The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-10
THE JOURNAL OF
VIM. A. GRAHAM
Concluding His Account of a
Tour from Hillsboro, N. c., to
to Boston. Part II
Monday 25th (July).

Left Lebanon Springs in com pany
with nine passengers in a stage for
Northampton Mass. = Rough as
1T is this county is thickly settled, and
the Inhabitants generally live in COM
fort, some of them in apparent spien-
dor and none Of them in AFFECT pov
erty; their agriculture is confined to
corn for their own use only, Irish
potatoes, but principally grasses,
which ena Bile them to raise sheep n
cattle which with their products, wool.
butter, leather, etc, are the chief ar
ticles for market. The sheep do not
appear to be very superior, but the
cattle are all Of one breed (red COLOR
and are remarkably fine. Many OF
the mich cows seemed to have an I'M
natural swelling Of the bag. The
principal timber trees of this region
are white pine and hemlock, these
they cut int lumber by saw mills.
which are profusely scattered. in the
mountain Streams. Tanner1es are
common, the bark of the hemlock be-
ing used instead Of oak. The cener
is grand in the whole route, but
chiefly in the Green Mountains, many
of the SUBMITS over which the o
passes are very high n overlook a
extent of country. On one Of
the highest / saw the sugar maple
and a small utndc6 IOI DOliiIS. lie
road is generally m~acadamized, is
smooth, but badly laid out. AT some
places (Snake HID we were obliged
to get out and walk. Along the en-
tire road, at short intervals, churches
with steeples and sheds for the horses
of the congregation presented them
selves, and that glory of New England.
school houses with their teachers and
the children of the township. This
was the season of moving, which was
being done at almost every farm. ]
was much surprised to see the grass
growing on the steep hill sides and
the mower telling 1T with his scythe.
They obtain but one crop Of hay an
nually. Oats were still green in the
fields, the corn was generally indiffer~
ent.
Tuesday 26th DULY.
Northampton is probably the most
beautiful Village in New England. It
rained so much in the morning that
] was unable to walk nue. over it,
but by the assistance of q fellow trav-
elef. / gained an entrance to the
steeple of the Congregationalist
Church, from which l had a view Of
the village and surrounding country
for many miles.
Wednesday. 27th (July) tBrookfetd).
We also visited a school kept
by Miss Lucy Halle, an intelligent and
hC1ItC SodAS Aou l. Ell Us LICK
modes Of instruction and apparatus
adapted to the simple comprehension
of small children. At nine We set
out, passed still trough a grazing
country where fine cattle, neat houses,
churches and schools still continued
In view, to Leicester, which is situated
on the highlands which separate the
waters of the Connecticut from those
which are discharged into the Atlantic
to the east. 1t has large manufac-
tories OF wooden cards. Thence we
passed through some smaller villages
TO worcester, a considerable town, at
the head of the Blackstone Canal;
from that place to Providence, r. +.
Worcester IS the residence Of the
present governor, Levi Lincoln, whom
we saw at his door in passing. It
contains some most splendid edifices
and rivals Northampton in beauty. On
the hill east of it "a lunatic hospital
is rearing. After dinner here we de-
parted for Boston at 2 O'Clock, over
a turnpike load, there being another
route called the old road. A rail-
road is about to be commenced be-
tween the two places. We entered
Boston over the mill dam bridge at
half past eight p. M.
BOSTON.
Thursday, 28th (July).
After writing a letter / walked to
the north wharf, market, etc. There
was not much shipping in port, bu:
commerce was tolerably brisk. The
market is a beautiful building. APP
pears to be too much confined. / next
visited F'anueil Hall IN the second
story of a house. 1t is not very spa
cious, is adorned by a portrait Of J.
Hancock and a bust of j. Adams,
over the presidents chair. Stuart's
painting of Washington on the right
represents him standing by his horse.
On the right also, nearer the chair.
Is a likeness of Warren. On the left
is Commodore Preble- 1t had also
some ornaments lately put up for the
cks dinner on the 4th. Above
the hall are the rooms of divers vol
unteer companies in which their arms
and equipments are handsomely ar
ranged. After dinner I walked on