, the trustees ap
piled TO the L. gislaure for incorporation and
the inhabitants Il was then under the charge OF b. Fisk
well known in the annals ofhs State In l793 the pc
tton Of theTustees the schoolwas erected into aCollege
and this brought into existence in ten after the
termination OF bloody war-tha greet seat of learning
Of which Berkshire may well be proud. It's onward
reer j. known over the earth and the light ofts educated
ia not unheeded for the history OF their country and
their own are written together. Mr s. then auding
several distinguished names Of educated at this col
legc, entered into detailed sketch Of the collegiate
course and missionary career Of Miller Hail. and Rich
ardson. with whom originated the American Board OF
Foreign missions, and who were the first missionaries
heathens and predicted for the goriou future
And may not Berkshire well rejoice in the prosperity Of
not the first to begin she the first in the county the
career of brchery oveof business activity, and the
sm,ee out g,oswng improvements visible within ner
deeply EMPOWERED dwellings, spacious pleasure grounds
bear an honorable position. Here is the home
Of hospitality too. Appause In the midst Of ell this
enchontment her far famed elm lifts its lofty branches
the ssn s lore q had
speak, listen to its teaching and ssk how like US its
young germ peered above the surface ere the birds
oohow it grew and lifted its lofty head above its fell
lows, and became their kirghow one by one In quick
whsed through lis branches before il became the forest
king; but il is dumb il will not answer, and we must
conclude our wise reflections by saying we are not the
first OF our whose questions do not admit OF solution
appapse) With pleasure too; we have regarded its
Medical Institute going forth with healing on its wings
Let her fame and her utility be commemorate Wehave
witnessed improvement in every department Of life Her
hills her valleys her limpid streams, remain the same
the former greatly improved by the hand Of man, while
the latter is made the of teemng wealth. and peo
pie awake their interests will further press them
into their service and draw still greater wealth from
these never fading These few Incidents drawn
from the history past and present OF Berkshire have been
brought ferwardby only by way Of remembrance so
that hankulness and gratitude may be- engraven every
heart Like those Of the rest Of New England the sons
Of Berkshire 20 into other countries bringing with them
the principles OF their fathers into every State OF the
Union; wherever they found their impression Is seen
and felt. We live in eventual age. Since the com
mencament of national existence we have witnessed
greater advancement In the arts Of civilized life than
was seen for a hundred years before. The applica
lion Of steam TO navigation to locomotion to every
department of mechanical labor form an era more
marked than any thnt preceded II Naval science has
markadcverync and point the ocean developed the
benefits Of The mariners needle and made the stormy
the gre high way OF nations the common property Of
ALL Who calculate the vast power imported to us by
steam 10 do good The steam press-ihe steam ship
the railroad csrall these means Of advancing cur ma