The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-21
A Summer Trip.
A correspondent thus asks us TO perform
task upon which We gladly enter:

through the STATE o Massachucttsf We are dc.ruus
visiting the different places ~ interest IN the stntc-thv
try to occupy about three weeks We cannot why
short tnps published and then would not he At great
service those who dearous ct seeing little oi their
own country ASB'
There are books published which give the
sort of Information above asked for but
perhaps their authors do not know all about
:hc Old Bay State. II Is ono Of the most
interesting Of the whole number Of our
States. and our correspondent, or CORE
spondents do well 10 mediate giving IT
visit. Ii they wish to see manufacturing
industries. nowhere will they find them in
greater profusion than in Massachusetts,.
Let them stop over at Lowcll-not forget
ting to pay their respects to Gen. BUrLLR-
and at Lawrence and Lynn and examine
the wOollen and cotton factories. and Oh
serve how shoes are made If they desire
To- see old seaside towns. once the seat of
a lourishing commerce. but now largely
fallen into decay, let them journey to Salem,
New Bedford Marblchead, Newhuryport.
and Barnstable, taking care ~ fetch up at
Cape Cod, Of illustrious tame. BY all means
they should go to old Plymouth. and get
sight of the historic rock ON which the May
flower pilgrims landed. All along the coast
New Bedford, they will encounter glorious
harbors, splendid beaches, Incompatible sea
bathing, aud tirst-class fishing. They will
see a hardy and Industrious population, OF
which women form the majority; the young
girls pretty and intelligent, aud the old
maids learned and reiOrnatory.
Boston they must Of course attentively
study. II they wished to get anything like
an adequate conception of that far-iamed
centre Of intellect virtue, aud cStraOrdl-
nary, tine manners they would need e.
spend their whole three weeks there; but
in ON week they can get some idea OF
these things. Visit the Common, the
Athenpum, the State House, the Neck the
Back Bay, Faneuil Hall. and old South
Church, and take look at the new Trinity
Church and at King chapel, but especially
observe the people, aud don get lost in the
crooked streets. From Boston the manu-
featuring towns We have mentioned may he
reached NJ also Taunton, where locomotives
are built; Worcester, the scat of many re-
forms Concord, the home Of sages and
philosophers, Springfield, widely known
for its paper and other manufactures.
Fetch up at Pittslield, a llourishing town
on the extreme western boundary Of the
wonderful old State, where may be seen
soldier, besides Mr. H. l.. DAWES, one OI the
Credit Mobilier Statesmen.
Going over this route, they will pass
through a teeming and busy population at
tentively pursuing diversified employments,
and ON the whole as prosperous people rs
are anywhere TO be found, in the same space,
on the globe The inhabitants Of the region
may seem little hard and cold, but at the
bottom they are sound, and If our friends
engage them in conversation they will find
them fertile of ideas and full Of enterprise,
not lacking in kind feelings, and given to Il
discreet hospitality. The scenery Of the
route will bee full Of variety, and oltcntimcs
enchanting in its beauty. Especially in
Berkshire county, at the western limit, will
their eyes bee Toasted with glorious views OF
hill and dale 1t Is II region wherein the
labor of generations of men has rounded the
rough edges of nature, and made the valleys
10 bloom with richness. our travellers will
find the roads good and admirably kept, tn,
inns clean aud well provided, the citizens
reserved, but open to friendly approach
and among them general appearance OF
scli-satisiacton interest ting to contemplate
Oh, yes. three delightful and improving
weeks may be spent in Massachusetts, d
commonwealth which for the enterprise
sobrety, and prosperity Of its inhabitants
scarcely has it, equal among the nations Of
the whole,earth But they are sharp, thos'
Old Bay State Yankees, and cranky, an,
they are impressed with the motion
that they are a sort of peculiar people
set apart rs a model for the world, and t,
show other folks how il all ought to be done
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