Mower County transcript., 1903-07-15


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tos make way for q odern chapel but y
the picture of its interior with the high
pulpit at one end and the music gal.
lery ats the other with rows of win N'siiln1ls
dows one above the other on both sides
iss as vivid as if ! had Just visited il.
How many . nap used to have il ii the he
high back peWs in the warm summer. y lllll 7ssr
afternoons when the minister was cont
sidered to give q short sermon if it i DID. = q.
not last over an hour and when he.
oftensreached the ninthly and tenthly
ii the subdivisions sof his disc course.
There are few left in the community
whom 1 knew as a boy The old home
stead has passed out Of the family.
possession. n New neighbors and resi-
dents on every side make a strange
place OF it. The manGmo oth oak over
the stone wall il dying. The trees that
we're small generation ago are now
Widespre reading. Father and mother
sleep in Swan Point cemetery. The
home nest where we lived SO happily yin
the, summertime Of childhood is broken
up and deserted and the occupants are
scattered or gone. The old assoc ociations
are unloosed forever. But hope and
faith ever face toward the future Of
duty and opportunity and in new
homes and new associations are repro
duced the joys and hallowed Influences
and blessings which were found in the
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The trolley lines have certainly in
vaded the rural districts Of southern
New England. Out from this city in
all directions the cars run and bring
the surroundlng country il easy and
convenient touch with the centres. You
can go by trolley from Providence to
Boston and with a single gap from
Boston to New Y ork. The shore resorts
on both side Of Narragansett Bay are
united by trolley. on can SO into the
interior: now where before territory al
most unknown to the outside world
was located. II went one morning out
on the Danielsonville trolley line. Past
Olneyville we came to the old Greek
Tavern. once so noted. Along the Hart.
ford pike on the ridge of the johnson
hill, through forests Of chestnut, past
Changes hotel and Oak Swamp reservoir
and Brighton Park to North sictuate,
q large country Yillag hitherto reached
only by slow stage and over rough
roads i How
much Of this section is still unculti.
waited. y ct when the rocky hill sides
are seen it is not so very strange. We
turn south and continue on to Ash.
land where one Of our choice friends
has charge of New England cotton
mill which we inspected from picker
to loom. The trolley continues or
across the line into Connecticut. What
a convenience it will be for the rura.
districts of Minnesota when these
trolley lines are extended SO as to place
the farmers in convenient reach Of the
centres #. tzsss, $.t.ag: a. .f..,3 Il
The trolley means much for the rura
communities Of New England. In al
directions from Providence comfort
able homes are being built for those
| who have business in the city and car
thus get home conveniently. Up back
Of ny old home the rocky hills have
been cleared and dozens Of residences
built, and past the quiet village Of my
childhood Whizzes the trolley car. In
stead Of being attracted BY the charcoa
wagons and six horse cotton mill Wag
ons that formerly trayersed the high
ways the boy Of today has the evidence
Of twentieth century progress in sight
as he works over. the same fields which
his forefathers cultivated. Farming is
slow business here however. Only by
constant fertilizing can anything be
raised and the artificial fertilizers are
poisoning the land. Small fields, tip
ped up land with plenty of rock and
stones, and constant need Of fertilizing
are not inviting to q western man.
There are Of course enterprising farm
ers here as every where !. q went on lone
|afterno on to dlong's large truck gar
den ia Grams ton. @H g has a 100 acres III
q 4 mammoth 2 u truck farm, mostly cucum.
8bers and green stuff. He shipped 8,
barrels Of spinnage during one week
this spring He has arrange gements fol
irrigation and has q large pick fact;
Eory where he puts up an immense pack
for the New England markets. He
also has very large greenho and and
the daysl was there he cut Ss6. 400 roses