Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1869-09-17

MOBILIZATION. Sept. 16. Is!

NohllAhrION, oept. 10, looS'
MeSSrS. Editors A little over two hun
dred years ago party of settlers from
Springfield and Windsor founded the town
Of Northampton. The land was purchased
of the Indians for one hundred fathoms of
wampum, ten coats and some small gifts.
The Indian name of the town was Mona
tuck, but the new corners named it North
ampton, after a town of the same name in
England. Since that time the town has
held prominent position among the towns
Of New England, and few are more widely
known throughout the country. In the
beauty and variety of its scenery North
ampton is unsurpassed, even by any of its
sister towns in the beautiful Connecticut
valley Its elm trees, which line every
street, are old and magnificent finest
of their kind its broad, rich meadows are
fertile and fruitful, and its surrounding
mountain views are unequalled for gran
deur and beauty. All these attractions
make northampton a favorite resort for
summer tourists who crowd into the shady
town during the hot season to enjoy its
quiet and coolness Not the least satisfac-
and, singularly enough, the proprietor is
an importation from Florida. Hon. o. L.
Austin, well known to the travelling pub
lie year ago as host of the Putnam Hotel
at Palatka, Fla, then the very best cstab-
lishment on the st. Johns river, and to tho
general public as member of the Florida
Legislature from Pntnam county, and af-
forwards a. Commissioner of Immigration
for the state, now keeps the Mansion
House in this place. and keeps it in a style
worthy of its beautiful and comfortable
surroundings The Springfield Republi-
can, paper not ordinarily given to lavish
praise Of men and things, thus speaks of
the Mansion House: 'There are MANY
Mansion Houses in New England, all good
hotels, no doubt; but the pricelest of them
all is at Northampton. The attention
shown the guests is the refinement of kind
hessj each new article from garden or
market finds its way earliest to Mr.. Aus
tins tables; and of the sleeping apart
nents it is sufficient to repeat the oft-reit-
Grated statement of the many patrons, that
nights rest there is as good as a new
lease of life"
Before the war, Northampton was IA
vorlte resort for southern gentlemen and
their iamilies,an it bids fair to become ia
vorlte resort for the same class of travellers
again. Among the Mansion House guests
at present are several families from Flori-
da, Georgia, South Carolina and other
Southern States.
While Northampton boasts of its wealth
and refinement, 1t il also the centre of ma
ny important manufactures and the whirl
of numberless wheels and the rattle of ma
chinery in its immediate vicinity contrast
pleasantly with the quiet beauty of the old
town itself. The Florence Sewing Machine
Company have their factory at this place,
and here they turn out the thousands OF
machines which find their way into every
section Of the country, if not into every
part Of the world. Nearly forty other fac.
tories arc also located in this immediate
vicinity, engaged in the manufacture OF
silks, worsteds, paper, baskets, cutlery
agricultural implements, and countless
other articles.