New Britain herald., 1928-09-29
BERKSHIRE HILLS
 LURE MOTORISTS
Sceac Voldaiald Is Easily
 Relcaad by Niturt Lovers

New Britain autoists. keen about spending . weekend or . day mo- toring through the Berkshires - enc of the nations most beautiful scenic wonderlands-haye only a comparatively short route to tra' IL This is the season of the year when they are at their best.
 X land of mountains and lakes describes the Berkshire hills. Here is country of tumbling waterfalls of mountain lakes surrounded by forests, of broad valleys and Wind- ing rivers. of sunlit slopes and shady villages, and with the primary fac tor of good roads so important to the motorist. The Jacobs ladder ,oute is a beautiful way to reach the Berkshires from Springfi'l Id connecting with the Berkahires at Fast Lee and connections to Stock bridge and Lenox.
 The highway known as the Eerk- shire Trail offers an attractive way to reach the Berkshires from Springfield. Mass, by going up the Connecticut valley to Northampton and following the trail from ther, through a beautiful agricultural sec tion to Pittsfield.
 Fully 9o per cent Of the motorists going through the Berkshires in- clude the scenic Mohawk Trail in their itinerary. The Mohawk Trail is an attractive way to get to the Eerkshires.
 Greenfield is the eastern terminal of the Mohawk Trail, going from there over the trail to North Adams the most northerly town in the l;erkshires The Mohawk Trail can he used by motorists coming down from northern New England and the White Mountains and Canadian points. The trunk line highway from northern Vermont and Mon- treal is through Burlington. Rutland and Manchester to Williamstown The main highway from Albany tc the Birkshires is through Schodack Centre and West Lebanon over Leb. anon mountain to Pittsfield.
 StAkbridge Valley
 The Stockbridge Valley is not SC extensive as the Sheffield and Great Harrington plains. but it has pc. culiar charm of intimacy and through it the Housatc.!c river winds and turns and swings on d great oxbow. breaking up it's surlact into exquisite variety. Here the Housatonc Indians, later known as the Stockbridge or good" lndlans had made their main abode. gro '- ing corr where the golfers now tread; and here, .n l734, came -hn Sergeant to ChristIanize them. John Sergeant was but 24 years old when he came to Stockbridge in the hear of the wilderness. After he had mastered the Indian language, h, prepared and preached four ser mons week in summer and three m winter writing them all first ir English and then tianslating them
 Indian Euiial GrOsiHi Seen
 His work bore rich fruit. and there IS not more interesting In. dian relic in the East than the old Indian burial ground. preserved as a town park at the wcst end ol Stockbridse's main street. For years the Indians shared the sch Jolirg g the church services and the com. nlunal life of the English settlers Housatonie Indians held offices ir Stockbridge town government ulti after the revol Ltion.
 Lenox has famous associations with the past. Here Hawthorn. once lived and wrote the "Tangle. wood Tales in a house that over. looked stockbridge bowl, and Henr; Ward Beccher came here in tho summer. Holmes. though his estate was in Pittsfield, belonged rather tt the Lenox colony. Today. however the appeal to Lenox is pre- minentls social rather than literary. and splendid rather than quaint or old fashioned. Mile after mile Of road way leads up hill and down dale be. tween the groves and gardens o great estates where marble man. sions Gleam at the end of popular avenues. Lenox. of course. has it. fine hotels.
 Beyond Lenox. up the widening Housatonic Meadow. lies Pittsfield city of more than 10000 people Here LongfeIlow once passed hi. summer and wrote '"The Old Clocl on the Stairs"
 From Pittsficld one state high va, leads directly 10 the famous Lebanon valley in New York and anothci through Laneshoro and South Wi liamstown to Williamstown 9Th, Village Beautiful' and the home o Williams College.
 The ride northward from Will l'amstoWn to historic Bennington along the ridge of the wonderful fownal valley affords views that nc motorist can afford to miss.
 The autumn fo,iag" is losipuins to show it's richest. most gorgeous colorings. making the next twe weeks the ideal season of the yea, for . trip through fbc Berkshires and nnrfborn