New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-10-29

Ii was proper that when day OF delivcrance from
These doctrines shOud come IL should appear III new
England 1hls event wac 81 such lmp'ieo 'HS ye
is deserving OF particular history but IT. ms nor yet
been written. tnltarianlStn was an lnolShaht' q
manly, and defiant protest but following inns rs
the Northampton theOlOgians had piOIhesleu; c'ti9
nlhdety. s6epticsm, fne ants, bad Ehsnsn anu
French lnfames. Then. Tor tie Nisi bHhS' =" ~"
church was established in Northampton taxing Wy
name Of the Edwards Church. but Sn,h Wy .S i,,lu
of those old Preshyterans that to-day theI Cnl'cn
is spoken Of as the Orthodox. ana III Is hoic Pppun
than any other 1t is singular, however that they cln
themselves Congrcgationasts but rms they 20 III
arl,novcledg,net Of tie power of the Reformation
During all these years Of religious dominance uc
homes and the industrial habits OF tmc, people to
NAMED unchanged Inc hoihe IolS s"ll e %iyided
the same family, though they were 9ittn "Nluou
among sons or sOnsn-aw, who built tneihSelEeS
hons, on narrower fronts, and the meadow ots also
were divided. Many OF the younger SONS M' ~, ~ NV
Western States and IA particular 10 the ONO " ts' ~
Reserve where they reproduced the N3w-EnR
life The houses they bnt werenot costiy n,iI 'lcA
were neat painted white, and with green nHhuS; "nt
NOR, comfnItahle and convenient than .thOsc pult
by any other people. Ii would he interesting o5lh
whence this New-Engand style OF houses was c "'
rived but perhaps We shall never hnoH|' 80
tainly not until historians shall learn tl'O i H"e
of the knowledge they impart Is Oh h.u1d
WAS planted near the house, part of which was
devoted TO garden vegetables. In the rear, ,h'I on
side was the barn, and beyond VIZ VIC roM
acres mostly devoted to grass, but oIte thIe Nolu
he matches of POTATOES and corn. Usually IN the
mornings of the working seasons, the laiher ana us
would
of oxen and cart, OF horse and one morse WAGON
and proceed 10 the meadows TO care LOT ho1d crops
Grass or small grain. While the meadows resemble
the praiIes, the crops are grown IN mnch smaller
matches but fence is to be seen, and the bound
aries of each other marked by stone posts Using
above the surface. The value attached to these
meadow lands has always been high More than
hundred years ago they sold readily M IRON SlU to
$50 an acre, and at present, the choicest bllg RON
500 TO $3.50 an acre. In places there are ponds sch
as on the praTes are called sloughs and on the Mis-
sissippi bayOus with marshy approach on one sue
While the great body of this meadow land IS sngeGt
TO overflow, there are few necks OF highc Glouu'
from 10 to 80 acres most of which are above the
highest floods, and here are farm houses 10 one OF
these about two miles from the town, an aged and
active gentleman, nearly 40 wears old, drove me IN
his carriage to visit ancient house connected WIN
a farm of 20 acres. which was allotted to one oi the
- settlers who came IN 1853 The house Is two stories
high standing close 10 an old road not now uaNeled
the cornicc Is piuChCd, the shingles are NOISY, ana
the weather boards have grown tmn IN the storms OF
nearly 200 Winters The ceiling overhead Is hite
more than six feet high, the floors are settled M
equally hut tho original rooms and the poor niue
| windows remain young man ana ms Wle were
! the occupants everything was neat ana qiIeb ana
| Young child sat on the floor | drew wafer from
The well and drank looked at the relics OF me Ola
orchard where apples ripencd. and where children
picked them long before tie eE"luuoh Ilcou - VS
/ the limited garden, where cabbage ana cucIlihueis
| grew before James dclcd long suffering EheIhu'
gazed upon the aud rugged sides OF houh' l"l,
and considered what children here were hotli' grew
/ to full estate and became gray ana what sorrows
and lows had been under the old ROOF, then departed
Iona to remember these things for who VIII not re-
! member the spot where his mother was borp'
! Besides these meadow lots there are lots ON The
! pine plains and among the hills whence WOOD ana
timber are obtained, and where young ea'ule are
raised and where the cows are plstnfcd lf gia>, II
short on the house lot; but IN the WINTER az ,he
stock is kept in the barn. In the summer ana An
tumn haTvests the produce OF these outlying posses
sions is brought ia, and then every evening me
pleasant streets are thTOnged WITH Loaded teams
much ms if il were great market day, each bringing
home the abors of the year Not even 10 the pres
ent have these manners changed; for IN every part
I q roar a Al NHi .lf
which elsewhere wOuid lac the abodcs oi merchants,
professional men. and gentlemen of leisure one VIII
see the barns we'll flhd with hay, and grain IN the
sheaf, the cOInhOuscs WIN COM whlie lhcle are IN
closures for hogs; poultry roaus AT large. and the
wcllkept gardens produce abundance OF Ieggt2blts.
! And not infrequontly, through the frosty Winter
DAYS is the sound of the fail on the thDsnug-io1r
heard. and Spring approaches the recesses of the
barn FeSOund with the CaCAllug OF mems. nowhere
else in the land will one country and town lite 50
| combined. The streets are wide, and planted on
either side with trees generally clms, Of which
are six feet IN diameter and j saw one tree IN the
!, | forks of which seats placed in a Summer
, house where rs many as half dozen young people
sat enjoying the Summer evening. Nor arc these
7 streets few in number. or Of limited extent. 1t
seemed 10 that the aggregate lcngth OF streets so
shaded and with the houses at am average distance
of $50 feet apart, must exceed twenty miles Ia som,
! respects thore Is n resemblance to Germantown mean
Philadelphia, through which runs the longest bncl
pavement iu America; hut Northampton covers more
r ground. il is better built and the people live more
like a family. The stranger viii notice The silence
IN these streets Day, after Day - on absence OF
| seem almost without inhabitants.
| After the deliycrauce IRON religions dcsp0tism.
and the establishment OF new Pruichidiitisin,
changes which we're unavoidable came. six grow
ing had been started at Mansfield c., when IL was
announced that citizen of Northampton had grow.
ing on his grounds a certain mulberry peculiarly well
adapted 10 feeding silk worms and that If any one
I could establish nursery OF this variety be would
make his iOTtuHe for the demand wOulG De immense
! since silk was To become plentiful as FAX, aud
! every woman in the land would dress IN silk. The
news spread with rapldiiy the buds were sold IN
l.. Itfrltf Il
multiplied, and when IL was found that thc buds of
the increase sold for several dollars each excitement
I became intense: men invested hundred, and thou
sands oi dollars, and the cOntduou spread 10 The
/ Western aud Southern States. Inns was the ccc-
brated mOras muificaHH fever After while there
/ were doubts to the yaiuc Of this variety and
new kind introduced called the Alpine" in
which confidence so great that 100 acres OF
meadow were planted and Il cOcOOnery zoo feet long
was built. The country continued excited; but at
last, cold winter came, both kinds of mulberry
were frozen to the roots and the whole speculation
exploded
! This a sorTy beginning FOR steady Noithamp-
ton, throw upon the world aud obliged 10 make her
/ way. But another royal road TO fortune found
/ in growing br0Om-cOTn The meadows aro well
/ suited 20 this crop IL was planted on a most ex-
/ tensiye scale, and Connecticut Valley brools-com
became staple in all the chief markets But after
few years, rival sprung up With which they could
| not c9Wpete Ilgs was ne West. Many are the
! plans OF New England cultvat0rs which the West
by the help of the Erie Canal has brought 10 u,
! timely end. Down the river some Connecticut Yam
KEGS had been growing what they called Connecticut
seed-leaf tobacco with considerable profit, and the
| Northampton people took up this new crop The
| land was found every way suitable for one crop;
after that il was exhausted, and only with manure
! could tobacco be grown. Equal TO the OCCASION
every spoonful Of manure saved; when il could
be bought, s. cord was paid and tobacco growing
/ fl0urshed with vigOr unknown in Virginia or Ken
tncky. But question arose more difficult than the
one regarding manure this was Gould Christian
raise tObaccOV il discussed in church. in the
family. and in business places, and WAS found hard
TO solve for IT taken for granted that If there is
a il is in using tobacco. Young ladies would have
nothing TO no with young man who used it. AS TO