The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03

Pence and u no more. and there you arc.
ia ok &c the entrance.
N!lhanStown IA az one ond Of tho Berk
Shir" Hills and I.akevils 70 at tho other
la the region bctwa-n ar Isnox, Stock
bridge. Great harrington. South Egre-
mont, L'-a, Pitisiield Sheffield Lanes
borp and lebanon Springs. Each has It's
own individual character, yet all have
much the same sort of things N do.
You can motor over some II the Lest
roads IN Ma>saCh usetts with all sorts III
fir" things to look At ~ you 20 You can
guii on some Of the live.iest links IA the
country. There IL tennis too. Of course
AM Ia PLACES there II hoAting and a touch
OF car Oeitg
But for III. most part the Berkshirss
OT"r what you normally expect Of hill
country There isn't any better wAlkin Z
anywhere /. III" woTli So those Who
know the country he-t tell you You al
ways get snIn-thlhg worth the trouble
ana wh". one" vpu'vc got the lie OF the
country ~ your heal you can do explur
ing which viii tAke you INTO places that
you Will want tn he friends with all the
rest Of your life
This H. the motor route through the
Bsrkshlre> suppose you start from New
York 10y the roai leading NJ the Hudson
to Poughseei-l" Prom PouRh ke-p Isle
you turn east passing through Pleasant
Valley and NilInruok. At MillhroOk the
roat v"eT- slightly toward the northw west
A.. iouTteeg mules further ON you zip
Town "A steep hui Ia AInsiiA which - on
the Harlem dlVhion ~ tho New York
t-..tral, and IL sllso on the Harlem Valley
motor road from New lork
The. you 20 TO MlllsrtOH ~ ar as pretty
pIeve ~ Stat. roai - yOu'll see ia a
days motoring, aud from Millerton you
turn east 20 tAkeyille and Salisbury.
There are chaiEs ~ lake, in this region .
and "a Mount Riga aboys Salisbury
there II a. pretty a chain Of lakes a. YOU
Ca. find his sIie'of Tan ada You won I
s'-@ thcm from the motor ToAt and YOU
cant 60 NJ by machine iou have TO
hire - horse OF else wall hut its worth
the subI-
from Salisbury ths road turns north
again - south Egrrmont. which n JtIst
over tn. Massa CT uSetts line IN Berkshire
county. Then comes Great harrington and
b-yund ~ StoCkbT,dga Ines. ara fine
B-rkshir" towns and tn. hotels ars of
II" sort that take care ~ you well
Ia" stock bridge Bow ~ "A hollow in
Ia" halls .i,tranC- Ia which u made
through narrow valley, steep and
shaded h~av Willy with IA" gr-"I.e-i trees
you ever SAW IA yoII life Tn" green
night IN "a r"lI.i to yOW eyes after the hot
glare II the op.n Rad
North 81 stock bridge. over one Ui the
falr"st roads ~ all Massa ChtISetIs,
L',noK l~nox II one 81 the Places to
which New ork~rs 80 again and again.
~
'-tat-r II yoI haven a country place
there YOU can b. wcil hNsd va, at eith"r
Of the two great hotels. one ia the village.
and tn" other on hilltop.
It's "a fast seven miles from I"noN To
Pittsi"ld i1ttSf.s!d - 81 pleasant New
ing land city and Il has still IA good many
% tho characteriStICs 81 village. In.
streets are wius as when the settlers
used To have their cattle grazing on the
village common. and the elms arch from
one side Of the roadway- TO tho other
The best road, Il you mean tn. best
roadbed, 70 Nilliamstown " Ivy way q.
North AdAms. up the valley to tn. east-
ward Of 0rsylock You pas through
Cheshire Harbor, which liant L harbor
at all. and Adafns. and than reach North
Adams. which 10 four miles over Q State
road from Williamstown
But 81 ell odds the prettisst road from
Pfttshsle h By way Of L>Nnesboro, New
Ashford and South wIlMmstown The
road twists q good deal add In wet weather
it deves0ps rus and u slippery; but
for sheer beauty .hsro Asen't many roads
20 compare with 70 Ia the whole Bsrkahir.
region IL N heavily wooded. there are
loes Of brooks of the oomps.nIonAble sort.
and you get look 80 oreylook and The
Hopper which Il far better than Anvthins
yoi oan got 20 the eastward Of the noun.
tain.
Al NilliAmstown IL Williams COLLAGE.
Tho main street Of WilliAmstown q 90