The Newtown bee., 1878-07-04
Our Trip to Pitts aold.


 .gugd-hye with as mu,h eaFnesiness hs fl I've intended to stay away Il yonr mstcaf
 Ct only few hauis We sought 0ui
 young frieId, CharlBs F. Gorhnn, hili
 agcat, nnll took some notes on the ansy
 way n mali rluta ngent praqWcs the
 government spOndullcks wheroWith lhs
 inner man ls fed md tie outer man
 clothed, How Charlie flrrd from Bridge, port .tO NewtQwn We, could judge by what i've saw him do hctwc@ Newt0wn and IPlusilcld, and if We ever ddslred to be the servant Of Uncle Sam" in uuy
 ctpJrlty n mail agent K not one or tho
 offices that WE would seek. There Wus not three uiuulrs lime along the whole
 route that Chaflle did not work pr, t,y lively and Saturdays are considered by
 all the agents us being the enslcst of the
 working days. We divided our time With watching Charlie and looking at the 1 beautiful scenery as We spel with the
 wind. The wind was with us; it was 1 drcadTully hot, and for once We wlshell
 thai it could mot he for Us, but against
 us; but us it was not so ordered, we
 endured the oppressive heat all the more | willingly, because every mile of the l rdilr0ad presents some new object of interest and beauty new and strange to
 Us, and, like tho boy at the circus, eve saw cyerytliing;" and had we Ib3 lime
 and that oth6r very important factor the talrnt, we would tell il all to you. We
 are thankful that we cannot describe to you this chaTming ride, and If you wish
 to enjoy Il good treat get upon the carS, and, with eyes open, see for yourselves, and. our word for it, you will say that the half has never been told you.
 On rcnching PittStleld oug friend (CIarlicl Jed the way to ons of the old time style of stages, and we took q seat :; Charlie followed suit, and soon we were on our way up the broad and beautiful street called West street. At inc posi- office our friGnd alighted, and left us for q few minutes, to meet Us at the hotel. which he did. Soon after We had regis tered our name, in came Charlie, and we were introduced to the clerk of the American House, Mir. Jackson, and Mr. Geo. II. Gale, the proprietor Our friend Charlie excused himself and dis appeared, because of its being d "moving time with him, &c. Having but one object ill view, and that to see PittsfeId, we began to raid art un 1, and learned that there was 10 be q "phat mans bass bawl game played pr, III tIy at 3.:0 o'clock, on " somebody's grounds some- where in the town, for the benefit of the Pitt7ticld base ball club; admissiQu only twenty-five cents," Editors and dead hetdS were given a setback by the announcement that there would be no free lunch. However, when the hour arrived, with an eye on the clerk (NIr Jackson we follOwcdto the grounds. and handed ill our money and secure d ticket for reserved Seat--On the grass. The cFQWL vas not very large, Tor were tlte gentlemen who played of the extra ordinary size which many supposed they would be; still they were large enough to play with e SC. Some of the gentle men were good players, but as we did not know their names, could not make note of them. One gentleman, Col. Goodrich, who looked to be about 6 years of age, did remarkably well al q was very active. He was much more graceful than the one called Captain, who must measure aloand the " iist as he does in length. We did not wait to hear the result.
 From the grounds we returned to the hotel and there met with MT. Char'es Emmons, the oldest ,nductnr on the Honsatonic road having served 6 company for g years. Afier supper Mir. Elm mons ok us under his parental wing and we sanntercd out to mnSle With the happy throng that filled the sideYalks. The stores " re crowded a doing. apparently, fine business. We It aciI- ed the park-a small yet lovely plot of ground on which the citizens have cree ed monument of great beauty and appropria eEess to the memory of the noble men who perished in defence of the Union. From this point we visited the AthenRum, very pretty and substantial building, which we found to be free to all visitors and the public. On entering we found cards hanging conspcuously around. on which noticed '" No smoking allow ed, and was somewhat surprised to find in few minutes several gentlemen assembling in one of the rooms near the library in the mouth of each was Well-lghted segar. Un"ln Charlie and onr- selves were rather contoun, ed at this sirgu ar disobediepce of tules, In the museum Y, md some-yes mapy-objects of genuine cl ri ,sity but We cannot name them: however, to the stranger WE would say, by all means visit the AthenHum. The shades f night began to fall and out of this pl ce we strnlled to see the court house chufches aHd fine resi- fences surrounding the park. On hHar.n5 the sweet tones of an gln and the voices singing near by, we drOpI il to the Episcopal church, and found Rev. Wm. McGatherty and the organist engaged in teaching several boys how to sing accrptably. CThere were about twelve bovF ranging in years from eight to thirtccnl The exercise was entertaining, and the mode of their pleasing The rector exhibited his skill a singer, and it afforded us much pleasure to hear him sing. The boys did remarkably well, and equaled any that eyer heard befo Q. The lateness of the hour hastened our retI Tn 10 the American House. and on reaching it met with Mr. John Cole of the Hous Itonc railroad, MT. Hiram Heaton. Mir. j. |. A. Smith and others On Sun day morning we rose early, and in company with Messrs EmmOns and H. aton walked oy, r 10 lout at of the finest county ials that we ever saw and it not for the fact that our own eyes SAW it we should be 10th to believe that such building would be erected for such purpose; it is how ever in keeping with everything else that we saw in this beautiful town. We returned in time for breakfast, and having finished our repast made ready to attend church. The day was gloriousiy hot but the people turned out and braved the heat. We wended our way to the 1st Congrega- tional, and entering were startled by the unusual courtesy shown us by the enlemanly usher at th door. who insisted on show ing to one of best sips in the ehur h. We had hardly taken onr seat when fresh surprise gre end us in the rising up of the choir who comnen ed to sing Praise God from whom, &c. This made us think that we were too late for service but in time for another however this proved to be the to the morning seryice Rev 0. P. Clifford. of the Baptist church, ofiiciaed, having with Rev. J. L. Jenkins. The entire service wss very pleasing and impressive. One oc the beautiful features was the chanting Of the Lord Prayer, and it was truly sublime and made a deep impression on the entire congregation At the close of the service Mir. Emmons and our selves went to the office of Mr. J. E. A. Smith in the Berkshire Building, and from that point had good view of that portion of the town. MT. Smith we found to be entertaining and gave us some that related to the town, and at the same time permitted us to examine two volumes of the "History of Pittsfeid written by himself and published by authority of the town. The work is gotten up in good style, and, we doubt not is valuable companion to the stud nt as we'll as to the private citizen Taking leave of MT. Smith we returned to the house tmade famous by its good manag mentl. and evi- dence of the high position which the present pro- prietor holds in this town and his reputation as a landlord with the public. we quote the following published iu the Dailg Graphic of New York, March 10th, I57S
 "The American House, spacious feurst ry building with 100 handsomely furnished rooms is located on North street, the main business avenue afAI