NOKTHAMPTON 
 
 OF TODAY 
 
IN THE MEADO'WS 
 
1902-03 
 
 NORTHAMPTON 
 
 OF TODAY 
 
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 1902-03. 
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^DS CITY HALL 
 
 THE ARTIST'S IMPRESSIONS. 
 
 The most distiuctive characteristic of our American cities 
 is their newness, the appearance of recent origin and pro- 
 gressing growth. We look in vain for the many objects of 
 liistoric interest and the magnificent buildings so prominent 
 in European cities. There are the great cathedrals, saucti- 
 lied by the labors of many a genius; ancient walls, the scene 
 of many a bloody strife ; and on every 
 hand objects elocjuent of a great past. 
 
 The buildings of our modern cities 
 are the product of a commercial age, 
 and as such present little that is indi- 
 vidual or beautiful. Architecture, at 
 K-a.st from an testhetic standpoint, has 
 not kept pace with the general march 
 of progress in our era, and contents 
 itself with poor copies and adaptations 
 of past works. Ivven the public build- 
 ings and the churches bear this stamp 
 of commercialism plainly upcn then), 
 as if utilitarian considerations forbade 
 any departure from the rigid conven- 
 tional lines. Such ornament as is 
 deemed necessary is limited to mea,gre 
 crude, and often inappropriate cojiirs, 
 mechanical in effect and witliout n fn 
 ence to material of construclit)n. 
 
 Few of our American cities show 
 any distinctive character in their build- 
 ings. Perhaps some legislative edifice 
 or seat of learning adds a shade of dig- 
 nity; the rest resolves itself into business blocks 
 schools and dwellings of well known types. The nuisl pleas 
 ing, and indeed the redeeming features, are the duelling 
 houses, ample and with plenty of breathing space about 
 them, and the handsome streets lined with stately shade- 
 trees. The well-kept lawns, gay with flowers, vines and 
 shrubbery, socheirful in eflect, could never have- devel<)i)ed 
 in an overcrowded counlry and behind fortiliealion walls. 
 
 Of handsome residences, 
 tastily set amidst trees and 
 shrubbery, Northampton 
 can boast more than its 
 share. Kim street and 
 Bridge street, beautiful as 
 a whole in their perspective 
 of lealy canopy, have sin- 
 gle trees that one could 
 worship for their beauty 
 and grandeur. Some of the 
 side streets are charming in 
 their suggestion of rural 
 surroundings. 
 
 But it is often in the situ- 
 
 American cities lie. Xc.rtli- 
 ampton is particularly for- 
 tunate in this respect, and 
 in beauty of situation has 
 few rivals. I^ooking east- 
 ward and southward from 
 the brow of Round Hill, 
 or from the Smith College 
 tower, on a clear summer 
 day, the scene is one of 
 entrancing loveliness. The 
 citv itself is mostly buried 
 in the luxuriant foliage of 
 its shade trees; only here and there a roof gleams in the 
 sunlight, and the various church spires indicate the presence 
 of the buildings under the leafy canopy. Beyond the dark 
 masses of shade trees extends, unbroken, like a sea, a vast 
 plain of brighter verdure, far away to the mountain chains, 
 the Northampton meadows. 
 
 To the outsider who is familiar with New Kngland, 
 where one can seldom go far, even in nninte jiarts. without 
 
 rrlus. 
 
 NEAR CORNER OF KING AND MAIN 
 
 enrounteriug habitat on.., il uiun si cm rallur odd to si e such 
 :\u expanse of beautiful r..unlr\ willu.ul a lial.italion ujuin 
 il. Hut should he happen lure in the sjiring, when the 
 whole expanse is turned into a huge lake by the annual rise 
 of the river, the reason would be obvious enough. 
 
 The two mountains. Hoi yoke and Tom, clothed in gor- 
 geous ]nirple haze, loom up grandly beyond the meadows, and 
 still beyond hill and plain lo.se themselves in the far distance. 
 
St «.<.KM1()N lO KK^I){->fS 
 
SIDE OF MAIN STREET 
 
 THE BENEFACTORS OF NORTHAMPTON. 
 
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 *HE list of Northampton's licnefactors 
 a long and noble one, and Nortli. 
 ainjiton of to-day cannot lie descrilied 
 \\ itiiout giving them credit. The t^ifts 
 I i.ver a wide range, and in 
 some instances represent 
 the accumulations of a 
 lifetime. In proportion 
 to its size, Northampton 
 lias been more generously 
 remeniliered lh:in any city in the countr}', and 
 the large gifts from those who were born here, 
 but who spent most of their lives elsewhere, 
 illustrate the strength of the charm that rests 
 on all of its children, to whom Northampton 
 always remains the Mecca that with longing 
 eyes they hope to see again. 
 
 The inhabitants of the city will always de- 
 light to honor the names of those whose treas. 
 ures have been so lavishly given to promote 
 their well-being. 
 
 Sophia Smith.— The story of the founding,' 
 of Smith College by Sophia Smith is full ol 
 interest, as told by her spiritual adviser, Rev. 
 John L,. Greene. Only an epitome of her life 
 and benefactions can be given here, and inas- 
 much as the fortune with which she endowed the college 
 came by inheritance from her brother Austin, who died about 
 i860, it seems only just to say a few words in regard to him. 
 Austin Smith, like his uncle Oliver, was a verv reniark- 
 
 al)le man. Both were liorn " money-getters." Oliver loaned 
 his money on mortgage securities, with an eye to safety, and 
 Austin, seeing the attractions in Wall Street and becoming a 
 close student of the stock market, made more rapid strides 
 through investing there. It was his custom, when the 
 market was ripe, to gather in tlie money of the neighborhood 
 on loan, and go to New York to buy securities, selling them 
 
 at advance prices. Ibusitcamc to pass that 
 
 he grew rich faster than his uncle Oliver, and when he died 
 
 he left to his sister Sophia a large fortune. It is interesting 
 
 to speculate on what his plans would have been had he lived. 
 
 Sophia Smith lived ten years after the deatli 
 
 if .•Austin, and it seems to have been a matter 
 
 if earnest and prayerful inquirj' with her as to 
 
 vliat she should do to better the world with 
 
 he fortune that came to her. After long grop- 
 
 ng in darkness, and with the help of her ad- 
 
 isers, Reverend John L. Greene and George W. 
 
 lubbard, she decided to found Smith College. 
 
 Is it not possible that Sophia vSmith's final 
 
 1 cision was the result, in part at least, of the 
 
 insi)oken influence of Marv I, von, her kins- 
 
 L-ge : 
 
 for 
 
 man, wlio founded Mount IIhImi 
 
 il Si.jiliiaSmith'sdeatli in iS;. , slu left th; 
 
 111 led and eight}" -six thousand 
 
 founding of Smith College, the tci\\n nl 
 rthamplon adding twiiity-five tlnuisanl dul 
 s. The way in which the institnticm has 
 iwn, under its wise management, from mod- 
 beginnings and hopes, to become the pride 
 Xorthampton and to have a membership of 
 Ivc hundred and properly worth more than 
 lillion dollars, is a matter of historv. 
 
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beautiful plant house to Smith Col- 
 lege, in memory of his mother; con- 
 tributious towards building the Clarke 
 Library ; the purchase and support ot 
 the Home for Aged Women ; and ma 
 terial aid to the Home Culture Club 
 The love and esteem in which In 
 was held by all can perhaps be best 
 voiced by quoting from the records of 
 the trustees a resolutiou passed upon 
 receiving from a near and dear friend 
 of Mr. Lyman a bronze tablet, whicli 
 was placed on the Academy in 1900: — 
 "To him who has gone the Academy 
 itself is the noblest monument, and to 
 the present generation, at least, no 
 words of inscription are needed to 
 keep his memory fresh and fragrant. 
 Yet it is fitting that the act of a friend 
 should so designate the time and the 
 man that those who .shall come after 
 
 Judge Forbes was 
 a native of Bridge, 
 water, and .settled 
 in Northampton as 
 
 BEDFORL TERRACE 
 
 US, as they enjoy the fruits of his generosity, shall also call 
 mind the giver, who.!,e wise foresight and public spirit are c 
 tiued to take on wider significance as the years go by." 
 
 Charles E. Forbe.s. — As one recalls the quiet life of Ju< 
 Forbes in his rooms over the old bank, and in memory sees hin 
 with his woolen shawl thrown loosely about his form, going t< 
 the Warner House for his toast and tea, one wonders how loni. 
 the thought.of a library was taking root in his mind. The work 
 ing out of great problems is always full of interest, and there i; 
 every evidence tliat the judicial mind of Judge Forbes had fu' 
 play in laying out the plan that linally resulted in the estal 
 nicnt of llic 1'urbi.s I.ibrarv. 
 
 CORNER ELM STREET AND BEDFORD TERRACE 
 
 viEAR EDWARDS CHURCH 
 
part of the cost of Cosmian Hall. He founded 
 the Florence Kindergarten, and saw the re- 
 sults of his generosity in the success of the 
 school during his lifetime. Upon his ileath 
 in 1882 a large fund was left in the hands c.l 
 the board of trustees to carry forwanl lii-. 
 cherished plan, that of bringing a praitic-il 
 education to all -who desired it. His earnest- 
 ness in all things made him so devoted to his 
 business that his health finally failed him, 
 and the last fifteen years of his life were a 
 vigorous struggle against encroaching disease, 
 to which he at length yielded up his life, 
 without a murmur or any dread of the future, 
 at Citronelle, .\]abama, December 13, 1S82, at 
 the age of seventy-six years. 
 
 Oliver vSmiTh. — Although the benefactions 
 of Oliver vSmith extend to seven towns besides 
 Northampton, the location of the office build- 
 ing here, where all business is transacted, 
 makes this great charity seem like a part of 
 Northampton, and Oliver Smith can well be 
 claimed as one of Northampton's greatest 
 benefactors. 
 
 He was born in Hatfield, January 20, 1766, 
 where he was a farmer and a partner with his 
 brother Benjamin in a general country store. 
 He commenced his business career with two 
 thousand dollars, inherited from his father^ 
 and at the age of thirty he commenced to loan 
 money on bond and mortgage. 
 Hy the greatest economy he 
 amassed a fortune, which at 
 his death in 1845 amounted to 
 three hundred and ninety-four 
 thousand, seven hundred dol- 
 lars. He never married. By 
 one of the mo.st remarkable 
 wills ever written, he created 
 the .Smith Charities. His 
 .\u-tin. a brother of 
 us the execu- 
 over which 
 
 ■pnew, 
 i.phia Sniitl: 
 >r of his V 
 
 there was a famous lawsuit. 
 Rufu.^ Choate was employed 
 as counsel for the heirs, and 
 Daniel Webster by the execu- 
 tor to defend the' will. The 
 
 gave a verdict sustaining the 
 will. 
 
 The first board of trustees were 
 Osmyn Baker of Northampton, 
 .\ustin vSmith and John Dickin- 
 son, Jr., of Amherst, the first- 
 named being the president. On 
 October 11, 1859, the miscella- 
 neous fund had reached |4oo,coo, 
 and was divided as required by 
 the will as follows: — ^Joint fund, 
 s;/ir,,n<x); Agricultural School 
 fund, ;f5o,ooo; Colonization fund, 
 $10, (XX). The latter fund was by 
 law transfered to the Agricultural 
 School fund in 1861. 
 
 It is impossible in a brief paper 
 like this to enumerate the differ- 
 ent provisions of the will, copies 
 
 COMMENCEMENT FESTIVITIES 
 
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same to be wholly or in 
 part, free of cliarge. 
 
 On these lines the hos- 
 pital has been conducted. 
 The demands upon it have 
 been at times greater than 
 it could conveniently meet, 
 but through the generosity 
 of its friends contributions 
 have been made, both for 
 its support and to increase 
 facilities. Two very hand- 
 some additions to the build- 
 ings have been made this 
 vear; one by Henrietta M. 
 and Margaret P. Wright, of 
 Kridge Street, in memory 
 of their brother, James G. 
 Wright, and the other by 
 Thomas M. Shepherd, as a 
 memorial to his father. 
 
 Alfred T. Lii.lv.— Mr. 
 Lilly came to Florence in 
 1853, to take a position as 
 superintendent of the Non- 
 otuck Silk Company. In 
 1872 he became treasurer 
 of the company and so 
 continued until his 
 death. In all of his 
 work he was systematic, 
 faithful and reliable. 
 He could always be de- 
 pended upon, and the 
 success of the company 
 to which he gave so 
 much of his life was 
 largely due to his efforts. 
 While he practiced strict 
 economy in his personal 
 affairs, he never turned 
 a deaf ear to any appeal 
 for help. He called 
 himself an agnostic, and 
 delighted to discuss his 
 favorite themes, yet he 
 was in practice a follower 
 of the example of Jesus, 
 seeking always the light 
 and brooking no shams 
 nor duplicity in anyone. 
 
 TYLER HOUSE 
 
 He contributed ten thousand 
 dollars towards the cost of 
 Cosmian Hall. He was prac- 
 tically the founder of the Flor- 
 ence Ijibrary As.sociation, and 
 gave thirteen thousand dollars 
 towards the cost of the build- 
 ing and five thousand dollars 
 for books. He was greatly 
 interested in the Northampton 
 Drum Corps, and presented it 
 with one thousand dollars. 
 
 In 1884, learning from Presi- 
 dent Seelye that Smith College 
 was in great need of a building 
 for scientific purposes, Mr. 
 Lilly erected and presented to 
 the college the Lilly Hall of 
 Science. In i888 the executive 
 committee of the Free Congre- 
 gational Church incorporated 
 in their report the following: — 
 •'The majority of your com- 
 mittee would occupy this para- 
 graph to declare, what the 
 modesty of our es- 
 teemed associate, 
 Mr. Lilly, forbids 
 him to say, that it 
 was owing to what 
 he saw and experi- 
 enced of the happy 
 effects of giving 
 the w o ni e n an 
 equal part with 
 the men in the 
 )usiness of this 
 jociety and its 
 lublic teachings, 
 that he was led to 
 make to Smith 
 College his noble 
 and princely gift- 
 Lilly Hall of 
 iK-e- the first 
 
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sufiicifiit amount to ert-cl 
 the Ijeautiful art gallery 
 that bears his name. George 
 W. Hubbard was the treas- 
 urer of Smith College, from 
 its incorporation to his 
 death, and left the greater 
 portion of his estate to the 
 college. The names of 
 Rockefeller, Wallace, Al- 
 bright, Washburn, and 
 many others, are those of 
 men who have done their 
 part to make the campus of 
 .Smith College what it is. 
 
 SUMNER'S WORDS. 
 
 What Charles Sumner 
 said as he stood on Mt. 
 Holyoke, and looked over 
 the Connecticut Valley 
 and the Northampton 
 meadows, is worth remem- 
 
 M- 
 and his life was 
 leged to know him. 
 
 Pl,iNY Earle.— The life of Dr. Earle is an example 
 of what can be accomplished by good judgment, 
 patience and thrift. He was a Quaker, received a 
 classical and medical education in this country and 
 Europe, and performed his life work as the superin- 
 tendent of the Northampton Insane Hospital. Under 
 his wise management the institution became not only 
 self-supporting, but it added greatly to its holding of 
 real estate and the value of its property. On account 
 of advanced age he retired in 1885. 
 
 His will provided that the residue of his estate, after 
 paying legacies to relatives and friends, should be 
 turned over to the city of Northampton, and when the 
 fund should equal sixty thousand dollars the income 
 should be used to aid in the support and maintenance 
 of the Forbes Library. That institution has for several 
 years received the income. 
 
 Dr. Earle found time to write many important papers, 
 and was considered an authorit\- on all subjects relatin 
 the care and treatment of the insane. 
 
 In the list of Northampton's Ijenefactors there arc 11 
 other names that might be mentioned, among them th; 
 Winthrop Hillyer, whose relatives, carrying out a 
 informally expressed liy him, presented to ,Smith Coll 
 
 at of 
 wish 
 
 THE COLLEGE GYMNASIUM 
 
 hering, in connection with some of the views in this book. 
 It was Aug. 12, 1847, that he said, on the mountain, "I 
 have been all over England, through the Highlands of Scot- 
 land ; I have passed up and down the Rhine, have ascended 
 Mont Blanc, and stood on the Campagna at Rome, but have 
 never seen anything so surpassingly lovely as this." 
 
VNAT mami ooixhi s and vbj. 
 
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LILLY HALL OF SCIENCE AND MUSIC HALL 
 tain rooms for the use of the various student societies, for 
 the organizations which embody the religious work of the 
 college, and will furnish a center for the social life of the 
 institution. It will contain also a hall with a seating capacity 
 of from six hundred to eight hundred people, furnishing an 
 attractive place for the less formal meetings of the students. 
 This is an age distinguished for progressive movements, 
 and nowhere is this more manifest than in our institutions 
 of learning. We may perhaps take two examples of recent 
 improvements in the facilities of the college, not to give any 
 prominence to particular portions of the work, but because 
 they are recent and illustrate modern educational methods. 
 A lecture-room and labora- 
 tory have been added to the 
 plaut-house, that there may 
 be better opportunity to 
 stur'y the actual life of the 
 plants. Botany is no longer 
 a process of collecting and 
 naming flowers, nor of dis- 
 secting plants, but still 
 more of studying their act- 
 ual development. When we 
 turn on the other hand to 
 the ancient languages, 
 which have been regarded 
 as the conservators of all 
 conservative methods in 
 education, there also we 
 find new instrumentalities. 
 A room has been fitted up 
 for the classics, to lie 
 equipped with a special 
 library, that students ma\ 
 have better opportunity for 
 research and work under 
 the immediate direction of 
 their teachers. There are 
 pictures, copies of inscrip- 
 tions, and many objects of 
 archiEOlogical interest to illustrate t 
 anticipated that this room will l)e of gi 
 aging individual work. 
 
 It lias given to the students in the Greek department, and 
 to a certain extent to a much larger circle, a peculiar interest 
 in archx'ology, that Miss Boyd has been so closely associated 
 with the recent excavations and discoveries in Crete, and yet 
 is able to spend a portion of her time here, feeling as much 
 enthusiasm for her instruction as she shows in her work of 
 
 investigation. It is a great help in the study 
 of ancient literature and history to have the 
 past brought so near and rendered so distinct 
 by these continued discoveries, and to feel 
 that the college is actually having a part in 
 bringing the ancient life into the light. 
 
 The college was founded with the purpose 
 to give to young women advantages similar 
 and equal to those which the traditional New 
 England college has offered to young men. 
 Following the example of other institutions, 
 it has somewhat modified the peculiar promi- 
 nence formerly given to the ancient lan- 
 guages. For many years there were three 
 separate courses, distinguished by three dif- 
 ferent degrees, according as the ancient lan- 
 guages, modern literature or science were 
 especially pursued. Now, however, there is 
 but one degree given to the different gradni- 
 ates. The new tendencies of education are 
 also shown in the greater variety of subjects 
 which have a place in the requirements for admission. This 
 effort to make room for the increasing number of themes for 
 study, to meet the vast diversity of demands, makes a college 
 a totally different institution from what it was in former 
 times, and places at a disadvantage a college with a small 
 number of students. The growth in numbers is necessarily 
 associated with great variation in courses of study. 
 
 The ideals and purposes of a college express themselves 
 peculiarly in the religious life of the institution. The moral 
 and religious atmosphere which pervades and sustains the 
 organization, that indescribable something which is the 
 effect of the in,Tny minds reacting upon each other, whicli we 
 
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 VIEW ON ELM STREET 
 call the spirit of the institution, and which shows itself 
 preeminently in the religions life, is perhaps the most im- 
 portant clement in college education. Miss Smith expressed 
 in her uill the desire that the college should be Christian 
 but unili luiiiiinational. She wished to have tlie Bible the 
 1 enter ol the life, but she laid down no formulas of faith. It 
 has been the constant study of those in charge of the. college 
 to secure for the students those influences which would best 
 help to symmetrical Christian development. The students 
 
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Another unusual feature in the situation is the large sup- 
 ply of books iu proportion to the number of inhabitants. 
 Northampton has in its public libraries 62.3 volumes per 
 head, that is twice as many as Woburu, three times as many 
 as Arlington, Beverly, Dcdham, Leominster, Marblehead or 
 Pittsfield, four times as many as Marlboro or Midford, 
 five times as many as 
 Chicopee, six times as many :' 
 as Melrose or Quiucy, seven 
 times as many as North 
 Adams, nine times as many 
 as Everett, all places of 
 about the same population.* 
 
 A third anomaly is not so 
 gratifying— the small pro- 
 vision which the Forbes 
 Library has for running 
 expenses, with so large a 
 book-buying income. No 
 library reports less spent 
 for management than for 
 books ; often the amount is 
 half as much again; some- 
 times it is double. But in 
 its seven years' history the 
 Forbes Library has paid for 
 books f 1 15,000, and has had 
 for maintenance only I63,- 
 000. The result is that some 
 desirable ways of librarv 
 activity are closed to the 
 library, much neces ar% 
 work is slighted and that 
 recourse is necessanh had 
 to makeshifts, an expen'i\e 
 method in the long run 
 and not producing goo 1 
 results even at first \s 
 however, most e\ils have, 
 their good side thispo\trt\ 
 has led to some noteworthy 
 
 experiments. A library that * disman 
 
 has got along seven years with neither accession book nor 
 shelf list, and for half that time, having no catalog and only 
 a rude classifica.ion on the shelves, has yet maintained the 
 largest per capita circulation of any city in the world, is not 
 without interest for the library- expert. The catalog is now 
 at last possible, thanks to the Library of Congress, which is 
 in fact beginning to do the cataloging for all the libraries in 
 the country. In another seven years the Forbes will have 
 a printed card catalog in which the author entries will bi 
 made by the highest ability in the country, leaving 
 
 with the novel — which three-quarters of the borrowers will 
 take when they are limited to one book — a " non-fiction" 
 book was allowed. The Forbes, besides these, will lend a 
 book (fiction or not) in a foreign language, or one each in 
 several foreign languages, and any number of books up to 
 100 for study fi. e., everything hut novels). These can be 
 kept till someone else wants 
 them. At the end of six 
 months the borrower is re- 
 quested to return those 
 which he has finished using; 
 at the end of a year he is 
 requested to return all, but 
 may take them again for 
 another year, unless they 
 are wanted, the return being 
 only to prevent their getting 
 incorporated in the private 
 libraries of the patrons. 
 
 The most expensive books 
 go out under suitable gua- 
 rantee of careful usage. 
 Nothing but the most 
 necessarj' books of reference 
 are restricted. 
 
 Photographs and engrav- 
 
 ings, too, circulate lo the 
 extent of 10,000 a year and 
 music (mainly sheet music) 
 to the extent of 2.000. This 
 artistic use, which is rapid- 
 ly growing, is especially to 
 be rejoiced in because it 
 reaches a side of our nature 
 in which Americans have 
 especial need of culture. 
 
 .A liberal policy is the 
 only one which can make 
 tlie resources of the library 
 ;ully available. Book'^ that 
 . an be consulted only under 
 restrictions stay unused 
 on the shelves and might as well not belong to the library. 
 The Forbes librarians do not indeed go out into the highways 
 and byway ., and compel them to come in, but they do ilie 
 next thing to that, they make all welcome when they come, 
 give them what they want, and encourage them to. ask for 
 more. Every one knows that the book which a man wants to 
 use will have much more effect on him than the book which 
 he reads indifferently or from a .sense of duty. The corollary 
 from this is that the wise librarv will, if it can. buv (with 
 
 only the . 
 at home. 
 
 sification and analyt 
 |-he librarv will lin 
 
 work to be do 
 
 m instniiiunt 
 
 catalog will ^-omv . pari f>assu . tlic sli< ll \\-,\ . 
 
 For all the ham])ering lack of funds, the F'orbes li; 
 accomplished much, mainly by rea.son of its unusu: 
 liberality in giving out its liooks. The ordinary librai 
 lends on'e volume for two weeks. A few years ago 
 
 ON PARADISE 
 
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the success of that library. Well placed in the centre 
 of ample grounds, substantially built in an agreeable 
 semi-romanesque style, it is unlike other libraries in 
 that its whole lower story, loo feet square, is a single 
 room, only broken by the pillars aud arches that 
 sustain the second floor. Older libraries look confined, 
 dingy and gloomy, compared with this new, bright, 
 open, cheerful building and many of later date are not 
 as homelike and comfortable. 
 
 THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF TODAY. 
 
 BV Sri'T. J. H. CARI-RKV. 
 
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 •ORTHAMPTON may well feel 
 proud of her public school 
 system. As now arranged we have 
 the kindergarten, primary, gram- 
 mar school and High School 
 departments. The pupils enter the 
 kindergarten at the age of three years 
 and six months, and are allowed to 
 remain until five years of age, when 
 entrance is permitted into the primary 
 school. The public school course proper 
 
 covers a period of 
 thirteen years, in- 
 cluding four years in 
 the High School. 
 Our High School, 
 while it gives a broad, 
 general course, equip- 
 ping for the active 
 duties of life, also 
 prepares pupils to 
 enter the leading col- 
 leges. Certificates of 
 admission are granted 
 our graduates into 
 such institutions as 
 Amherst, Williams, 
 Smith, Mt. Holyoke, 
 and other colleges of 
 similar standing. In 
 the p r i m a r y and 
 grammar schools the 
 usual subjects — read- 
 ing, writing, arithmetic, geograp 
 their prominent places ; besidei 
 history, nature work, physiolog 
 training, and physical culture, i 
 
 CAPEN SCHOC 
 
 anguage, are given 
 L-r, the subjects of 
 ig, music, manual 
 I special attention. 
 
 LOWER KENSINGTON AVENUE 
 past three years the " individual " system has been followed 
 with success. It is the aim of the music course to render the 
 pupil independent in this subject, at the same time to teach 
 him to appreciate music, and to make it possible for him to 
 understand that it is a reality. Music holds a prominent 
 place in the develop- 
 ment of the child; not 
 only is it of great 
 ethical value but it 
 also serves to develop 
 the finer instincts in 
 the child nature and 
 is a great factor iu 
 smoothing the rough 
 places in school work. 
 Physical training as 
 carried on in our 
 schools adds much to 
 the general physical 
 development of the 
 pupils. It develops 
 the child systematic- 
 ally, in accordance 
 with hygienic princ- 
 iples. Out-door play 
 is not to be dispensed 
 with, neither is its 
 out-door play, while it gives free 
 use to all the muscles, accompanied by plenty of fresh air, 
 will not systematically develop the physical nature, 
 nor give free and graceful carriage to the body. A systematic 
 and well arranged course in physical training supplement® 
 the out-door play by special training of particular parts 
 ofthebodv. 
 
 overlooked ; 
 
 VERNON STREET SCHOOL 
 
 Northampton is one of the pioneer cities in the subjects (if 
 music and physical training. A special supervisor nl 
 music has been employed for the last thirty-five years, and 
 a special teacher of physical training for eight years past. 
 From the first the music instruction was under the direc- 
 tion of Henry Jones, who retired three years ago. Tor the 
 
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 High School, not ouly as a betlL-r preparation for the various 
 polytechnic institutions but also to give a broader and better 
 equipment to the pupils who go into the trades and the 
 manufacturing establishments. It is of no use to try to deny 
 the fact that manual training does serve to develop more 
 fully the intellectual side of the child than does the mere 
 study of books alone ; and not only this but, furthermore, it 
 renders him capable of using his hands in a way so utterly 
 lacking among supposed educated people. In connection 
 with manual training in the High vSchool there should be 
 given a first class commercial course. The necessity of this 
 latter has been so clearly demonstrated in Northamptou that 
 further suggestions are unnecessary. Cooking should be 
 introduced into the eighth or ninth grades of the school 
 course and given as an option in the High School at least one 
 year. The necessity of knowing how to cook, bake, and 
 prepare plain food for the table, and to do it in the most 
 economical manner, needs little comment. To do all these 
 at public expense seems to some niimU .'iii iiinriiinu.; wii'-tiof 
 money. Many do not see that 
 it is returned fourfold in tlu 
 intelligence of the labor, 
 tlie saving of raw material 
 in this labor, and, fiirtlur 
 more, the promotion ol 
 health by greater intelli- 
 gence in the preparation of 
 food for the table. SkilUcl 
 labor in any occupation is 
 less expensive than the un 
 skilled. The amount of 
 money lost in material 
 wasted by unskilled labor 
 is greater than that paid in 
 higher wages for skilled 
 workmanship. The skilled 
 workman demands more 
 outside of hisownimmediule 
 vocation to satisfy his in- 
 telligent desires. His read- 
 ing is Ijroader, bis esllutn- 
 tastes have been develo]); ■! 
 his home is thereby to Ik 
 made more attractive both 
 inside and out, and to satis- 
 fy these demands business 
 of all kinds must increase. 
 
 The introduction of the foregoing 
 into the school curriculum does not 
 overburden or crowd out what we 
 have been pleased to call the essen- 
 tial subjects. The essentials have 
 been spread out too much. A greater 
 concentration of effort is necessary ; 
 this combined with the elimination 
 of portions of certain subjects will 
 not only give a clearer and better 
 under>tanding of these, but also 
 make it possible to equip our pupils 
 to meet the increasing demands of 
 society. 
 
 The nature and science work could 
 le greatly increased in efficiency by 
 utilizing a portion of the school 
 lawn-, fur tile cultivation of flowers, 
 trees, fruit, and the like, to be done 
 by the ehililren; collecting insects, 
 birds, etc., and watching their 
 growth and habits. Pupils in learn- 
 ing the habits and growth and use of 
 plants, insects, birds, and animals 
 also learn to respect and love them 
 only when we see the usefulness and 
 that we begip to respect it. Various 
 pieces of apparatus for exercise and play might well be added 
 to our playgrounds ; large sand htaps should be found in one 
 corner of every school yard for the use of pupils in the 
 primary grades. Playgrounds should not be made and then 
 the children turned loose to improvise at will what shall be 
 their play. There is need of intelligent arrangement, so that 
 it will appeal to the interest of the child — his play interest. 
 This naturally leads us to speak of school buildings, since 
 the grounds should not be made attractive without some 
 attention given to the buildings themselves, .•\ccommoda- 
 tious for school purposes cannot be too good ; therefore every 
 building must be equipped so that the pupils will have 
 proper light, air. and temperature. Pknty of room is a 
 necessity : smooth and well kept floora, airy halls, and 
 properly ventilated cloak rooms, must abound. Then, too, 
 in every schoolroom should be found all apparatus, books 
 and other equipment for the jiroper teaching of the different 
 
 beautv 
 
 ON OLD SOUTt 
 
»wt tkU »«^%^ irrrw .1«T frilHrti ,1.ir» 
 
 A hOK "OIO) HOMK U-EEK 
 
 
Kngland States very considerable. " 
 help this business in any place. 
 
 But above all other consideration; 
 Home Week" aids in the develop- 
 ment of character. It fosters in the 
 rising generation love and reverence 
 for home, and to the old it brings 
 happiness and pleasure. The present 
 age is called too severely utilitarian. 
 The commercialism of the time leads 
 many to spurn anything which does 
 not (iirectly return dollars and cents. 
 This spirit, which is often carried too 
 far, needs to be met by the whole- 
 some, uplifting ones of altruism and 
 good fellowship of human kind, so 
 that the man may not sink utterly 
 below the dollar in consideration. 
 
 BY THE WAY! 
 
 Life is too short to be used in 
 grumhlingat anything. It isgranted 
 that the temptation to grumble is 
 often strong, and so difficult to over- 
 come, that the safety valve of tcmpe 
 
 the case of local well meant efforts to benefit the city by 
 means of Board of Trade or otherwise. The officers of these 
 
 the fact that "Old organizations 
 
 i-nt, but it 
 
 be he 
 
 in the past received all the comfort 
 and encouragement they had a right 
 to expect from the community. Some 
 of their efforts did not materialize so 
 well as expected, perhaps, but the 
 leaders worked hard for success, and 
 would have triumphed but for the 
 fact that there were elements work- 
 ing against them all over the coun.ry 
 which they could not be expected to 
 be thoroughly acquainted with. 
 
 To the minds of many who have 
 studied the situation, it seems that 
 Northampton should be brought to 
 the attention of people not so much 
 as a desirable business mart, but as 
 a place where those desiring a home 
 and education for their children, 
 with all the attributes of a modem 
 .\thens, can come with perfect 
 confidence. 
 
 NTRANCE TO STATE HOSPITAL GROUNDS The manufacturing industries now 
 
 St sometimes give existing in the city should also be fostered and protected. 
 
 termined effort, in and it should be one of the offices of a Board of Trade to 
 
 secure such local government action as will 
 
 Ip them and discourage such movements as 
 
 noy and disable them. Instances of excep- 
 
 ns in these matters will readily present 
 
 iinselves to everj- public spirited citizen, 
 
 d it would be well to guard against the 
 
 akening or loss, at any time, of the city's 
 
 lustries now existing. 
 
 ^OUND HILL ROAD 
 
 ll should be borne in mind that this book is 
 I ntirelv original, livery engraving used has 
 
 ren made expressly for it. The cuts were 
 made by the Springfield Photo-Engraving Co., 
 iTid its work deserves commendation. This 
 
 >mpany has aided us in an artistic mechan- 
 A al presentation of the artist's work— if that 
 term may be so used, and it seems as if it might 
 be, for the best mechanic is, in a sense, an artist. 
 
KoA^azA•noNS 
 
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 Wb^ ^ 
 
perceptiou of pitch, the Weaver method reduces the ratio to 
 less than one per cent in the ninth grade. This course in 
 sight reading covers all the principles of staff notation, time 
 and tune. In short it teaches the 
 grammar of music. The drill com- 
 pels the pupil to eventually read 
 music as he does word language. It 
 becomes second nature to recognize 
 key, time and the other elements of 
 harmony. As a factor in mental 
 discipline sight reading of music 
 gives the child confidence, conquers 
 -elf-coufcioufness, ccniptls ccnctnt- 
 ralion of thought, demands exact- 
 ness at the first interpretation, and 
 has come to be recognized by many 
 able educators as a mental drill equal 
 to the olil-time rapid-fire oral tests in 
 arithmetic. .Ml the principles are 
 illustrated in good songs, and in the 
 upper grades instruction in musical 
 history further cultivates the taste 
 for the bvSt music. The teaching of 
 singing by this method also creates 
 a desire in a majority of pupils to 
 
 take up the study of some instrument, and teachers in this 
 branch testify that children trained in sight-singing acquire 
 the principles ofplaying any instrument with easeand rapidity. 
 
 Future possibil 
 l>y .Supervisor Ba 
 comprise an elecl 
 
 public school instruction, hoped fo 
 ■ s an extension of the present system, 
 rse in the High .School for the study 
 
 The successful inlruducliuu of thi.-, improved method 
 music instruction into our schools is due in large measii 
 to Supervisor Ralph h. Haldwin, whose earnestness 
 and enthnsiasni have inspired the teachers to hearty 
 cooperation and the pupils to eager study. It must be 
 remembered, in this connection, that a .solid foundation 
 was laid I)y the devoted work of Prof. Henry Jonc s 
 sui)ervisor of music in our schools for over thirty 
 years, who ha<l truly wonderful success with llu- 
 method almost universally used during that period. 
 Many good singers will today testify that the only 
 training they ever received was given in the Northamp- 
 ton schools by this faithful instructor. 
 
 .•\moiigthe tangible results of the new system, which 
 by the way arc not so important as the achievenuiits 
 already outlined, perhaps the most noteworthy are the 
 High School Chorus of over lOO voices, which has given 
 two creditable annual concerts; the High .School Boys' 
 C lee Club, limited to 20 members, organized by the 
 Ijoys themselves and conducted like the college clubs ; 
 and the Girl's Chorus, a more recent organization on 
 similar lines. All these are trained by Supervisor 
 Ualdwin, independently of the regular music cour.sc 
 and in jiublic concerts are demonstrating the efHciency 
 the sight-singing method. 
 
 of the theory of harmony, themes, history of music and 
 orchestral work, and for the analysis of great musical com- 
 positions, with recitals to illustrate the studies. The purpose 
 of such a course would be first, to give young men and 
 women possessing qualifications for success in music an 
 opportunity to tit themselves foradvanced study, and second, 
 to develop in pupils a desire for the best music and the ability 
 to enjoy fully all the varied methods of its interpretation. 
 Another possibility is that citizens will acquaint themselves 
 with its importance as bearing upon the music and musical 
 organizations of the city for the next generation or two. 
 
 The Smith College School of Music, while planned for the 
 college students, affords advantages to many others from this 
 city and places within a radius of 25 miles. Dr. B. C. Blod- 
 gett, the director, has drawn to the school an able corps of 
 instructors in all the branches of the art, and valuable work 
 is accomplished. The analysis class conducted by Dr. Blod. 
 gett in connection with the school is attended not only by 
 many students of the college, but by musical people of the 
 city and surrounding towns. The discussion and illustration 
 of great musical works affords an education obtainable in 
 very few cities of this size. Through the influence of Dr. 
 Blo'dgett and the school Northampton people are annually 
 
 the most famous 
 
ranks seconil only to Springfield's veteran vSecond Regiment 
 Hand among these organizations in Western Massachusetts. 
 It has for years delighted the people of the city and the 
 neighboring towns with summer concerts, and a local street 
 parade of any sort without the Northampton Band as escort 
 
 which 
 
 dist 
 
 "K 
 
 uishes 
 
 bestow 
 
 spet 
 
 ial 
 
 credit \ 
 
 proper! 
 
 .V f 
 
 el 
 
 that tl 
 
 Meadow City, but^any attempt to 
 .Id be out of place here. All may 
 have a share in Northampton's 
 
 AN OLD CEMETERY. 
 
 BRIDGES OVER THE CONNECTICUT 
 
 is insignificant indeed. In common with organizations of 
 the kind it has passed through many vicissitudes, but under 
 the direction of Albert N. Baldwin, recently made leader, the 
 l>and should improve its repertoire and take a stronger I 
 upon popular favor. The Florence Band is an infant 
 prodigy, comprised largely of amateur players, which 
 merits public support and favor because of its enthu- 
 siastic, persistent effoits, if not for its achievements. It 
 has acquitted itself creditably in several open-air 
 concerts and with continued drill under a competent 
 director is bound to win popular recognition. Encour 
 agement, both moral and financial, should be given 
 by the villagers. The dancers of the city and tin 
 patrons of the municipal playhouse are familiar with 
 the capabilities of Warner's Orchestral Club and tlu 
 Academy of Music Orchestra, the two leading orgauiza 
 tions of the kind in the city. Their services are in 
 constant demand and their work is uniformly 
 satisfactorv. 
 
 The old Bridge street cemetery is worthy of 
 
 mention in a work of this nature, because it is 
 
 still in use, and one of the well-kept features 
 
 ..f the city. The form of the well-known 
 
 sexton, which appears elsewhere, will l)e 
 
 recognized by the many who know him. He 
 
 has committed over two thousand bodies to 
 
 the earth of this cemetery, aiul the total 
 
 number resting there is lieyond couiimtation, 
 
 I'lir lack of perfect records. What was once a 
 
 gloomy, poorly kept place, has, through the 
 
 care of the sexton and the public spirit of the 
 
 Cemetery Committee, of which Charles A. 
 
 Mavnard is chairman, been made a beautiful 
 
 and consecrated spot, which many bereaved 
 
 people appreciate. The other cemeteries in the city are also 
 
 well cared for, and Florence has the most sightly one of all, 
 
 in the new Spring C.rove cemetery, with great landscape 
 
 ,il,ilities. 
 
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 M PAKK FOV NORTHAMPTON 
 
with perfect location for drainage. There should be no 
 longer delay iu taking preliminary action in this matter, and 
 it is suggested that a general committee of citizens shall be 
 organized to procure outline plans and estimates, and if pos- 
 sible get pledges of financial aid from liberal citizens before 
 bringing'the matter before the city government for action. 
 There ought to be no question as to the success of this 
 project, if it is taken hold of by those persons who have the 
 best interest of the citv and its future growth at heart. 
 
 AGRICULTURE IN NORTHAMPTON. 
 
 S. S. WARNER. 
 
 i 
 
 nplIE old saying, that a ft 
 •^ Northampton meadow 
 
 acres of 
 nd, a few 
 
 paying for the fertilizer and seed, and all the labor, at the 
 rate of four dollars per day for man and team, there remained 
 for the merchant twenty per cent profit on his original 
 investment. 
 
 There are a number of farmers in the meadows who are 
 receiving equal and even better returns than in the case cited. 
 With good cultivation almost any crop adapted to this 
 climate will grow luxuriantly on these lands. Perhaps 
 tobacco should be excepted, for the soil seems a little heavy 
 to produce the light thin leaf which the tobacco market now 
 demands. Onions, potatoes, garden crops, corn, grass and 
 the grains all grow with profit on these lands. 
 
 As to the present condition of agriculture in Northampton, 
 it proljably compares favorably with the general farming in 
 Western Massachusetts ; but falls far short of the standard to 
 which liy right it should attain. With a great diversity of 
 
 of th 
 Bank 
 
 the K 
 
 church were 
 the only coup 
 ons necessary 
 for a ticket of 
 admission into 
 
 fairy land has cast such a halo about 
 the meadow lamis, that it has become 
 sacrilege to disturb the surface of these 
 acres. At least it would so appear to 
 the stranger, who, riding for the first 
 time through this .section would wonder 
 from whence the strange influence came 
 which prevented these lauds from 
 become useful. It remains for the wor- 
 shippers of mammon to break away 
 from this medieval influence, tear up 
 the encrusted surface, let iu the sun- 
 shine and ozone of the atmosphere, get 
 the forces of nature at work, and receive 
 better dividends. 
 
 Happily this statement does not apply 
 to all the meadow lands, for there are 
 bright spots, where the hand of the 
 thrifty farmer is visible. It is true, 
 however, that too much of this land is 
 lying idle, yielding only what will grow 
 on a hide-bound surface; and this small 
 product is annually removed, with no 
 return of plant food to the soil, except 
 perhaps a sediment of real estate washed 
 down from property farther up the river 
 by the spring freshet. This is not farm- 
 ing, nor it is in line with the modern 
 
 idea of commercialism, where the best „ "" ~ "" 
 
 possible dividend is expected for each " 
 
 dollar invested. What the.se neglected '*^' ^-_ ""^"^ 
 
 acres might produce is plainly seen by r 
 
 the bright spots referred to, where the 
 thrifty farmers are receiving good 
 returns for their work. There seems to 
 
 1)6 no good reason, except neglect, why this land should not 
 demand better prices than have prevailed during the past 
 fifteen or twenty years. To illustrate the value of this land 
 as an investment, backed by a fair degree of enterpri.se, I will 
 cite a single case. One year ago a Shop-Row merchant 
 bought ten acres in the central portion of the meadows for 
 three hundred dollars. iMve acres were plowed and tho- 
 roughly harrowed ; sixty dollars worth of fertilizers was 
 worked into the laud, and the piece seeded. This spring the 
 remaining five acres received a light dressing of fertilizer 
 .nid iu July the grass was harvested and the hay sold. After 
 
 soils, and with a general slope to the south-east, a large con- 
 .suming population clo.se by, and the best of railroad facilities, 
 Northampton should rank as the leading agricultural town 
 in the Stale. 
 
 The total number of farms in Northampton is given in the 
 government census as 551, yielding a product \alued at 
 1356,816; or about |'648 for each farm. Of this product, about 
 32 per cent is credited to dairy farms, 33 per cent to hay, 
 straw, and fodder crops, vegetables 8 per cent, cereals 4 per 
 cent, and the remainder is about equally divided between 
 animal and greenhouse products, poultry, tobacco, fruits and 
 
MU*. ..:i..(rl 
 
 
of excellence for the unthinking, making petty tyran- 
 nies out of the mannerisms of successful men, while the 
 other class are more concerned through the throes of 
 personal conviction with what shall be said rather than 
 the manner of it ; trying to throw off the superficial 
 wordly success as a motive, avoiding the influence of 
 other strong natures, for the sole sake of a harmony 
 between the temperament and a natural environment. 
 To be alone with the Creator, is the straight and 
 narrow waj- to living art, and few there be that find it. 
 In common with, the rest of New England, the last 
 twenty-five years has brought to the Connecticut Valley 
 a fair share of the training and culture necessary for 
 the growth of an art atmosphere. In spite of the 
 emigration of forceful natures to larger centers there is 
 a general understanding and appreciation of the 
 business of an artist, formerly entirely lacking. 
 
 IDGE 
 
 STREET SCHOOL 
 
 property. Clearing up the waste places; utilizing with good 
 cultivation the neglected lands; more liberal application of 
 fertilizing material to the cultivated crops, would result in not 
 only better dividends for money invested, but a great deal 
 more satisfaction with the crops harvestcil, and the general 
 appearance of things. 
 
 ART IN THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY. 
 
 m KI.BRIDGE KING.SI.KV. 
 
 / \V all the illusions fallen to the lot ul 
 poor human nature perhaps the greate--t 
 lies in the expectations evolved from tlu 
 ^ludy of intricate problems in art. Vague 
 aspirations seeking permanent form in the 
 living present are cherished as symbolical 
 el high spiritual culture, but they may be 
 of so little permanence, these hopes and 
 fears, that they will be swept into the du-l 
 heap of the next generation. 
 
 No one can assert definitely what Art is. 
 has been, or shall be. 
 Perhaps the most permanent form of its expression telU the 
 story of a human soul in its struggles to reach the infinite 
 
 Perhaps the problem is so simple that a child should under 
 stand, yet it has its roots in all created nature. 
 
 It is the present, past, and future of a living universe ! 
 This is all, and it 
 is sufficient. 
 
 It would seem un- 
 necessary to atiiriii 
 that an intellectual 
 comprehension of art 
 docs not produce it ; 
 that all the machin- 
 ery of classilication. 
 
 EDWARDS ELM 
 
 halls, systems in 
 institutions of learn- 
 ning, teachers of in- 
 numeralilemethodsof 
 drawing, painting, 
 modelling, etc., 
 
 commo 
 creative artist. 
 
 The one .• 
 becomes skill f 
 setting up star 
 
 h I 
 
 N'o need now to 
 explain in matters of 
 general information, 
 or even to travel for a 
 knowledge of the 
 world's greatest and 
 best. Libraries and 
 art museums are 
 overrunning with ex- 
 amples and informa- 
 tion, while the draw- 
 ing teacher is a 
 familiar sight at every 
 school-house. 
 
 The fact will be 
 admitted but scarcely 
 realized that America 
 tod ay has great 
 names in the art 
 world, needing only 
 the glamour of time 
 

continued to give to her descendants and they continue to 
 come back and sit under the elms, to climb Mt. Holyoke and 
 look down on the Connecticut Valley. 
 
 The descendants of \Vm. Goodwin have been generous with 
 the old town. Beside loving and beautifying Mt. Holyoke, 
 they have been the means 
 of adding two new and 
 beautiful buildings for art 
 and literary purposes, so 
 that the spirit of the 
 ancestry descends to modern 
 times in ways undreamed 
 of but in entire harmony 
 with the feeling inculcated 
 when foundations were laid 
 in the famous broad street. 
 The material is here for the 
 historian, the poet, or the 
 
 Those who desire to know more about Northampton, its 
 history and attractions, should read the excellent work of the 
 late J. R. Trumbull, soon to be complete, in two volumes; Rev. 
 Solomon Clark's unique and concise monographs; "Pictur- 
 esque Hampshire," and F. N. Kneeland's beautiful book, 
 
 paniter to make classic. 
 Rousseau never saw more 
 gorgeous sunsets than can 
 be seen from the top of Mt. 
 Holyoke, or through the 
 massive elms of Hadlcy 
 vStreet. Corot never at- 
 tempted anything finer than 
 can be seen every morning 
 on Fort River when the mists are creeping up the valley. 
 And for the colorists, such as Diaz and Monticelli, where 
 could be found visions equal to the autumn color of the 
 Connecticut valley, when the broad bosom of the river is of 
 burnished silver, when the masses of foliage in scarlet and 
 gold seem to come marching down through the green 
 
 MEROY TERRACE 
 
 ■llic Meadow City." To these might be added the issue 
 of the " Hampshire Centennial Gazette," and the Quarter 
 Centennial issue of the "Hampshire County Journal," the 
 latter to be found in the local libraries, but now out of print. 
 
 THE SEXTON 
 
 meadows like an army 
 tender light of Indian 
 Summer suffuses a 
 golden haze. Sun- 
 shine and shadow 
 creep along the val- 
 leys, and chase over 
 the hills, making pic- 
 tures to be echoed in 
 far off skies, like 
 dreams of a promised 
 land. 
 
 It is the Creator of 
 all, letting down a 
 silken cord and invi- 
 ting the human atom 
 to forget trivialities, 
 to be up and doing 
 something of worth 
 and moment that 
 shall bridge the gulf 
 between earth and 
 eternit}- ! 
 
 lith banr 
 
 .Xiic 
 
 
 THE LOST TRAIL. 
 
 ■ liglit, 
 night, 
 i-eyed, 
 
 igUt 
 
 itie. 
 
 d 
 
 of day 
 
 BRIDGE STREET CEMETERY 
 
 The works of Cla- 
 rence Hawkes. the 
 "Blind Poet of New 
 Kngland," appeal to 
 the people of North- 
 ampton, as well as 
 the works of Elbridge 
 Kingsley, from the 
 close proximity of the 
 town of Hadley, 
 where the author and 
 artist live, and the 
 manager of this work 
 would feel quite lost, 
 as ]irobably would 
 the pul>lic. without 
 tlie addition of their 
 inspiring companion- 
 ship in this book, as 
 their good words or 
 pictures accompanied 
 volumes of a similar 
 nature as this. 
 
 36 
 
THE WORK OP A MODIiKN tKK> I Of>K 1 
 
 d 
 
 
fifteen minutes, from 6 a. m. till 9 p. m. It is estimated that 
 20,000 pieces of mail are handled each day at the office and a 
 large part of it two or three times. 
 
 Four clerks are attached to the mailing division, Charles 
 C. Lewis, Robert T. Simisoii, George P. Hoxic, and David J. 
 Simison. The work in this part of the office is very exacting 
 and it requires a great amount of study to become familiar 
 with the location of all post-offices in this part of the 
 country, so that mail for all points may be forwarded by the 
 quickest possible route at all hours of the day and night. 
 Time alone is considered in dispatching mails. Distance is 
 of no account. G. P. Hoxie and D. J. Simison alternate each 
 
 have reached his office shall be placed at once in the "catch 
 all," and without further thought or effort after due lapse 
 of time, advertised or "returned to writer," as the case mav 
 be, or whether he will avail himself of all kinds of inquiry 
 blanks and other resources in the effort to ascertain who the 
 misdirected letter was intended for, or where it should be 
 sent. There is also a certain per cent of letters that reach a 
 city office without street and number being given. If the 
 for an unknown person, it is always a question 
 or whether these persons 
 The inquiry blanks 
 this case. 
 
 letter 
 wheth 
 
 ippl 
 
 blunder 
 somewher 
 force in 
 
 two weeks between day and night work. The ni.t;ht clerk 
 serves in the office from 7 to n.30 p. m.. when he leaves for 
 Springfield in the electric mail car. 
 
 Chas. L. Crittenden is the clerk in charge of the sale of 
 stamps, and also attends to the general delivery of the office. 
 The receipts for the sale of all denominations of stamped 
 paper is upwards of )f 100 a day. About forty different kinds 
 of stamps, stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers and 
 postal cards are kept in stock, the total value of which is 
 usually an average of some Ji2,ooo. Minute reports are 
 made each month of the receipt and sale of stock. 
 
 The general delivery of an office is a very important part 
 thereof. It is a sort of "catch all" for all letters not easily 
 delivered. It is con.seciuently a very reliable indicator of the 
 kind of work done in the city delivery section. 
 
 It is estimated that one letter in every three liundred is 
 misdirected in some way. This means that at every post- 
 office, a certain per cent of 
 the letters received are mis- 
 directed to that office and 
 not intended for that pl.icc 
 at all. It means also that a 
 certain percent are intended 
 for patrons of the ofTue U> 
 which they are addressed, 
 but the name or the initials 
 are not correct. .\s luis 
 been liinted. the general 
 deli\ery in the average 
 office is what the po.stmasler 
 
 I I became convinced years 
 ago that the general 
 delivery needed as much 
 care and attention, if not 
 more, than any other part 
 of the office. I believe it is 
 a postmaster's duty to make 
 every reasonable effort to 
 deliver, or find the correct 
 office to deliver every letter 
 that reaches his office. It 
 is not much of a compliment 
 to any postmaster to have 
 half his advertised letters 
 called for l>y people who 
 reside within the delivery 
 of his office. It shows a 
 niiicli higher standard of 
 efficiency to locate the ad- 
 dressees and deliver the 
 letters before they have 
 l)een kept long enough to 
 advertise. An idea of the 
 result of the use of the 
 inquiry blanks above 
 referred to, together with a card index giving the names of 
 all people in the city not in the city directory, the consulting 
 of many other directories and voters' lists can be had. when 
 it is stated that the average list of advertised letters twenty- 
 years ago at this office was twenty a week, while today with 
 nearly double the population, the list averages two a week. 
 These inquiry blanks not only serve to locate obscure 
 people in the city, and correct addresses on letters intended 
 for patrons of this office, but we are able to find the proper 
 destination of vast numbers of misdirected letters. An 
 average of ten addresses are corrected each daj-, or about 
 3000 a year at this office. 
 
 One of the greatest efforts of the Post-Office Department 
 today is to devise ways and means of correcting the errors 
 that the people make in addressing their letters. In other 
 words, the effort is to ascertain what the writer intended to 
 do, when he erroneously did something else. 
 
 make 
 
 him 
 
 misd: 
 
««fc MODERN TREATMENT OF THE INSANE. 
 
 ikna «« Ikrtt 
 
ooks bright and promising. From the better class of 
 hospitals all forms of restraint have been abolished ; this 
 includes not onl}- the straps and straight jackets, which in 
 the public mind are associated so intimately with the idea of 
 treatment of the insane, but also, contrarj' to popular opinion, 
 the discontinuance of the use of quieting medicines, which, 
 while they might induce quiet and sleep for a time, would, 
 later on be found to bring about an excitability retarding 
 convalescence, or establishing a condition of chronicity. 
 
 MT. NONOTUCK FROM HOCKANUM FERRY 
 
 The control of this class of patients, is watched over by 
 committees of the legislature composed of educated and 
 humane members who discharge their duties with increasing 
 interest. Obviously, in the care of disturbed patients 
 diversions must occupy an important place. In some insti^ 
 tutions this feature receives more attention than at others. 
 The Northampton hospital is peculiarly fortunate in this 
 respect. The medical officers, by frequent visits to the 
 wards, by lectures and entertainments, and by the use of 
 books, pictures and music; also by making the surroundings 
 as cheerful and pleasant as possible, induce that contentment 
 of mind which is now recognized as one of the most power, 
 ful means in the attainment of the amelioration or cure. 
 
 The patient suffering from di.sturbcd ideas, or when 
 seriously mentally afflicted, is, according to modern ideas, 
 to be treated as sane, so far as it is possible, and attendants 
 are instructed to avoid reference in their intercourse with 
 patients to anything which may recall tin- condition of those 
 afflicted. The great object to lie olitainid is to inspire 
 confidence, respect and 
 affection. 
 
 and wise superintendent of the Northampton Hospital. 
 What he developed has become, to the city a credit, to the 
 State an honor, but higher than all this, is what the institu- 
 tion means to the poor people, for whom it represents every- 
 thing — home, health, protection, and happiness — and to 
 others, outside its walls, for many an aching heart, mother 
 and father, wife or husband, child or friend wearily waiting 
 for the loved ones who cannot return, devoutly breathes a 
 prayer i)f i^ratitudc that they are safe from cruelty and harm 
 and wisely and humanly 
 , cared for. 
 
 The great task of the 
 physician is often neither 
 appreciated by the patient 
 for whom he is conscien- 
 tiously doing his best, or 
 even by the patient's friends 
 who should be most inte- 
 rested. Patience, tact, per- 
 severance, all are needed, 
 day after day, hour after 
 hour. An instance is men- 
 tioned, where an oft- 
 repeated, kindly suggestion 
 of the attending physician 
 marked a turning point 
 from disease to convales- 
 cence. The fear and dread 
 which at first almost over- 
 whelm the poor patient, as 
 he is Ijrought to a realiza- 
 tion of the situation are 
 gradually dispelled by wit- 
 nessing the contented, self- 
 respecting patients in the 
 ward. Scientific, medical 
 care includes shelter, food 
 clothing, pure air and water, bathing, hygiene, and diversion. 
 Out-of-door employment ranks high in the means of diver- 
 sion. The dignity of labor is shown even in the bearing of 
 the insane workman. Something accomplished, something 
 done has earned a night's repose. Medical scientific 
 philanthropy does not confine its efforts wholly to the 
 patients in the hospitals ; it considers what should be of 
 interest to the community — the prevention of insanity. 
 
 It is proper to sound a note of warning against the present 
 system of education, both in public schools and colleges. 
 The irrational manner in which heavy burdens are imposed, 
 without sufficient regard to the capacity of the students, all 
 of which predisposes to the mental instability, or to complete 
 break-down, under added strain. This problem must attract 
 more attention in the near future. 
 
 The future for advancement in the care of mentally 
 diseased jiatients is largely in the hands of our law-makers. 
 To carry on the work of reform requires reasonable appro- 
 priations for the construction and equipment of suitable 
 
 that 
 
 :h noble men and 
 women have accom])lished 
 in this great reform, and 
 particularly when wc 
 consider the results of tlu 
 labors of the medical 
 profession for the luiinau 
 and scientific care of the 
 insane, one name shines out 
 in brightest lustre — it is 
 that of Dr. Pliny Karle — 
 formerly the honored 
 
IN PRAISE OF NORT 
 
I next saw her — wa 
 Now she is a city 
 
 ittle more than 
 the 20.000 cla; 
 
 banks of the Sabine and Trinity rivers in Texas, exclaiming 
 "Oh, for one more sight of the Connecticut!" 
 
 Although great in historic interest, Northampton, even as 
 late as 1865 — when 
 large sized village, 
 with libraries, 
 newspapers and an 
 electric railway 
 service that would 
 be creditable to a 
 city of 50,000. The 
 fame of Smith 
 College, within her 
 borders, is world- 
 wide, her public 
 schools rank with 
 the best, and lier 
 silk manufactures 
 have a national 
 reputation. 
 
 When ne Toc- 
 quevillc visited 
 this country to 
 observe our free 
 institutions a u d 
 gather data for liis 
 great work, " De- 
 mocracy in Ameri- 
 ca," he arrived at the conclusion that th 
 Massachusetts, especially the region round about Worcester, 
 afforded the best example of the benefits of free government. 
 Worcester, I believe, is still called "the heart of the Com- 
 monwealth" — whatever that may mean— but from my own 
 observation I have come to the conclusion that about the best 
 type of American citizenship today will be found in North- 
 ampton. I sa}- this advisedly, because it has been my fortune 
 to live in every section of this country and freely mingle with 
 people of all classes and conditions. In the South they 
 invite strangers to thier homes and kill the fatted calf, but 
 should you believe tliat a "nigger" has some rights a white 
 
 lEW FROM DICKINSON 
 
 Commonwealth of 
 
 important elections in Connecticut are men who can trace 
 their ancestry back to colonial days. 
 
 I have heard it said that Northampton is " dead easy " and 
 that she is slow. May she never become hard if that means 
 that a man must be despised because he is poor or weak, or 
 because he is 
 black. May she 
 never be swift if 
 an odious commer- 
 cialism threatens 
 to pollute the con- 
 science of her 
 people, destroy 
 confidence be- 
 tween man and 
 man, and finally 
 allow some fun- 
 gous growth to 
 destroy her vitals 
 because she lacked 
 the moral stamina 
 to maintain her 
 rights. 
 
 It may be known 
 to some North- 
 ampton people 
 that the writer of 
 these few lines had 
 a definite object in view when he came among them a little 
 more than four years ago to tarry for a season. When just 
 on the threshold of young manhood every fond hope of my 
 life was turned to ashes. Many and many a time I've tried 
 to look through the almost impenetrable darkness to see if 
 there was not some beckoning hand from my mother's old 
 home just over the river from Northampton. Some boyish 
 fancy led me to believe that the spirits of our departed loved 
 ones betake themselves where mortal eyes first saw the light, 
 and when I pined most for a mother's love I looked there. In 
 after years there was recompense for so much sadness, and 
 then I formed one chief ambition. That ambition has been 
 satisfied, and now I am content. 
 
 HOSPITAL GROUNDS 
 
 HOLLAND'S TRIBUTE TO NORTHAMPTON. 
 
 NEAR FACTORIES, BAY STATE 
 man ought to respect, don't lisp it to anybody, because if you ilo 
 you'll surely have cause to regret it. In some of the Western 
 States— especially Kansas— multitudinousisms grow^ and .spread 
 like Jonah's gourd, until at last we have the edifying spectacle 
 of Carrie Nation haranguing the mob on temperance, and at the 
 same time drumming up trade for hatchets. Even down in 
 Connecticut, once known as the " land of steady habits," it is 
 an open secret that there are towns where 25 per cent of all the 
 votes cast are sold to the highest bidder, and furthermore it is a 
 fact that a large proportion of tho.se who l)Uy and sell votes at 
 
 42 
 
THE OLD LADIES' HOME. 
 
 T" 
 
Still aoother, an aged man, who hail passrd the three score 
 aud ten years, Samuel Wright of Itridge street, living where 
 the house o£ John Draper was huilt, most beautiful for 
 situation, shaded by one of the most beautiful uiaple trees in 
 the city, planted by Dr. Samuel Stebbins— Mr. Wright, who 
 look a dislike to the town of Northam])ton, gave to the 
 writer, by will, the house and all its eontents. As he had 
 done nothing for his fcUowmen in life he wished to leave his 
 property for the benefit of aged women. 
 
 Harvey Kirkland, his adviser, said his mind was so feeble 
 that a will then made would not stand, and his heirs would 
 break it, and of that 
 valuable estate, after the 
 auction, was sent to the 
 wri'.er, instead of the house 
 a wooden chair, that did 
 not sell. 
 
 But later years found men 
 and women generous 
 enough to establish this 
 home for the aged aud the 
 need)-. 
 
 And now has eouie the 
 time when a new building 
 aud more rooms are needed. 
 The population of 12,000 
 persons has increased to 
 18,000. 
 
 Every room is occupied. 
 Ten inmates, one almost 
 ninety-three years old, 
 makes that home a sacred, 
 happy retreat and another 
 of ninety years still plies 
 her needle, while a helpless 
 rheumatic invalid still 
 smiles cheerfully, though 
 pains rack her body and' 
 
 teaches the visitors a lesson of content. We do not wish to 
 part with these inmates who teach the managers, but we do 
 wish to have rooms for all who need, and the uuijoritv favor 
 an enlargement that will not detract from tlie homelike 
 appearance of this simple, happy home. 
 
 To this end a gentleman has already prcnnistd a sum of 
 money in memory of a beloved mother, several otlurs xvisli 
 
 ing fund has been started. 
 
 Faith born of good works inspires the belief that friends 
 near and far will gladly contribute funds to enable all who 
 apply to enter the doors, which have always ojjcned wide and 
 given a welcome, 110 matter to wliat eliureli tiny lielong. 
 
 trous have done much to make the institution what 
 
 it now is, and the lirst in iS 
 has never been excelled 
 her good qualities, she £ 
 aged will al 
 be a powt r : 
 
 be with 
 
 3(, Mrs. I^asalle, a Roman Catholic, 
 in ability and economy and to all 
 :lded great skill in nursing. The 
 is, and this little Home will always 
 C. S. L.^THROP, Secretary. 
 
 CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. 
 
 '"pllK Clarke School for the Deaf has an enrollment of one 
 
 hundred and fifty pupils, and it has become one of the 
 
 most important institutions of the city. Its beneficent, 
 
 BY THE RIVER SIDE 
 
 singularly enlightening work has attracteil wide notice. 
 When its incorporators ajjplied for a charter, there was not a 
 school for the deaf in the country taught by the oral method, 
 and now there are over twenty. Then there was not a single 
 teacher of articulation in schools for the deaf, and now 
 nearly all are teachers of articulation. 
 
 But, as the late L. J. Dudley, preident of the corporation, 
 said, the good done by the Clarke Institution during the last 
 twenty-five years is not to be measured solelj- by speech 
 given to the speechless, nor by culture given to the mind. 
 The deaf have been uplifted, at least in Massachusetts, out- 
 siile the schoolroom. The child of four senses in no longer 
 regarded as pos.sessiug only in a partial degree the attributes 
 of average humanity ; and it no longer figures 
 in our statutes and State documents as one of 
 the pariahs of society. 
 
 Twenty-five years ago, only six years were 
 allowed by the State for the education of a 
 deaf child, and th&t exclusively by sigus. The 
 hearing child learns the most practical part of 
 its mother tongue from its mother's lips and 
 from the common parlance of the family 
 1>efore it goes to school at all. It would take 
 the deaf child at least four years to reach the 
 vantage ground with which the hearing child 
 begins school life. This would leave but two 
 years in which to complete its education. 
 Now, every deaf pupil is allowed ten years of 
 schooling; and if the parents desire and 
 certain reasonable conditions arc met, the 
 Governor of the Commonwealth is authorized 
 to ])rolong this period of ten years 
 indefinitely. 
 
ME DEPARTMENT. 
 
The most important phase iu the chanjje to 
 the new order of things was the adoption of 
 the permanent or regular service system at 
 the Center, as a partial substitute for the old 
 all-volunleer organization. The small begin, 
 ning was so successful in quick responses to 
 alarms that more permanent men were added, 
 until it is now possible to get every piece of 
 fire alarm apparatus, with sufficient men to 
 serve it at a fire, as soon as the first round o^ 
 an alarm is completed. In this particular our 
 department is just as efficient as that of anv 
 city. It was not many years ago when an 
 alarm was followed bv a wait of several 
 
 minutes before 
 the apparatus 
 started out, be- 
 causethe horses 
 
 i^MMt^ , ^^k lirought from 
 
 lniF~~* ^^^^H e y-trained 
 
 ^Hk^^ ^^^^H horses the 
 
 ^^^J^^^^^^M ^'"'^f engineer's horse 
 
 \^^^^^^^^^K the 
 
 ^^^HB^^^^^^F the 
 
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^ alarm open the 
 
 ^^^^^^^^^ sends 
 
 ^^^^^^_ _ them trotting out to their 
 
 positions under the harnesses. 
 Improvement in the apparatus 
 naturally accompanied these important changes, until today 
 the equipment is as modern and adequate as that to be found 
 in most small cities in this part of the country. The most 
 valuable addition to the apparatus in recent years was the 
 combination chemical and hose wagon, which has repeatedly 
 demonstrated its worth in putting out incipient fires without 
 the loss which would follow the use of a big stream of water, 
 and in promptly reaching fires which would get beyond 
 control if the old and slower method of fighting had to be 
 depended upon. The new 
 hook and ladder truck, with 
 its light truss pattern of 
 ladders, purchased this 
 summer, isal.soan improve- 
 ment much appreciated Iiy 
 the hook and ladder men, 
 and which makes possible 
 a quicker and more efficient 
 service in getting into burn- 
 ing buildings. 
 
 It is also a i)leasure to 
 record that along with this 
 material improvement there 
 has been accomplished a 
 very important change for 
 llie better by the removiil 
 of the department from 
 ])olitics, or of politics from 
 the department. The an- 
 nual disturbances and party 
 quarrels which once shook the department and damaged its 
 efficiency are now altogether of the past. Successive mayors 
 and committees cooperate heartily with the officers and men 
 in maintaining that harmony which is necessary to a good 
 fire-fighting service. The public also takes an interest in the 
 department and apjiaratus. All this inspires the firemen to 
 keep the apparatus in first class condition and to devote 
 themselves conscientiously to their work. 
 
 DAM AT BAY STATE 
 
 thi 
 
 namei 
 secon 
 
 LOOK 
 
 TOWARDS COSM 
 
 engmeer, 
 
 the superintendent of the fire alarm system and five firemen 
 quartered at the Center engine house. The chief engineer 
 has an assistant at the Center, Felix Laframboise, and a 
 second assistant in charge of the companies at Florence, 
 Charles O. Parsons, both efficient engineers. The Center 
 department is made up as follows : chemical company, seven 
 men, the driver and two men being permanent firemen ; hose 
 company, eight men ; hook and ladder company, twelve 
 men ; steamer, named by engineer and stoker. The drivers 
 of the hose wagon and ladder truck are permanent men. The 
 water pressure iu the city is so good that the steamer is 
 needed only at large fires, and it does not respond to the first 
 alarm. The force at Florence consists of a hose company of 
 ten men, hook and ladder company of twelve men, steamer, 
 by engineer and stoker, which responds only to 
 darms. No horses are stabled at the Florence engine 
 house and the force is en- 
 tirely volunteer. Conse- 
 (juently there is frequently 
 a delay of several minutes 
 in getting the apparatus 
 started out. .\ movement 
 til is year to quarter one 
 ]>ernianent man and span of 
 lionscs at this house was 
 unsuccessful, but Florence 
 property owners will soon 
 insist upon this needed im- 
 provement in the service 
 there. Bay State village 
 has a hose wagon and ladder 
 truck, manned by a com- 
 pany of ten men. Leeds 
 village has a hose wagon, 
 cilil hand engine and a com- 
 pany of fourteen men. The 
 fire alarm system will 
 hat village in the near future. 
 Iways a special mark for the critics 
 of public administrations, but it must be remembered that 
 this department is not provided with unlimited funds where- 
 with to purchase the latest in apparatus, to maintain an 
 adetjuate force of permanent men, and to provide training in 
 modern methods of fire fighting. It is proper to say here 
 that officers and men are doing the best possible with what 
 
 doubtless be extended i 
 The fire department i 
 
AN ELHJCATJONAL 
 fFNTKR. 
 
THE CHAUTAUQUA ASSEMBLY. 
 
 vork has broadened and deepened and has been put on a 
 
 Q 
 
 \ MOXC7 the educational inslitutiou 
 -'^ for which Nortlianipton is faniou 
 may justly be reckoned the Chautaiuiu: 
 Assembly at Laurel Park. 
 
 The Park itself is a 
 
 beautiful grove of chest- 
 nuts, pinjs and itiiplcs. 
 covering perhaps a hun- 
 dred acre*. It is less 
 than three miles from 
 )ton 
 
 The Assemlily lasted - 
 sive. TJiere are each dn 
 rium,. morning, after no< 
 fully varied, "concerts. 
 All of the highest quali 
 
 ays last year, July 8-iS inclu- 
 iiti ! tainments in the Audito- 
 Miing. These are wonder- 
 , jnK.^ling, orator}-, debate. 
 be^t talent that the country 
 
 city anil is liv;t reached from Northani 
 by' the Hatfield line of electrics. T 
 coming from a greater distance may travi. 
 the way by rail, a; the Boston and Maine 
 New Haven railroads have each a stt 
 within three minutes walk of th" park. 
 
 No more beautiful spot can be found in tlie 
 Valley. The grove itself, on elevated ground- 
 coniniandn wide sweeps of valley and meadow, 
 framed on all sides by mountains. To the 
 north lies Toby and Sugarloaf, to the east 
 the Pclham hills, southward ihe serrated 
 Mount Holyoke range, and beyond the Notch. 
 Mt. Tom, with its precipitous, basaltic sides, 
 completes the circuit. Almost in the center of 
 the basin is Mt. Warner, and wandering in wide sweeps a 
 curves through the fertile mtadow laiui the majestic ri 
 rolls southward toward the fO'Mid. 
 
 The Connecticut Valley Chautauqua was foundeii sixt. 
 years ago. For nearly as many years before tlie grove 1 
 been used as a camp ground by the Methodists. Tile groui 
 had long been dotted with cotlages and tents. An auditori 
 and boariling houses had been ereited and were tlie projK- 
 of the Methodist .Association. 
 
 For some eight years after its foundation tin Assenil)Iy \ 
 managed wholly by local parties, but in iSy.s Dr. W. I,. 1); 
 son was cniplcyed as Superintendent of Instruction. 
 Davison has had charge of Chautauqua work for fifteen yi. 
 
 id is at iireseiit superintendent of four other .\ss. niM 
 
 PARK STREET, FLORENCE 
 produces is brought to tlie Laurel Park platform. Talniage, 
 Coimell, MrArthur, Sam Jones, "Adirondack" Murray, 
 Congressmen Horr and Landis, Dr. P. S. Hcnson, Robert E. 
 lUirdette, I'rancis Wilson. It is a free platform. " No man's 
 lips are padlocked. Without regard to deiiominaticnal lines 
 or political distinction, specialists who have great thoughts 
 to give are invited to give them." There are the words of 
 the prosi>ictus and they are wholly true. 
 
 Besides llie w 01 k in the .Aueiitorium, important irslructicu 
 is earvie.l on in Normal Hall, Trinity Chapel and other 
 buiUiingsoii the grounds. Classes in languages, elocution, 
 ]diysical eullure, cooking, art, and science, are conductid 
 daily. An hour for children, an hour for Sunday School 
 two rehearsals daily of the 
 of. Aboin, are a part of the daily 
 pri gram. This and much 
 more makes the Laurel 
 Park Chautauqua a source 
 of great moial uplift to the 
 people of the valley. 
 
 Tlie officers of the Assent 
 bly are : President, Rev. E 
 P. Butler, Sunderland; \'ice 
 president. Judge L. E 
 Hitchcock, Chicopee; Sec 
 retary, James B. K ing 
 Springfield; Treasurer 
 George L. Harris, North 
 anipton. 
 
 The fact that au enter- 
 prise of this kind is so well 
 supported isa fair indication 
 of the high intellectual and 
 moral cliaracter of the 
 peojileof the Valley. 
 
 The future jirospccts to 
 the .Vs-embly are liright and 
 without question many 
 years of usefulness lie be- 
 fore what may well be called 
 •■The People's Uuiver- 
 
I » 
 
 L''ii^ I II I 
 
 THE JOMF «T.TTL'RF QUE 
 
 
 
 VATHU^AL 50CIETY AND dUB UFF. 
 
The Foresters of America are largely represented in this 
 city. The growth of this order, since the secession or with- 
 drawal from the Ancient Order of Foresters, a few years ago, 
 has been quite remarkal)le and now this society has become 
 one of the most important in the social life of the city. Its 
 various assemblies for public amusement rail out many 
 not connected with it. The organization has two courts 
 here, Mjadow Citj^ anil Duvernay, the latter composed of the 
 French American people. The 
 higher degree is represented in 
 the Knights of Sherwood Forest, 
 a finely equipped and well trained 
 organization, and the ladies, poet- 
 ically called " Companions of tlic 
 Forest," meet in two circles, Juli- 
 ette and the Pride of Meadow 
 City. 
 
 The Knights of Pythias control 
 the largest society hall in the city 
 and have a growing organization. 
 Northampton Commandery, Uni- 
 formed Rank, is a well equipped 
 company of men of fine personal 
 appearance, on parade, and the 
 subordinate lodge, Norwood, does 
 noble woik in charity. Good 
 Will Temide of Ralhbone Sisters 
 ably supplements the work of the 
 men. 
 
 The Improved Order of R? I 
 Men are represented in this city 
 by two vigorous tribes, Capa- 
 wonke and Passacomet, and the program carried out on the 
 field day, held last September under such discouraging cir- 
 cumstances, showed the stuff the modern red men are made 
 of. The local tribes are growing, as the natural result of 
 such grit and encigy as was then displayed. 
 
 The Ancient Grderof United Workmen lias two flourishing 
 lodges in Northampton — College City and Hampshire lodges, 
 and in this vicinity the order has the advantage of having 
 some of the ablest organizers and deputies iu the country. 
 They are constantly at work "for the good of the order," and 
 as a consequence the organization is constantly growing. 
 
 Enterprise Lodge, Degree of Honor, at the center, and 
 Crescent Lodge at Florence, are organizations of young 
 rho make inter- 
 
 Florence Council of the Royal Arcanum fs a flourishing 
 fraternal and assessment insurance organization, as is Flor- 
 ence Commandery, of the United Order Golden Star. 
 
 The Firemen's Relief Association and Northampton Street 
 Railway Einplayes' Relief Association are organizations 
 which have done much to aid their members in sickness and 
 other trouble, and are faithfully officered. 
 
 The adopted sons of America, in the English, Irish, Ger- 
 
 RANGE OF NORTHAMPrON RIFLE CLUB 
 
 man, and l-'rcnch ties of blood, foster justly their social 
 characteristics and interests in a measure, through their 
 various societies. The sons of "Old Albion" gather in Prim- 
 rose Lodge, Sons of St. George, and their women with them 
 in Victoria Lodge, Daughters of St. George. 
 The Germans have a political society called 
 
 the German 
 be referred to 
 
 esting the srcial life cf 
 the community while fur- 
 thering the interests of 
 their society. Their vari- 
 ous entertainments dur'ng 
 the winter months are al- 
 ways events of more than 
 usual note, and have an 
 originality of their own. 
 
 The Knights of Honor 
 are represented by a lodge 
 at Florence and the Center, 
 and both lodges are in good 
 condition. 
 
 Colonial Commandery. 
 Knights of Malta, is one of 
 the newer organizations, 
 which has achieved much 
 strength, and promises an influential organization. 
 
 The Loyal Knights and Ladies of Florence, as represented 
 iu Court King Arthur, are an organization which comprises 
 some of the bright young people of the village, and their 
 meetings are said to be of never flagging interest to their 
 members. 
 
 OUSTRIAL SCHOO 
 
 American Citizens' Association, which 
 elsewhere, as having built a fine hall the past year. 
 
 Tlien there is the order of Harugari, represented by Steu- 
 ben Lorige, the S:huetzenverein and Turnverein organiza- 
 tions, whose objects are generally well understood. 
 
 The French people are represented in several vigorous 
 organizations, besides Duvernay Court of Foresters, else- 
 where referred to. The St. John 
 BapMst Society is the oldest and the 
 I, Union St. Joseph, which celebrates 
 i's anniversary in January, 1903, is, 
 with the former a powerful benevo- 
 lent organization. Then there is the 
 iMcnch Dramatic Club and the 
 I'rench Naturalization Club, both of 
 which have performed important 
 work for their people. 
 
 The Irish Catholic people have 
 their well known Aiiacient Order of 
 Hibernians, the Catholic Knights of 
 America at Florence and the Knights 
 of Columbus at the center, the lattt r 
 with well appointed clubrooms, and 
 the Hibernian society ladies have 
 an able auxiliary, which manages 
 several well appointed social events 
 every season. 
 The Temperance societies, which are certainly fraternal, 
 in their aims, make a numerous representation in Northamp- 
 ton, and in years past they have done noble work; neither do 
 they seem to be weary in well doing. The good accom- 
 plished by the Catholic temperance, or, more rightly named, 
 
clK. ... V. 
 
Tij R?piblican Clu'^ has hid a^ 
 in this ciiv since the last presidcn 
 rooms in the Ma-onic block, which a 
 its members. The club has givei 
 
 ^ffinent orsjanuation 
 .1 campaign ami has 
 much appreciated by 
 sevcjal receptions to 
 uoted men of the party, and has proven an excellent means 
 of preserving harmony iu the party. 
 
 The sporting interests of the city are well repre- 
 sented, in the Northamptou Driving Park .Associa- 
 tion, which owns grounds much patronized; in the 
 Rod and Gun Club, which has an influential organi- 
 zation, and has done much to foster and protect fish 
 and game; and in the Northampton Rifle Club, which 
 aUo has a large membership, and one of the best 
 ranges for target shooting to be found in this 
 country. The German S,;huetzenvereiu has already 
 been mentioned. 
 
 The veterans of the civil war are well held together 
 in that well known and honorable organization, the 
 Grand .\rmy of the Republic. Most of the surviv- 
 ing members of \Vm. L. Baker Post are shown in 
 a group picture elsewhere. They are completely 
 m.Mi whom thj city deliiih'.s to honor, and tlieir 
 work is ably supplemented by a well managed Rjlief 
 Corps. 
 
 The different trade unions of the city now number 
 twenty-five, .and nearly every branch of labor is 
 organized. Five years ago there were no unions in 
 the city, worth speaking of. The membership of the 
 united organizations is uow over two thousand, and 
 the annual field day, the first Monday iu September, always 
 brings out a large concourse of spectators. 
 
 hoped that people of other denominations will aid it in its 
 efforts. Rev. J.C. Breakei, the pastor, also conducts services 
 at the county jail on Sunday afternoons. 
 
 St. John's Episcopal church, on Elm street, has been else- 
 where referred to. It is fortunately endowed, and has had 
 as its pastor Rev. R. Cottou Smita. who has recently resigned. 
 
 THE CHURCHES. 
 
 The religious societies of Xortbanijuoii ought to meet the 
 wants of all devotional minds, as nearly all shades of relig- 
 ious belief are represented, and most of the church edifices 
 are of modern pattern and well calculated to meet the social 
 ami devotional ideas of their members. .Ml the churches 
 have their subonlinate mis- 
 sionary and other societies 
 of members and young peo- 
 ple, which do much good 
 in their several ways, and 
 it would be difficult in so 
 limited a space to enumer 
 ate them all. 
 
 The Congregational de- 
 nomination is represented 
 by three societies, the I'irst 
 and Edwanls at the center, 
 and the Florence Congrega- 
 tional church, iu Florence. 
 All have substantial mod- 
 ern edifices, and large mem- 
 bership. Rev. Henry T. 
 Rose is pastor of the "Old" 
 or First church. Rev. S. A 
 church, and the Edwards 
 was about to call a pastor. 
 
 The Metho list church is represented both at Florence and 
 the center, a tasteful, new ef'ifice having been erected within 
 a few years on Elm street, which the artist was unable to 
 picture on account of foliage. Rev. H. G. Buckingham is 
 pastor at Florence, and Rev. C. E. Holmes at the center. 
 
 The Baptist denomination shows progressiveness in 
 attempting to build a new edifice, which it needs, and it is 
 
 The Unitarian denomination is represented by two societies : 
 the Second Congregational society at the center, ai;d the 
 organization which meets at Cosmian Hall, Florence, the 
 latter being the resultant of the old Free Congregational 
 society, originally a congregation of free thinkers and 
 agnostics. Rev. Alfred Free is the resident speaker at 
 Florence, and Rev. F. H. Kent, minister at the center. 
 
 Roman Catho'ics have four church edifices in the city. 
 
 Rev. John Kenny and Rev. M. J. Welch officiate at St. Mary's, 
 
 the older church, at the center. Rev. Noel Rainviile at the 
 
 (French) Church of the Sacred Heart, and Rev. T. P. Lucey 
 
 at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, in the Bay State 
 
 parish, and Rev. P. H. Gal- 
 
 len at the Church of the 
 
 .\nnunciation, in Florence. 
 
 -A church society of Cliiis- 
 
 _ tian Scimtists also hold 
 
 regular meetings in a hall 
 
 in^Herlihy's block, on State 
 
 street, and are gradually 
 
 increasing their member- 
 
 ship. 
 
 There are also three mis- 
 sion Sunday-schools, one of 
 the Congregational denomi- 
 nation, at Leeds, and an 
 undenominational one in 
 the chapels at Bay State 
 village and Hospital Hill. 
 
 SPRING GROVE CEMETERY 
 
 Barrett pastor of the 
 church, at time of thi 
 
 Florence 
 wrifing, 
 
 THE RAILROAD SYSTEMS. 
 
 When it comes to tlie matter of railway connection with 
 the outside world, Northampton can hold its own with any 
 city of its size. All points of the compass, north, south, 
 east and west, are easily and quickly reached. The Boston 
 and Maine road furnishes trains to Boston and Montreal, 
 and southerly as far as Springfield, many times a day. The 
 

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CITY SEWERAGE. 
 
 The sum of 1253,458 has been expended by the city of 
 Northampton iu furnishing a system of severage which is 
 probably as good as that of most cities. It is tweuty-five 
 miles in length, and, in the main, is satisfactory to the people ; 
 but there are certain localities where it is now seen that it 
 would have been for the advantage of the city, when it built 
 sewers, to have constructed upon the small, or separate sys- 
 tem, dividing sewage as such from storm or surface water. 
 
 The city has lately been embarrassed by an arbitrary decree 
 of the State Board of Health, which ordered it to empty its 
 sewage into the Connecticut instead of the Mill river, and iu 
 asmuch as the sewer discharge is below the residential part 
 of the city, and the course of Mill river, in emptying into 
 the Connecticut, a mile b.-low, is entirely through uninhabited 
 lantl, the city has so far resented the decision and taken no 
 steps to conform to it. 
 
 What the issue will be is of course uncertain, but a« Mill 
 river is a natural open river in the city, flushed naturally by 
 storms many times in a year, it is believed by well informed 
 citizens that the city is not warranted in putting any more 
 money into "a hole iu the ground," at present, to please 
 mere theorists. It is also believed that if the city were 
 proceeded against, by the State Board of Health, that any 
 jury of intelligent men would decide that Northampton hail 
 done its duty in the matter of sewerage, up to the present 
 time, and upon a system safe to follow, generally, for many 
 years to come. 
 
 there is a French weekly paper of more than ord- 
 Le Rateau, of which 1'. C. Chatel is editor. It is 
 humorous vein, and hasa large list of subscribers, 
 the short time it has been established. 
 
 nary merit, 
 edited in a 
 
 THE HOTELS. 
 
 The city is well provided with hotels, the chief of which 
 are the Hotel Norwood and the Hampton, with the Bay Stale 
 House and City hotels, closely following iu reputation. 
 Rahar's Inn is also a first class hostelry, but limited iu size 
 and accommodation. The Florence and Cottage hotels at 
 Florence and the Leeds hotel supply the needs of the western 
 Ijart of the city. 
 
 FLORENCE M. E. CHURCH 
 
 TPiE POLICE. 
 
 The i)olice of Northampton are as fine appearing and able 
 a body of men as can be found in any city, and whatever cri- 
 ticism may have been offered, from time to time, upon this 
 department, it is a fact that human life and property are as 
 safe here as iu the average of cities of its size. 
 
 THE NEWSPAPERS. 
 
 Journalism in Northampton is represented by two daily 
 and weekly papers. The Daily Herald is the oldest daily 
 paper in the city, but the Daily Hampshire Daily Gazette is 
 the lineal descendant of the oldest weekly newspaper, which 
 latter is over one hundred years old, ami its editor, Henry S. 
 CjCTC, is one of the oldest if not the oldestcilitor still iu active 
 service in the slate. 
 
 C. A. Pierce & Co., who conduct the Herald, have built up 
 a desirable newspaper and job office pro])erty, ami both pa])ers 
 are Republican in politics. Besides the Weekly Gazette, 
 
 ASSESSORS OF TAXES. 
 
 The pictured group of city officials on page 64 dees not in- 
 clude the board of assessors, because we had to stop some- 
 where, but the work of this board deserves commendation 
 for its faithfulness and di.scretiou. Taxes are not high in 
 Northampton, which is a point intending residents will be 
 pleased to know. 
 
 The rate of taxation has averaged only about $i6 on |l,coo 
 the last few years, and the debt of the city is steadily de- 
 creasing, under good financial management. 
 
 54 
 
THE CITY CHARTER QUESTION 
 
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Fifth. Criticism has been made — and apparently upon 
 justifiable grounds— that there is no responsibility under our 
 charter. The fault — if fauli there is— does not lie with the 
 charter. All things considered, it might be difficult to make 
 responsibility more direct 
 and exjlicit than is made 
 by the charter, in part as 
 follows : " The Mayor shall 
 " be the chief executive offi- 
 " cer of the city. He shall 
 " cause the laws and regu- 
 " lations of the city to be 
 "enforced and keep a gcne- 
 "ral supervision over the 
 " conduct of all subordinate 
 "officers." All votesof and 
 contracts made by the City 
 Council are " laws ami re- 
 gulations " within the 
 meaning of the cliarter. 
 The Mayor cannot be de- 
 prived of this authority and 
 duty by the city ordinances 
 or any voteof the City Coun- 
 cil. It is to be regretted that 
 some of our Mayors for 
 some cause have neglected 
 to exercise this legal right, 
 and have wrongfully trans- 
 ferred much of this autho- 
 rity to committees. The 
 duties of Mayor require 
 more than a figurehead. 
 
 To enable the Mayor to 
 have some requisite infor- 
 mation to properly guard 
 the city's interests, and to 
 insure co-operation among 
 the different departments 
 and the city government, 
 the charter wisely provides 
 that he shall be ex-officio 
 chairman of the School 
 
 Committee and Overseers of the Poor, but for some unac 
 countable reason the City Council did not ajiply this excel 
 lent principle and practice in framing the rules and ordi 
 nances. By them the Mayor is ma.le chairman of a fc« 
 committees, but he is not mentioned in connection with ini 
 portaut committees — among which are fire 
 departmei.t, police, fuel, street lights and 
 sidewalks — ihat consider and supervise thi- 
 expenditure of lens of thousands of dcllars. 
 The Mayor alone receives a salary — fSoo. He 
 alone should assume the duties and responsi- 
 bilities placed upon him by the p.ople — that 
 of carrying out and executing the laws and 
 the decreesof the City Council. He should be 
 placed in a position to enable him to kee]) 
 himself informed on all matters pertaining to 
 the interests of the city. To that end he 
 should be made chairman ex-officio of every 
 committee which has the expenditure of city 
 money. 
 
 Sixth. There is no one matter which is si> 
 often and persistently brought to the attention 
 of msmbers of the city government, especially 
 to new members, as that of salaries, which arc 
 annually considered and voted. That we 
 have treated our officials fairly we can point 
 to the fact that in eighteen years of city life 
 
 AT COOKS DAM 
 
 few, if any, have resigned because of inadequate salaries. 
 The salaries pai<l in other cities have nothing to do with the 
 question. City officials, like other people, as they develop, 
 will outgrow their surroundings and business, and will 
 naturally seek their for- 
 tunes elsewhere. A salary 
 should never be created, 
 raised or fixed for a parti- 
 cular individual. " There 
 are as good fish in the sea 
 as ever were caught." We 
 should realize that as the 
 city grows requirements in 
 ^o^le of the < ffices grow. 
 All things considered, sala- 
 ries should be liberal and 
 sufficiently adequa e to 
 obtain sufficient and com- 
 petent men, and then such 
 salaries should be fixed by 
 city ordinance, which may 
 be done under our present 
 charter. But to prevent 
 favoritism and insure stabi- 
 lity the Legislature should 
 pass a law to prevent the 
 frequent changing of such 
 ordinance, by requiring the 
 affirmative votes of two- 
 thirds of the members of 
 each board to alter or 
 change it. 
 
 Seventh. The Mayor 
 should have the right to 
 veto any order or vote of 
 the City Council or either 
 branch thereof, whether it 
 involves the expenditure of 
 money or not 
 
 Eighth. Thereshouldbe 
 no life-tenure of office for 
 any man. 
 If the above suggestions 
 were, in substance, given the sanction of law I am confident 
 that no form of city charter known to our statute books 
 would insure for us more simple, efficient and responsible 
 work than our own good charter so amended. 
 
 .EEDS SILK MILL 
 
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IN LEEDS VILLAGE 
 
 A RARE TROLLY RIDE. 
 
 LOOPING THE ELECTRIC LOOP, FROM NORTHAMPTON, OVER 
 FIVE ROADS, TO HOLVOKE, SOUTH HADLEY, OVER MT. 
 HOLYOKE TO AMHERST AND BACK. 
 
 Trolly rides are coming in to prominence as a pleasurable 
 form of outing, more and more, with the extension of electric 
 roads, and the latest 
 acquisition to this 
 modern transporta- 
 tion service, — the 
 road from Amherst 
 to South Had ley, 
 through the "Notch" 
 in the Mt HoUoke 
 range — lias attracted 
 a great man> people 
 
 It is not to be won 
 dered at, for the ride 
 which is afforded 
 from Northampton 
 through the Notch 
 and back to this cit\ 
 by wayofHohoki is 
 one which, all thing-, 
 considered has no 
 ])arallel, for b(.aui> 
 and ecououn of time 
 
 and money, in this region. You make a 
 great loop of about thirty miles, for ihirty- 
 live cents, and see as great a diversity of 
 country as can well be crowded into such a 
 space of territory. Mountain and meadow, 
 hill and valle)', river and purling brook, wild 
 land and park, all pass before the eyes in a 
 living panorama which almost makes theeyes 
 swim, with the glory of its color. This is all 
 yours for seventy cents. 
 
 Now this will show you how to spend your 
 seventy cents, the distance you go, and ihe 
 time it will take you, from Northampton : 
 TIME COST DISTANCE 
 
 .45 Holyoke 10 9 
 
 .25 South Hadley ... .05 5 
 
 .40 Amherst .10 10 
 
 .45 Norihampton .10 8 
 
 2-35 -35 32 
 
 In traveling these thirty-two miles, you run 
 over five different lines, the Norihampton street railway, the 
 Holyoke line, the Hampshire company's tracks to South 
 Hadley, the Amherst and Sunderland road to Amherst, and 
 the Northampton and Amherst road, back to Northampton ; 
 but the accommodations of these lines have been so svstema- 
 tized now that if one takes '.he right cars, he can go through 
 from Northampton, to Amherst, by way of Holyoke, without 
 interruption, and 
 make one change 
 thereafter, a t Am- 
 herst, for the "Mea- 
 dow City." The en- 
 tire trip can thus be 
 covered in about two 
 hours and a half, and 
 from Northampton 
 one can of course go 
 in eitlierdirection, by 
 tlK- way of Holyoke 
 anil South Hadley to 
 llie " Notch," and 
 Inu-k to this city, by 
 Amherst, or vice 
 
 starts 
 
 4EAR THE DIMOCK PLACE 
 
 THE "NOTCH ' 
 
 " Mqipose 
 
 , . by the route of which 
 
 no one has yet tired 
 - the picturesque 
 Mountain Park line, through Mt. Tom and 5miths 
 Ferry. Mt. Tom station, Mountain park and Hol- 
 yoke are already familiar to most patrons of the trolly. 
 A pretty line it is which passes through them— along 
 the broad plain, with the Montgomery hills on the 
 western horizon, the aromatic odor of a corner of the 
 moun ain side, perhaps, as the car goes under the 
 damp mountain side, the climb to the top of Moun ain 
 ])ark ; then the chimneys and smoke of Holyoke below 
 and the always beautiful view nor hward, neat by 
 Kenilworth. At Holyoke you change tv. the South 
 Hadley cars, and are whirled through a commonplace 
 I iiough looking country until you run into the little 
 . ollcge town on the east side o. the river. The modern, 
 ! nautiful new buildings are an evidence that Mary 
 I, von builded better than she knew. The stately 
 Dwight Memorial building, the repository of Elbridge 
 Kiiigsley's life work, is the latest addition to the 
 gro..nds if they can be called such. The catnpus is 
 here open to the street, with no fence to mar its beauty. 
 Opposite the village church you may change cars for 
 
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 3ME REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS OF BOARD OF TRADE 
 Iw^iril. \V. A. Sl,-v,MiMMi. Win. II. Frikcr. .Inlm T. U.-wfv. Wan- 
 
 Frank E. Davis 
 
 The BoarJ of Trade, of the City of Xortliaiiiptoii, through boy or gir 
 a committee appointed for that purpose, desire lo call the 
 attention, briefly, of many who will read these pages, at a 
 distance, to the advantages of the city as a place of residence 
 and business. 
 
 The committee does not feel it necessary to treat the sub- 
 ject exhaustively, as that seems to have been done in the 
 this work was undertaken wit 
 
 d all that they could desire in the way of 
 brary facilities, which are an aid thereto, 
 
 education. Tht 
 are matchless. 
 
 There is abundant room and many inducements for manu 
 facturers and business men generally to locate in this citv 
 Land is cheap, and taxes are not high. Railroads run north 
 south, east and west, and electric, as well as steam road com 
 munication is perfect. Electric power can be had to supple 
 
 ment that of steam. There arc good highways, plenty 
 of pure water and good sewerage in every part of the 
 
 lity tables show that Northampton is most 
 tuated in point of health. The rale last 
 ■.38, comparing most favorably with the 
 
 fully treated of in the foregoing 
 
 matters of minor detail, and the 
 
 mmittee appointed for the ])ur])ose 
 
 111 the manager of this publication, 
 
 case upon the showing made. 
 
 BOARD OF TR.\DE 
 By Special Committee. 
 
 THE PROPOSED NEW BAPTIST CHURCH 
 
 60 
 
A NFW CITY ha: 
 
 
THE'SHK WORM AT FLORENCE. 
 
 A very inteiesting study is tlie work of the silk -n-orni 
 at the works of the Nonotuck Silk Compauy, in Flo- 
 reuce, and a description of Norlhampton of Today 
 would hardly b; complete without some reference to it. 
 The silk culture movement began in Xorthauipton, 
 with the famous community of Florence, a history of 
 which will be found in Sheffeld's book on Florence, 
 and the present work i:i that village is largely for 
 exhibition purposes. 
 
 The wonderful insect that jnakes the silk is the larva 
 of a small moth called Sc'ricaria vioii. This moth is 
 classed with the Lcpidoplera, or scaly winged injects, 
 family Botiibycida, or spinners. This species of cater- 
 pillar is commonly called the Mulberry Silkworm. 
 First reared in China, it is now extensivily cultivated 
 in China, Japan. Italv. France. Spain, and other Euro- 
 
 CORTICEtl-l SILKWORM PREPAKIJ 
 
 1 fUKM ITS COCOON 
 
 CORTICEI.LI SILKWORMS .\BOrT EIGHTEKX H.WS 0L1> 
 
 pcan countries. Owing to the greater value of labor he: e_ 
 t'.ie United States cannot compete with these countries in 
 the production of raw silk. 
 
 The silkworm has become domesticated, since, during 
 the long centuries in which it has been cultivated, it has 
 acquired many useful peculiarities. Man has striven to 
 increase i s silk producing power, and in this he has suc- 
 ceeded, for, by comparing the cocoon of the silkworm of 
 to-day with its wild relations, the Corticelli cocoon is 
 found to be much larger, even in proportion to the size of 
 the worm that makes it, or the moth that issues from it. 
 The moth's loss of the power of flight, aixl the white color 
 of the species are probably the results of domestication. 
 
 The silk moth exists in four states— egg. larva, chry- 
 salis, and adult. The egg of the moth is nearly round, 
 slightlv flattened, and closely resembles a turnip seed. 
 When tirst laid it is yellow, soon turning a gray or slate 
 color if impregnated. It has a small spot on one end, 
 called the mieropyle, and when the worm hatches, which 
 in our climate is about the first of June, it gnaws a hole 
 through this spot. Black in color, scarcely an eighth of an 
 inch in length, covered with long hairs, with a shiny 
 
 nose, and sixteen small legs, the baby worm is born, 
 leaving the shell of the egg white a.id transparent. 
 
 Small and tender leaves of the white mulberry 
 i^Morus alba), or osage orange yJMaclura aureniiaca), 
 arc fed. the young worm simply piercing them and 
 sucking the sap. Soon the worm becomes large enough 
 to eat \he tender portions between the veins of the 
 leaf. In eating they hold the leaves by the six forward 
 feet, and then cut otf semi-circular slices from thf leaf's 
 edge by the sharp upper portion ot the mouth. The 
 jaws move sidewise, and several thousand worms eating 
 make a noise like falling rain. 
 
 The Corticelli worms are kept on small trays. Every 
 morning an attendant carefully transfers the worms on 
 one tray to another, on which'is a clean, white paper. 
 In this' way the worms are kept cUau. In foreign 
 countries the leaves are placed beside the worms, or 
 upon a slatted or perforated tray placed above them, 
 and those that crawl off are retained, while the weak 
 ones are removed with the old leaves. The worms 
 breathe through spiracles, small holes which look like 
 black spots, one rowof nine down fach side of the body. 
 They have no eyes, but are quite sensitive to noise, and 
 if you rap upon the table they ^top eating and throw 
 their heads to one side. They are velvety, smooth, and 
 cold to the touch, and the flesh is firm, almost hard. 
 The pulsation of the blood may be traced on the back 
 of the worm, running towards the head. 
 
 The worm has four molting seasons, at each of which 
 it sheds its old skin for a i^ew one, since in the very 
 rapid growth of the worm the old skin cannot keep pace 
 with the growth of the body. The periods bttween 
 these different molts are called "ages," there being 
 live, the Urst extending from the time of hatching to 
 the end of the first molt, and the last from the end of 
 the fourth molt o the transformation of the insect into 
 a chrysalis. The time between the "molts" varies 
 with the species of worm. 
 
 When the worm molts it ceases eating, grows slightly 
 lighter in color, fastens itself firmly by the ten prolegs, 
 and especially by the last two, to some object, and 
 
 COCOON BEGUN— SILKWC 
 
 sE.^RLY HIDDEN FROM VIEW. 
 
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Health, the City Solicitor, the City Messenger and the Sealer 
 of Weights and Measures are without offices in the building 
 and to the detriment of the public interests. 
 
 Other offices must soon follow that of the Water Depart- 
 ment unless a new building is erected, which will properly 
 meet the demands of the people. Rentals in outside buildings 
 are expensive and with but few removals of offices the cost to 
 the city would equal the interest on a City Hall debt, while 
 the great convenience to the people of doing their business 
 in one structure would be lost. 
 
 That a new City Hall is a necessity has been apparent to 
 many of our citizens for some time past, and expressions are 
 frequent that now is the time to embark upon the project. 
 To meet the wishrs of such I would suggest that the question 
 be submitted to the people and be determined by popular 
 vote at special meetings called for the purpose, at an early 
 date, in each Ward of the city. 
 
 Egbert I. Clapp. 
 
 HEADS;OF CITY DEF 
 
 Mayor, Henry f. Halktt; Chief ot Poliei', llcniy i:. llayuiua; Ageiil Uvui.M-irs of I'ooi', VVm. K. Sliannon; Siipt. of Streets, Frederick A. Dayton; 
 (Mty Clerk, Egbert I. Clapp ; City Engineer, Malcolm I). Patteron ; City Treasuier, Geo. W. Clark ; Chief Fire Dept., Frederick E. Chase ; 
 
 Supt. of Water Works, Lutlier C. Wriglit ; Janitor and City Mes- 
 
 ('ity Solicitor. T. M. Connor; Collector of Taxes, .lolui L. Warm 
 
 engci-, TlioniasK. liini 
 
 iiK Inspector, George R. Turner. 
 
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WILLIAM A. BAILEY. 
 
 BRICK MANUFACTURER, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. 
 
 As a brick manufacturer, contractor and builder, as 
 well as a public-spirited citizen, William A. Bailey 
 has made a reputation in Northampton which entitles 
 him to prominent mention in anj- description of the 
 trade and manufactures of this region. 
 
 Mr. Bailey's modesty, however, requires that his 
 old partner. Jeremiah Brown, be given credit for the 
 building up of a business which is now second to 
 none of its kind in this vicinity. 
 
 The old firm of Brown & Bailev was an unusually 
 
 country. At that time they made 1,000,000 brick per 
 year, and employed 7 men and one horse, but soon 
 increased their business so as to make and sell 3,000,- 
 000 brick per year, and employed 100 men and 10 
 horses, besides hiring several teams. They made 
 some of the best brick in America and found their 
 yard all too small for the demands put upon them. 
 
 Their business was then in fine shape for bidding 
 on large contracts, and this they commenced to do, 
 and we give a few of the many buildings erected by 
 them: Lilly hall of science, addition to Clarke school, 
 Forbes Library, Hopkins Academy, Lambie's addi- 
 tion to store. South street school, new high school, 
 Lyman's new block. Belding's mill and boarding 
 
 fortunate combination of business tact and executive 
 ability, and its business, from a small beginning, grew 
 to large proportions. In 1875 Jeremiah Brown was 
 in the mason business here, and Mr. W. A. Bailey 
 worked for him. In ISSO Mr. Bailey was taken into 
 partnership with Mr. Brown, and in 1885 they bought 
 the Porter Nutting brick yard property. They re- 
 modelled the yard at once from the old horse system 
 to steam, making it one of the finest plants in the 
 
 house, remodelled First National bank, B. E. Cook's 
 two marble front blocks, Cooley's tenement block, re- 
 modeling State lunatic hospital. 
 
 Mr. Brown built the Catholic church, Hampshire 
 County National bank, the Northampton Institution 
 for Savings, and McCallum's store. This is suflScient 
 to show that the firm did some of the finest jobs in 
 the city. 
 
 When Mr. Brown died he had been twice chosen 
 
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 liELniNG, MICH. 
 'npHE Beldiug silk mills cover, altogether, an immense area 
 ■^ of ground, and the figures, if expressed in numbers of 
 square feet, would convey little meaning to the average 
 reader. It is sufficiently enlightening to say that if the sev- 
 eral mill buildings of the company were placed in a continii 
 ous line, they would extend three-quarters of a mile. 
 
 The new weaving mill at Belding, Mich., at the head ol 
 these opposite pages, is 400 feet long and 50 feet wide, with 
 four stories, engine and boiler house and machine shops. 
 This building will contain six hundred looms when in full 
 operation. The spool silk mill at Belding, shown in the 
 smaller view, is of still greater caiuicily and works over 500 
 
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 MILLS AT NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 
 
 ids of raw silk 
 daily. The Kastern mills of the Com- 
 ])any are working to their full capacity 
 and employing at Rockville, Conn., 600 
 people. The mills at Northampton, 
 whose proportions 'are familiar to our 
 townspeople, are giving employment to 
 lietween five and six hundred hands. 
 rile Montreal mills of . the company 
 have been enlarged nearly fifty per cent 
 during the past year, and will give em- 
 ployment to 600 people, in producing 
 for the trade wholly in Canada. Exten- 
 sions have been made to the mills at 
 Petaluma, Cal., employing 400 people 
 on productions for the Pacific Coast and 
 Australia, where the firm have a large 
 trade. Belding Bros. & Co. manufacture 
 
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 the American people would uot be content with the meagre 
 returns for the labor involved, and thej-can make more money 
 in finishing the product. 
 
 In the Belding vaults you will find silk from China, Japan and 
 Italy, from 135 to 200 pounds to the bale, worth, in its raw 
 state I4.50 a pound, and this precious stuff has been worth as 
 much as |io a pound, as the result of a short crop. It is not an 
 uncommon thing to see a hundred thousand dollars worth of 
 raw silk stored in this one mill alone, and it will be seen that 
 bank vaults are not alone in holding large values. 
 
 T'pstairs the bales are opened, and the contents, in "books," 
 are unrolled. They are frequently wrapped with the waste raw 
 silk, and you speedily realize the strength of the single fibre if 
 you try to separate the snarl in the waste. It is also gummy 
 and adhesive and "sticketh closer than a brother." It has a 
 pale yellow color, due to the gum which resides in it, and this 
 must be drawn out before it can be made into the silk of trade. 
 After being weighed and sorted, it is taken to the soaking room, 
 where it goes through a solution of soap and water, heated to 
 
 ilege 
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 visitors who obtain the covet 
 of being shown all through 
 great mills. 
 
 We take the mills at Northampton, as pi e- 
 sented more conveniently for description. 
 
 From the unpacking of the raw product, 
 as it is received in bales, to the shipping 
 room, it goes through so many processes 
 that one wonders how the slender threads 
 of such a feeble insect as the silkworm can 
 hold together, with all the varied courses 
 of human handling and machine pulling 
 to which they are subjected. 
 
 If you ask to see the process of silk 
 manufacture, and are so fortunate as to be 
 granted that privilege, you will first be 
 introduced to the vaults where the raw 
 silk is stored, in large bales, covered with 
 matting, similar to that in which tea is 
 wrapped. The work of the silk worm and 
 the army of industrious foreigners who 
 gather it in, is here represented by many 
 thousands of dollars worth of the raw 
 product, and to understand something of 
 the patience and industry required to gather 
 this material it should be understood that 
 there is probably no part of the American race to-day patient, 
 persevering and frugal enough to take the place of the 
 "yellow" human army which gathers it on the other side 
 of the globe. All attempts to make silk raising profitable 
 primarily, it is ])robable, because 
 
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 DOUBLING THE RAW SILK THREADS 
 
 about I III ikgrtes, m which tile gum is pretty thoroughly 
 extracted. The moisture is then largely drawn out through 
 an "extractor," which works by centrifugal force, and the 
 skein of silk then goes to the rubbing room. Certain grades 
 ol <ilk, even then, develop a residue of gum, and this must 
 be laboriouslv halchcled or conibe.l out by hand, before being 
 wmnid. 
 
 One enters a large, long, well lighted room to see the next 
 most important process, that of winding. The winding 
 ojieration takes the silk from the skein to the bobbin, and 
 then conies the "doubling," which means more than the 
 name implies, because sometimes as many as a hundred fibres 
 are worked togetlier, on the ingenious machines ranged along 
 both sides of the room. Of course, the average number of 
 threads doubled is much less. The young women who tend 
 the machines are well dressed and have an air of content and 
 interest in their work, very different from the sombre pictures 
 drawn of mill life in some of the large cities. 
 
 Of course the product of doubling is run off upon bobbins 
 again, and one goes to another room to see the next stage of 
 the process, which is spinning, when it goes to a machine 
 called the trebler. The tightness or tension of the spinning 
 is regulated by a pulley running fast or slow. For twist 
 three of the threads are put together on the trebler, for 
 
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spinning, Herbert Broadhurst ; twisting, Joseph Young ; 
 finishing, Charles Witherell, and dyeing, Louis Cave. 
 
 Our purpose in this review has been to speak with special 
 reference to the company's interests in Northampton, where 
 are manufactured the goods we have already described. 
 Mention of the general enterprise of such an important con- 
 cern and illustrations of all their mills are naturally 
 concomitant to such an article, and will be found in 
 connection with this article. 
 
 The Northampton branch of the Beldiugs' interests 
 which is under the management of E. F. Crooks and 
 the superintendence of H. C. Hallett, has become 
 one of most important of the company's works. The 
 buildings comprise two four-story and one one-story 
 lirick structure, all of large dimensions. They are 
 located near the Connecticut river railroad and the 
 New Haven & Northampton road, and are equipped 
 with the best mechanical appliances, including one 
 Ir.indred and seventy-five looms and twenty thousand 
 sijindles, the driving force being supplied by a Corliss 
 engine of 200 horse power and three compound Cogh- 
 lan boilers of one hundred and twenty-five horse 
 power each. The mills are illuminated by electricity 
 and everj-where there is manifest the most recent im- 
 provements and facilities that skill can suggest or 
 capital provide, among which we should not omii to 
 uientiou those life protecting and fire-preventive ap- 
 pliances which the laws of the state demand. In all 
 the rooms there are automatic sprinklers and fire 
 
 western homestead of the family after they left east) ped- 
 dling silk from house to house. This silk was purchased 
 for them by their brother, Milo M., who was then residing 
 at their common birthplace, Ashfield, a few miles from 
 Northampton. This peddling soon assumed the form of a 
 large business, and in a year after starting the Beldiug Eros. 
 
 THE DYEING DEPARTMEN 
 
 instant communication, by telegraph, by telephone 
 and messenger service, with all parts of the country, 
 and the long distance telephone service is connected 
 for five hours each day. 
 
 What makes a record of the Bclding conii.auy 's i 11 
 terprise particularly interesting is the humble way in 
 which it was started. The foundation of it was laid 
 in i860 by Hiarm H. and Alvah N. Belding, who 
 started from their home in Belding, Mich., (the 
 
 liad extended the scope of their trade until it required the services 
 ol several teams and wagons and embraced the largest part of the 
 jobbing trade of the section in which they were operating. Three 
 years after their first peddling tour they started'a house in Chicago, 
 and in the same year they were joined by their brother, Milo M., 
 who took charge of that agency, afterwards removing to New York, 
 where he has since remained. In 1863, the brothers formed a part- 
 nership with E. K. Rose, and taking the first floor of what was 
 then the Glasgow thread company's mill at Rockville, Conn., 
 they began manufacturing. In 1866, the business had attained 
 such proportions that the building had to be enlarged, the partner- 
 ship with Mr. Rose was dissolved, and soon after he failed. The 
 Rockville mill lay idle two years, the brothers meanwhile manu- 
 facturing elsewhere, but in 1869 they bought it and four years later 
 they built the mill in 
 Northampton, and. 
 
 The reputation ot 
 the products of the 
 company it is hardly 
 necessary to allude to 
 -they are so well 
 known— and suffice it 
 to say, that from the 
 d.-ivs of the Rockville 
 mill, when the broth- 
 ers began making 
 their own silk, their 
 
 crock, faile nor crack, 
 and which will meet 
 the test of the most 
 rapid running eml 
 highest tension sew- 
 ing - machines — has 
 been fuUv establish- 
 ed. 
 
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NOR THAMPTCNi PATER EOXOOMFANV 
 
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NORTHAMPTON COMMERQAL COLLEGE. 
 
 The Northampton Coniniercial College has by rapid ad- 
 vancement within the last few years gained the position of 
 one of the important institutions of the city. It had a mod- 
 est beginning in the Lambie block, and continued with a fair 
 degree of success until 1898, when it came under the proprie- 
 torship of J. L. Hayward and Joseph Pickett. This change 
 marked an important period of development and its growth 
 in efficiency, t.(|iiiiiim nt aitmdance and public appreciation 
 has since been sub- 
 ^tl" stantial and uninter- 
 
 rupted. In May, 1901, 
 Mr. Hajward accept- 
 ed a call to Banks' 
 r.n-iness College, 
 I'hiladelphia.andMr. 
 I'» kett became the 
 ~ol, proprietor and 
 lucipal of the 
 s hoiil. During the 
 -.ummer vacation of 
 that year the location 
 was changed from 
 the Lambie Building 
 t.> the First National 
 
 most accurate typewriter operators in thfe country. Last 
 year one of its graduates w ho took the Untted States civil 
 Service Examination obtained a mark of eighty per cent in 
 the shorthand examination and eighty-six in the type- 
 writing examination. -A.t the time she left Northampton to 
 take a position in another city one young lady graduate who 
 had been in attendance atthe school about one year, was able 
 to copy a letter of over one hundred words on the machine 
 in one minute. The building in which the school now has 
 its home, the model office, the college bank and several of 
 the classes at workare shown in our illustrations. 
 
 What first impresses a visitor to the school is the air of 
 "business" everywhere prevalent. Pupils and teachers 
 alike seem to have something to do and are intent upon do- 
 ing it. The operations in the various departments proceed 
 smoothly and the orderliness and well directed effort which 
 the sessions of the school present speak volumes for the ad- 
 ministrative ability of the principal and his capacity for or- 
 ganization, as well as of the competence of the tcacheJs, who 
 are so successful in awakening the interest of their pupils 
 and in keeping them systematically at work. 
 
 Four regular courses are offered : The business or com- 
 mercial course, the shorthand and typewriting course, the 
 "combined" and the telegraphy courses. The time re- 
 quired for the completion of any course varies according to 
 the al)ility and previous education of the pupil. One of the 
 
 JOSEPH PICKETT, Pri 
 
 cipal- 
 
 Bauk Building at the corner of Main 
 and King streets. This change secured 
 additional space and the opportunities 
 of arrangement permitted by the occu- 
 pancy of an entire floor. It gave greater 
 prominence of location, and instead of 
 its being necessary for the school to 
 adapt itself to the arrangements exist- 
 ing it was possible to remodel the new 
 quarters so as to adapt them to the 
 needs of the school. By the removal 
 of several partitions a large and well- 
 lighted assembly room was provided. 
 This was fitted with desks so commodi- 
 ous and convenient that they are in 
 themselves an incentive to work. Ad 
 joining this room is the college bank, 
 equipped with banking furniture and 
 accessories. Next in size to the assem- 
 bly room is the room occupied by the 
 department of stenography. It is lo- 
 cated in the "tower" which is shown 
 in the engraving. Its windows com- 
 mand an interesting view of the busi- 
 ness section of the city. On the King street side of the 
 building, next to the shorthand room and connecting with it 
 as well as with the central hallway, is a cozily furnished 
 parlor aud cloakroom for the use of the young ladies attend- 
 ing the school. The principal's office is central and easily 
 accessible from the different departments. Opening from it 
 is the larger "model office" where the advanced pupils re- 
 ceive instruction in office work and the use of modern office 
 appliances. This " model office " work has become one of 
 the distinctive features of the school. Another large room 
 is occupied by the typewriting department, where the pupils 
 are taught to write by the touch method. The school has 
 twenty-live latest model Underwood aud Remington tyj :e- 
 writern iu use, aud has turned out some of the fastest aud 
 
 THE 
 
 HOME OF THE NORTHAMPTON COMMERCIAL COLLEGE. 
 
 strong features of the school is the care which is taken to 
 give each pupil the kind and amount of instruction of which 
 he is in need. Diplomas are given, not at the end of a speci- 
 fied time, but upon the completion of the required work 
 and the attainment of efficiency. Six months is sometimes 
 sufficient to place one possessed of a good general education 
 on a practical business basis, while no student need fear that 
 the college will not make a success of his case if he is willing 
 to devote time and faithful attention to the work. 
 
 Many former graduates of the school have secured very 
 attractive positions, and its reputation for the thoroughness 
 and reliability, together with the wide acquaintance of the 
 principal among the business men in this vicinity, and in 
 many, of the larger cities, makes it possible to place those of 
 
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Williams Manufacturing Co. 
 
 H. L. Williams, Pres. 
 
 R. G. Williams, Treas, 
 
 BASKETS 
 
 Williams' ''Holdfast'' Packages 
 
 Northampton. Mass. U. S. A. 
 
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THE WM. A. CLARK COAL CO. 
 
 '"pMilS enterprise was organized in 1897. and incorporated 
 -*■ in 1899, and its organization signalized a complete 
 change in the method of handling coal in this region. 
 The slow and ponderous methods of the past were abandoned, 
 and measures taken to give the people of Northampton the 
 quickest and most satisfactory accommodation from the 
 great coal fields, the result of which was that rival companies, 
 in turn, improved their service, and now Northampton is as 
 well served as any- city of its size, and better tlian some which 
 
 The building shown here, the larger of the two the company 
 controls, has a capacity of 4,000 tons, and is located on the 
 Boston & Maine railroad, being built in 1897. 
 
 In addition to the local business the company is doing a 
 large and growing wholesale business through western 
 Massachusetts. Their connections for supply are with the 
 largest anthracite and bituminous coal mining companies in 
 the world, and their financial standing shows the manage- 
 ment to be safe and conservative. W. A. Clark, the active 
 member of the company, is a native of Northampton, coming 
 
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 COAL POCKETS OF THE WILLIAM A CLARK CO 
 
 are larger. This was evidenced in the recent coal famine, 
 wlien the Clark Coal Company was able to supply private 
 parties an<l public buildings through the season. 
 
 The Clark Coal Company was incorporatad in 1899, with 
 the following officers; President. R. G. Williams; vice- 
 president, R. L. Williston ; secretary, C. .-V. Clark; treasurer 
 and manager, William A. Clark. 
 
 from one of its oldest families, and has always lived here, 
 with the exception of a few years spent in New York State. 
 He is one of the active and wide-awake business men of the 
 city. For so young a man. he has made a hit as a busi- 
 ness manager, uniting the qualities of conservatism and pro- 
 gression. 
 
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 MOI?ri!A\\l>TON, MASS. 
 
WORKS OF THE EMERY WHEEL COMPANY, LEEDS 
 
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 Norwood Engineering Company 
 
 Florence, Mass, 
 
 Fire Hydrants, Filters, Paper Finishing Machinery 
 
 Elevators 
 
SOME REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS OF THE BAR. 
 
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RUFUS H. COOK. 
 
 RUFUS H. COOK was born at Had- 
 lev, Mass., son of Austin E. Cook and 
 Li'zzie M. Halstcad. He attended the 
 public school in Hadley and graduated 
 at Hopkins Academy, 1894. He also 
 attended Williston Seminary, from 
 which be graduated 1896. He attended 
 Brown University for two years, and 
 was a member of the class of igoo. He 
 studied law in the office of Hammond 
 and Field and was admitted to the bar, 
 March 3, 1902. 
 
 lOHN B. O'DONNELL. 
 
 JOHN B. O'DONNKLL was born in 
 Ireland in J846. His life in Northamp- 
 ton, since he was eight years old has 
 been to his neighbors an open book. 
 He has been especially active all his 
 life. Among his fellows he was con- 
 sidered one of the best "all round" 
 athletes. At the age of fifteen, during 
 the civil war, he was captain of a 
 Florence military company. At the 
 age of eighteen he organized the famous 
 Eagle baseball club, and was considered 
 one of its best players during the three 
 years of its life and activity. At the 
 age of twelve he had to go to work, but he attended the 
 Florence evening school regularly till he was twenty-three 
 years old. In 1874 he again commenced to study. He gave 
 up all kinds of labor, business and pleasure and confined 
 himself exclusively to preparing to become a lawyer. In 
 1877, ne graduated from the Boston Law School with the 
 degree of LL.B. To still better qualify himself, he took a 
 post graduate course at the same school for another year, 
 and in 1878 he was admitted to the bar of Massachusetts. 
 
 On July ist he opened a law office in Northampton, where he 
 has since practised. 
 
 During his professional career, he has done his proportion 
 of the law-business of Hampshire County, and was engaged 
 in some of the most notable trials at the Hampshire County 
 bar. He prepares hi'; oa'-es cartfuily and well. He has had 
 his fair share of >,ur,H->, aii/i was never known to be unreason- 
 able in his charters. 1 1 is yrj' lue has consisted in all kinds 
 of civil and criminal Ijiisincss, including six murder trials 
 and two of his clients in the murder cases were discharged. 
 He has had many tort cases, involving several thousand 
 dollars, which he has conducted with markid success, and 
 also important cases of contract, among them being the Hall 
 case, involving the ownership of a farm in Southampton, 
 which was tried many times and was five years in court, 
 going to the Supreme judicial Court twice. He finally won. 
 But the case which pleased him most involved less than Jio, 
 and was one of his first. It was decided by the Supieme 
 Judicial Court back in 1880. Up to that time the wages of 
 all the servants and employes of all the lunatic asylums in 
 the stale could be and often were attached and held for debt. 
 The defendant had reverses in business and afterwards 
 became an attendant at the Northampton hospital. He de- 
 cided that he must leave the institution if his wages could be 
 regularly attached. Mr. O'Donnell gave him as his opinion 
 that these attachments were illegal, that the hospitals 
 belonged to the state, and the state could not be impleaded 
 in its own courts. Tlie case was tested and lost in every 
 court but the final. The full bench at Boston sustained Mr. 
 O'Donnell's contention, and no suit has since been instituted 
 against any of the lunatic hospitaks in the commonwealth, or 
 against them as trustees of their employes. The case is 
 Loomis vs. Powers, reported in the 130 Mass. at page 86. As 
 a public speaker Mr. O'Donnell is aggressive and forceful, 
 and is at his best before a jury. 
 
 Mr. O'Donnell is an ardent supporter of democratic forms 
 of government as against monarchical forms. He was a firm 
 advocate of free Cuba and a strong -upporter of the South 
 .•\fricaii Republics. He is proud of Northampton, where all 
 he possesses is located and it is with great satisfaction that 
 he beholds the changes in the separation of the grade cross- 
 ings, which as Mayor he aided in bringing about. 
 
 THE SPRINGFIELD-BEAUMONT OIL CO. 
 
 The ,Springfield-Beaumont Oil Company of Springfield, 
 Mass., with a capital stock of #300,000, fully paid and non- 
 assessable, has been remarkabl}- successful during its exist- 
 ence of only a little over a year. The company was incorpor- 
 ated on Nov. 9, 1901, with Hon. II. A. Kimball, George H. 
 Davis, A. H. Hitchcock and H. J. Buckley as officers, and all 
 these gentlemen are still associated in the management of 
 the enterprise. Mr. Kimball, the President of the company, 
 is a member of the well-known firm of Kimball & Cary, 
 coal dealers, and has served the city of Northampton as 
 Mayor for three years. He has also represented his district 
 in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate 
 for six years. Dr. George H. Davis, the Vice President, is 
 a well-known Springfield physician. H. J. Buckley, the 
 Treasurer and fiscal agent, has been in the investment busi- 
 ness for about four years, and was one of the chief spirits in 
 the organization of the company. He has the management 
 of the company's office business in Rooms 3 and 4. Republican 
 Building, Springfield, and is well and favorably known 
 locally. A. H. Hitchcock, the Secretary of the company, is 
 one of the leading opticians of Springfield, and is a promi- 
 nent Odd Fellow, bearing a first-class reputation for probity. 
 The company has for its Managing Director in the Texas oil 
 field Mr. J. R. Cheek, formerly connected with the Land 
 Department of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and A. J. 
 Hartel, who has had long and valuable experience in the oil 
 business, acts as manager for the wells, mechanical outfit and 
 drilling operation. R. R. Doland and W. G. Chamberlin of 
 Springfield, Mass., are additional Directors of this corpora- 
 tion. 
 
 The Springfield-Beaumont Oil Company's first well, on 
 Block 38. Hogg-Swayne Track, Spindle Top Heights, was 
 brought in in June, 1902, and is still a regular and large pro- 
 ducer. The first dividend of 2 per cent, on the par value of 
 the company's stock was paid on .^ug. i. and four subsequent 
 monthly dividends of 2 per cent, have since been distributed. 
 A second well, on Block 21, Gladys City, is now being drilled 
 and on Nov. 29 was down about 625 feet. This well bids fair 
 
 to be a fine one and a great producer when it comes in, and 
 the companv expect, from the additional revenue therefrom 
 obtained, to' be able to increase the monthly dividend pay- 
 ments materially. In addition to the valuable holdings on 
 Spindle Top Heights and at Gladys City, the Springfield- 
 Beaumont Oil Company own enough proven laud at Sour 
 Lake for six wells, located about 1300 feet from the large 
 producing wells of the Atlantic & Pacific Company. They 
 also own another large tract of land in the Sour Lake district, 
 near the Guffey and Galey lease. This land will be greatly en- 
 hanced in vali'ie and the marketing of its oi; facilitated as 
 soon as the Southern Pacific Road builds through it. The 
 Southern Pacific Companv has secured the right of way from 
 the Sour Lake station to the Sour Lake oil fields, some nine 
 miles, this right of wav running directly across the Spring- 
 field-Beaumont Oil Company's land. Both the Guffey and 
 Galevand the Higgiiis Companies are building large tankage 
 in the Sour Lake field, and both are constructing pipe lines 
 therefrom to Beaumont, a distance of about 22 miles. The 
 policy of the Springfield-Beaumont Oil Company is to pay 
 dividends from the funds obtained by actual sales of oil, and 
 use the receipts from the sales of stock in development of 
 its oil lanils and mechanical equipment. The company's 
 business is managed sagaciously, conservatively and pru- 
 dently throughout. Everyone nf fin- I) rectors and officers 
 
 of the company still have tli "' ., 0,1, \ imcslcd, and 
 
 they arc bending every effort n i "I 1 lu- i nterprise 
 
 in the interest of all tiie stock! Ili' 'iiilk of the out- 
 
 standine stock is held in Sprin- :;< mI N.h Ui.uiipU.n and Am- 
 herst. The present price of sIkp. s is 7I.. .1 nts, but as soon as 
 well No. 2, at Gladys City, wlii>li is laiudlv approaching the 
 point of production, iscompUlnl and i (|nippcd, the pnce 
 will be raised to 10 cents. A sixth dividend of 2 per cent, 
 will be paid on Jan. i. 1003. to stockholders of record on Dec. 
 25. 1902. The price of Texas oil has been, and is now, 
 advancing rapidlv, and oil men of experience and good judg- 
 ment expect that it will he worth from 50 to 75 cents per 
 barrel in the near future. 
 
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JOHN W. MASON, I'm.; 
 
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 The Hampshire County National Bank, 
 
 The Hampshire County National Bank. 
 
 'pHE Hampshire County National Bank is located at 150 
 JIain street, and with its handsome white front is indis- 
 putahly the most striking block in the uity, while its freshly 
 decorated interior offers to the public the handsomest baiik- 
 in-^ room in western Massachusetts. 
 
 Tlie bank was chartered in 1S64, and I.utliLr I'.odman, then 
 iif WillianisliurK, was its first president. 
 
 It has always been one of the most popular of our monied 
 institutions, and is often spoken of as the " People's Bank " 
 from the fact that it makes the same effort to accommodate 
 the small depositor and the small borrower as in dealiuy 
 with the larger customer. 
 
 Ill 1898 the bank suffered heavily through the dishoncstx 
 of an ofiicial who misused the bank funds in aid of private 
 enterprises. ITnder new management it has recovered a con- 
 siderable portion of the ground then lost, and is gaining 
 steadily in number of customers and in volume of business. 
 Its capital is #150,000, and its surplus and undivided profits 
 are over jfjo.ixx). The officers of the bank are : John W. 
 Mason, President; F. A. Macomber, Cashier; George H. 
 Sergeant, Teller. The Directors are : John W. Mason, Edgar 
 F. Crooks, John F. Lambie, Louis F. Plimpton, Eugeue W. 
 Wood, John \V. Hill and Charles S. Shattuck. 
 
 J50 Main St.eet 
 
 Northampton 
 
 Agents for Bhown \:i:<- 
 SAFE DEPOSIT l;u.\l.: 
 
 i of Credit and Tra 
 
 Nonotuck Savings Bank. 
 
 riTHE Nonotuck .Savings Bank is located in the Masonic 
 Building, Main street, and was incorporated Feb. 9, 
 1899. It was opened for business April 17, of the same jear, 
 with these officers: George L. Looniis, President; O. W. 
 Prouty and I,. D.James, Vice-Presidents; Isaac Bridgman. 
 clerk of the cor])oration ; John Piiuce, Treasurer. 
 
 This liank has [^been most successful from the start, and 
 now, after being in operation three and a-half years, it has 
 deposits of $630,000. 
 
 The present officers are: Vice-Presidents, O. W. Prouty 
 and Calvin CtKjlidge; Clerk of the Corporation, Isaac Bridg- 
 man ; Treasurer, John Prince. 
 
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 FLORENCE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 
 
 FLORENCE, MASSACHUSETTS, U. S. A. 
 Exclusive makers of the widely known 
 
 Tooth Brushes 
 Hair Brushes 
 Nail Brushes 
 
 ''Keepclean" '^Floreloid" ''Cosmeon' 
 
 Hair, Clothes, Militar}^ Hair Brushes 
 
 One of the largest factories in the world for the manufacture of fine Toilet Brushes 
 
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 F. G. JAGER, 
 
 MANUFACTURER OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENT TRIMMINGS. 
 
 29 WAI.NIT ST., NORTHAMPTON, 
 
 Mr. Jager has been eight years in this 
 liusiness and sells to the Musical Instru- 
 ment trade throughout the country. He 
 IS also interested in the Springfield Auto- 
 mobile Co., which has headquarters at 
 Springfield, Mass, and was established in 
 this business in 1899. This company are 
 dealers in steam, gasoline and electric 
 automobiles. .\ny information rcgar<iing 
 these veliiclescan be procured of Mr. Jager, 
 upon applying to the above a Idress, or at 
 Springfield. 
 
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 prise. Mr. Dewey came to this country when quite young, 
 with his parents, his father working at the construction of 
 the famous Holyoke dam. Mr. Dewey has shown much pub- 
 lic spirit in his life in this city, and has come to be called 
 "the Father of the Board of Trade."— Editor. 
 
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 JOHN T. DEWEY is one of the mode.st t)usiuess men of 
 
 the city who has contributed much to the upbuilding 
 
 of the ci'y's interests, and the two blocks pictured herewith 
 
 are creditable monuments to his business sagacity and enter- 
 
 NONOTUCK SILK COMPANY 
 
 MANT'T.JiCTURKRS OI 
 
 CORTICELLI SPOOL SILK 
 
 CorticcIIi Spool Silk CorticcIIi Wash Embroidery Silk and CorticcIIi Purse Twist 
 FLORENCE, MASS. 
 
 Shattuck's 
 
 Hammerless Model 1903 
 
 S20.00 
 
 Made in 12 and i6 gauge. Steel, Twist 
 
 and Damascus ISarrcls. 
 Dealers should send for catalogue of line 
 of sin- 
 gle 
 guns. 
 
 C. S. SHATTUCK 
 
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 Ihw l.cJJInv: House in Wcslcrn Maw 
 
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 Optician 
 
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 Fire. Life and Accident 
 
 c.;. I . R. CHEW. 
 
 The Noriliamplon Shoe lo. 
 
 Mutual Co«t«|Mintc* Ifrprrwntrd and 
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 88 Mnin Sirwi. Jlonlumpton. Mass. 
 
 SOKTMAMITON. M^SS 
 
CHAR LES BECKMANN_^ ^ 
 
 Confectioner and ^ General ^ Caterer 
 
 Cbe Choicest Confections ana Tee Cream Turnisbed to Order. 
 
 Catering for Family Parties a Specialty. Cor. of Main and Masonic StS. 
 
 ^ ^ ^ NIQUETTE & FARRAR^S ^ ^ -^ 
 
 popular dp-Jou/9 Dmi^ 3^*^^^ 
 
 PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COHPOUNDED. 
 
 TOILET ARTICLES OF THE CHOICEST QUALITY. 
 fOlRTEOrS SERVICE. 
 V\mm Am\Tli)X. Opp. Academy of Music. 
 
 i ^ German American Citizens Association ^ 
 
 Wk INCORPORATED, OROAMZED. OCTOBER, 1900. 
 
 ^ Membership 350. Capital $8000. Richard B. Eisold, President. 
 
 Q Hall and Club Rooms in Bay State, Mass. 
 
 gS Rents for same below average price, especially to small famih- parties. 
 
 0? Society is a political one and takes lively interest especially in city politics. 
 
 M Dues for Passive Members, = = = = $2.00 per year. 
 
 G. HENRY CLARK ^ ^ ue 
 
 J; Jeweler 
 
 AND DEAL-ER IN) 
 
 STAN DARD ^< SI LVB R ^'^ WA R EIS 
 Clocks : and : Watches. 
 
 L.VMBIES BLOCK, NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 
 
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 Kirdw4rc. Wooden Wirt Thxi r^.iltr H-f't.-'ry b 
 
 Giumbii and Hirtfari Bkycks 
 Fjtrmkng Tooli «nd Gtrden Seeds 
 
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 Flour. G«4n. Feed ,^ ^^^^^^ ^ 
 
 Lime And Cement p- -" 
 
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 Meals Furnished at 
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 Prompt Service 
 Popular Prices 
 
 Renowned for tliL- excellent cofiec, 
 Oyster Stews and Clam Chowders, 
 Coufcclionery, Soda. Ice Cream 
 
 ARTHUR M. WARE 
 
 ProvLsions 
 
 CaiiiiccI Goods 
 Loultrv 
 
 GEO. N. LUCIA 
 
 -^PDCTURBS-- 
 
 'icture I'ranicv Artists' Materials 
 
 StatioMcr\ Fancy Goods 
 
 ^arge and choice assortment of Pictures 
 
 F. W. ROBERTS 
 
 Jeweler 
 Optician 
 Engraver 
 Stationer 
 
 MISIC AND MISICAI. MERCHANDISE 
 
 rNSTRUMENTS FOR SALE AND TO RENT 
 
 52 Maple Street 
 
 Picture Framing a Specialty 
 
 NORTHAMPTON 197 Main Street Northampton 
 
 Matthew Carroll 
 
 Dealer in Choice 
 FAMILY GROCERIES 
 
 Flour, Produce, Fine 
 
 \OI7rHAMPTON'5 
 IUI5ll:5T -SHOl: 5T0PI: 
 
 In :\Iansi(.n House Block 
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 Teas. etc. (^^^^^ y^i^^ ^^^ y'our FRo 
 
 JAMES n, PIERCE 
 
 Wall DMMTC Window 
 
 Paper I All\ I > Glass 
 
 GLAZED WINDOWS 
 
 HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING 
 
 ney 
 
 No. I Masonic Street 
 
 Steamship Agent 
 
 Telephone Connections 
 AAAN'DCLL'^S 5H()1: STOI^C ,9. Main St. Northampton 
 
 NOAH H. LEE 
 NortlKiinptoii Gc^s p^^^^,^^, pi^^^^mp 
 
 and t^as RiUmg 
 
 Lio-ht Co. 
 
 stoves and Appliances 
 at Cost 
 
 am, Hal Agent for 
 
 tcr and Barstow's 
 
 rm .*\ir Stoves and 
 
 ating Furnaces 
 
 Tinware and Kitchen Furniture 
 
 These 
 Books are 
 bound at 
 Eisold's Book Bindery 
 297 ]\Liin 
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 40 Main St. Northampton 
 
 92 
 
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 od lc« Comp«ny Jl l?l!/\L ESTATE** Oiam. <>. I^amhonn 
 
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 i'opaUr Store 
 -r nder the HUl." 
 
 UiM«W »Wk tl9 Soootnck St Rortac* 
 
LA FLEIUR BROS 
 
 House, Sign 
 
 and Carriage Painting 
 
 Wall Papers and 
 
 Painters Sjppliis 
 
 Northampton, Mass. 
 
 ANDREW HYDE 
 
 Manufacturer ol 
 
 First Class Hand Made Violas and Violins 
 
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 VIOLINISTS' AND VIOLIN MAKERS' SUPPLIES 
 MUSICAL MERCHANDISE 
 
 Publisher of Hyde's Treatise on the Violin 
 
 NO. 80 PINE ST., NORTHAMPTON, MASS. 
 
 HAMPSHIRE 
 
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 NORTHAMPTON, MASS 
 
 •JCORPORATED 1830 
 
 CHAS. N. CLARK, Pres. 
 
 OLIVER WALKER, Sec'y. 
 
 CONNECTICUT VALLEY LUMBER CO. 
 
 Manufacturers of 
 
 Spruce Dimension Lumber 
 
 SHINGLES AND BOX SHOOKS 
 
 MT. TOJI ... 
 
 George Van Dyke, Pres 
 
 George S. Lewis. Trea 
 
 . MASS. 
 W. Reid, Mgr. 
 
 ESTABLISHED 1852 
 
 CHAUNCEY H. PIERCE 
 
 Insurance of all kinds 
 
 Central Real Estate Bought and Sold 
 NOTARV RUBLIC 
 
 OFFICE, IMUKCU'S lU'Il 
 
 Northampton, Mass. 
 
 MEMORIAL HALL 
 94 
 
 A subscriber to Publishers 
 Press, full leased wire service, 
 whicli covers the entire civil- 
 ized world 
 
 lu HOME news the leader. 
 An uuequaled staff of com- 
 petent local reporters and cor- 
 respondents 
 
 C. A. PIERCE & CO., 
 
 Publishers 
 
 Book and Pamphlet print- 
 ing and Job Printing of every 
 kind. Skilled Printers 
 Lowest Prices 
 C. A. PIERCE & CO. 
 
 J\)e Qazett^ 
 
 PREFERRED 
 A PER 
 
 Of a Great Majority of Read- 
 ers in Northampton 
 and Vicinity 
 
 Its Circulation of 4,000 a 
 
 night is oi Great Worth 
 
 to Advertisers 
 
 Daily, $5 per j-ear 
 Weekly, $1.50 per year 
 
 Northampton 
 Electric Lighting Co. 
 
 ARC and INCANDESCENT 
 
 LIGHTING AND 
 
 POWER SERVICE 
 
 C. H. PIERCE, Pres., 
 
 C. E. GOULD, Treas. 
 
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 llbUraiKC;^::- Fi!}£yDryGood_s 
 
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 General Insufsnce Agent "^ <unc^. 
 
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 » ' IMuinbcTS 
 
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 ^""^ Lumber Dcilers 
 
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 NORT>iAMPTON ^|^^, BCChlltOrC Stiitio,ur>. 
 
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 PORTHAMPTOK. MASS. 
 
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 ^'ARMSTRONG'S OUTFITS'' 
 
 For men who dress well - For men who dress for the occasion — be it society, street, 
 chorch, home or work. We make a close study of The Right Thing for the Right 
 Man — or boy. Season to season — see ' Armstrong's Outfits." .* J* j« j* jt ^ .* J- 
 
 R. F. ARMSTRONG, 
 
 80 Main Street. Lambie's Block, Northampton. 
 
 
 
 
 
 William Robinson m. B. KcHey ^ Co., ^'' George W. Traphagen, 
 
 2>enti6t 
 
 GROCER 
 
 . RELIABLE ;. GROWERS 
 
 48 Main Street, 
 
 Northampton, Mass. 
 
 Successor to 
 
 Robinson, Lucia & Co. 
 
 /^ ^^ Crnwn and Bridge WorW and 
 
 Our Teas and Coffees are Gold Plates a Specialty. 
 
 Specialties. ^^^^^^ ^^^ j^^.^ ^^ ^^^^ ^ ^ Banister's 
 
 NORTHAMPTONTON, MASS. 
 
 211 main Street, nortbampton. hous. Telephone ,544. 
 
 ^ M. M. FRENCH & CO., ^ 
 
 .* ..* ..•» SELLERS OF ..* .* j* 
 
 fiOQD CLOTHES 
 
 Over 50 Years on Same Spot 
 Opposite First Church 
 
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 OCT "1 1845