Litchfield enquirer., 1849-12-20
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tcGtC, twtIlch, Dy Lhe "dys "S @SS0ul Diisl,ed in one day between breakfast anG svrrpr, having those meals al the usua honrs,) ] and .sy, that two miles out o Concord stands respectable granite monument. erected to the memOsy O many If the first settlers cs CcncOrd who there fell in & severe contest with Che Indians, ,almoss depoi:nlating the then infant village. The monument Is also an evidence of the taste and fiial affection pf,JGGge Bradley of that State. who cree led it. Passing through Hopkinton and Hennikee, wedine1 at HillsborO' Bridge. having traveled along the valley of the CcntoocoUk river, in which railway is also in process of construction. Indeed, New Hampshire and Vermont are soon to be weGbcd ky railways connecting them with Boston We also passed through Stoadard ard Nelson, miserable towns. and had the great Admiral after whom inc astgr was named, UoyGgcd through 1t, he would have been almost as effect taliy cut of sight of kand, as he was in tue bay of Gibral,er, for, although he saw the shore, he saw only rocks. h S:od4iard VIC passed che "Box Tavern.
 known throughout that country by this cognoyaen, and said to have acquired it by the pugilistic conlbats of it's daily wis., nors. Charming State, this New Hamp. shire! It must certainly be the one into which "the faV brought mankind ; Or at least many must have fnlIen here, acco.- ding to tradition. .,
 Keene IS the seat of extensive nlanu- f:cturies of Glass--hus Ike many other nGnu&actories in the country, they were perfectly idle, under the benign influence of the tariff of lS46, which the intelA- gent statesmen of New Hampshire help ed to establish they, thinking, doub;- less, Gas do tue editors of the Hartford Times, judging from their articles on this subiect,) t'at there is now no harm in Eiliing outright fifty operatives, if by so doing you can only hit an employer one blow, which, though Le may stagger un- der, he yet will stand.
 Leaving Keene, we passed through Chesterfield and out of New Hampshire, into Erattleboro and Vermont a nobler State by fer. Smaller than New Harnp. si,ire, aud possessing fewer natural a4. vsntages, lexcept perhaps portion ot the soil may be lightly superior,l it st;l. presents far more evidences of thrift, en- terprize and intelligence. New Hamp- bhiie may indeed app ;s better along its narrow seabOard of some 20 miles, and insthe valley ot ,he Merrimack before it passes out of the State but we speak of large portions of the country. in compar- ison with krrge portions t& Nermont.-- The neglected and dllapdated condition of too many of i.s places of public wor- ship, bespsaks too plainly the character of many of the inhabitants of tie former S,a,e. The characteristic neatncss of these places, ard the evidences of atten. tion best t,wed upon them in other DOT tions of New England, do not exist here.
 Ncyertheless, New Hampshire is tc be honored of New England. She has given to the State Langdon and '; Weeseer--a Woodbridge and 8 GGe,ey 10 the Church, a Payson, Peabody, an an Emerson to ...o nauscs. q Wilcox, a Peabody-and a galaxy of females like Mrs. Hall, Mrs. DaIieis and others and Tn the varied walks of life many others oI very fair fame.
 Leaving BrattlebWough, we had a pleasant ride along the valley of the Connecticut, siough not often in sight of it, to Northampton, dining on our way at the beautiful village of Greenfield. At Deerfeh, some lew miles below Green
 field, stands monument, and neari i, hat little Church. The monument was erected to the memory of some 80 sol. diers and teamstcrs, who we've there massacred by the Indians in the early settlement of the valley. Many spread ins E..nas and lofty Sycanores, shroud this ancient village in gloom, around which are many monuments of the trou. bies of earlier days. Northampton is still beautiful will sge. though shorn of
 much of the business which promoted activity in its streets. Through the po likeness of friend, who has sought and found a delightful residence there, after many years of active business on the hills of our own County, we were shown the principal lions" of the place, not ;he least interesting of which were the old csmetry. anu the beautiful and highly cultivated grounds of some of its veal. thier citizens. One of the noblpst clms of all those that shade the walks of the village. ;s standing in front of the old mansion where President Dwight was born, and which it is said was planted by his own hand. A ride to Mt. Holyoke IS of course one of the excursions made bv all those who wish to survey the envhons of this beautiful village. Beauty rather than grandeur or sublimity, characteri-. ses the view from Mount Holyokc. Pass. ing around its basc and along the banks ot the Connecticut on the following mor- ming, we drove to SprinOf,lI coll;r,. o.,