Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-07-03
THE EDITOR FREEL


THE EDITOR FREE!
Broke loose June 25th, and found himself
on the railway train, running down the Con-
nccticut River valley. Beautiful yollcy--most
beautiful One gets glunccs of landscape
near Windsor. rarely surpassed anywhere
embracing oil the beauty in tho vicinity Of
Mount Ilolyokc, with moro of grandeur in
the mountains Observed that the crops do
not surpass those in the valley of the Win
oosk.
Holyokc Mass has jumped from q hamlet
into a city-amost-sinc the ed. IS last visit.
The river above has become lakc--the
banks below are threaded with canals, crown
ed with the finest factories in the world, and
surrounded with houses for the operatives.
which are fit in beauty, neatnoss and comfort,
to be used as villas for princes. Nm.-ln-
vito Southern politicians to visit Holyokc,
and see d" the white slaves Of the North e.
Suppod and slept at the Hassasob Ho'ac,
Springfield, Mass. ,Mcssrs. Chaplin. propric-
tors, the best railway hotel in New Eng
land.
26h morn. Nobody has pursued the cdi-
tor no shcrif-no anxious friend-no telc-
graphic despatch even. Courage up; no
need of hurryng from Springfield. The
town is an old one, having been organized
May H. 1886: and it is one of the finest
specimens of the old New England towns
Beg pardon for that word "town" Spring
field was incorporated as a city, May %. 1852.
Perhaps it was necessity, not fashion,
which required a city charter. small city
is apt to be laughed at; when as a town or
village simply, it would rank high and com
mand respect. Burlington was wise there
fore in rejecting city charter But to re-
turn to Springfield, which almost rivals Bur
lington in beauty of location. and far surpass-
es it in its inner attractions. Either the old
men Of Springfield were very WISE or many
men of the present generation are very veal
thy Such royal residences, with ample and
richly adorned grounds could not be made
out of city lots except at immense cost We
suspect that the fathers and grandfathcrs
Of Springfield laid out largo lots for home
steads when land was cheap, and that their
children have been wise enough to keep and
adorn them By this process, or some other,
Springfield brims with beauty. u is, also, one
of the three greatest railway centres in Massa-
chusetts,--which fact gives much activity to
this beautiful place; real business as we'll
1t has six banks of discount and six of depos-
and (of course good schools Something
appears to be done in manufacturing but the
chief point of interest is the L. s. Armory
and Arsenal, established in 1904. The site
is on the highest part of the city, the build
ings are imposing and the grounds neat
Thcro arc now in the arsenal two hundred
and forty-thousand muskots of the old pat
tern: but no more of that kind will be man
uiacturcd. The new pattern requires all the
barrels to be "riaed,' and embraces the lat
est and best Improvement in fire arms
What is the necessity for SO many mus
kets p asked the eds wife. "lf Uncle Sam
did not have them he podd ,rat them, was
the answer of the gentlemanly official who
admitted US into the arsenal. That answer
was more satisfactory than another, which fix
ed the cost of each muskct to the Government
at between twelve and fourteen dollars. Un-
Gle Sam pays great price for bis muskets.-
The Cemetery of Springfield is in keeping
with its surroundings, and its surroundings,
as far as the eye can reach from the tower OF
the arsenal, form panorama of rare beauty
On the whole, Springfield is a place to be
visited and if any Of the readers of the
Waterman break loose before the dog-day,
have interlered with blade and leaf and flow
er, they will be happy to find themselves il
Springfield.