Arizona republican., 1891-11-08
TWO CENTURIES OLD.
Ono of tho Landmarks of Pretty
 Chicopee, Mass.
A House supposed to Be Two Hundred and Forty Years of Age-It DenSd Indian Attack and Had Other
 Adventures.
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Ouaint old Chicopec is the location of a house supposed to be 225 years old, ,n, of the oldest houses in the state. It is avs the Boston Globe, in a good ,t,,c of preservation, and at the pres ,pt time is used as a residence by a nlnwho first saw tho light of day there Gf,y-srvcu years ago and has always lived in it,
 The history of the house cannot be traced back by documentary evidence; il is probable that all the records that could prove the ago of the old place have been destroyed by fire at North ampton.
 The only evidence on which to base tlc claim fer it's age is that furnished bv those who have learned it's history from the tradition hanacl down to them. The picture of the house, which is n ruoI one, will be familiar to all who have seen what is known as "Snow E,u,,." situated on Field brook, now commonly known as Coolcy's brook, thr famous resort for trout fishing.
 It i, now in Chicopec, but in its early history was in Springfield. and was cm- hraccd in that part long ago set off as Chicorcc. It is about one and half miles outside the village of Chicopcc Falls, off the main highway. a
 The present occupant of the house is Nathan Churchill Snow. He has lived alone in the house for the last fifteen years. where his wifc's death occurred lIr makes his living by farming, and has an the old,faShioncd ideas about the life ot farmCr' He rises at two or three o'clock every morning in sum racr and not later than five o'clock in winter Oi,cutimcs Mir. Snow has n load of wood, straw or hay delivered in Springfield before six o'clock in the aoruug,
 LIr will be tifty-sevcn years old Sep temhcr IS and boasts that never in his Iii, has he touched drop of intoxicat- ing liquor, but says he likes good to- hlccn. Mr Snow served in the Thirty seventh Massachusetts regiment during the late war.
 Acru'u"y ago the grandfather of the
  present. owner of the house came from lndr,watcr, Conn, and took up his residence in this old house, getting it irom Trial Cooley, Churchill Snow was the next owner, and now his son holds it
 Thc traditions handed down to the present Mr. Snow would mako the sU ,1 lat from other sources he thinks it is even oaoy.
 a story can be traced back which originated with Rcubcn Burt. who was avctrran oi the revolutionary war; he said fine house was over 100 years old at tar time ot the war.
 Su.mgn Munger, father of Hiram MUa-'r, the wcll-known Advent preacher, who has preached at moro camp meetings than any man living, wm'm1..,l thc house standing in the sam r'.r' when he was twelve years oId and the son, Hiram Munger, is now about cj-Aty-onc years old.
 In far north room of the old house the first Methodist meeting ever held in Hampj'u county took place. It was conducted by Rev. MT. Hcddiug, after. wards Bishop IIcdiing.
 Ec:, Lorenzo Dow, whose name is known to nearly every Methodist, also preached in the house.
 Hiram Munger, who can remember events of acv2nty-thrcC years ago, says he has no doubt the house Is much over -lJ years old, for at that time it was credited with l5O or 175 years. Records in City Clerk Whites office show that early in the year lGGo Urial Cooley was one of the persons to settle alNElpmurL which was the carly namc