Middletown transcript., 1871-08-26
Written .tor he Midilcfcrn Transcript.
AMONG TIRE MASSACHUSETTS, NOUN
TAfSs.

few weeks past, has been inhaling th,
tonic air Of this mountainous region, neal
the liolyok kc range. and can recommend
it to your readers--e especially to those who
are in pursuit Of health.
Our country home, called Woodland
Home" is situated in a native forest ol
oak. chest nut and pine. 10 the beautiful
town Of Amherst, Mass. in the county ol
Hampshir it lies 50 miles west Of Bos.
ton, and a bout 5 miles northeast from
Northamp ION. which Is the capital Of the
county. Amherst contains about 5000
inhabitants, and is constantly increasing
in busines 8, wealth aud population.
In respect TO seminaries Of learning
this town, for one Of lie size. is favored
in most liberal manncr--being the BAN
ncr torn Of the State. The inhabitants
likewise ehjoy the advantages Of an els-
giant and substantial University (Amherst
College.) and an Agricultural College
the latter established eight years ago. 1t
has an able and wide-awake President, in
the person Of William s. Clark, Ph. d..
who was, for ID years, Professor Of Bot
any and Horticulture in Amherst College.
About twd dn.y five professors and ins.ruc-
tors are Cd INJECTED with this institution,
and deliscr interesting lectures on mathe-
n'atics anl Farm Engineering, Military
Science nj q Tactics, Civil Engineering,
Hygiene, Comparative Anatomy, Pomol-
ngy, and Horticulture. etc. The Board
Of Trnsiees contain such names as: Hon
Joseph White, l.. l.. D.. Secretary Of
Board of Education Hon. Chas L. Flint,
Secretary pf Board Of Agriculture Hon
Marshall 7. Wilder. and Dr. Nathan Dur
fee of Fal River. Prof. Louis Agassiz
Is Chairm1 II Of the Examining Committee
Of Oycrsc, rs, The total number Of stu
dents com ectcd with the Agricultural Col
lege Is one hundred aud forty-seven Thir-
ty were ef aduatcd in July last Presi-
dent Clarl intends to sail for Europe with
in few Il on,hs, to select the best ma
chimes for making Lcct-sugar from the su-
ear-hcet, The production Of beet sugar
irom the French Nlmorin Sugar BcCt1
will be prominent feature Of this Col
lcge--hcif 4 under the supervision Of the
distinguished chemist. Prof Charles A.
Goessmanh, Ph d who is permanently
connected with the institution Before
/ giving the workings of Amherst College
reference should be made 10 the chair Of
Madsrn auguaees in the Agricultural
College. ilel by Professor Henry II
Gnaaell N II the late Rev Dr. Gooiell.
ene Of the aatiiost American missionaries
to Gonstai tineple II The student is not
taught LA in and Greek hero, he is well
drilled in he practical languages French
and Germ IN.
Amhers. College was established in
ISL Il resources were comparatively
! limited nj first and its success by snme
considered doubtful but ii is now in n
highly pro spcrons state Il has large
fund inyea ted under the direction of cor.
poraiinn. composed Of seventeen members
Of which William 4. Stearns. d. d. l. l.
b presit ent Of the College. Rev. Rich
ard 5 storrs. If. u u of BROOKLYN. y
Y. Rev Roswell D. Hitchcock, d. u,
y Y. an | Rev Henry Ward Beeeler are
members Hon Edward Dickinson, l.
l.. u. has long been tll5 efficient Treusu-
.er,
There re fourteen professors. including
President ste1rna. hcsIlcs seven ins,ruc-
tors and ID a,nrers and .6l stulcn,s--he-
ing an exd css Of II students over vii.
linms' cnl ege. in the north western pnrt
Of the SIN a The libraries of the College
anl the Literary Societies contain about
-. .nno 70 nmcs: mud thr terms of adms-
sion aud g purses Of study are similar to
those Of ! ale and Harvard Colleges The
numerous difficulties Which Amherst COL
leee eneoi ntcrea in It's infancy, ARE frcsh
in the rcca alection Of many persons, ms we'll
ns the vinl len, exposition which was raised
against til ! application of the trustees, for
n charter rom the General Court.
Thc specimens illustrating Natural His
tory and Iuman Antiquities, are deposit
ed in the three edifces known as the
Woods IN hine,. the Appleton Cabinet. .nnd
the Walkd dr Hall--tho latter n new gran.
,c building named in honor of tho late
nr Wilt m j Walker. Of Boston, It's
principal donor, costing in 1869. sl50,-
900 wv Shepherd collection Of meteor
ties is the largest and finest in America,
and has hA Acn repeatedly sough, after by
the Corporation Of Harvard University
but. without nvail Tho Ninerah Guile
rg. built ly Enos Dickinson. Esq late of
Amherst. contains about two hundred
specimens obtained by the Int DR. Henry
Lobiell fr pm the ruins of ancient Ninevah
aud BABY ON |. exhibits sculptnral slabs
from the alace walls Of Sardanapalus n,
Nimroud. as well as several hundred an
tique coins, seals, and cylinders from the
same cities After the completion Of the
elegant granite chapel. now beirg built on
the eastern slope Of the College grounds.
with tho funds given by son of Prcsi.
dent s,ear ns $3.50 .0o0) an Eas. Indian
merchant, the corporation will own twelve
College buildings, worth at least $780,
900.
Rev II enry Ward Beechcr has often
said. that to sec the sun rise from the top
Of .hc tow wcr Of the old Chapel amply re-
pays visit to this inviting town. No
doubt he 10 correct in the assertion, and
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