The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-03

cnann ana an es,imabIe citizen he VIII Gnd plenty Of
empioyment and appreclatiye neizhbors Ia the
not with the II teenth--ie can soon take a n1nd In
the government himself, and dourisn his pigtah
tliro gh the nails or Congress with as much digiaty
as wilson Butler, or the ebony Reyels.
GLANCE AT And AROUND NohIH ADAMS.
, rms town, athou9h rema rkably e4terprising and
thrily, has until within Il rev weeks Deel coinpara-
,lsely unknowl, except n me country immediately
Ss,utryunalng The Introduction OF oriental labor
nds, however, brought 10 SO prominently upon tae
pa.ic surface raaL 4 lite sketch OF it's merits
ana aeaerits - worth giving. The town comprises
an area OF Il dozen miles, anu The extreme
sections are known az North Adams aud Soan
Adams. Both are manufacturing villages. The for
,nel WIN aolut SIX thousand inhabitants ana tho
later Win about Iour thousand The geographical
location - IA the extreme n0gtlwe ileIn corner OF
tle Staie; the north beng ianAed ny Vermont and
the wes by tnc Empire STATE and hOln WI AGES form
ing sort of an ampnItiieatre for n surrounding
range % ,igii aud masniiicen.ly appalling moua-
iaconic are the most known 10 lame. Az
may De suspected The scenery al around IL
large numbers OF city visitors The west END
OF the H0osac tunIe-thc greatest II AL engineer
ing undertakings and seeming linpossiJllities IN
Auerica-is Just outside ths yiage li4nlts and the
whole great work, from one eni 10 ne other. can be
Inspected IN Gay, and the VISITOR can return in
ample ume Tor tea at Rchinond's. One other fea-
tre or the town should not be iurgo.t II, and That
l. the fact THAI here Susan y. An honY was born.
The only other celebrities hear OF who have grown
and noursied here are Congressman dawes and Mr.
SAMPSON Allen B. Wilson, the inventor OF the first
sewing machine, lived here great number or
years. Dui until his genius was brought out little
nothing was thought OF hun. IL was said OF him that
ne WAS mot worth a cent? ana wnel he was get
ting up his contrvalcc for sewing the towns people
Gained him "a crazy Old fool" He per evered ag int
rdicule, however, and got up a.lnOdel and started
iOr Washington 10 get patent and. as the story
goes, was put or the cars between mere ana Pitts
ned because he uld no. have en0u IN money TO pay
MS iare To-day he IL worth MS hundreds OF thou
Salus, ana has erected handsome block and hotel
mere TO perpetuate his name aud memory. He was
mere yesterday on his customary monthly rent col.
Letting tour
THE MANUFACTURING INTERESTS OF THE TOWN.
Manufacturing Is carried on here extensively and
vaiousy. There are 10 less tnaa nall dozen shoe
factories, or winch those of Mard 4 Whitman aud
MI sampson are the largest anu there Will be seven
Win tue CO operative Establishment 10 be started by
the Crlspns IN q few days. There are ten cotton
mills, eight where woOllen goods are made couple
OF calico PRINT Wo r., one shawl actory our pal er
mills, one large iron foundry, one extensive Touring
mil anu one nlauLIactory tthe Uny In this
country where sI CLANS are made. About g. 900
hands are employed III these various utacturing
establishments anu II is safe assume that TWO
thirds OF the whole poa uaton derive tae.r support
from them. The village Is tn.cky settled, ana rents
are surprisingly ana enormousy nlgn IL boasts OF
couple OI newspapers, Of wnicl one (ine frua-
ScIipt Is OF thirty years standing. Two railroads
terminate here, the Troy and Boston and the Pits
Held road, the iatter being braucn OF the Boston
ana Albany. In CONCLUSION 1t may DC said that tie
people are industrious, frugal anu social and ter
rlJly temperate.