The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-02-17


nlng-thls Is done by tho country
people. WHO are paid by the cut
Hartford rs more compacty built than Middle
town and contains more souls the computed mum
bcr Of which amount to about double. Tho number
Of houses IN Middlctown are said to be 80 or CO.
These, reckoning eight to the house. would make
1000 at least The depth OF water. which vessels
make TO the last place. IL about ten feet and
is as much as there Is over saybrook bar.
AT Mlddlctown there is one Episcopal church
and two Congregational churches. In Hartford
there IL none Of the FIRST aud two Of the latter
Dlned and drank tea at Colonel wadsworths. and
about o'clock received from and answered nd.
dress Of the town Of Hartford.
There Is great equality IN the people OF this
state Few or no opulent men and no poor and
great slmlltude In their buildings-the general
fashion Of which II chimney always Of brick or
stone and door In the middle. with staircase
running up by the side OF the latter. two flush sto.
ros. with very good show OF sash and glass win.
dOws-tho size generally ~ from 30 TO 90 feet In
length and from 20 TO 30 In width-excluslvc Of
back she'd which seems TO be added as the family
increases. The farms. by the contiguty Of tho
houses are small not averaging more than 100
acres They worked chiefly by oxen. which
have no other feed than hay with n horse and
sometimes two before them. both in pillow and
Ia. lGnds.zand- IN ;helr Blolghs they
work honciR but ind them much more expensive
than oxen, bpriugneld is on the east side OF Con.
nectlcut rser: before you come to which n large
II stanlsiunder the hill on the Interval land. and
has only kup meeting house, 2s miles from Hart
ford
"sct out at and for the first eight miles ride
over an almost unnhabable plain, much mixed
with sand"
Saturday. 2ith-Dressed by : and set out by s.
ut 10 arrived at Cambridge, according to appoint.
ment But most OF the militia living little out
Of town, we're not in line I'll after II. Washing
tons modest description Of the civic honors fol-
a.. .ltI ..I L..
their different professions and under their own
banners ull we came to the state house from
which across the street an arch was thrown, In
front Of which this description;
"Tc tho Man Who Unites All Hearts" and on the
other To Columbla's Favorltc Son." and on the
other side thereof next the state house. IN panel
decorated with a trophy composed OF the arms Of
the United States OF the commonwealth OF Mas
Bachusetts aud our French allies, crowned with a
wreath Of laurel. was this inscription; Boston Re
lcycd, March nth l77G." This arch was hand
Eomoly decorated and over the center OF II n can
opy was erected 20 feet high with the American
eagle perched on the top After passing through
the arch and entering the state house at the south
end and ascending TO the upper floor and return
Ing to a balcony at the north end, three cheers
were given by n vast concourse OF people who by
this time had assembled at the arch-then fol.
lowed BY an ode composed In honor OF the presi'
dent and well sung by n band OF selected singors-
after this three cheers-followed by the different
professions and mechanics. In tho order they were
drawn IN with their colors, through lane OF the
people which had throngod about the arch, under
which they passed. The procession being
over was conducted 10 my lodgings at Widow
lngcrsolls (which is a very decent and good housed
by the Lieutenant governor, council accompanied
BY the vice president, where they took leave OF
me"
Next day. being Sunday, Washington went to
the Episcopal church In the morning and listened
to Dr. Parker and In the afternoon he visited the