Arizona weekly citizen., 1894-08-11
staining certain stones the right color Resources of Southern California. FLORA GLEN In the Berkshire Hills Where Bryant Wrote
 His
 THANATOPSIS The Shaker and Quaker Commu- mites in the Granite
 State.

T~O of inc incst beautiful sectioEs of the granite state is through the west
 and north-central. h the first are the undulating country and winding streams vending their ways through the valleys. | Among these hills many of the elite of New York city have palatial summer homes surrounded by beautiful park estates and Tn the Autumn are the scenes of much social gaity esspecially at Lenox.
 Almost in the northwestern corner of the state at W.lIlaustown IS Williams college with it's old-fashioned dormitory buildings simple in architecture with windows having small panes of glass, suggesting the days Tn the earlier history of the institution when college boys who looked through them in later years became prominent lights connect ed with the cUuntry's progress, among them was President Garfield whose sons James and Harry were there ID more ICOOhL ChACs NCdt tGC in Mills Park in which tho commence meDtJ are held and there surrounded by cedar trees is marble shaft surmount. ed by globe making the site where Samuel !. Mills and h fellcw collegians Richards, Rice and Hall consecrated themselves under hay stack 10 the work of foreign missions, they beng the first 10 do So in America. Not far dist ic ElArof, Gfor, her prxo,,e hIs famous Thanatopsis, at the age of nineteen, this poem being considered his master piece and begins "To him who m the love of nature holds commu- nioa with her visible forms, she speaks a various language:"
 Passing along eastward we come to Roosac tunnel which, with the exec D. ton of Mount Cenis, St. Gotthard and Arlberg tunnels through the Alps is the longest in the world; 1t is 54 miles long and was built in nine years at cost to the state of S9,C00,000 Being a railway tunnel it has greatly facilitated that traffic thereby passing through Hoosac mountain. One of the most beautifully situated towns in the north central part of the state is Fitcbburg, resting on the summits and slopes of 0ICCP HI tAC4A Al ID d prominent railroad centre and manufac- turing town. Here is Rollstone, a hall of solid gray granite on top of which is a block of sedimentary rock ground smooth by glacial action and stands ca the summit as if ready to tumble off if one had sufficient strength to start it rolling; 1t Is supposed to have been brought there during the glacial period. |
 M.ag-.s, r.sar "a hoe atf r. beautiful scenery, pleasant beaches and | seaside resorts;'it as figured very con- spicuously in the history of the country, has numerous educational facilities, IS large granite producing state and | throughout it are manufacturing towns with their pretty frame houses and flow CT gardens and numerous factories; among ies manufactures are shoes, ging- hams, prints, paper, machinery, etc.
 Between Hoosac tunnel and Fitch burg is Lake Pleasant, a summer camp ing ground of spiritualists; here they have their tents and small cottages ID which are held seances. They also have a large covered platform surrounded by seats in the open air where they hold afternoon servIces, when the audience Is informed that the spirits of the de-
  we attended 8 medium of the platform announced to us with hands uplifted, Il see three young men, they are sinking, they are fioaiIng," after which she named their names, then young EEo- man in the audience rose and said shs had known them, they were three friends of hers who were drowned; the medium then conveyed messages 10 her ch cold tho tO hnr Arnthnr medium said the spirit. of James, the natter of New York, had appeared 10 him. A man rose and said he knew him and another message was conveyed to him, One of their favorite songs IS "When the Mists have Rolled Away"
 A band of music plays here during excursionists. There is considerable fiattery by the young girl spirltualists to members of the band in making them presents of baskets of fruit and bouquets of flowers, the efforts of some being crowned with success in Ob, b,aining hus- bands.
 A few miles southeast of Fitchburg is Shirley in which is a Shaker settle- ment, here and 10 the adjoining towns are two families of them. There is no marriage among these people, they live together as brothers and sisters, those who are married upon joining them dissolve the marriage tie and If children adopted and brought up by them marry they are sent away we'll supplied with household goods. They are very neat and clean. Their style of dress IS similar to the Quakers, for the men long coats and broad-brimmed hats and for the women plain waists sewed on to plain skirts, plain shoulder capes and the regular shaker bennett something | like a hood with Q full back aud straight stiff piece going over the top of the head and ears and.tied with strings. In their conversation they use yea and nay. Most of the articles they use are made by themselver-theif rag, carpets, doors, mats of husks of corn, brooms, dried fruit as apples, cherrIes, etc., also the famous shaker corn. They are very hOspltable to visitors but will never permit them to eat with them; they have comfortable cozy little house where they entertain them; the food being brought over from their own dining room to the compaDy's and Is excellently cooked; our dinner consisted Of chicken, boiled potatoes, squash, green corr. a"pio pie, cantelope, watermelon
 8no t-' 20 of the sisters sat with us and waited upon us but before We began
 eating they insisted upon one of us say
 ing grace aloud.
 B. HoPKINsoN HoLGATE. !
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