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HIS EXCELLENCY CALEB STRONG
Eleven Times Elected
Governor of Massachusetts
United States Senator Seven Years

, LL.D.

THE MEADOW CITY'S

A Memorial of the Celebration of the

Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary

of the Settlement of the Town of

Northampton : Massachusetts

June 5th, 6th and 7th, 1904

A Mighty Hand, from an exhaustless urn,
Pours forth the never-ending Flood of Years

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Prepared and Published by Direction of the City of Northampton

HERE struck the seed — the Pilgrims' roofless town;
Where equal rights and equal bonds were set;
Where all the people equal franchised met ;
Where doom was writ of privilege and crown ;
Where human breath blew all the idols down ;
Where crests were naught, where vulture flags were furled,
And common men began to own the world.

Give praise to others, early come or late,

For love and labor on our Ship of State ;

But this must stand, above all fame and zeal :

The Pilgrim Fathers laid the ribs and keel.

On these strong lines we base our social health —

The Man — the Home — the Town — the Commonwealth !

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MOST FAMOUS MINISTER

Third Minister of Northampton, 1727-1750

UR fathers' God, from out whose hand
The centuries fall like grains of sand,
We meet to-day, united, tree,
And loyal to our land and Thee,
To thank Thee for the era done.
And trust Thee for the opening one.

O, make Thou us, through centuries long.
In peace secure, in justice strong ;
Around our gift of freedom draw
The safeguards of Thy righteous law.
And, cast in some diviner mould,
Let the new cycle shame the old.

Whittier

The "Old Church," i 8 i 2 - i 8 7 6
The Charm of the Town

INTRODUCTION

THIS book was not intended to be a history of North-
ampton, and yet it contains, in the pages following —
in the various addresses and the w^ork of the historical
committees of the great Ouarter-]\Iillennial Celebration — most
of the essential and important facts which people will care
to know regarding such history. For further information, those
searching for details are referred to those superlatively valuable
works, the manuscripts of Sylvester Judd and Trumbull's His-
tory of Northampton.

Aside from the history of a memorable Celebration and its
illustrations of that event, this book will be found especially
valuable for its reproduction of portraits of old-time worthies
and prominent living citizens of Northampton. This city has
no "Hall of Fame" for its great men of the past, but an impos-
ing roll of honor has certainly been made from the list of local
notabilities named in these pages. It is much to be regretted
that portraits could not be obtained of such men as General Seth
Pomeroy, w^hose memory has been so greatly honored by the
great sister state of New York; of Major Joseph Hawley, the
pure patriot and friend of common school education; Hon. Eli P.
Ashmun, one of Northampton's contributions to the United States
Senate; Rev. Solomon Stoddard, Colonel John Stoddard and Hon.
Lewis Strong. It would have been most fitting if portraits of
these men of honorable fame and large influence in the making
of the town's history could have been given in this volume, and
the present and future generations will no doubt greatly regret
the inability to produce them.

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It should not be assumed that the portraits of all the nota-
ble men of the town that were available are given in these pages.
The committee were both surprised and pleased to find so many
that they could use — so many in fact that a large book might
be filled with them, with brief references to their many virtues.
It therefore became a disturbing question, Whose portraits should
be given and whose omitted ? Doubtless some that have been
omitted are equally worthy of a place in the volume with some
whose portraits are given. But, for obvious reasons, the com-
mittee had to be content with a consensus of the opinion of
their own members, on this point.

It will probably be recognized how impracticable it would
be, in a work of this character, to give biographical sketches of
the subjects of portrait. The aim of the compilers of this work
was simply, in this respect, to supplement the labors of the his-
torians of the past, by adding to their work such portraits as
might well have accompanied their text; showing that such por-
traiture, together with that of the representative men of today, is
a worthy and important part of Northampton's history for the
past two hundred and fifty years.

For information as to the lives of the old worthies of the past,
whose portraits are given in this work, reference may be had to
"Northampton Historicals and Antiquities," by Rev. Solomon
Clark; the historical and biographical works of Sylvester Judd
and James R. Trumbull, as also to that embodied in the " History
of the Connecticut Valley," published by a Philadelphia print-
ing house. Upon perusing these works, the obvious impossi-
bility of reproducing such information, even in part, in these
limited pages, will appear at once. As to giving herein sketches
of our local living worthies, that will be seen to have been
equally impracticable, as well as out of taste, especially as local
contemporaneous history has yet to be written, and the object
of this work is simply to make a general memorial tribute to
prominent citizens who have contributed to the building up of
the results of the last two hundred and fifty years.

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS xiii

The Committee, in the progress of their work, imbibed some-
thing of the "spirit of the occasion." The Celebration was itself
founded upon sentiment — ^love of home and native land and
reverence of an honored ancestry— and this has led the compilers
to make liberal quotations from some of the great authors, of
sentiments appropriate to the Celebration and this volume. In
this we have followed no precedent, but have, rather, made a
precedent of our own. We trust that these inspiring quotations
will meet with a fitting response from every reader.

The Committee are indebted to Miss Katherine E. McClellan,
Walter A. Sheldon, the Knowlton Brothers, Charles H. Howard
and Amand J. Schillare of this city, and many private individ-
uals, for valuable photographs, and to Edgar J. Lazelle of
Springfield for a representation of the bronze relief of St.
Gaudens' sculpture work on the head of that beloved son of
Hampshire, Dr. Josiah Gilbert Holland.

It has been the aim of the Committee to produce a volume
that, in print and binding, in size and clearness of type, and in
every mechanical excellence, as well as in completeness of record
and value of illustrations, would be a credit to the city and an
enduring pleasure to its people.

With reference to the mechanical execution of the work,
this fact seems worthy of mention. It is rarely the case that
a book of this character is completed entirely within the walls
of one establishment. Yet this is the case with this work.
All the engraving and some of the designs were drawn, and
the printing and binding were done, in the publishing house of
The F. A. Bassette Co., in Springfield, Mass., and in the
absence of the usual printers' imprint on the back of the title
page, it seems that credit for the superior results obtained
is justly due.

The origin and organization of the Committee are referred
to in the latter part of this work, as a part of the matter related
intimately to the Celebration itself, and this Introduction is
simply the usual means taken for explanation concerning certain

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QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

matters elsewhere narrated, which might not otherwise be clearly
understood. It should also be said that the work of gathering
and preparing the material for the volume has of necessity
proceeded slowly, in order to insure accuracy and completeness.
It is the hope of the Committee that this record will prove to be
acceptable to the people of the city, not only of today, but of
future years. As the years roll by, gathering in increasing num-
ber and forceful character, let it be said, with none to dispute,
that the men and women of this and the past generations in
Northampton performed their part in the history of their times
with such success and honor as to command the approval and
admiration of those who shall come after them.

Respectfully submitted by the Committee of Publication.

Henry S. Gere, Chairman
Egbert I. Clapp
Chauncey H. Pierce
Charles F. Warner, Secretary

DR. HOLLAND LIVED HERE

Dr. Josiah Gilbert Holland
Author of " Katlirina," "Bitter-Sweet," etc.

UEEN village of the meads,
Fronting the sunrise and in beauty throned,
With jeweled homes around her lifted brow,
And corona] of ancient forest trees,
Northampton sits and rules her pleasant realm;
There, where the saintly Edwards heralded
The terrors of the Lord, and men bowed low
Beneath the menace of his awful words;
And there, where Nature, with a thousand tongues,
Tender and true, from vale and mountain top,
And smiling streams, and landscapes piled afar,
Proclaimed a gentler gospel, I was born.

From "Kathrina," by Josiah Gilbert Holland.

THE FIRST CELEBRATION OF
SETTLEMENT /// the FIRST CHURCH

SUNDAY EVENING : €>ftobfr OlUJrntv.Jlitnt!), 1854

TWO hundred years had passed since the settlement of the town
of Northampton before any notice was taken of the event, so
far as there is any record. It remained for the Rev. Dr. Will-
iam Allen, a former president of Bowdoin college, and later a citizen

of Northampton, residing on King
street, to initiate and carry to comple-
tion a fitting though unpretentious
recognition of the anniversary. Dr.
Allen was then in his 7 2d year, a man
of striking personal appearance, with
long, flowing locks of gray hair,
and the bearing of a representative
of antic^uity. He was about the only
man in the town who took an active
interest in celebrating the anniver-
sary, and to him, by general consent,
the task was given of preparing an
address suitable to the occasion and
carrying out the details of the under-
taking. Dr. Allen had a high respect
for the people of our past generations
and a full appreciation of the great
work they had accomplished, and
he entered upon his task with much

Rev. William Allen, D.D. enthusiasm.

On the evening of Sunday, Oct. 29,
1S54, he delivered his address to an audience that nearly filled the
Old Church, notwithstanding the weather was unfavorable. The ser-
vices were of a character appropriate to such an occasion, most of
the local ministers participating. Rev. John P. Hubbard of the Epis-
copal Church gave the invocation and read from the Scriptures ; a choir
of old folks sang an original hymn prepared for the occasion by Dr.
Allen, and also sang several other hymns during the evening; Rev. Dr.

John Clarke
Founder of Clarke Library and Clarke School for the Deaf

NORTHAMPTON. MASSACHUSETTS

John P. Cleaveland, pastor of the Old Church, offered prayer; Dr. Allen
gave his address, which occupied two hours in delivery; Rev. Gordon
Hall, pastor of the Edwards Church, offered prayer, and then followed
the reading of letters from Benjamin Tappan of Steubenville, Ohio,
John and Charles Tappan of Boston, and Lewis Tappan of Brooklyn,
sons of Benjamin Tappan, who from 1768 to his decease in 1831, was
a leading Northampton merchant; and Charles Stoddard of Boston, a
grandson of Col. John Stoddard and great-grandson of Rev. Solomon
Stoddard, the second minister of Northampton.

These letters were read by Rev. Dr. George G. Ingersoll, a tempo-
rary pastor of the Unitarian Church. They are very interesting and were
listened to with great interest. Dr. Allen's address, notwithstanding its
great length, was listened to with much satisfaction, and was published
in a pamphlet with other historical and genealogical matter, the whole
filling fifty-six pages of small print. Dr. Allen spoke of the early history
of the town, its first settlement and the Indians, mentioned the first
ministers and some of the distinguished men who have lived here and
others who had gained honor in different and wider fields, and concluded
with an appeal to the men of the present generation to cherish the princi-
ples planted and sustained by our fathers.

The letters read on this occasion were published in the Hampshire
Gazette of Jan. 23, 1S55, and fill four columns of close print. The writers
were at that time old men, the age of Benjamin Tappan being eighty-
four years. They gave many interesting facts about the town, of a
reminiscent character, and have a historical value that will never fade.
The scope and limit of this Memorial Volume forbid the quoting at
length from these letters, but the hope may be expressed that the time
will come when they will be given to the public in a more convenient
form.

Who has not felt how sadly sweet

The dream of home, the dream of home,

Steals o'er the heart, too soon to fleet,
When far o'er sea or land we roam?

Moore.

Kindlier to me the place of birth

That first my tottering footsteps trod;

There may be fairer spots on earth,

But all their glories are not worth
The virtue of the native sod.

Lowell.

Breathes there a man with soul so dead.
Who never to himself hath said

This is my own, my native land;
Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned.
As home his footsteps he hath turned.

From wandering on a foreign strand ?

Scott.

Home of our childhood ! How affection clings
And hovers around thee with seraph wings !
Dearer thy hills, though clad in russet brown,
Tlian fairer summits which the cedars crown !
Sweeter the fragrance of thy summer breeze
Than all Arabia breathes along the seas !
The stranger's gale wafts honie the exile's sigh.
For the heart's temple is its own blue sky.

Holmes.

There is a land of every land the pride.
Beloved bv Heaven o'er all the world beside.

"Where shall that land, that spot of earth, be found ?"
Art thou a man? — a patriot ? — look around;
O, thou shalt find, where'er thy footsteps roam.
That land thy country, and that spot thy home!

Montgomery.

TWO HUNDRED &f FIFTIETH ANNl
VERSARY OF THE SETTLEMENT OF
NORTHAMPTON: MASSACHUSETTS

SUNDAY, MONDAY ^ TUESDAY : :^uur 5, 6 ant) 7, 1904

THE BEGINNING

IT was not until the winter of 1903 that any decided move was made
toward celebrating the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the
settlement of Northampton. The venerable editor of the Hamp-
shire Gazette, Henry S. Gere, had called attention, in his paper, to the
importance of the approaching event and the desirability of celebrating
it in a suitable manner, but nothing was done about it, officially or
otherwise, by the city government or citizens. Very few people appeared,
at first, to realize the importance of the anniversary, and, though it was
generally conceded that some action should be taken, no one seemed
willing to shoulder the responsibility of "starting the ball rolling."
There was the fear of being considered over-officious, the lack of time
which any one man must necessarily give to the leadership of such an
enterprise, and, finally, the possibility of failure and ridicule therefor.
In this state of feeling probably the best thing was done that could be
done. A petition was circulated in every part of the city, with a view to
obtaining the names of so large a number of representative professional
and business men and general property owners, as would bring respect
and dignity to an appeal to the City Council for action.

This petition was circulated during the winter of 1903, and received
several hundred signatures, with hearty accompanying words of approval
to the bearer of the paper, in most cases.

The following statement, from the chairman of the committee on
publication of this book, explains itself, and is inserted by vote of the
committee :

Fortunately, in this emergency, the man for the time appeared in
Charles F. Warner, a descendant of one of the early settlers of the town,
who started a petition to the city authorities, asking them to take action
tow^ards a celebration. He prepared and circulated the petition him-

John P a y s o n W i l i, i s t o n
A Liberal Benefactor of the Town

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

self and readily obtained the names of about 340 citizens, representing
the professional, business and progressive portions of our people, and
from that beginning sprung the celebration which has been the pride of
every friend of Northampton, both at home and abroad, and which will
ever remain a source of satisfaction to all the coming generations of
the municipality.

Henry S. Gere,
Chainnau of Publication Committee.

The petition was laid before the City Council April 30, 1903, and
will be found following:

THE PETITION

To the Honorable, the Mayor, the Board of Aldermen, and the Common
Council, of the City of Xorthampton, Mass.:

The undersigned, citizens of Northampton, respectfullv represent,
that the coming year, 1904, will mark the two hundred and fiftieth, or
quarter-millennial, anniversary of the settlement of Northampton; and,
whereas, it is fitting, patriotic and desirable that the people of this city
should recognize the event in some proper public manner; and, whereas,
the Legislature of this State has, by Chapter 109, of the Acts of 1902,
given towns and cities the power to appropriate money for the observance
of "Old Home Week," in the last week of the month of July:

Your petitioners, the undersigned, therefore ask your honorable
bodies to take steps, by the appointment of a committee of both boards,
with the mayor a member ex-ofticio, and a committee of three or more
citizens to be named by the Mayor, to act together in formulating a
plan for the combined celebration of "Old Home Week" and the 250th
Anniversary of the settlement of Northampton, during the last week of
July, 1904, or at such other time as may be deemed suitable, said com-
mittee to have permission to call upon such other citizens for sub-com-
mittees, in executive capacitv, as may be necessary. And, to the end
that such celebration shall be a fitting, comprehensive and proper one,
your petitioners ask that such committee be appointed at once, that

QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

they may have ample time to make the great anniversary one worthy
of the historic interest which is attached to the city by the country
at large, and commensurate with the pride possessed in her by her
sons and daughters.

Sidney E. Bridgman
Joseph Marsh
Christopher Clarke
Charles H. Dickinson
L. Clark Seelye
Chauncey H. Pierce
Oscar Edwards
Warren M. King
Edward P. Copeland
George L. Wright
Henry S. Gere
James H. Searle
John A. Sullivan
William H. Jones
Edwin T. Hervey
Albert M. Fletcher
Augustus B. Graves
Thomas Gilfillan
William W. Lee
George Tucker
Edward E. Wood, Jr.
William F. Pratt
Joseph C. Williams
John R. Hillman
Henry G. Maynard
Avon C. Matthews
Edwin C. Clark
Winthrop Delano
William H. Strong
Frederick A. Dayton
Henry E. Maynard
David B. Whitcomb
Waldo H. Whitcomb
Edward N. Foote
Frank H. Warren
Jacob H. Carfrey
William C. Day
Fred Simpson
Nathaniel W. Farrar
George L. Marsh
Matthew Carroll
Frederick E. Chase
John W. Lyman
William E. Shannon

Robert B. Graves
Benjamin E. Cook
Francis A. Cook
A. Lyman Williston
Robert L. Williston
Frederick N. Kneeland
Watson L. Smith
Robert E. Edwards
Charles N. Clark
Samuel B. Parsons
Joseph B. Parsons
John L. Draper
John C. Hammond
Frederic A. Macomber
George H. Sergeant
Robert M. Branch
J. Howe Demond
Charles E. Till
Edwin W. Higbee
Edson p. Clark
Levi Brooks
Frederick T. Atkins
William C. Pomeroy
Frank S. Pomeroy
Charles H. Heald
Henry L. Williams
Robert G. Williams
Patrick H. Gallen
Luther C. Wright
John Metcalf
'Myron L. Kidder
Charles B. Kingsley
Arthur L. Thayer
John L. Warner
Fred M. Crittenden
William A. Clark
Andrew T. Miller
William H. Todd
George H. Walker
William P. Strickland
Louis L. Campbell
A. Fitch Bromley
Charles S. Pratt
Herbert R. Graves

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

John C. Mangan '

James H. Huntington

George S. Gere

William J. Bray

John M. Benson

Edward P. Hall

J. DwiGHT Kellogg

John P. Thompson

Calvin Coolidge

Frederick W. Bement

William H. Feiker

John T. Keating

Theobald M. Connor

Charles A. Montgomery

Peter McHugh

Herbert E. Riley

Everett C. Stone

Alfred G. Carley

Ernest W. Hardy

Egbert I. Clapp

Thomas F. Burns

James Masterson

Frederick M. Starkweather

Harry C. Crafts

William H. Riley

Carlos C. Tracy'

Oscar W. Edwards

John L. Mather

OsMORE O. Roberts

John T. Dewey

James O. Morin

John A. Ross

David S. Ramsay

Thomas Munroe Shepherd

W^illiam J. La Fleur

Clarence E. Hodgkins

Clayton S. Parsons

George F. Hillman

Homer C. Chapin

Charles L. Crittenden

Seth S. Warner

David J. W^right

Byron L. Towne

Henry N. Ferry

Sydenham N. Ferry

DwiGHT B. Kelton

William C. Phelps

Hubbard M. Abbott

Robert W. Lyman

William H. Clapp

William Robinson

Thomas S. Crafts
Edward L. Finn
George H. Smith
Charles H. Bowker
George D. Clark
William L. Chilson
Edward C. Gere
Andrew P. Hancock
John B. Riley
George D. Briscoll
Leonard L. Ball
Edward W. Blanciifield
Edward W. Brown
James McKay
Kirk H. Stone
Calvin B. Edwards
Noah H. Lee
Henry N. Brewster
William Godfrey
George Watson Clark
Edwin H. Banister
Roderick M. Starkweather
George C. Foster
Charles A. Foster
James M. Pierce
Charles M. Kinney
William R. Holliday
Henry Jones
Robert McNaughton
Charles A. Pierce
Charles W. Pierce
Albert G. Beckmann
Richard B. Eisold
George R. Turner
William K. Staab
Ansel V. Anderson
Herman Nietsche
Edward O. Damon
Charles H. Sawyer
Chester W. French
Jairus E. Clark
Phelps & Gare
M. M. French & Co.
Alfred G. Fearing
Louis F. Ruder
Amand J. Schillare
Frank E. Davis
Ellis B. Currier
Joseph H. Riley
"Herbert A. Wiswell
Albert E. Addis

Samuel L. Hill

Founder of Cosmian Hall, Florence Kindergarten and Florence
High School House

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Frank W. Woodward
William E. Cooney
John B. O'Donnell
George F. Edwards
David C. Crafts
loHN F. Lambie
Richard A. Cowing
Homer O. Adams
Louis Z. Dragon
Robert F. Armstrong
Marcus Cohn
Charles W. Kinney
Frederick Kinney
William F. Godfrey
Roswell F. Putnam
Elmer P. Harvey
G. Henry Clark
Walter L. Stevens
Adolphe Menard
William A. Bailey
WiLMOT L. Clark
Edwin B. Emerson
Thomas F. McGrath
Herman A. Despault
John E. Bates
George F. Harlow
Collins H. Gere
Oliver Walker
George L. Metcalf
Frank E. Clark
Charles W. Whiting
Eugene E. Davis
Joseph N. Davenport
John J. Raleigh
Franklin S. Knowlton
Wilbur F. Knowlton
John M. Turner
Frederick C. Shearn
Phineas p. Nichols
Sidney A. Clark
Peter Sobotkv
Simon Rosenbaum
Vernon E. Hastings
Frank I. Washburn
Frank E. Shumway
Louis B. Niouette
Frank L. Clapp
Alvin W. Clapp
S. DwiGHT Drltry^
Haynes H. Chilson
George L. Harris

Edward B. Strong

Ralph L. Baldwin

Henry T. Rose

Chauncey E. Parsons

Charles L. Feiker

Alfred H. Evans

Richard W. Irwin

Henry A. Kimball

Arthur F. Nutting

John S. Hitchcock

Lucius S. Davis

Northampton & Amherst
Street Railway Co., by
Philip Witherell, Treas.

Howard Clark

Thomas B. Ewing

John Prince

Albert H. Carpenter

George Wright Clark

James Goodwin

Charles N. Fitts

Luther G. Stearns

Pierre C. Chatel

Antime Fontaine

Charles E. Williams

Joseph A. Boudway

Jonathan E. Collins

Lewis D. Parsons

Jonathan W. Arnold

Harry E. Bicknell

Herbert C. Smith

Edgar F. Crooks

Dexter W. French

George P. O'Donnell

Frank D. Barnes

Luther A. Clark

George W. Harlow

William D. Mandell

William M. Cochran

Joseph Pickett

Charles W. Phelps

Silas E. Smith

George W. Traphagen

James R. Gilfillan

John B. Cardinal

John F. Mariz

Matthew Grogan

Richard J. Rahar

Patrick H. Dewey

Timothy G. Spaulding

William G. Bassett

Alfred T . I. i l l v
Founder of Lilly Library and Lilly Hall oi Science

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Henry P. Field
Henry R. Hinckley
David W. C. Scates
Arthur Watson
George W. Cable
Henry M. Tyler
Benjamin C. Blodgett
Orrin E. Livermore
John A. Houston
Edwin B. Story
Frank N. Look
Louis F. Plimpton
George H. Ray
Samuel W. Lee
Omer M. Smith
Homer C. Bliss
William MacKenzie
Arthur G. Hill
John W. Bird
Charles E. Gould
William Gates
Charles R. Farr
Vernet E. Cleveland

Charles E. Herrick
George L. Beals
Thomas A. Orcutt
John C. Breaker
Clayton E. Davis
Philip A. Otis
George S. Graves
Charles (J. Parsons
Edwin B. Brewer
Edward A. Haven
Julius P. Maine
Walter W. Ross
Stephen B. Fuller
Arthur M. Ware
Michael Cooney
William A. Stevenson
William H. Stevens
James S. Conroy
Clifford H. Lyman
Edward E. Wood
George S. Whitbeck
Alvin M. Locke
Charles Forbes Warner

ACTION TAKEN ON PETITION by the
COUNCIL AND IN MASS MEETING

THE reference made to " Old Home Week," in the foregoing peti-
tion, was prudential. Northampton had not, tip to that time,
taken any steps toward the observance of "Old Home Week,"
and this holiday season had then been established but a few years in the
state; but it was deemed best to use the general term in the petition,
for the purpose of both offering a warrant for an appropriation and
gratifying those who might be pleased to consider a quarter-millennial
celebration in the light of a home-coming and a concession to the "Old
Home Week" sentiment.

The petition, as presented to the City Council, met with the hearty
approval of that body, and, under suspension of the rules, an order was
passed authorizing the Mayor to appoint the committee-at-large asked
for in the petition, and providing that said committee report to the
Council what action might be necessary in the premises. This was on
April 30, 1903, and at a session of the City Council, held May 14, Mayor
Hallett announced the appointment of most of the following committee,
several names being added by him within a few days thereafter, to
constitute the complete list, as follows:

FRELIMlNAin^ COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS

L. Clark Seelye
Samuel W. Lee
Chauncey H. Pierce
Henry S. Gere
Frederick A. Dayton
Edward N. Foote
Matthew Carroll
William H. Feiker
Herbert E. Riley
William H. Riley
John L. Mather
John T. Dewey
Seth S. Warner
John B. O'Donnell
John F. Lambie
William A. Bailey

Robert G. Williams

Pres. Board of Trade
Philip Gleason
Edwin H. Banister
William A. Clark
William G. Bassett
William G. Sterling
Hubbard M. Abbott
Samuel B. Parsons
Charles B. Kingsley
Oscar Edwards
Samuel Porter
Charles A. Maynard
Charles E. Herrick
Edwin B. Emerson
Alexander McCallum

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Louis B. Niquette
Haynes H. Chilson
Hexry p. Field
David W. C. Scates
George H. Ray
Benjamin E. Cook
A. Lyman Williston
John C. Hammond
Patrick H. Gallen
John S. Hitchcock
Edgar F. Crooks
Frank N. Look
Theobald M. Connor

Arthur G. Hill
Henry A. Kimball
Merritt Clark
Charles L. Fkiker
Lucius Dimock
Oscar F. Ely
William Gates
William MacKenzie
Charles H. Heald
Louis L. Campbell
John E. Bates
Timothy G. Spaulding
Arthur M. Ware

William A. Stevenson

SOCIETIES

John P. Thompson, Com. W. L. Baker Post, No. 86, G. A. R.
Katherine S. Barrett, Pres. Woman's Relief Corps, No. i8.
Harry E. BiCKNELL.Capt. George S. Bliss Camp, Sons of Veterans, No. 48.
Martin S. Hardiman, Pres. Div. No. i, Ancient Order of Hibernians.
James Davenport, M. W. Hampshire Lodge, No. 98, A. 0. U. W.
Charles Pellissier, M. W. College City Lodge, No. 219, A. O. U. W.

Florence.
Dennis Dowd, Pres. St. Mary's Branch, Cath. Knights of America,

Florence.

Miss Clara P. Bodman, Regent Betty Allen Chapter, Dau. Amer. Rev.

Mrs. Hannah Martin, Pres. Daughters of St. George.

Richard B. Eisold, Pres. German-American Citizens' Association.

William A. Bailey, Pres. Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden Agr'l
Society.

George W. Cable, Pres. Home Culture Clubs.

Paul Fitzgerald, Sachem Capawonke Tribe, Ind. Order of Red Men.

Morti.mer G. Sullivan, G. K. Knights of Columbus.

Thomas F. McGrath, V. C. Amity Lodge, Knights of Fidelity and B. L. U

George E. Douglass, Sir K. Commander Knights of Malta.

Adolphe Menard, Pres. L'Union St. Joseph.

Jairus E. Clark, Pres. Northampton Club.

William H. Carson, Pres. Northampton Cricket Club.

Arthur G. Doane, Pres. Northampton Cycle Ckib.

Edward P. Copeland, Pres. Horticultural Society.

Charles H. Sawyer, Pres. Northampton Rod and Gun Club.

Judge Charles E. Forbes, LL.D
Founder of Forbes Library

FROM TABLET IN FORBES LIBRARY'

IT HAS BEEN MY AIM TO PLACE WITHIN REACH OF THE INHABITANTS OF A
TOWN IN WHICH I HAVE LIVED LONG AND PLEASANTLY THE MEANS OF LEARN-
ING, IF THEY ARE DISPOSED TO LEARN, THE MARVELOUS DEVELOPMENTS OF
MODERN THOUGHT AND TO ENABLE THEM TO JUDGE OF THE DESTINY' OF THE
HUMAN RACE ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE RATHER THAN ON METAPHYSICAL
EVIDENCE ALONE. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE

CANNOT BE OVERRATED. — From the Will of J luhie Foi-hes.

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 17

Heinrich Drechsel, Pres. Northampton Schuetzenverein.

Henry L. Williams, Pres. Northampton Vocal Club.

William Phillips, Master Northampton Grange, No. 138, P. of H.

Arthur B. Van Slike, Regent, Florence Council, No. 1390, Royal Ar-
canum.

Joseph H. Carnall, Pres. Primrose Lodge, No. 166, Sons of St. George.

Narcisse Paquin, Pres. St. John Baptist Society, No. 166.

Mrs. David J. Condon, N. C. Florence Commandery, No. 31, U. O. G. vS.

Henry C. Warnock, Capt. Wish-ton-Wish Canoe Club.

A. Fitch Bromley, General Sec'y Young Men's Christian Association.

Frederick C. Ely, W. M. Jerusalem Lodge, A. F. & A. M.

Charles H. Chase, E. C. Northampton Commandery Knights Templar.

Augustus B. Graves, N. G. Nonotuck Lodge, No. 61, L O. O. F.

Willie H. Bruce, Com't Canton Meadow City, No. 29, L O. O. F.

Mrs. Hattie A. Walker, N. G. Mary Lyon Rebekah Lodge, No. 62.

George Connelly, C. R. Court Meadow City, No. 72, F. of A.

David J. Moran, C. R. Duvernay Court, No. 93, F. of A.

William J. Meehan, D. Florence Lodge, No. 1207, Knights of Honor.

G. Henry Clark, C. C. Norwood Lodge, No. 98, Knights of Pythias.

John F. Ahearn, Pres. F. M. T. A. & B. Society.

James Meehan, Pres. F. M. T. A. & B. Society, Florence.

James M. Maloney, Pres. St. Mary's Temperance Society.

Mrs. Myron L. Kidder, Honorary and Acting President W. C. T. U.

Mrs. Henry W. Messier, Juliette Circle, No. 390 Companions of the
Forest.

Miss IvAH C. Keeler, C. C. Pride of Meadow City Circle, No. 397,
C. of F.

Miss Margaret O'Brien, C. H. Enterprise Lodge, Degree of Honor.

David Morin, Com. Knights of Sherwood Forest.

EvoN F. HuEBLER, Prcs. Steuben Lodge, German Order of Harugari.

William Hayes, D. Elm City Lodge, Knights of Honor.

Chester W. French, Capt. Company L M. V. M.

TRADE UNIONS

William H. Finn, Pres. Barbers' Union.

John T. O'Connor, Pres. Carpenters' Union.

Michael V. Kelly, Pres. Central Labor Union.

Patrick W. Sullivan, Pres. Cigar Makers' Union, No. 396.

Edward Martin, Pres. Grinders' Union, No 6.

Dr. P I. 1 n y E a r l e

Superintendent State Lunatic Hospital, iSb^-iSS,. Oave nearly his entire
estate for maintenance ol Forlies Library

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 19

Alfred Frost, Pres. Knife Forgers' Union, No. 165, I. B. of B.

George W. Busch, Pres. Machinists' Union, No. 448.

John Senser, Pres. Metal Polishers' Union, No. 139.

Daniel J. McCarthy, Pres. Metal Polishers' Union, No. 155.

Oscar R. Hier, Pres. Tailors' Union, No. 168.

Richard E. Davies, Pres. Plumbers' S. & G. F. Union, No. 64.

Robert T. Newton, Pres. Retail Clerks' Union.

Henry Charlebois, Pres. Textile Workers' Union, No. 188.

Timothy J. Lynch, Pres. Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.

Frank A. Morin, Vice-Pres. of Musicians' Union.

INDIVIDUALS

Charles F. Warner Alfred T. Bliss

Frank E. Davis Richard W. Irwin

George D. Clark Edwin C. Clark

Christopher Clarke Thomas M. Shepherd

Watson L. Smith Emerson J. Smith

John A. Houston, M.D. Prof. Harry N. Gardiner

William W. Lee John J. Raleigh

James H. Huntington Jacob H. Carfrey

Christopher Seymour, M.D. Rev. John Kenny

Rev. Henry T. Rose Rev. John C. Breaker

Rev. Clement E. Holmes Rev. Noel Rainville

Rev. Alfred Free Rev. Herbert G. Buckingham

Rev. Robert F. Jones Rev. S. Allen Barrett

John L. Warner, Collector of Taxes.

Fred M. Starkweather, Chairman Assessors of Taxes.

Henry E. Maynard, Chief of Police.

George R. Turner, Inspector of Plumbing.

George F. Birge, Superintendent of Streets.

George W. Clark, City Treasurer.

Henry C. Hallett

Sylvester Judd

Antiquarian, Historian, Compiler of Jiidd Manuscripts,
Author Judd's History of Hadley

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 21

BOARD OF ALDERMEN

James W. Heffernan Lewis F. Babbitt

Moses Bassett William Grant

Edward J. Jarvis Michael J. McCarthy

Dennis J. Meehan

Egbert L Clapp, City Clerk

COMMON COUNCIL

William H. Carson Arthur G. Doane

John J. Kennedy George H. Drury

Timothy McCarthy George Bliss McCallum

Charles H. Chase Charles H. Eustis

Sidney A. Clark Roderick M. Starkweather

Henry Tessier Walter L. Stevens

John Burke William F. Cooney

Stephen M. Keough William J. Foran

Michael W. Meehan William E. Welsh

Charles S. Beals
Andrew Faas
George W. Hillier

William E. Shannon, Clerk

THE FIRST MEETING IN CITT HALL

The appointment of the foregoing committee-at-large was followed
by the call, from City Clerk Egbert L Clapp, by direction of the Mayor,
to meet in the City Hall Wednesday evening, May 27, 1903, to take
action in the premises. This meeting was held at the time appointed,
about sixty members of the committee being present. The Mayor pre-
sided and Charles F. Warner was chosen secretary. Considerable enthu-
siasm was shown in a quiet way, and upon motion of George W. Cable,
it was declared to be the sense of the meeting that a celebration should
be had. Timothy G. Spaulding moved that a committee of fifteen be

J A M K s R . Trumbull

Editor Hampshire^Gazette twenty-three years. Author Trumbull's
History of Northampton

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 23

appointed by the Mayor to formulate plans for a celebration, and
report at a future meeting. This motion was carried without debate,
and upon motion of Alfred T. Bliss of Florence it was voted that the
committee when constituted should include in its membership the fol-
lowing named: Henry S. Gere, John B. O'Donnell, Edwin H. Banister,
Timothy G. Spaulding and Egbert I. Clapp. The meeting then adjourned
subject to the call of the committee of fifteen. This committee, as
afterwards completed by the Mayor and notified by the secretary, to
meet, was constituted as follows:

Timothy G. Spaulding George H. Ray

Henry S. Gere Victor Rocheleau

John B. O'Donnell L. Clark Seelye'

Egbert I. Clapp Samuel W. Lee

Edwin H. Banister Edgar F. Crooks

Edward P. Copeland Richard W. Irwin

Thomas M. Shepherd Benjamin E. Cook

Philip Gleason

ORGANIZATION OF A PROVISIONAL
COMMITTEE AND M A T R' S ADDRESS

Shortly following their appointment, the before-named provisional
committee of fifteen met at the Common Council room, and appointed
a sub-committee of three, consisting of Timothy G. Spaulding, Richard
W. Irwin and Egbert I. Clapp, to report a scheme of permanent organi-
zation and a program for the celebration. This sub-committee spent the
summer and fall months in investigating the matter of similar celebra- I

tions elsewhere, and were not able to report to the main committee
until in January of the following year. In the meantime, Mayor Henry
C. Hallett had been elected for a third term of office, and to him belongs
the honor of making the first written and official suggestion that the
year 1904 was the Quarter-Millennial year of the municipality, and that
the 250th anniversary should be celebrated in an ample and generous
manner. It is certain that if no one else appreciated — six months before :

the event — the magnitude and expense of a fitting celebration and the '.

importance of it, Mayor Hallett did, for in his third inaugural message
to the City Council, delivered Jan. 4, 1904, he made the following refer- |

ence to the matter: i

24 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

" JFew New England towns have a longer, and none a prouder,
history than ours. The soil of Northampton, it is true, has been the
scene of few of the events that are noted in history, and not over-many
of her sons have achieved national fame. These facts, however, are but
accidents of circumstance. For two hundred and fifty years Northampton
has been a community of sturdv, industrious, God-fearing, sane and
patriotic men and women; a splendid example of the rural New England
communities, whose people have preserved and developed the Common-
wealth and the Nation, and whose children have peopled the West.

"The recent publication of James R. Trumbull's History of North-
ampton has done much to awaken interest in local history. We have
much to be grateful for that a man of so abundant industry and scholarly
enthusiasm was moved to undertake this history and enabled to carrv
it so far toward completion; yet, in spite of this easily accessible source
of information, it is to be feared that too many of our people, especially
those of the younger generation, are lacking in knowledge of, and interest
in, our local history. This is no more true of Northampton than of other
communities, and is due doubtless to the fact that attention has been
so little directed to the matter. The history of the nation is taught, as
it should be, in our schools, but little is known by our children of the
particular history of Massachusetts and Northampton. I doubt if the
names of John Stoddard, Seth Pomeroy, Joseph Hawlev and Caleb
Strong have any particular significance or any familiar sound in our
schools, or even among many of our people. I trust that the coming
anniversary may be made the occasion of the inauguration in our
schools of a course in the history of our state and city. Such a course
need not perhaps go further than a series of familiar talks by the teachers,
but it should be sufficient to awaken and sustain an enthusiastic interest
in our local history. The cultivation of local patriotism is not a thing
which we can afford to neglect. If the coming celebration can be so
arranged as to instill in us all a lasting appreciation of what the men
and women of Northampton have achieved, this will not be the least
of its benefits.

"Several of our neighboring towns have, during the past year,
celebrated various anniversaries of their foundation in fitting style.
Such celebrations are always expensive, but it is to be remembered that
this particular one will not be repeated until two hundred and fifty
years more have passed. If our own celebration is to take the rank to
which the age of the community and the achievements of its people
entitle it, there will be need of the expenditure of much time and much
money. It is particularly our province to see that the latter is not
lacking, and I therefore recommend to you that the committee in charge
be forthwith provided with a very generous appropriation."

REPORT TO QENERAL COMMITTEE

ON January 20, 1904, the sub-committee were able to report to
the provisional committee of fifteen virtually complete plans for
the celebration. These ])lans were accepted by that com-
mittee, and a meeting of the general committee was called for and held
in the upper City Hall, Januarv 23.

At this meeting the Mayor designated the following additions to
the general committee: Oliver Dragon; Ward i, Homer O. Adams,
Edgar J. Hebert; Ward 2, Abbot L. Gloyd; Ward 3, vS. Wilham Clark,
Arthur C. Herrick, James H. O'Dea; Ward 4, Clarence E. Hodgkins,
Alfred J. Preece; Ward 5, John F. Mahar; Ward 6, Frederick A. Esta-
brook, Alexander W. Ewing; Ward 7, Harry A. Stowell.

The matter of preparing and publishing a Memorial Volume, de-
scribing in detail the Celebration, with illustrations of the decorations,
parade, and such other appropriate features of it as could be obtained,
was discussed, on a motion offered by Henry S. Gere, that such a vol-
ume be authorized at once and preparations for it begun immediately;
but no action was taken in relation to it, further than to vote that City
Clerk Clapp be authorized to keep a record of the doings of the prelimi-
nary committees and collect all matters of interest in relation to the
Celebration, the Executive and Finance Committee to determine as to
the advisability of publishing such a work.

The Executive and Finance Committee were authorized to applv
to the Cit}' Council for an appropriation of $10,000, to carry out the
Celebration, the plans for which were at that time announced briefly
as follows :

For Sunday, June 5, suitable exercises in the city churches in the
morning, and in the evening a concert for all the people, with appropriate
vocal and instrumental selections.

Monday, indoor exercises at 10 a. m., including an address of wel-
come and an oration; at 2 p. m., children's exercises, and in the evening
a concert by the Northampton Vocal Club, to be followed by a reception
to the Governor of the state.

Tuesday, June 7, a civic and military parade at ten o'clock, to be
followed at one o'clock by a banquet and after-dinner speaking, with
fireworks in the evening.

To carry ovit this program the Provisional Committee recommended
that a temporary structure be erected, in which all indoor functions

Edward H. R. Lyman
Founder of Academy of Music

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 27

I —

should be held, and the question of where this structure should be located
was announced as happily solved in the offer of the Forbes Library lot,
by the trustees of the library.

A recommendation was also made, that the towns of Easthampton,
Southampton and Westhampton be invited to join in the celebration,
in such manner as should seem to them most fitting.

In its report the Provisional Committee of fifteen described the
duties of the several sub-committees, and enacted the following scheme
of government for the Executive and Finance and other Committees:

RULES FOR COMMITTEES

The Executive and Finance Committee shall have the sole and
entire charge, custody and control of all moneys appropriated by the
city for the celebration.

It shall determine the sums to be allotted out of the funds in its
hands for the needs of the several committees. It shall organize at once
with the Mayor as chairman and a clerk and treasurer.

Five members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any
business which may come before it.

We recommend that the City Council appropriate forthwith a sum
not less than $10,000, and that the same be turned over to said Execu-
tive and Finance Committee at an early date, in order that the work to
be done may be entered upon at once.

Xo bill or account for expenditure, approved by a chairman of anv
committee, shall be paid by the treasurer of the Executive and Finance
Committee until approved by the chairman of the last-named committee
in writing.

This committee shall have general authority and supervision as to
all matters pertaining to the preparation for and the carrving out of
the celebration, and shall have authority to change and modifv plans and
details in the work of all other committees in any manner it may deem
expedient.

This committee shall also be and constitute the board for deciding
and determining all matters, questions and differences of opinion which
may arise in the several committees in the performance of their respective
duties, and shall have power to fill all vacancies occurring in the member-
ship of committees and to appoint a chairman thereof, whenever that
position becomes vacant, or is not satisfactorily filled.

The chairmen of all committees, where a chairman has been desig-
nated, except the chairman of the Executive and Finance Committee,
shall have the direction and control of the work of their respective com-
mittees, and meetings of said committees shall be called only by their
chairmen, and at such times as said chairmen shall deem expedient.

QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

The chairmen of all other committees, except the Executive and
Finance Committee, shall have the sole power of making any contract
or of incurring or authorizing the expenditure of any money by their
respective committees; but such a chairman shall have no power to
expend or authorize the expenditure of money over and beyond the sum
previously allotted to his committee by the Executive and Finance
Committee. All accounts and bills shall be vouched for and approved
by the chairman of the committee who has incurred them and shall
be then turned over to the Executive and Finance Committee, and
upon approval by its chairman shall be paid by its treasurer, who shall
keep an accurate and full account of all payments made by him.

THE COMPLETE WORKING ORGAN
IZATION FOR THE CELEBRATION

The various sub-committees, as suggested by the Provisional Com-
mittee, and finally constituted and officered, were as follows:

ON EXECUTIVE AND FINANCE

Mayor Henry C. Hallett, Cliairman

*TiMOTHY G. Spaulding Edgar F. Crooks

Chauxcey H. Pierce Frank N. Look

Theobald M. Connor Adolphe Menard

Charles B. Kingsley Edwin H. Banister

Edward E. Wood Samuel W. Lee

George W. Clark, Egbert L Clapp, Sec.
Trcas., cx-officio

ON INVITATIONS

Louis L. Campbell, Chairman

Sidney E. Bridgman Christopher Clarke

David B. Whitcomb Edward B. Strong

Collins H. Gere John Metcalf

George D. Clark Robert L. Williston

Clayton S. Parsons L. Warren Morgan

Frederic A. Macomber George H. Sergeant

Jonathan W. Arnold Frederick W. Bement

Edwin K. Abbott Oliver B. Bradley

Allen C. Warner Charles F. Warner, Sec.

RECEPTION AND ENTERTAINMENT

Ernest W. Hardy, Chairman

John T. Stoddard Frank Lyman

Frederick N. Kneeland Josiah W. Parsons

Edward E. Graves Matthew Grogan

Ellis B. Currier William Godfrey

Joseph H. Shearn Charles O. Parsons

William H. Feiker Homer O. Adams

Mrs. Henry C. Hallett Mrs. Lucy Hunt Smith

Mrs. Louise S. Hildreth Mrs. Lucius S. Davis

Miss Jennie C. Pratt Miss Sarah M. Butler

Mrs. Samuel B. Parsons Mrs. Edwin H. Banister

Mrs. John B. O'Donnell Mrs. Richard W. Irwin

*Resigned by reason of disability.

George Bliss, Pliiladelphia
He gave Generously for the Benefit of liis Native Town

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 31

Miss Minnie A. Kiely Miss Clara P. Bodman

Miss Mary Fitzpatrick Miss Marie Louise Menard

Mrs. Henry L. Williams Miss Sidonia A. Ruder

Mrs. Robert H. Clapp Mrs. George H. Page

Mrs. Sidney E. Bridgman Mrs. Louis F. Plimpton

Mrs. Patrick H. Halloran Mrs. Frank N. Look

Miss Eugenie Lamontagne Mrs. Albert L. Phelps

Mrs. William W. Lee Miss Anna Menard

Mrs. John J. Raleigh Miss Carrie L. Walker

Mrs. William H. Riley Mrs. Joseph O. Daniels
Miss Jennie C. Pratt, Secretary

COMMITTEE ON SUNDAY OBSERVANCES

IN CHURCHES

Rev. Henry T. Rose, Cl!air)jiaii, First Church of Christ.

Rev. Lyman P. Powell, Protestant Episcopal Church.

Rev. John C. Breaker, Baptist Church.

Rev. Frederic H. Kent, Second Congregational Church.

Rev. Willis H. Butler, Edwards Church.

Rev. Clement E. Holmes, Methodist Episcopal Church.

Rev. John Kenny, St. Mary's Church.

Rev. S. Allen Barrett, Florence Congregational Church.

Rev. Alfred Free, Free Congregational Church.

Rev. Herbert G. Buckingham, Florence Methodist Episcopal

Church.
Rev. Patrick H. Gallen, Church of the Annunciation.
Rev. Noel Rainville, Church of the Sacred Heart.
Rev. Thomas P. Lucey, Church of the Blessed Sacrament.
Rev. Frederic H. Kent, Secretary.

ON MONDAY MORNING EXERCISES AND ORATION

Key. L. Clark Seelye, Chainnaii

William P. Strickland George W. Cable

John B. O'Donnell Henry P. Field, Secretary

ON CHILDREN'S PARADE

Jacob H. Carfrey, Chairman
Robert G. Williams Fred Stork

Clarence P. Roote Miss Amy B. Blish

Rev. John Kenny Alfred H. Evans

J. Henry Clagg Rev. Noel Rainville

John M. Rowell Miss Harriet H. Pratt

Miss Elizabeth L. Kingsley

32 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

William H. Riley Miss Catherine A. Clark

Andrew P. Hancock George L. Harris

Arthur G. Hill
Edwin C. Howard, Secretary

ON GAMES AND SPORTS

John T. Keating, Chairman

Homer C. Bliss James H. O'Dea

Harry C. Crafts William MacKenzie

Lucius S. Davis Matthew Carroll

Peter Sobotky, Secretary

ON GOVERNOR'S RECEPTION

Mayor Henry C. Hallett, C'Jiainnaii
Richard W. Irwin Henry M. Tyler

Thomas F. Ahearn George Wright Clark

Charles N. Clark Alexander L. Dragon

Charles A. Clark, Secretary

ON PARADE

Richard W. Irwin, Chairman

John J. Raleigh Frank E. Davis

Eugene E. Davis Robert H. Clapp

William A. Clark S. William Clark

Robert B. Weir William H. Smith

William Grant Edward T. Foley

Victor Rocheleau Charles E. Herrick

William A. Stevenson - George S. Whitbeck

William C. Pomeroy Frederick G. Jager

Hubbard M. Abbott John McCool

William A. Bailey Clayton E. Davis

John E. Bates Charles N. Fitts

James W. Reid David W. C. Scates

Edward P. Hall Charles S. Pratt, Jr.

George R. Spear Thomas J. Hammond, Sec'y

ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR BANQUET

Elbridge G. South wick, Chairman

Levv^is F. Babbitt George D. Thayer

Alvin M. Locke Patrick J. Bartley

William H. Carson Sidney A. Clark, Secretary

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 33

BANQUET POST-PRANDIAL EXERCISES

William G. Bassett, Chairman and Toastmaster
John W. Mason Arthur Watson

James M. Fay William J. Collins

Alfred M. Fletcher John C. Mangan, Secretary

ON DECORATIONS, FLOWERS AND FIREWORKS

*Edward p. Copeland, Cliainiiaii
Warren M. King, Chairman
John T. Dewey Oscar F. Ely

Edward J. Jarvis, Secretary

ON ILLUMINATIONS

James W. Heffernan, Chairman
Alexander McCallum Benjamin B. Hinckley

Moses Bassett Joseph A. Boudway

James W. O'Connor George H. Drury, Secretary

ON MUSIC

Henry L. Williams, Chairman
John Prince Edwin B. Story

Haynes H. Chilson Harry P. Eastwood

Edward M. Wilhelmi Alfred T. Bliss

George W. Hillier Charles A. Wheeler

Albert E. Brown Herbert E. Riley, Secretary

ON SALUTE AND RINGING OF BELLS

John P. Thompson, Chairman
Charles H. Heald John W. Lyman

William R. Bardwell Charles A. Pierce

Luke Day James R. Gilfillan

Albert G. Beckmann John J. Kennedy, Secretary

ON HISTORICAL LOCALITIES

Henry S. Gere, Chairman
A. Lyman Williston Charles H. Dickinson

Joseph Marsh Merritt Clark

George L. Wright Benjamin E. Cook

Chauncey E. Parsons Sidney E. Bridgman

Henry R. Hinckley Oscar Edwards

David B. Whitcomb Watson L. Smith

Luther J. Warner Lewis D. Parsons

Joseph C. Williams Luther C. Wright, Secretary

♦Deceased before Celebration.

Hon. Elijah Hunt Mills
United States Senator, 1S20-27

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 35

ON HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS

Thomas M. Shepherd, (liairmau

Waldo H. Whitcomb Miss Mary A. Jordan

Frank L. Clapp Osmore O. Roberts

Robert E. Edwards Christopher Seymour

Samuel B. Parsons Arthur K. Sylvester

John L. Mather Harry N. Gardiner

William F. Pratt David J. Wright

Seth S. Warner Henry N. Ferry

O. Wendell Edwards Miss Nancy L. Miller

Miss Harriet J. Kneeland Mrs. Gertrude Q. Clapp

Miss Adelene Moffat Mrs. David C. Crafts
Frank I. Washburn, Secretary

ON TRANSPORTATION

Thomas A. Orcutt, Chairman

George Bliss McCallum Howard Clark

Edwin C. Clark Michael W. Meehan

Philip Witherell Louis H. Warner, Secretary

ON PRINTING, PROGRAM AND TICKETS

Charles F. Warner, Chairman
Dennis J. Meehan Frank E. Davis

John A. Ross Frank R. Mantor

Abbot L. Gloyd Harry E. Bicknell, Secretary

ON ANNIVERSARY BUILDING, ETC.

John C. Hammond, CJiainna>i

Charles S. Beals John F. Lambie

John L. Draper Philip Gleason

Edward N. Foote Clarence K. Graves, Secretary

ON PRESS

James H. Huntington, Chairman

Charles W. Pierce John L. Best

Charles G. Fairman Albert H. Carpenter

Homer C. Chapin, Secretary

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Hon. Isaac C. Bates
United States Senator, 1841-1845

AT the Springfield Quarter-Millennial celebration, in 1886, Senatf)r Henry L. Dawes
said, in response to the sentiment, "The United States Senate:" "In that body
Massachusetts has had in the past representation always worthy of her great name,
and the high commission with which she has intrusted that representation. After the two
great names of Webster and Sumner, the illustrious in history, the old county of Hampshire
of blessed memory — alas, that it was ever divided — stands forth in the front rank with the
names she has furnished that representation. Caleb Strong, one of the first senators for
Massachusetts, stern, stubborn, incorruptible and patriotic; Ashmun, a name illustrious
in both houses of Congress and at the bar of the Commonwealth; Mills, the scholar, the
statesman, and orator of a listening and charmed Senate; Isaac C. Bates, whose voice rang
in my ear like a silver trumpet the first time when, a boy, I entered the court-house at
Northamptf)n. These were the River Gods of their day, and to these illustrious names the
old county of Hampshire may point her present and future generations for example and
emulation. "

T^EACE to the just man's memory — let it grow

Greener with years, and blossom through the flight
Of ages ; let the mimic canvas show

His calm, benevolent features ; let the light
Stream on his deeds of love, that shunned the sight

Of all but heaven, and, in the book of Fame,
The glorious record of his virtues write,

And hold it up to men, and bid them claim
A palm like his, and catch from him the hallowed flame.

Bryant

"KT EITHER present fame, nor war, nor power, nor wealth, nor knowl-
-^ ^ edge alone, shall secure an entrance to the true and noble Val-
halla (Temple of Fame). There shall be gathered only those who have
toiled each in his own vocation for the welfare of others. Justice
and benevolence are higher than knowledge and power.

Whittier

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Invitati(jn to Old Nokthami'ton, En t; land

THE INVITED GUESTS

INFirATION 10 NORTH/iMP'rON, ENGLAND

IT was a happy thought to send an invitation to the municipal
authorities of the old city of Northampton, England, and when
Alderman Samuel S. Campion of that city was found to be in this
country, visiting the St. Louis Exposition, he was speedily communi-
cated with, by order of the Executive and Finance Committee, and
promptly accepted their invitation to come to the Connecticut valley,
later being commissioned by the English city to represent it at the
Quarter-Millennial Celebration.

A handsomely engrossed form of invitation, as shown on opposite
page, was forwarded to England, and brought forth the following replies,
sent before the Northampton, England, authorities were aware of Mr.
Campion's intention to visit New England.

County Borough of XLOWW C{CX\\'B OmcC

(SEAL) (SuilMiall

NORTHAMPTON

Northampton

Herbert Hankinson

■down Clcrh
Telphone No. 236 A. F. H. l6thMay, 1904.

My dear Sir:

I am requested by the Mayor of this Borough, Edward Lewis,
Esquire, J. P., to forward you herewith his acknowledgment of the
kind invitation which accompanied your communication of the 2nd
instant.

Will vou be good enough to lay it before his Honour the Mayor,
and Council, of your City?

With best wishes for a very successful celebration of the interesting
250th Anniversary of the settlement of Northampton, Mass.

I beg to remain,

Yours faithfully,

Herbert Hankinson,

Town Clerk.
Egbert L Clapp, Esq.,

City Clerk, Northampton,

Massachusetts, U. S. A.

40 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

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NORTHAMPTON

1 6th May, 1904.

To His Honour the Mayor,

and the City Council, of Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen: —

On behalf of myself and the Corporation of the ancient Borough of
Northampton, England, I beg to acknowledge and to thank you for the
invitation with which you have honoured us, and for the cordial feeling
which prompted the invitation, to join with you in your celebration of
the 250th Anniversary of the settlement of your prosperous City.

Owing partly to the rather limited time available, and to the fact
that on Thursday, 2nd June, the Town and County of Northampton are
taking part in the ceremony of opening large extensions to our General
Hospital, it is feared that no official representatives of your English
namesake City can be present in Northampton, Massachusetts, on the
5th, 6th and 7th June next.

None the less, Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen, I feel certain that the
Council will appreciate highly your kindness and will join with me in
heartiest good wishes for the growth and progress of your City and the
best welfare of its inhabitants.

I shall also ask the Council to order your invitation to be duly
inscribed in the records of our Borough, which received its first charter
from King Richard I on i8th November, anno domini, 1189.

I have the honour to be,

Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,

Yours very faithfully,

Edward Lewis,

Mayor.
Countersigned

Herbert Hankinson,
Town Ch^rk.

BOARDOF ALDER MEN, 1904

Center row, reading down— William Grant, Ward 4, President; Henry C. Hallett, Mayor;
Egbert I . Cla pp. City Clerk.

Right hand — Alfred T. Bliss, Ward 6; Lewis F. Babbitt, Ward 2; Edward J. Jarvis,
Ward 5.

Left hand — Dennis J. Meehan, Ward 7; Moses Bassett, Ward 3; John J. Kennedy, Ward 1.

COMMON COUNCIL, 1904

Center row, reading down — C-larence E. Hodgkins, Ward 4; George B. McCallum, President,
Ward 2; Arthur C. Herrick, Ward 3.

Right hand — Alexander W. Ewixg, Ward 0; Abbot L. C!i>oyd, Ward 2; Charles S. Beals,
Ward 7; S. William Clark; Ward 3.

Left hand — William H. Carson, Ward 1; Stephen M. Keough, Ward 5; Alfred J. Preece,
Ward 4; James H. O'Dea, Ward 3.

COMMONCOUNCIL, 1904

Center row, reading down — George H. Drury, Ward 2; Roderick M. Starkweather, Ward
4; William E. Shannon, Clerk.

Right hand — Michael W. Meehan, Ward 5; John F. Mahar, Ward .5; V/ili.iam .J. Foran,
Ward 6; Edgar J. Hebert, Ward 1.

Left hand — Homer O. Adams, Ward 1; Harry A. Stowell, Ward 7; Frederick A. Esta-
BROOK, Ward 6; George W. Hillier, Ward 7.

MAYORS OF NORTHAMPTON, 1884-1905

Jasper E. Lambie
1891

Henry A. Kimball
1894, 1895

Arthur G. Hill

1887, 1888

HenryJP. Field
1896, 1898

John B. O'Donneli
1892, 1893

Benjamin E. Cook
1884, 1885, 1886

John L. Mather
1897, 1899, 1900

Jeremiah Brown
1889, 1890

Arthur Watson
1901

Henry C. Hallett
1902, 1903, 1904

Theobald M. Connor
1905

GUESTS

O F

THE

CITY

District

Governor John L. Bates.
Lieutenant-Governor Curtis Guild, Jr.

COUNCIL

Roland C. Nickerson, Brewster, Mass.

2 — Frederick S. Hall, Taunton, Mass.

3 — Edwin R. Hoag, Chelsea, Mass.

4 — Michael J. Sullivan, Boston, Mass.

5 — George R. Jewett, Salem, Mass.

6 — Walter Scott Watson, Lowell, Mass.

7 — Arthur H. Lowe, Fitchburg, Mass.

8 — Richard W. Irwin, Northampton, Mass.

MAYORS

Patrick A. Collins
Edward H. Keith
Parker S. Davis
AuGUSTiN J. Daly
Edward E. Willard
Charles A. Buckley
Thomas J. Boynton
George Grime
Henry O. Sawyer
James E. Tolman
RoswELL L. Wood
Arthur B. Chapin
Cornelius F. Lynch
Charles E. Howe
Henry W. Eastham
Charles L. Dean
Frederick R. S. Mildon
Charles Sidney Baxter
Sidney H. Buttrick
Charles S. Ashley
James F. Carens
Alonzo R. Weed
Frank D. Stafford
Henry D. Sisson
Charles M. Bryant
Joseph N. Peterson

Boston, Mass.
Brockton, Mass.
Beverly, Mass.
Cambridge, Mass.
Chelsea, Mass.
Chicopee, Mass.
Everett, Mass.
Fall River, Mass.
Fitchburg, Mass.
Gloucester, Mass.
Haverhill, Mass.
Holyoke, Mass.
Lawrence, Mass.
Lowell, Mass.
Lynn, Mass.
Maiden, Mass.
Marlborough, Mass.
Medford, Mass.
Melrose, Mass.
New Bedford, Mass.
Newbury port, Mass.
Newton, Mass.
North Adams, Mass.
Pittsfield, Mass.
Quincy, Mass.
Salem, Mass.

QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

Leonard B. Chandler
Everett E. Stone
Richard E. Warner
John L. Harvey
John P. Feeny
Walter H. Blodgett

Somerville, Mass.
Springfield, Mass.
Taunton, Mass.
Waltham, Mass.
Woburn, Mass.
Worcester, Mass.

Hon. George P. Lawrence North Adams, Mass.
Hon. Frederick H. Gillett Springfield, Mass.
Hon. Loren P. Keyes New Marlborough, Mass.

Rep. Harry E. Graves Hatfield, Mass.

Rev. Richard E. Birke Deerfield, Mass.

(A former resident of Northampton, England.)
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Cutter, Librarian-elect of

Forbes Library.
Major F. E. Pierce Greenfield, Mass.

AS GUESTS OF SHERIFF J. E. CLARK

Hon. Loranus E. Hitchcock, Justice of Superior

Court, Chicopee.
CoL. Embury P: Clark, Sheriff of Hampden County,

Springfield.
Hon. Isaac Chenery, Sheriff of Franklin County,

Greenfield.
Hon. Dana Malone, District Attornev, Greenfield.

CHAIRMEN OF

Charles E. Wakefield
Nelson Randall
Irving Rice
Darwin E. Lyman
JosiAH W. Flint
Edward C. Packard
Samuel B. Dickinson,
George B. Walker
Francis S. Reynolds
Matthew J. Ryan
Leonard F. Hardy, Esq.
George W. Cottrell
John L. Brewer
F. a. Holden
Walter M. Waugh

SELECTMEN

Amherst, Mass.
Belchertown, Mass.
Chesterfield, Mass.
Cummington, Mass.
Enfield, Mass.
Goshen, Mass.
Granby, Mass.
Greenwich, Mass.
Hadley, Mass.
Hatfield, Mass.
Huntington, Mass.
Middlefield, Mass.
Pelham, Mass.
Plainfield, Mass.
Prescott, Mass.

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

John E. Lyman
George D. Storrs
Lawrence Malloy
Samuel Cole
Robert E. Pray

South Hadley, Mass.
Ware, Mass.
Williamsburg, Mass.
Worthington, Mass.
Greenfield, Mass.

EASTHAMPTON TOWN OFFICERS

Selectmen

Jairus F. Burt, CJiairman George S. Colton

John Cullen
Lucius E. Parsons Watson H. Wright

John N. Lyman Winslow H. Edwards

Joseph W. Wilson, Toivn Clerk

SOUTHAMPTON

Selectmen

George H. Lyon, Chairman Albert L G. Quigley

Martin Norris
Frederick E. Judd, Toivii Clerk
Homer O. Strong, Moderator

WESTHAMPTON

Selectmen

A. Drury Rice, Chairman Dwight S. Bridgman

Edwin B. Clapp
Francis A. Loud, Toicii Clerk

ACTION TAKEN BY THE TOWNS OF
3^ 3^ 3^ 3^ EASTHAMPTON 3^ 3^ 3^ 3^
SOUTHAMPTON & WESTHAMPTON

IT is of course understood that the town authorities of Easthampton,
Southampton and Westhampton were invited to take part in the
Celebration, because those towns were originally a part of North-
ampton. The response of these towns was very gratifying to the Exec-
utive Committee. The board of selectmen in each place met promptly
and at once showed a desire to co-operate with the authorities in this
city, towards making the celebration a success. They appointed, in the
several towns, the men named as invited, and soon appeared at the
City Hall, seeking information as to how they could best co-operate.
The Executive Committee introduced them to Captain Irwin, chair-
man of the Parade Committee, and he advised that they show their
interest by the construction of such floats for the parade as seemed to
them best suited to represent their towns. This suggestion was favor-
ably received by the committees from the three towns, and the result
was the admirable display, typical of country town life and aspirations,
that excited such pleasure and admiration from the multitude which
viewed the parade, as described in subsequent pages.

E A S T n A M P T O N TOWN COMMITTEE

To]! row. left to right — Jairus F. Burt, George S. Coltox, John Cullex, Selectmen.

Center — Joseph W. Wilson, Town Clerk; Watson H. Wright.

Bottom — Lucius E. Parsons, Wixsi.ow H. Edwards John N. Lyman.

SOUTHAMPTON T O W xN COMMITTEE

Top — Michael Norris, Selectman.

Center, left to right— Homer O. Strong, Moderator; Frederick E. Judd, Town Clerk.

Bottom — George H. Eyon, Albert I. G. Quigley, Selectmen.

W E S T H A M P T O N TOWN COMMITTEE

Top — Edwi.v B. Clapp, Selectman.

Center, left to right — Dwight S. Bridg.man, A. Drury Rice, Selectmen.

Bottom — Francis A. Loud, Town Clerk.

EXECUTIVE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE CELEBRATION

First row, top, left to right — Edward E. Wood, Timothy G. Spauldino, Chauncey H. Pierce.
Second row — George Watson Ci.ark, Treasurer; Mayor Henry C. Hallett, Chairman;
Egbert I. Clapp, Secretary of Committee.

Third row — Samuei, W. Lee, Frank N. Look, Charles B. Kingsley, Edwin H. Banister.
Fourth row — Adolphe Menard, Theobald M. Connor, Edgar F. Crooks.

PREPARATI

O N S

COMMITTEES BEGIN THEIR

LABORS

WITH the definite announcement of the plans for celebration
and the appointment of committees, the way seemed clear
for rapid work in preparations, but it was some weeks
before the Executive and Finance Committee secured from the City
Council the appropriation which they required, and all committees
worked for a while in a tentative way. The authorities, however, finally
voiced the spirit of loyalty and appreciation of the historic occasion
which prevailed among the people of the city, by making a generous
appropriation, and to this act, in large measure, was due the final
success.

WORK OF THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES

When the appropriations had been made, the work of preparing for
the Celebration went forward more rapidly. After the plans had been
adopted, and the committees had been appointed to carry them
out, Timothy G. Spaulding, chairman of the sub -Provisional
Committee, which had formulated the work, was obliged, in consequence
of impaired health, and by the advice of physicians, to relinquish his
intention of taking a leading part, as a member of the Executive and
Finance Committee, and content himself with doing what he could
in a different capacity. There were other resignations, for various
reasons; but there was no hesitation or faltering with the Executive
Committee, which promptly filled vacancies and brought forward other
capable men, who sprang eagerly to the various divisions of work, and
faithfully performed the tasks assigned them. The great enterprise
received a severe shock, however, and the whole city was saddened, by
the death of Edward P. Copeland, April 7. Mr. Copeland was the versa-
tile and talented chairman of the Committee on Decorations. He had
made a special study of the matter of decorating for this great
occasion, and had evolved a color scheme and general arrangement of
an original and unique sort, which was subsequently carried out, for
the most part, by his able successor to the chairmanship, Warren M.
King.

54 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

Executive an& jFinancc Committee

The Executive and Finance Committee were of course in the fore-
front of the administrative work of the Celebration, and the untiring
zeal and energy which they exercised, night and day, with the indefati-
gable services of their Secretary, City Clerk Egbert I. Clapp, was what
enabled the various sub-committees to carry out their plans in such
perfection. They were encouraged from time to time by the warm
approval of the local press, and a pleasing incident to them was the
receipt of a check for $ioo from Mrs. Martha Strong Harris of New
London, Conn. Mrs. Harris is a native of Northampton, daughter of the
late Hon. Lewis Strong, and granddaughter of Governor Caleb Strong.
She, learning that the committee would appreciate any subscriptions
which might be tendered, forwarded the check to City Clerk Clapp, and
the committee expressed their thanks to Mrs. Harris in fitting terms, by
resolution. Among other important actions of the Executive Committee
was their authorization to the Printing Committee to print a handsome
official souvenir program, at an expense of several hundred dollars.
The committee appropriated $200 for designing, engraving and emboss-
ing, and the enterprise was carried out by the Kingsbury Box Company
of Northampton. As the whole expense was much larger than the
amount appropriated by the committee, the printers were allowed to
sell copies to the general public, after furnishing the citv 1,000 copies
for its guests.

The committee were called upon to consider a great number of
matters not provided for in their original program, and which, being
accepted by them, proved of much usefulness and value to the general
scheme of public entertainment and comfort. One of these matters
was the giving of the Colonial Reception and Ball, tendered by the
Daughters of the American Revolution, an account of which will be
found toward the close of the work. Another was the Public Comfort
House, provided by the Home Culture Clubs, elsewhere described.

A matter which occasioned much trouble to the committee was the
difficulty in securing badges for the general public. An order for a few
thousand was given, but these were delivered barely in time to be of
use, and were quickly snatched up by the citizens. Then it was too
late to secure more, and a horde of fancy badge sellers from out of town
had to be admitted to sell, bv license, on the streets.

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 55

The most difficult part of the Executive Committee's work was the
apportioning of the City Council's appropriation among the sub-com-
mittees, but this was finally done, and with such excellent judgment
and fairness that none could reasonably find fault.

printing anD llnvitation Gommittees

The first committee to organize was the important one on Printing,
and this was almost immediately followed by the equally important one
on Invitations. The work of these two committees was closely related,
and required the time of one man every day for several months previous
to the Celebration. The chairman of the Printing Committee, who
was also secretary of the Committee on Invitations, was at the City
Hall every day, conducting his part of the work, and receiving names
and addresses, and suggestions from citizens. The object of the Com-
mittee on Invitations was to bring knowledge of the approaching event
to everv son and daughter of the old town, wherever located, even in
foreign lands. For this purpose, notice was given by circular and
through the daily press, that the committee desired to obtain the
names and addresses of all those interested, or likely to be interested, in
returning to the old town. Addressed postal cards were also sent out in
the following form to about one thousand citizens, to facilitate the work :

NoRTH.\MPTON, Mass., Marcli 15, 1904.
The Committee on Invitations, for the 250th Anniversary Celebration
of the citv of Northampton, understand you to be a resident of the city,
a representative of some of its old families, and sufficiently well acquaint-
ed to be able to give the names and addresses of some former residents
or friends who would be pleased to receive an invitation to the exercises
of next June. This committee will, therefore, greatly appreciate any
returns you may make on the annexed card.

Do not hesitate because you may think it as well to give your
friends an invitation yourself. You can do that also, but any one who
feels interested in the old town will be doubly pleased and complimented
by an official invitation from authorized representatives of the city.
Prompt attention to this matter will very much aid in our work.

Louis L. Campbell, Chairman.

Charles F. Warner, Secretary.

The response to these notices was very gratifying; so much so that
the committee were several times obliged to extend the date set for the
closing of the invitation list; and, practically, invitations had to be

CHAIRMEN OF SUB-COMMITTEES

Top row, reading from left to right — Ernest W. Hardy, on Reception and Entertainment;
Richard W. Irwin, Panide; Louis L. Campbell, Invitations.

Center — Charles F. Warner, Printing; Warren M. King, Decorations.

Bottom — Jacob H. Carfrey, Children's E.rercises; Elbridge G. Southwick. Bunquet; John C.
Hammond, Anniver.iory Tent.

CHAIRMEN OF S U B - C O M M I T T E E S

Top row, reading from left to right— Thomas A. Orcutt, on TransportatioJi; James W. Hef-
FERNAN, I Uunu nations; James H. Huxtixgton, Press.

Center — Thomas M. Shepherd, Historical Collections.

Bottom — John T. Keating, Games and Sports; Henry L. Williams, Music; John P. Thomp-
son', Salutes and Ringing of Bells.

58 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

sent out up to a day or two before the Celebration, in a few special cases.
The strikingly beautiful and unique form of invitations issued was one
reason for the long-continued call for them by citizens, to be sent to
their friends and relatives. They were printed on hand-made, deckle-
edge paper, in old English missal type and fashion, and many were sold
as souvenirs during the Celebration days. In no case were thev given
out to the local people for distribution, because they were costly prints
and the demand for them would far have exceeded the supply. Besides,
it was deemed best that the invitation should go direct from the com-
mittee, to whom the replies were to be addressed, with proper, corrected
addresses and such additional information as the committee desired.
About 8,000 of the missal type invitations were sent out, and the com-
mittee received many letters expressing admiration for the fine design
and the typographical work, which latter part was done by the Kings-
bury Box Company of Northampton.

The invitations brought many replies from the absent sons and
daughters from all over the country, and some of the letters were so
interesting and pungent with valuable reminiscence that they were
given to the local press, and added to the gradually increasing popular
interest and enthusiasm. The committee then discussed a proposition
to send out a renewal invitation, in plainer form, together with a clear
and detailed statement of what the Celebration would comprehend; as
it was hinted, in the original invitation, such a statement, in the nature
of a program, would follow the formal invitation. Many delays pre-
vented the rounding out of the plans of the Executive Committee in
such shape that an authoritative, complete and detailed program could
be given at so early a date, but the Invitation Committee made up a
form of renewal invitation as follows:

COMMITTEE ON INVITATIONS

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Bnnivcrsarv iB^^^^^^I^Bi IHortbampton

Celebration iBsSSji^^^RBiHI /IDass.

jD^or 5zV or Madam:

We have already had the pleasure of forwarding to you, in the name of the
Citv of Northampton, an invitation to the exercises attending the Celebration of
the Quarter-Millennial or 250th Anniversary of the Settlement of this ancient
town, and herewith we hand you blanks, which, properly filled out, will aid the
committee in ascertaining certain facts. If you accept this invitation, kindly
call at the City Hall upon your arrival and register.

The plans of the Executive Committee, as to program, are now so far com-
pleted that we are able to promise all who come to the city June 5, 6 and 7, a di-
versified and interesting series of entertainments.

While the details of the Celebration have not yet been wholly worked out,
thev may be outlined in a general way, as follows: The Celebration will begin
Sunday, June 5, in the churches, with appropriate exercises in the morning, as
each church may deem proper, and in the evening a grand free sacred concert
will be given, under the direction of Prof. Story, who will, with the co-operation
of the church choirs, give considerable old-time popular church music, as written
bv the late Prof. George Kingsley of this city, and others.

For Monday, June 6, there will be indoor exercises at 10 o'clock a. m., which
will include an address of welcome and oration. At 2 p. m. there will be a chil-
dren's parade, and during the afternoon, games and sports. In the evening the
Northampton Vocal Club, an organization of which the city is justly proud, will
give a concert, supported by the magnificent Festival Orchestra of Boston, after
which a reception w'ill be given to Governor Bates.

On Tuesday, June 7, there will be a great parade of civic societies, with his-
toric floats, etc., at about 9.30 o'clock, with a banquet at i o'clock, and after-
dinner speaking. *A River Carnival is in process of organization for the early
evening hours, with following fireworks.

A large tent will be erected upon the Forbes Library lawn, for assembly pur-
poses, and will serve as a place for general resort during other hours.

Now, in the name of the City of Northampton, we renew the invitation
formerly given you, to meet with us, in memory of Old Home Days, Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday, June 5, 6 and 7 next, to renew the memories of "Auld
Lang Syne," recall the names of those who made the old town famous, and glorify
the deeds and monuments of beneficence which have made Northampton an im-
portant feature of state and national historv.

We ask your kindly immediate attention to the accompanying blank.

Louis L. Campbell, Chairman.
Charles F. Warner, Secretary.

♦The project of a river carnival was afterwards abandoned, for several reasons.

60 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

Accompanying this second invitation was a blank form for the use
of the recipient, in fiUing out full address, with statement as to whether
he or she accepted the invitation; was a native, a past resident, or onlv
a friend of or an occasional visitor to the town. The recipient was also
requested to state whether his ancestors at any time resided in the town.
A division blank, on the same sheet, was printed for the convenience
of the Entertainment and Reception Committee, and this asked the
recipient to state whether he desired board or lodging, or both, while in
the city; what price he would like to pay, and whether he would prefer
to stop with private family or at a hotel. He was also requested to
state whether he would like to have a banquet ticket reserved for him.
A printed envelope, addressed to the secretary of the committee, was
enclosed, and the second form of invitation as above given, with blank
and return envelope, was mailed to all who received the original invita-
tion, within about a month after the first invitations were sent out.

The second invitation brought forth many more replies than the
first, as those invited wxre now better able to grasp the scope of the
Celebration. Many were also pleased to be again remembered and
urged to come. Of course there were some at a distance, who responded
regretfully, that they could not come, but the host of favorable responses
brought much pleasure to the committee. If there had been time it
is doubtless true that a third, still more urgent, invitation would have
brought out a considerable additional favorable response, but the Cele-
bration hours were rapidly approaching, and the committee had to be
content with what they had done. It was a curious fact that the blanks
intended for the information of the Entertainment Committee were not
much used, as most of the people invited from out of town came to
stay with relatives or friends while in the city, and did not need to apply
for entertainment. Yet the hotels were all filled on the second and
third days of the Celebration, mostly by honorary guests of the city
and by others whose former family connections here had passed away.
There were about one hundred calls for banquet tickets on the blanks
sent out.

The secretary of the Invitation Committee enrolled alphabetically
the addresses of those invited, in small books, by states and sections of
country, and as about 4,000 names were obtained in this way, a collec-
tion of much value was made, which, together with the card index later,
made by the Entertainment Committee, forms as complete a director}'

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of old Northampton residents as probably could be made. This col-
lection is now in the hands of the City Clerk.

The Executive and Finance Committee took charge of the matter
of sending out invitations to the invited guests of honor — the Governor,
mayors of cities, selectmen of towns, etc., and for this purpose elegant
script invitations were prepared by Egbert I. Clapp, City Clerk and
Secretary of the committee, in the form shown on opposite page.

The first work of the Printing Committee was to issue an adver-
tising envelope, with reading matter, as given on another page.
These envelopes were sold to the merchants at nearly cost price, the
small profit made accruing to the printer. The business men were asked
to use these envelopes in their correspondence for the two months pre-
ceding the Celebration, to advertise the city and its Anniversarv. Over
125,000 of these envelopes were sold and many were saved as souvenirs.

In an early stage of the preparations the Printing Committee voted
to offer a prize of ^10 to any pupil or graduate of the high school,
under twenty-one years of age, who would make a suitable design for
the cover of an official souvenir program. Several designs of more or
less merit were handed in, but the best design, yet one which did not
quite meet the Committee's ideas, was made by Harry S. Whitbeck of
Northampton, studying in the Pratt Institute at Brooklyn, N. Y., and
in his twenty-third year. As he had not understood the terms of com-
petition he was given a consolation prize of five dollars, by a member
of the Committee. The design includes, as a sketch, the Jonathan Ed-
wards elm and site of the old homestead. The design for the souvenir
cover finally used is shown on page 65.

This cover design was printed on a cover of heav}' fawn-colored
paper, the tablet containing the words, "Official Program," the scroll,
"Quarter-Millennial," the dates "1654 and 1904," and oblong border,
with the seal and place and date of Celebration embossed and printed
in bronze and the rest in bright green ink. The city seal also appeared
embossed in bronze, in larger form on the back of the cover.

The inside pages of the souvenir had upon the first page vignettes
of the three principal churches of the city, the First, Edwards, and St.
John's, and the words, "Northampton, Mass., settled 1654, incorporated
a city, 1884." The second page contained a group of the principal
pubhc buildings, such as the City Hall, Forbes Library, Memorial Hall,
Academy of Music, Smith College, Dickinson Hospital, Lillv Library

64 ■ QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

and Cosmian Hall. Upon the next page the announcement of services
in the churches on Anniversary Sunday was prefaced by the portrait
of Jonathan Edwards. On the next two facing pages, over the program
for the "Service of Song, " and on several others, were views in different
parts of the city, flanked by vignettes of fanciful female figures, person-
ifying Religion and Education, one holding a book in hand and the other
a cross. With the program of Monday's exercises appeared portraits
of President L. Clark Seelye, Hon. John D. Long, Northampton's eleven
year Governor of the state, Hon. Caleb Strong, and Hon. John L. Bates,
Governor in the quarter-millenial year. The two following pages were

[M@i™n APT©^ 1 i (^^m-

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HSWi,:rheck.

Sketch of Competitive Design for a Program Cover, by a High School Pupil,
showing Edwards Elm and Wliitney Homestead on the right

devoted to pictures of the past mayors of the city and members of the
Executive Committee. Other pages following gave the program for
other days, and were headed bv other views about the city.

Owing to the short time which the Committee on Printing had to
work upon the program, it was not produced until the vSaturday before
the Celebration, and there was but a limited time for its sale. Several
thousands were disposed of, but the printers did not reap the reward
they deserved for their enterpris'^, and some copies were left on hand.
So long as they last, the printers will doubtless be glad to supply orders
for them, and as they were a very artistic feature of the part which the

66 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

"art preservative" took in the Celebration, those who have a copy of
this book should also procure a copy of the souvenir to somewhere attach
to it.

^Entertainment anO IReception Committee

The hardest work of the occasion, in so short a space of time, was
done by the Entertainment and Reception Committee, of which Ernest
W. Hardy was chairman. This committee had as its special charge
Governor and Mrs. John L. Bates of Boston, to be entertained by Coun-
cilor and Mrs. Richard W. Irwin; Alderman Samuel S. Campion of
Northampton, England, who was entertained as a guest of the city by
Timothy G. Spaulding at the Norwood Hotel (located on the site of
the old homestead of the late John Clarke, one of the town's greatest
benefactors, and where many other notabilities stayed during the
Celebration); and George Sheldon of Deerfield, entertained by Frederick
N. Kneeland and Mrs. Henry Lathrop; also the Governor's staff, enter-
tained by Col. Henry L. Williams.

For the convenience of guests and visitors at large, the committee
had made ample and comprehensive preparations, far exceeding in
detail any ever attempted anywhere else, on a similar occasion, so far
as is known. The hotel and registration scheme was an original one.
To meet his plans Chairman Hardy turned the city practically into a
vast hotel. By means of blanks, sent out weeks in advance, he obtained
the names and location of every person in the city who had rooms to let
or who would furnish meals. This information was placed in the reg-
istration booth at the union depot, and this place was, to all intents and
purposes, a great hotel office. The clerks in charge had at their command
a dozen messengers. Visitors arriving on the trains, as requested,
reported promptly at the depot booth, upon their arrival, and were
assigned at once to the quarters engaged by them then or beforehand ;
the messengers then took their baggage in hand and accompanied them
to the places provided. Owing to the fact that the Committee on Invi-
tations had so few replies to the blanks sent out for the guidance of the
Entertainment Committee, it was reported in the press, at the time, that
the latter committee had little to do in the way of providing board and
lodging for visitors, but th.is was not so; for, while few reported to
the Invitation Committee by letter, a large number did later, to the

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 67

other committee, and many more decided at the last moment to come,
and their first claim to the committee's attention came at the depot
booth. Thus, while the great majority of the visitors to the city were
guests of their relatives and friends while here, the Entertainment Com-
mittee had to care for several hundred more.

There were five information booths in the city, including the com-
bined registration and information booth in the City Hall. The first
l)Ooth, already described, was at the depot, the second at the corner of
the court-house yard, the third in the office of the Superintendent of
Streets at the City Hall, the fourth (combined with registration) in the
City Hall corridor, and the fifth on the Forbes Library grounds. These
booths bore the large, striking sign, "Ask the Man!" and were open
from seven o'clock in the morning until eleven o'clock at night, every
day from Saturday to Tuesday inclusive.

The system of registration at the City Hall corridor was so surpris-
ingly simple and effective that i-t is strange it has not been thought of
before elsewhere. On one side of the corridor was arranged a long bank
or desk, sufficient to accommodate a dozen or more writers. Here pens
and ink and blank cards were supplied, and as fast as visitors came in,
in response to the sign outside', "Register Now," they were directed
what to do. The cards had blank lines to fill in, showing narfie and
address, place where the visitor was stopping while in the city, when he
arrived and when he proposed to depart. As fast as these cards were
filled out they were gathered up by the clerks and filed away, alphabeti-
cally, in the usual card index fashion. This registry was availed of by
nearly all visitors to the citv who came to stay anv length of time, and
over 3,500 names were recorded during the three days. Ordinarily,
on such an occasion, the custom has been to place one or more books
for registry in several places, in hopes to catch the attention of some
who might not visit all places, but the superiority of Mr. Hardy's plan
was shown in having one central point for registry, with which the whole
city was familiar. Here the telephone was kept busy every moment,
almost, answering the inquiries of people concerning their friends, whether
they had arrived, where they were stopping, etc. This registry was the
means of bringing many friends and relatives together who might not
otherwise have met, as the card index furnished a temporary directory
of practically all the visitors in the city.

68 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

Besides furnishing information, the parties in charge of the various
booths were commissioned to sell badges, buttons, souvenirs and author-
ized guides, and the gross receipts from such sales was afterwards found
to be $425. The overdraft on the general appropriation fund made by
this committee was nearly offset by these receipts, for which they were
given no credit. All the booths were equipped with telephones by the
local company, without charge, and this service also contributed greatly
to the success of the committee's work.

Chairman Hardy had at his service a carriage with three relays of
horses, for use in the forenoon, afternoon and evening, respectively, and
these teams were in charge of Jean H. Hallett, who gave unremitting
service, with the chairman, during the three days of the Celebration.
The clerks and ixfessengers in the employ of the committee worked in
eight-hour shifts, but Mr. Hardy and young Hallett worked eighteen
hours a day throughout, and found it the biggest task of their lives.
Miss Bessie M. Ferris was bookkeeper and in charge of the stock
distribution at the City Hall booth office, and the information and
registration booths were in charge of the following: At the depot,
Henry E. Partridge and Robert A. Bosworth; court-house yard,
Thomas F. Ahearn and John F. Ahearn; Forbes Library grounds,
Wilham Thayer and Frank A. Mayhew; Superintendent of Streets office,
Edward L. Shaughnessy and Frank D. Wilcox; City Hall combined
registration and information booth, Oliver B. Bradley and Julian F. Weir.

Chairman Hardy had the satisfaction, at least, after all his hard
work, of having manv prominent people from out of town come to him,
during the three days, and say that they had never seen any place where
matters were so comprehensively and clearly arranged for the reception
of visitors on such an occasion. The. fact was that strangers or general
visitors, in doubt about any matter, had very little to worry about.
Once they made up their minds what they wanted, all they had to do
was to "Ask the Man." This open invitation to "Ask the Man" was
naturally the cause of much merriment, but the injvmction provoked
so much inquiry that it vindicated its usefulness to a surprising degree.

Committee on iparaDe

No one committee was busier or had a more comprehensive work
on hand those busy weeks preceding the Celebration than the Committee
on x^arade, of which Richard W. Irwin was chairman. The committee

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 69

was no sooner appointed than its work was practically begun, as Mr.
Irwin's methodical mind at once took in hand the details which he and
his aids later carried out. Correspondence was opened for the purpose
of obtaining suggestions, and the aid of the most experienced men in
the city was solicited and secured. Mr. Irwin practically abandoned
his law business, and for six weeks gave his entire time to plans for that
great spectacular feature of the Celebration, the parade. As it became
necessary to enlist the co-operation of the general public, for the purpose
of securing the necessary material for trimming floats and carriages,
energetic and persistent work had to be done to rouse the people, but
once they understood what was wanted they came out in as large num-
bers as could be taken care of in the hall provided for the purpose,
where were ultimately prepared all the decorations needed for carriages.
Chairman Irwin found all the helpers he needed when he went to the
pubHc schools and told the children what was wanted. He had to
tell his story at only one of the schools, and the next day Dewey's Hall,
used for the purpose, was filled, and at one time there were about 150
persons, old and young, preparing the paper flowers needed. These
flowers of tissue paper were made under the direction of Mrs. Charles
E. Lyons of Greenfield. From ten to fifteen minutes were rec^uired to
make some of the more elaborate flowers, but most of them were made
rapidly. These paper flowers simulated mostly white, yellow and red
roses, red and yellow California poppies, chrysanthemums of all colors
and the white syringa. It is estimated that over 25,000 of these were
furnished for carriage trimming, and those who participated in the work
felt well repaid for the time spent, in the experience gained for possible
future use.

It was no small enterprise to secure the 336 horses which appeared
in the parade, and the committee were obHged to send to Springfield,
Holyoke, Amherst and several other places for the horses required, and
then there was not an animal left in the local stables that could have
been utilized. The committee had a long hunt for a goat needed on
one of the floats, and it was finally secured.

Co-operating with Mr. Irwin, in preparations for and carrying out
this part of the Celebration, were the following, including his aids:
George S. Whitbeck, Edward P. Hall, Charles N. Fitts, Wilham C.
Pomeroy, John J. Raleigh, Eugene E. Davis, William A. Stevenson,
Victor Rocheleau, William A. Clark, Robert B. Weir, William Grant,

70 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

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Hubbard M. Abbott, William A. Bailey, David W. C. Scates, John E.
Bates, James W. Reid, George R. Spear, Frank E. Davis, Robert H.
Clapp, S. William Clark, William H. Smith, Thomas J. Hammond,
Edward T. Foley, Charles E. Herrick, Frederick G. Jager, John McCool,
Clayton E. Davis, Charles S. Pratt, Jr. The work of Mr. Irwin and his
committee is best described in the chapter devoted to the parade.

^be Iprc6i3 Committee

The Press Committee, while not so conspicuous in its work as some
of the other committees, nevertheless rendered valuable and efficient
service and contributed its share in making the Celebration a great
success. The committee was composed of James H. Huntington of
the Daily Gazette, Chairman; Homer C. Chapin of the Daily Herald,
secretary; John L. Best of the Daily Gazette, Charles W. Pierce of the
Daily Herald, Albert H. Carpenter of the Springfield Repuhlieau , and
Charles G. Fairman of the Springfield Union.

The first work done by the committee was the sending out of printed
matter to all the leading papers in New England and to many of the
papers in other ];arts of the country, which gave the history of the
town, from the first day of the settlement; described the city fully, in
its advantages as an educational center, its industrial interests and
attractiveness as a place of residence. The program of the three days'
exercises was also given. In this respect the committee performed the
dutv of a Committee of Publicity, for every two weeks during the two
months preceding the Celebration, this printed matter of general interest
was sent out by mail. During the three days of the Celebration, the
committee had its headquarters in the Metcalf block, at the entrance
to Crafts avenue, nearly opposite the City Hall. Stenographers and
typewriters were kept busy in preparing duplicate copies of all the
speeches that were made and of all the events that occurred, and the
visiting newspaper men were supplied with copies. Badges, suitably
inscribed, were provided for the newspaper men. The emblem on the
badges was a squirrel, with the legend, "The First Settler."

Among the visiting editors and representatives of newspapers were
Frederick W. Main, assistant city editor of the Springfield Repnblieau;
Albert P. Langtry, managing editor of the Springfield Union; Walter
S. Carson of Greenfield, representative of the Springfield Union and
the Boston (jlobe; Herbert C. Parsons, editor of the (ireenfield Recorder,

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 71

William G. Dwight, editor of the Holyoke Transcript; Vernon E.
Hastings of the Holyoke Telegram; George L. Munn, editor of the East-
ham ptoii Neius; John Leitch, editor of the Easthamptoii Enterprise;
Edward W. Carpenter and Charles F. Morehouse, editors of the Amherst
Record; Edward A. Capron, editor of the Ware River A'Civs; Lyman N.
Clark, editor of the Westfield Times; Herbert E. Riley, representative of
the Boston Herald and the New ]'ork Tribune; Ralph L. Baldwin,
representative of the Nezv York Sun. Other Boston and New York
papers w^ere represented and also a number of papers in Hartford and
New Haven, Conn.

Committee on Speakers

The Committee on Speakers first met about three weeks before the
Celebration, and organized with Judge William G. Bassett as chairman
and John C. Mangan as secretary. Numerous letters of inquiry were
at once sent out, with the view in every case of obtaining the best speak-
ers from the various interests considered desirable to have represented
at the Celebration.

The list of speakers whom it w^as deemed desirable to have present
included such men as Chauncey M. Depew, John Proctor Clark of New
York, ex-President Rev. Timothy Dwight of Yale College, and President
Charles W. Eliot of Harvard College. Mr. Depew was invited because
he lived in Peekskill, where the monument to General Seth Pomeroy
was erected ; ex-President Dwight of Yale College was included as a
descendant of Jonathan Edwards; President Eliot, as president of the
college in which the most eminent college men of Northampton were
educated; and Mr. Clark, as a noted orator and the most distinguished
Northampton man in New York. Unfortunately, three of these men
had other engagements and President Dwight 's ill health would not
permit him to appear. There were some criticisms afterwards because
the committee did not secure local speakers for the tent exercises, but
the committee desired to obtain the best outside talent, because, as one
of them expressed it, "we can hear our local speakers 365 days in the
year."

Committee on ©amee anD Sporte

The Committee on Games and Sports had a thornv time of it for
awhile, arranging for their part of the program. They were hampered
for funds, and there was a difference of opinion as to just what would
be the most popular form of amusement.

72 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

George P. O'Donnell, first chairman of tliis committee, felt obliged
to resign on account of a personal interest in the local baseball team,
which was scheduled for a part in the third day's sports, and John T.
Keating took his place, and gave his entire time to the work. The com-
mittee finally decided upon a free baseball game and fireworks the last
day of the Celebration, and the admirable manner in which they carried
out this part of the public entertainment is referred to in another place.
There were strong objections by many to the use of the fireworks pro-
posed for the close of the Celebration, and the fear of accidents or con-
flagration was not allayed until the committee announced that this
part of the Celebration would be held on the driving park.

TLbc 'mov\i of ©tber Committees

The work of the Committees on Decorations and Illuminations is
described elsewhere, under separate chapters.

Though not the most spectacular, the preparatory and finished
work of the Committee on Historical Localities and that on Historical
Collections was the most important of any, in the truest sense of the
word, for theirs was the basis of the Celebration. This preparatory and
completed work is best described in subsequent pages, by Henry S.
Gere and Thomas M. Shepherd, the -fortunately chosen chairmen of
these respective committees.

The Tent and Banquet Committees had about the most dithcult
problems to handle, because they had to "cut according to the cloth,"
and no one knew just how much was wanted. There was no place in
the center of the city which would accommodate the large circus tent
first talked of, and the trustees of the Forbes Library finally offering the
rear of their lot, a tent had to be erected there to fit the lot. This could
accommodate only about 2,500 people, but when it was used, a larger
crowd always gathered outside, and heard much that was going on.
The Banquet Committee's task of preparation was difficult, because it
was not for some time decided what the people wanted in the way of
refreshment in a formal way. It was finally concluded that the simplest
way was the best, and the course taken and described further on, was
generally approved.

A word should be said for the Committee on the Anniversary Ex-
ercises in the Academy of Music, Monday. President Seelye was chair-
man of this committee and ex-Mayor Henry P. Field secretary, and the

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 73

other members were George W. Cable, Judge William P. Strickland and
ex-Mavor John B. O'Donnell. The committee made an excellent choice
for an orator, in selecting ex-Gov. John D. Long, while two others were
considered — John Hay, secretary of state, and William H. Moody, sec-
retary of the navy, but Mr. Long was finally chosen because of his special
interest in Northampton. The selection of the Academy of Music for the
opening exercises proved an excellent one, although the tent was talked
of. As already noticed, there was no overcrowding at the Academy
and few were obliged to stand. The tickets for box seats were distrib-
uted to Governor Bates, Frank Lyman, whose father presented the
Academy; Mayor Hallett, President Seelye, and Oscar Edwards, wdio
provided for Governor Long's guests. The ladies who accompanied
the Governor's party were also assigned boxes.

Without a plentiful supply of music, the Celebration would have
been incomplete, and the Committee on Music, Col. Henr}- L. Williams,
chairman, made the most of the funds at their disposal, furnishing there-
with the excellent concerts, indoors and open-air, and provided, besides,
all the band music necessary for the parade. Visitors from other cities
expressed their surprise at the local musical talent, and seemed to have
been ignorant of or had forgotten about Northampton's ancient and
superior musical reputation.

It was generally conceded that the Committee on Children's Exer-
cises furnished a most useful and inspiring part of the entertainment,
and the children themselves did their full duty.

The most economical committee was that on Salutes. It did its
work thoroughly and well, and expended only $i6 of its appropriation
of $ioo. The official bell-ringing and salutes were given only on Monday
morning, because there was considerable objection offered by many to
their repetition the next day.

Through the energetic efforts of Thomas A. Orcutt and Louis H.
Warner of the Transportation Committee, reduced rates were secured
on the different railroads entering the city, and their early action con-
tributed largelv to swelling the crowd of out-of-town visitors.

Through the influence of Councilor Richard W^. Irwin, the kind
offices of the Boston & Maine Railroad Company were extended to the
Transportation Committee, in a most signal way, in furnishing free
transportation for the state troops from Springfield, who appeared in
the parade of Tuesday.

74 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

Where all the committees did so well in the work of preparation,
it is difficult to particularize, but the perfect results which followed are
sufficient evidence that the preparations on the part of all were most
creditable to all.

The chairmen of committees were all workers, and chosen with
rare skill and discretion for their tasks. Here the sub-committee
which reported the list showed an evenness of judgment that was indeed
remarkable, for out of the long list of working members every one of
them was proven fitted for his task. The managers of the Tri-cen-
tenary Celebration, in 1954, will be fortunate indeed if they are as wise
in the construction of their committees.

His Honor the Mayor, Chairman of the Executive and Finance
Committee, did not say much, — probably, and properly, considering
his position that of a mere governor, or executive, to carry out the wishes
of the people — but his constant presence at committee meetings was
both an encouragement and inspiration to the workers, and all felt
that he was a dignified and worthy chief representative of the city in
its quarter-millennial year.

To City Clerk Clapp, more than any other one man, is due the
success of the Celebration, and the general thoroughness of the committee
work already described. He was consulted by everybody, was visited
frequently by the chairmen of all committees, and always had a ready
answer or suggestion. If others faltered or hesitated, or seemed dis-
couraged by the inevitable obstacles which always accompany such
undertakings, he was not at all affected, never showed the shghtest
discouragement, and his tact and good judgment were shown on more
than one occasion, when that alone saved the day.

©tber preparations

Not the least important of the preparations was the location of
sanitaries and the erection of drinking fountains at suitable places about
the city. The locations were made with excellent judgment and, sub-
sequent events showed, with warm poi)ular approval.

Credit is due William Grant and John E. Bates respectively, for
furnishing the ice and water barrels. In connection with the work done
in the line of sanitation and for public comfort, the preparations made
by the Home Culture Clubs and carried out, were most appreciated
and noteworthy, and are referred to elsewhere.

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With the co-operation of the Trustees of the Dickinson Hospital
and Dr. Edward W. Brown, the city physician, it was arranged so that
on the morning of the parade the ambulance should be kept in readiness
for immediate service, with a physician in attendance. It was planned
also to have physicians accessible at various points on the line of the
anniversary parade, and a full list of them was in possession of all the
officers on the streets. It was hoped in this wav to minimize the results
of any possible accident which might occur owing to the presence of the
large crowd expected in the citv on the day of the parade.

PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR

Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Mayor's Office, City Hall,
Northampton, May 31, A D. 1904.
To Our Citizens, Greetiiig:

Whereas, our City Council has, in the exercise of a power duly
granted unto it by our General Court, provided for a Celebration of the
250th Anniversary of our settlement as a municipality, and a committee
thereto duly authorized has designated Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,
June 5th, 6th and 7th next, as the time for such Celebration. Now,
therefore.

Let us each and all join heartily in the ceremonies of this notable
occasion, for the success thereof depends upon our united efforts.

Let us with pride recall the intelligent bravery of those who laid
the strong foundations of our ancient and enduring city, and grate-
fully recount their brave deeds, their voluntary privations and hardships
in freedom's cause, for the results of their compelling efforts are the
rich blessings we now enjoy.

Let us tarry for the brief season set apart for these ceremonies and
recount the trials and dangers and reverentially mention the names of
those who have placed their names high upon the honor roll of North-
ampton's proud history.

Let us, in humble imitation of their great virtues, pause for the
time and dedicate ourselves to the performance of those duties of citi-
zenship so essential to the preservation of the institutions they bestowed
upon us.

To this end I recommend that all our people assemble in their
houses of worship upon the Sabbath day of June 5th next, and there
offer their devotions of thanksgiving and praise for the very many bless-
ings which have been vouchsafed unto us by the Ruler of the Universe
during our long and uninterrupted continuance as a municipality.

And further, that all our people may be permitted to freely give
themselves to the entertainment of our home-coming sons and daughters,
our distinguished guests and the strangers who may be "within our
gates," and to otherwise join in the festivities of the occasion, I recom-
mend that, in so far as the same mav be conveniently practicable, all
business be suspended ; that all our stores, shops and factories be closed
upon the day of the civic, commercial and military parade, being June
7th next.

God save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and our beloved
City of Northampton.

Henry C. Hallett, Mayor.

CHIEP^ MARSHAL'S (.ENERAL ORDER, No. i

The following General ( )r(ler, No. i, was issued l)y Chief Marshal
Jairus E. Clark, Wednesday, June i :

HEADyUARTERS

Chief Marshal of the 250TH Axninersary Parade
General Order, No. 1.

The civic and military parade of the 250th Anniversary Celebration
will occur June 7th. The line will be formed in Ward Three and will
consist of at least six divisions. The line will be made up as follows:

Advance guard of sixteen deputy sheriffs, mounted. The following
assignments have been made: To be chief of staff, Richard W. Irwin;
marshal of the first division, Col. Henry L. Williams; second division,
Capt. Edward P. Hall; third division, detail not yet made; fourth division,
John J. Raleigh; fifth division, chief of fire clepartment, Frederick E.
Chase; sixth division, Frederick G. Jager.

The first division will consist of the 3d battalion, Second Regiment
of Infantry, M. V. M., Co. H, Naval Battalion of Springfield; William
L. Baker Post, G. A. R., Spanish War Veterans, Sons of Veterans, the
Governor and Staff and his Council and other distinguished guests,
and decorated private carriages.

Second Division — Civic societies and other floats.

Third Division — Floats and carriages from the towns of Easthamp-
ton, Southampton and Westhampton, and other out-of-town vehicles.

Fourth Division — Historical floats, coaches, etc., representing the
manufacturing industries of the city.

Fifth Division — Northampton fire department.

Sixth Division — Automobiles.

The automobile division will not appear in such a way as to be a
source of danger by frightening horses, as it will take no part in the
countermarch. It will leave the main line at Crescent street and join
the left of the line when it passes the watering trough in North Elm
street.

The line of march is that published by the Parade Committee.

The chiefs of divisions will appoint their own aids.

The head of each division will be provided with martial music.

All those who are to join in the line of march in any way whatever
will at once notify Capt. Richard W. Irwin, chairman of the Parade
Committee, not later than Saturday next, stating what their contribu-
tions will be, whether in floats, coaches, carriages, marching men or
otherwise. It is most essential that this should be done, that the line
may be properly arranged and places for the formation of the special
division assigned.

To guard against injury or accident it is recommended that any
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of the leading horses, said footmen to be dressed in some sort of uniform
or distinguishing dress.

No float or coach or other vehicle shall be higher than twelve feet
six inches from the ground. This is to prevent accidents from bridges
and trolley wires.

All who are to participate in the parade are ordered to report at the
junction of Hawley and Bridge streets, near the underpass on Main
street, at 9 o'clock, on Tuesday, June 7th, and any one not so reporting
must form in the rear of the division they are assigned to when they
report.

Bv order of

Jairus E. Clark, iliicf Alarshal.
Bv Chief of Staff, Richard W. Irwin.

CHIEF MARSHAL'S GENERAL ORDER, No. 2

The following General Order, concerning the preparations and
make-up of the parade, were issued by Chief Marshal Jairus E. Clark,
Saturday afternoon, June 4:

General Orders, No. 2.
Headquarters of the Chief Marshal,

June 4, 1904.

All who are to participate in the parade will report to the Marshal
of the division to which they are assigned, as hereinafter indicated,
at 9 o'clock in the morning on Tuesday next. It will require at least
one hour to arrange the line ; therefore it is imperatively necessary that
all shall report promptly, as the parade will begin at 10 o'clock sharp,
at which time a signal will be fired by the naval battalion from Spring-
field.

Aids will be stationed at the junction of Hawley, Bridge and Market
streets to direct parties to the divisions to which they have been assigned.

The headquarters of the Chief Marshal will be at the junction of
Bridge street and Pomeroy Terrace. The heads of divisions will be as
follows:

Headquarters of First Division in front of the residence of John L.
Draper on Bridge street; Col. Henry L. Williams, marshal.

Headquarters of Second Division will be at the junction of Pom-
eroy Terrace and Bridge street; Capt. Edward P. Hall, marshal.

Headquarters of the Third Division will be at the junction of Pine
and Bridge streets; Edward L. Shaw, marshal.

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Headquarters of the Fourth Division will be at the corner of Bridge
and Orchard streets; John J. Raleigh, marshal.

Headquarters of the Fifth Division will be at the junction of Han-
cock and Hawley streets; Frederick E. Chase, chief of fire department,
marshal.

Headquarters of the Sixth Division (automobiles) will be at the
junction of lower Pleasant and Holyoke streets; Frederick G. Jager,
marvshal.

I again impress upon all who are to join in the parade the necessity
of extreme caution in the management of their vehicles, to the end that
there may be no accident or injury to any one.

All who are to participate in the line of march will start from the
place where the line is formed, as it will be impossible to allow them
conveniently and safelv to join at other points.

I ask the good-natured co-operation of all participating in the
parade, that it may be that grand success that ought to crown our
efforts in this matter.

The colors of the Chief Marshal and StafT will be red, of the Second
Division, white; Third Division, blue; Fourth Division, yellow; Fifth
Division, green, and Sixth Division, purple.

Jairus E. Clark, Chief Marshal.

By Richard W. Irwin, Chief of Staff.

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WITH the practical completion of most of the committee work,
the proclamation of the Mayor, and the general orders of the
Chief Marshal, this record brings the reader to a relation of
the completed results, so far as decorations and illuminations were con-
cerned, vSaturday night, June 4, and a description of these features
recpires separate chapters.

THE DECORATIONS

The Committee on Decorations contracted with the American
Decorating Company of South Framingham to care for the public build-
ings and carry out the scheme for arraying Main street, and this concern
did its w^ork well. Warren M. King, the chairman of the committee,
gave this subject almost his entire time during the last two weeks pre-
ceding the Celebration, visited Hartford and other places where cele-
brations were then or recently had been in progress, and returned home
determined to have the best. Mr. King found that the decorations in
some places were torn, dingy and worn out for the most part, and one of
the conditions of the contract with the American Decorating Companv
was that all the material used on Main street should be bran new.
The result was that when the work was done, the effect was much supe-
rior to the ordinary run of similar decorative work in the large cities.

The scheme for Main street, favored by the late Mr. Copeland, and
for which he had a striking design or sketch prepared, months before
his death, contemplated making Main street a veritable bower of flags
and bunting, from the underpass to City Hall, and his plan was car-
ried farther by Mr. King and his committee, with the contractors, in
extending the scheme to the junction of Elm and West streets. Their
plan of decoration brought into use the twenty-two trolley poles on each
side of the street — forty-four in all. These were used to support three
separate pieces of decoration; first, a "pull" of the national colors, in
stripes, about eight feet long, caught up and draped in a curtain effect;
next to that a quarter-circle or fan-shaped combination of the national
colors, and beyond that the national flag. These pieces of decoration
were suspended from a pole at right angles with the trolley pole and
hung sufficiently high (about eight feet) above the ground to be out of
reach of mischievous boys or rowdies; as showm in the illustration of
the scene near the underpass on Main street.

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A gay overhead show was made the entire length of the street by
stretching across, from curb to curb, attached to the roofs of buildings,
and about sixtv feet apart, a collection of signal flags, and flags of all
nations, with the American flag in the center of each line. There were
thirty of these streamers, and all the material used being bright^and
new, this contributed greatly to the success of the general scheme of
Main street decoration, which was so much admired by visitors.

When the sun set Saturday night every business block on Main
street was decorated with flags or bunting, and the effect was univer-
sally conceded, by citizens and visitors alike, to be the most elegant and
sumptuous ever seen in the same area of space anywhere ; for it was not
only completely comprehensive, but the worn, dingy effect so noticeable
in the average schemes of street decoration was entirely lacking, and
the whole display was one of sparkling brightness and beautv.

This work was completed before the illuminations of the evening,
described elsewhere, and visitors found plenty to admire in the decora-
tions, before the ten thousand lamps of the night sent out their brilliant
glow. The Court of Honor was a "thing of beauty" in the daytime as
well as by night, and was at all times the cynosure of all eyes. This
structure was erected bv Simons & Fox of Hartford, and was niainlv a

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combination of twelve white pillais, tin of which were eighteen feet
high and two twenty feet high, arranged nearly in a semi -circle and
lining the walks approaching -the Memorial Hall, in front of which
structure it was appropriately placed. Strings of laurel and wiring for
lamps extended from pillar to pillar and from different parts of the
ssmi-circle to the roof of the building. In front, near the sidewalk on
Main street, stood an arch, to be illuminated, with the lettering, " 1654 —
Northampton — 1904."

The erection of a Court of Honor was the result of a compromise
over a difference of opinion as to the advisability of erecting an arch on
Main street. An arch has always been considered the proper thing on

such occasions,

C I T N- Hall

and it seemed nec-
essary to crown
the work of deco-
ration with some
large and hand-
some set piece of
design. The com-
miittee went so far
as to locate the
place for an arch,
but still were not
quite satisfied to
carrv out the reg-
ulation plan, when
it occurred to
them that it might
be well to accept
the suggestion of
Chairman James
W. Heffernan, of
the 111 umination
Com m i 1 1 e e , an d
visit Hartford,
where a notable
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see what was being done there. Chairman King was accompanied to
Hartford by John T. Dewey and Oscar F. Ely of his committee and
Chairman Heffernan of the Committee on llluniinations, and the result
was the happy selection of a Court of Honor as the central feature of
decoration, instead of an arch. From this time on the two commit-
tees, on decorations and illuminations, worked in unison and harmony,
thus contributing to the perfect results that followed.

The City Hall front, next to the Court of Honor, was a bower of
flags and bunting, flags were caught up overhead in the porch, under the
great balcony, and the mass of color ran along all the lines of the build-
ing to the Gothic turrets at the top. The word "Welcome" and the
city seal were the only diversions in the decorative scheme. The hand-
some showing of this seal, in the City Hall decorations, attracted much
attention, as few^ of the visitors and many of the citizens had ever seen
it in any form. This seal presents considerable detail of design, and is
not altogether understood. It was designed by a Northampton boy,
Thomas M. Shepherd, while a young man, in 1884. The design consists
of a circle of mulberry leaves, significant of the silk industry, with the
word "Northampton" at the top, two female figures and a landscape
of local scenery including the "Old Church," Smith College tower, silk
mills and the mountains, with the motto, "Caritas, Justitia, Educatio."
One of the female figures represents the Goddess of Knowledge, sur-
rounded with the symbols of learning, descending from her well-known
eminence, to thank Charity for her many liberal bequests. Charity
replies that she is inspired by a higher law, of Generosity, Justice and
Good Will. The agricultural interests are shown by a view of the
meadows and farming implements.

Smith College buildings were decorated in an unique and original
way, the conventional colors and arrangement being wholly discarded,
this work being properly delegated to Miss Mary R. Williams of
the college art department. Her conception of taste in this matter
was generally approved by those who recognize the fitness of things.
The Chemistry building was decorated with bands of white and red
cloth, and the Hillyer Art building and the President's house were
festooned in the empire style, with white cheesecloth, caught up with
rosettes of magenta colored cloth and wreaths of laurel. This same
combination was carried out on the front of the Administration build-
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and here, besides the national
flag, waved the flags of all
the classes, while the national
flag was also draped over the
front entrance.

Forbes Library, the High
School building, Academy of
Music, and Clarke Library
were all festooned with the
national colors, and embel-
hshed with the difterent de-
signs intended for illumi-
nation.

The committee's plan
embraced the decoration of
the South street bridge and
the Main street underpass,
all the fire engine houses
and school-houses of the citv,
including Florence, Leeds
and Bay State ; the reviewing
stand, which was erected on
Main street, nearly in front
of French's store, and the
anniversary tent. The Burn-
ham-Capen school buildings
and Home Culture Clubs
house were tastefully deco-
rated bv the management.

The county officials were not behindhand in recognizing the im-
portance of the occasion, for they directed the decoration of the court-
house and assented to the illumination of the court-house fountain,
elsewhere described.

The exterior of Odd Fellows hall, in Dewey's block, was covered
with the emblems of the order, the three links, shepherd's crook, bundle
of sticks, emblematic of the power of union and co-operation; a heart
in the hand, a crown, sword, and representation of Rebekah at the well.

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The armory of Company I was
of course well cared for, and a pic-
ture of the battle of San Juan
Hill, in which the old company
had a part, was placed over the
front entrance.

Close b}^ is the old Whitney
homestead and site of the home
of Jonathan Edwards, and this
was decorated by direction of the
heirs of the Edwards family, who
sent funds to the Executive Com-
mittee for that purpose. Historic
old King street, as a whole, was
also well cared for. The French
church parsonage, formerly the
Erastus Hopkins place, and the old
Doctor Fisk place, now owned by
Joseph L. Fowler, were festooned
with bunting.

Every house on the projected hne of march, on Bridge street, was
decorated; all on Henshaw avenue, including the specially fine dis-
plays of Capt. Richard W. Irwin and Charles E. Childs. Every house
on Elm street displayed more or less bunting, and the decorations on
the residence of J. Howe Demond were of unusual elaboration.

Of more than ordinary interest in the way of decoration was what
was done in this line for two of the older and more historic houses of
the town — that owned and occupied by Thomas M. Shepherd and built
by his famous ancestors, as also the old Chauncey E. Parsons house,
fronting the Bridge street park.

The exteriors of the churches were not decorated, the nearest ap-
proach to decoration being at the First church, where two American
flags were crossed and intertwined over the front entrance.

The best decorated hotel in the city was The Hampton, fol-
lowed closely by the Bay State House and City Hotel. The Mansion
House was not at this time in commission as a hotel, but the owner of
the block, John L. Draper, did his share in the honors of the occasion.
The Union Station, with its long arcade, was sparingly but judiciously
decorated, considering the danger from locomotive sparks.

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Beldings' mill
and boarding
house displayed
attractive
schemes of dec-
oration, and the
Armour and
Handy Beef
Company build-
ings on Market
street and the
Swift Com-
pany's place on
Hawley street,
were handsome -
1 }' trimmed.
Besides those
mentioned in
the foregoing
paragraphs, all
places were dec-
orated that were
illuminated, as
described in the
article following, on illuminations.

At Florence, Lilly Library and most of the business places, the
Florence Hotel and Cottage Hotel, were cared for, and this part of the
city showed its full share of public spirit and patriotism when the hour
struck.

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THE ILLUMINATIONS

The improvements of electrical invention have made it possible
to supplement the effect of decorations on buildings and streets with
some very striking combinations of color and light, and this was first
realized in this city when the Committee on Illuminations had com-
pleted their work with the contractors, Simons & Fox of Hartford.
Chairman James W. Heffernan of this committee had given two months
of study and work to the matter, and, confronted at first with a problem

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entirely new to him, he yet succeeded in grappHng with a puzzhng mass
of details in a very satisfactory way, the local electric light company
aiding in the technical work with courtesy and promptitude and giving
much gratuitous service. The light was first turned on to the complete
illumination scheme Saturday night, June 4, and the effect was magnifi-
cent. On the various public buildings were thousands of lamps hanging
on long stretches of wire, in festoons, from point to point, on the cornices
and side walls of the different structtires.

Odd Fellows Hall

From Smith College to the corner of Main and King streets, there
was a continuous blaze of light, making the broad, picturesque Main
street almost as clear as by day. From the college tower blazed several
large arc lights, which, sometimes hidden by light foliage and anon
brought into full view from another point of observation, seemed like
a group of newly discovered moons in the heavens. Forbes Library
was a mass of most brilliant corruscation of colored lights, its situation,
back from the street, lending itself admiraVjly to heighten the eft'ect.

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Over the front arch of the stone porch shone the figures " i654-iqo4."
From one side of tlie building to the other, hnes of hght extended and
the large bay window of the reference room was outlined in light from
scores of lamps festooned from the eaves of the roof to the sills of the
large windows. Next was the High School building, which was more
simply illuminated, but the light-colored brick seemed to furnish an
additional glow to the light scheme The mystic "250" years of the
past shone in figures over the entrance, and lamps in a continuous line
extended along the Main and South street fronts.

The Academy of Music was very effectively illuminated by placing
rows of colored lights in the panes of the large front windows, while far
above these the terra cotta panel, bearing the words, "Academy of
Music," w^as lighted with plain lamps, so as to give the effect of foot-
lights. On the front lawn was a powerful reflecting light, which
turned a brilliant glow upon the lower part of the building.

From this point the blaze lighted one on to the beautiful Court of
Honor, in front of the Clarke Library. This was the most elaborate
work of the electrician's art, as also of the decorator's, already described.
No description, however, can do this work justice. It simply stands
out in the memory of those who saw it, like a most beautiful fleeting
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capita], were capped by glowing disks, which faced the interior of the
court and the street; then the hght of hundreds and hundreds of incan-
descent lamps extended in graceful curving lines from pillar to pillar,
and from the wide arch at the front of the court to the building in the
rear. The lights in the festoons and long lines were uncolored, but
those which surrounded the disks were many colored. Over the
entrance to the library was the crown piece of illuminating art, the
national flag picked out in its proper colors of red, white and blue, the
stars and strii)es all there — a living flag of light. About three hundred

Lilly Library, Florence

lamps were rec^uired to complete this piece of work. On one side of
the doorway the seal of the United States was surrounded by a border
of lights and on the other the Massachusetts coat of arms was lighted
in a similar manner. Festoons of light extended from the sides of the
building to the very apex of the roof, and a little beyond, to the left,
could be seen the roof of the office building of the local gas company
outlined in lines of glowing gas jets.

The City Hall was naturally one of the best illuminated public
buildings, and standing, as it does, at the best vantage point for view

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of any public building on the street, it could be seen a considerable dis-
tance, in all its glory, — such a splendor as it will probably never be
clothed in again, for the life of public buildings is limited. Over the
ancient porch, with its well-worn steps, the word "Welcome" shone out
in letters of brilliant light. Thirty feet or more above, the figures on
the citv seal were framed in other lamps. On one side of the porch,
on an oval shield, was the date of the city's incorporation, " 1654," and
on the other side, in the same fashion, the anniversary year, "1904."
Close festoons of light interlaced the front, in the middle and on the
sides, and high overhead, against the darkened night sky, gleamed
curving lines of various colored lamps, extending from the edge of the
roof and the quaint old turrets to the top of the flagstaff.

One of the most popular features of the illumination was the light-
ing of the little court house fountain. This simple spout of water was
transformed into a kaleidoscopic display of light and color, which greatly
captivated the eye. An upright pole, rising from the pile of lettered
stones furnished by the towns of the county, supported wires extending
to the edge of the basin, and from these wires were suspended, at short
distances, red, green and white globes. Then the water, thrown from the
urn, with all available force, fell in .heavy showers of prismatic light,
and seemed to sink, in a pool of dazzling brilliancy, and to counterfeit,
in a way, a shower of the richest gems of earth and meteors of the sky.

vSome of the business blocks were illuminated with set designs, and
the best display in this line was made by the Northampton Institu-
tion for Savings. On the front of its building was a geometrical design
about six feet high, worked out in lights surrounding a large star, whose
center was composed of light green lamps. At the Northampton National
Bank front were two brilliant shields, on which appeared respectively
the dates "1833" and "1904." The First National Bank offered a
fine vantage point for illumination, which was fully availed of by the
extension of several lighted streamers, containing about 500 incandes-
cent lamps. The Smith Charities building, just beyond, was illuminated
m the same way. Farther up-town a large bright star marked the
corner of the Columbian block, and Rahar's Inn, once the home of
the late Capt. Enos Parsons, had an illuminated transparent arch over
the entrance to the grounds, announcing that this was "Down Where
the Wurzburger flows."

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Governor Bates, Staff and Ladies at Councilor Irwin's Residence, Crescent St.

The illumination of Main street was increased by the introduction
of powerful calcium lights from the arcade of the union station and the
roof of the First National Bank, and the bright rays from these machines
were sent streaming the whole length of the street, with bewildering
effect to some of the uninitiated, who seemed much puzzled bv the
frequent glare.

The illumination did not as a rule extend to private residences,
until Monday night, and then it was mostly interior window display.
The house occupied by Dr. Sidney A. Clark, on Bridge street, was elab-
orately illuminated on the outside with electric lamps and attracted
much attention. The fountain on the grounds of the Pierpont boarding
house, corner of Park and State streets (the old Whitcomb place), was
illuminated in a manner somewhat similar to the court-house fountain,
and some of the passers-by considered it almost as beautiful as the
down-town fountain.

SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE CELEBRATION

Was spent generally by citizens in viewing the decoi-ations and illumi-
nations just described, a trial of the latter being made in most cases,
and giving an excellent opportunity for the curious to anticipate the
complete spectacle of the three following days and nights.

No other public entertainment was provided for that evening,
except an independent one, at the Warner Meadow golf grounds. There
was talk, at one time, of having an historical play in the Academy of
Music, as a part of the Celebration program, but this feature was finally
abandoned, for lack of time to carry it out. A very pleasing substitute
and appropriate introduction to the Celebration, however — whether so
intended or not — was the production, by Ben Greet's company of
English out-door players, Saturday afternoon and evening, June 4, on
the Warner Meadow golf grounds, of Shakespeare's plays, "Much Ado
About Nothing" and "Midsummer Night's Dream."

These performances were attended, afternoon and evening, by
large audiences, and furnished a most delightful prelude to the festivities
of the coming week. The night performance terminated, unhappily,
in a heavy shower of rain, and increased anxiety as to the weather
outlook for the next few days, but this fear was, hap])ily, not justified.

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77ie CITY'S

MOTTO Zo

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"(laritas, ]E^ucatio, Justitia "

CHARITY

In faith and hope mankind will disagree,
But all mankind's concern is charity.

Pope

Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after
many daj'S.

Bible

Charity begins at home, yet should not end there. When
your own courtyard thirsts do not pour the water abroad.

M. Greek

EDUCATION

For we should remember that nothing is more natural for
people whose education is neglected than to spell Eyolution
with an initial R.

Lowell

" Democracy "

Make Knowledge circle with the winds,
But let her herald. Reyerence, fly
Before her.

Tennyson

" Love thou thy Land '

JUSTICE

Justice is the rightful soyereign of the world.

Let justice be done, though the heayens fall.

Pindar

Latin

Nothing brings a man more honor than to be inyariably
just.

Ibid

THE breaking waves dashed hi^'h
On a stern and rock-l)c)und coast,

And the heav}' night hung dark

The hills and waters o'er,
When a band of exiles mooted their bark

On the wild New England shore.

What sought they thus afar .''

Bright jewels of the mine ?
The wealth of seas, the spoil of war ?• —

They sought a faith's pure shrine !

Ay, call it holy ground,

The soil where first they trod;

They have left vmstained what there they found-
Freedom to worship God.

Felicia Hemans.

THE FIRST DAYj^SUNDAY

SERMONS AND SERVICES IN THE CHURCHES

"Praise to our (lod; throuKh all our i)ast His mighty arm hath held us fast;
Till wars and perils, toils and tears, have brought the rich and fruitful years."

a IRew JEncilan? Sun&a\2

Over all the town rested the Lord's peace. There was no sound on the village street. I>ook
either way — not a vehicle, not a human being. The smoke rose uji soberly and quietly, as if it
said, — It is Sunday! The leaves on the great elms hung motionless, glittering with dew, a.s if they,
too, like the people who dwelt under their shadow, were waiting for the bell to ring for meeting.

Hf;n'ry Ward Bkecher, in " Norwood."'

OTHER days of the Celebration dawned not so fair, but on Sun-
day, June 5, 1904, the sun rose clear over the eastern hills, and
found Northampton arrayed like a bride to meet her beloved.
The near-by mountains, seared and furrowed by the shock of ages, yet
ever young, seemed to grant a benediction to the scene, as up from the
verdant meadows, sparkling and dewy with the fragrance of an early
New England summer morning, the city seeined to spring into life
and pour forth its people, old and young, upon the streets, to do honor
to the exercises of the first day of the week and the first day of the Cel-
ebration. Yet over all brooded the quiet of the Sabbath of the fathers,
and the early settlers, could they have looked upon the scene, would
have been gratified indeed, doubtless, to see the unanimity with which
most of the inhabitants wended their way to the churches, in reverent
manner and with thankful hearts.

Northampton churches were probably never before so crowded.
In every congregation something was done to honor the occasion, not
only in the sermons, but in the inusic, and generally during the Sunday
school hours. Each church found plenty of honor within its own walls,
but many outside of all congregations were attracted to the First (" Old ")
Church, because of its older history and the consequent prestige attached
to its service this day. In the limited number of pages allotted to this
work, it has been found impossible to report sermons in full, although
it was at first hoped to do so. As near as possible the reports have
been gauged to the importance of the several churches, and yet it was
found impossible to make a fast rule in this case even. One of
the most interesting discourses, from an historical point of view, was

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the sermon of the pastor of the Baptist Church, treating upon the
famous half-way covenant of the old-time churches, but this matter
was also referred to in the sermon preached at the First Church, and is
a matter of quite familiar local history. The discourse at St. Mary's
Church is also of interest, because of its recital of a tragical bit of old
local history, concerning the Irish lads Halligan and Daley, and the
fact that the preacher's statement of the innocence of the accused was
disputed in the local press within a day or two after he made it ; but the
facts were correctly stated by the preacher at St. Mary's Church.

In nearly all the churches an appropriate musical program was
rendered, and at the First Church and others some of the music written
by the old First Church organist. Prof. George Kingsley, was given,
the "Old" Church also noting the occasion with a complete historical
musical service, under the direction of Organist and Director Ralph L.
Baldwin.

The one great poem of New England is her Sunday.
Through that she has escaped materialism. That has been
a crystal dome overhead, through which Imagination has
been kept alive. New England's imagination is to be found —
not in art or literature, but in her inventions, her social
organism, and, above all, in her religious life. The Sabbath
has been the nurse of that. When she ceases to have a
Sunday, she will be as this landscape is — now growing dark,
all its lines blurred, its distances and gradations fast merging
into sheeted darkness and night.

A Sunday Night Reflection in " Norwood."

FIRST CHURCH AND SUN DAT SCHOOL

THE First ("Old") Church was crowded at the morning service
far beyond the hmits of its usual congregation, as the oldest
church and the pastoral home of the great theologian, Jona-
than Edwards, naturally would be, upon such an occasion, and the
musical service, given upon a subsequent page, was listened to with no
less profound attention than the graphic historical discourse of the
pastor.

Rev. Dr. Henrv T. Rose took for his subject, "Religious Beginnings

in Northampton." His text was from Psalm
44 : 3 — " For they got not the land possession
by their own sword; neither did their own
arm save them ; but thy right hand and thine
arm, and the light of thy countenance, be-
cause thou hadst a favor unto them."

It was a great day in Northampton on
wdiich its first church was formed. At the
same meeting the church was organized and
the first minister ordained. And because of
the importance of the occasion and the brev-
ity and fitness of the report of it, I will read
you the record as it stands in our most prec-
ious and ancient book of church records.

"The church was gathered at North-
ampton June 1 8th, i66i. The persons that
begun that work were in number eight, viz:
Mr. Eleazar Mather, David Wilton, William
Clarke, John Strong, Henry Cunliffe, Hervey
Woodward, Thomas Roote, Thomas Hanchett. Messengers that were
present from four churches: — Mr. Pelatiah Glover, Deacon Clapp,
Thomas Tilstone from the Cht:rch of Christ at Dorchester; Mr. John
Eliot, Sen., Goodman AVilliams from the Church of Christ at Roxbury;
Capt. John Pynchon, Deacon Chapin from the church at Springfield;
Mr. John Rtissel the pastor, Mr. Goodwin, Goodman White from the
Church of Christ at Hadleigh. And the same day, after they had
entered into covenant, they chose Mr. Eleazar Mather to the ofhce
of a pastor, which they had concluded to do before, and desired Rev.
Mr. Eliot and Rev. Mr. Russel to ordain him, which accordingly was
done."

Here are two or three names of special interest to us. John Pyn-
chon and Dea. Samuel Chapin from the First Church in Springfield,
together with Elizur Holyoke, deserve a place among the founders of
this town. These are the men, though never settled here, whose en-
dorsement upon the petition of the first adventurers commended their
enterprise to the favor of the General Court. We have, therefore, a

Rev. Henry T. Rose, D.D.

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certain interest in Springfield's traditions and in her noble statues
commemorating her founders.

Another member of that group which recognized the new church
was John Eliot, Senior, pastor of the church at Roxburv, the famous
missionary to the Indians and maker of the Indian Bible. The other
minister who took part in the ordination was Mr. Russel of Hadley, in
whose house were sheltered two of the judges who passed sentence on
King Charles I of England.

It will not be inferred froin the late formation of the church that
the people had but then awakened to the importance of religion. On
the contrary, these were the kind of men for whom religion is the breath
of life. They were courageous souls, in a manner sifted out and chosen
from a greater number. Of the forty-five whose names were attached to
the original petition and covenant, only fourteen became actual settlers,
nor were all these here from the outset. It was an easy thing to enlist,
but in view of the perils of the real adventure the hearts of many failed
them. There were twenty families to begin the plantation. They needed
all their courage. Theirs was a hamlet on the frontier. Except to the
south their nearest neighbors were eighty miles away. There were no
roads. The river was the highway. And when this was low they fol-
lowed bridle paths or cart tracks through the woods. The place itself
was very fair; the hills encompassed them, but their isolation was com-
plete. Life was tolerable enough in summer time, but the earliest winters
must have been bitter indeed. Their greatest danger was from the
Indians. These for twenty years were friendly, but after that, for three-
quarters of a century, the townsmen lived in apprehension. They
elected frail barricades of wood against their foes, but their best de-
fence was the stoutness of their hearts. From fifty to a hundred of them
in all, men, women, and children, were slain by the savages. The first
recorded birth in the new settlement is of a child, who was killed twenty
years after in the attack on Northfield. Thirty years after that Eunice
Mather, daughter of the first minister, and wife of Rev. John Williams,
a captive in the hands of the Indians, was slain on the way to Canada.
These were times when the farmers took their guns to the meadows. The
town had a garrison in it; there were famous Indian fighters. The
people here were always proud of warlike men. The committee appointed
to build the third meeting-house was composed of seven men, of whom
five bore military titles. Still the life of the colonists had its compen-
sations. It was rude and narrow, but they had known no other sort.
It was a life of liberty at least, free from convention and tyranny, with
possibilities in it, and abundance of room. It was all new. The enter-
prise was of the sort to appeal to youthful hearts, and I suppose most of
the settlers were young men. We shall never know how many of them
were born in England, but it is more likely that many of them knew the
mother country only through hearing it talked about around the fire.
They do not seem to have been men of culture, or to have brought

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 109

university degrees with them. The immigration had practically ceased
some years before they came, and it is probable that more than half of
the company had been born in America. Another fact indicates that
thev were of the younger age. During the first seven years, only eleven
deaths were recorded. This is very different from the story of Plymouth,
when in the first winter one-half the Mayflower company were laid at
rest in the frozen ground.

Their common passion and strongest motive was religion. It is
very true that their errand was not a crusade or mission. They did not
])retend that thev were here to found in the woods an outpost of the
citv of God. They were men of common sense, with a sure business
instinct. This appears in their first petition to the General Court "for
liberty to plant, possess and inhabit Nonotuck." They "hope that
corn and cattle may be raised here, beside the propagation of the Gospel,
and a comfortable subsistence may enable people to wait upon God in
his holv ordinances without distractions."

But under these phrases, mixed of piety and shrewdness, it is not
hard to detect an accent of sincerity. The worldly aim was subordi-
nated to the needs of religion. They practiced life in a reverent temper.
Faith was the strongest factor in their characters, sustaining them w4th
a glorious exhilaration and confidence. It brought an element of idealism
into their lives, which had been sordid and narrow enough without it.
The practical nature of their religion appears in one of their first public
acts. Before the year was out, they had begun the erection of a meeting
house. This fabric, "of sawen timber, with a chimney, a thatched roof
two windows and a single door," was not of imposing dimensions, but
it was without doubt the best building in the village. It was not designed
expressly for religious worship, for the first freemen had not thought
that their town meetings were purely secular occasions. Not until the
fourth house of worship was built was any church here dedicated to the
worship of God by special ceremonies. This was the oldest meeting
house save one in Western Massachusetts. It was very soon outgrown,
though it answered the needs of the people during the first brief pastor-
ate. It is not known who conducted the public services during the
first year or two. The order of service was very simple. Between
prayer and sermon a Psalm was sung; unless an elder or assistant was
present no Scripture was read. There was no bell in the first meeting
house, and the people were assembled at the call of the trumpet.

The small number of Christian men associated in the church must
not lead us to conclude that their act was of no importance in the eyes
of the community. The method followed here was one in vogue in
many places. A few prominent men were chosen as a center of organi-
zation. These, known as the pillars of the church, made a covenant
with each other, were recognized by council and then by vote admitted
others to fellowship, and so the church was gathered. Of the seven
founders not all were among the original settlers. Three came from

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Dorchester, with the new minister, by letters commissioned "to join
with others for the gathering of a church in Northampton." They were
men of influence and good estate. Some of the seven, if not all, were
born in England. Three of them bore names that are not now repre-
sented in our city directory.

A covenant was adopted and signed at this meeting by the original
seven and others, until seventy-one had signed. It were good to know
who devised and wrote this covenant, for a sweeter and more spiritual
form of words of this order the past has not left us. The names under-
written represent much history and romance, and revered and dear
family traditions in this and many another place go straight back to
them. They are good Enghsh names, two for each person and no more.
As nearly as possible one-half are the names of women, quaint and
simple and old-fashioned enough, and, it might be guessed, less piously
chosen than in after generations.

In the seven years, between the founding of the town and the
organization of the church, the original company of twenty families had
grown to a community of about three hundred. So many of them were
children whose names were not afhxed to the covenant, though they
were considered members in a way, that it appears the church might
have comprised almost the entire adult population. Among the names
preserved with the covenant, without marks to distinguish it from the
rest, is that of Eleazar Mather, the first minister. He was the son of
Richard Mather of Dorchester, and brother of Increase, greatest of the
name, and uncle of Cotton Mather. He was born in Dorchester in
1637. Was graduated at Harvard when he was nineteen, and at
twenty-one years of age came here to preach. He died after eleven
years of service at the age of thirty-two. His work here was mainly
local. He was a dihgent and earnest man, and with all it seems prudent
and sagacious, for he left a not inconsiderable property. His nephew
Cotton said of him, "As he was a very zealous preacher, and accordingly
saw many seals of his ministry, so he was a very pious worker, and
remarkablv ripe for heaven."

After the death of Eleazar Mather the church lost no time in filling
the vacant office. The second pastor was Solomon Stoddard. Fol-
lowing the custom he preached by way of trial, but hardly, one would
think, for so long a time as intervened before his ordination, which took
place in 1672. The parish had made liberal provision for his support,
voted money for his house and given him title to land in the meadows,
for the minister at that time, like every other man, was a farmer. The
ceremonies at his installation are recorded in the church book in his
own handwriting. He was a proHfic writer, an eager controversiaHst,
pubhshing pamphlets and sermons in the manner of the day. Yet he
was a man of reserve and modesty, of quiet and dignified manners and
sincere piety. He was not a great philosopher, like his grandson, Mr.
Edwards, and his interest in theological problems was rather practical

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 111

than speculative. He was a man of great sagacity, wise in counsel,
considerate of the ethical aspects of religious doctrines. He discussed
questions of personal conduct such as these: "What right doth belong
to the Sabbath?" "At what time of the evening doth the Sabbath
begin?" "Did we any wrong to the Indians in buying their land at a
small price?" "Is it lawful for men to set their dwelling houses at such
a distance from the place of public worship that they and their families
cannot attend it?" "Is it lawful to wear long hair?"

In their times these questions were of importance, with religious
bearings. But Stoddard's fame does not rest on these discussions.
His name is forever associated with the fierce debate which stirred the
churches concerning sacramental questions. Mr. Stoddard advocated
what came to be the prevailing custom in nearly all the churches in these
parts on the half-way covenant question, though oddly enough he took
a view opposed both by his predecessor and successor here. When he
came, the church had already adopted the more liberal view of the sacred
ordinance, which its first pastor had opposed. The action was deferred
for a time, perhaps in deference to Mr. Mather's wishes, but toward the
end of his life it was adopted, whether to his grief or not we are not told.
After Mr. Stoddard was installed the church voted "That from year to
year such as grow up to adult age in the church shall present themselves
to the elders, and if they seem to understand and assent unto the doctrine
of faith, not to be scandalous in life and willing to submit themselves to
the government of Christ in this church, shall publicly own the covenant
and be acknowledged members of the church."

There follows a form of words to be used in the admission of members
into a state of education, and another form to be used at the admission
of members into full communion. Mr. Stoddard published views which
drew to him great attention and a degree of opposition. He described
the Lord's Supper as a regenerating ordinance. And it was his practice
to admit baptized persons to communion without requiring evidence
that they were changed in heart, or subject to any operation of divine
grace. i3ut we are not to conclude from this usage that Mr. Stoddard
was a man to encourage dangerous liberalities. His idea was to transfer
the decisive moment and experience from before until after partaking
of the solemn rite. He believed as strongly as any of the brethren in
regeneration and thought the sacrament a practical means of grace to
secure it. And it is incredible that there should be truth in the report
that he himself fixed his conversion at a time long after his ministry
began and attributed it to a communion season, and a manifest answer
to the prayers of his wife and the holy women of the congregation.

As Mr. Stoddard's long and memorable pastorate drew to a close,
he was greatly cheered and strengthened by the election on the part
of the church of his grandson, Jonathan Edwards, as his colleague and
successor. He died in 1730, and a great mourning was made for him.
A leading minister said in a sermon, "For some years the most aged

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minister in the province, a Peter here among the disciples and ministers
of our Lord Jesus, very much our primate and a prince among us."

Edwards called him a "very great man, of strong powers of mind,
of great grace and a great authority, of a masterly countenance, speech
and behavior." "The officers and leaders of Northampton imitated his
manners and thought it an excellency to be like him." The Indians
called him "the Englishman's God." He was a broad and generous
man, holding the dark and rigid principles of the faith in an intellectual
assent tempered with mercy. A gentler spirit than some of his asso-
ciates in that time, he was revered and loved and accepted as of un-
questioned authority. The account of his funeral is printed in the
Boston Ncivs Letter of Thursday, Feb. 20, 1729, in a letter from North-
ampton, written on the 13th. "His labors and usefulness," it says,
"were drawn out to an uncommon length. Till his 86th year he was a
constant preacher some part of the Lord's day and at a monthly lecture
without the use of notes at all . . . and it could not be discerned that
his powers were much abated." "He used for many years together to
make his annual visit to Boston at the time of the Commencement,
and the day after to preach the public lecture to a numerous audience,
expecting and glad to hear him."

"His station was indeed in a remote corner of the land, but his
light and influence went out throughout the whole country, and his
being our pastor gave a name and reputation to the town." In the
church book, the last entry in Mr. Stoddard's handwriting, though
somewhat uncertain with age, records the ordination of Jonathan
Edwards as pastor of the church of Northampton.

It is hard to believe that all this history falls within the compass of
one lifetime. All these events took place during the life of Esther,
daughter of John Warham, a Puritan minister of Exeter in England,
who came with a church organized at Plymouth before sailing first to
Dorchester and then to Windsor, Conn. There this child Esther was
born, and when she was fifteen married to Eleazar Mather, Sept. 29,
1659. A widow of twenty-six years, with three children, she was mar-
ried in 1670 to Solomon Stoddard, and shared his work and fortune
during his long ministry here and outlived him by the space of seven
years, dying at the age of 92. In her time the sphere of woman was
very much restricted. There were no clubs, no social or charitable
organizations; no woman held any office in the church, taught in the
Sunday school or went on missions. Little is known of her life, but that
little proves that she did not quarrel with the Puritan ideal of woman-
hood. She was a true wife, a mother of many children, dignified in her
household, immortalized by her spinning, given to devotion, firm in
government and tried by many sorrows. A letter is kept of hers, which
renews our sense of the peril of life in her rude community. One of her
sons had died ; a daughter had just been killed by the Indians at Deerfield ;
and another son captured by the enemy had died at "Brest in France

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while waiting to be transported into England." "I had not done mourn-
ing for the former but God hath added grief to my sorrow. Therefore
we need to be ready seeing we know not when our Lord will come."
She bids her child farewell, subscribing herself, "Your sorrowful mother,"
but adds a postscript concerned with household details.

So between their homes, with the crowding humble cares, and
their church, with its strong doctrine and high inspirations, these lowly
and pure and glorious lives were bounded. A nobler generation than
this there has not been upon the earth, nor one of whom it is better
fortune to be born.

The limit of our time is reached and here I must make an end. We
have reviewed the story of the beginnings of this town in the period of
the first two pastorates of this church. On several occasions of late
there has been opportunity to speak here of the career and influence
and fame of Jonathan Edwards, third minister of Northampton.

The historical musical service, conducted by Ralph L. Baldwin,
was as follows:

Prelude: Themes from " Meistersingers," R. Wagner, i8ij-iSgj

Anthem: "O Clap Your Hands," Sir John Staincr, 1840-igoi

Gloria Patri: 8th Gregorian Tone.

Anthem: "The New Jerusalem," Jeremiah In galls

Hymn No. 4Q7, Northfield, Jeremiah Ingalls, iSoj

Anthem: "AveVerum," Mozart, 1756-1791

Hymn No. 582, Tappan, George Kingsley, organist in this church, 1857-1S65.
Hymn No. 948, "Militant," J. Barnhy, 1868

"Seven-fold Amen," Stainer

Postlude: "St Ann's Fugue," Bach, 168J-1750

XLbc SunDa^ Scbool

According to an invitation extended, nearly all the morning's con-
gregation remained for the Sunday-school session. Superintenden-
Robert F. Armstrong presided. He called upon the Rev. Gerald Stanley
Lee for Scripture reading and prayer, and then introduced Gov. John
L. Bates, who spoke as follows:

I am pleased, Mr. Superintendent, to see the American and English
flags draped over this pulpit, and I am glad to have the pleasure
to stand here and extend a welcome to Old England from this city
of Northampton in New England, on this interesting occasion. We have
quarreled with the mother country some, but we have always maintained
the warmest love and regard for her, and the depth of our love was never
deeper than it is today, when we see the two countries advance side by
side, carrying' the world forward in the civilization founded by Chris-
tianity. It is a pleasure, Mr. Superintendent, to stand looking at the

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faces of these children. I do not know what I can say to them. I do
not think that they need any talking to. To me they look about right,
and it is my hope and belief that the future of Northampton is certainly
assured when I look into the faces of these men and women of thirty to
forty years from now. I suppose that the city is not celebrating because
of the area of it, nor because of its beautiful location, nor because of its
public buildings or its various enterprises. There is something back of
all that. It is not because it has existed 250 years, although that is
an achievement for a city. It is because of its influence. Because it has
stood for something these 250 years. Because it has a character which
it may be difficult to define, but which it is not difficult to admire and
respect — a character which is admired and known wherever the city is
known. It stands forth in our mind as a real monument and a monu-
ment that has been erected by the people who have gone before those of
this generation in this city. It is a pleasure to know, Mr. Superintend-
ent, that the people of Northampton, in the beginning of this Celebra-
tion, recognize that in the founding of their country, as has been told
us in the well-chosen words of your pastor this morning, the church was
commenced with the beginning of the settlement, and that the church
and the town hall were one, for in those early days the town meetings
were held for no other purpose, except that the church might be main-
tained. We have recently observed Memorial Day and considered some
of the results of the war. We have been surprised as we have heard
orators tell what the nation has accomplished. We feel almost as if
there was nothing within the possession of the human intellect that
could not be accomplished by the American people. As we realize what
progress has been made since the city was founded, 250 years ago, we
fear not the problems of the future, because we have had to overcome
worse problems in the past. These problems do not disturb us, but the
problems we have with us are the old problems of our fathers, and
which they temporarily solved when they came to this land. They
are the old problems that the Sunday school is helping in the solution
of, and they are ])roblems of character. It is a double pleasure for me
to come here today, to extend to you greetings on this occasion, believ-
ing that your work is not only helping men and women as individuals,
but making it certain that this government of the people, by the people,
and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Hon. Samuel S. Campion of Northampton, England, was the last
speaker to the Sunday school. He said:

Boys and girls — or shall I say brothers and sisters — I am from
Northampton, England, and am standing on the sacred soil of New
England. I am sure that no person sang with more earnestness than
I the hymn this morning.

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"O God, beneath Thy guiding hand,
Our exiled fathers crossed the sea."

Those brave old Puritans and Pilgrims were your fathers and my
fathers. I come from Northampton, England, to greet you, boys and
girls, and you children of an older growth, on this auspiciovis anniver-
sary, and it is with peculiar pleasure that I find myself addressing a
Sunday-school gathering in the city of Northampton, Mass. First, let
me sav how warmly I appreciate the kind words which the Governor
has said in regard to my coming here. It is most gratifying to find a
gentleman occupying his high position addressing a Sunday-school gath-
ering on the high ideals of citizenship. To quote the words of one of
our own poets, William Cowper, who was associated with old North-
ampton —

"Such men are born to station and command.
When Providence means mercy to a land."

The Governor has referred to the differences which have arisen at various
times between Great Britain and the United States. After all, they
have been family quarrels, and have not interfered with the real family
affection between us. I may apply to them the words of the Earl of
Surrey, one of our early English writers —

"The falling out of faithful friends
Renewing is of love."

I come to bring the greetings of the Sunday-school children and workers
of old Northampton to the Sunday-school children and workers of this
old city in the new Continent. In the old town we have upwards of
16,000 Sunday-school children of all denominations, with a population
of 90,000. And I know they feel the greatest interest in your Celebra-
tion, and wish you all the greatest happiness and the highest success
in your school work. It is a great happiness to know that you and they
revere the same Book, are devoted to the same faith, own the same
Lord, and recognize each other as the children of one common Father.
Every Sunday you niav think of us as singing similar hymns, often
exactly the same hymns, reading and studying the same lessons, from
the one great Book, in the same tongue and in the same spirit. We
belong to the one great army of God's children, everywhere learning to
follow out the teaching of the one Great Teacher, Jesus Christ. As I
sat here during the service and looked through your hymn book, I found,
as I expected to find, many of the familiar hymns we are accustomed to
sing on the other side. There are hymns by William Cowper, to whom
I have already referred, by the Rev. John Newton, curate of Olney —
and the friend of Cowper, — by Philip Doddridge, who was a Congrega-
tional minister at Old Northampton — hymn writer, preacher and theo-
logian, — by Isaac Watts, and many others. Isaac Watts, some of you
may remember, was on one occasion rallied by a Mrs. Rowe on the
smallness of his stature. He replied —

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"Could I in stature reach the Pole,
Or grasp the ocean in my span,
I'd still be measured by my soul,

The mind's the standard of the man."

You in the new country have been doing much to teach us of the
old country and of the old world that the standard of excellence is not
to be found in titles or position or wealth, but in personal worth, capacity
and moral achievement — that true greatness is to be found in character
in the degree to which we carry out the will of God, and that it is right-
eousness which exalts a nation. I am a subject of the King of England,
and am, therefore, what you would call a Royalist. You are all subjects
of the President of the United States, and are Republicans. We on our
side think that our country is a true Republic, with a King as a sort of
permanent President. But whatever be the form of government, we
are all — whether on this side of the Atlantic or the other — Royalists,
subjects of the King of Kings, and citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven —
"One is your Father and all ye are brethren."

There is another reason which links your Celebration with the old
town of Northampton, in England, and which makes it fitting that I
should bring you greetings from the Sunday schools of Northampton.
I am the editor of a very old newspaper, printed and published at North-
ampton, England. It is called The Ahrthamptoii Mercury. We believe
it to be the oldest newspaper in Europe, and, therefore, much older
than any newspaper in America. It was first published on May 2nd,
1720, and its founders were Robert Raikes and William Dicey. Now
Robert Raikes afterwards went to Gloucester, also in Old England, and
started a newspaper there. His son was Robert Raikes, who founded
Sunday schools in the old country about one hundred and twenty years
ago. In a sense, therefore, you see the Sunday-school movement may
be said to have sprung from Northampton through Robert Raikes.
You will understand how appropriate it is, therefore, I should bring to
your Sunday schools here the affectionate greetings and good wishes
of the Sunday schools of my old city.

Still another link connects us which I should like to mention, and
which makes it especially fitting that I, as representing Old Northamp-
ton, should come to you. The ancestors of George Washington, the
father of your country, lived in Northampton and its immediate dis-
trict. Some of them lie buried in the church of Great Brington, six
miles from Northampton — in the same church where also repose the
remains of Earl Spencer's great ancestors, with whom the Washingtons
intermarried. In the graveyard of that same church my father and
mother lie buried. So that, from the personal point of view, I am
proud to associate myself with the ancestors of George Washington. I
come to you, if I may so put it, fresh from the sacred associations
which ally our country with yours.

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 117

One other circumstance I permit myself to mention, is of a purely
personal character. It struck ine with a sense of pleased surprise that
the name of your pastor is the Rev. Henry Rose. My father, although
a Nonconformist minister, found in the Rev. Henry Rose, at one time
Rector of Great Brington — the Washington Church — a dear personal
friend; and it was the Rev. Henry Rose who consigned his remains to
the tomb in Great Brington churchyard. It is a coincidence not without
interest, I think, in these celebrations, showing how direct and personal
are the ties which bind not only Old Northampton in England to North-
ampton in Massachusetts, but the old country across the seas to yours.
I greet you, then, in the name of our Sunday schools across the sea.
I know that today at a Sunday school of three hundred children, in the
Old Northampton, where I am superintendent, they will be thinking of
me as I am thinking of them. They will be wondering how I am get-
ting on, in the far distance I have gone from the old home. But I
know that their prayers and good wishes will be for you and yours.
They will hope and pray that you and they together may glory in
belonging to the same kingdom, in living under the providence of the
same God, in enjoying the salvation of the same Saviour. They will
trust and pray that the ties which bind our peoples may be multiplied
and strengthened as the years go by; that the peoples of the Anglo-
Saxon race may be one in their desires and efforts to advance the
Master's kingdom on earth.

The Rev. Henry Rose remarked that he did not know his ancestry
in the old country had ever included in their number any one so respect-
able as a Rector of the Established Church.

At the invitation of Mr. Armstrong, the superintendent, the whole
of the scholars and congregation arose in support of a proposal to
send to the Sunday schools of Northampton hearty greetings on the
occasion of this Celebration, in response to the greetings conve3'ed by
Mr. Campion.

ST. JOHN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

THE rector of St. John's Church, Rev. Lyman P. Powell, took
for his subject, "Our Obligations to the Past," and the text,
"Other men have labored, and ye are entered into their
labors." — John 4: 38. He said in part:

In the lexicon of life there is no such word as chance. Nothing
happens without cause. Today is rooted in the past. This truth we
ought today to realize with all its force.

God and man alike have labored here
to our delight and i)rofit. Natural beauties
and natural advantages are the background
of man's efforts here, and man has made the
most of them. To thrift and enterprise and
all the other virtues of the typical New Eng-
land town our forbears have added gener-
osity. No town of its size in all New England
has perhaps received so many benefactions
at the hands of citizens or near-by neighbors.
So it has been from the day of Major Haw-
l^y's generosity to schools to these later days
of Smith College and the Forbes Library and
vSt. John's Church, the gift of one not resident
of Northampton, but still mindful of the rock
whence he was hewn.

Men who have had no silver and no gold
to give have given more, themselves; and
from Bloody Brook to Santiago you will find
the record of their more than generous generosity. Preachers we have
had who have bestowed on us the gift of fame, and that is always
precious. To call the roll of lawyers who have lent the town its dig-
nity and wisdom is to name most of the leading families for many a
generation. Our phvsicians are today as expert as the town ever had.
Better work is turned out now perhaps by our literary folk than ever
before. But best of all, from first to last, the town has had more than
its need of average folk above the average in character, whose contri-
bution to the making of the best in all our past is as incalculable in
the sight of man as it is inestimable to the One who knows the secrets
of all hearts. And today we meditate upon their labors quite as much
as on the labors of our great and more conspicuous.

Others have labored and we are all the better for their labors, and
thereby hangs a duty, the duty of appreciation — appreciation of the
living who are trying quietly and earnestly, all around us, to live up to the
standards set by our forefathers. Again there is the duty to prove our
right to reap the harvest which the dead have sown, by living as they
did at their best, to the spirit, not to the flesh; living with a passion for

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reality which ill brooks the vulgarity of those who have no more to
contribute to the town than money and which hales to the bar of
common sense the silly affectations and pretentious conventionalities of
any who would turn this good old town into a glittering cross section
of New York or Paris.

And then at last there is the duty to add to our benefactions and to
strengthen them in every way we can. Smith College ought to have
five times the endowment it now has. Our great Forbes Library needs
much more money for administrative purposes. The Dickinson Hospital
ought to have a far more liberal allowance from the town. And our
church, St. John's, will find in its endowment a ban and not a blessing
unless we one and all contribute to its support as freely as though it
were not liberally endowed.

What the future of Northampton is to be no one knows, and yet
we dare to hope, we have good reason to expect, that when our children
and our children's children celebrate the town's 300th anniversary thrift
and industry will be circumscribed by love and liberalitv, and culture
still will shine as it shines now through the transparent medium of
Christian character.

The musical program of the morning was as follows :

Organ Prelude: Slow Movement from 5th Sonata, Giiilniant

Processional Hymn 176: "For all the Saints who from Their Labors Rest,"

Barnby
Gloria Tibi, Wagner

Hymn 496: "Lord of Our Life and God of Our Salvation," Barnby

Offertory Anthem: "O Lord, Thou Art My God," C. C. Chase

Sanctus, Stainer

Communion Hymn 225. "Bread of the World," Hodges

Gloria in Excelsis, Chant 205, Zeniie

Recessional Hymn, "O God, Our Help in Ages Past," Croft

Organ Postlude, Processional March, Marcus H. Carroll

BAPTIST

C H U R C H

REV. John C. Breaker of the Baptist Church spoke on the
topic, "Northampton as a Center of Rehgious Influence."
Text, Psalm 143: 5, "I remember the days of old."

Mr. Breaker said in part : In entering upon the celebra-
tion of the Quarter Millennial anniversary of the settlement of this
town it is eminently fitting that attention should be centered first of
all ui)on religion. Whatever reputation Northampton niay have

gained through its industrial and edu-
cational institutions; however far spread
its fame today as an educational center;
its chief claim to distinction rests upon
the fact that influences have gone forth
from this town affecting the theological
thinking and the ecclesiastical practices
not only of New England and the United
States, but of the entire English-speaking
religious world.

When the Pilgrims came to the shores
of the new continent they brought with
them certain ecclesiastical customs and
practices which they set in operation.
Among these, that one of the qualifica-
tions to be required of a voter should be
membership in the church and participa-
tion in the ordinance of the Lord's Supper.
It has sometimes been said that this
practice was peculiar to the churches of New England ; and the Pilgrims
and the Puritans have been called "bigots" in consequence. The
custom was not peculiar to New England, however; it was common
to the other colonies and to the lands across the sea. The churches
of New England received as members those only who could give a
credible evidence of conversion. This put the voting power into the
hands of those men only who were by experience, as well as by pro-
fession. Christians.

At the time of the settlement of this town, in 1654, there had
arisen a warm discussion in the churches of New England about the
qualifications for church membership. This discussion culminated in
what has been known as the "Half-Way Covenant." This covenant
provided that all persons who had been baptized in infancy, who under-
stood the covenant, and who were not guilty of any crime a court would
judge scandalous, should be received to church membership, and enjoy
all the privileges thereof, except the Lord's Supper. This half-way
covenant had been received by a vast majority of the churches in New
England when in 1672 Rev. Solomon Stoddard became pastor of the

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church here in Northampton. Mr. Stoddard not only accepted the
half-way covenant, but insisted that the Lord's Supper should be given
to all the members of the church. In the controversy which followed
he advanced the theory that the Lord's Supper is a converting ordinance,
and should be given to all. While these views were combated by
the ministers in the eastern part of Massachusetts, such was the
prominence and influence of the Northampton minister that his views
were widely accepted in Connecticut and Western Massachusetts.

From this town there went forth those influences, between 1672
and 1729, which undermined church discipline, removed all barriers
between the church and the world, and opened the way for uncon-
verted men into the Christian ministry. Notwithstanding his peculiar
views and their promulgation, Mr. Stoddard was an earnest Christian
man and minister, and was used of God to bless the people of his parish.
With the decay of piety there came a laxity in doctrine. The Pil-
grims and the Puritans were Calvinists of the old type. They had
accepted the interpretation of divine truth given to the world by Cal-
vin of Geneva and Knox of Scotland. Divine sovereignty and the
divine decrees were for them the Alpha and Omega of faith.

During the ministry of Mr. Stoddard in this town the position
of the Calvinists was being assailed both in England and the colonies.
The controversy was becoming quite sharp, when, in 1727, Jonathan
Edwards came to be the colleague of his grandfather in the pastorate
of the church in Northampton. The defenders of Calvinism in Eng-
land were Watts and Doddridge. Neither of them proved ec[ual to
the task, and it seemed as if Calvinism would be swept from the field.
Then it was that Jonathan Edwards changed the character of the con-
troversy by assailing the position of the opponents of Calvinism. His
two great productions, "Original Sin," and "The Freedom of the
Human Will," in the judgment of those competent to express an opin-
ion, remain unanswered to this day. Edwards maintained, against the
assailants of Calvinism, that man manifests an inclination to evil;
this he called moral inability. Against the older Calvinists he main-
tained that man has reason to discern the good, affection to love it,
and will to perform it; this he called man's natural ability. Out of
this view springs the teaching that has become so common, that men
may become Christians if they will. This underlies the burden of
the preacher's message throughout the English-speaking world today.

The truths formulated here in Northampton and unfolded by Pres-
ident Edw^ards the younger, by Timothy Dwight and others, constitute
what has come to be regarded as a modified Calvinism.

The writings of Edwards were widely read in England. They fell
into the hands of Andrew Fuller, who recognized their original and pro-
found thought, and their reverence for the Word of God. His own
theology was moulded by them. And Fuller's theology supplanted all
others in the Baptist schools on both sides of the Atlantic. It gave

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new life to the churches, awakened a profound enthusiasm for mission-
ary endeavor, and imparted a marvelous impulse to Baptist principles,
which during the last seventy-five years have made such great progress,
bringing the denomination to the front rank as an evangelistic and
missionary body; and Fuller's theology resulted from a study of Jon-
athan Edwards' works and his Bible.

The musical selections for the service follow:

Prelude; " Largo Cantabile,"

Anthem: "Jerusalem, My Glorious Home."

Anthem: "Sherburne."

Offertory: "Stille Gluck,"

Postlude: " Fanfare Joyeuse,"

Haydn

Weissenhorn
Clarke

SECOND CONGREGATIONAL
(UNITARIAN) CHURCH ^ 3^

REV. Frederick H. Kent, the pastor, spoke as follows:
"All that has happened among mankind has arisen from
the mutual play of the forces within them and the forces around
them. The drama of the ages has had this world for its stage,
and our race for its actors, and could not have remained the same if
either had been different." If, in this statement of Dr. Martineau's,
we substitute, for the world, this beautiful and fertile valley, and for

the race that tiny fragment of humanity
which has constituted this community, we
have in it the clue to the significance of
this anniversary. Today sums up the
result of two hundred and fiftv vears of
such interaction, and, examining some of
the influences which have stimulated and
directed the efforts of our predecessors
through those 3'ears, we may discover
something of the divine method of
moulding human character.

The physical environment of this com-
munity has had some clearlv marked
efl^ects upon its character. Through its
rare natural beauty the softer influence of
nature has always worked silently, touch-
ing the harsher realities of life and the
sterner dogmas of religion with a more
genial and diviner light. Its natural
fertility has kept at a distance the
extremes of poverty and misery. But there are more specific and
peculiar conditions. The early records of the town abound in references
to "home-lots." The term indicates that the homes of the settlers were
separated from the scenes of their daily labor. Their farms were in
the meadows which sweep in a huge half -circle about the central hill,
where the dwelling places were gathered in a compact group. The
contour of the region made it possible for the men to go to and from the
fields daily without excessive loss of time, while morning and night found
them in close and familiar association with each other. At first this
was valued for its simplification of the problem of defence. But it had
a more subtle and lasting influence, for it prevented the deadening effect
of individual isolation from touching the lives of these men and women.
There was constant interchange of opinion, clashing of wills, measuring
of wit and power and persistence. Under such conditions men developed
that intense personality which is the secret of human progress. Doubt-
less there was rancor, and some bitter animosities. But these were

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balanced by growing self-control and respect for sober public opinion,
the necessary complement of vigorous individuality in social life. And
through these there came in time a high degree of concerted, as well as
individual, efficiency, of which the fruits are all about us.

Another circumstance co-operated with this for the personal and
social development of the people. The community was separated
from others by the difficulties of travel. The route which connected
it with its natural point of contact with the older civilization, ran trans-
versely to the natural highways. It was nearly one hundred and fifty
years after the settlement before a regular weekly stage to Boston was
established. In conseciuence of these conditions, the influence of the
outer world was limited and intermittent. The people were thrown
upon their own resources for the supply of intellectual needs. They
were equal to the test, and there grew up here a culture, necessarily
somewhat provincial in some of its details, yet of as fine a quality and
vigorous life as anv which was brought to it from without. Their
isolation proved a stimulus to the development of that spontaneous
culture which is alone genuine and lasting. Thus the local conditions
and the relation of the place to the larger world tended to promote a
society infused with strong individuality, self-rehance, and mutual
helpfulness, with all the strength and weakness which result from the
close contact of men with men.

It is needless to say that such conditions might have produced a
very different result with different men. The weak and inefficient
might well have grown weaker in such an environment. That there
was power of brain and will in these men is well known to you all. I
shall make no personal reference in alluding to its signs, but seek in the
corporate acts of the citizens some indications of their inherent traits.
That they should have been able to maintain an undivided religious
organization for 170 years, during a time when religious controversy
was rife, is significant. Yet, though the outward bond was unbroken
until this society was organized in 1825, the unity of the spirit was often
marred, and it may be doubted whether the formal unity, which chafed
so harshly sometimes, was as conducive to genuine Christian brotherhood
as the frankly recognized and respected differences of the present day.

In 1662 the town voted six pounds as salary to the first school-
master, on condition that he should teach school at least six months
in the year. It is a far cry from this modest sum to the present annual
expenditure of the city for the education of its children — a contrast
hardly less marked than that between the numerous and well-equipped
buildings, of which this room* is the nucleus, and that first building
"of sawen timber, 26 foot long, 18 foot wide, and 9 foot high from the
lower part of the cell to the upper part of the raisens," which served as

*This sermon was preached in the Assembly Hall of the High School, which was occTi])ie(l as a
l)hice of worship by the Unitarian Society during the re-liuilding of its churcli, the coiner stone of
which was laid during the celebration of the 2.50th anniversary.

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the first school-house, church and town-house. Yet there is the seed
from which ah this grew.

Another quaint record reveals a struggle between the instincts of
humanity and the fear that the town might be burdened with the
support of alien paupers. Concerning one Patrick, who was sick, the
record declares, "Wee agree that those who brought him into the town be
called in question about bringing him in, but also, wee order that he
should have some bedclothes and doe intreat Mrs. Williams to entertain
him during his sickness, at the expense of the town." This is probably
the first instance in which the friendly assistance of neighbors was inade-
quate to the emergencies of sickness and poverty. It is the beginning,
therefore, of the organized provision for the sick and needy which is
today so effective.

It would be possible to continue almost indefinitely to cull from the
ancient records, illuminating indications of the character, energy, and
temperament of the forefathers. But enough has been said to show
the sort of forces that were at work here. Yet when one compares the
present city with that early settlement, and traces step by step the path
by which the change has come about, there remains a feeling of wonder and
awe. All has not been accounted for. There has been a unity, a move-
ment in a single upward direction, which renders all the twists and
turns of no effect. Not one of the men who acted and, by his action,
influenced the advance, had any perception of whither it was tending.
Each contributed what was in him to give, for the momentary emer-
gency or need, but the elements were so varied, often so apparently
conflicting, that it could not have been surprising if chaos instead of
order, retrogression instead of progress, had resulted. Undoubtedly the
directing influences acted through the human spirit and its environment,
yet assuredly they did not originate there. Behind was the creative
purpose, the guiding intelligence, the benevolent wisdom of God, har-
monizing, unifying, controlling. Hardly can any one study the history
of such a community as this, or of the larger community of which it is a
part, without perceiving that the human part is taken up and included
in a vaster and eternal movement whose end is still unknown. And if,
in the study of such history, we can discern the human part, to act
bravely, vigorously, conscientiously, giving the best that is in us, and
can feel not less certainly that the divine part is performed unfailingly,
and can learn to act with the assurance that what is truly human finds
its place in the divine plan and so becomes itself divine, we shall have
learned the deepest lesson which history has to teach.

In the musical services of this church, Director A. Locke Norris
was assisted by Miss Ruth S. Davis, Miss Laura S. Jones, and the young
people's chorus. Miss Jones rendered the Andante Cantabile by
Tschaikowski, and Miss Davis sang "Fear ye not, Israel," by Buck.

EDWARDS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

EV. Willis H. Butler, pastor of the Edwards Church, preached
the anniversary sermon at the morning service. He said, in
part :

The first settlers of the valley of the Connecticut are not
as famous as their countrymen who landed at Plymouth some twenty-
five years previous, but they were of the same sturdy stock. There
was nothing sentimental connected with the settlement of this old town.

It was a business enterprise, but it requires
no less courage to go to China as a commer-
cial traveler than it does to go as a mission-
ary of the gospel. In a quiet and orderly
way, which differed little from that followed
by other settlements of the period, there came
into existence another of those centers of
influence entitled to that name so full of
rich suggestions, "A New England Town."
These forefathers of ours were laboring
men. They were idealists of the sublimest
sort, but that did not prevent their taking a
very real interest in crops and cloth. All
the people were farmers. Even the minister
supplemented his allowance by tilling the
soil. They worked with their heads as well
as with their hands, and the church provid-
ed the intellectual stimulus. Northampton
seems to have been conspicuous for its interest in the cause of religion,
and on this the first day of our anniversary observances it is fitting
that we should consider the contribution which the church has made
to the influence which the town exerted. From 1658 to 1824 the
church was served by five remarkable men, and the names of Mather,
Stoddard, Edwards, Hooker and Williams ought to be mentioned
because of the illustrious service which they rendered, a service which
did more to make the town famous than any single other agency during
that period. It was during the ministry of the mighty Edwards that
a movement known as the great awakening began. It swept over
New England, deepening and strengthening the religious thought and
feeling of the succeeding century.

All the labor of those who have preceded counts. No honest work
is ever in vain. We cannot help being benefited by the struggles of
those who have gone before, whether it be in the life of the family, or the
town or the nation, but the amount of benefit derived depends upon
how we enter into these struggles, upon how we carry on the work they
began. If we could only see that the work of the small village church
counts in the life of the city whither its youth has gone, how much more

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127

in earnest would we be to maintain the village churches. If we only
had the vision to look into the future, see how each honest stroke of
work is bound to tell in the improved conditions of life, how much more
care and strength would be put into those strokes. The worker may
l)e forgotten; his work remains.

The musical program rendered was as follows:

Organ Prelude: "Pilgrims' Chorus," Wagner

Choir Call: "Far from Care and Distraction," Gounod

Anthem: "Thou, O Lord, Art Our Father," Sullivan

Offertory Solo for Tenor: "Be Thou Faithful Unto Death," MendclssoJin

Organ Postlude in D, Tours

FIRST METHODIST CHURCH

REV. Clement E. Holmes of the Elm-Street Methodist Church
took for his theme, "The Building of the City," which was
based upon three passages of Scripture — Gen. 4: 17, "And
Cain builded a city." Heb. 11: 10, "And Abraham looked
for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God."
Ps. 87: 5, "And of Zion it shall be said, this and that man was born
in her." The following is an abstract of the discourse:

The first text reveals man's original impulse to build a city. There

have been two dominant motives in all city

_ ^rr:--ay, buildiug. Onc is found in the advantages

^^^^■^"* " "^ of security to property and life within the

^^^m'.a^tti^^ *^^^y wall, or stockade of the olden time, or

jJHJI^'^'WH^^ under the police protection of today; the

^^B other is found in the charms of a compact

jm ^ "KK; '^Iv A society. Here man's social nature has

^^^nt 3/ M ^■ttained its highest expression. Accordingly

^^^ Hi'H iifci 1 J there are two implications of this text which

^^^^V<^feHH|f '^HI modern thought is compelled to qualify.

^^^^B|^^^^^v ^^^ First, it takes more than one man to build a

^^^1^1 .^^^^..^' city. Such an achievement is the product of

^m^ -A ^^BBV most complex forces. Secondly, we should

"^ ^^^^^ expect in the natural order of development

that the nomadic life preceded and gradually
led up to the closely settled life of a com-
munity.

At this, our Quarter-Millennial Cele-
bration, we are impressed with the age of
om- city, compared with the life of man and most of his architectural
works in this new land, and also its youth, as compared with Rome,
Jerusalem or Pekin. We are thus forced to wonder what constitutes
the identity of this strange and almost immortal thing we call
a city. Upon examination it seems to be none other than the
unbroken continuity of its life and its institutions. We celebrate today
not because man first made his abode here, for the red man had been
here unnumbered years before, but because the white man had first
pitched his tents here 250 years ago. It was the incoming of a new
civilization. This portion of our country is just what its name im-
phes, a New England. Its customs, laws and language were all im-
ported. Thus we got our city's name from the mother land.

The three distinctive features of our city have been the church,
the militia and the schools. The church, formally organized in 1661,
is the oldest existing institution. It is therefore fitting that the Cel-
ebration begins on the Sabbath and in the sanctuary. Those pioneers
knew that it took more than men to build a city. Therefore they

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sought one whose builder and maker is God. And here, too, the power
of the Gospel has been most signally manifested in the conversion
of men. The first militia company was organized the same year.
Since that time a grand total of 1,472 soldiers have gone forth to fight
in the Colonial, the Revolutionary and Civil wars. The armory, there-
fore, is a fitting member of our collection of public buildings. And
two years later the first school was organized, whose sessions were
held in the town's meeting house.

Our third text suggests that it takes great men to make a great
city. "And of Zion it shall be said that this and that man was born
in her." How proud we are to point to the names of Gov. Caleb Strong,
Major Joseph Hawley, Gen. Seth Pomerov, Rev. Solomon Stoddard;
George Kingsley, our celebrated song writer; to George W. Cable,
our widely known author; to President L. Clark Seelye, our distin-
guished educator, and can I not say, without invidious comparison,
above all, to Jonathan Edwards, our one national character whose name
has found a place in the Hall of Fame? These have been the master
builders in our city's life, who helped to guarantee its perpetuity and
lead us toward the ultimate society in the City of God.

The musical service at this church included the rendition of Bruce
Stearne's "Great is the Lord" and "Our Land, Lord," by P. A.
Schnecker.

S T.

M A RT' S [CATHOLIC] CHURCH

THE ASSUMPTION 3^ 3. S. 3^

REV. Michael J. Welch, assistant pastor at St. Mary's Church,
delivered an historical discourse at the 10.30 mass. He took
for his text. Matt. 13: 31, 32. He said:
Fitting it is that this the first day of our triduum of celebration
be dedicated to religious exercises.

Like every town founded by the pioneers of New England, North-
ampton was "first cradled in the bosom of God." The church occu-
pied the foremost place in the minds and hearts of the people. The

story of the church in Northampton is
practically the history of this fair city.

Well may her citizens, be their de-
nomination what it may, rejoice today
while, with retrospective vision, they sur-
vey the proud history of this munici-
pality. In age she ranks with the oldest
cities and towns of this Republic. Her
beauty, never more charming than in the
vernal freshness of the present springtime,
is unsurpassed in all the broad expanse
and varied topography of our wonderful
country. Her sons, ever conspicuous
among the leaders of the commonwealth
and nation, have won for her fair brow
the laurels of fame, the nimbus of glory.

We Catholics may well rejoice at the
marvelous growth and remarkable achieve-
ments of Catholicity within this city;
and between the pride we have in the
progress and renown of our city and the joy we naturally experience
in the development of Catholicity there can be no antagonism.
Every stride in the progress of the church is an advance in the
moral and social scale for her children, for the city, the state and the
nation; for the better Christian a man is the more desirable citizen he
becomes — the more faithful he is to God and his conscience, the
more loyal he is to his country and her laws.

Today, as we gaze upon this magnificent temple, its grand pro-
portions, its surpassing location, its superb beauty — when we call to
mind that this, the mother church of CathoHcity in this township, is
the faithful parent of eight large and progressive parishes and nine
well-filled churches — that within the original parish limits there are
living today more than 15,000 Catholics — we have reason to rejoice.
In the face of these facts one would be led to surmise that the presence

Rev. John Kenny

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 131

of our church, dated from the foundation of the city, that the most
desirable sites both for church and school within the limits of fair North-
ampton waited on our selection, and that the early members of this
congregation were men of position, influence and wealth. How con-
tradictory the reality ; how humble the beginning, how steep and rugged
the way, how arduous the struggle in the olden days ! No living tongue,
no human language, can do justice to the endeavors, the striving, the
sacrifice, the hours of toil, the hearts' blood, demanded and joyfully
offered for the erection of the first Catholic chapel in this community.
One hundred years ago, and Northampton was then an old town, there
was not a Catholic within this township. Eight and ninetv years ago,
when Father Cheverus — afterward first bishop of Boston — w^ho died
cardinal-archbishop of Bordeaux — came here from Boston to admin-
ister the last rites of Mother Church to her unfortunate sons, Halligan
and Daly — who, as it was afterward discovered, lost their lives for the
crime of another — not only w^as there no Catholic to receive him, but
the very inns of the village refused him shelter. Eight and ninety
years ago this very day they died, and among the 15,000 spectators
assembled on Hospital Hill to witness their execution there was not
one Irishman present to shed a tear of sorrow and svmpathy for his
poor countrymen, or pray God's mercy upon their souls. But the min-
ister of the church was bv their side. The priest of God had heard
their far-off call — onward from Boston through the primeval wilderness
he journeyed that he might attend them in their dying moments. Oh !
even under the sad and, if vou will, humiliating, incident of that execu-
tion, the old church shines forth in a perfect effulgence of glory —
"Mother of Mercies," "Refuge of Sinners," "Comfortrix of the Afflict-
ed." As often as I ascend Hospital Hill, and bring to mind the inci-
dents of that execution, the 15,000 morbidly, curious, unsympathetic,
and angry multitude, in whose midst stood the two condemned and
the absolving minister of God, there arises before my vision a some-
what similar scene, another hill, another multitude, another execution
— Calvary, and I learn anew that the church is ever the same, now as
then, the spirit of God's mercv ever abiding in her, the mercy of the
dying Christ to the penitent thief and murderer.

Not until 1834 does the church date her existence in Northampton.
Some time within that year, in the little home of John Foley at "Straw
Hollow," now Leeds, Father Fitton, in the presence of a dozen Irish
exiles, offered up, perhaps for the first time within the limits of North-
ampton, the holy sacrifice of the mass.

From 1834 till 1842, at intervals ranging from six weeks to four
months, he visited Northampton, first from Hartford, afterward from
Worcester. From '38 to '42 mass was celebrated either at "Pape
Village," now Bay State, at the house of Mr. Hickey, or at the village
center, at the home of Mr. Hayes. In the minutes of the old Tem-
perance society of July 4th, '41, is recorded the purchase of the King-

132 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

street lot by Father Fitton for $385. The first payment, we are told,
amounted to $180. The remainder was payable Oct. 20, 1842. In
the minutes of that day there is given us a glimpse of their joy of heart,
and lofty motives and holy zeal that prompted their sacrifices. "There
is reason for rejoicing," writes the secretary. "There is reason for
rejoicing that so great a work has been commenced to the glory of God
and an opportunity afforded for laying up rich treasures in heaven."

In 1842 Father Brady, the first resident pastor of Chicopee, took
charge of Northam])ton as one of his missions. At once he set to work
to collect funds for the erection of a church. Services now were held
in the Canal freight depot, now church property. Here also was held
the first Catholic Sunday school. Just how long services were held
there cannot be ascertained, but not till Christmas of '45 was the little
church dedicated. Bishop Fenwick of Boston officiated. What a day
of rejoicing and consolation that Christmas of 1845 niust have been.
The little Catholic community had now a church. Eleven years of
striving and planning, eleven years of common sacrifices and endeavors,
were finally crowned with success. What a "Te Deum" of thanks-
giving must have ascended to high heaven on that Christmas morn !
How fittingly did "Gloria in Excelsis Deo," the angel song of the first
Christmas morn, now chanted for the first time within this section,
how fittingly did it give voice to their unspeakable gladness of heart
and gratitude to God !

An humble wood building — on either side but seven pews, the
center and rear left pewless that it might accommodate the more.
The humble dimensions of the original church may be inferred from
the fact that it had been twice enlarged until it attained the proportion
and form with which we are familiar.

Not until 1866 was Northampton made a parish. In January of
that year Father Moyce was appointed its resident pastor. For six
years he labored with untiring zeal and energy within this territory.
Not only did he enlarge the Northampton church, but he also erected
one in Easthampton, another in Haydenville and still another in Am-
herst.

Father Moyce was succeeded by Father Barry, who in turn also
enlarged the old church on King street.

But so rapidly did the Catholic body increase in Northampton
that Father Barry recognized the need of a much larger edifice, and to
this end purchased in 1873 the magnificent site on which this church
and the parochial residence now stand. On Aug. 14, 1881, was sol-
emnly laid the corner-stone of this edifice. In 1884, in the basement,
was celebrated the first mass, and on May 10, 1885, this church, with
the exception of the spires, practicallv as we behold it today, beautiful
in symmetry, perfect in embellishment, replete in equipment, was ded-
icated to the service of God. In 1888 the rectory was commenced,

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 133

but before its completion God called Father Barry to his eternal reward.
He died April 17, 1S89.

Were this an occasion to eulogise those who labored among you,
we might justly pause and consider this great man's words and works;
but this is not such an occasion, nor needs Father Barrv anv enco-
mium. Your rectory, this enviable site, this stately temple of God,
are eternal monuments to his foresight, energy and wisdom.

On the first day of May, 1889, your present pastor, the friend and
confidant of Father Barry, succeeded him as the pastor of St. Mary's.
Shortly after his coming he purchased at the cost of $22,500 the finest
school site in Northampton, Shady Lawn. Ten thousand dollars were
expended in enlarging the convent and renovating the school. This
debt, in an incredibly short time, notwithstanding the large increase
in the running expenses of the parish, he lic^uidated.

To him belongs the glory of the first Catholic school in Northam})-
ton — more necessary in our day to check the incursions and onslaughts
of scepticism, agnosticism and irreligion than were the palisades of old
to protect our city and her inhabitants from the ravages of the Red
Men.

His next work was the completion of the towers. At a cost of
more than $7,000 he caused to be erected the twin spires that so giace-
fully taper and majestically point heavenward. Crowned with the
emblem of Christianity, the glory of Catholicitv, Christ's standard
proudly elevated above all the surrounding countrv, proclaiming
Christ's victory, not only over sin and death, btit his triumph also
over the world, over the hearts and minds of men, over the enmity
of his enemies, over the power of his persecutors, teaching men the
efficient and saving principles of Christian truth and morality, their
glittering sheen is visible throughout the broad expanse of the original
parish, and 15,000 Catholics hail them with reverence and delight.

Such in brief is the history of the material advance of Catholicity
in Northampton. Your property today is estimated at more than
$150,000, which, thanks to your generosity and your pastor's economy,
is entirely freed from debt.

During these sixty yeais from the founding of the first Catholic
church in your midst, what spiritual blessings it has brought vou !
What an exercise of Christian virtues it has called forth among vou !
faith, patience, perseverance, telling the deep meaning of your Catholic
faith and the daily helpful uses that it offers to every soul. As the
stranger from almost every quarter of the globe unites with \'ou be-
fore the same altar, to worship the same God, to participate in the
same ceremonies, to receive the same sacraments, what a growing
sense you experience of the universal character, the historic grandeur,
the undying vitality, of the Catholic church!

No human record wnll ever tell the spiritual blessings that have
come to this congregation and city through the church that has been

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so imperfectly sketched. The masses offered, the sacraments admin-
istered — those channels of grace through which the merits of Christ are
continually communicated to men — the marriages blessed, the children
taught to know God and duty, and men reclaimed from paths of vice —
all these are the spiritual history of St. Mary's church. It is inscribed
in the Book of Life.

There is still another history — that of poverty unmerited, of trials,
of struggles, obstacles, yea. even of hate; but it is buried in the grave-
yard beyond the hill. The tongues that could relate in detail and
with an elocjuence of pathos that history are mouldered into dust.

How their hearts would rejoice today were they the proud wit-
nesses of the marvelous growth, advance, and achievements of their
church and children within this city, from a position of insignificance
to a position of influence, from weak and unseemly elements of society,
as common opinion once held them, into the foreinost citizens of this
commonwealth.

The children of the farm hand, the common laborer, of fifty years
ago, are today, thanks to the opportunities this grand Republic of ours
offers to deserving merit, thanks to their own brawn and brain, to the
Christian virtues early inculcated, they are today the busy, thought-
ful tradesmen, the stalwart, intelligent mechanics; they represent and
grace every profession; they are to be found in all the walks of munici-
pal life; they have risen to the highest level, the highest honor, within
the gift of the citizens of Northampton. All this practically within
the short space of one generation.

Verily, you have cause to be glad on this day of municipal rejoicing
and consolation. Your past history is glorious in progress and achieve-
ment. Well may you rejoice in the broad and solid, if humble, foun-
dations of Catholic faith, piety and devotion inaugurated by your
fathers. But be not satisfied with admiring their good deeds in the
past. Strive to emulate them yourselves in the present and future.
In the perfection to which you have brought their humble beginnings,
you have proved that the spirit of your fathers abideth in you. May
it ever increase and be forever manifest. Be worthy members of the
Catholic church, whose mission in this Republic is essential for its
stability, necessary for the true enlightenment of her citizens, and for
the purification, uplifting and sanctification of her children. Wha.t
this city and nation demand of you is that you be men in every sense
of the word — men of upright, Godly, pure lives. Christians, Catholics
not in name only, but in truth and deed. Upon such citizens are they
ready to bestow their dearest charge, their honor.

May our progress and achievements continue. And may God
bless our fair citv.

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

135

The musical program for the day follows:

Junior Cboic— S a. m.

^as6— 10.30

Prelude,

Kyrie,

Gloria,

Offertory Solo,

Sanctus,

Adagio,

Agnus Dei,

Anthem: "Praise the Lord,"

Taiiiihauscr
Marche Triumphale, Ciniarosa

Organist, Miss Mamie Peia

Havens

Mozart
Cone one

Detliier
Concone

Dubois
Bordcse

Prelude,

Kyrie,

Gloria,

Credo,

Offertory:

Sanctus,

Agnus Dei,

postlude,

Heller

Millard
Millard
Millard
Violin and Organ, Bendel
Millard
Millard
Dubois

Organist, Miss Elizabeth M. Bartley

IDespers— 3 ©'clock

DOMINE,

Ro%ewig

Dixit Dominus,

Rosewig

Confitebor,

Fisk

Beatus,

Fisk

Laudate Pueri,

Fisk

Laudate Dominus,

Stearns

Magnificat,

Fisk

Salutaris,

Weise

Tantum Ergo,

Wiesand

Organist, Miss Elizabeth M. Bartley

^450

FLORENCE CONG REG AT ION AL CHURCH

,^^*t*^-

AT the Florence Congregational Church the pastor, Rev. S.
Allen Barrett, conducted the services, reading for the Scripture
lesson, Deut. 30:1-20. The venerable pastor emeritus, Rev.
Elisha G. Cobb, who for thirty-five years had gone in and
out among this people as their teacher and leader, was invited to
address his old congregation this day and did so. Mr. Cobb gave as
his theme, "Northampton, a Pleasant City in which to Live." He

showed this, first, by describing the
natural scenery of this part of the Con-
necticut valley, and said it was a favor
to be permitted to live amid such sur-
roundings. This city is characterized,
also, bv a progressive conservatism.

For two hundred years we were only

J ., j an agricultural town. The meadow lands

\^^^^L produced bountifully. The necessities of

'^^^^^Kr Sifti i^f^ were abundant and luxuries little

^^^^H ^Wm thought of. Such a people learn to pro-

^^^^B ;^ duce everything they want among them-

^^^^m '*lii^^' selves and are always conservative. It

^IIHfc -i^^^ became a proverb among us that if a man

""^^ '' owned a strip of meadow land, belonged

Ki V. Elisha g. Cobb ^o the First church and bought his clothes

of Deacon Daniel Kingsley, he would
surelv go to heaven when he died.
Some others might get there, but these
would go more direct.

Several times in our history, ardent,
impetuous people have called the old town
slow and illiberal, but we have come into
possession of excellent railroad facilities,
water, sewer and lighting systems, libra-
ries, educational and charitable institu-
tions, without expensive mistakes, which
a more headlong policv would have in-
curred.

Northampton has been particulaily
liberal towards education and religion.
Very few cities, large or small, represent
so large an element of intelligent organized
scepticism as we have had in our little
city. I have had a good deal of obser-
vation and experience and am sure that rev. s. Allrn Barrett

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 137

our churches are larger, stronger, more intelHgent and influential be-
cause of the buffeting they have had. Exercise develops strength and
a reasonable Christian faith has nothing to fear from the severest tests.

The schools of Northampton have increased in their annual ex-
pense from $14,000 in 1867, to $80,000 in 1903. Half of our twentv-
one school-houses are new, modern and substantial, and are housing
3,000 children. Some think that our expense for schools is too great
and increases too fast. If it should become necessary to cut down
our school expense, the place to begin is at the top; that is, with the
superintendent and department supervisors. Good teachers make good
schools and work better if not supervised too closely and too much.

These characteristics of our city, its beautiful situation, its con-
servative liberality towards everything that tends to the impiovement
of the people, its general atmosphere of liberty, order, intelligence and
thrift, make it a good place in which to live.

The fact that we are celebrating our two hundred and fifty years
of life and growth should have a beneficial effect. It will help us to
know our own history better, and every future grows out of a past.
It will help us to plan and conduct our affairs better. Better than
our fathers and mothers did, when the wages of a hired man were ten
dollars a month and grog.

It will help us to see that what we do for honesty, virtue, edu-
cation and religion in ourselves, our homes and communities, helps
our city. The city is as its people. Cities and nations that have
perished have done so through bad morals and vicious conduct. To
believe in Divine Providence and co-operate with Him reverently,
righteously, faithfully and perse veringly, will work out our own in-
dividual salvation and clothe our city with a glory that will excel the
past.

The church was decorated with a fine arrangement of flowers and
flags, and the music was by the choir, reinforced by about a dozen of
its former members, who sang with fine effect one of the old-time an-
thems. Prof. A. M. Fletcher presided at the organ with his usual
taste and vigor, and all the music under his direction was of the high-
est order.

FREE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH,
F LO R ENC E S. S.

REV. Alfred Free spoke at the morning service upon the
subject, "QuaUties that Go to Making up of Worthy History."
His conclusions were, in brief, as follows:

"Beneath the surface of the social life today lie the vices
and the virtues of the past. As in the great forests the trees are
rooted in a soil formed largely of the decomposed tissues of other
forests that once grew in their places, so we may find the roots of this
day's life of the community or state deep down amid the dust and

decay of past generations. The growth
today is nourished upon the past; it
springs from it and is sustained by it.
The industry, the heroism, the virtue, the
nobility, of the people now living were
made possible by the people who lived
centuiies ago. We may think of these as
mouldering under ground, in undisturbed
peace and safety, never again to put
forth bud and leaf of promise, or fruitage
of noble deed; but, in fact, all that is to-
day springs from these and sustains vital
relations with what we sometimes call
the dead past."

The speaker then sketched briefly the
early settlement of the Connecticut valley,
and discussed the qualities of our ancestors
which enabled them to produce the worthy
history of two hundred and fifty years
which underlies our present social life.
These qualities were industry, sobriety, simplicity of life, and religion.
These points were considered in the order given. Of religion he said:
Theirs was a strenuous effort to adjust life to its environment. Our
fathers believed in an ultimate purpose in creation, and back of that
purpose a Purposer. The greatest faith is not afraid to trust reason
and truth, trust God and Man. In some respects the men of the past
had less faith than we of today. They sought to bind the religiotis
beliefs of their time upon the future, and in this wa}- prevent possible
changes in the established cieeds. But the new astronomy, geology,
evolution, and historic criticism opened the mind to larger thoughts upon
the great c^uestions of religion, until it became evident to thinkers that
the old teaching must give place to views more in harmony with the
larger knowledge of the new age. Those who were afraid to trust reason
and truth felt that the only safe way was to stand by the old doctrines,

Rev. Alfred Free

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 139

in which most of them sincerely believed. But those who had more
open vision saw clearly and felt deeply the heavy and needless burdens
such doctrines placed upon reason and faith. What were these men
of open, honest minds and hearts to do? They must be true to them-
selves. The difficulties that stood in their way opposed themselves
to others also. They must be true to the public. But to teach the
truth as they saw it was to bring trouble upon themselves and the
church. It meant leaving or being forced out from the old religious
home in which they had been bred. The inherited spirit of freedom
must prevail.

The world has moved forward. Throughout the English-speaking
world the larger vision and catholicity of these later years the lines of
separation are less marked. There is a reawakening spirit of amitv.

Musical selections were rendered at this service by a double quar-
tette consisting of Mrs. W. A. Metcalf and Miss Helen F. Schadee,
sopranos; Miss Alice Cary and Mrs. Elizabeth Graves, altos; John C.
Facey and Kirk Stone, Jr., tenors; and Herbert T. Kelley and C. Pres-
ton Otis, bassos. These sung anthems and Messrs. Facev and Kellev
sang a duet.

FLORENCE METHODIST CHURCH

T the Florence Methodist Church Rev. Herbert G. Buckingham
preached Sunday morning, taking for his theme, " Rchgious
Thought and Life for 250 Years: Some Contrasts." His
generahzations were upon the following lines :

Two hundred and fiftv years in the history of the world is a brief
space, but a long time in the history of a community. It is fitting we
^•ause and observe so important an event. The new world was sparsely
settled 250 years ago, and the red man was little disturbed. There

were no roads, no bridges; no factory
whistles awakened the echoes of this
peaceful valley, but the religious con-
trasts, not the material, are our theme
today. Those were the days just preced-
ing Cromwell's death and bigotry was
rampant. No sooner was the house of
Stuart restored, than those who did not
conform to the Anglican church were
outside the pale. On St. Bartholomew's
day 2,000 ministers were ejected from
their pulpits. John Bunyan was languish-
ing in jail. In France the profligate Louis
XIV was exterminating the Huguenots.
On these shores William Penn and Roger
Williams were struggling for religious
liberty.

Reputed witches were burned at the
stake. The white man was well entered
upon his work of debasing both the red
the one with the bondage of drink, and the
other with the bondage of toil. Two hundred and fifty years ago but
few if any had caught the inspiration of the Master's last commission
for the evangelization of the world. To almost all classes the Bible
was a sealed book. Anglicans and Presbyterians may yet disagree, but
they do not butcher each other. There is still wide cleavage between
Protestants and Romanists, but fires are no longer kept to dispose of
heretics. The battles fought by Roger W^illiams and William Penn have
been won for all time. The golden age has not come respecting morals
and the spiritual life, but the present is an infinite improvement upon
250 years ago. The Bible is in every home, and the armies of Christ
are winning victories in every land. What of the future? What will
250 years bring to pass? May we not hope that the last battle among
nations will have been fought; the last saloon, brewery and distillery
will have been closed; every legalized avenue to destruction hedged
up ; one universal church? May our beloved city, as she goes on toward
her half-millennial milestone, increase in all those virtues which make
for the i)eace of the municipality and the commonwealth !

Rev. Herbert G. Buckingham

man and the black man-

CHURCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION, FLORENCE

EV. Patrick H. Gallen, pastor of the Church of the Annuncia-
tion at Florence, preached at the 10.30 mass Sunday morning,
and drew some striking and important conclusions, which are
briefly summed up as follows:

We are proud of our splendid city and of its history. In the
olden time the Puritans builded on a sure foundation, since religion
and righteousness were the controlling influences of their lives, both
public and private. If God was less a father than a stern master,

their conception led to a more severe idea
of duty. Dark and sombre it made their
lives, but their self-denial called forth a
power over themselves that made them
subordinate to high and noble purpose.
They were well adapted, those settlers of
early days, to meet the conditions of a
warring existence. By eonciuering them-
selves they acquired that indomitable
force of character which enabled them to
cope successfully wdth a wnly Indian foe
and master even nature herself in the
battle for subsistence. But when happier
conditions came and extraordinary efforts
were no longer called for, the world's
advance along the lines of making life
more endurable and less penitential was
not acceptable to the Puritan. His Cal-
vinism, a most severe interpretation, had
to give way before the modern belief in the joyousness of life. Little by
little the old order changed, until today the children of the old settlers
are apologizing for the peculiarities of their beloved ancestors. In
our churches there is nothing to remind us that the arts and theology
were ever at variance. Our endowed theatre is a rebuke to the earlv
aides of morality. The education of females, once thought to be of
no account whatever, is now the first industry of our city. But most
wonderful of all things that have come to pass in Northampton, the
Pope of Rome is the spiritual father of the major part of our church-
going population. These things may not be unmixed blessings, still,
unless our reading of old churches has been at fault, there is today in
our beloved city, more than ever in the olden days, a freedom and
joyousness in living, more pleasures for the people and a better appre-
ciation of esthetic means for the production of well-ordered happiness.
* * * fiiQ American of today is a blend of many races. He will

Rev. Patrick H. Gallen

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dominate wherever crowds gather during our Anniversary Celebra-
tion. We have heard our orators declare on public occasions that
we were assimilating the foreign population. Perhaps they were mis-
taken. The national powers of digestion are limited. Slowly but
surely statistics show that the older American race is passing away
forever. Unless stimulated by admixture of other races they are des-
tined, these children of the Puritans, to gradual but complete extinc-
tion. It is the one sad note that forces itself upon us during these
joyous days.

The newer peoples, the Irish, Canadian and Polish, seem des-
tined to inherit our splendid national patrimony. They will soon
become fused into an American type. They will love and cherish our
institutions, and, if need be, die in defense of our flag and our common
and beloved country.

The following musical program was rendered :

Organ Prelude,

asperges,

Kyrie,

Gloria,

Credo,

Traumeri; Violin and Organ,

Sanctus,

Agnus Dei,

Postlude: "Gloria," Violin and Organ,

Wagner

Sicg

Loesch

Eiving

Schumann

Mozart

Gregorian

Mozart

CHURCH OF THE SCARED HEART

THE Celebration was hailed with joy by all, probably, but by
none more than by the French Canadian people of the Sacred
Heart parish, for it is in this beautiful city they have taken
up their abode and made homes which have now become almost
as dear to them as those which they quitted so regretfully on
leaving their own dear country. At the solemn services held on
Anniversary Sunday, in the Sacred Heart church, a large and devout

congregation assisted the societies of St.

Joseph, St. John the Baptist, and the

^||fl||^|. Sacred Heart Cadets, the latter appearing

§ ^ ii^ fi^l^ uniform, enhanced by their pres-

f >a ifel ence the enthusiasm of the occasion. It

was to these societies in particular the
sermon was addressed, of which the fol-
lowing is a brief summary:

"On this first day of the Anniversary
Celebration of this beautiful city, I am
most happy to see our Catholic societies
assembled here to thank God for the
favors of the past and to ask for a con-
tinuance of the same.

"Adopted children of the American
Republic, citizens of this charming city,
you have today done your duty as Chris-
tians. Continue to show your loyalty and fidelity to your country,
not onlv during this time of festivitv, but the whole course of your
lives." '

♦•*

Rev. Noel Rainville

The musical program rendered was:

Old Hundred, -with Organ and Violin
Bordellaise Mass
Kyrie

Gloria

Credo

Offertory, "O Salutaris"
Sanctus

Aenus Dei

CHURCH OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

T the Church of the Blessed Sacrament Rev. Thomas P. Lucey
preached at both the morning services on "The 250 Years of
Northampton History." He spoke forcibly of the early
struggles of the people — the early settlers — how they sur-
mounted all obstacles, such as the attacks of Indians, the difficulties
of travel and the general hindrances to progress of that time. Con-
tinuing, he spoke of the material progress and advancement in

religious and social life the last century.
He said that the gratitude we owe to
God for the many manifestations of His
love towards the town should be fervent
and broad. There are few towns that
have received more gifts from her grateful
children, in the way of public institutions,
both religious and educational. It is to
be hoped that our people will prove them-
selves worthy of all their advantages, and
do all in their power, by noble lives, to
add to the future greatness of the city.

Rev. Thomas P. Lucey

A special program of music was ren-
dered by the choir, and the church was
beautifully decorated by the people of the parish.

The musical selections were:

Prelude: Organ.

Anthem: "Great is the Lord,"

Offertory: Organ, "Adoration,"

Anthem: "Our Land, O Lord,"

Postlude: March from "Athalie."

Mendelssohn.

B. Stcanie

A. Can!

Scliuccker

POLISH ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

EVEN the newest church in town, the Roman Cathohc Church
of St. John of Cantius, did not allow the day to pass
unnoticed. Only one service was held, that in the morning

— the regular 10.30 mass, but this was
held in the Home Culture Clubs' hall,
the church on Prospect street not then
being opened.

A large congregation gathered, and the
pastor. Rev. Peter C. Reding, preached a
discourse calculated to rouse the latest-
arrived race in this land of liberty to
the value of republican institutions. He
contrasted the condition of the Polish
people the last two hundred and fifty
years with the people here, and showed
how, with study and education and the
liberal institutions afforded to all, by the
government of this country, the Polish
people might in time hope to emulate
the achievements of all civilized lands.

The achievements of the people of Ancient Poland were not
forgotten, and the services of the best Polish talent were properly
acknowledged, the whole being declared still greater cause for emu-
lation by the Polish people on this comparatively new soil.

The music was impressive and befitting the occasion, though no
special program had been arranged.

Rev. Peter C. Reuing

THE SERVICE OF SONG

SUNDAY EVENING

FOLLOWING the church services of the morning, people gen-
erally dispersed to their homes, and in the afternoon there
were heavy showers, which seemed to bode ill for the Service of
Song, at the anniversary tent, in the evening, but with twilight
hours clearing skies came again, and large crowds of people of all
religious denominations began to wend their way towards the Pavilion
on the Forbes Library grounds. The tent was cjuickly filled with an

audience of about 2,000, and it was
estimated that as many more stood out-
side, and listened and heard for the
most part, while probably as many turn-
ed back, disappointed at not being able
to approach within hearing distance.
From this it seems evident that a tent
holding from 8,000 to 10,000 people would
have been none too large for the occasion.
But this, unfortunately, could not be
obtained in time.

Prof. Euwin B. Story

The people of this city have come,
naturally and edticationally, by the love
for music which has so long distinguished
them. Amid the great wealth of beauty which nature bountifully
provided for old Northampton, its awe-inspiring mountains, its
forest-clad hills, its beautiful glades, brooks, rivers, lakes; its com-
manding hills within the village limits, affording charming vistas made
famous in history, and its great undulating alluvial meadows, wondrous
in their ever changing beauties, it is natural that there should have
sprung up with the people a love of art, and that among these emotion-
ally inspiring scenes music- should flourish. So it was, and is today.
The Meadow City has always fostered this art educationally as well; in
the earlier times with the singing school and later in the established
work of instruction in the public schools by Prof. Henry Jones, and in
after years by Ralph L. Baldwin, to practical perfection. Then there

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was the development of the local bands and the fostering influences of
music in the homes of the people. Speaking of more specific work, the
Choral Union, whose splendid concerts and oratorio productions are still
longingly remembered by the older residents, should not be forgotten.
And those living who heard and saw, can never forget the famous con-
certs given by Jenny Lind and the first amateur production of "II
Trovatore," under the direction of Dr. Thomas W. Meekins. Then
later came the famous Apollo Club, under Dr. Meekins' leadership, and
the city was not ashamed of the Doctor's son, Thomas, now living in
New York, when he stood up as a successful director of a local com-
panv of musicians in the rendition of the opera "Pinafore." Of recent
years there has been much activity in music, with the concerts under the
auspices of the Smith College music department, the growth and de-
velopment of music in the churches, with many excellent productions
of great masterpieces, manv organ recitals; and the artistic concerts of
the Northampton Vocal Club under the direction of Ralph L. Baldwin.

So it is natural that the art of music should have received imme-
diate attention and have been given due prominence in plans for the
250th celebration, not only upon Anniversary Sunday, but the other
two days of the Celebration, as will be seen in the reports following.
The committee on music, whose composition is elsewhere announced,
gave the very best support and embellishment to the pleasure of those
memorable days.

When the Service of Song began, in the Anniversarv tent, at eight
o'clock, the scene was an impressive one. The platform was occupied
by a chorus of about 200 voices, made up largelv of church choir mem-
bers and the Northampton Vocal Club, and in front of the chorus was
the large orchestra of local musicians. The service was under the
direction of Prof. Edwin B. Story of the music department of Smith
College and for many years organist and choir leader at the Edwards
church. The program was of a varied and pleasing character and
introduced many of the church organists and choir soloists of the town^
as follows:

1. Orchestral Prelude : " Gloria in Excelsis," Mozart

THE ORCHESTR.\

2. Favorite Tunes of our Forefathers:

*Majesty (Billings iy46-iSoo) ; ^Sherburne (Read i/j/-?):
Invitation (Kimball 1/61-1S26) .

THE CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA

*These tunes were sung in the " Old Cliurcli," at a concert given on Jan. S, 1854.

148 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

3. Tenor Solo: "Come unto Me," with Violin and Pianoforte,

H. N. Bartlett

MR. ROY W. STEELE, MISSES LAURA S. JONES, ELIZABETH HICKEY

4. Quartet: "O Coine, Every One That Thirsteth," with Pianoforte,

Alendelssohn

MISS MARJORIE W CLIFFORD, MRS. CHARLES B. KINGSLEY,

MESSRS. FRANK M. READIO, EDWARD M. MEEKINS,

MISS CLARA G. LORD

5. Soprano Solo: "Salve Regina," with Violin and Pianoforte,

Henshaw Dana
(Violin obligato, written by Miss Anna L. Kidder)

MISS MARY FITZPATRICK, MESSRS. OSCAR N. FIELD, ALFRED M. FLETCHER

6. Chorus with Trio: "The Heavens are Telling," Haydn

MISS CAROLINE L. BENWAY, MESSRS. CHARLES L. SAUTER, MORTIMER D. MAY'NARD,
THE CHORUS, ORCHESTRA, MESSRS. C. MILTON KINNEY, CHARLES C. CHASE

7. Trio for two Tenors and Bass, " Tantum ergo," Rossini

MESSRS. CHARLES H. READIO, FRANK M. READIO, ALBERT E BROWN

S. Contralto Solo: "O Divine Redeemer," with Violin and Pianoforte,

Gounod

MISS M. LOUISE WEATHERBEE, MR. HARRY F. BARRETT, MISS LOUISE A. SCHADEE

9. Male Choruses: "God's Glory in Nature," Beethoven

" Into the Silent Land," Arthur Foote

THE NORTHAMPTON VOCAL CLUB, MR. RALPH L. BALDWIN, DIRECTOR

10. Two Hymn Tunes: "Ware" and "Ferguson" for the Congregation,

with Organ, George Kingslcy {NortJianipton 1S11-1SS4)

THE congregation (standing), chorus, orchestra,

MISS ELIZABETH BARTLEY

11. Chorus: "Thou, O Lord, art our Father," Arthur Sullivan

THE chorus, ORCHESTRA, MESSRS. ALBERT L. NORRIS, ALEXANDER P. COUTURE

Particularization in review of the solo and chorus work would
hardly be expected in a work of this kind, yet it should be mentioned
that the chorus sang with remarkable precision of attack and shading,
considering the short time allowed for organization and preparation,
and the effect was gratifying and inspiring. The solos were all ade-
quately rendered and the service was one that was dignified, altogether
fitting and memorable. The audience fully realized that it was a
service of song, not a concert, and properly refrained from applause,
but the rendition of the favorite tunes of the forefathers, "Majesty,"
"Sherburne" and "Invitation," was observed with unusual interest
by most of the assembly, owing to the traditions of their composition
and their old-time popularity. These old tunes were rendered with
such skill and fervent power as brought vividly to mind the early days
of the town and colonies, when the three tunes were sung everywhere.
To the younger portion of the assembly the staid, stately measures
and majestic strains were a revelation of the changes which have taken
place in religious music within a hundred years.

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The Northampton Vocal Club was gladly welcomed when it came
to render the ninth number on the program, and the audience took
an active part with the chorus and orchestra when George Kingsley's
tunes were reached. Many hearts were stirred as thev never were
before and given a spiritual u])lift, through the deep emotions which
surged over the soul and brought thoughts too powerful to be uttered.
The chorus and orchestral work for Sullivan's "Thou, O Lord, art
our Father," which followed, was a fitting benediction and finale to
the service.

After the service the crowd in the tent joined the throng on the
street, admiring the illuminations, but before eleven o'clock the people
were for the most part again gathered at their homes, and the
first day of the Celebration soon closed.

In this concert the church choirs of the city were represented,
as follows: First church, Ralph L. Baldwin, director; Edwards church,
Edwin B. Story, director; Baptist church, Raymond B. Harris, di-
rector; Methodist church, C. Milton Kinney, director; Episcopal church,
Charles C. Chase, director; St. Mary's church, Miss Elizabeth Bartley,
director; Church of the Sacred Heart, Alexander P. Couture, director;
Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Miss Mary Kiely, director; Florence
Congregational church, Alfred M. Fletcher, director; Florence Meth-
odist church, Mrs. James W. Lee, director; Church of the Annuncia-
tion, Florence, Miss Elizabeth Hickev, director.

The orchestra was constituted as follows:

Violins: First, Misses Rebecca. Wilder Holmes, Helen A. Boynton,
Laura S. Jones, Helen Warner, Messrs. Oscar X. Field, Edward A.
RusHFORD, Harry F. Barrett, Philip G. Parenteau. Second, Messrs.
Frank D. R. Warner, James W. Connelly. Charles D. Jackson, Frank

DONAIS.

Violas: Messrs. Albert N. Baldwin, John F. Genung.
'Cellos: Messrs. Fred L. Clark, Harry W. Kidder.
Basses: Messrs. George F. Seidell, Milton O. Wickes.
Flute: Mr. Fred Kinney.

Clarinets: Messrs. Michael Slater, Charles A. Hupfer.
Cornets: Messrs. Fred W. Stearns. Charles A. Wheeler.
Trombone: Mr. Frank J. Lizotte.

This is the Paradise of America. — Jenny Lind, while viewing the land-
scape froni Round Hill.

The main street of Norwood was irregular, steadily seeking higher ground
to its extreme western liinit. It would have had no claims to beauty had it not
been rich in the peculiar glory of New England — its elm trees. . . . The elm.s of
New England ! They are as much a part of her beauty as the columns of the Par-
thenon were the glory of its architecture.

Henry Ward Beecher in "Norwood."

It was this union of seclusion and publicity that made Norwood a place of
favorite resort, through the summer, of artists, of languid scholars and of persons
of quiet tastes. There was company for all that shunned solitude, and solitude
for all that were weary of company. Each house was secluded from its neighbor.
Yards and gardens full of trees and shrubbery, the streets lined with venerable
trees, gave the town at a little distance the appearance of having been built in
an orchard or a forest park. Henry Ward Beecher.

What a field for inspiration! Here is the Connecticut valley, seajned and
dimpled with many a fantastic cicatrice of the flood's caprice, overgrown with
tanglewood of trees and clambering vines, with opens of meadow land, in varie-
gated green, sloping gradually towards the shining river, a silver baldric, framed
with osier and water maples. Roundabout are the sociable hills, huddling around
each lowland landscape, detaining the morning mist to give its mirage-like effect
to the sunrise, while, like an illuminated banner, they hold above the twilight
vales the last rays of the sun. Artist John P. Davis, of New York.

How a man could live there and ever get his eyes to the ground, I cannot
imagine. Beecher's "Norwood."

Scenes must be beautiful which, daily viewed,
Please daily, and whose novelty survives
Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years.

Cowper.

M O N D A Y S^ S K C O N D DAY

RINGING OF BELLS AND FIRING OF SALUTES

MONDAY morning was the first secular day of the Celebration,
and the sky was dark and threatening when Luke Day, keeper
of the city lockup, loaded the cannon belonging to the late
Waldo H. Whitconib, at the rear of the Forbes Library lot. This
old fieldpiece, which had done duty on many public occasions of
rejoicing, never was heard to better advantage. The sun was scheduled
to rise at 4.20, but it did not put in an appearance on account of the
lowery sky. Ordinarily a sunrise salute calls for but one gun, but this
was an important occasion, and Governor Bates had particularly re-
quested that more should be fired, so that he could be thoroughly
and earlv roused for the pleasures of the day, and tw^enty-one guns
were therefore fired. As the first gun was heard, the bells of four
churches, with the high school and college bells, chimed in merrily,
and the Meadow City made an official recognition of the great Cele-
bration and its 250th birthday. The cannon firing and bell ringing
occupied about twenty minutes, and then Chairman John P. Thompson,
of the Committee on Salutes, telephoned to Round Hill, inc^uiring if
the Governor was awakened. He received a hearty affirmative reply
from the Governor, and the equally early rousement of the citizens and
their presence on the streets showed that they also were alive to the
importance of the day.

The First church bell was rung by Andrew P. Hancock, the Ed-
wards church bv Arthur Green, the St. John's church by James Good-
win, the Methodist church by Clifford Smith, the college bell by Jan-
itor John Doleman, and the high school bell by Janitor Darwin C.
Robbins.

At 10.20 o'clock Mr. Day, in the presence of a small army of boys,
began firing the salute to the Governor, fifteen guns being called for
this time, and these also signalizing the gathering of the citizens for
the first formal and official exercises of the Celebration in the Acad-
emy of Music, which began at 10.30 o'clock. For the information of
future generations it may be stated that, in firing the salutes, Mr. Day
used about a pound and a quarter of powder for each shot, and about
fifteen dollars was expended in this service.

EXERCISES IN THE ylCADEMT OF MUSIC

ADDRESS OF WELCOME 5)" PRESIDENT L. CLARK SEELYE
AND ORATION BY EX-GOVERNOR JOHN D. LONG

THE Academy of Music was filled to the doors with the first
secular assembly of the week, and the scene was an impress-
ive one. On the stage were the following well-known people:
Judge Wilham P. Strickland, Judge William G. Bassett, Judge
John W. Mason, Rev. Dr. Henry T. Rose, Rev. Wilhs H. Butler, Rev.
Lyman P. Powell, Rev. Frederick H. Kent, Rev. John C. Breaker, Rev.
Alfred Free, Rev. Clement E. Holmes, Rev. Gerald Stanley Lee, Rev. S.
Allen Barrett, Rev. Herbert G. Buckingham, Rev. Fathers John
Kenny, Michael J. Welch, Noel Rainville, Timothy J. Fitzgerald,
and Thomas P. Luce}^ and Rev. Robert M. Woods of Hatfield, Dr.
Christopher Seymour, Dr. Elmer H. Copeland, Prof. Isaac Bridgman,
Prof. John T. Stoddard, Prof. A. P. Dennis, ex-Mayors John L. Mather,
Henry P. Field, and Arthur Watson, Postmaster Louis L. Campbell,
City Clerk Egbert I. Clapp, A. Lyman Williston, George W. Cable,
Capt. Richard W. Irwin, Sidney E. Bridgman, Oscar Edwards, Robert
E. Edwards, Christopher Clarke, Henry R. Hinckley, Oliver Walker,
Merritt Clark, John C. Hammond, Timothy G. Spaulding, Henry S.
Gere, Luther J. Warner, Albert E. Brown, Calvin Coolidge, George D.
Clark, Charles N. Fitts, Superintendent of Schools Jacob H. Carfrey,
Charles N. Clark, Chauncey H. Pierce, John L. Warner, William A.
Bailey, Harry E. Bicknell, Walter L. Stevens, Myron L. Kidder,
George L. Spear, James H. Searle, George L. Wright, Peter Sobotky,
Frank N. Look, Homer C. BHss, Thomas A. Orcutt, Wilham MacKenzie,
Prof. James Mills Peirce of Harvard University, Prof. Lorenzo Sears
of Brown University, Col. Joseph B. Parsons, Isaac S. Parsons and
Frank B. Parsons of Boston, Josiah S. Tappan of Boston, Edward C.
Bodman and George A. Wells of New York, Stephen S. Taft of
Springfield, Lyman N. Clark of Westfield, Major Charles S. Shattuck
of Hatfield.

The interior of the Academy was decorated as well as the exte-
rior, and the Governor's wife and wives of the Governor's Council oc-
cupied seats in the boxes and were the objects of much attention.

Mayor Henry C. Hallett presided by virtue of his office, and on
his right sat President L- Clark Seelye and Hon. John D. Long, with

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Rev. Dr. Henry T. Rose and Alderman Samuel S. Campion of North-
ampton, England, on the left. Back of these were the members of
the Governor's Council and his executive and private secretaries. The
members of the city government were also on the stage, with the Exec-
utive and Finance Committee of the Celebration.

The exercises opened with the singing of "To Thee, O Country,"
by the Smith College Glee Club, and the young women aroused great
enthusiasm b}" their spirited music. Rev. Dr. Henry T. Rose offered
prayer, and after two selections by the glee club, "Voices of the
Woods" and "Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot," President
Seelye w^as introduced and gave the opening address. The eloquent
periods of this favorite home orator thrilled the audience and brought
forth loud applause.-

Upon the conclusion of Dr. Seelye's address, Hon. John D. Long,
ex-Governor of Massachusetts and ex-Secretary of the Navy, was in-
troduced and made the oration of the day. The exercises closed with
the singing of "America" by the glee club, the audience joining.

PRESIDENT S E E L r E ' S ADDRESS

L. Clark Seel\e, LL. D.

Your Excellency, the Governor; Your Honor, the Mayor; Friends and

Fclloiv Citizens of Northampton. —

ALL over the earth, in various languages, by a common con-
sciousness of fitness, men have spoken of the City as feminine,
and under the svmbol of motherhood have signified her re-
lation to her citizens. From infancy to old age they are under
her fostering care. Their health depends upon her sanitary regulations ;
their wealth upon the work she offers and the industry she encourages;
their manners upon her refinement ; their intelligence upon her schools ;
their moral character upon her ethical standards; their faith upon her
reverence for God; their liberty upon the laws she enacts and enforces.
From their political mother men acquire their best possessions. She is
the medium through which they gain their first knowledge of Nature,
of man and of God. In her embrace they awake to a sense of love,
and there they first learn the mystery of sorrow and of death — the joy
and the gain of disinterested public service. She, in turn, acquires
vital strength and increase from their fidelity and attainments. When
they die she continues to voice their affection and to execute their
will, and the high ideals which they were too weak or short-lived to
realize, she perpetuates as accomplished facts, and as incentives to
higher attainments. Her vigor need not be diminished by the lapse of
centuries, and the passing generations may augment her resources.
The City is, therefore, permanently associated with the most fecund
and precious experiences of human life.

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 155

It is bv virtue of these associations, if I inter])ret rightly the signifi-
cance of this festival, that the sons and daughters of Northampton
gather from near and from far to congratulate their political mother on
her 250th birthday and to wish her many happy returns of this joyous
anniversary.

How different the scenes which greet us from those which greeted
her infancy! Above are the same heavens; the same majestic river flows
through the meadows; our horizon is bounded by the same picturesque
mountain ranges; but how changed the inhabitants and their environ-
ment! No longer unbroken forests stretch as far as the eye can reach,
concealing in their unexplored recesses wild beasts and savages ; no longer
men fear lest a sudden Indian raid may massacre the few inhabitants
and blot out the infant settlement. All the perils and privations of that
primeval wilderness have passed away. In place of a rude and contract-
ed society, we behold a prosperous and highly civilized community, where
men enjoy, without molestation, the rich fruits of past and present in-
dustry, and where they find almost unlimited opportunities for mental
and spiritual growth. With no trace of her early barrenness and poverty,
decked with banners — emblems alike of her conflicts and victories, and
of the varied nationalities which have contributed to her composite life,
— the City of Northampton today, like a benignant mother, receives
from thousands of those whom she has blessed, the testimony of their
gratitude and affection. In her name, I am commissioned to welcome
the special representatives of the complex agencies to which she is most
indebted for what she is, and for what she has been able to accomplish.

First of all, she would welcome His Excellency, the Governor, and
the honored officials of the Commonwealth, — whose child she is, to whom
she has ever looked for protection, whose glory she reflects, and whom it
has been her joy to serve with unwavering loyalty. Our forefathers
believed in the State as a divine institution, and that only through its
organization could society be saved from anarchy and men realize their
liberty. They accordingly acknowledged its authority in all their trans-
actions.

Northampton's history begins with the petition of the first settlers
to the General Court for leave to form here a Township. That they might
have a legal title to the territory they occupied, they bought the land of
its Indian owners instead of taking it by superior force, and ever since
that petition was granted and the deed of conveyance signed by the
Indian sachems, her growth has been in accordance with the laws of the
Commonwealth; and when Massachusetts became an integral part of
the United States, the City was no less loyal to the Nation, and contrib-
uted her quota to promote the growth and vigor of the national life.

Recognizing her vital dependence for whatever she possesses or has
accomplished upon the higher sovereignty of the state, she offers at this
anniversary her most respectful salutations to the official representatives
of the Commonwealth and of the Nation.

156 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

The first civic institution in Northampton was a court of justice,
estabhshed only a few months after her settlement, and on the decisions
of that court, Northampton has constantly relied for the conviction of
criminals and for the adjudication of disputes. Her lawyers earlv be-
came eminent. From their ranks have been chosen judges for the Su-
perior Court, and also those who have filled high official positions in the
Commonwealth and in the United States. The descendants of her dis-
tinguished jurists and you, the living members of the Bar, who worthily
transmit its spirit and traditions, the City also welcomes, gratefully ac-
knowledging the measureless influence for good, which has been exerted
in this community by the legal profession, in advocating the claims of
law and in securing impartial justice.

Four years after the justice came the minister, and seven years after
the court, the first church was established. The historic order does not
indicate the relative importance of these institutions in the minds of the
early settlers. In their notion, church and state were inseparable, and
the God they worshiped was the author both of law and of grace. The
first public edifice was called the meeting-house, and it served alike the
purposes of a court and a sanctuary. Although the court preceded the
church historicallv, religion always stood first in the estimation of our
forefathers, and the ministers were held in highest esteem among public
functionaries. Particularly favored was Northampton in her early
teachers. They commanded both the reverence and the respect of their
parishioners by the purity and uprightness of their lives, by their un-
blemished character, and by their superior intellectual ability. Men
they were —

"To all the country dear,
And passing rich, with forty pounds a year. "

The third minister of the town, Jonathan Edwards, who succeeded
his grandfather, won an international reputation, and occupies the fore-
most rank among American clergymen. More than 2,000 descendants
have been traced to him alone, the majority of whom have ably filled
influential positions. Who can estimate the influence of these godly
men in exemplifying the high ideals of life which they proclaimed, and
in their intelligent and constant interest in whatever was for the well-
being of their parishioners?

Marvelous have been the changes in religious creeds and practice
since the organization here of the first parish and church. Until last
century the clergy of the town belonged to the established New England
church. An Episcopalian or a Roman Catholic would have been viewed
with about as much aversion as an Indian prepared for a war dance.
The creed of the City now is neither Protestant nor Roman Catholic.
Equal privileges and equal rights are given to all religious organizations,
whatever be their denominational standard or their ritual, and the City
cordially welcomes todav all religious teachers, whether called ministers,

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rectors, priests or rabbis, who are sincerely seeking to help men to wor-
ship God and to lead pure and honored lives; for on the righteous char-
acter of its citizens, now as ever, all civic prosperity must primarily
depend.

Next to the jurist and the minister came the schoolmaster. The
same rough building which served as court-house and sanctuary was also
the school-house, and the same public spirit which soon provided more
suitable buildings for court and church has provided, from generation to
generation, ampler facilities for education. Some of the most noted
school teachers of the land have made their reputation here, and the
beneficial influence of their training has been felt in every line of civic
activity. Although we have passed that period when the schoolmaster
was looked upon as a prodigy of learning, —

"And still the wonder grew
That one sinall head could carry all he knew,"

we do not forget that this wider diffusion of knowledge and this larger
proportion of educated men and women are due in a great measure to the
scantily paid instructors of our public schools. You, faithful men and
women who have taught the boys and girls to use their brains most
effectively, and who, working for small pay, have greatly increased the
value of every citizen, the City welcomes today, and accords a high place
among the sources of her strength.

I know not when the first regular physician came to this region.*
I imagine the sturdy first settlers were blessed with such robust consti-
tutions that they rarely needed medical aid, or if they needed it, they
got little more than Nature freely gives. Probably two centuries and
a half ago a sick man would have had, ordinarily, a better chance for
recovery by following Nature's suggestions than by submitting to the
treatment which medical science then sanctioned. But competent phy-
sicians came with the town's larger growth; — men who co-operated with
Nature in her healing process, and through whose intelligent efforts the
most prolific sources of disease have been removed. Sanitary regula-
tions are better understood and enforced; men live longer; and quacks
and c^uackery have become disreputable. In no profession has there
been greater progress than in medicine. Never were physicians so well
educated nor so well qualified to practice the healing art. In the name
of the community whom they and their predecessors have served, the
City w^elcomes her physicians, for the salutary work they have accom-
plished.

She welcomes, also, her living heroes, and the kindred of those now
dead who have offered their lives in her defense. In the fierce encoun-
ters with Indian tribes, in the merciless French and Indian wars, in the

* In the History of Northfield it is said that Patience, — the wife of William Miller, one of the first
settlers of Northampton, — "was a skillful physician and surgeon and was the only doctor at North-
ampton during the first two settlements." Probably, however, her medical kn<3wledge was no more
than that which an experienced nurse ordinarily possesses.

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wars with England for national independence, in the fratricidal struggle
to save the Federal Union, in the American and Spanish wars, the sons
of Northampton have shown their loyalty and valor. On land and
sea, as private soldiers and marines, as commissioned officers in the
varied ranks of sergeant, lieutenant, captain, colonel, major, general,
admiral, rear admiral, they have faced death without flinching in the
service of their country, and have won for Northampton imperishable
renown. All honor to the brave men through whose patriotism the life
of the citv and the state has been preserved !

The City welcomes, also, with special gratitude and pride, the ben-
efactors who have founded her numerous institutions. I know no citv
in the world, and I doubt whether one can be found, of the size and
wealth of Northampton, which has been the recipient of such varied
and costly gifts to increase the enjoyment and intelligence of her inhab-
itants. Some of these are not merely local, but are of national impor-
tance, and exercise a world-wide beneficence. They are largely the out-
growth of that spirit which has led men here from the earliest generations
to subordinate their private interests to the public weal. Thev indicate
also, the respect and confidence with which the City has been regarded
bv those living outside its territorial limits. A large proportion of these
gifts have come from unmarried men, who, having neither wife nor chil-
dren as objects of their affection, have bequeathed their wealth to the
City in token of their affectionate regard.

A brief enumeration of these charities will show how remarkably
Northampton has been blessed and how great are her obligations.

First, there is the Smith Charities, an institution founded by Oliver
Smith, a bachelor of Hatfield — having an endowment valued at about
$1,200,000, with unique provisions — for gifts to young ni'^n and women
who satisfactorily complete an apprenticeship — -for dowries to indigent
and worthy young women, when they marry men of good character; —
for annuities to widows with dependent children — and for a cumulative
fund to found an agricultural college in the year 1906.

Then there is the Clarke Library, and memorial of the soldiers who
died in the war of the Union — founded by John Clarke and other cit-
izens of Northampton, holding real estate and invested funds amounting
to $206,000.

There is the Clarke School for the Deaf, established also by John
Clarke, with property and funds valued at about $500,000, to give to
niutes the power of speech.

There is Smith College — possessing property amounting to $2,200,-
000, to which its founder. Miss Sophia Smith, bequeathed the bulk of her
fortune, and to which many other citizens of Northampton and friends
elsewhere have generously contributed, in order to provide for young
women the best advantages for a higher education.

There is the Forbes Library, established also by a bachelor, Charles
E. Forbes, possessing real estate and invested funds amounting to

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8500,000, the income of 8300,000 being reserved as a perpetual fund
for the purchase of books.

In connection with this there is the Earle Fund of 865,000, estab-
hshed bv Dr. Phny Earle, also a bachelor, to aid in the maintenance of
the library.

There is the Dickinson Hospital — founded by another bachelor of
Hatfield, Cooley Dickinson, with a fund of about 8150,000.

There is the Academy of Music — valued at 8125,000. the gift of
Mr. E. H. R. Lyman, that the citizens of Northampton might have an
attractive and convenient place for the best class of entertainments.

There is the Florence Kindergarten, established by Mr. Samuel L.
Hill, and enlarged by the gifts of Mr. Alfred T. Lilly, with property
amounting to about S300.000, that the children might have the benefit
of kindergarten training.

There is the Whiting Street Fund, of 825,000, the gift of Whiting
Street, to help the worthy poor who are not paupers.

There is the Home for Aged Women, to which many citizens have
contributed, valued at 825,000.

There is the Lilly Library, with property amounting to about
Si8,ooo, also the gift of Mr. Alfred T. Lilly, for the especial convenience
of those at a distance from the other libraries.

There is the Home Culture Club — the generous enterprise of Mr.
George W. Cable — to provide for those w^ho are destitute of home ad-
vantages — to which many other citizens have contributed, and which
has property and invested funds amounting to about 875,000.

Then there is the Young Men's Christian Association, possessing
real estate and funds amounting to about 850,000 — the contribution
of many benefactors, although largely due to the benevolence of Mr. A.
Lyman Williston.

To these varied charities — amounting to nearly 85,000,000 — might
be added 8500,000 to represent gifts in church edifices and 8615,000 to
represent the gift of the State in the Northampton Lunatic Hospital.
What other city of its size can show a record of benevolence equal to
this ?

May those to whom these trusts have been committed prove worthy
of their heritage, and transmit them, with augmented resources, to the
coming generations !

In singling out these representatives of the manifold forces which
have contributed to the growth of her civic life, Northampton does not for-
get her indebtedness to the working men and women to whom she owes
her origin, and who have always constituted the great majority of her
citizens.

The first settlers of Northampton represented a vigorous stock,
physically and intellectually. In emigrating from the Old Country and
braving the perils of the ocean to establish homes in an unexplored wil-
derness, thev illustrate the survival of the fittest. Thev were men not

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easily daunted nor discouraged. Hardships they made Hght of; work
they esteemed honorable, and indolence criminal. They had high ideals
of virtue, law and religion. Sharing in a measure the ignorance, the
superstition, the indifference to pain, which characterized that period
of civilization, they nevertheless possessed so richly the essential prin-
ciples of truth, justice and righteousness, that they were enabled to
outgrow the forms of ancient barbarism, and to develop here some of
the best types of manhood and womanhood. They soon made North-
ampton a center of light and commanding influence to all the region.
Good and able citizens were attracted from other localities by the supe-
rior advantages here offered. Steady contributions of the best blood of
New England poured in to enrich and to make more vigorous the original
parent stock. None were ashamed to work with their hands as well as
with their brains. They ploughed fields, felled forests, made roads,
built houses, developed manufactures, and organized, in manifold ways,
the varied industries which have furnished the conveniences and com-
forts of civilized life. Men of commanding influence soon arose from
their ranks who filled acceptably and with conspicuous ability the high-
est offices of church and state, while all classes and conditions of freemen
worked unitedly for the common weal through the forms of a democratic
government. As freely as she received, so freely Northampton has
given her citizens to play important parts in founding other towns and
cities. Her sons and daughters have been among those who led the van
in that movement which has carried civilization from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. Even in lands remote, among peoples widely separated from
us in language and lineage, her merchants, mechanics, teachers, mission-
aries, and the youth, who here gained their first knowledge of Christian
civilization, have carried her name and made her beneficial influence felt.
You, the living representatives of these generations, whose lives are im-
perishably embodied in the City's corporate existence, and who have
made her light to shine all over the earth, she also welcomes to her
festival, in the hope that labor here shall never be a source of strife, or
an instrument of tyrannical oppression — shall never be a merely
servile task, but shall remain so honorable and helpful, that when
another quarter millennial of history is completed, men shall find
here a nobler and more abundant life.

And now it is my privilege to welcome one who, though not a
native or resident of Northampton, is an illustrious example of the
citizenship which she has steadily aimed to produce, — a man to
whom all American citizens are greatly indebted for his estimable
service in the high offices of state which he has most acceptably
filled, and who increases our obHgations today by consenting to
honor us by his presence and speech.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the pleasure of welcoming and pre-
senting to vou, as the orator of the day, the Hon. John D. Long, who
will now address vou.

E X - G O V E RN O R LONG'S ADDRESS

Hon. John D. Long

DR. HOLMES once wittily suggested that nowadays the patron
saint of Massachusetts is Saint Anniversary. Hardlv a day
in the year comes round which is not an occasion for the
celebration of the foundation of some stone in the temple of
the Commonwealth.

It is unfortunate that the good saint is not as prolific in suggesting
themes for the orator as he is in furnishing demands for his appearance
and reappearance, though never his positively last appearance. Every
line of discourse has been worn threadbare. From the past is alwavs
drawn the same lesson ; from the present the same warning; for the future
the same injunction to be good and true, and to be virtuous if we would
be happy. As we hear, on whatever occasion or from whatever lips,
these cumulative addresses, which come so thick and fast that nobodv
reads th^m except in the headlines of the abstracts of a good-natured
press, they remind us of the variations which the musician's art develops
in the tinkling, melodious paraphrase of some old song, and through
which, though perhaps for a moment carried away by what seems a new
note or measure, we soon recognize the familiar air of "Yankee Doodle,"
or, as today, the heart-touching refrain of "Sweet Home."

For it is the dear old home you celebrate today — set in this paradise
of New England, on the bank of the beautiful Connecticut, under the
sentinel watch of Mt. Tom and Mt. Holyoke, along these rich meadows
which tempted here your ancestors, and in the lap of these bordering

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hills — its clustering roofs sheltering happy family circles, its varied in-
stitutions of industry and thrift and charity and education making it the
type of the best civilization of the age, and its memories and associations
those of a patriotic, progressive history, in which are prominent the deeds
and influence, not more of a few than of the whole body of the men and
women who have inspired and characterized it from the beginning.

Hence it is that this is an occasion, not for special recital of here
and there an event or of here and there a name, or for grandiloquent or
didactic oration, but for the happy reunion of neighbors and townspeople,
for the interchange of greetings, and a gathering at the family fireside
of fall — for they all still live — who from the beginning, two hundred
and fifty years ago, have dwelt in its warmth and added to its cheer.

And as all these generations rehearse their story, what I am sure
strikes us most is, that, with all your growth in numbers and wealth
and institutions, with all your material progress in the arts, with all
your accumulation of knowledge and the means of its acquirement, and
with all your. justly boasted advance, the fundamental qualities, the
human nature, and the springs within the man himself, which have
worked out all these, are the same that broke the silence of the wilder-
ness here two hundred and fifty years ago, and planted here the stand-
ard of a Christian commonwealth. Whether you look back along the
lines of military or of civic life, of farm or shop or cloister, it is the
same man at every turn, with the same hope and inspiration and duty
and achievement.

When in the spring of 1654 the first settlers made here their home,
and soon gathered around the family altar their wives and children and
their household goods, erecting their homesteads and selecting their
meadow lots, holding their first town meeting, erecting the meeting-
house for all town purposes, (for the parish and the town were one),
putting themselves in political relation with the General Court of the
colony, establishing courts of justice and appointing officers to enforce
the law, and beginning a system of the records of the town to which
they gave its present euphonious name, it was all no mere beginning,
but the already matured fruit of a civilization in which it was a step,
and in which ours is but a later step.

For there is this striking peculiarity in our early history. We were
born from the front of Jove, mature and full. The civilization of other
peoples has been a slow evolution from barbarous beginnings, with
influxes through invasion or conquest or political relations with other
powers. Our fathers began well up the summit, and I doubt whether
it has been possible to make much advance on them in the fundamentals
of intellectual power and grasp or righteous living. They were almost
all of English stock, though the Hibernian was in evidence in North-
ampton within twenty years from its start and later was granted and
today largely illustrates the citizenship which was at first denied him.
Indeed now, with nearly all nations represented, you are a world-city

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From the 1)irth of your town you find no day of mean things, no semi-
barbarism from which there has been an exodus, but always the pro-
gressive spirit. No more generous enthusiasm for learning or piety or
patriotism goes into your institutions today than they put into theirs.
Their spelling sometimes seems a little peculiar, but it is not worse than
that of some graduates of Harvard and Yale whom we have known.
They planted the school-house, they procured the best teachers, they
trained their children for the university. They dotted your landscape
with the spires of churches. On the roll of their divines, their physicians,
their lawyers, their soldiers, their statesmen, you find the most illustrious
names. Why mention Mather and Edwards and Stoddard and Lyman
and Cook and Parsons and Williams and Hawley and Strong and Pom-
eroy, when to mention these names is to omit others, so many of which
are also worthy of mention? The things of course which conspicuously
and conventionally mark the history of a town are the characteris-
tics and acts of certain individuals. Around these cluster the romance
and the interest. They are the blazed monarchs of the forest by which
the traveler finds his way. And yet I think the true history of a New
England town for two hundred and fifty years is in its unindividualized
growth, as steady and irresistible as the movement of a glacier — the
whole abundant forest, not a few trees in it but the whole abundant
forest with its mighty growing shelter and its common glory — -in other
words, the entity of civilization, with its bettering of human conditions
for all life. If you would trace the real history of Northampton, you
will not, proud as you may be of them, limit your view to names such
as I have mentioned, which quickest catch the eye and elicit the praise
of the outsider who in kindly courtesy pays 3'ou the graceful compli-
ment of an after-dinner speech. You will find it in the homelv bene-
factions of those who by industrious toil and faithful citizenship have
kept sweet the heart of New England civilization, and who, though no
Emerson dwelt among them, lived his philosophy long before him in the
serenity of their hearth-sides, and have written it in the esthetic adorn-
ment of their homes. You will find it in the devotion of clergymen and
teachers, of good women, humble apostles of social reform and charity,
of progressive citizens of foreign birth, of men of wealth, who, with a
public spirit worthy of all praise, have year after year contributed to
enlarge and to freshen every stream of good influence, and of men whose
only wealth was the labor of their hands, but all which they poured
into the channels of the thrift and development of your municipality.
Such be the benefactors of your town, the fibre of your history, whom
no orator pictures, whom no poet sings.

Even from the first one wonders at the great array of active, thriv-
ing, busy men, who were erecting forges and factories on vour streams,
engaging in agricultural pursuits with an ardor and success that put us
of today to shame, carrying on large traffic, their mills merry with the
song of the saw and wheel, their streets active with the life of carriage

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and commerce. To the wars they sent no hirehngs or churls, but men
of reputation and substance. Some of them were high in mihtary rank;
some perished in the flower of their youth, in battle with the native or
foreign foe. They rendered stout service in the French and Indian
wars, and were at Crown Point and Fort Edward and Fort William
Henry. Their contribution of life and substance in meeting the fright-
ful attacks of the savages, whom they proposed to govern with or with-
out their consent, was proportionately larger than any sacrifice of our
modern times. The story of that conflict with the Indian foe is full of
romance, of instances of personal heroism, of pitiless cruelty suffered, of
fight and burning and captivity, and yet amid it all went on the steady
growth of the town, peace more potent than war. They were in at the
taking of Louisburg, where Seth Pomeroy, an equally good blacksmith
and soldier, won the prestige that gave him later a brigadier-general-
ship in the war of Independence. They were all through that glorious
war, at the siege of Boston, and in the long line of reverses and suc-
cesses that followed. They were substantially on the side of law in
Shays' Rebellion, which, if it had not good cause, had some occasion in
the distresses of the time, the oppression of debt under which the rural
population groaned, and the exactions of hard creditors, but which after
all, to the credit of our fathers be it said, was fought out rather by the
hard-headed debate of yeomen in the field and in the village than by the
comparatively bloodless battles between a pitchfork and a rusty musket,
or in the race by the mob and the militia through the snowdrifts of
Petersham. It was at that time, and to help create public sentiment
against disorder, that the Hampshire Gazette, the forerunner of the
potent influence of the press of the Connecticut valley, was founded,
with such men as Joseph Hawley and Caleb Strong as contributors.

In the war of the Rebellion Northampton's record is one of proud
achievement : it is a record not only of the service and sacrifice of those
who went to the front, its sons enrolled in more than half of the Massa-
chusetts regiments in the Union army, especially in the fighting Tenth
Massachusetts, in which Northampton was conspicuous, and which
inscribes on its colors the battles of the Peninsula, Antietam, Fred-
ericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and the Wilderness, but of the
unfailing help and the unwavering loyalty of those who at home pro-
vided the material sinews of war and upheld the equally important
public sentiment of unflinching faith and fidelity to the end. At San-
tiago, in the Spanish-American war, one of Northampton's sons, bear-
ing a name historic in her annals, was a most conspicuous captain
in that brilliant naval battle. Indeed, as I run back through these
two centuries and a half, I share the glow of pride which you feel
in finding no lingering record of folly or crime to excuse ; no era
of ignorance and darkness to be relieved with mythical traditions
of physical prowess; no succumbing to the witchcraft delusion which

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shamed your fellow colonists of the Eastern shore and which your ances-
tors practically laughed out of court as the pestilent nuisance of back-
biting and querulous gossips; hardly any offences more heinous than the
ordinary pranks and disorderly behavior of lusty and super-abundantly
lively boys whose heads the tithing-man rapped with his staff to keep
them quiet during church service, but all along the years a clear, steady
light ; not the blaze of sacrifice or pomp or wealth or war, but the light
of Christian intelligence and simple virtues and trvie manhood.

As I have said, the real history of Northampton is the history of its
years of peace and ordinary procedure. Its share in war and battle is
incidental. And yet its record there is conspicuous. If there be a silver
lining in the tempestuous cloud of war, it is in the fact that war is not
solely battle and blood and horror. It has been the convulsion which
rent apart the hard and restricting coil of oppression and repression.
God doubtless might have made a better berry than the strawberry,
though doubtless God never did. God might have made a human
nature that would not have wrought out its betterment largely through
its selfish instincts and the survival of its fittest, and that would not by
its rapacity have given occasion for meeting the sword with the sword.
While philosophy and humanity have abhorred war as a monstrous
though sometimes necessary calamity, it has given outlet to the exercise
of some of the noblest virtues and furnished most striking material for
the historian, the novelist, the painter, the poet and the singer. The
great spirits that have evoked and presided over it have been the great
spirits of the age. Nothing can redeem it, considered by itself and for
its own sake. But as an agency in human outburst and growth, it has
been the thunderbolt that has made the air clearer; it has been the con-
vulsion that has torn asunder the obstructions in the pathway of peace.
God grant that it may somewhat atone for its ravages today by an early
letting in of the sunshine of a better civilization in the three great realms
of the Orient, whose fortunes it now involves. In the slow evolution of
progress which has not yet taken us entirely out of the brutal stage, it
must be regarded as the knife that has sometimes cut the cancer from
the flesh. In that evolution its horrors are already alleviated, every
resort is urged for its avoidance, and in the millennium it will disappear.
But meantime let us not forget that out of its son have sprung force of
character, resourcefulness in exigencies, statesmanship, appreciation of
human rights, qualities of leadership and of protection to the weak and
of battle against wrong, stimulus to like qualities in the bloodless but
equally vital struggles in time of peace for righteousness and order,
and some of the finest humanities, — even as exquisite flowers sometimes
spring from the foulest sod: and that all these things never found finer
expression than in your fathers of Northampton and the Common-
wealth of which she is one of the jewels — the Athens of Western Mass-
achusetts, as Mr. Bridgman has called her, alike distinguished for hero-
ism and literature, graced by writers like Edwards and Judd and Cable
and honored by the visits of patriots like Lafayette and Kossuth.

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I desire to conciliate you with no fulsome compliment to your
community, which in its origin, its history, its consummation, is not
unlike many another in our Commonwealth; but I have read its story
with a feeling of profound respect and veneration and gratitude. You
could today have visited shrines of greater fame, over which are temples
wrought by masters of architecture and gorgeous with the creations of
supreme art ; you could in imagination re-create from Greek and Roman
ruins lying before your gaze the magnificent grandeur and beauty of
dynasties that have ruled the world; you could in ancient cloisters hold
commtmion with illustrious dead who were once the living representa-
tives of the most conspicuous achievement and the proudest glory of
warrior, statesman, orator, poet, scholar and divine. But broader than
these is the scope of the humanity and beauty and significance of the
birthplace of a town like this, where no broken column or fallen temple
tells of the magnificence and luxury of the few wrung from the poverty
of the many : where no statue or shrine keeps alive the memory of warrior
or king or of any one man who stood out from his fellowmen because
their inferiority to him made him seem great; but where rather has
been the self-growth of a people, that common recognition in town or-
ganization of the equal rights of all men, which could not endure that
any child should be uneducated, or that any one caste should hold
supremacy or any other should be ground under foot, or that any slave
should long breathe Massachusetts air, and which in our generation,
expanding in the indignant burst of a nation's heart, has struck the
fetters from four million bondmen, and made America indeed the land
of the free.

With keen interest I have read your ecclesiastical history. I recall
the homely houses of worship, with their barren interior of bench and
wall, unwarmed by fire or shaded bv curtain or blind, the congregation
of decorous and sober men who brought their wives and little ones to
meeting, or, sending them to the front, themselves remained near the
door to guard against attack from without and perhaps by their austere
watchfulness to maintain good order within; and the wig and gown and
accorded authority of the pastor, who from his high pulpit preached the
word of God and at the same time took a hand in the secular affairs of
the town, its taxes and fences, and was at once priest, teacher, politician,
mentor, guide, and, in the best and in no depreciating sense, the general
busy-body and factotum. Meagre as was his salary, it is interesting to
note that he sent his boys to college and that his inventory in the pro-
bate court shows what, in the Yankee vocabulary of the time, was "a
considdable proppity."

I am not of those who feel much interest in the theological polemics,
the interior church quarrels, the sometimes bitter and often petty dif-
ferences that were always arising in the churches of our New England
towns, as among a jealous, free-minded, unslavish, thinking people they
always will arise ; nor do I share in the flippancy with which some have

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lightly touched or ridiculed the old New England clergy or the psalm-
singing Puritan. We know better. As we read all history, we see of
how little consequence are the dry bones of dogmatic puzzle, of dis-
tinctions between Pharisee and Sadducee and Essene, of the refinements
of metaphysical dogma, and how full of eternal life and sap are the
veins through which has run the flow of great moral and religious prin-
ciples. The wig and gown of the Puritan pastor, the cocked hat and
sober demeanor of the Puritan deacon do not mislead us. We know
the rich fund of human interest, of kindly humor, of practical sense, of
independent thinking and of constant care for the welfare of society,
its education and improvement, which made the church of our fathers
a fountain of life and of light, and one of the deep imbedded granite
foundation stones of the Commonwealth, on which rests its proud
superstructure today of college, of school, of good laws, and sound
education, and business prosperity, and Christian civilization. Let us
not forget the part which the church, not as a building erected by
human hands, not as a theatre for the display of clerical eloc|uence or
authority, not as a congregation of sectarians, but as the expression of
our common recognition of the divine imminence and of our accept-
ance of the teaching and example of the great Master as the true
guidance of a people, has played in the growth and fruitage of our
institutions and in our character as a state, and especially in
freedom of thought and in the spirit of independence. The church
and state are indeed well dissevered in their machinery; but Heaven
forbid that in their spirit and influence they should ever be anything
but one.

The great figure in the church history of Northampton is Jonathan
Edwards. It is not for me at this time to dilate upon that illustrious
name. The metaph^^sical refinements of which he was a master have
long since ceased to be of general interest to this practical age. The
terrors of his heated imagination, glowing with scorching fires, arc now
no more appalling than the memory of the harmless lightnings that re-
lieved the gloom of a last summer's shower. And yet in his rebuke
and denunciation of sin and the sinner he is no more severe than the
pulpit of today, though the punishment it now fits to the crime has less
of the odor of the burning pit and more of the sting of the outraged
conscience. The treatises on the will and on original sin, and other
abstruse and subtle ratiocinations, wrought out in his study, which gave
him world-wide fame and are marvels of metaphysical reasoning, were
written after he went from your town. To us in our neighborly remi-
niscences here today, he is only the Northampton preacher, who, unlike
some other prophets, was not in his own day altogether without honor
and is in our day indeed with the highest honor in his own country, but
like other local ministers of his time, and our time, had his fret and
friction with his parish, which ultimately drove the pastor from his
charge of the fold. The mechanic, the farmer and the young lawyer,

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who faced him in parish encounter on the issue of half -covenant, but I sus-
pect still more in resistance to his restrictions on the lighter indulgences
of personal life, carried the day against him, as the shoemaker of Marsh-
field was too much for Daniel Webster in the town-meeting debate.

An interesting feature in the local life of the old time is illustrated
by the very frictions and ciuarrels in the church, to which I have re-
ferred. There were no railroads in those days, creating great aggrega-
tions of people in business centers; there was no city in New England;
there was no great West tempting to distant investment, and yet there
were the same tremendous personal energies which in our generation
have spanned the continent with iron rails, covered the ocean with our
commerce, dug the wealth of mines from the bowels of the earth, flashed
the electric light into every dark place, and are now emitting a pathway
for the sea between the northern and southern halves of this hemisphere.
These energies have simply found a larger field. They were then limited
to the town, sometimes the county, less often the state, and found their
exercise in the local church, the local town meeting, the local school and
the local militia. They expended themselves over the location of the
meeting-house, the purchase of a bell, the salary of the minister. As
much vital force and strenuous clash of argument went into the dis-
cussion of the enormity of a horse race, the election of an ensign, the
division of meadow lots, the laying out of a highway or a bridge, the
conflict between geographical sections of the town for a school-house
or a meeting-house site, as nowadays go into a presidential campaign
or the administration of our insular possessions or the shrill debate on
the tariff. Resistance to the imperious edicts of the Puritan church
against "pride in clothes and hair" as "a heinous sin," was as sturdy as
the resistance a century later of the Boston patriots to the landing of the
tea. They, too, in those days, when wheat supplied the lack of cash,
of which there was next to none, dealt with the problems of a sound
currency. They had their financial budgets; they made appropriations
not only for the developing enterprises of peace, but for war with the
Indian and the Frenchman and the red-coats. They, too, put their
public spirit into home manufacture, into sheep raising and wool spinning
and products of every sort that their local necessities required. The
village tavern was their secular senate house, and its keeper was a man
equal to the representation of his town in the General Court, or to the
command of its militia in the martial field.

I have not thought it my duty, aware as I am of your thorough
familiarity with everv detail of vour historv, and bringing you only the
general suggestions that go with such an anniversary occasion, to enter
upon the work of tracing that history or the interesting local and personal
features that are incident to it — especially to your early history, which, as
I note also, in my reading of the lives of great men, is usually the most
interesting part. That is a work for which I am not fitted, and which
has been done for vou bv those whose accuracv of research and fulness

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of information I cannot emulate. The result, the general drift and
progress, are what I see, and as I realize the high advance of these I
feel that the motto "Noblesse oblige" should with especial fitness apply
to you. If the chivalrous spirit of an artificial caste, nobility of birth,
antiquity of blood, distinction of progenitors, put men under obligations
to be knightly, honorable, brave and true, how much greater is the obli-
gation that rests upon a people, who look back upon two hundred and
fiftv vears of a history like yours, to be true to the standard of virtue,
patriotism, simplicity, purity and intelligence, which your fathers have
set you.

I am not of those who overrate the past. I recognize that our civili-
zation is better than that of our fathers, and that we have reached a
higher level in science, art, education, religion, even in politics, and in
every phase of human development, even in morals, taking into account
our tremendously accumulated and intermixed populations and vasth'
increased massings of wealth and multiplication of opportunities and
temptations for social and financial excesses and offences. It is to the
eternal verities of the past that we pay our tribute ; and we can do no
better work than to perpetuate virtue in the citizen by keeping always
fresh in the popular mind the great heroic deeds and times of our historv.
In this life it is impossible to overrate the good influence on national
destiny of a legendary name. Look back to your own childhood and
tell me when you first grew mature enough to distinguish patriotism
from the story of General Warren and Bunker Hill. Who shall say
that the tradition of Marathon and Thermopvlae did not give us Concord
and Yorktown, as it also gave independence to modern Greece, and
glorified the career and death of Byron, and made our own Howe cru-
sader and philanthropist ? Who shall determine how far the mainte-
nance of the integrity of our Union has depended on the memorv of
Webster, and found help in the picture in Faneuil Hall of his great
debate with Hayne, as well as in his unanswerable logic?

Let us, however, avoid undue praise of the fathers, because the
bare truth is tribute enough, and because it is so easy to exaggerate the
past. Undue exaltation of the good of other times has its demoralizing
side. There is no service or manliness in belittling our own times and
men. It is the fashion of every present hour — by no means a new
fashion — to scatter the poison of aspersion on all current character,
service and society. There is occasion for satisfaction with the Republic
as it enters on the new centurv. This slender strip of seaboard, on
which Northampton at its incorporation was barely a dot, is now an
empire so magnificent in territory and population and development
that the imagination cannot take it in. Think of what has been done
in the matter of education, of public schools, of universities of learning
for both sexes and all races, one of which has in the short space of I'^ss
than a generation made Northampton famous the nation over with the
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earth and the air and the sea, and made them not merely matters of
wonder but handmaidens of homely use. Religion has been refined and
elevated, and the human mind, searching for divine truth, has arisen
above superstition and cant and with knowledge for its guide has rec-
onciled faith w4th an enlightened reason. In all matters of comfort,
of use, of elegance, of convenient living, of house and table and furniture
and light and warmth and health and travel, what thorough and benef-
icent advance equally for all, shaming the petty meanness with which,
unjust alike to the old times and the new, we inveigh against the old
times and overrate the new ! At home it is with a feeling of satisfaction
and pride that we turn to our own Commonwealth, in every department
of her public life; in the administration of her chief magistrate, repre-
sentative of the plain living and high thinking of her people ; and in her
spotless judiciary, which has never fallen below its best standard and
whose ermine bears no stain. Shall I prefer the old times, when I see
government made today the use, the culture, the salvation of the people ;
saving those who are in peril from want and fire and famine; looking
after the little children; caring for the insane, the idiotic, the criminal,
the drunkard, the unfortunate, the orphans and the aged; guarding the
interests of the laborer; bringing to the help of the agriculturist the best
results of science, and building colleges for the promotion of the noble
calling of the culture of the soil; investigating the causes of disease and
securing its prevention ; giving to all the people comforts that were once
not even the luxurious dream of princes; pouring out education like
streams of living water; maintaining great and generous charities; ex-
tending the shield of its foresight and encouragement over all alike ; and
guarding the savings of the small earners and collecting in its institutions
for savings the wages of more than one-half its voters, the depositors
therein numbering some eighteen hundred thousand or nearly two-
thirds of its population, and their deposits amounting to some $650,000,-
000, an amount nearly equal to one-third of the whole taxable valuation
of the Commonwealth, thereby ensuring, bv enfibring the fortunes of the
mass of the people with the very roots of the State, a security against
riot and upheaval which is stronger than vaults of steel or even the ter-
rors of the law? Can the most ardent dreamer picture a truer social-
ism than Massachusetts herself? What is your own municipality but
an illustration of the same sort — a cluster of homes for all, a hive of
industry for all, security and law and order and light and grounds and
walks and worship and recreation and freedom for all? What an array
of institutions of education, from the famous Round Hill School, asso-
ciated with the name of Bancroft, historian of the United States and
secretary of the navy, to the Smith College for girls, to which I have
already referred, with its more than a thousand pupils from everywhere !
What an accumulation of charities — the Smith Charities which, flowing
from a will the probate of which was an arena for the contending elo-
quence and argument in your court-house of Daniel Webster and Rufus

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Choate, has laid the foundation of an agricultural school and made pro-
vision with strikingly ample liberality for the poor — the Commonwealth's
hospital for lunatics — the Dickinson hospital — the Clarke School,
which has wrought the miracle of making the deaf hear and the dumb
speak — this Academy of Music given by Mr. Lyman — and the Memo-
rial Hall and Public Library to wdiich Jenny Lind added her song
note, and the Forbes Library and the Lilly Library, a triple contribution
to the architecture and the literary enrichment of the whole community,
treasure-houses of knowledge, inexhaustible mines of education, the
monopoly of no man or body of men, but thrown wide open for genera-
tions to come, to be the free common resort and possession of the
people.

Grant that corruption exists in high places and in low. Grant that
politics too often turn into barter. Whatever the evil, it cannot stand
against the discernment which is so swift to uncover and shame it and
which will permit it no concealment. There is good token in the very
sensitiveness of the public mind, which was never keener or quicker to
discover and punish fraud and faithlessness than now. Herein is the
source of the beneficence of the modern press, which, though here and
there a vellow streak runs through it, throws the blaze of the noon-time
sun into the work of exposure and purification. It must not be forgotten
that the Republic was not only an experiment in its inception, but is
so still. We are apt to judge it by the severe rules of criticism wdiich
we apply to completed work. We forget that only a few short years ago
it was said that a popular government cannot succeed ; that the popular
mind is not sufficiently educated to be relied upon; that a pure democ-
racy has in it no stability or permanence, but must go down w4th the
first tumult of popular frenzy; that patriotism will decay without the
veneration that attaches to monarchy ; and that in a government of the
people ignorance, fraud, brutality and crime will rise by might of fist
and lung to the supremacy. The wonder is not that the Republic is
not perfect today in its machinery, its character, its results, but that
with its monstrous expansion from within and immigration from abroad
it has fared so well, and that its achievements are better than its founders
dared predict or hope. Tell me w^hat government, ancient or modern,
has been more stable or freer from convulsion. Who are our politicians,
if not the presidents of our colleges, our brightest poets, our most vigorous
divines, our conspicuous merchants, our foremost lawyers, our leading
men evervwhere? Our politics, at which we rail so much, are what we
are. Will you say that there are startling evidences of neglect, when
no pulpit is without its fervid appeal for loftier patriotism; when no
class graduates from college that half its orations are not on the duty of
the citizen to the State — I wish the boys would afterwards practise
what they preach when graduating; when our centennials fairly weary
us with the demand, made by all who speak by voice or pen, for national
purity and virtue ; and w^hen no political party dares the popular verdict

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that does not proclaim and exhibit its purpose of reform in every branch
of the pubHc service ? Let the test of our hope or despair be not so much
the severe standard of the very highest reach of the demands of today,
but rather the modest trust with which a httle more than a hundred years
ago our fathers risked a democracy. Is it nothing that their perilous
confidence in human nature, and in the ability and inclination of the
masses to govern themselves aright, has been justified and not abused ?
Is it nothing that, ruled by a mob, our leaders selected from and by a
mob, our laws the popular sentiment of a mob, yet such is the prepon-
derance of the good elements over the bad, of the upward tendency over
the downward, of order over disorder, of progress over stagnation, that
the experiment has resulted in more than a century of success; that,
however imperfect the scheme in some of its outward manifestations,
it is correct in principle ; and that it has shown the practicability and
wisdom of a government of the people, by the people, for the people r
If there were none in the ranks except the men who have proved un-
worthv, we might despair; but not when we remember that in every
section of the country we still number great hosts of honest and able
men fit for every political need or duty. If a period of national de-
moralization were followed by continued indifference and acquiescence,
we might despair; but not when we see it followed by the indignant
uprising of the better elements, the wholesome criticism of the press, the
otitcry of the poet and the philosopher, the sturdy and resolute reaction
of that fundamental intelligence and honesty of the people, which are
the fruit of our system of free education, and which can always be relied
on in the last resort to do the work of reform when the crisis comes.
For one I feel no final anxiety. I regard it as a sign of the permanence
of our institutions, that today, when so many mourn over the sadder
revelations of the time, a wiser philosophy looks through the ferment
that is sloughing the scum from the surface and purifying the body pol-
itic from top to bottom. To be conscious of the malady, in a republic
of free schools and a free press, is to cure it.

It is easy to raise spsctres of danger and forecast perils that threaten
to destroy the Republic. But it will meet and beat them. It is flying
in the face of nature and of experience to fear that man, with increasing
expansion of his opportunities and powers, has, like a child, no horizon
of promise beyond his present vision. Why should we, at the opening
of the century, with its magnificent impulse onward, shudder with the
same ignorant and ungodly distrust with which the old-time men trembled
at the coming of the one just ended? We have brought no dangers that
we have not averted, no perils that have overwhelmed us. Why whis-
per under the breath that in the near years to come men are to with-
draw more and more from the grinding of unremitted and unlightened
physical toil ? Do not you and I enjoy whatever exemption from it
there comes to us, and shall not the humblest enjoy as much ? Will it
be an evil when science, with its inventions and its use of the illimitable

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agencies of nature, the development of which is now but in its infancy,
shall perform still more the drudgery of toil and let the souls of all go
freer? Labor and industry, in the nature of things, will never cease:
but the progress of the ages will direct them to higher levels of employ-
ment, never dispensing with their need, but rather adding to their
dignitv and to the happiness they return. Why, this terror lest those, who
have not had the sweetness and refinements and elevations of leisure,
shall have them more and more, as well as those of us more fortunate,
to whom it certainl}- has brought, not harm, but cultures? Our danger
is not in the honest though selfish efforts of either labor or capital to
promote its material interests. It is not in the efforts which men, who
suffer from the hard inequalities of the general well-being, make to bet-
ter their condition by theories of social or industrial reorganization.
All these things will under natural laws in a free country work out their
own salvation. Has the result hitherto been so disastrous as to make
us fear either the bettered conditions of the masses, or their ambition
for better conditions still? Faith in the common people is not a fine
phrase or a dream; it is the teaching of experience and test. They,
too, may be confided in to measure and accept the necessities and ine-
qualities that attach to hviman living; and they are not going to destroy
any social economy which blesses them all, because it does not bless
them all alike. Are not fidelity, patience, loyal service and good citi-
zenship, true of the kitchen, the loom and the bench? Is there no
professor's chair, no clergyman's desk, no merchant prince's counting-
room, dishonored? Does, indeed, the line of simple worth or social or
political stability run on the border of any class or station? The people
mav be trusted with their own interests. If it shall appear that any
one form of government or society fails, there will always be intelligence
and wit enough to fashion a better. Forces will come at command.
The instinct of self-preservation counts for something, as well as the
elements of goodness and progress which are inherent in human nature.
And when all these unite, while there will indeed be change and revo-
lution, there will never be wreck or chaos. There will be fools and
fanatics and assassins and demagogues and cranks, and all sorts of
insane or vicious dissolvers of security; there will be convulsions and
horrors; every fair summer the lightning flashes and strikes. But all
these are the tempests of the year complementing the unfailing sunshine
and rain which make the blooming and fragrant garden of the earth.
There must, indeed, be eternal vigilance and increasing zeal and en-
deavor for the right. But can there be nobler or finer service than to
contribute these? Or, if you, sleek and well-to-do, and jealous of your
fortunate share of good things, fear lest frenzy and drunkenness and
vice invade your domain, will you not stop sneering at the reformers,
who, in whatever line or of whatever sex or social scale, are trying to
breast the torrent, and give them your countenance, your help and your
right arm?" Shall our forecast of imminent or coming perils unnerve us

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and awake only a whine of despair; or shall it rather put us to our
mettle, and to the development of the better influences which always
have averted and always will avert disaster?

Grant the great accumulations of individual and corporate wealth,
with its larger luxuries; grant this, and, if there be danger in it — as there
is — be on your guard. But is it all evil ? Have the multitude been
correspondingly straitened and deprived ? Are the homes, the food,
the clothing, the literary and esthetic tastes, and the amusements of
the toilers, more limited, or do they share in the general betterment?
Is the public library closed to them ? Is there no newspaper — a library
in itself — in their hands each day ? Have they less or dimmer light to
read by than before ; or scantier means of conveyance from the city to
the fields and beach ; or more meagre communication with the great
orbit of the living world, its interests, its activities, its resources ? May
we not yet find even in this bugbear of excessive wealth, with its peril-
ous luxury emasculating those who enjoy it and tempting those who
ape it, the seeds of the evil's own cure? If it be not so, it is the first
instance of a corruption which has not wrought its own better life. Need
we, indeed, even now, look far off for a day when the vulgar gluttony of
wealth will be the disdain of good manners and high character, not
worth its own heavy weight, and no longer the aim of a better and finer
time ? Is happiness, or was it ever, correspondent with wealth or luxury ?
Are not most men superior to either, or to the fever for them? I do not
think it too much to say, that in the time to come, "Give me neither
poverty nor riches" will be not only the wise man's prayer, but the
"smart" man's maxim and the aristocrat's choice. What refreshment,
even today, to turn to examples of wealth — of which there are so many
illustrious in your own city — which finds its most gracious use and its
most indulgent luxury in cooling streams of charity and beneficence,
flowing broadcast amid the parched lowlands of want and ignorance
and wrong. Who in Northampton today forgets Oliver Smith, or
Sophia Smith, or John Clarke, or Judge Forbes ? Under our system
the easy mobility of wealth is its own no small safeguard and regulator.
Not only do fortunes come and go; not only from all rounds of the
social ladder do the millionaires spring; but, even while retained in
the same hand, wealth does not lie inactive and embayed, but is
coursing everywhere, a trust rather than an exclusive possession to its
owner, employing, supporting, enriching, a thousand other men. To
hold its encroachments in check, is indeed wise, but to emasculate it
and the strenuous enterprise which strives for it, is to cripple not him
but them. It is engaged in their service more than in his. It has no
existence except in this very subservience to the general use. Destroy
this function, and it is but a corpse, worth no man's having. Fortunate
is the community, and men do not decay, where under our institutions
wealth honestly and normally accumulates. It cannot fill one hand
without overflowing into every other. It cannot live to itself alone.

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Danger and peril enough indeed; need everywhere for safeguards
and forethought ! But the world is a failure and man is a lie if there be
not in him the capacity to rise to his own might, and to keep pace with
his own growth. Are education, science, is this godlike mind, are the
soul and the moral nature to count for nothing but their own disaster?
Is there no future manhood to meet the future crisis ? Is there no
God ? As the dead past buries its dead, so the unborn future will solve
its own needs. Ours it is to do the duty of the present hour.

True, indeed, it is that the moral level is still a thousand times too
low. All this material and intellectual progress has brought with it
only a greater responsibility; and no American, who rises to the true ap-
preciation of his citizenship and of his descent from fathers such as yours,
can for a moment reflect upon the startling and portentous expansion
of the nation, its vast wants, its intricate and ponderous machinery of
government, its temptations to corruption in business, in politics and
in every relation, its present startling aggregations of arrogant pluto-
cratic power, its tendency in high circles to fashionable rot and vice,
without feeling that the great need, the one thing to enforce everywhere
is the personal accountability of every citizen for the welfare and dignity
and high character of his country, and for taking care, in the noble
language of the Roman fathers, that the republic suffer no detriment.
We cannot too earnestly impress this duty or concentrate too many in-
fluences in its behalf, or bring it too straight home to the young men
and women who are the most responsible class in the community, though
they are least conscious of their responsibility. For this reason it is
indeed well to keep always before our eyes what is sterling, what is best
in the past. Happy is it that in the providence of God the dead past
does bury its dead, but — though the poet forgot to add it — keeps alive
its living; that it buries the dead lies, the dead meanness, cowardice,
treason, the dead infidelity, sin and folly, the dead men that have sunk
into benign oblivion; but that whatever was heroic and divine, what-
ever was pure gold, whatever true man lived, whatever good and pat-
riotic deed was done or word spoken, wherever a Washington gathered
into his form the beauty of manliness, into his soul the grandeur of an
exalted life, all these the past preserves forever fresh and immortal, but
hides under the turf the faults and frailties. I doubt not that Jesus —
the great poet — meant this when he bade the disciple let the dead bury
their dead. Well may time drop the curtain hastily over its own decay.
It is the spirit we want, not the form; the germ and not the husk; the
principle and not the event; the thought and not the man. It were
nonsense to pay tribute to the memory of the fathers, or to celebrate
these centennials for their own sake or for any other purpose than to
utilize the past in the future, to project the lessons, the experience, the
better soul of the past into the soul of the future, to make it also better
and grander. In the light of mere narrative and boast, the battle, the
victory, the congress, even the heroes, are idle tales that are told; they

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might as well have been the fictions of the ^neid or the pictures of
the novelist. But for the aid which our dull imaginations gst from mate-
rial associations and the touch of flesh and blood the personages of
Shakespeare are more real than the Seven Pillars of the Church of North-
ampton; the Ivanhoe of romance is a knight better known to us than
Col. Ephraim Williams, killed in the bloody morning scout that pre-
ceded the battle of Lake George in 1775; and Colonel Thomas Newcoms
and Mr. Pickwick have exerted a more personal influence in forming
the character of the Christian gentleman than the example or lives of
even the men who created those characters. But as examples of what
true men have achieved and of what we may therefore achieve as well —
as exhibiting virtue, not as the mere ideal of the poet, but as the sub-
stantial consummation of a noble life actually lived, the characters and
deeds of our ancestors are very fountains of inspiration.

The century now opening will be one of moral and scientific growth.
The field is unlimited ; the opportunity inexhaustible. Only let us realize
the absolute duty of impressing on the leading classes, as we call them,
on the educated and religious classes at least, the necessity of their pro-
jecting themselves out of the ranks which need no physician into the
ranks which do. I do not mean the nonsense of class distinctions; I
mean that whoever is a foremost man in any sphere, in the professions,
in trade or elsewhere, whoever leads in politics, in church, in society,
in the shop, must feel that on his shoulders alone rests the public safety.

There must be the sense of personal obligation on every man whose
natural power or happy opportunities have given him a lift in any wise
above the rest. Virtue, public and private, will become easy and pop-
ular when it is the badge and inspiration of the leaders; and good influ-
ences from the top will permeate through the whole body politic, as
rain filters through the earth and freshens it with verdure and beauty
and fertilitv. To me it seems axiomatic that the educated and virtuous
in a free state can control it if they will. I would emphasize, more
than anvthing else, the duty of the enlightened classes to throw all
their energies into the popular arena. Why should the ingenuous youth,
fresh from college, dream of Pericles swaying with consummate address
and elor[uence the petty democracy of Athens, and himself shun the
town-house, where, in a golden age, beside which the age of Pericles is
brass, is moulded the destiny of his own magnificent republic ? Why
kindle with the invective of Cicero, or the wit of Aristophanes, and
himself be too dainty to lift voice- or finger to banish Catiline and Cleon
from manipulating "the honor, the integrity, the achievement, of the
fatherland, bequeathed to him in sacred trust by his own heroic ances-
tors ? Little sympathy is to be felt with the spirit that stands aloof
and rails at the clumsy work of government by the people who
on their part invariably welcome the approach of the man of culture
and will give him place if only he will not convey the idea that he de-
spises it. It is useless to deny that the scholars have failed oftentimes

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— less of late — to improve their opportunity; and if ever the republic
goes to the bad, it will be, not because the illiterate and lax have seized
and depraved it, but because the instructed and trained have neglected it.

A short time ago, in one of the historical towns of our Common-
wealth, I was at the funeral, in a spacious village church, of a man whose
manly life and sterling character filled it with a throng that came to
pay him at his burial the tribute of their respect, not alone for him but
for the fundamental qualities of the good and true citizen of which he was
a type. As I saw that great outpouring of men and women of all classes
and professions and callings and creeds in religion and politics, it seemed
to me not more a tribute to him than to them, or rather as I have said,
to the great underlying forces of our civilization of which he and they
were a part. I know the elements of selfishness, of frailty, of defect,
that were all there; but stronger, deeper, mightier, were the better
things — the standard in the mass being always higher than in the indi-
viduals who compose it — and I thought how irresistible, in a republic
of freedom and education and equal rights, are the personal forces which
are the real republic and commonwealth, and which, if only united and
devoted, if conscious of their power and of their responsibility for its
exercise, can meet any danger that threatens the public welfare and
ensure the absolute security of state and society.

Two hundred and fifty years ! Two hundred and fifty years of
the same intense life we now live, packed with problems that seemed to
defy solution, with convulsions that seemed to threaten the foundations
of government and social order, with trends in destiny that seemed as
vital as the very beatings of the hearts which, through all those years,
have burned with patriotic fire. And yet we sum up the two centuries
and a half in a paragraph of half an hour; we look serenely back and
see only a steady onflowing current which has never broken its banks
or gone dry, and which, if here and there along its course it has run over
boulders, recognizes them only by its eddies and ripples, laughing at
them in the sunshine. Had it run in some other channel, it would still
have found its way to the sea. Will our children's children look back
as complacently on the frets of our day? Will they dismiss in half a
dozen lines the fever of our debate over protection on the one hand and
free trade on the other, or over reciprocity which seems to be their
appendix or go-between — over these rending strifes between capital
and labor — over the questions whether the policy, which has given all
the blessings of our institutions to the islands of the Orient under our
banner and to Cuba under its own, is beneficence or imperialism ; whether
the Philippines shall be pledged a date for their nominal independence,
which if not kept would be dishonor, or a promise of it at some indefinite
time which might by its uncertainty and resulting restlessness only delay
the special work which is now so vitally important at our hands and
which we are doing with such unparalleled fidelity, of upbuilding them in
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government? So far as all the old contentions of the past two hundred
and fifty years go, we are in smooth water; may we not trust that the
billows which rock our boat today will likewise be to future eyes only
the long swell of the thus far safely crossed ocean of Time. May we not
trust that, hereafter, as in the past, problems and frictions and upheavals
will work out their salvation, if only we meantime see to it that the one
permanent and essential element of personal character, which in its
aggregate is the public opinion which is the only government we have,
either in the state or in society, is kept good and true, the heart clean
and the hands pure ; and that whatever in this respect was characteristic
of our fathers we preserve, as our children and children's children
must preserve it after us? The age is past, but the man lives. His
stepping-stones serve their use and are left behind. His monuments
grow dim in the distance. Only his soul survives. It finds no chart
except what we reverently call God in His revelation to it in itself. To
Him, seated in the individual human heart and guarding the indi-
vidual conscience, it is responsible; by Him it must set its course.

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst
formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting,
Thou art God.

For a thousand years in Thy sight are but as yesterday when it is
past, and as a watch in the night.

So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom.

AFTERNOON EXERCISES IN THE TENT

ADDRESS R T EDWIN C. HOWARD, WITH
REMARKS B r SAMUEL S. CAMPION

EXERCISES in the Anniversary tent or pavilion, began at two
o'clock Monday afternoon. These were nominally proposed for
the school children and so announced, but probably two-thirds
of the audience were adults, and the address of Principal Edwin
C. Howard of the Center Grammar school, as well as that of Alderman

Campion of Northampton, England,
was more worthy of the elder portion
of the assembly.

It deserves to be said, in this
connection, that Principal Howard
had been an inhabitant of North-
ampton but a few months, and in
charge of the grammar school, when
he gave his address, and his accurate
and well-framed statement of his-
torical facts was therefore specially
■^ '^'^^ noteworthy.

The exercises opened with the
singing of "The Star Spangled Ban-
ner," by the pupils of the yth, 8th
and gth' grades and the high school.

Principal Edwin C . Howard

under the direction of Conductor L. Lee
Wellman. This was followed by Wagner's
"Pilgrims' Chorus" by the high school.! The
addresses of Mr. Howard and Mr. Campion
were followed by the singing of

(a) "June" Schneckcr

(b) " The Heavens Resound " Beethoven

The exercises closed with the singing of
"America" by the combined chorus and the
audience.

This feature of the Celebration was one
of the most inspiring of the three davs, and
children as well as parents seemed to appre-
ciate it.

L . Lee Wellman
Supervisor of Music in the Scliools

PRINCIPAL HOWARD'S ADDRESS

AT a time like this, when our city is filled to overflowing with the
thousands who have gathered to celebrate with us the two
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its birth, it is with a feel-
ing of no common pride that we point to our present state of
prosperity, to our world-famed manufactures, to our educational insti-
tutions, honorably known throughout the length and breadth of the
land; to our magnificent charities, our eminent men of the present, and
it is altogether wise and right that we should feel thus. We converse
with the older men and women whom we meet in our daily walks and
from them obtain glimpses of the men and events of a quarter or half
century ago, but how few of us look farther into the past ! How few
of us know the part which our city, then but a village, played in the
stirring scenes of the Revolution ! How few realize the dangers from
Indian tomahawk and scalping knife which the forefathers braved as
they planted the seeds of the new settlement near the great bend of
the river, at the foot of the overhanging mountain ! It seems espe-
cially fitting, then, that we should pause for a brief hour in the midst
of the festivities which surround us to look back upon the earlier days,
and follow the forefathers as they went in and out among the rude
cabins which their industry had built, to trace the progress of advanc-
ing industry and culture and refinement through its various stages,
from the crude settlement and hardy frontier village of the pioneers,
to the present position of power and influence which our municipality
holds.

We might entertain a feeling of peculiar pride could we know that
the early settlement of this region was the result of devotion to some
tenet of religion, or in defence of some principle of humanity or lib-
erty; but a more material motive seems to have been the impelling
force. The rich meadow lands seen by earlier explorers, the possibil-
ity of acquiring greater wealth, the desire to turn these unused treas-
ures of nature to present usefulness, were the powers that led the three-
score pioneers to set out from Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor and
Springfield for the fertile lands farther up the river, which seemed to
them to fulfill the Scriptural promise of "a land flowing with milk
and honey."

So we may see them, in fancy, during those May days of 1654,
wending their way along the banks of the Connecticut, striking boldly
across the fields and through the woods along a trail where busy high-
ways now run and Westfield, Southampton and Easthampton stand,
then on until they reached the banks of Mill river at the point now
crossed by the West-street bridge, but not finding a suitable ford, fol-
lowed the south bank of the stream to the spot where later the old South-
street bridge stood, and there they fordecl the river and pitched their
camp that first night on the east side of what is now Pleasant street.

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It is gratifying to know that the business deaHngs of the settlers
with the Indians were always of an honorable nature. The land was
not claimed merely by right of settlement, but the Indians were paid
what they considered to be a fair compensation, namely, a hundred
fathoms, (625 feet), of wampum, ten coats, and a few small trinkets.
In exchange for this sum was granted all the land along the river from
Mount Tom and the falls at South Hadley, to the great bend of the river
above Hadley, extending nine miles westward from the river bank.
From this territory have been carved the present towns of Northamp-
ton, Easthampton, Southampton and Westhampton, and parts of
Montgomery and Hatfield.

The name of the Indian tribe from whom this rich territory was
purchased was "Nonotuck," variously pronounced Nealwatog, Nor-
wottage, and Norwottuck, meaning "In the midst of the river," and
from this fact the name Nonotuck was given to the new settlement.
But within eight months of the time of settlement the name North-
ampton was in more or less common use, and for a number of years
thereafter the two names were used interchangeably, and in some of
the early public documents reference was made to Nonotuck in one
part and to Northampton in another.

There were two reasons for the use of this new name. One was
that some of the settlers, while still in the land of King Charles, had
their homes in Northampton, England, and with a feeling that has a
touch of pathos in it, as we look back upon it, wished to perpetuate
the name that bore with it the associations of a home far over the
seas.

The other reason is found in the meaning of the name "Northern
town," and as this was the northernmost town on the Connecticut
river, the combination of sentiment with appropriateness of meaning
gave us the name dear to later generations through its own inherent
associations.

Every head of a familv was given four acres of land within the
village for a home lot, and fifteen acres of "river land," which we now
call meadow land. For every additional male member of the family
three acres were added to the original grant, and with the idea of at-
tracting and holding settlers of substance, an additional grant of twenty
acres of river land was made for every hundred pounds which a
settler might possess. But one condition was attached: that there
should be four years of actual occupancy before ownership became
complete.

There is always an importance attached to first events of their
kind in a new community, and so it is of i,D^^Kst to note that the first
marriage in Northampton was that of D^i e T Burt to Mary Holton,
the young couple living on King street, where the old Allen place now
stands; the first birth was that of Ebenezer Parsons, who lost his life
twenty years later in the first Indian attack on Northfield; the first

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tavern was kept by John Webb, on the site of Spooner's market; the
first street laid out was Pleasant street, which bore in turn the names
of Bartlett street. Prison Lane and Comfort street; the first settler
on King street was John King, for whom the street was named, and
not for the king of England, as many suppose, for kings were not pop-
ular with the Puritans in the days of Cromwell's power; the first court
was held March 24, 1661, while the first meeting-house was built in
1655, and the first schoolmaster, James Cornish, took office in 1663.
History tells us that this same Cornish was a great offender in the line
of profanity and was actually arrested and fined in court for the
offence.

As in every primitive New England village the church and its
associations formed the center of all life, we are not surprised to learn
that before the settlement had been in existence six months a contract
for building a meeting-house was let, although no organized church
existed. This building stood at the corner of Main and King streets
then, on the spot later known as Meeting House Jlill, and after be-
ing used as a house of worship for six years gave way to a more elabo-
rate structure and was itself used as a school -house. But though a
meeting-house was built before the village was a year old, no definite
church organization existed for nearly seven years after the settle-
ment. But in April, 1661, a church organization was effected, and
it is interesting to note among the founders, names with which we are
familiar as borne by men whom we meet daily on our streets, many
of them direct descendants of the fathers. Wright, Bridgman, Will-
iams, Mather, Clark, Cook, Lyman, Parsons, Strong, Roote, these
were among the stalwart men who laid the foundations of the old First
church.

No sketch of Northampton's history, however brief, would be
just to itself or its subject if it failed to recognize the power and in-
fluence of this church. At one time the most prominent and influ-
ential church in all the colonies, if not in the whole Protestant world,
with its long line of eminent pastors who have been leaders of thought
and speech far beyond the natural limits of a provincial parish, the
names of Mather, vStoddard, Edwards, Hooker, WilHams, are insep-
arably associated with the growth and prosperity of the grand old
town which is our pride today.

In these days of purely voluntary church attendance it is inter-
esting to look back upon the old days, when every man, woman and
child was compelled to attend the two church services of the Sabbath
under penalty of fine; when the minister preached two sermons
a day, each sermon from one to two hours long, the morning sermon
called the Discussion, and the afternoon discourse known as the Ap-
plication, being generally a further treatment of the morning's theme.
No musical church bell called the worshippers to their accustomed
places, but the long roll of the drum, or, in later years, the harsh blare

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of the trumpet, told the villagers that their Sabbath feast of intellect-
ual piety was spread.

A description of any old-time church service will answer very well
for our purpose, for all were much alike. The women seated on one
side of the church, the men on the other; the minister in his high pulpit
under the great sounding-board." no organ whose music should lift the
soul heavenward, but, in the later days the viol, flute and cornet to
lead the singing. But in the earliest days these accessories were deem-
ed unseemly in the house of God, and no music but that of the human
voice was heard, as the leader "deaconed" the hymns, reciting a line
or two, ending invariably with the word "sing," at which the congre-
gation would unite their voices in the lines read and wait for the next
couplet, and so on through the eight, ten or twelve stanzas of the hymn.
In Jonathan Edwards' day, however, the choral church music of North-
ampton had attained an enviable reputation, and in the middle of
the last century the chorus choirs of a hundred or a hundred and twen-
ty-five voices, with organ, cornets, violins, flutes and double basses,
must have given a volume of uplifting song that would make the efforts
of our church quartets of today seem but a semblance of music as an
element of worship which otir grandfathers and great-grandfathers
knew.

Interesting and profitable as it would be to follow the progress
of the town from year to year, or to study its development along spe-
cial lines from their beginning to their present condition, lack of time
forbids and we can touch upon only a few of the more prominent feat-
ures of our history, that stand out with a little more distinctness than
many others of almost, if not quite, equal importance.

In 1656 Northampton was stirred to its depths by a witchcraft
excitement, which, while it did not reach the stage of fanaticism which
developed in Salem thirty years later, was still ground for the bitter-
est personal enmities. We may sm.ile at the idea of being in league
with the Evil One and by this alliance gaining power to inflict bodily
and material harm upon others, but as we read the account of the
trials for witchcraft which agitated the Connecticut valley, we are
forced to believe that the dangers of the powers of darkness as per-
sonified in the suspected women were very real to the Bridgmans and
Parsonses and Hannums who were the accusers or accused.

The traditions of the Connecticut valley are so full of Indian lore
that we scarcely need to be reminded that the redskins, after the first
period of peaceful settlement had passed, were a continual source
of torment to the settlers and their children. With the Nonotucks,
the Pocumtucks, the Agawams, the Waronoaks, the Squakeags, the
Nipmucks, the Narragansetts and an occasional band of Mohawks
wandering about the country, ever on the alert for scalps and plunder,
we may easily imagine that a feeling of absolute security from the

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redskins was not generally indulged. Nor would the occasional mur-
ders of men who had wandered a little distance from their homes in
South street, or the slaying of men cutting wood in Paradise, tend to
allay their fears.

In the Indian war, commonly known as King Philip's war, North-
ampton played a prominent part. Although, contrary to the impres-
sion of many, no Northampton men lost their lives in the Bloody
Brook massacre, her sons rendered valiant service in the later defence
of Deerfield, Northfield, Hatfield, Turners Falls, and in nearly all the
more important battles with the Indians, and against the name of
many a promising Northampton youth is to be found the inscription,
"Killed by Indians at Pasquamscot," or "Pascommuck," or "Capawon."

So great was the danger to the village thought to be that in No-
vember, 1675, martial law was declared and a palisade erected, be-
ginning at Bridge street above the cemetery, extending down Pom-
eroy Terrace to Mill River, thence along the north bank of the river
to the spot where we are now seated, then to Plymouth Inn, across
Elm and State streets to Park street, from there to King street, near
the French Catholic church, and back to the starting point. Every
able-bodied man was compelled to work at its construction under
penalty of a fine of five shillings for each day he absented himself
from the work. The old church and school-house was used as a guard-
house.

On March 14, 1676, occurred the only serious and organized
attack on the town. Some five hundred or six hundred Indians, pos-
sibly under command of Philip himself, attacked the palisade at three
points, the first on the east side of Round Hill, the second at King
street, the third and main point of attack being at the lower end of
Pleasant street. At this point the palisade was broken through and
in the fight which followed four men and one girl were killed and six
men wounded. The death of Philip in 1676 put an end to the war.

In King William's war Northampton played no important part,
and in Queen Anne's war the Indians in unorganized bands were the
main source of trouble. In this connection the Rev. Solomon Stod-
dard suggested that dogs be trained to run down the Indians, on the
ground that they were no better than wolves, and deserved no better
treatment — surely a strange suggestion to come from a minister
of the gospel. It was in this war that Caleb Lyman, a native of North-
ampton and one of the greatest scouts in all colonial history, by his
shrewdness and energy thwarted a plan for the capture of the valley
towns by the combined French and Indian forces.

In the next French and Indian war, known as King George's
war, while there was no actual fighting in this and neighboring settle-
ments, the town was fortified. Of greater interest is the fact that the
Northampton company did yeoman service in Sir William Pepper-
ell's historic capture of Louisburg at Cape Breton, under command

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of Col. Seth Pomeroy, with Joseph Hawley as regimental chaplain.
In a letter to his wife Col. Pomeroy stated that the Northampton
company saw the hardest service and suffered the greatest exposure
of any company in the command.

Again in the French and Indian war of 1754-1763, Pomeroy and
Hawley rendered distinguished service, the latter having laid aside the
chaplain's Bible for the soldier's sword, and Northampton furnished
two hundred and seventeen soldiers in this war.

When we bear in mind the fact that in 1776 the population of
the town was only eighteen hundred souls, men, women and children,
we may form some idea of the willingness of Northampton's sons to
fight the battles of the mother country and her sister settlements.

The effects of the troublous times in Boston over the passage of
the Stamp Act in 1765 were not unfelt in the quiet Connecticut val-
lev. Our own Major Joseph Hawley dared to stand up boldly in the
assembly of the General Court and declare "The Parliament of Great
Britain has no right to legislate for us," and the same intrepid
patriot introduced a resolution condemning the right which the king
claimed of appointing officers and fixing their compensation. James
Otis, himself a leader in the agitation against British power and ag-
gression, declares that Joseph Hawley was one of the bravest, truest
patriots that he had ever known.

But enthusiastic as Hawley was, his fellow townsmen did not
so readily imbibe the anti-British enthusiasm. Northampton was
slow to respond to the calls for Committees of Safety and Correspond-
ence, even after the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party; so slow
as to call down upon herself the charge of lukewarmness in her atti-
tude, if not even disaffection tow^ard the interests of her fellow set-
tlements and the colonies at large; but in 1774 a Committee of Cor-
respondence, consisting of Joseph Hawley, Seth Pomeroy, John Ly-
man and Jacob Parsons, was chosen.

The conservative old town had at last awakened, and, as is so
often true, the temper that was not easily stirred burned with the
greater fierceness when once aroused.

Hawley and Pomeroy were sent as representatives to the first
and second Provincial Congresses of 1774 and 1775, and Hawley and
Lyman to the third, in 1775. A company of one hundred minute-
men was organized with Jonathan Allen as captain; the selectmen
bought three hundred and forty-five pounds of powder, a large amount
for those days, seven hundred and twenty pounds of lead, to be made
into continental bullets, and a thousand gunflints — all to be used in
resisting England's attempts to trample down the growing spirit of
independence in her American colonies.

And all this preparation was none too soon. At eleven o'clock
on the 2ist day of April, 1775, a horseman galloped up the village
street with the news from Lexington and Concord. The church bell

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was furiously rung as a signal for the assembling of the minute-men :
the ploughman left his blade in the furrow, the artisan his tools at the
bench, stopping only to seize his powder horn and musket, and all
ran to the green in front of the old church, where militant Christianity
as well as the Gospel of Peace had been preached. The men, forming
in line, the Rev. John Hooker asked the divine blessing on the right-
eous cause for which they were ready to lay down their lives. Col.
Seth Pomeroy made a brief address — need we say that it was fervid
and patriotic ? — and at three o'clock the little company was on the
march. That night they camped at Belchertown; the next the tired
men spread their blankets on the green at Brookfield ; the night after
Shrewsbury was reached, and as the sun sank out of sight that
24th of April Northampton's faithfvil band of minute-men marched
into Concord Square and Capt. Allen reported himself and men ready
for duty.

Although the Northampton company was in the vicinity of Boston,
Gen. Pomeroy was the only Northampton man in the fight at Bunker
Hill, but the honor of the town was nobly upheld by its one repre-
sentative. The company performed with credit its part in the seige
of Boston. In Benedict Arnold's ill-fated attack on Quebec, on the
last day of the year 1775, nine Northampton men were actively en-
gaged.

To follow the course of the men from this town throughout the
Revolution would involve a more or less complete history of the en-
tire war, but these instances, quoted from the records of the early days
of the conflict, show the spirit which animated the young men who
answered the call to a patriot's duty.

But in praising the deeds of arms we must not forget the quiet
but no less effective efforts of those who remained in the seclusion
of their homes; old men, too infirm to bear the rigors of a campaign;
the women, who gladly gave the very blankets from their beds when
the call came for more protection for the soldiers in the field, and
even the girls who knit the socks that were to be sent to the camps,
and the boys who cast the bullets for their fathers and older brothers
to use in battle, felt that they were having a part in the great struggle
for Independence, and who will question their right to the- claim ?

The records show that Northampton furnished to the war of the
Revolution three hundred and twenty-seven men, no less than one
soldier for every five inhabitants. Truly a noble record !

There is but one thing lacking to make our pride in the part which
the town played in the Revolution complete, and that is the fact that
when the news of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence
came there did not seem to be any realizing sense of its full meaning,
and while all the towns about held mass meetings for the ratification
of this momentous step, Northampton failed to put herself on record

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by any vote or resolution. But the activity of her sons and daugh-
ters in the actual struggle may well atone for any apparent lack of
interest in and sympathy with an act framed hundreds of miles away,
whose importance they were unable fully to understand.

At the close of the war a half-dozen years of unrest throughout
the country ensued, years which the historian, John Fiske, has well
called "The Critical Period of American History." The war debt
averaged two hundred dollars for every householder in the country,
and the average family saw scarcely fifty dollars in actual money
throughout the whole year.

New England, and the Connecticut valley in particular, were in
an especially deplorable condition from this state of affairs, and when
a further tax was laid by the state legislature to supplement the funds
of Congress and the courts began to impose sentence for non-payment
of taxes, we can hardly wonder that an insurrection — the affair known
in history as Shays' Rebellion — broke out.

Court was appointed to convene in Northampton the last Tues-
day in August, 1786. Foreseeing further prosecutions and convic-
tions, for non-payment of taxes, fifteen hundred of the followers of
Shays, armed with muskets, swords and clubs, gathered around the
court-house, determined that it "should not" meet, and so vigorous
was the demonstration that the court was actually unable to sit, and
popular opinion was so strongly with the insurrectionists that it was
some little time before the court was again held regularly in North-
ampton. It must not be supposed that all these fifteen hundred
men belonged in the town, for the entire population was but little
larger than the mob. Many overburdened taxpayers had flocked to
the county seat from Hatfield and Pelham, from Hadley and Prescott,
from Plainfield and Amherst, all roused to the point of violent demon-
stration by what they felt to be the injustice of the government, ready
to wreak vengeance on the visible representatives of governmental
power, the courts.

After this first outbreak, however, Northampton took no active
part in the rebellion other than to give welcome and shelter to abotit
two hundred and fifty of Shays' men on their way back to Amherst
and Pelham after their disastrous conflict with the state militia under
General Shepard at the Springfield Armory. It is interesting, though
not strictly relevant to local history, to know that fourteen of the
leaders, who were, in the letter and spirit of the law, guilty of treason
against the state, and had been condemned to death, were reprieved
by Gov. James Bowdoin and pardoned by his successor. Gov. John
Hancock, though Samuel Adams, then president of the state senate,
sturdily opposed the action of the Governor in thus using the par-
doning power.

Our rapid review of the history of the town has covered a full
century and a half, and the progress of the nineteenth century looms

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up before us; that century which one writer says saw more advance-
ment in human arts and culture than ah the four thousand years that
had preceded it. The task of tracing the growth and progress which
that century has brought to Northampton is greater than j^our pa-
tience would bear today, but the story is written all about us, in gran-
ite and enduring masonry, in the evidences of commercial industry,
and philanthropic enterprise. All these tell of progress more clearly
than any spoken words could do, and emphasize to our minds more
forcibly than the most skilfully worded narrative the story of growth
and advancement from the country village with a population of twen-
ty-two hundred souls, which the opening century beheld, to the thriv-
ing city with ten times twenty-two hundred loyal citizens in these
early days of the twentieth century.

Northampton has ever been the home of men eminent in the
church, the college, the state and the nation. Stoddard, Edwards,
Hawley and Pomeroy have alreadv been mentioned as sons in whose
fame a community might well rest content; but each generation has
sent out its sons to take up with honor and distinction the work which
the fathers have left. Among them may be mentioned Thomas Allen,
the "Fighting Parson"; Timothy Dwight, divine, poet and author;
Caleb Strong, for eleven years Governor of Massachusetts, one of the
purest men who ever occupied the gubernatorial chair, whose worth
was attested by the fact that his term of office was the longest of any
man who has ever occupied that exalted station; Isaac C. Bates, United
States Senator, a colleague of Daniel Webster and an orator unsur-
passed in Western Massachusetts; Elijah H. Mills, United States Sena-
tor and a lawyer without a superior in the Commonwealth; Eli P. Ash-
mun, another member of the United States Senate; his son, George
Ashmun, for three terms representative in Congress, and chairman of
the Republican Convention of i860 which nominated Abraham Lin-
coln for the Presidency; William D. Whitney, Professor of Sanskrit
and Modern Languages in Yale University, perhaps the greatest lin-
guist and philologist of modern times; Erastus Hopkins, clergyman,
scholar and orator; Charles E. Forbes, whose magnificent gift to the
city is a daily inspiration to higher thought and nobler life; all these
and many more whose names and deeds are but little less widely known,
have spread Northampton's name from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf.

Truly, the fathers have bequeathed to us a history of which any
city in the land might well be proud. Truly, our jubilation today
is not based merely on the lapse of uneventful years.

Truly, the influence of this grand old town will be felt in the fu-
ture generations and ages, as it has been in the two centuries and a
half just closing, and in the years to come may it be said, as in the
days now past, "Her children arise up and call her blessed."

R E M A R K S OF MR

CAMPION

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Hon. S a m f e l S . Campion
Northampton, Eng'and

MR. Campion said that he was addressing the children and the
future citizens of Northampton. It had occurred to him
that they would like to obtain some idea of Northampton
in Old England. As in this Celebration there is much dealing with
history, he would mention some things connected with the history of
his older city, for it was very old. Where here we considered a building
very old if it can number 250 years, in Northampton, England, there
are buildings nine hundred years old, dating back to the time almost
when William the Conqueror conquered England and made Northamp-
ton a family possession.

From this point Mr. Campion went on with an interesting narra-
tion of the building of the first Norman church and castle in Old North-
ampton, the history of which was connected with the life of that re-
markable figure in history, Bishop Thomas a Becket. These buildings

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are still standing, as also a beautiful structure known as Queen Eleanor's
Cross, now 500 years old, of which Mr. Campion told a curious
story of betrayal and devotion. The ancient town was nearly
destroyed by fire, in 1675, ^^^ only two domestic buildings exist to-
day that were built before the fire, and these are related, in a measure,
to the religious and political traditions upon- which this Northampton
in New England was founded.

One house was erected by a Welshman, and the motto is still to
be seen, "Without God, without everything." The other is known
as Cromwell House, and tradition says Cromwell slept in it the night
before the battle of Naseby — June 14, 1645 — nine years before vour
city was founded. For the town was with the parliament, and rejoiced
when Charles the First's power was shattered on Nasebv field, which
is only about fourteen miles from Northampton.

Mr. Campion concluded as follows-

It would be easy to occupy a long time by telling you about the
history of the old town, from which your city was named. But it
would all go to show that Northampton's citizens in the seventeenth
century were remarkable for their simple faith and stern devotion
to duty — that they were men, men with strong convictions and un-
bendable backbone, and that their womenfolk were of the same heroic
mould as themselves. It was of such stuff that the early settlers
were made, whom the old country sent over to form your settlements
here — to create a new Northampton in Massachusetts.

Shall I tell you one thing that makes it especially interesting to
me to be here at this Celebration, and to have the opportunitv of sav-
ing a few words to you? An ancestor of George Washington held
the office of Mayor of Northampton twice in the sixteenth century,
and another ancestor of his lies in a cjuiet grave in a parish church
within half a dozen miles of Northampton. On that grave is a me-
morial brass bearing the Washington coat of arms; and on that coat
of arms are the stars and the bars, which gave you "The Stars and
Stripes" — your national flag.

Yours is a beautiful city, a diamond of the first water, set in a
landscape of exquisite beauty. Your lines have fallen in pleasant
places, you have a goodh^ heritage. You have a noble ancestry —
men and women from whom it is your proud privilege to have de-
scended. Young men and maidens, great principles are yours, glo-
rious traditions — see that you hand these inestimable blessings un-
impaired to those who may come after you. You owe it to those who
went before you, to the men and women who, by their struggles, their
sufferings, their triumphs, made possible the blessings vou now en jo v.
You owe it to those who come after you that the priceless heritage

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191

of your rights and liberties shall in nowise be lessened or its lustre
dimmed by anything you may do or say. Most of the men who came
to make this new world for civil and religious liberty were not great
men, as the world counts greatness; although they were truly great
in all those qualities which are the marks of real excellence. But
they made the world better for those who were to come. An old shoe-
maker named Timothy Bennett — we are great boot and shoemakers
in Old Northampton — lived near London in the eighteenth centurv.
A path through a Royal Park — Bushe)^ Park — made the connection
between two villages short and convenient for the inhabitants, of whom
Timothy was one. A noble lord who was ranger of the park tried
to close the path and so compel the people of one village to go a long
way round to get to the other village. Timothy said it should not
be done if he could help it. He had saved a little mone}^ and he used
it all to fight the great lord in the English Law Courts. He won. When
asked why he, a poor shoemaker, troubled to fight this question —
how he dared to contest it with a great lord — he modestly replied,
he had always had a desire to leave the world better than he found
it. Now if the same spirit, strengthened by the remembrance of the
fidelity and deeds of a noble ancestry, only actuate you, this beauti-
ful city of yours and its people may look forward to a future still more
glorious than its past.

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THE BALL G A M E 3^ M N D A T A ET ERNOON

WHATEVER the future of the great American game of base-
ball- may be, it would be unfair to lovers of the game in
this generation and make an imperfect history of the Cele-
bration, not to include some mention of the game provided by the
Committee on Sports and Games, and played on the driving park
Monday afternoon.

Under the management of George P. O'Donnell and William M.
Kiely, Northampton was boasting in the Quarter-Millennial year of
her history of about the best baseball team she had ever placed in
the field. It could have been excelled only by the famous old "Eagle"
baseball nine of Florence, some twentv-five years before, but the
"Eagles" were composed wholly of home-bred men and the Northamp-
ton nine of 1904 was made up, as was the custom of the time, of care-
fully chosen and paid men, found in different parts of the country.

The game played Monday was between the home nine and the
Springfield league team, and it was fondly hoped by the home "rooters"
that Springfield would be beaten again, as she once had been a few
days before, by the home team. But the Quarter-Millennial Celebra-
tion was not destined to have this victorv added to its otherwise com-
plete record of triumphs. The game was free, and it was estimated
that three thousand people witnessed the struggle. It was probably
the biggest crowd that ever saw a baseball game in Northampton.
Not only was the grand -stand filled, but around behind the fielders
there was an unbroken line of spectators. To describe the game in
detail would be only to repeat a mass of technical phrases which
might or might not be interesting to future generations who read this
history of a celebration. It is probably sufficient to say that the Spring-
field team came to Northampton determined to win, and for this pur-
pose secured "Jack" Hess, the best pitcher in the Connecticut league;
so that when the game closed, with a score of 3 to o, the wonder was
not that Springfield secured three runs, or that Northampton did not
score at all, but that the visitors did not run up their score to the twen-
ties or thirties. But the Northampton nine had at least the satisfac-
tion of keeping the Springfielders' ambitions within reasonable limits.
As a matter of record, the score is herewith appended:

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Springfield

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Connors, 2b 3

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Hemming, Hess, Daly. First base on balls — Connor, Kane, Connors 2, Hale.
Left on bases — Springfield, 8; Northampton, 4. Struck out by Hess — Cainp-
bell, Crook, O'Brien, Daly, Roe, Sturgis, Kane; by Kane — O'Connor, Hannifin
2, Hale, Flanagan. Batter hit by Kane — Cassidy. Double play — Crook and
Kane. Time — One hour, twenty minutes. Umpire — Reardon.

AND

CONCERT

BAND concerts were given Monday afternoon and evening by
the Northampton Band, Albert N. Baldwin, leader, at Bridge-
street park. This local organization, effectively organized, gave
excellent satisfaction and played with a good degree of artistic finish
these programs, which were heard by thousands of people:

Concert at 2.30 p. m.

March: " Old Friends,"
Overture: " Bohemian Girl,"
Waltz: "Blue Danube,"
Selection: "Down on the Farm,"
Two Hungarian Dances,
Serenade: "Just for Tonight,"
Two Step: "Bedelia,"

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Concert at S p. m.

1. March: "Vashti,"

2. Overture: "Rayinond,"

3 Mazurka: " Russi La Czarini,"

4. Ballet Music: "Opera Naila,"

5. Serenade: "Cupid's Channs,"

6. Character Sketch: "A Bit of Essence,"

7. Two Step: "Championship,"

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The band also participated in the parade Tuesday and provided
music for the bancpet Tuesday afternoon and the display of fireworks
at the driving park in the evening.

POEMS CONTRIBUTED

TWO poems were received by the Celebration authorities and
will be found following.
The first poem was contributed by Charles M. Shepherd,
who, writing from Hebron, Neb., and acknowledging the invitation
to attend the Celebration, said that he was a great-grandson of Dr.
Levi Shepherd and Mary Pomeroy Shepherd. Mr. Shepherd him-
self is an author and lecturer of considerable renown, whose services
are much in request through the Redpath Lyceum Bureau, and his
letter and poem were referred by the Invitations Committee to the
Executive Committee, who voted to accept the poem and turn it over
to the press.

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The earth has had its singer.

To chant its joy and its pain,
But bra\'e New England's Psalter

Bore the world on its refrain

Sometimes we hear at evening

The song that our fathers sang,
Long shores of mena'ry streaming,

As clear as it ever rang.

Out of the forest splendor.

Like the sound of a rifle shot,
In cradle music most tender.

Comes the chord well-nigh forgot.

They sang o'er age long bondage,

The requiem of its death.
Then gave triumphant homage

To God, in reverent breath.

The organ reeds of ocean

Caught the anthem Freedom gave,
Bearing that hour's devotion

To every shore with a slave.

Heard in the falling timber

And the axeman's mighty stroke.
Heard by the steadied timber

Where the battle cannon spoke.

Heard where the toiling fisher

Spun out the length of his net.
Heard where the navy's sailor

His glorious banner set.

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The world had nc-\-er hstened

To a finer note than theirs,
Who reared, thousj;h trial chastened

That altar free for their prayers.

Then uji through twilight shadows.
Fragrant from old-time iiowers,

The breeze from wood and meadows
Bore the note of fairer hours.

Down from the great log shelter,

When the latch-string outward swung

Out from the humming spinner,
When the hearthside music rung.

Then b_v the lowly cradle.

From the noble walnut hewn.

From round the laden table.
On Thanksgiving afternoon,

Voices that bore life's story.
As the passing seasons grew,

To sing in fireplace glory.
The homeland music true.

Five times in battle ardor

Rang war's jubilant refrain.
And five times halter charger

Proud, was homeward turned again.

The psalms yon heroes uttered
Were spoken for sons unborn,

Brave sons that never faltered
When their colors fair were worn.

God grant that we, descendants

Of the nation's royal stock.
May ever stand defendants

Of right in the battle shock.

Teach us, O Lord, the measure
That shall cheer a struggling race;

May we find truth the treasure

That shall round our years with grace.

Then sometime, like a leaven.

Midst the great Republic's 3'ears,

Our sons shall hear love's paean
Quickening a world with cheers.

Filled with a mighty yearning
To work Immanuel's will,

Their lips with message burning
In new Pentecosts shall thrill.

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The following sonnet, written by Frances Stoddard Murray of
Cardross, Scotland, came to the Executive Committee and was given
to the press. Mrs. Murray is the oldest daughter of Arthur Stoddard
and granddaughter of the late Solomon Stoddard, for so many years
clerk of the Hampshire courts, and who died in i860. The poem was
received Saturday, upon the eve of the Celebration.

Sonnet to IHortbanipton

For its 230th Aintiveysary

Northampton! fair thy hiUs, thy valley sweet.
And dear are thy elm-shaded paths to me.
Who fain would at thy bidding cross the sea,
My kindred and thy soil once more to greet.
And might I go once more to them and thee,
How gladly would I haste my willing feet
To pass the pleasant June in joyance free.

Take greeting from me now, my Father's town !

My spirit is with you on this high day.

To wish that you may grow in strength alway.

In stately beavity, and in fair renown.

With learning of the academic gown.

Thus, though I may not leave my Scottish home.

My sympathy and \o\e shall cross the ocean foam.

CONCERT Br
FOCAL CLUB

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- MONDAY EVENING

THE Northampton Vocal Club, which had such an important
part in the musical service of the Celebration, has achieved
fame as one of the best male chorus organizations in the
country, ranking with the leading choruses in the larger centers, and,
lest this may seem careless praise, the statement here deserves record,

that more than one well -qualified musical
critic, from Boston and New York, present
at the Service of vSong and the concert,
expressed themselves surprised at the musi-
cal showing made here. They said they w^ere
looking for an exhibition of country music,
but found a musical organization equal to
the best in the large cities. But so it has
long been with Northampton, as every one
well versed in its historv knows. The club
was organized in February, 1896, by the
leading singers of the towm, and under the
direction of Ralph L. Baldwin accomplished
the most finished artistic product, and in-
stantly sprang into high favor among the
music lovers of the city. For eight seasons
it had given two concerts a season, which attracted much attention and
gave the club an extended reputation. The foot-note on the 250th
Anniversary Program gives an idea of the scope of the work of the
club.*

When plans for the 250th Anniversary wxre being made, the Vo-
cal Club voted to offer its services to the committee, and arrangements
were made for a concert by this organization, to precede the recep-
tion to be extended to the Governor of the Commonwealth. This con-
cert, which was given in the pavilion Monday evening, proved to be one
of the most popular features of the Celebration. Unique in the annals
of anniversarv observances, the concert was a most gracious offering
of the choicest musical art of the citv.

Ralph L . Baldwin

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the one at Northampton, and three in other places. The compositions given number 110, represent-
ing 69 composers. The club has been assisted by 34 vocal soloists, by orchestra four times, and by-
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The pavilion began to attract the people in anticipation of the
event, early in the evening. The weather conditions were more fa-
vorable than for the Sunday evening service, the atmosphere being
clearer and the heat less oppressive. Within the pavilion seats were
reserved on the stage for the Governor and his party and other
seats in front of the stage were reserved for the invited guests of the
city. The scene was one long to be remembered. At eight o'clock
the pavilion was crowded to its utmost capacity, many being unable
to find places within the enclosure. The club, numbering fifty men,
occupied seats on the raised platform, in the center of the stage, w4th
the Boston Festival Orchestra of thirteen men and the pianist, Mrs.
Albert E. Brown, immediately in front. The entrance of Governor
and Mrs. Bates, the Governor's staff and council, was impressive. As
the party entered and were escorted to their seats, the orchestra played
"Hail to the Chief"; the audience promptly arose and remained stand-
ing until the Governor was seated. The director of the concert, Ralph
L. Baldwin, appeared and the opening number on the program was
at once taken up.

The work of the club was ecjual to its highest standard of artis-
tic effect. In the heavier concerted numbers the result with the male
voices and the orchestra was thrilling. The lighter numbers suffered
somewhat on account of the poor acoustic properties of the open pa-
vilion. The club was given an enthusiastic reception and the applause
was especially noticeable at the close of Mr. Baldwin's composition,
"The Hymn Before Action," which the club sang with inspiring effect.
The orchestral numbers were rendered with artistic finish and the
solo by Albert E. Brown was a highly creditable performance of the
beautiful bass aria from the oratorio of "The Creation." In response
to the encore he gave a spirited rendering of Schumann's "Two Gren-
adiers." The program was as follows:

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1. "At Sea," Chorus of Sailors, Dudley Buck

From Longfellow's "Golden Legend."

THE CLUB WITH ORCHESTRA

2. Overture: "RuyBlas," Felix Mendelssohn BartJuhiy

THE orchestra

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3. "It was a Lover and his Lass,"

Shakespeare's "As You Like It."

Music by S'Arclicr Gibson

THE CLUB

4. Aria: " Rolhng in Foaming Billows," Franz Joseph Haydn

From the Oratorio, "The Creation."

MR. BROWN WITH ORCHESTR.\

5. "Hymn before Action,"

Words by Ritdyard Kipling Music by Ralph L. Baldwin

THE CLUB WITH ORCHESTRA

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6. Waltz Sox g: " Wine, Woman and Song,"

THE CLUB WITH ORCHESTRA

7. Hungarian Dance,

8. "The Lamp in the West,"

THE ORCHESTRA

THE CLUB

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Horatio W. Parker

Q. "The Nun of Nidaros,"

Words by Longfellow Music by Daniel Protheroe

THE CLUB WITH ORCHESTRA

FoUowinsf is a list of the active members of the club :

Baldwin, Ralph L.
Babbitt, Lewis F.
Barnett, Henry E.
Bingham, William H.
Brown, Albert E.
Campbell, Gordon
Chilson, Haynes H.
Clark, Clifford M.
Clark, Howard H.
Connor, James
Crosby, Frank P.
Currier, Harold N.
Currier, Edward A.
Deady, Eugene F.
Doerring, Henry
Dyer, Albert F.
Eastwood, Harry P.

Feiker, William H.
Graves, Harry P.
Graves, Herbert R.
Graves, Thaddeus, Jr.
Hanley, Thomas F.
Harris, Raymond B.
Haven, Edward A.
Henne, Albert F.
HiBBERT, James J.
Hitchcock, John S.
Howard, Edwin C.
Kelley, Herbert T.
Lee, Samuel W.
Locke, Owen
Martin, Daniel A.
Maynard, M. Dewey
Meekins, Edward M.

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Nash, J. Walter
Nash, Warner H.
Noble, William
Porter, Leo H.
PuRRixGTON, Edward C.
Purrington, Leroy F.
Prince, John
Readio, Charles H.
Readio, Frank M.
Riley, Herbert E.
Roberts, Frank W.
Sauter, Charles L.

Starkweather, Frederick M.
Starkweather, Roderick M.
Steele, Roy W.
Strong, John L.
Stevens, Clayton P.
Stratton, Edwin F.
Tetro, Walter F.
Whitbeck, Arthur B.
Wellman, L. Lee
Williams, Henry L.
Williston, Robert L.
Witherell, John C.

Eiecutive Committee

Henry L. Williams, President

Haynes H. Chilson, Vice-President
Edwin C. Howard. Secretary

William H. Feiker, Treasurer

Leo H. Porter, Librarian
Samuel W. Lee

Harry P. Eastwood

At the conclusion of the concert announcement was made that
the reception to the Governor would immediately follow, and almost
the entire assembly remained to avail themselves of the opportunity
to pav their respects to the head of the Commonwealth.

Governor Bates stood at the head of the receiving line, with Mrs.
Bates on his left. Opposite them were Mayor Hallett and Mrs. Hal-
lett, and others in the line were the Governor's staff officers, Samuel
S. Campion of England, Councilor and Mrs. Richard W. Irwin, Prof.
Henry M. Tyler, Charles N. Clark, George Wright Clark, Charles A.
Clark, Alexander L. Dragon, Rear Admiral Francis A. Cook, and
Major Frederick E. Pierce of Greenfield. Councilor Irwin was mas-
ter of ceremonies, and for over an hour the people filed to the front
of the platform and exchanged handshakes with the notabilities.

This same evening was illumination evening, and Main street
was most brilliant with light, the merchants adding to the general
brilliancy by lighting their stores, and many private citizens their
residences. The display lasted until midnight.

AIR Meadow City ! Robed abovit in wide
And fertile prairie — for thy garment's hem

Shining Connecticut weaves round his sinuous tide.
And bathes thy beauteous feet. Thy diadem
With Labor's and with Learning's every gem

Is set, on hill and plain and busy stream ;

Where'er thy children toil thou cheerest them

With soft or sturdy nurture. Limner's dream

Scarce paints to match thee, as thy varied bounties teem.

In love and duty we, thy servants, bring

For joyful celebration of thy praise.
And of our loyal past this offering,

A picture of thy recent glorious days ;

Thy portrait and our memorial we raise,
Proud of th}' past, and of thy future sure —

Each storied page the passing time displays ,
Thy budding greatness shall in blossom lure
Otir pen, if life to us a stadium shall endure

Dr. ArsTix W.

Thompson.

THIRD DAYj^ TUESDAY

THE PEOPLE'S DAT 3^ THE PARADE
PRINCIPAL FEATURE OF THE CELEBRATION

DURING the night preceding the last day of the Celebration a
heavy storm raged, rain fell in torrents, and it seemed as if
all the powers of the universe were leagued against a successful
close of the great event. But the weather predictions in the
morning papers gave hope of a fair day, and by seven o'clock the rain
practically ceased falling. Later the sun shone otit at intervals, and
the day, although cloudy, with a lit-
tle shower after the parade, was
admirably adapted to the successful
culmination of all the closing events.
While the storm of the night and
the threatening clouds of the early
morning, doubtless caused many peo-
ple in other towns to stay at home
this last day of the Celebration, the
multitude which did appear taxed
the capacity of the city's streets and
transportation facilities nearly to the
limit. Steam trains from all direc-
tions arrived with many extra cars,
crowded to the doors, and those who
took the electric cars were fortunate
to find a footing on them anywhere.

The great spectacular event of
the Celebration was now at hand, in
in the long-worked-for and long-
expected parade. The psychological
moment of the Celebration had
arrived. The Sunday services, the

music, and the addresses of the previous day had drawn no such crowds.
Those days had been pregnant with meaning to all thoughtful lovers
of the old town; but the services of the Sunday hours and the exercises
of Monday were, so to speak, the prelude of the great popular rejoicing
which was yet to voice itself in further decoration and the most inspiring

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Chief Marshal of Parade

MARSHALS OF THE P A R A D p:

Top row, left to ripht — Captain Riciurd W. Irwix, Chief of Staff; Sheriff Jairus E.
Clark, Chief; Colonel Henry L. Williams.

Center — Captain Edward P. Hall; Edward L. Shaw.

Bottom — .John .J. Raleigh, Frederick E. ("hase, Frederick f!. .Jacer.

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of pageantry and martial
music. Now the people
were prepared to show
their joy in a spectacle of
the greatest splendor that
could be created with lim-
ited time and means. And
this popular love of the
spectacular has its uses,
even at such a time.
When victorious armies
return to their homes,
there is always the proud
marching procession of
thousands of human forms,
exultant with glory, keep-
ing step to jubilant bursts
of music, and the .success-
ful culmination of all great
events has always been
marked by popular ac-
claim, in one form or another, but most generally in the way described.
So that Tuesday, the last dav of the Celebration, may be called pecu-
liarly the people's dav. The popular love of pageantry, show, loud and
joyous music, beautiful foims of decoration, and the martial tread of
thousands of uniformed men, was to be gratified; and well the people
responded to view the magnificent pageant prepared to voice both
their civic pride and to entertain them.

The enormous multitude gathered upon the leading streets of the
city had plenty to see and hear before the parade began. As fast as
the bands arrived they were detailed to escort certain organizations,
and marchings and countermarchings, with the music, kept the air
tremulous with sound for about two hours before the organized column
of march was ready to start. Company H. of the Naval Brigade, from
Springfield, came in earlv, and wheeled in front of the Citv Hall, with a
true sea-dog gait, and the visiting companies of militia, with the home
Company I, inade a greater displav of militarv force than Northampton
has seen for generations, to the delight of youthful beholders and the
admiration of all, especially the ladies and children.

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The crowds on Main street had increased almost to a blockade a half
hour before the procession appeared, and this notwithstanding every
vantage point of view on all the residence streets along the line of march
had been seized upon. Every window in the business blocks of Main
street was occupied; the roofs, where available, were utilized, and the
sidewalks were in most places so impassable that those determined
upon moving from one place to another could only do so by rushing
from the sidewalk into the street and dodging the various vehicles.
Had it been a fairer day, with no threatening weather in the night's
preceding hours, it would be difficult to say where the larger crowd
which might then have appeared could have been bestowed. It was a
multitude as it was, and, withal, an orderly, well-behaved one ; good-
natured and unselfish; every one seemed willing to give his neighbor as
good an opportunity as himself to see what was going on, and mothers
with small children were treated with much more forbearance than
they would meet with in the larger cities upon similar occasions.

The procession was advertised
to start promptly at ten o'clock,
and this time was not nutch over-
past when the report of two guns,
fired by the Naval Battalion, an-
nounced to the whole city that the
order, " Forward March," had
been given, and the line moved.
To thousands of impatient chil-
dren the few minutes waiting must
have seemed like the "c[uarter of
a millennium" they had read or
heard so much about the previous
weeks, before the music of the
first band in the line of march
was heard advancing, and Sheriff
and Chief Marshal Clark appeared,
with his accompanying troop of
deputies on horseback. Then it
was soon realized, by citizens and
visitors, that here was the biggest

thing of the kind Northampton colonel Henrv l

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seen — a pageant which, for charm and beauty of conception and
arrangement, and for intelligent illustration and typification of the
city's past and present, could not have been bettered with the means
and material furnished. The route of the procession was from its place
of main formation, on Bridge street, to Main, up King to Summer
street, from there to Crescent street, Henshaw avenue, up Elm to the
watering-trough, thence countermarching through Elm street to Main,
down Hawley to Hotyoke street, to Williams street and Pomeroy
Terrace to Bridge street. The order of procession and description of
the important features will be found following:

ORDER OF PROCESSION

Sixteen deputy sheriffs of Hampshire county: David H. Tillson of
Amherst, Myron S. Barton of Belchertown, Lewis W. Pettingill of
Cummington, Edward E. Janes of Easthampton, George S. Buck-
ner of Easthampton, Josiah W. Flint of Enfield, Reuben Bell of
Hadley, Edward A. Allen of Huntington, Edwin T. Hervey of
Northampton, Thomas A. Orcutt of Northampton, Martin L.
Barnes of South Hadlev, Frederick W. Brockway of South Hadley,
Maurice Fitzgerald of Ware, Franklin J. Browning of Ware,
Henry A. Bisbee of Williamsburg, Seth W. Kingsley of Hatfield —
the entire force of deputies of Hampshire county.

Jairus E. Clark of Northampton, chief marshal, and staff; Richard W.
Irwin of Northampton, chief of staff.

Staff: Homer C. Bliss of Florence, William A. Bailey of Northampton,
Louis F. Plimpton of Florence, John T. Keating of Northampton,
David T. Remington of Boston, Eastwood W. Thompson of North-
ampton, Seth S. AVarner of Northampton, John L. Mather of
Northampton, Capt. Chester W. French of Northampton, James
W. O'Brien of Northampton, Odell G. Webster of Easthampton,
Arthur J. Lamontaigne of Northampton, Louis Dragon of North-
ampton, James Lathrop of Northampton, in cow-boy costume.

jfirst division

Marshal, Col. Henry L. Williams; aids, Charles R. Farr, Thomas J.
Hammond, Malcolm D. Patteson.

Second Regiment Band of Springfield, 27 pieces. Francis W. Sutherland
leader ; William O'Brien, drum major.

Third Battalion of the Second Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Mili-
tia, Major Frederick E. Pierce of Greenfield. Capt. Edward E_

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Sawtell of Springfield, aid. Co. 1 of Northampton, 60 men, Albert
G. Beckmann, captain; Charles S. Riley, ist lieutenant. Co. M of
Adams, 42 men, James A. Campbell, captain; William O'Brien,
2d lieutenant. Co. L of Greenfield, 43 men, Lyman W. Griswold,
captain; Hugh E. Adams, ist lieutenant; Herbert N. Kelly, 2d
lieutenant. Co. G of Springfield, 56 men, William C. Hayes, captain;
Edward J. Leyden, ist lieutenant; William Butement, 2d lieuten-
ant. Co. H, Naval Brigade of Springfield, as artillery, with two
guns, 53 men; Ensign James M. Ropes, chief of company.

The Williamsburg Drum Corps, twelve pieces; Arthur F. Graves,
leader; George Kelly, drum major.

W. L. Baker Post No. 86, G. A. R., of Northampton, 75 men, John
P. Thompson, commander; Calvin B. Kingsley, junior vice-com-
mander.

Spanish War Veterans of Northampton, 40 men; James R. GilfiUan,
captain.

Governor John L. Bates, in a carriage drawn by four horses; in the
carriage with him, Mayor Henry C. Hallett, Adjutant-General
Samuel Dalton; outriders in continental costumes, Charles H.
Manson, Robert B. Weir, Robert H. Clapp, Frank L. Clapp.

Carriage, with Governor's staff, General Otis H. Marion, Colonel Edward
J. Gihon, Colonel John Perrins, Colonel Jenness K. Dexter.

Carriage, with Judge Loranus E. Hitchcock of Chicopee, District-Attor-
ney Dana Malone of Greenfield, Sherifi^ Embury P. Clark of
Hampden county, Sheriff Isaac Chenery of Franklin county.

Carriage, with Superintendent Jacob H. Carfrey of the Northampton
public schools. Judge William G. Bass.ett, Principal Joseph H.
Sawyer of Williston Seminary, Easthampton.

Carriage, with Rev. Dr. Henry T. Rose, Principal Clarence B. Roote of
the Northampton high school. County Treasurer Edwin H. Banister.

Carriage, with George Sheldon of Deerfield, historian and antiquarian,
and Frederick N. Kneeland of Northampton.

Carriage, with Chief Thomas C. Gleason of the fire department of the
town of Ware, Chief George H. Byers of the fire department of
the town of Westfield, Chief John E. Pomphret of the fire depart-
ment of the citv of Chicopee.

Carriage, with Mayor Arthur B. Chapin of Holyoke, Aldermen John J.
Kennedy and Moses Bassett of Northampton, Selectman George. D.
Storrs of Ware.

Carriage, with Alderman Edward J. Jarvis of Northampton, Town
Clerk Francis A. Loud of Westhampton, Selectman Lawrence
Malloy of Williamsburg, Selectman Matthew J. Ryan of Hatfield.

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Carriage, with Alderman Dennis J. Meehan of Northampton, Select-
man A. Drury Rice of Westhampton, Lucius E. Parsons of the
Eastham|)ton special committee, Selectman Francis S. Reynolds
of Hadley.

Carriage, with Representative Harry E. Graves of Hatfield, Watson H.
Wright of the Easthampton special committee. Selectman Nelson
Randall of Belchertown, Councilman Alexander W. Ewing of
Northampton.

Carriage, with Selectman Albert I. G. Quigley of Southampton, John N.
Lyman of the Easthampton special committee. Selectman Samuel
B. Dickinson of Granby, Councilman Clarence E. Hodgkins.

Carriage, with Selectman Martin Norris, Town Clerk Frederick E. Judd,
Moderator Homer O. Strong, of Southampton, and Councilman
Arthur C. Herrick.

Carriage, with Councilmen Alfred J. Preece, Roderick M. Starkweather,
Michael W. Meehan and Abbot L. Gloyd.

Carriage, with Councilmen S. William Clark, Edgar J. Hebert, Charles
S. Beals, George H. Drviry.

Carriage, with Councilmen Homer O. Adams, James H. O'Dea and
Stephen M. Keough.

Carriage, with Alderman Lewis F. Babbitt, Common Council Clerk Wil-
liam E. Shannon and Councilman Harry A. Stowell.

Carriage, with George W. Harlow, Luther C. Wright, Selectman John
E. Lyman of South Hadley and Selectman Edwin B. Clapp of
Westhampton.

Carriage, with James W. HefTernan, Edward E. Wood, Councilman
Thomas J. Burke of Springfield, and Robert W. Lyman, Register
of Deeds.

Carriage, with City Clerk Egbert L Clapp, City Marshal George M.
Stebbins of Springfield, and Sidney B. Curtis of Hartford, Conn.

Carriage, with Selectmen Jairus F. Burt and John Cullen and Town
Clerk and Town Treasurer Joseph W. Wilson of Easthampton.

Carriage, with Councilman William H. Carson, Tax Collector Thomas F.
McCabe of Holyoke, City Messenger William J. Walsh of Holyoke,
Alderman J. Henry Sullivan of Holyoke.

Carriage, in which were seated Drusilla Hall Johnson, the oldest lady in
Northampton; her daughter. Miss Sarah M. H. Johnson, John C.
Hammond of Northampton and Miss Marv Johnson of Spring-
field.

Fitchburg Band, thirty pieces.

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C H A R 1. E S W . K I N N E V

Carriage

Sixteen private vehicles, decorated with |)apcr flowers, in the fol-
lowing order:

Dr. Arthur G. Doane,
top carriage, deco-
rated with yellow
chrysanthemums,
occupied by Dr.
Doane and Mrs.
Doane.

Miss Harriet E. Fow-
ler's dog cart, trim-
med with red and
white poppies, oc-
cupied by Miss
Fowler and Miss
Grace L. Fav.

Henry B. Haven's

two-seated surrey,

trimmed with yel-

lo w and white

chrysanthemums, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Haven, Jr.,

and Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Haven of Florence.
Colonel Henry L. WiUiams' two-seated brake, drawn by two black

horses; decorations, white roses with green leaves; occupied by

Mrs. Williams, Miss
Lucy E. Dewey of
Boston and Mas-
ters Charles E. and
Frank Howard Joy
of Northampton.

Charles N. Fitts'
pony cart, trim-
med with roses and
laurel, occupied by
Donald C. and G.
Norman Fitts.

William A. Bailey's
pneumatic-tired
runabout, trimmed
with yellow and
white roses, occu-
pied by Miss Grace
M. Bailey and Mrs.
Charles L. Sauter.

Horace W. Field's Team

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Robert M. Witherell of Florence, pneumatic-tired runabout, trimmed
with vellow and white chrysanthemtmis, occupied bv Mr. Witherell
and Miss Mary A. Benway.

Charles W. Kinney, top carriage, trimmed with pink poppies, with black

centers, occupied by Mrs. Charles W. Kinney and C. Milton

Kinney.
Mrs. Charles N. Harlow, top carriage, trimmed with yellow poppies of

four shades, occupied bv Mrs. Harlow and Robert C. Kinney of

Milford.

Myron C. Bailey, two-seated surrey, drawn by two buckskin horses,
decorated with green poppies, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Bailey,
George E. Smith and Miss Flora Smith of Ware.

Robert M. Edwards, trap, drawn by two black horses, trimmings of
yellow chrysanthemums, occupied by Mr. Edwards and James
H. Searle.

J. Howe Demond, two-seated open surrey, drawn by a pair of chestnut
Morgan mares. The cairiage and harness were entirely covered
with red cloth, and o:namented with Jacqueminot roses; occupied
by Mrs. Samuel Knapp Towle of Haverhill, with Mr. Demond,
Mrs. Harvey T. Shores and Paul Demond Shores.

Sheriff Jairus E. Clark's two-seated open surrey, decorated with white
chrysanthemums, occupied by Miss Charlotte Parks of Westfield,
Miss Mabel Stevens of Dorchester, and Miss Gertrude Clark, with
D. Eugene Dickinson as driver.

Vernet E. Cleveland, top carriage, trimmed with white chrysanthe-
mums, occupied by Mr. Cleveland and Dr. James B. Stetson of
New Haven, Conn.

Dr. Sidney A. Clark, runabout, triinmed with pink chrysanthemums of
manv shades, occupied bv Dr.
Clark, Miss Milhcent Clark and Miss
Marion Bartlett of New York.

Alexander McCallum, top carriage,
drawn by two bay horses, trimmed
with wistaria and other decorations
of lavender and white, occupied
by Mr. McCallum and Mrs. George
B. McCallum.

Dr. George H. Demming of Westfield,
open carriage, drawn by span of
black horses, decorations of red,
white and blue; occupied by Mr.
Demming and Misses Rowena
D. and Rhoda B. Warner of

Cummington.

Dr . Sidney A. Clark

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Governor John L. Bates, Mrs. Bates and Adjutant-General Dalton

SeconD division

Marshal, Capt. Edward P. Hall.

Headed by the Bay State Drum Corps; drum major, Francis Parent;
Leaders, Arthur Gilbert and Harry Bingley.

Staff of Third Regiment, Patriarchs Militant, Col. William H. Bruce,
Lieut. Frederick P. Mansur and twelve men.

Canton Meadow City, David Maxwell commander, 35 men.

Canton Chapin, thirty men.

Canton Springfield, twenty men.

Nonotuck Lodge, 100 men; Thomas H. Bolter, marshal.

L'Union St. Joseph float.

St. Jean Baptiste Society float.

Sacred Heart float.

Knights of Sherwood Forest, Capt. George L. La Fleur; thirty-three
men; Commander, Eugene B. Tatro.

Primrose Lodge, Sons of St. George float.

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The A. O. H. Drum Corps of Chicopee

Falls, Daniel J. Moriart_v leader;

drum major, Eugene Miller;

twelve men.

Division No. i, Ancient Order of

Hibernians, John T. Dewey, leader;

William Godfrey, marshal;

eighty men.

Florence Commandery, Golden Star
float.

Mrs. Drusilla Hall Johnson
Oldest Woman in Town, loo Vears

Meadow City Coiirt No. 72, F. of A.
float.

Pride of Meadow City (C. of F.)
lodge float.

Shelburne Falls Military Band, Will-
iam Stemple, leader; drum major,
William Woods; twenty-one men.

Northampton Grange, P. of H., No.

I ^8, float.

Austin Packard
Oldest Man in Town, 94 Years

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Hampshire Lodge of A. 0.

United Workmen, in charge of

Luther E. Tyler.

High Ridge Lodge of Wilhams-
burg, Crescent Lodge of Am-
herst, College City Lodge;
seventy-five men.

Red Men's Council, Capawonke,
float and eighteen men on
horses, ridden by Red Men; in
charge of Sachem Jeremiah
Maloney.

Float of the Home Culture
Clubs.

St. Anne's Society (Florence)
float.'

Knights of Columbus float.

Father Mathew Temperance So-
ciety of Northampton float, dec-
orated in blue and white, with
evergreen trimmings, and drawn
bv four horses.

ttbirD SXvision— JEastbampton

Marshal, Edward L. Shaw; aids,
Charles D. Utley, John L. Ly-
man, Henry M. Taylor.

Easthampton Band, Arthur Mc-
Donald, leader; twenty pieces.

Mounted platoon: George L. McEvov, James McGrath, Stanislaus Fu-
gere, Frank L. Clapp, George B. Cook, George Freiday.

Town float.

Hampton Mills float.

Plumber James P. Ryan, in open barouche, distributing advertising

souvenirs.

Matthew Carroll
A Typical Irish Gentleman, Out for the Celebration

Soutbampton

Charles S. Foley, Town Marshal.
Southampton Drum Corps, eleven pieces, Albert E. Bosworth, leader.

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Float representing settlers going from Northampton to Southampton

in 1723.

Float representing old stagecoach.

Float representing "Southampton Independent Street Railway Line."

THacstbampton
Town float, representing butter-making.
Another float representing old-time sawmill.

JFourtb Division

Marshal, John J. Raleigh; Aids, George S. Whitbeck, Philip Gleason,
James F. Martin, James A. Pollard, Charles W. Walker, Charles
L. Gallup, Victor Rocheleau.

Short's United States Armory Band of Springfield, Thomas V. Short,
leader; twenty-two men.

William C. Pomeroy, mounted, representing Gen. Seth Pomeroy, en
route from Northampton to participate in the Battle of Bunker
Hill.

Three outriders, C. Preston Otis, Wilfred H. and Raymond H. Learned.

Colonial Drum Corps, Patrick J. McConville, fifer, James Heffernan and
William E. Dumphey, drummers.

Ibistorical 3Float9

The First School in Northampton.
The Northampton High School of Today.
Perils of Our Forefathers,
minutemen of northampton in 1774-
A Colonial Court Trial.

ffiftb ©ivision

Frederick E. Chase of Northampton, chief of the fire department,
Marshal.

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The Northampton Fire Department, officered and manned as follows:

Felix X. Laframboise, Assistant Engineer; Charles O. Parsons, Clerk
and Assistant Engineer; Charles S. Pratt, Jr., superintendent fire
alarm telegraph.

Chemical A Co. — Captain, Joseph T. Lucier; Lieutenant, Charles Vet-
terling; Clerk, Henry E. Partridge; ten men.

Hose Co., No. i — Captain, Thomas W. Hurley; Lieutenant, Thomas
P. Waldron; Clerk, John T. Londergan; nine men.

Hose Co., No. 2 — Captain, Philip H. Sheridan; Lieutenant, John Shea;

Clerk, William Scully; ten men.
Hose Co., No. 3 — Captain, John C. Black; Lieutenant, John W. Waltz;

Clerk, Arthur E. Graves; ten men.
Hose Co., No. 4 — Captain, Leroy F. Robbins; Lieutenant, Harry Huff;

Clerk, Edward J. Ryan; fourteen men.
Hook and Ladder Co., No. 2 — Captain, Edwin C. Addis; Lieutenant,

Charles E. Andrus; Clerk, Charles S. Clark; eight men.
Hook and Ladder Co., No. 3 — Captain, John W. Ennis; Lieutenant,

Timothy D. Sheehan; Clerk, Ralph M. Fowler; twelve men.
Steamer, No. i — Engineer, Dwight S. Huxley; Fireman, William H.

Hall; two men.
Steamer, No. 2 — Engineer, James Lawlor; Fireman, Richard E. Dav-

ies; two men.

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Slitb Division

Frederick G. Jager of Northampton, marshal.
The Twelfth Regiment Band of Westfield.
Decorated Automobiles as follows:

The Springfield Auto-
mobile Company had
the first car in line,
entered by Frederick
G. Jager, marshal of
this division. This
was a 24-horse power
car, of the locomo-
bile touring type,
and was trimmed
with yellow chrys-
anthemums. It
was occupied by
Mrs. Frederick G.
Jager and Mrs. Tillie
C. Bosworth of
Northampton and
Henry Allen of
Greenfield. Frederick
G. Jager, chauffeur.

Warren 'J'

Hugh McLeod of Hat-
field came next, with
another 24-horse
power locomobile of
four cylinders. The
car was trimmed
w4th lilies and bunt-
ing, and was occu-
pied by Mr. McLeod
and family and Jon-
athan E. Porter and
family. Hugh Mc-
Leod, chauffeur.

A four -horse power,
four-cylinder loco-
mobile from Am-
herst, trimmed with
yellow poppies, was
occupied by gentle-
men from that town,
and D wight M. Bih-
ings of Amherst
acted as chauffeur.

R I S L E Y

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Eugene E. Davis appeared with a Packard touring car, conveying a
dainty load of young misses. The car was trimmed with white
poppies and the girls were dressed in white and wore black poppy
hats. They were Misses Elizabeth Pearson, Catherine Clark,
Dorothy S. Davis, Arlene C. King, Helen Ross, Helene C. Kings-
ley and Esther H. Mather. Mr. Davis officiated as chauffeur.

Charles W. Johnson was chauffeur of a Holyoke touring car, which
came next.

A locomobile surrey, trimmed with pink and white chrysanthemums,
was occupied by four boys dressed in dainty white costumes; thev
were Henry E. Wood, John L. Nichols, Harold B. Winchell and
Joseph O. Daniels, Jr. Edward E. Wood, Jr., was chauffeur.

In a Stevens-Duryea car, decorated and nearly covered with red pop-
pies in three shades, was Edgar F. Crooks accompanied by three
children dressed in dazzling white costume. They were Miss El-
eanor P. Spencer, Master Chester C. Marsh and Master Laurence
E. Crooks.

Lewis E. Warner appeared in a locomobile surrey, trimmed with bunt-
ing and flowers, accompanied by Ralph E. Harlow, Karl W. Brad-
ley and Misses Ethel P. and Carolyn E. Clapp.

Thomas Gerry's locomobile was trimmed with yellow poppies and
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Gerry.

Arthur L. Kingsbury guided a Stevens-Durvea car and it was trimmed
with evergreens and roses. Miss M. Elizabeth Miller accompanied
Mr. Kingsburv.

A car of the Rambler type was occupied bv Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
W. Bement. It was decorated with white chrysanthemums on
red ground ; the body of the machine was solid white and the
wheels were covered. Mrs. Bement was dressed in white.

A locomobile surrey, trimmed with white and pink roses, was driven
by Forrest G. Kirsch, and was also occupied by Miss Christine L.
Kirsch, Miss Florence H. Jager and Roy S. Armstrong as bugler.

Dr. William H. Baxter was accompanied by his family in a Rambler,
trimmed with flowers and bunting.

A Warwick machine, trimmed with white poppies and bunting, was
occupied by Warren T. Risley.

Willis F. Anderson of the Springfield Automobile Co. occupied a Ste-
vens-Duryea machine, trimmed with roses and carnations, and
was accompanied by Mrs. Anderson.

The Springfield Automobile Co. was also represented by Charles A.
Longeway, in a locomobile surrey, trimmed with yellow chrys-
anthemums, and Mr. Longew^ay was accompanied by Mrs. Longe-
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Adam J. Englehart was in line with an automobile of his own con-
struction, made in Northampton.

Frederick C. Deuel of Springfield conducted, alone, a machine trimmed
with roses and poppies.

Arthur H. Rogers of Springfield was unaccompanied.

Willis A. Ford of Springfield had a machine trimmed with roses and

poppies.
Frank H. Metcalf of Holyoke, unaccompanied.

Eugene E. Davis

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The most spectacular part of the parade was the float feature,
and this was worked out by the Parade Committee in magnificent
form. The historical floats were especiall\' interesting, as faithfully
representing various features of colonial life; and there were four of
these arranged by the committee.

€bc One- ^^^ feature of the plans of the committee was the show-

iU?os0 .^ba? ing of the locomotion of the fathers with that of the
present generation, first with oxen, then the most prim-
itive and most modern of horse vehicles and finally automobiles. This
was worked out in the general exhibit and the committee floats. And
here the old "one-hoss shay" came in. One was obtained from Ver-
mont, over 150 years old, and a lean, gaunt animal was found to draw
it. It was not a particularly inviting rig, and naturally, the com-
mittee found some difficulty in persuading any one to ride in it. Most
people preferred to appear at such a time in a more attractive-looking
conveyance, but a public-spirited couple were finally found in George
E. Whitbeck of Westfield and Miss Dora E. Duplissis of Northampton,
who graced the old-fashioned ramshackle vehicle in a striking manner,
and provoked much mirth and admiration by the nonchalant and to-
the-manor-born air with which they carried themselves. This was one
of the most popular features of the parade.

The second float represented the Minute-men of North-
^j.„ ampton, who first sprang to arms m the American Revo-

lution. The float was drawn by four horses, decorated
with plumes and streamers. On top of this float were the words,
"Minute Men of Northampton, April 24, 1775," and on the sides,
"1776 — The Parliament of Great Britain has no right to legislate for
us." — Major Hawley. "He has gone farther than I have yet done."

— General Otis. In another place were the words, "After all, we
must fight." — Major Hawley. "By God, I am of that man's mind."

— Patrick Henry. This fioat calls to mind a stirring scene in history,
in which that patriotic son of Northampton figured. Major Hawley
was elected a delegate to a convention of the colonies called to con-
sider relations with the mother countrv. He was ill and could not go,
but he sent a letter expressing his sentiments, and that letter was read
in the presence of Patrick Henry. And when Patrick Henry heard
Hawley 's words, "We must fight," he swore that solemn oath already

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quoted. Joseph Hawley's words were undoubtedly in the mind and
heart of Patrick Henry a few days later, when he stood in a little church
in Virginia and defied the power of England, exclaiming, "Give me
liberty or give me death ! "

This float was easily the most important and inspiring feature of
the whole aggregation, and its inception was a happy thought on the
part of the chairman of the parade committee, .Capt. Irwin. The
personators of the minute-men were Clarence A. Whitbeck, Charles F.
Manning, Clarence S. Curtis, William Prue, John A. Soule.

The next float illustrated in a striking way the
ff^Ju^ perils of the forefathers, in settling upon this land.

J^orcfatftccs The scene pictured early settlers located in a field,

with a child. Their guns were close at hand, and
they were prepared for the surprises of conflict, in this case shown to
be close at hand, from the presence of Indians watching them from
ambush. The personations were by William Anderson, Henry Brad-
ley, Fred D. Gary, George F. Warren, Patrick A. Powers, Harold R.
Rogers and Miss Sadie J. Ayers.

The first school-house was of the log-cabin type, with
% h i-t^ E ^ realistic background of trees, rocks, etc. The oc-

cupants personated Puritans, in the traditional cos-
tume. The master of the school was John Hancock Babbitt and the
pupils Misses Florence A. Babbitt, Claire A. Babbitt, Agnes G. Clancy,
and Margaret A. Buckhout. There was also, on this float, a Puritan
quartet composed of Frederick W. Macomber, M. Dewey Maynard, Roy
W. Steele, of Northampton, and Leroy F. Purrington of Haydenville.
They sang, as the float moved along, songs of the olden time, such as
"Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground," "Auld Lang Syne," "Old Ken-
tucky Home," etc. This float was drawn by four horses and they were
decorated with plumes, streamers and banners.

The high-school float was trimmed with laurel and
c^^'coba'p ° ^^^ ^^*^ white poppies. At each corner of the float

were large tassels of red and white. By using these
colors, red, white and green, one color at least of each of the classes
was used. The girls on the float were supposed to be in a recitation
room. The four classes of the school were represented as follows:
Junior Class, Harriet E. Gilbert, Molly R. Felton, Eva B. Adams,
Estella Damon, Clara L. Haves; Senior Class, Helen L. Flavin, Emilv

'J" n E Old ' ' O X e - H o s s S h a v '

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L. Parsons, Mary E. Glcason, Grace M. Larkin; Sophomore Class, Bertha
K. Seidell, Everill Valentine. Marion J. Hobson, Blanche B. Tomlin;
Freshman Class, Ethel B. Chilson, Hazel E. Crafts, Alice Towhill,
Rhea S. Delano.

The lawyers of Northampton united in making up a
iroiirt""'^ representation of a court of justice in the colonial

period, which was quite effective. The float pictured
a court scene, in which the following persons participated; Justice,
Miss Eva J. Rivers; Judge, David H. Keedy; lawyers and court officers,
seven Amherst students. The judge wore a red gown and wig, and
the lawyers and court officers were attired in the costumes of the period.
The float was drawn by two horses, decorated with white flowers and
rosettes, and led by men in red livery.

Bastbampton

The Easthampton Celebration Committee evolved a
^rounicD comprehensive and elegant float in their allegorical

representation of "Industry Crowned." The object
was to make a good showing of the manufacturing industries of the
town, which are the life and mainstay of the place. It was an artistic
success, and reflected great credit upon the management, whose names
have been elsewhere given. The float was eight by twenty feet, draped
in white and vellow and festooned with ropes of evergreen. On the
drapery of the first platform, along the sides, were the dates "1785 and
1904," and between them, "Easthampton, your Youngest Daugh-
ter." At the rear end was the name "Pascommuck," the early Indian
name of the settlement which is now Easthampton. There were
twentv-two characters on the float. Miss Ethel L. Friel was costumed
as a queen, in a royal robe of white satin, gold-embroidered, with a
heavy ermine bordered cape of dark green brocade with spangles.
She wore a gilt crown, with jewels, and made a handsome picture,
seated at the top of a high pyramid, draped in white and yellow. Sweep-
ing steps led down from each side of the throne, and in front of the
queen sat Miss Anna Depledge, personifying the Church, and gowned
in a white surplice over black. She carried a book inscribed "The
Church," and by her side, in the traditional university cap and gown,
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book so inscribed. On one side of the queen's throne stood the per-
sonification of Agriculture, represented by Sumner W. Cobb, with one
hand resting on a plow and the other on the throne. On the other side
of the throne stood Earl V. Guy, taking the part of a mechanic, with
one hand resting on a pile of suspender web from the mill of the Nasha-
wannuck Manufacturing Company, and the other on the queen's throne.
At each corner stood a soldier. Miles Standish was represented by
Edwin B. Munn, the Continental soldier by Homer T. Clark, the civil
war veteran by Wright A. Root, and the Spanish war soldier by
Paul B. Johnson. At the back stood a brilliant and picturesque group.
Frank W. Morrill personated an Indian chief and Flora B. Collins posed
as his daughter. To complete the tout ensemble of the float a gay
and laughing group of ten beautiful children occupied the stairway
leading to the back of the throne. These were Annie M. Lord, Ada E.
Smith, May E. Menton, Edith E. Wood, Ella V. Friel, Bertha D. Sten-
der, May O. Barnett, May P. Voigt, Annie W. and Elizabeth R. Rie-
del. They were dressed in white, and those who had dark hair tied it
with red ribbon and those with light hair wore blue ribbon. They also
wore floral crowns, in colors to match the hair ribbon, red rosebuds,
and forget-me-nots.

This charming float was drawn by eight horses, each led by a
groom in cavalier costume : Nelson Thompson, John Bousquet, Edward J.
Nagel, Joseph La Mountain, William H. Thompson, Wilham Chipman,
Joseph H. Graveline, Joseph Graveline, Jr. The horses wore blankets
with the names of Easthampton manufacturers on them, as follows:
Nashawannuck Manufacturing Company, Glendale Elastic Fabrics
Company, National Button Company, Easthampton Rubber Thread
Company, George S. Colton, Hampton Company, W^est Boylston Com-
pany, Dibble & Warner. The float was designed by George L. Munn
and others, arranged by Odell G. Webster, and driven bv Frank C.
Haynes.

On this float the word "Easthampton" was worked
M\il9 ' °^ both sides of the foundation and "Hampton Com-

pany" on the back, with skeins of yarn in gold letters
on a blue ground. Jack spools formed the next tier, then a row of
cones, followed by two rows of spools, surmounted by a ladv's bower.
The float was drawn by five horses, decorated with plumes and colored
trappings, and was designed to show the different branches of the

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converting business of the Hampton Company. The materials used
in decorating the float were made of spools of white and colored mer-
cerized yarns, placed endwise, one above another. The jack spools,
cones and spools were all filled in with bright complementary colors,
the intersections being filled in with carefully twisted yarns to imitate
flowers. The occupants of the bower were: Misses Emily Bromley,
Bessie Handle}', Alice A. McDermott, Mary L. Greenough, dressed in white
and wearing crowns made of colored yarns to imitate flowers. The
driver was David J. R.ayno, and the leaders were: Fred Brouer, George J.
Bruett, George McAdoo, Peter Duprey, dressed in white suits, with
white caps and nicely finished. The above float was designed by
James McCallum, overseer of the finishing department.

Plumber James P. Ryan of Easthampton followed the town floats
with an open barouche, suitably inscribed, advertising his business,
and the occupants distributed very pretty fans of burnt work among
the crowd.

Soutbampton

The town of Southampton was represented by three floats, which
showed much ingenuity in design and make-up. They were preceded
by Town Marshal Charles S. Foley in ancient costume, and his aid,
Marcus E. Lyon, and following them came the Southampton Drum Corps
of eleven pieces. The first float and one which attracted the most
attention was entitled

In front of an old-fashioned ox team marched Syl-
f'"'"? ^° vester P. Coleman of Southampton. He was a large,

in 1723 heavy man, and trudged along barefoot, carrying

a long, ancient musket on his shoulder. There
was a yoke of oxen, attached to a huge two-wheeled cart, laden with
household furniture and utensils of the olden time, old-fashioned chairs,
spinning wheels, cradle, etc., and the characters with Mr. Coleman
were pictured as going from Northampton to Southampton, to settle
in a new home. The other parties were a brother and two sons of Mr.
Coleman, Dwight G. Coleman, Sumner S. Coleman and Joseph E. Cole-
man, the two former marching beside the team, with muskets, and the
latter representing the woman of the family, seated in one of the old
chairs. This float was considered by the most competent judges to
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it would have received a prize, but it turned off the main line of
march before reaching the reviewing stand, and was not therefore seen
by the judges.

Next of Southampton's stirring contributions to

«^!b-fa0hioncb ^^le parade was an old-fashioned stagecoach, pla-

carded, Northampton to bouthampton, U. b.
Mail, 1809." This feature was the result of an interesting correspond-
ence which Postmaster and Town Clerk Frederick E. Judd had with
the post-office department at Washington. He wrote, asking for the
facts concerning the record of this route, and received a courteous
reply, accompanied with expression of wishes that it might be of help
in the parade. This was the route: No. 51 — From Hartford, Conn.,
by Suffield, Westfield, Southampton, Hatfield, Whately, Deerfield,
Greenfield, Bernardston, Hinsdale, Brattleboro, Putney, Westminster,
Walpole, Charlestown, Claremont, Cornish, Windsor, Hartland and
Plainfield to Hanover; service to be two times a week; route 180
miles long, connecting twenty-two post-offices in four states. The
occupants of the float were dressed in old-time costumes and were
Mr. and Mrs. Edward K. Parsons, Mrs. Edward B. Lyman, Orlando
C. Searle, Mrs. Sylvester P. Coleman and two children, Elmer and
AHce, Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Lyman, Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Grid-
ley, Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Lyman, Mr. and Mrs. Wilham S. Lyon,
George A. Gorton and George D. H annum, with Willard P. Sherman
as driver.

In the next of Southampton's floats appeared what

;§iontf)ampton was deemed by many the cleverest hit of the day.

ImS'^"^ This was labeled- over the top, " Southampton In-

dependent Railroad Co. Cars leave every min-
ute." This imitation was well carried out in every detail, and the
reaUstic way in which the conductor rang up the fares and started
and stopped the car by the regulation bell tap, was received with ap-
plause all along the route. This exhibition prompted the Easthamp-
ton Neics to voice the hope of some Southampton people that it would
"soften the hearts of the neighboring street railway directors and
bring the veritable broomstick car to town." The occupants of the
car float were pupils of the Southampton Grammar school — Marcus E.
Lyon, Sumner S. Coleman, Joseph E. Coleman, Sadie M. Carrier, EUz-
abeth M. Duggan, Helena K. Yenwiski, Juha E. Norris, Cecille M.

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Fowles, Bernard F. Fowles, Fred W. Sherman, George A. Sherman,
Reynolds J. Sherman, FrankHn H. Sherman, Bertha K. Parsons, Edith
S. Lyman, Mira Poler, Helen K. Norris, Clare S. Woodbury, Roy J.
Woodbury, Ida R. Olds, Mrs. Allen Smith, Allen H. Smith, Gertrude
L. Smith, Helen K. Judd, Edith M. Peck, Flora A. Dalton, NelHe M.
Dickinson, Mrs. Frank R. Bovd. The float was driven bv Allen Smith.

The Southampton line was closed up by Mr. and Mrs. Frank R.
Boyd, who drove a handsome pair of bays.

Mestbampton

Westhampton was represented by two floats,
Gutter jmaftino and one, under the direction of Selectman Ed-

<(?l6cn Cimcs '^^^ ^- Clapp, showed butter making in the old-

en times. The decorations were of yellow and
white. The float was handsomely trimmed and was drawn by four
gaily-dressed horses, who wore white coverings, with a border of yellow
buttercups. On the outside of the float was the inscription, "West-
hampton Dairying, 1754." In the float was an old-fashioned fireplace,
with warming pans, pots and kettles and old-fashioned furniture.
Clayton A. Bartlett and Miss Grace H. Kingsley represented the but-
ter maker and his wife, Miss Adah M. Judd the grandmother, and
Herbert W. and George E. Clapp, the younger members of the family.
They were busy turning the old-fashioned churn, and butter making
was in progress during the ride. Mahlon K. Parsons was the driver,
assisted by Ephraim S. Smith, Lyman K. Bridgman and William
Adams.

The second of the Westhampton floats represented the
^•"^ '^^^ sawmill and lumber interest of this town, in primitive

and modern style. The float was twenty-two feet long
and eight feet wide, and eleven feet six inches from the ground, and
was drawn by four horses. Two mills were in operation, getting their
power by means of belting attached to the wheels of the wagon. One
mill had the old-fashioned up-and-down saw with pit and hand power
in operation, and the other the modern way of the circular saw and
carriage. Lumber was being made during the progress of the proces-
sion, and a force of men kept busily at work. This float was under
the direction of Selectman D wight S. Bridgman.

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Next to the town and historical floats, probably the display made
by the different manufacturing industries of the city were the most
important and interesting. They were constructed at a great expense
and contributed largely to the enthusiasm of the day.

The Florence silk mill exhibit was made in a six-horse
iRonotuck coach with the horses decorated in white, with white

j^lorcntc' harnesses, white and red plumes, blankets white, let-

tered "Corticelli" in red, white fringe with a border
of red poppies. The coach was decorated with white bunting, with
white festoon paper for background, trimmed with red poppies. Large
gold eagle in a panel on each side; large red silk banner with word
"Corticelli" in gold leaf. The driver and guard were costumed in white
with brass buttons and tall white hats. There was a coaching horn,
bearing a red silk banner, lettered "N. S. Co., 1904." The occupants
were Irene, K. Andrus, Lizzie M. Burkett, Mary A. Curran, Nellie G.
Fitzgibbon, Katherine Fitzgerald, Mabel F. Hall, Mary E. Lovett,
Jennie A. Noyes, Nellie G. Whalen, Katherine G. Ahearn, Katherine
L Cantwell, NelHe A. Doyle, Margaret E. Fahey, Ahce V. Hogan, Mary
A. Hogan, May E. Langdon, Nellie T. O'Brien, Margaret G. O'Brien,
dressed in white, with white hats trimmed with red poppies. This
float was designed and arranged by Sibley H. Keyes and Joseph H.
Shearn.

The Leeds silk mill was represented by a Japanese pa-
l^onotuch goda and tea garden, drawn by six horses, with red

•JlccW ' blankets, yellow fringe and word "Corticelli" in gold

letters. There were red plumes on the bridles, and the
horses were led by six men in Japanese costume, as follows: George H.
Tower, Ubalde J. Chagnon, Albert Gendreau, William Mofflt, Anthony
Young and Clarence A. Lilly. The float had two decks, each surrounded
by bronze railing. The upper one was surmounted by a large Jap-
anese umbrella and occupied by Japanese girls engaged in needlework;
there were also tea tables with two Japanese girls serving tea. The
lower deck was occupied by four Geisha girls and girls reeling silk.
The general effect was red and gold. The railing of the upper deck
had dragons supporting small Japanese lanterns. The occupants were
Mary Sarah Lafrenier, Josephine M. Lafrenier, Sophia M. Belemer,
Alice A. Belemer, Georgiana A. Maillioux, Dora F. Carpenter, Lucine

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T. Brisbois, Eva R. Bedard, Lizzie V. Hannigan, Ora E. Chaquette,
Alma A. Versaw, Florence D. Versaw, Delema R. Gougeon, Jessie E.
Lee, Sophronia Young, Laura Moffit, Lucy Desmarais, Rose Desma-
rais, all wearing Japanese kimonas. The float was designed and
arranged by Sibley H. Keyes and Joseph H. Shearn.

The Haydenville silk mill gave a representation
l^onotucft of Columbia. The float was drawn by six horses,

Wapticn\j*i»c with red, white and blue plumes and blue blankets,

with white fringe and stars, each horse ridden by
a man in artillery uniform and carrying a United States flag. The
float was built up in pyramidal form and was surmounted by the God-
dess of Libert V. Uncle Sam was in front, with two infantrymen and
two sailors at the corners. There were twenty-one young women,
dressed in white with sashes of red, white and blue, thirteen of them
holding banners representing the thirteen original states. There was
a large blue silk flag at the rear, with the word "Corticelli" in gold
leaf. The general eft'ect was red, white and blue. The horses were
ridden by Frank J. Rowe, William Lawler, Frank T. Crotty, Wilfred
J. Lavalle, Edward G. Richards, and Adlore Lavalle. The occupants
were Mary L. Linnehan, Goddess of Liberty; Kate H. Linnehan, Mar-
garet A. Linnehan. Kate R. Coogan, Margaret Welch, Margaret Cadi-
gan, Ella M. Thompson, Eva Vigneau, Florence A. Semineau, Eva V.
St. Lawrence, Josie M. Shea, Margaret G. Heffernan, Emma Danse-
reau. Rose A. Brown, Kate L. O'Donnell, Annie V. Welch, Lizzie K.
Burke, Mary N. Prince, Annie L. Kearney, Gertrude F. Bardwell,
Stella W. Hill, Louis J. Carpenter, George 0. Lavalle, infantrymen;
Henry N. Brown and Joseph H. O'Donnell, sailors; John E. Ahearn,
Uncle Sam. This float was also designed b3/ Sibley H. Keyes and
Joseph. H. Shearn.

The float of the Belding Bros.' silk mill represented
'?';'',^'!H^''°^*' an old Viking ship with its crew, and several weeks

had been spent on its preparation, in the yard of
the companv, close by the mill, attracting considerable attention from
the nearness of the work to the street. Public curiosity in the neigh-
borhood w^as therefore considerably interested and no one was disap-
pointed when the completed work appeared. The decorations of the
float were yellow, white and gilt, with ropes, oars and equipment. The
crew were costumed in white and vellow and th? footmen were dressed

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in white. The occupants were Misses OdeHa A. Belanger, Marie L.
Charlebois, Orphanie M. Gauthier, Adala Galon, Ora Parent, Lea M.
Parent and Mabel Young, and they wore dainty costumes of white and
yellow. The float was designed by George A. Murray of Springfield,
assisted by employes of the company.

This float, 20 by 12 feet and drawn by six horses,

^""""fc represented a magnified Prophylactic Tooth Brush

Companio box. i his beuig the tooth brush known the world

over as the one "always sold in a yellow box," the

prevailing colors were yellow, red and black. Five men were dressed

in 3-ellow and red, and there were two footmen in colors. There were

two cornet soloists, and on the rear of the float two tooth brushes five

feet long.

In all there were thirty girls and seven men on the float, dressed
in colors to harmonize with the general color scheme of the float. They
were Misses Mamie T. McBride, Edna H. Van Slett,. Clara Manning,
Lizzie M. Hogan, Lizzie G. Connelly, Mary Finn, Evelyn M. Beaupre,
Hattie B. Cassin, Emily D. Cassin, Marie Courchene, Josephine D.
Evers, Nellie K. Powers, JuUa M. Smith, Lizzie G. Latham, Sadie L.
Askins, Annie M. Tewhill, Julia Packard, Jane A. Crean, Harold Cur-
rier, WilHam O. Hubbard, Louis Beaupre, Michael Shea, Annie M.
Halpin, Monda La Mountaine, Julia L Cashman, Rose Mooney, Nellie
Eagan, Kittie M. O'Neil, Esther L. Murphy, Lizzie G. Murphy, Kate
F. Shannon, Nellie Shannon, Alice Johnson, Mamie F. Landy, Howard
F. Baker, Edward J. Gustafson and Charles Heath.

This float, designed and arranged by the employes
SsS'il °^ *^^ McCallum Hosiery Company^ represented a

mode of wearing silk tights several centuries ago,
such as are now manufactured by the exhibitor for stage purposes,
and was made to simulate a white marble Italian terrace, throned upon
which was a princess surrounded by her court of knights and ladies,
to whom a Spanish peddler was exhibiting his brilliant silken hose.
The ensemble was extremely effective, for no detail was omitted to
perfect the delusion. The apple tree in full bloom, which shaded the
princess and her ladies, the golden urns filled with flowers, festoons of
roses, the green velvet carpets, all aided in taking one back in fancy
to the gorgeous court shows of the sixteenth century.

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two little pages, who carried the princess' purple and ermine mantle,
the scarlet velvet saddle blankets and trappings, which covered the
dapple gray horses, were furnished by the theatrical costumers, A.
Koehler & Co. of New York, while the silk tights were manufactured
by the exhibitor. The horses were furnished by Thomas J. McGrath
of Northampton and were driven by Edward Breor of Hatfield.

The people of the float, employes of the McCallum Hosiery Com-
pany, were: the Princess, Lilly M. Hill; court ladies. Misses Mildred E.
Drexel, Margery R. Johnston, Katherine L. O'Connor, Ethel F. March;
four pages leading horses, John Hodge, Earl C. Oefinger, Fred N. Stev-
enson, CUfford March; two pages, in white and gold. Master Harold
Alpin, Master Ernest Tomhnson; attendant courtiers, John J. Egan,
Sidney March, WiUiam H. Drexel, Ovilla J. Rivers, James H. Burns,
Napoleon J. Paquette, Norris March, George S. Watson, Charles H.
O'Donnell, George A. Briggs; peddler, J. Leonard Meisner.

"s C 1 E T r F L J T ~S

No one class or section of Northampton people entered into the
spirit of the Celebration with more enthusiasm and fervor than the
French-American societies. Five of their organizations were repre-
sented in the line of march and four of them constructed for the occa-
sion costly and handsome floats. As a matter of fact, the French peo-
ple understand the art of celebrating, and have for generations. They
have made the subject a fine art, and their something more than vol-
atile — jubilant — natures respond to the requirements of such an
occasion with ready tact and great generosity. So it was at the Quar-
ter-Millennial Celebration. From the very inception of the enterprise
thev were alert and wide awake to the importance of the undertaking,
and responded promptly. All did well, but the French-American
people were not excelled. Those public-spirited leaders of their race,
Victor Rocheleau and Adolphe Menard, were prominent in the work of
preparation and these were members, respectively, of the Provisional
Committee of fifteen and the Executive and Finance Committee.

The oldest French society in the city is the St. Jean
.§aint f can Baptiste society, and it turned out its full membership,
Eocictp ^^ regalia, with banner, and two new silk flags, ordered

for the occasion. It produced a float of much compre-
hensiveness, having several significations. It was constructed on a

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Objects ox the St. Jean B a p t i s t e Float

platform sixteen feet long by eight feet wide. In the center was a
beehive made of straw, representing Industry. About this hive were
six persons, and on top of the hive were the American coat of arms
and the star-spangled banner, with the French flag. At the right of
the American coat of arms Miss Lena A. Paquin stood in a costume
spangled with stars. She wore on her head a crown of laurel leaves,
surmounted by an eagle, representing the United States. At the left
Miss Delia Menard was in a costume of white, with a green scarf and
crowned with maple leaves, surmounted by a castor, typifying Canada.
In the center of the hive stood Miss Marie Antoinette Laframboise,
arrayed in white and leaning on a cross, representing Charity. Miss
Anna M. Menard wore a blue costume and leaned upon a heart-shaped
shield, representing Fraternity. Miss Flora Menard wore red and held
scales typifying Justice; and young Arthur Dragon, in the costume of
the youthful St. John Baptist, held the cross and represented the soci-
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flowers, and in this stood a monument eight feet high, on which was
lettered, "In honor of our French boys who went from Northampton
to fight for the glory of the American Republic." On one side of the
monument was also lettered the names of thirty-two French patriots
who served during the Civil war, and on the other side the names
of fourteen who served in the Cuban and Philippine campaigns. At
the right of the monument stood Moses Tessier, one of the soldiers of
the war of the rebellion, from i860 to 1864, and at the left Roderique
Dragon, brother of one of the brave French boys who died from the
effects of the Cuban war. At the four corners of the car were four

St. Je.\n Baptiste Society

personifications — -Philias Tardiff, representing Washington; Theophile
Dragon, personifying an Indian; John Baptist Venne, representing
Lafayette, and Alfred H. Savard, personifying Jacques Cartier. The
decorations of the float were very fine, and on top, sides and back of
the float the American coat of arms appeared, with the dates 1654
and 1904; at the right "Societee St. Jean Baptiste, founded in 1870";
at the left, "Societee St. Jean Baptiste, incorporated in 1873." At

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the bottom of the four corners appeared the names, Washington, Non-
otuck, Lafayette, and Jacques Cartier. The float was drawn by four
horses and driven by Josiah L. Briggs, who was costumed to repre-
sent Uncle Sam. The float was made after plans and under inspection
of the president of the society, Adolphe Menard.

The St. Joseph Society (L'Union St. Joseph) turned
out with full ranks, with new badges, and carrying a
banner and two new silk flags. Their float represented
two scenes. One showed Generals Washington, Lafayette and Rocham-
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in the vicinity of Harlem and Kingsbridge. Sitting on their horses,
on the hills of Kingsbridge, as witnesses of this battle, were the three
generals named, and later they held the council which the float pic-
tured.

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way through Northampton in 1825, en route to Boston. Lafayette
was the bosom friend of Washington, and a dashing young officer who
left a home of comfort and luxury, to share the toils and sufferings
of the American soldier, and the scene pictured him as being enter-
tained in Northampton by the Hon. Isaac C. Bates. The thought
of the designers of this float — to also combine in it a representation
of this important event — was a happy one, and the managers were
fortunately able to procure for the actor personifying Mr. Bates in this
scene, a suit which was worn by Mr. Bates and is still kept in the Bates
family. As in 1S25, six little school children, Nora Lancour, Flora
Bernier, Etta Morin, Eveline Lancour, Laura Marier and Rachel La
Fleur, were strewing flowers on the path of Lafayette. The float
was drawn by four horses, John W. Slattery, driver; it was of an ellip-
tical shape, blue in color, trimmed with white flowers and national
colors. Joseph F. A. Gosselin represented Washington, Victor Bernier,
Jr., represented Lafayette and Alfeiie Morin represented Rochambeau.
In the council of war Frank Z. Lepine represented Hon. Isaac C. Bates
and Joseph O. Hebert personated Lafayette, on his wav to Boston.
" Uncle Sam " was given an extremely appropriate personation in
William H. Sperling, whose physical proportions were admirably adapted
to the personation. The float was escorted by twelve men of St.
Joseph's Guard, in gray uniform, with Napoleon La Plant as captain.

Following the float and the members of the society, immediately
preceding the officers, was a globe of large size, surmounted by an
American eagle, representing the United States. The sentiment of
this exhibit was that the American eagle, as the favorite emblem of
the nation, carries in its flight, on its unfolded wings, the light of Amer-
ican ideas and civilization, to the people of the world, and therefore
it was chosen by the committee of arrangements of the society to oc-
cupy a conspicuous position in the great Celebration. The globe and
eagle were drawn by twelve boys of the Sacred Heart school : Rod-
erick Marier, Leo Marier, Evain Bouthillette, Arthur Lancour, Albert
Hebert, John Finton, Alfred Hebert, Oscar Desmarais, Oscar Godette,
Charles Desmarais, Alexander Barbeau and Ernest St. Jacques. They
were driven by little Eva Rose De Grandpre, who, seated on the float,
was supposed to guide the boys named, by twelve red, white and blue
ribbons attached to their persons. The float and globe were designed
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man A. Despault, president; Joseph F. A. Gosselin, secretary; Richard
B. A. Dominique, treasurer; Victor Rocheleau, Alcide Brazeau, Alfred
Lemerise, James O. Morin and Alexander Barbeau. An unfortunate
after-incident was the accidental burning of the entire float and globe,
with its decorations, shortly after the Celebration, and the society was
left to mourn over a heap of ashes.

The youngest French-American organization in the city
.^acrcD is the Sacred Heart Cadets, and it appeared with an

Cabcts artistically arranged float, representing General Washing-

ton crossing the Delaware. The great hero was person-
ated bv Obie Briant, and his brave companions by Napoleon Bernier,
Arthur Lebeau, Joseph Paciuette, Ernest La Fleur, Alexander Van-
asse, Ernest Dubois, Wilhe Thibodeau, Stephen Morin, Nelson Du-
teau, Aime Bouthillette. When the procession reached the Sacred
Heart church, on King street, the school children, gathered there,
sang the national anthems, "America," "The Star Spangled Banner"
and "The Red, White and Blue." Their spirit of enthusiasm was
increased by the friendly recognition of the Governor and his staff.

Court Duvernav, No. 93, Foresters of America, was es-
Coiirt corted bv the members of Lafayette Conclave, Knights

j'"or?l''^' °^ Sherwood Forest. The court ptit on a float which rep-
resented two scenes. The first part pictured General
Marion in council ; the second illustrated the benevolent system of
the societv. There was a forest scene, with a stag in the background,
and General Marion was in council with five soldiers, in a log cabin.
The societv's benevolent system was illustrated by a sick man on a
cot, with acts of sympathy being shown by the four stations of the
order. The occupants were Wilham Chouinard, Napoleon Dragon,
Joseph Ladouceur and Hermenegile Arel, Indians; Avetus Vanasse,
Marion; Aristide Vanasse, Alphonse Goulet, Peter Lebeau, Joseph
Berube, and Joseph Dubois, soldiers. Part second, sick man, Louis
Edward Pichette; Chief Ranger, Hector Vanasse; sub-Chief Ranger, Jo-
seph A. Braconnier; Commander of Conclave, Eugene B. Tatro. Chief
of Companions, Mrs. Mary La Fleur. The float was drawm by four
horses in patriotic trappings, driven by G. Frederick Pelissier, and the
scheme was designed and arranged by William J. La Fleur.

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The United German societies, consisting of the German-

Slnitcti American Citizens' Association, and order of Harugari,

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.Societies' '^'''^ bchuetzenverem, were represented m a very artis-

tic float, in which Germania was the principal figure,
supposed to be travehng through foreign countries, accompanied bv
the personifications of Art and Music, surrounded bv heralds. This
float was drawn by four horses, with a mounted marshal, Edward O.
Gay lor. in the costume of Lohengrin. The horses were led by two
pages, Hans Nietsche and Paul Lauter, and the heralds were Christo-
pher Kreiner, Herman Nietsche, August Nehring and Ludolph Nehring.
Germania was represented by Helene Hammann, Music by Emma
Nehring and Art by Elsie H. Stork. The float was designed by Rich-
ard B. Eisold and decorated by Buchholz of Springfield.

-^ . ^ Primrose Lodge, No. 166, Sons of St. George, made a

.5M. ^n-or(jc representation of that mythical character, St. George.
The saint was personified in mailed armor, with helmet,
sword and lance, and the banner of St. George was borne aloft. Thomas
Roe represented St. George and Richard March and Samuel Taylor
two knights in black, one at either side of St. George, carrying sword
and lance. There were two knights in civilian costumes, in the style
of two hundred and fifty years ago, and wearing white helmets. These
knights were Harry Frost and Harry Deplidge. There were two other
knights in similar costumes, Fred Goodwin and Joseph Tomlinson.
The float was elaborately decorated with flags and bunting, with the
stars and stripes at the front and the union jack on the back. It
was drawn by two horses, decorated with the national flag, and the
horses were driven bv John Wade.

^ , Capawonke Tribe, of the Improved Order of Red

Ccibr, Men, contributed one of the most appropriate floats

3. €>. lit. m. Qf ii^Q day, representing a North American Indian

camp scene, with hunters. On the float, which was
drawn by two horses, were the following: Prophet P. S., William H.
Carter; P. S., Joseph Fischer; Sr. Sagamore, Patrick Desmond; Jr.
Sagamore, Joseph Torr; ist Sannap, William H. Strong; 2d Sannap,
Simeon A. Spring; Buffalo Bill, Adolph Sweeney and dog Jip; two mem-
bers of Pocahontas tribe, Misses Fanny Russell and Lillian Fischer;
young scouts, Earl E. Chatel and Eugene L. Farland. The float was
accompanied by the following scouts on horseback: Jeremiah Maloney,

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John H. Guyon, Joseph D. Mariz, Frank E. Jarvis, Samuel Michelman,
Edmund M. Chatel, John G. Fischer, James J. Prokup, Michael Fitz-
gerald, Richard B. Ennis, Thomas S. Carter, Martin Dwyer, Louis F.
Gaylor, Samuel Spencer, Herbert Oborne, William A. Dwyer, Joseph
Wilson, Joseph Parent, James Rayshall, Henry Rau, George W. Martin,
Maurice J. Landry, Trefle L. Vasseur, John H. Longden, Robert M.
McNaughton, John W. Regan, Michael Tobin, Wilham F. Walsh,
Thomas Fallon.

Northampton Council, Knights of Columbus, No. 480,
^nl mh 4 presented a float, representing a boat, with an ac-

companying representation of water, waves, trees and
land, the whole supposed to illustrate the landing of Christopher Co-
lumbus in America. The four horses attached to the float were driven
by Thomas F. Kearney, and the parts taken by members of the order
were as follows: Edward J. Sheehey, Christopher Columbus; John E.
Welch and John J. Reagan, Indians; John T. Curtis and Patrick W.

Knights of Columbus

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Sullivan, sailors; Michael H. Sullivan, Matthew J. Grogan and Joseph
N. Dragon, followers of Columbus.

Meadow City Court, No. 72, Foresters of America,
"ffoiTt produced a handsome and elaborate float which at-

i'.ofii. "' tracted much attention, from its harmonious combin-
ation of colors and grace of drapery.
This float was drawn by four horses and decorated with white
cloth, with pink border, caught up by bunches of ground pine and
pink roses. Colors, pea green, pink and white. The sides of the body
of float were covered with cloth of the colors, the cloth being shirred,
and where the colors met the lines were covered with pink and white
roses. From the standard rose an elk's head, the standard being
banked with pink and white roses. From the elk's head streamers
were run to the four corners of the float, where they were held by oc-
cupants. On the streamers were these banners: "Liberty," "Unity,"
"Benevolence," and "Concord." In the center of the sides were gold
arches, with this inscription, "Court Meadow City, No. 72." Chains
of evergreen, intertwined with pink and white roses, were in the front
and rear. The occupants and their costumes were Misses Katherine

A. Torpey, Odna M. Polmatier and Edith G. Polmatier, dresses of white
trimmed with pink, white stockings, wreaths of pink and white roses
on their heads. Miss Torpey wore a golden crown. Alfred W. Law-
ley and John W. Bray wore pink trousers, white blouses, white stock-
ings, pink ties and pink hats. This float was designed and arranged by
Guy M. Miller.

Florence Commandery, No. 31, United Order of the

JTiorcnce Golden Star, produced a handsome float, emblematic

2S. >©. >©. .4». '^^ i'ts name. Two horses with decorations drew this

float. There was a large golden star in the center of

the float, with four smaller stars at each corner. Streamers ran from

the center to the outside star. The colors of the order, red, blue and

yellow, were used in the color scheme. The occupants of the float

were Miss Alice A. Colgan, Mr. and Mrs. Luther O. Childs, Mr. and

Mrs. Fred A. Martin, Roy W. Davenport, Lilly M. Hart, Miss Eha V.

Joyce, Miss Anna Le Due and Winfrid Le Due, John J. Taber George

B. Chase. The ladies were dressed in white and carried red poppies.
They wore golden crowns on which were stars. The men wore white
trousers, white caps, and black coats. Two little boys sat on top each

Enterprise Lodge, Degree of Honor

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Hatiirs' ■?[iti

side of the large star. Master Kenneth Childs was dressed in blue
trousers, white waist and blue sash and wore a crown. Master Howard
Chase wore red trousers, white waist, red sash and a crow^n.

St. Anne's Ladies' Aid Society of Florence produced
one of the prize floats of the day. This represented
twenty-one young ladies of P'lorence in a boat, out
for a sail. Over the young ladies was a canopy of
sohd purple, relieved by heavy puffed white posts, draped in purple
and white, with the same color in costumes and festoons. The base
was prettily and neatly draped in purple and white, and the ladies
were all attired in white sailor costume, with purple anchors and sash
and white outing hat ^vith purple band. The society carried their
own banner and one of the Father Mathew Society, of which they are
an auxiharv. The occupants were Juha E. Heffernan, Katherine A.
Hogan, Mame I. Miller, Delia J. Meehan, Nellie E. Lyons, Lizzie M.
Marra, Lizzie L Burke, Mame J. Burke, Mary E. Shaughnessy, Ella E.

St. Anne's Society

Court Meadow City, Foresters of America

Ancient Order of United Workmen

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Bartley, Maud L. Kiley, Mame H. Coughlan, Mame J. Ahearn, Cecilia
B. Finn, Margaret T. Meehan, Anna L. Hogan, Nellie C. Finn, Josie
E. Whalen, Katherine A. Tobin, Annie G. Whalen, Lizzie I. Bartley.
This float was designed for the society by the New England Decorating
Company.

Crescent Lodge, No. 9, Degree of Honor, auxil-
J"Jf/J^^ "^°^8c iary to Hampshire Lodge, Ancient Order of

United Workmen, Florence, had an attractive
float, which drew a prize from the judges. This float was drawn by
two black horses, in harness trimmed with white. The decorations
were lilac and white bunting, with wistaria and potted ferns. Riding
on the float were Mrs. Jennie C. Condon, Mrs. Cora M. Chase, Mrs.
Catherine Kelly, Mrs. Hannah M. Bray, Mrs. Mary A. Kilbridge, Mrs.
Hannah O'Connell, Mrs. Nettie L. Richmond, Mrs. Emma J. Davis, Miss
Frances E. Polmatier, the Misses Celia M., Helen F. and Elsie M. Condon,
Lottie Kelly, Hazel Chase, and Master David J. Condon. The horses
wore white blankets, trimmed with lilacs and lettered with the name
of the lodge.

Northampton Grange, No. 138, Patrons of Hus-
^ortbampton bandry, produced an historical float showing a

representation of the homestead of Lieutenant Will-
iam Clark in 1659. There was a log cabin on the float, with a wood-
land scene, drawn by two brown and two bay horses, with blue and
yellow trappings and rosettes, and the occupants were Luther A. Root,
Dr. Albert C. Rice, as Indians; Edward P. West as William Clark; and
Mrs. Edward P. West and son as Mr. Clark's famil}^; settlers, Clayton
S. Parsons, Charles A. Sanderson, William Phillips. This float was
driven by Josiah W. Parsons, a direct descendant of the old settler,
Cornet Joseph Parsons.

A very pretty float was that presented by Pride of
pntif of Meadow City Circle, No. 397, Companions of the

^ixcit ' Forest, auxiliary to the Meadow City Court, Forest-

ers of America. This float was drawn by four horses,
trimmed with bunting of nile green and white, and white and green
roses, with C. of F. of A., No. 397, on the blankets of the horses. The
decorations of the float were green and white bunting, white roses
and evergreens and silk American flags. The occupants were dressed
in white and were members of the Circle. The float was designed and

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arranged by Misses Minnie A. Schillare and Mary A. Lester and Mrs.
Julia E. Cox.

This was a golden float, with four horses with
?Cncicnt >Drbcr blankets of gold and white, trimmings of yellow

Workmen ^^^ white roses, trailing pine, ihere were eight

gilded posts, with an anchor at each corner post
and shields on the center posts, the emblems of the order. The arches
on the posts were trimmed with yellow and white. There were about
400 members of the society in line, representing College City Lodge from
the center of the city and Hampshire Lodge of Florence. Those on the
float were Miss Mabel L. Richmond, representing Protection, carrying a
shield; Miss Florence E. McKenzie, representing Charity, carrying a
wreath; Miss Elizabeth B. Lawley, representing Hope, and carrying an
anchor; Miss Marie G. Cooney, representing Hope and carrying an
anchor; and Miss Mabel W. Hillier, representing Chaiity and carrying
a wreath. The members of the degree team wore sailors' suits, with
blue shirts and white trousers, and were as follows: William Oates,
John W. Bray, Patrick J. Nagle, George W. Hillier, Luther H. Tyler,
and Henry G. Kelley. The float was designed and arranged by
William Oates and Guy M. Miller of Florence.

stPntcrurisc ^^ dainty and showy float was contributed by Enterprise
aobfjc, Lodge, Degree of Honor. It was trimmed with pink and

' white bunting and pink and white chrysanthemums were

fastened with pink and white Irows. The occupants were the following
named ladies, wearing white hats, trimmed with pink roses: Mrs.
Joseph Carnall, Mrs. William Oates, Mrs. Eliza J. Koeber, Miss Alice
Flynn, Miss Annie B. Latham, Miss Mary G. Hartung, Miss Margaret
O'Brien, Miss Eva M. Chesney and Mrs. Harry Lester. A^so James J.
Carnall and Alfred C. Chesney of Hampshire Lodge, A. O. U. W.

The Home Culture Clubs' float in the parade represented

Ifomc a part of the class work. It was arranged in three tiers,

CUibs ^^^^ trimmed with garlands of laurel, the colors being

laurel pink and foliage green. On the highest platform

was a round study table, upon which were lamps and books. Four

men of as many nationalities sat around the table, studying under

the tutelage of a student, in cap and gown. The pillars at the corners,

which upheld the canopy, were supported by fine specimens of man-

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hood, who represented the physical culture work. On the second
tier were members of the cooking class, making bread; of the waitress
class polishing silver, and of the dressmaking class draping a lay fig-
ure. On the lowest platform were little girls, representing the flower
garden competition, dressed as flowers — pansy, sweet peas, ragged
robin, forget-me-not, poppy and sunflowers. The costumes, made of
crepe paper, were most realistic, the fluttering skirt, the hue of the
flower represented the bodices and stockings of stem green. These
little figures, standing each in her large low flower pot, were among
the prettiest fancies seen in the parade. Around the base was the
Home Culture Clubs' motto, in black and gold, "The private home is
the public hope." The whole was drawn by white horses, in green
and rose -colored trappings.

Some Florence Girls Come to Town

The occupants of this float, representing class work, were Gustave
Mimitz, Herbert Ingham, Antonio B. Aquadro, Osias Bergeron; gym-
nastic work, Antonio Monteagudo, Rudolph Frenier, Edward Norman-
deau, Henry Cave; the waitress class was represented by Miss Ceciha

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Fontaine; the cooking class by Miss Etta Leonard, and the dressmaking
class by Misses Laura Bernier, and Adeline M. La Plant. Those repre-
senting the garden competition were: Ragged Robin, Minnie A. Ash-
wander; Golden Glow, Irene Martin; Forget-me-not, Mary M. Hines;
Peony, Agnes Moran; Poppy, Lena Bernier; Sweet Pea, Dorothy Loi-
selle; Pansy, Grace Maloney.

The "S. O. C." social organization brought out a float,
the lower part of which was trimmed with green and
white, the latter color of poppies. The ladies wore green and white,
and the two horses which drew the float were similarly decorated.
Those on the float were Mrs. Robert H. Clapp, Mrs. Homer B. Miller,
Mrs. Arthur H. Spear, Mrs. Arthur L. Morse, Mrs. James W. Reid,
Mrs. John Hill, Mrs. Edward B. Arms of South Deerfield, Mrs. Mame
Stocking, Mrs. James Lathrop, Miss Ethleen N. Hill, Miss Helen 1.
Clapp, Master Floyd N. Reed, Master Robert A. Hill, Master Paul C.
Knowlton.

TRADE FLOATS

The line of procession closed with a showing of a few trade or
mercantile representations, and there would have been many more
had there been time to prepare them.

_. . , ^ . . Manufacturer of cigars, made an exhibi-

(Cimotfin 3 . ^lantbtiflti , . , ,

tion which attracted much attention, m

showing an immense cigar, fourteen feet long, lighted and burning,
with men in the process of manufacturing cigars. The float was trimmed
with bunting and the occupants were: Cigar makers, Winfield S. White-
lock, Thomas F. Mahar, Orin Lashaway, Thomas M. Blanchfield, Tim-
othy J. Blanchfield, John A. Parnell; Indians, John R. Lynn, Coleman
W. F. Lewis, and James F. Carberry. The float was designed and
arranged by Timothy J. Blanchfield. The horses were trimmed w4th
patriotic bunting and they were driven by Augustus A. Clapp.

_ .. ^ ^ Had a one-horse-load of ladders, decorated

XconarD M. I^orton . , ^ ^ ,^ , , . ' .^ ,

with bunting and nags, and driven bv r^rank

Morrill, showing the ladder business. Another car, by the same party,
represented Uncle Sam and Columbia and twelve boys and girls rid-
ing in a "steel swing," "steel settee" and "rocker swing." The dec-
orations were of bunting, evergreen and flowers, and the float was drawn
by two horses, driven by Joseph Murray, dressed as Uncle Sam. The
occupants were: Columbia, Alice Bridgman; John J. Dunn, William
Deady, Henry L. Cave, William Boss, Gallon A. Hinds, Arthur R. Camp,
Newell G. Flood, Mary A. Dunn, Louise A. Nuttall, Hazel M. Flood,
May B. Papineau, Bertha M. Porter, Gladys L. Duffey, Mabel E. Sweet-
ser, Minnietta Edwards. .

»,■ I. »» « ^ r- The coal business was not neglected, as three

ftimbaJK *; Car)? Co. ^ '

of the dealers in town put in a display of their
teams, in good shape. Kimball & Cary Co. had two wagons, one trim-
med in black and yellowy driven by George Duffney; the other, trimmed
in yellow and white, was driven bv William Rea.

The W. A. Clark Coal Co. appeared with a tandem
Coai Co. team, handsomely decorated with flags and bunting,

and the horses w^ere driven by employes dressed in
white. The men in charge were: Benjamin Boyer, Eli Lafranier, Jr.,
Dennis Cashman, William J. Hanlon, Dominique Loster, Myron L.
Elw^ell.

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^iHiam ii? tMct William H. Rice of Florence advertised the coal

business, and his name in gilt letters was on the
blankets of the two leading horses, the blankets of the horses being
white. The float was trimmed in red, white and blue, with red pop-
pies. The center was roof-shaped, with boys stationed at each corner,
dressed in white suits and carrying shovels of white and gold. The
whole float was trimmed so as to bring out the word "Coal." The
driver was Frank E. Goodrich and the occupants were Robert H. Bray,
Ralph E. Boynton, John H. Vickus and Raymond N. Ruiter. Guy
M. Miller was the designer.

One of the best trade exhibitions was made by the
La Fleur Bros., the Pleasant street painters. They
put on a float representing the business of painting, papering, deco-
rating, etc. There was a pyramid of paint pails and a representation
of the earth, in a globe, upon which liquid paint seemed to be pour-
ing slowly from a pail, and forming the various divisions of land in
the eastern and western hemispheres, the inference being that So-and-
So's paint "covered the earth." There was also a pyramid of wall
paper. The float was of white, with red and blue trimmings, drawn
by five horses in patriotic trappings, driven by William J. La Fleur,
who also designed and arranged the float.

Put on a verv interesting float, which included
a mahogany bedstead 200 years old, bemg ten
feet in height, about 5 J feet wide, and nearly nine feet in length. The
posts and the bed drapery represented was of the style of 200 vears
ago. A high-boy and low-boy were also shown, at one time owned
by the great-grandfather of R. H. White of Boston. A venerable
old sofa and chairs completed the articles on the float.

Sewell M. Elliott had a creditable two-horse
float to advertise his upholstering business.
It was decorated in white and yellow and was occupied by a dozen
little girls, dressed in white. Little Irene H. Elliott, two and a half
years old, sat under a canopy in the center, and she was dressed in
yellow. The girls on the float were Maude E. Elliott, Mildred G.
Elliott, Lizzie Seymour, Edna L. Tatro, Edith M. Sanderson, Esther
E. McGrath, Ida M. Strong, Marion L. Briggs, Sultana B. Jones, Har-
riet N. Evans, Ruth E. Selden and Maude E. Rickey.

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panics JF, .Shannon

James F. Shannon of Florence had a float intended
to advertise his business as an agent of the Wheeler
& Wilson sewing machines and his wife's dry goods business. The float
was decorated with yellow and black cloth, and four little girls, prettily
dressed, stood on the affair. Their names were Frances M., Anna H.
ani Hehn P. Shannon, Marcella C. Powers and Hazel M. Berard. Mr.
Shannon and Gerald Lvnch were also on the team.

James F . Shannon's Flo a t

•?Cmcrican

The local express companies made a good represen-
tation of their interests in the line. The American
Express Company decorated one of its best teams

with the national colors, and Frederick S. Roberts controlled the team

as driver.

■?tbams
(iircprcss Co.

The Adams Express Company had one of its spare
teams in line, handsomely decorated with flags and
bunting, and Lewis L. Bartlett officiated as driver.

P A R // /) /': MEMORABILIA

It was not necessary for C'hairnian Irwin of the Parade Committee
to head the procession to see that he was the "king pin" of the
finest scheme of the kind e\-er worked out in Northampton.

His aids all i)ro\-cMl their title to the name, too. Most of them were
engaged in the i)rei)aralory work.

Almost ever\-l)od\- agreed that tlu' old settlers' team from South-
ampton should ha\-c> drawn the first jiri/A', and it was a pit\- it did not
show itself farther down the street, in front of the judges' stand.

The cordial, whole-hearted waN- in whit'h the towns of Easthamp-
ton, vSouthami)ton and Westham])ton entered into the Celebration, b}'
their disi)lay Tuesday, won thi' hearts of all Northam])tonians, and
there ma\- be an oi)])orlunit \' for reeiproeit\' somi'time.

No ])laee was more appropriate for the gr;i\- and grizzled veterans
of the Crand Army than the ])Osition of honor, leading all the soci-
eties, in this parade. But for their heroic service, Northampton would
probabh" ne\'cr ha\"e cared t(^ celebrate.

The Irish-Americans, who have contributed so much to the up-
building of the citv — and some of whose names have been foremost,
and becoming increasingly so, in positions of honor and business — -
were represented in the parade by a float of the Father Mathew soci-
ety and a marching t'olumn of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, of
which, unfortunately, ])it'tures were not i)reserved or taken. The
value which an advance i)re|)aration for this book would have had,
is thus shown, in a striking way. Had the Executive and Finance
Committee been sufficiently ]n-ovided with funds, many interesting
pictures could hax'c bt'cn secured of this and other features of the parade,
which would have been nuich ai)])reciated in tliis work. It is a cause
for congratidation that, considering the drawbacks, so much has been
obtained as is here shown.

The German people had one of the handsomest floats in the pro-
cessit)n, for which the national character, Germania, furnished the
theme. The Germans were united, {ov once at least, and when they
do get top'ether, thc\- make an imiircssion.

Edwanl O. Ga\lor made an ideal Ltdiengrin, anil many admiring
glances were cast in his direction.

The Sons of St. George jiroNcd their loyalty to their adopted
countr\', in the part thc\- took in the ])aradc. and their presence was

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a gracious recognition of the share which their ancestors had in the
founding of this government.

Polisli and Italian ])eo|)le were missed in the procession, but they
will ])robal)ly be ready for and likely to have an important part in the
300th, or 275th anniversary celebration.

Was there anybody on Main street who did not see the parade ?
Yes, there were a number right r)n the street who did not see it, at
least in its entirety, and if one had looked in at the f)ress headquarters
on Crafts avenue, he would have seen a corps of newspaper men as
busily employed as if the greatest show ever in Northampton was not
going on right under their noses. But they saw it through the tops
of their heads, all the same.

The Patriarchs Militant of the Order of Odd I'cllows attracted
much attention with their showy unifrjrms and fine marching. The
college girls at the Elm-street boarding houses gave them hearty ap-
plause and flung over them, from the l)alconies, long rolls of colored
paj)er ribbon.

It was surprising how manv ])eo]jle on the line (jf march stayed
in their own homes during the ]jarade. There was hardly a house
closed on the route. People somehow seemed to have gotten the im-
pression that crooks f>r thieves would get into their homes if they left
them during the parade, and almost everybody stoofl guard over his
"lares and penates" — his household gods or goods. This might have
been caused by the notice given from the ])olice department, that
people should lock their houses if they left them during the parade.
vSome folks were evidently determined to take no chances.

Some of the peojjle r)n the floats, with tender limbs and rather
unyielding bodies, were bruised black and blue and lamed all over,
by standing posed on the floating, jostling, oscillating floats during
the four-mile march.

One of the ])rettiest features of the ])arade was the gathering of
several hundred school childien on the triangular green, in front
of Smith College and their singing of patriotic songs and waving of
greetings to Governor Bates anrl party as they passed in their car-
riages. Those school children, many of whr)m will doubtless live to
see the three hundredth anniversary, have many a pleasant pictiu-e
filed away in memory's gallery.

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The decorated carriages formed one of the most appreciated feat-
ures of the parade, and were the first exhibition of the kind seen in
Northampton. Several previous attempts to produce such an exhi-
bition had failed, which made the Celebration success all the more
appreciated.

Samuel S. Campion of Northampton, England, was the lion of the
day, and after the parade he had more invitations to tarry awhile
than he knew what to do with. As it was, he skipped Boston, which
he had intended to visit, and spent another day in the city after the
Celebration, visiting points of interest roundabout.

Marshal Frederick G. Jager showed consummate skill by the
manner in which he marshaled his procession of automobiles from miles
around, and it was a good advertisement for the modern industry,
in which he is interested.

Although no portrait of the gallant General Seth Pomeroy is ex-
tant, he was remembered in the parade, by his descendant, William
C. Pomeroy of Northampton, who simulated the General's ride forth
to the battles of the Revolution.

Not since the days of Major Longley, until this parade, had the
high sheriff of Hampshire county worn a rosette in his tall hat. It
made one think of the Major's gala days, to see Sheriff Clark out with
the rosette.

Colonel Williams, in uniform again, reminded many of the time,
not so long ago, when he wore one in the service of his country.

Among those who rode in the parade and enjoyed the affair highly
was Mrs. Drusilla Hall Johnson, then almost 99 years old and now
over 100, and a real Daughter of the Revolution. She with Austin
Packard, who is 95, are believed to be the oldest persons in town, at
the time of the publication of this book. Their portraits are given
in this volume.

AFTER

THE

PARADE

Following the parade, people dispersed gradually, in pait, many
returning to their homes, while others went to the various restaurants
and hotels for dinner. Some went to the Home Culture Clubs' house,
wdiere excellent fare was provided at a low price, and many more were
entertained at the Masonic, Odd Fellows and other fraternal society
rooms, where open house was kept for friends. By this means every
one was cared for somehow, and no one lacked such entertainment
as could be afforded. After dinner, many stayed down town and
others returned to hear the band concerts, and later attended the
baseball game on the driving park. This latter entertainment, how-
ever, was not a part of the Celebration program, Tuesday, being
arranged for as an independent feature, that day.

HOPE writes the poetry of the boy, but memorj^ that of the man. Man
looks forward with smiles, but backward with sighs. Such is the
wise providence of God. The cup of life is the sweetest at the
brim ; the flavor is impaired as we drink deeper, and the dregs are made
bitter that we may not struggle when it is taken from our lips. — Anon.

There comes to me out of the Past
A voice whose tones are sweet and wild,
Singing a song almost divine.
And with a tear in every line.

Longfellow

A man advanced in years, that thinks to look back upon his former
life, and call that only life which was passed with satisfaction and enjoy-
ment, excluding all parts which were not pleasant to him, will find himself
very young if not in his infancy. — Steele.

We look before and after,
And pine for what is not;

Our sincerest laughter

With some pain is fraught;

Our sweetest songs are those
That tell of saddest thought.

Shelley

Behold we know not anj^thing;

I can but trust that good will fall
At last — -far off — at last, to all —

And every winter change to spring.

Tennyson

COLLATION AND POST-PR A N DLAL
EXERCISES IN THE PAVILION

THE last function of the daylight hours was a semi-formal one,
being the collation and speeches in the pavilion at the rear of
the Forbes library. The collation, furnished by Edwin C.
Barr of Springfield, was ready about two o'clock, and could
hardly be called a formal afTair, though the post-prandial exercises
following might have been so denominated. About six hundred
people, fully one-half women, gathered at the pavilion, and the affair
resembled a huge family gathering, the assembly being plainly a
meeting of descendants of the older families, for the most part, the
members of whom had come together to talk and be talked to about
old times. There were old familiar faces from every part of the
country, and everybody seemed to be enjoying himself. The spirit of
the occasion was delightful, and fraternization was the order of the
hour preceding the speeches.

The general public were admitted on the west side of the tent
and passed along to serving tables on the east side, the following menu
beins: served:

Oyster Patties Fish Croquettes

Cold Ham
Cold Chicken Cold Tongue

Bread and Butter Sandwiches
Vegetable Salad Rolls Celery Salad

Cake
Ice Cream Coffee

There were two enclosures of seats, and persons receiving the first
course took seats on benches in the first enclosure, until they had dis-
posed of their first helping. Then, returning their plates, they re-
ceived the second course and with it returned to seats in the second
area, where they remained to hear the music and speeches.

On the platform was a table extending across the full width of
the tent, at which sat the speakers and guests of honor. Judge Will-
iam G. Bassett, the toastmaster, sat at the center of the table, facing
the listeners, and Governor Bates sat at his right hand and Mayor
Hallett at his left. The Northampton Band, which furnished music
at intervals, was placed at the rear and left of the toastmaster. The
press representatives sat behind the toastmaster and the other invited
guests were on the rising tiers of seats beyond.

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At the table with Judge Bassett, Governor Bates and Mayor Hal-
lett, sat the following: Congressman Frederick H.-Gillett, Alderman
Samuel S. Campion of Northampton, England, Christopher Clarke,
Rear Admiral Francis A. Cook, Mayor Arthur B. Chapin of Holyoke,
City Clerk Egbert I. Clapp, Timothy G. Spaulding, William A. Steven-
son, Ernest W. Hardy, Councilor and Mrs. Frederick S. Hall of Taunton,
Councilor and Mrs. Edwin R. Hoag of Chelsea, Councilor and Mrs.
George R. Jewett of Salem, Councilor and Mrs. Walter S. Watson of
Lowell, Councilor and Mrs. Arthur S. Lowe of Fitchburg, Executive
Secretary and Mrs. Edward F. Hamlin of Boston, Private Secretary
and Mrs. Francis Hurtubis, Jr., of Boston, Mrs. Henry C. Hallett,
Mrs. John L. Bates, Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Irwin, Principal Clar-
ence B. Roote, Superintendent of Schools Jacob H. Carfrey, Louis
D. Gibbs of Washington, Town Clerk Joseph W. Wilson, Selectmen
Jairus F. Burt, George S. Colton and John Cullen and John N.
Lyman of Easthampton, Aldermen Edward J. Jarvis and John J.
Kennedy, Thomas F. McCabe of Holyoke, Robert W. Lyman, Dis-
trict Attorney Dana Malone of Greenfield, Judge Loranus E. Hitch-
cock of Chicopee, Colonel Embury P. Clark of Springfield, Principal
Joseph H. Sawyer of Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Rev. Dr. L.
Clark Seeh'e, Rev. Dr. Henry T. Rose and ex-Mayor Arthur Watson
of Northampton.

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FOLLOWING the collation, and music by the band. Judge Bassett,
as toastmaster, called the assembly to order, speaking as follows:
" This occasion is, as a familv gathering ought to be, a jubilee
of the heart. Fondness and admiration for the old town have been ex-
pressed by every one attending the exercises. One thing seems to have
impressed all more prominently than anything else, and that is the
broadness, the true catholicity, of the exercises thus far. The orations
of yesterday, able, scholarly, instructive and fascinating, dealt broadly
with their subject. It is true that we have been studying the lives of
the men and women of the past, but if anv one came here — as prob-
ably no one did — to hear his particular ancestor or his particular
family singled out and glorified, he was destined to be disappointed.
Northampton as an entity is the keynote of these exercises.

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" It was suggested in the Spring-
field Republican of Sunday that
the essence of the best New Eng-
land flavor was still alive in North-
ampton. This is especially grati-
fying to those who, not born here,
have shown their discrimination by
selecting this as a place of residence
and of business. They have, in a
sense, taken the places of some of
those sons of Northampton who have
been lured from their goodly heritage
by the hope of riches or renown, or
the hope of being more useful, in
some more needy field.

"Among those who have^ selected

Northampton as a place of business

and a home, prominent is Henry

C. Hallett, and Northampton has reciprocated — -it has elected him

Mayor, and re-elected him for thisjyear of jubilee, and he will now

speak to you. His Honor, Mayor Hallett." [Applause.]

Jl'D(;e William G. Bassett

BODress of "Melcome b^ /IRagor Iballett

Mr. Toastmaster and Friends of North-
ampton:

The quarter-millennium whose close
we commemorate means much to an
American community. It has witnessed
the conquest of a wilderness and the
birth of a nation. It has seen a new
people formed from men of many races.
It has seen new theories of government
become established facts. It has seen
that nation take first rank among the
powers of the world and that people
become the teachers of the peoples of
the earth.

In all these things Northampton
has had her place and her people have
had their part. The history of America
and of Massachusetts is her historv, and

Mavur Henry C. Hallett

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with their deeds she has had to do. Sons and daughters of North-
ampton have won distinction in the Commonwealth and the Nation,
and their names are not without honor where American history is read
and American institutions are studied. The names of Joseph Haw-
ley, Seth Pomeroy, Caleb Strong and Isaac C. Bates have no small
place in the history of Massachusetts, and we of Northampton delight
to recall their deeds and to honor their memory.

And yet a just appreciation of the meaning of this occasion demands
that we give especial thought to the unnumbered thousands whose fame
was never known outside the limits of this community, and the names
of the greater part of whom are today unknown even here. No man
can lead if he have not earnest followers, and the wisest cannot teach
those who do not understand. It is to the intelligence, the enthusiastic
determination, and the steadfastness of the great mass of the "plain
people" that Massachusetts and America owe their history; and therein
Northampton has taken and today does take no second place. The
fertile and wide-spreading meadows, which are and have been always
Northampton's proudest natural attraction, drew here two hundred
and fifty years ago the pioneers of the new civilization; strong, earnest
and determined men and women, broad-minded and enlightened. Dur-
ing all her early life Northampton was a farming community, and today
this industry is one of our best beloved, and the descendants of the
early settlers still till the soil their fathers broke. The passage of time
has brought the addition of the trader, the manufacturer, and the
mechanic, and all the states of the nation and all the countries of the
earth have contributed their part to the slow but steady increase of
the numbers of our people. Yet the same spirit that erected the school-
house with the meeting-house has grown stronger with the passage of
time. The enlightenment of her people and their appreciation of the
advantages of learning have come to make Northampton especially
distinguished and everywhe:e known. Today her sons and daughters
and the foster children of her schools give effect to her teaching in all
the earth.

To them, wherever they are, and especially to those of them who
come back today to the old home after years of absence, we give this
message and this assurance. Though time has changed the outward
appearance of Northampton so that the eye may hardly recognize one
familiar feature, and though the faces of our people are as the faces of
strangers, the atmosphere we breathe has undergone no change. North-
ampton is today a modern city. The men who control her destinies
are men of enterprise, advanced in thought and action. And the face
of things has changed. But the spirit of the men who established this
community and maintained it in its early years is the spirit of our
people today. We have prospered measurably in the goods of this
world, but wealth has brought no unseemly ostentation. The ideals of
plain living and high thinking, that made Northampton a distinguished
New England community years ago, are our ideals.

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To the ancient city of Northampton in England, which confers
upon her namesake the distinguished honor of official representation
in the person of one of her most illustrious sons, we present the assur-
ance of our most affectionate regard.

To the Commonwealth, which honors us with the presence of her
distinguished chief magistrate, we extend the greetings of a loyal sub-
ject and a devoted daughter.

And to our returning sons and daughters, to our friends, and to
the stranger within our gates, we give a most heartv welcome.

Judge Bassett. It is very gracious on the part of His Excellency
the Governor to say adieu to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery and
to the Legislature, and to come here, where he was so much desired
and where everybody always is delighted to see him.

Northampton once furnished a Governor of Massachusetts, and
the only reason she has not been furnishing Governors ever since is
because the supply is far in excess of the demand. If Governor Bates
was our very own by birth or by adoption, he still would not be our
Governor, he would be the Governor of the Commonwealth, but we can
claim him as consistently and as fully as any section can.

I am not aware that the power of the Governor has been diminished
in these modern times, except that a statute has taken away the right
and privilege and duty he formerly had of issuing a proclamation for
a day of fasting and prayer, but there has been compensation for the
loss by a judicious exercise of the veto power, which renders fasting and
prayer less necessary. [Applause and laughter.]

It gives me great pleasure to present to you the gentleman for whom
you are waiting, His Excellency, Governor John L. Bates. [Applause.]

BDOress of ©overnor JSates

Mr. Chairman:

I have not seen any opportunities to exercise that choice prerog-
ative to which you have just referred since I came among you, and
unless I get back to Boston pretty soon, I am afraid my right hand will
forget its cunning in that respect.

There has been no occasion, as representing the Commonwealth,
for me to criticize anything that Northampton has done. It seems
strange that I should come here representing the mother and find the
daughter two hundred and fifty A^ears old and the mother considerably
less. [Laughter.] And yet I suppose that the relationship is, never-
theless, that of a parent and a child. Certainlv I have had the fond
feeling that a parent must have as I have looked upon this beautiful
city in the midst of its festivities. I have been almost amazed at the
magnitude of this Celebration ; it has been such a revelation of the

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Governor John L. Bates

civic Spirit, of the interest in the
pubhc welfare, on the part of vour
people.

I was pleased to attend your exer-
cises in the church, where I heard
you offer prayer and praise for all
that had been accomplished in these
two hundred and fifty years, on the
old site where for two hundred and
fifty years, well nigh, voices have
ascended to God, asking for His
blessing upon this new people on
the western shore. I thought it was
very appropriate that you should
follow it with the concert of song and
praise, in recognition of the wonder-
ful Providence that had guided you
throughout vour historv. I was
pleased to listen to the eloquence of
those who spoke to us in the Acad-
emy yesterday, telling the proud
story of Northampton's history, and it was also a pleasure to look upon
that magnificent parade today, that also indicated the history of this
people, in those artistic floats, indicating that which had been for the
defence of the people in the bodies of the militia, and indicating pros-
perity and the progress of the times in that last, almost silent, but
beautiful division of the automobiles.

It has been to me fitting, therefore, as I have gone over the history
of the past in my mind, that we should come here for pretty nearly the
close, to enjoy the good things together and to realize that we had been
a wonderfully prosperous people.

My good friend with whom I am stopping told me the other night
that I would be expected to say some word for the Commonwealth.
I felt something as Governor Long said he felt when he began his address
yesterday. There is nothing left to be said upon Northampton. There
is nothing left to be said upon the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
And I began to think as to what the Commonwealth was and to ask
myself the question, "What is Massachusetts?" And as I began to
think I fell asleep, and I had a dream, and there was a mysterious
genius came to me and beckoned me, and I followed him through the
woods and the wilds until we stood on a lofty mountain. And I said,
"Who are you, strange creature?" He said, "I am the genius of
Mount Tom. I have heard your question, 'What is Massachusetts?'
and it is my pleasure now to reveal to you this that we call Massachu-
setts." He said, "Look far away." And I looked far away. He
said, "Away off there in the east you see that line of silver. That is

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the breaking sea." "Well," I said, "is Massachusetts in the sea?"
"No," he said. "For thousands of years old ocean has raged upon
this coast, but there was no Massachusetts then. Massachusetts is
not in the sea, but in the men who left their homes beyond the sea
and bore all those perils, leaving all behind, that they might come and
settle here and amid conditions of freedom and liberty. Hear them,"
he said, "as they utter those words so pregnant with meaning, 'It is
not with us as with men whom small things move.' You see the
rock," he said, "upon which they stepped." And I looked upon the
rock, and I said, "Is that Massachusetts?" And he said, "No, that is
not Massachusetts. Age on age it has stood there, but the finger of
faith that rises from it and points forth to the heavens, in that vou
may see something of Massachusetts." He than drew my attention to
the beautiful valley that lay almost at our feet. I saw the winding
river; I saw the mountain walls whereon God had hung his picture,
and I said, "Is Massachusetts in this magnificent river?" "No," he
said, "Massachusetts is not in the river, but it is in the men who
have chained the river and caused it to carry the chariots of manu-
facture for them." And then I heard a terrible sound of groaning
of men and the sound of guns and the clashing of steel, and I said,
"Is that Massachusetts?" "No. Massachusetts is not in the battle,
but in the spirit of the men who, on this land, long ago, fought
with the savage for a foothold, from Concord bridge and all the way
down until they stood on the bridge at Santiago, fighting for hu-
manity and humanit3''s claims. That is where you will find Mas-
sachusetts." So he drew my attention first to one thing and then to
another, and finally he said, "Beyond ten thousand buildings, all
over those eight thousand square miles, that is sometimes wrongfully
called Massachusetts." And I said, "Is Massachusetts in the build-
ings?" "No; but see what is in the buildings. It is the spirit of
men and women who are teaching the deaf and dumb to hear and
to speak and the blind to see and the lame to walk, and in those
other institutions where the flower of womanhood of the land is
gathered, where the young men of the land are gathered, and where
now they are placing upon memory's walls the choicest gems of science,
literature and of art. Just there," he said, "3'ou will see something
of Massachusetts." Then I looked below, and I saw the spires still
pointing heavenward, as the finger of faith did from the time of that
first settlement on Plymouth bay. And then there came a tremen-
dous crash. It seemed as though the very heavens wxre opening,
and I waked up, and it was only Thompson's battery firing for the
salute yesterday morning. [Laughter and applause.] And I came
out, and I walked up and down these streets, and I saw the colors
everywhere, indicating the patriotism of this people, and I thought
they had a right to float them aloft, for they had done much to
maintain them in honor. And after that I went upon your hill-
tops and I saw the institutions that crown them. I saw this great

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educational institution over here on the left. I saw the homes
everywhere situated so beautifully, the city without a park, and yet
the entire city a park, and it seemed to me as though my question had
been answered ; as though I saw the embodiment of Massachusetts
right here in Northampton, this American Beauty Rose of New Eng-
land cities, that seems to blossom with deeds of charity and benev-
olence and of education and of faith.

So may it be now that we may have cause not only to congratu-
late you on the past and to express our congratulations on the present,
but also for all future ages. [Applause.]

Judge Bassett. A book has been named, "When Knighthood
Was in Flower." Knighthood now is in flower and in full bloom right
here in Northampton. We have a son of Northampton, from good old
stock and thoroughlv educated, an expert in his profession, who on a
great occasion showed, what all his friends knew before, that he is a
great man — Admiral Cook, whom I have the pleasure to introduce
to you.

IRemarhs ot 2l&miral Cook

FeUozv-To-K'iismcu, FcUo-w-Toivusivomcn, Former Friends and Associates:

It is good to be with you todav and to know that, after an absence
of forty years or more, I am still welcome in my old home. [Applause.]

It is not the policy of a demo-
cratic people to maintain large and
expensive navies, but one is required
which may be relied upon at all
times to protect your interests. The
navy should not be behindhand in
material nor ships, and certainly
not in a personnel thoroughly trained
to use that material to the best ad-
vantage when rec|uired to do so.
The navy has always done its duty
in all wars and maintained the respect
and the confidence of the people.
I may not now dwell upon its deeds.
Every schoolboy knows them from
his histories, and will emulate them
if he gets a chance.

I remember in my boyhood of
hearing a story often told of two
eccentric characters in the old town.

I shall name them for convenience Admiral Francis a. Cook

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David and Isaac. David caught a cat which had been preving upon his
chickens and tied it to a stake. He asked from Isaac the loan of his
gun. Isaac, who was considerable of a wag, loaned him an old musket
which had been loaded and reloaded by mischievous boys nearlv to the
muzzle. David had the cat tied to a stake and took aim and fired.
The shot scattered, it cut the string, the cat ran away, but David turned
a double somersault to the rear. [Laughter.] He turned to Isaac and
said, "Did I kill the cat?" "No," said Isaac, "there goes the cat."
"Well," said David, "but she would have been dead if she had been at
this end of the gun." [Laughter.]

We should look to it that our guns should be loaded with the best
material, and when we find a cat preying upon our chickens or in the
henery, that we may not merely make a big noise and blow a hole in
the ground, but that we shall destroy the enemy.

May our youth continue to be interested in our public schools,
that every star and every stripe of the old flag may mean freedom and
happiness to a united people, that in their manhood thev mav ever be
ready to fight for and to defend it, and in old age to honor it and to
respect it. [Applause.]

Judge Bassett. Before Columbus discovered America there was
chartered in England the old town of Northampton.

We are fortunate in having a goodly representative of that old
town, which, calling our own town the mother, may perhaps very well
be called the grandmother, here today, and it gives me great pleasure to
introduce to you Hon. Samuel S. Campion of Northampton, England.

IRemarhs ot /iRr. Gampion

]'oiir Honor, Judge Bassett, Ladies and Gentlemen, I'^riends:

Before I came here I visited your grand miracle of nature, Niagara.
You remember that above both the American and the Canadian falls
there are tremendous rapids, forces of nature it is impossible to calcu-
late, turbulent waters rushing, racing, conflicting in measureless energv,
until at last they pour in boiling force over the abyss of the falls. Mv
mind, during my presence with you, has been very much in the seeth-
ing state of those rapids. It has been the scene of a conflict of con-
verging and various thoughts and feelings which it was impossible to
express, and if I attempted to throw upon you the whole force of
those converging, conflicting and tumultuous energies, I am afraid the
result might be fatal. At any rate it is a picture of mv mind, and the
difficulty with me is how to draw from the tangled tumult of thought
two or three consecutive ideas which may convey in some sort the
feelings which animate me as the representative of your mother in Old
England.

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H (_) N . S A .M U K L S . L A M I- I O N

Norlhampton, England

How old am I ? It is said that
a man is as old as he feels and a
woman as old as she looks.
[Laughter.] Well, I feel something
like a thousand years old. I am,
in fact, the heir of all the ages at
Northampton. I am speaking
from the mind of a thousand
years and more to you. I dare
not trust mvself to fix the date,
because historic records, perhaps,
will not carry us far beyond one
thousand or twelve hundred years
with regard to the age of your
respected mother. I am looking
upon you through the eyes of a
thousand years, and those eyes in
looking upon you cast their glances
of intellectual life, which reveal to
you, in the old country, in the
very heart of the Midlands of the
Old England, ancient Britons with their equivalents of wigwams, Saxons
and Danes, contending for the spoils, in the early settlement of your
mother. They bring you a picture of the Norman conquest, when Will-
iam the Conqueror took possession of ancient Northampton, for it was
then amongst the leading towns of the old country, as it is today, and,
as I told an audience of your school children yesterday, he did what all
wise men do, he gave that treasure into the hands of a woman, his
niece Judith. He married her as a matter of convenience to the last
Saxon earl of Northampton. She was the first Norman countess of
Northampton, and Northampton practically owned her sway, so that the
town paid its allegiance to one of the mothers of our race. And I might,
but for fear of wearying you, carry you down the avenues of history and
tell you how Northampton has always been prominently and domi-
nantly associated with the religious ideas. When Judith's husband
was put out of the way, William the Conqueror wished her to marry
one of his Norman earls. But he was a gentleman who, though pos-
sessing a brave heart, had unequal shoulders, some kind of deformity,
and the lady preferred a proper man, as she said, to one who was not
exactly physically an Adonis of beauty, and William the Conqueror
married the knight to the daughter of Judith. Her daughter was named
Maud.

Now, Simon de St. Liz, first earl of Northampton, was a brave
crusader, and when he came back from the crusades one of the first
tributes he paid to the Providence he held had spared his life through
innumerable dangers was to build one of the architectural and historical

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Old Church, Northampton, England

I N r E R I o R (Chancel)

memorials of the past in the
shape of the round church built
on the pattern of the round
church which was erected over
the reputed tomb of our Lord
in Jerusalem. And so your first
Norman earl stamped the relig-
ious idea upon your mother city
by building upon it the archi-
tectural representation of the
church wdiich stood over the
tomb of our Lord, and there
the Church of the Holy Sep-
ulchre stands today. He also
established a monastery, dedi-
cated to St. Andrew, as a
branch of the Cluniac Order of
Monks, in France. Either he
or his son, moie probably his
son, also built the Norman
church of St. Peter, in the town.
Both churches are something
like eight hundred years old.
Some of you have seen them,
and I hope more of you may
live to see them. They stand
as a living memento of the

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religious spirit which underlaid the early settlement of your mother
city. And why do I mention that circumstance ? Because, as I
heard from our good friend, Doctor Rose, on Sunday, and as I have
heard through innumerable channels since, the founders of this settle-
ment here were men eminently devout, wedded to the truth as they
believed it, servants of the Lord and citizens of the kingdom of God,
and that this settlement was founded upon the religious idea ; religion
helped to found it, it was the religious spirit which lay at its root.
And now let me continue that line of thought a little further.

Old Northampton never lost the thread of that religious spirit.
When John Wycliffe, the Star of the Reformation, rose in his beautiful
brightness — and the star is still shining throughout the world — North-
ampton was the home of the Wycliffites, and John Wycliffe's ashes were
laid to rest in the neighboring church at Lutterworth, only to be dug up
later bv his opponents, and those ashes were cast into the Avon — Shakes-
peare's Avon — and from the Avon carried to the Severn, as good Thomas
Fuller savs, one of our Northampton worthies, and from the Severn
carried into the Atlantic, so that it might be an emblem of his truth,
and by the Avon, can we refuse to believe, that spirit was carried across
the Atlantic to the new world ? And then the Lollards came, and North-
ampton was the home of the reforming religionists known as the Lol-
lards. And then Puritanism arose, and Northampton was the home of
Puritanism, and may I say, just to make a little quarrel with our friend,
President Seelye, in his magnificent address of yesterday paid tribute
to the elements that went to the building up of this Northampton of
today, but he omitted one thing. He omitted to refer to the seed corn
to which we owe this Northampton of today. I suggest there would
have been no Northampton but for the old Puritans who came out from
the Old Northampton, and in your new settlement here your settlers
were only carrying out the apostolic succession of the religious idea,
the simple faith, sturdy independence, strong conviction, the sturdy
purpose, the inexhaustible endurance, which they had learned from
their Puritan ancestors in Old Northampton, and I am sure President
Seelye will be the first to recognize the philoso]:)hic truth of historical
continuity and will be ready to admit that New Northampton is but the
child of Old Northampton, and that in the very best sense of the word.
[Applause.]

Still further, and I trust you will pardon me; I trust I may not be
wearisome or tedious, but I want you to know something of my own
old city, your mother, that perhaps you do not know as much about
as it is desirable you should know. The Puritans in those days
were Cromwellians. Cromwell slept in an old house still standing in
Northampton, the night before Naseby, and we lost our town hall by
order of Charles the Second, because we sheltered the Parliamentary
party. Naseby, the crucial fight of the war, practically, which ended
in a victory by the Parliamentary party, was fought within twelve or

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fourteen miles of our Northampton and Northam])ton men fought in
that fight. Since that time we have had grand men of the same noble
spirit of whom you have been able to boast; your men, our children.
There was Phihp Doddridge, whose hymns you sing; there was William
Cowper, who, not a man of Northampton, wrote for Northampton and
lived within a dozen miles; there was John Ryland, another notable,
whose hymns I have no doubt are to be found in your hymn book ; there
was William Carey, the shoemaker, founder of modern missions, the
man who made shoes and preached, just as your early pastors worked
upon the farm or handled the musket and preached. And so, friends,
you see that there is a very real tie existing between Old Northampton
and your New Northampton, because of the spirit which animated the
founders, there was a derivation from the spirit they had learned from
their fathers in our old town. And I shoukl like to say that this spirit
is still maintained in your mother city. Our churches and chapels will
compare with the churches and chapels of any community of similar
size and character in the world. Our workers, religious workers, are as
earnest and devoted as any, and at our last religious census Northamp-
ton stood high for its number of inhabitants that were to be found
vSunday by Sunday paying their tribute, singing their praises and offer-
ing their prayers to the Almighty. So that the old spirit still lives in
the old town which still holds aloft the banner of civic and religious
liberty which is your boast and our boast and which makes vou and us
absolutelv one.

But I am. coming to a still stronger point which unites us and makes
us one and which I trust will make you men of New Northampton proud
of your mxOther in the old country. I am speaking from the heart of
England. Northampton is in the very heart, the center, of our old
country, and I may even presume to say that Northampton in Old
England is the hub of England. Well, now, let us see in this regard.
Well, in the first place, I hope President Seelye will give me plenary
absolution that I have trespassed upon his view of things. I now have
to ask His Excellency Governor Bates to give me plenarv absolution
for another heresy I am about to propound. I am going to submit it
to you to say whether that heresy does not represent the orthodox
truth.

Northampton was chartered in 1533 and in 1546 the Mayor of Old
Northampton, your mother city, was named Lawrence Washington.
[Applause.] He was the direct ancestor of your George Washington.
[Applause.] Within six miles there is a little parish church in the
parish of Great Brington, one mile from Althorp, the seat of Earl Spen-
cer, the possible next Premier of England, — I am one of those who
hope it may be. Earl Spencer is a member of a great and noble family
who married into the family of the Washingtons. The Washingtons
and Spencers intermarried, and in that church there lie the remains of
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want to say, and I trust you will pardon the egotism of the suggestion,
that the fact of a Washington having been Mayor of Old Northampton,
of that ancient city, fits me to come here and represent the old town.
There is another reason why I feel there is a peculiar fitness in my
representing the city, for the dust of my father and mother, as I told
one of your audiences the other day, rests in the graveyard where the
remains of Washington's ancestors are laid, only they lie in the church.
They were persons of quality. The dust of my father and mother lies
outside the church, but I think you will agree with me that in either
case the soil is equally consecrated, for I can say:

"My boast is not, that I deduce iny birth
From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth;
But higher far my proud pretensions rise — -
The son of parents pass'd into the skies."

That is William Cowper. [Applause.] On his mother's picture.
But I share the glory with William Cowper.

On that Washington tomb there is a brass bearing the coat of arms
of the Washingtons. Some of you know what that coat of arms is.
There are the stars and there are the bars. We gave you the stars and
stripes. [Applause and laughter.] I decline to allow you the monopoly
of them. [Laughter.] I am happy under the banner of the stars and
stripes. I am equally happy under the old union jack. [Laughter.]
In either case I feel they both belong to me and I belong to them.
[Applause.]

Well, you see we gave you George Washington, and now comes my
point. You say Boston is the hub of the universe. Where would
Boston have been if it had not been for George Washington ? [Laugh-
ter.] Well, heaven only knows. [Laughter.] As Northampton gave
you George Washington, if the republic was founded by George Wash-
ington, that is, I mean in a metaphorical sense, he was your great leader,
the father of your country — if Northampton gave you the father of
your country, then I say Boston must no longer usurp the position it
claims of being the hub of the universe. It must give place to North-
ampton, and you ladies and gentlemen of New Northampton, after this
do not play second fiddle to Boston, because it is a family affair. [Ap-
plause and laughter.] Washington was a member of your family, not
a member of the Boston family. It is the family of Northampton which
has given you and me the father of our country, our country, and,
therefore, I trust the syllogism will be considered complete, the argu-
ment as perfect, Northampton, the hub of the universe. [Applause.]

But I am going further. [Laughter.] I have not done with our
claims. A friend, just before I came into the tent, told me that his
ancestors came from Badby. Now, I know Badby well. It is a village
which had a Danish origin. The very "by" at the end of the "Badby"
shows it had a Danish origin. All the names in the old country ending
in "by" may be confidently traced to Danish origin. We belong to

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that village of Badby. It is within about ten or twelve miles of North-
ampton. And you had a man named Benjamin Franklin, whom I
have always called the Philosopher of the Ainerican Revolution. He
came, or his father and mother came, or his ancestors, and I almost
think it was his father and mother, from the village of Ecton, five miles
from Northampton. That is comparatively a stone's throw. We gave
you the father of your country, we gave you the philosopher of your
Revolution, all from Northampton.

Then we gave you General Garfield, the man whose death was so
much lamented, as much lamented on our side as on yours. Nowhere
was it that tears, sorrow and sympathy were given more freely than on
our side, at the lamented death of Garfield, yours and ours, for these
glories never fade.

And then we gave you Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, gave you
not only founders, philosophers and statesmen, but poets. Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow, on his mother's side, came from Long Buckby,
a large village within ten miles of Northampton. There again we claim
to score. I tell 3'Ou that in being the daughter of Old Northampton
you men and w^omen are citizens of no mean city and have reason to be
proud of your origin. As Wordsworth sang, we that remember the past
can sing with him with equal fervor and sincerity and truth,

" In our halls is hung
Armoury of the invincible knights of old :

We must be free or die, who speak the tongue
That Shakespeare spake: the faith and morals hold
Which Milton held. In everything we are sprung

Of earth's first blood, have titles manifold."

And so I trust that the ties of blood, of sympathy, of relationship,
all of which I have shown you exist in a very strong degree, in a notice-
able degree, as I hope, may grow stronger and stronger as the years go
by, and that whilst you sing the praises of the early settlers, the brave
adventures of devoted men of progress, apostles of civic and religious
liberty, you will cast a friendly thought and look across the ocean to
your mother city, that you will feel an aft'ection for her that may not
die.

I can assure you of this, that we at Northampton shall regard this
Celebration with the greatest interest. You may depend upon it, my
tongue and my pen will alike take care to be exercised in conveying to
our friends there what a happy and useful time we have had together,
and how much I myself have enjoyed it. But I feel that it is only
typical of the union of hearts that should grow, that ought to grow,
that must grow, between the two great English-speaking peoples on
either side of the Atlantic. To me differences, excepting those that can
be adjusted by peaceable means, differences that might be carried to
arbitrament of the sword, would be nothing less than fratricidal crime.
[Applause.] For I am appealing to you on the ground of a common

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ancestry, on the ground of a common tongue, on the ground of a com-
mon Hterature, on the ground of a common rehgion, to stand together,
shoulder to shoulder, heart to heart, in the great work of regenerating
humanity, in reclaiming the world from the ways of barbarism and
strife into the peaceful triumphs of industry and fraternity.

I remember in the dark days of 1861 and 1865 how as a youth I
watched the struggle here with as much — I think I may say, I hope
without presumption — with as much interest and sympathy as even you
yourselves could have done, and I remember how glad we were when
the Union was preserved and this great nation, saved from the cata-
clysm of division, was at last brought together, united, in order to
march forward to greater triumphs in the cause of progress and civiliza-
tion, and we trust that that union inay be only a type of the union
that, even in a fuller sense, may be established between the Anglo-
Saxon races on both sides of the Atlantic.

I remember that at that time there were some words of Longfellow
that appealed to me very strongly, and which appeal to me today, which
I should like to apply to the unity of thought and spirit which shotild
be maintained between us :

"Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
Sail on, O Union, strong and great!
Humanity with all its fears.
With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thv fate!

'■ 'Tis but the flapping of the sail,

And not a rent made by the gale !

In spite of rock and tempest's roar,

In spite of false lights on the shore,

Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea!

Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.

Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,

Our faith triumphant o'er our fears.

Are all with thee, — are all with thee!"

It is my pleasure to read a telegram from the Mayor of Old North-
ampton. I received it, I may say, yesterday morning, but it was thought
better that it should be reserved for this occasion, and I therefore now
read it. It is addressed to myself:

"Alderman Campion, care of Mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts. Con-
vey to the Mayor, City Council and the inhabitants heartiest greetings from my-
self, the Council and Burgesses of Northampton, England, on the two hundred
and fiftieth anniversary of settlement of our namesake Ainerican city."

[Signed] Lewis, Mayor.

Judge Bassett. Will you allow the continuity of this vocal music
to be interrupted by a piece of instrumental music? It will be admissi-
ble to stand during the music, if you desire. [Music by the band.]

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Judge Bassett. Although our Northampton is so young compara-
tively, she is the mother of three fine daughters, Westhampton, South-
ampton, and Eastham])ton. From the youngest of them comes to us
Dr. Joseph H. Sawyer, principal of Williston Seminary, Easthampton,
who will now be heard b^' vou.

Ipvinctpal Saunter's IRemarks

Mr. (.'Jiairuuvi, His Honor the Mayor, Friends and Neighbors:

It is certainly very kind and yery considerate in you, after hearing
so much about Northampton, to be willing to sit patiently and hear
anything about people who are called by another name than North-
ampton.

As your Toastmaster has said,
there are three of these younger
Hamptons. They form a trio of
daughters of whom the mother mav
well be proud. You have asked a
representative from the youngest of
the three to speak for all. I should
be remiss, quite forgetful of what I
know my neighbors in these towns
expect of me, cjuite regardless of m\'
own feeling, if I did not here and
now, in their behalf, convey to you
and to those who have acted in your
stead, our grateful recognition of the
consideration that vou have shown
to us. We thank you for the cordial
invitation to participate in the fes-
tivities of this occasion. We thank
you for including us in the home
circle. We feel at home. Although
separated for a term of years, we still
feel in a way that we are coming
home when we come here.

It is more than one hundred and fifty years since Southampton was
incorporated ; more than one hundred and twenty-five years since West-
hampton separated from Northampton. It is nearly one hundred and
twenty years since Easthampton called its first pastor and built its
town-house. Those of us now here had no part in that separation, but
the record that has been left us is sufheient to show us that the separa-
tion did not come because of jealousy. It was done with no bitter
feeling. There has been no cause, no good reason, for bitterness since
then. The separation in each instance came because the convenience

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of the communities chiefly interested would be thereby most perfectly
served.

And yet it ought to be said here today that these towns did not
separate from Northampton simply for that reason. They went from
Northampton for Northampton's good. The proof of that is to be found
in that spurious logic which consists in a supposition contrary to the
fact. Imagine, if it is possible for you, now so weary, to imagine any-
thing, imagine what would be the condition today if Northampton had
these three towns to care for and their pleasure to consult in addition
to West Farms, Loudvihe, Smith's Ferry, Leeds and Florence. In
that case I think the higher critic, if not the philosophic historian,
would find in this municipality the origin of that classic rhyme about
the careworn old mother who lived in a shoe.

Northampton, in deed if not in word, I think, has recognized this
service which these towns rendered by going away. She has seen that
they were always well supplied with representatives in the Great and
General Court and with an abundance of occupants of all kinds of offices,
and whenever the suggestion has come from one of those communities
that this was not quite fair to lay so much upon the mother and they
were ready to assume some of the responsibilities of the case, the assur-
ance has always come back that we could still return to our farms and
our merchandise, for over here there was a long waiting list. [Laughter.]

One hundred and fifty years and more since these separations
began. That has been time for the writing of much history. This
municipality in that time has grown to a beautiful, prosperous and
well-ordered city. The other Hamptons remain towns. There the
original New England democracy may be found in its proper form and
untainted purity. There is not only government of the people and
for the people, but literally and truly government by the people.

A change has come over the face of the ground that these towns
represent upon the map. They have grown, taken as a whole, for they
have grown in population and have increased in wealth. There have been
changes of localities, there has been shifting of centers, but taken as a
whole they are more populous and more prosperous today than in that
earlier time. The farms are as well cared for on the whole. Certainly
the merchandise, the conveniences, offered in the shops, are as varied
and as complete in satisfying the wants of the community as were those
of a former time. In all these ways these townships have held their
own. They are not declining. They are not decayed towns.

But there has another change come which makes us all serious.
The towns of Westhampton and Southampton are today, as they were
one hundred years ago, not so fully as one hundred years ago, but still
in large measure, homogeneous. New names appear upon the rolls of
the assessors, and names other than those of the original New England
inhabitants may be found in those farmsteads. One hundred years
ago we might say that Easthampton was homogeneous. Fifty years ago

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it was vastly more so than today, but still Westhampton and South-
ampton have remained essentially agricultural, and the artisans there
found are such as are necessary for the convenient service of such com-
munities. Easthampton, on the other hand, has developed manufac-
turing interests of some importance. This has brought about a change
in the character of the population. Today representatives of twelve
nationalities have homes in Easthampton, and if w^e include those who
are there for temporary residence, we could increase that number to
fifteen. Now, I need not enlarge upon the seriousness of that situation.
In epitome it is the problem which confronts the nation, the assimila-
tion into the body politic of such increasing additions of those who
come to us with ideals of home and of country differing in many respects
from those which we have held in honor here. We face it with no over-
weening confidence, certainly with no boasting. And yet we are re-
solved to solve it satisfactorily, for questions not settled rightly never
give a community peace. Our reliance is the reliance of our fathers.
We know no modern method for meeting this case, although the prob-
lem is a modern one. Our reliance is on the school and the church, with
all that those two institutions represent. We do not desire, we do not
seek, citizenship that is clannish and devoid of conscience, and so, while
through our schools we seek to secure a community speaking a common
language and having common ideals of home and country, we seek
through our churches allegiance to the same higher law and recognition
of the same God. The people in those towns, in the main, are a church-
going people. The institutions and the ordinances of the house of
God they revere, its lessons they will heed. And so it is our hope,
our faith, that we shall see there, as in other parts of this fair land of
ours, the citizenship homogeneous at least in this, that all shall recog-
nize that liberty under law is the only liberty worth having [applause] ;
and a community and neighborhood homogeneous at least in this, that
each shall find the security of his own rights in the recognition of the
rights of others.

This two hundred and fiftieth anniversary closes a chapter of history.
We shall open the next, satisfied with the past and full of courage for
the future. [Applause.]

Judge Bassett. The last speaker has mentioned Smith's Ferry,
and we may be thankful for that institution, for it caused a good woman
who was mother of a numerous family to select Northampton as a place
of residence. She said that whereas formerly when they wanted to get
from Brooklyn to New York they went down to the shore and took
down a tin horn from a tree and blew it, and the ferryman swung his
boat over leisurely and took the passengers across; now all that had
given place to the Brookl3^n bridge, which she did not like. But up in
Northampton you may swing leisurely over the Connecticut on a wire

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ferry and see a beautiful landscape before you and all around you, and
Northampton is a place where no one is lost to help make a throng.
Naturally we are thankful for Smith's Ferrv.

Doctor Henry T. Rose, who will now address you, pastor of the
First church, which has been in existence about as long as the town,
and who is a successor of Jonathan Edwards, needs no introduction
here.

IRemarhs of IRev. Dr. IRosc

Air. Chaifman, Master of the Feast, Friends and Citizens of Western
Massaehusetts:

I infer from Judge Bassett's suggestions that I have been in exist-
ence about as long as the town. It is a libel on my grav hairs. In
point of fact, when you celebrate your two hundred and fiftieth anni-
versary you have to go outside and get us boys to come inside here and

talk to you. There has not a single
man spoken to you here today who
was born of one of the first settlers,
and we all come in from the outside
to help you celebrate your glorious
anniversary, and we do it with full
hearts.

Reference has been made by our
honored guest from Northampton,
England, to a hero known in history
as William the Conqueror — if it was
not Lieut. William Clark, it was Will-
iam the Conqueror. I am glad he
did not tell us all he knew about him,
for if he had he would have stolen
the only story I have.

It is said that when William the
Conqueror landed, as he stepped
from the boat by which he was car-
ried from his ship, his heel caught in
the rim of the boat and he fell into
the edge of the water, and the soldiers
and seamen were frightened, for it was an ill omen. But he laid hold
upon the dripping sands and held them high and said, "So by the
splendor of God do I take possession of the soil of England with both
my hands." So by the splendor of God do we take possession of this
town of Northampton.

The blue and the gray are harmonized at length and sweet peace
unites them. Now today the blue and the red are one, and tonight we
are to be the guests of that gracious circle, the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, closing under the sweetest auspices a Celebration of

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wonderful felicity and success. I asked one of the queenly women
that belong to that lovely throng what D. A. R. stood for, and she told
me it stood for "Daughters of the American Revolution." "Yes," I
said, "but the initials might be interpreted to mean 'Deep Ancestral
Resentment.'" But today I know what it stands for, namely this —
the "Development of Affectionate Relations." [Applause.]

As I stand here I am thinking almost all the time of that great
address that was delivered in the First church on the two hundredth
anniversary of the founding of the town. His Excellency just now
remarked that everything had been said by former speakers, but if you
will permit me to say so, nothing has been said yet about all our story.
A great deal remains to tell, and I wish he had told more of it, although
what he said was inimitable. When the Rev. Dr. Allen, of blessed
memory, who is now with God, delivered that address, he lamented the
limits assigned to him in time, for the committee had allotted him only
two hours, and he had overrun the time a little.

I want to refer once more, with your kind permission, to Dr. Seelye's
admirable summary of what has come to the town in the way of gifts
and endowments. One thing there was not time to mention, or the
Doctor, whose memory is inerrent, would have spoken of it, the first of
all our benefactions, the fund left by Major Hawley, also of blessed
memory, for the cause of education in Northampton. He provided for
the continuance of the grammar school as long as the township should
endure, and he directed that no part of his bequest should be aUenated
to any other purpose, strongly recommending to the people — his will is
down here in the court-house, anybody can look at it, a precious docu-
ment — that the schools be managed with fairness and liberality, and
that men of learning and ability be employed to teach. He made these
provisions because he had the greatest affection for the lads of North-
ampton , and for obligation to his country and the town that had honored
him so highly. When the new Hawley grammar school is Vjuilt we want
so much of that will as seems fitting inscribed in some permanent form
in a conspicuous place in the entrance to that monumental building.
Come again, then, friends, and help us consecrate that monument to the
memory of Major Joseph Hawley.

The astonishing liberality of this people, their charity and their
self-control, have been celebrated here this afternoon. In all its history
this town has been famous for the generosity of its public actions and
for the tolerance of its spirit. We have had divisions, but, as was said,
we had no witchcraft prosecutions. We have had schism, and we
have parted with tears and sadness from dear friends, yet even in those
hot days when England and America were at strife, although there
were many men here who sympathized with the mother country, they
were permitted to enjoy their principles pretty much to themselves.
At that time the town was engaged in building a new jail. The very
first time it was used some of the foremost citizens — Major Stoddard

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was one of them — were incarcerated and spent the night in it on
account of their tory principles. And these cHstinguished prisoners
sent out for the sheriff — I am sorry to say he is not with us today,
but representatives succeeding him in that high office in this and other
counties are here present — and the sheriff took in something to drink,
and they had a glorious night, and the next morning the men were
discharged and permitted afterwards to exercise their right to private
judgment and sympathize with King George or Brother Jonathan to
the end of their days. This is as near as the patriots came to per-
secution.

Is there nobler praise than to call this a town renowned for liberty,
education, enlightenment and religion? May its star never be dimmed,
but grow the brighter in our heavens to the end of time, and may we
all be worthy of citizenship in so fair a place. [Applause.]

Judge Bassett. It must be true that no speaker born in North-
ampton has been heard here today, because a truthful gentleman has
said so. I believe it is said that poets are born and not made, and it
comes about by a kind of poetic license, it seems, that the hero is made
and not born, for Admiral Cook, who has spoken, says that he first saw
the light in Northampton.

Dr. Rose. It is the everlasting glory of Northampton that Admi-
ral Cook first saw the light here. May he long see the light among us !
But what I had in mind was that nobody who has spoken for the town is
descended from the first settlers; of that I am quite sure.

Judge Bassett. The next gentleman you will listen to is allied
to a good old Northampton family and is, I believe, the grand-nephew
of Hon. Isaac C. Bates, who was United States senator from North-
ampton. It was one of the great privileges a few years ago to hear his
honored and lamented father here, and it is also a privilege for North-
ampton people to hear our own Congressman, the Honorable Frederick
H. Gillett.

/Iftr. (Sfllett's IRemarfts

My Friends:

I feel that the patience and politeness with which you have so long
sat in these hard seats and listened prove conclusively that you are true
and genuine descendants of those stern Puritans who always thought
the minister was trifling with them if he preached for less than two
hours [laughter], but I shall endeavor to reward your patience by modern
brevity.

I feel that I am very fortunate today, as was alluded to by the chair-
man, in that I feel the interest in Northampton and the admiration and

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319

Hon. Frederick H. Gillett

pride not simply which I sup-
pose every representative does
for every town and city which
has been kind enough, and I sup-
pose he thinks intelhgent enough,
to select him [laughter], but I
have also the personal interest in
it that I was brought up and edu-
cated to feel that Northampton
was one of my ancestral homes.
My father's father died when he
was a small boy and Mr. Bates
took the place of a father to him.
It was in his office that he studied
law here. It was in his home
that he lived, and when he began
to practice for himself he went to
his kinsman, to William G. Bates
of Westfield, and he always
brought me up to look back to
Northampton as his original fam-
ily seat. And so I have always
considered that I, too, had an
interest in her and that I was a descendant of Northampton.

I was interested to notice that Mr. Bates, who represented this
district for many years in Congress, as well as the United States Senate,
represented very much the same district that I do. It was then called
the Hampden district, and it consisted of Hampden county, the entire
Hampden county and a large part of Hampshire county. I was also
interested to notice that at the same time that my great uncle on my
father's side represented this Hampden district, my mother's uncle
represented the Berkshire district, so that you see I have a sort of
ancestral and inherited tendency towards Congress [laughter and ap-
plause], and I believe a man is not blamed so much for the viciousness
which he inherits as for that which he has acquired. So I trust I shall
be pardoned.

At that time, although in the early thirties it was that Mr. Bates
was congressman here, Massachusetts had thirteen representatives, just
as she has today, but those thirteen represented only forty thousand
people, instead of two hundred thousand, as it exists today. That,
of course, is but one statement of the great change in numbers that
has been going on. But after all, we know that size is not all that
makes a man or that makes a city.

Perhaps some of you will remember the story of Sheridan, who,
when a rich London merchant once invited him to drink a glass of very
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that direction, and as the merchant was uncorking the bottle, covered
with the dust of ages, and expatiating upon the wonderful age of this
wine and its rare qualities, and then poured it hito a very rare, costly
and dainty glass, a glass of it, and handed it to Sheridan, who, I sus-
pect, cared rather more for the size than the quality of his wine, looked
at the glass a moment and said, "I have no doubt the wine is as old
and as rare as you say, but isn't it rather small for its age?" I am
sure we will have to accept the criticism, if it be one, but after all we
can remember, with Ben Jonson, that

"It is not growing like a tree
In bull: doth make man better be.
In small proportions we just beauties see,
And in small measure man may perfect be."

I think that is true. I know it is certainly true of cities. We can
l)ut appreciate the almost invariable rule that as a citv grows n size,
it departs from perfection. Certainly today Northampton, with its
beautv of scenery, its perfection of location, its refinement and cultiva-
tion of citizenship, and its excellent government, illustrates this line,
"In small proportions we just beauties see." It is only true of cities
that in small measure we may perfect be, but certainly your city may
stand as a pattern and example to all.

But these Western cities, which have grown so fast and which illus-
trate, of course, the progress of the age, it is really to them, I fancy,
that the stern old ancestors of two hundred and fifty years ago, ,if they
should come back, would look with the greatest surprise. We, of
course, have been thinking for the last few days what would they say
if they could revisit the earth, and I am sure the one thought we have is
the astonishment and surprise that they would feel in seeing this old
citv. But, after all, I fancy that it is the nation that would surprise
them most, and I suppose it was rather on that line that I was ex-
pected to speak. It is not simply the power which we show here in the
city over all kinds of material agencies, it is not the great development
of steam and electricity and so forth, which were practically unknown
to them, which would most excite their astonishment, because, after all,
they were stern and serious men, and the one question they would ask
would be, "What is all this material growth? How has it affected the
men of today? Are the thoughts and principles which we came here
to establish developed, or have they, in this wonderful material change,
decayed and fallen away?" This is what they would ask, for, after all,
it was their serious, determined, grim spirit of self-reliance which ac-
complished, achieved the nation of today. I am afraid if we saw them
today we should think they were not in every way agreeable associates.
I- confess I have always remembered with great amusement that toast
which Mr. Choate once gave to the Pilgrim Mothers. He said, "The
Pilgrim Mothers, more worth v of our admiration than the Pilgrim
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Fathers did, but they had to endure, in addition, the Pilgrim Fathers
themselves." [Laughter and applause.] And I suspect that those
grim old Pilgrim Fathers had some qualities which we would hardly
think admirable. But after all they had the basic qualities which today
really have made our nation. The one thing which they would see today
with pride and with satisfaction I suspect is that, go where they may
over all this country, they would find embodied in the constitution of
every state the principle which drove them from home, which made
them leave comfort, security and luxury, the principle of the right to
worship God as they pleased and to govern themselves. [Applause.]
That is still embodied in our national constitution and in all our states,
and as they observed that, as they saw that this whole nation was still
devoted to their basal principles, I think they would take more satis-
faction than in all the triumphs over space and matter we have achieved.
And after all that is the only power that we have accomplished; the only
miracle, I think, of our nation is that this principle, planted here by
these few immigrants from England, that this one principle has pervaded
all the men that have come in here from other nations ; it has brought
them together, it has made them as homogeneous as they are, and,
although differing in almost every respect, we still stand firm and true
by that one principle which they recognized as fundamental and which
we still recognize as fundamental, and as we look back to them I think
we may still remember that it is their principle that has enabled us to
achieve all our progress; it is their principle that unites this nation,
and we may still turn back to them and trust that we may still hold
fast to their principle and that we may imitate their stern and unbend-
ing and determined plan that they would yield nothing for the rights
of self-government. [Applause.]

Judge Bassett. Northampton was a fine old town when Smith
College was located here, but it cannot be denied that Northampton
owes much to the coming of Smith College, with its faculty of cultured
gentlemen and ladies and with its great and splendid success. But
Smith College owes something to its environment, and each may felici-
tate the other. No town and gown here. There is no conflict. A
member of the faculty has just been elected by one of the great political
parties delegate to its national convention to nominate a candidate for
President of the United States. The gentlemen of the faculty are citi-
zens of Northampton as well. Much is owed by the college, and much
is owed by Northampton to the only and distinguished president of the
college, who, by his ability as a leading educator and as a business man
has contributed so largely to this result. You will hear, as you are
always delighted to hear, Dr. L. Clark Seelye, the president of the
college. [Applause.]

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IPresi^ent Sedge's IRemarhs

Toastmastcr, Your Excellency the Governor, Your Honor the Mayor,
I''ellou'-( 'itirjcns of Northampton:

If I failed to recognize in the brief address which I had the honor
of making yesterday the older city to which our lineage and name have
been traced, and thus justly incurred the criticism which has been ex-
pressed by our distinguished relative from England, in not alluding as

I ought to have done to our much-
respected civic grandmother, I can
only say in apology for the apparent
neglect that it seemed about as much
as I had strength to accomplish, or
the audience patience to listen to, to
go over the record of two hundred
and fifty years, without attempting
the record of a thousand vears which
our guest from the mother country
says he represents today. [Laughter
and applause.]

Let me, however, strive to make
amends for my apparent neglect
in giving him another item to take
back to our grandmother and to add
to her luster. He has recounted how
much we are indebted to her, how
she is the hub of England and ought,
therefore, to be the hub of America,
and he has referred to a distinguished
woman, the niece of William the
Conqueror, to whom our grandmother owed so much of her glory and
accomplishments. But the gentleman failed to recognize how much
the respect for woman due to that distinguished ancestress runs in our
blood [laughter] so that here in Northampton has been founded one of
the greatest institutions for the education of women in the world.
[Applause.] Let him carry back to our grandmother that tribute to
her primitive respect for womanhood.

I have read somewhere, I cannot now say where, that in one of our
early set'lements — I think it was in Virginia — a petition was made to
the legislature that grants of land should be given to the wives as well
as to the planters, for they said, "In a new plantation it is not known
whether man or woman is the more necessary." [Laughter.] In the
spirit of that petition Smith College was founded, because in a new or
old plantation it is not known whether the intelligence of a man or of a
woman is the more necessary. Sophia Smith at least believed that the
intelligence of a woman was as well worth cultivating as the intelligence

L. Clark Shelve, LL.D.

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 323

of a man [Applause]; that woman was quite as useful, quite as impor-
tant, in any community as a man. She had much to justify her belie.
in the history of our city.

We have heard a good deal during the past few weeks of our debt
to Jonathan Edwards. There was a person in Northampton who is
not so celebrated in history or in poetry, to whom this city and we, its
inhabitants I venture to say, owe more than to Jonathan Edwards, for
where would Jonathan Edwards have been but for his grandmother,
Esther Stoddard, first known as Esther Warham Mather, who married
at sixteen the fiist minister of Northampton, with whom she lived ten
years, beanng him three children; who married then the second minis-
ter of Northampton, with whom she lived fifty-nine years, bea ing him
eleven children — fourteen in all — seven sons and seven daughters;
and then survived him seven years and died at the age of ninetv-two.
Her descendants number more than four thousand, and some of them
are among our most distinguished citizens, men in all the learned pro-
fessions — senators, judges, governors, one o^ our vice-presidents — trace
their lineage to that noble woman, who at the very beginning of our civic
life impressed her personality upon this city in a way that will never
cease to be felt. [Applause.] When woman manifests uch ability as
this, is she not worth educating?

I recall another woman. It has been said today we never had any
trial for witchcraft. We had one. Mary Parsons was once on trial for
witchcraft. She had previously been on trial for slander. The woman
who accused her said, "Let us leave it out to referees." She said, "No,
I will go into court." She accordingh^ faced her accuser, convinced
the judges, and her accuser was fined. Eighteen years after the same
Mary Parsons was tried for witchcraft before he courts of the Com-
monwealth. She faced again her accusers, went into court and plead
her own case and won again the victory. No one ever heard anything
more of witchcraft in Northampton after that. [Applause.] She was
doubtless a bewitching w^oman. [Laughter.]

There is another woman to whom we are greatly indebted, whose
biography gives us one of the most interesting pictures of Northampton
life — Anne Jean Lyman, to whose son we owe the Academy of Music
and the Lyman Plant-House. Women like these fostered the spirit out
of which Smith College originated — the spirit for which Smith College
today stands.

I will not weary your patience, however, at this late hour, by any
extended remarks about Smith College. Let me simply say, in conclu-
sion, that the young ladies of Smith College wait in delegations at the
college houses to show the strangers and visitors here any objects of
interest which they may desire to see. They will speak for Smith College
more eloquently and effectively than its president can.

I heartily sympathize with what was said today by our presiding
officer. There is no antagonism here between the town and the gown,

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perhaps because the gown is worn by those who ought to wear it.
[Laughter.] I hope there never will be.

I trust that the union which now exists will be perfected and the
resources of the college enlarged, possibly by some of these bachelor
friends here who may be stimulated by the examples of their prede-
cessors, so that in the future she may become a still greater light and
blessing to mankind. [Laughter and applause.]

Judge Bassett. Ladies and Gentlemen: The committee ap-
pointed by the City Government to invite speakers stopped with Doctor
Seelye as the last speaker, not because of any lack of material. There
was an embarrassment of riches, and the committee unanimously select-
ed these eight gentlemen to whom you have listened. There are many
more, very many more, who could, in a like eloquent, instructive and
entertaining manner, address you. If 3'ou will hear, I will introduce
to you a gentleman whom, if he speaks, you will be very glad to hear,
and I introduce him because a lady, a distinguished daughter of North-
ampton, has sent up her card on which these words are written, "Can
we not hear from Col. Parsons, the direct descendant of the first man
born here. Cornet Joseph Parsons?" [Applause.] We will hear Col.
Parsons. [Applause.]

Dr. Seelye. Let me say, before Col. Parsons arises, that Cornet
Joseph Parsons was either the son or husband —

CoL. Parsons. Husband.

Dr. Seelye. The husband of Mary Parsons, and united with her
in her prosecution.

Colonel Parsons' IRemarfts

Mr. Toastmaster, His Excellency the Governor, Mr. Mayor:

I have sat here and enjoyed this entertainment more than I have
any other entertainment hardly in my life. I was not called upon to
speak; was not expecting to. Now, what shall I talk about, was my
first thought.

This is the celebration of the good old city of Northampton. Just
as the party who sent up the card says, I was born right over here, and
my father before me, within a stone's throw of this college. My father
had, as they used to have in those days, a family of eight children — five
boys, three girls. He married, as he thought at that time, late in life,
at the age of twenty-eight. Otherwise he would have had his number
up to ten, which he always desired to have. He told his sons that he
had lost six years of his life, and before the sons and daughters reached
the age of twenty-two, they took his advice and were all married, and
they had families, and we used to gather here at the old homestead.

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325

Col. Joseph B. Parsons

I said to Mr. Hammond here, "I have
two nieces here from out of town.
Can I bring them up on the platform
here?" He said certainly, and I
went out and you see there was a
crowd of eight came poking up here.
Now Northampton has been my
home, but I have been away from
here for a number of years. It is the
prettiest town in the old Common-
wealth of Massachusetts. Not only
the people of Northampton believe
it, but most ever}^ one that has ever
visited this old town agrees with me
on that.

Northampton had for her fathers
men of stern integrity. As a boy I
looked up to those old leaders and
moulders of public opinion. I was
reading Gov. Long's address as I
came up on the train this morning
and he says we grow stronger, if I understood it, better, greater
men today. From my standpoint I can hardly believe it.

When the war broke out, when Sumter was fired upon, why, these
old men here — Hopkins, Delano, Osmvn Baker, and a lot of them —
clubbed together and led the men in drilling in your old town hall down
there, and the consequence was that the old hall rang with patriot-
ismi. I can see Osmyn Baker now, as he walked up the aisle and said,
"Young men, young men, go to the front!" The consequence was
that the old militia company that I was a member of before the war
for twelve years, the young men, wanted to go. These men with families,
they were business men, doctors, merchants. When the young man
determined to go he went out with that old company, and he said,
"Gentlemen, you are excused for the present. Here are two hundred
men that want to go into the old company." The old company was
filled up. The first provision for the war from the western part of the
state w^as one hundred and one men, and from the old company in this
town twenty-seven commissions were issued and twenty-one men
brought back at the close of the service.

Now, Mr. Toastmaster, it was not the soldiers that wiped out the
rebellion. There were three classes. There were the Old Guard that
backed the boys up, and there were the women of the war. What
women there were in the war ! I remember as I came off the battlefield
of Fair Oaks a Mrs. Trotter as she appeared for the first time, just as
I did, and took care of me on the voyage from the White House to
Boston. I never have seen her since.

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Then there was the Old Guard. Osmyn Baker was my ideal of the
men of this town. He had an only son. He was in college. He had
urged the boys on. The boy was just graduated at Ainherst College.
He couldn't remain at home. The father's principles were so instilled
into the boy that he enlisted and followed the fortunes of the army of
the Potomac. I met him a number of times. He was connected with
the Fourth Artillery. It seems to me I can hear the order of Burnside
come down through the years, "Hold the bridge at all hazards!" then
the tremendous cannonade and the musketry and smoke, and as the
battle cleared away the cheers for the Union, instead of the rebel yell.
But at what sacrifice ! And Baker yielded up his life in that glorious
struggle, and died as a soldier ever would love to die, if die he must,
fighting and dealing the enemies of his country what they deserved.

Now, sir, who suffered the most, the Old Guard or the young men?
You can read his record on yonder tombstone, "Fell at Antietam, aged
twenty-two." We read in the Bible that Methuselah lived nine hundred
and sixty-nine years and then passed away. Young Baker lived longer
and did more. He helped save this great Union of ours, and when I
think of the elder Baker, that that was his only son, and he must go on
living and go down to the grave mourning this son !

But time has passed. Forty years have passed, and now we glory
that young Baker went out and that your cemetery holds his remains,
as it holds the remains of other Northampton sons, making it doubly
sacred.

My comrades of the army, you who are here, how thankful we
should be to the God of Battles that we are permitted to live to see this
day and enjoy these festivities and see the great growth of the country.
Our comrades who fell, all the way from the streets of Baltimore to the
surrender of Appomattox, were not permitted to behold this glorious
day. This country by their valor was saved. The new flag, now
saluted in all lands and on all waters, is the flag of the world, the
glorious flag of the world, an emblem of liberty and the home of all
nations, of those who desire to come here and make themselves true
citizens. I thank you. [Applause.]

Judge Bassett. In your behalf I thank the lady who sent up
the card.

The exercises, according to the program, end here. The band
will play three more numbers and will be glad to have you remain and
hear them.

This was the program rendered bv the band :
March; " Temple of Industry " ....... Bond

Overture: "Caliph of Bagdad"
Waltz: "Under Southern Skies"
"Tannhauser March"
Selection: "Bedelia"
Two-Step: "Navajo"

Boil die u

Carlton

Wagner

Arr. h\ O. E. Sutton

LETTERS OE REGRET

THE following letters of regret were received from prominent
men whom it had been hoped to have present at the Post-
Prandial exercises and address the gathering in the Pavilion
The motives which led to the selection of these individuals are referred
to in an earlier part of this work, under the head of committee work.
The replies to invitations were as follows :

ffrom tbe Secretary to iPreslDent Cbarles "M. JEliot

Of Harvard University

President Eliot regrets that the pressure of his university duties
during the closing weeks of the academic year would make it impossible
for him to visit Northampton on the day of your Celebration, and that
he must therefore decline your kind invitation to the banquet on June 7.
Thanking you on the President's behalf, for your cordial invitation, I
am very truly yours.

The following letters of regret were received :

Sfxom Senator Cbaunce^ /lib. Dcpew

Or New York

I am in receipt of your very attractive invitation to be present w4th
you on Tuesday afternoon, June 7. As I have an address to deliver on
June g, in the West, it will be impossible for me to come; otherwise
nothing would give me greater pleasure.

jfrom IPrc6t&ent ^(motbg 2)\vic?bt

Or Yale University

I beg you to accept my thanks for your very kind letter and for the
invitation from your committee for the banquet on June 7, but regret
that I shall be unable to be present on the occasion, that I am sure will
be of much interest for all the citizens and descendants of Northampton.
Assuring you and your associates of the committee of my very high
regard, I am very truly yours.

jfrom JuOgc 5obn iproctor Clarice

Of New York

I have received your courteous invitation to be one of the post-
prandial speakers at the banquet on the afternoon of June 7. I appre-
ciate the courtesy and honor of the invitation, but I am compelled by
the pressure of judicial work to decline. I do not see how I can get to
Northampton at all for the Celebration. Trusting that the festivities
will be most successful, and with many memories of the old town in
which my people have lived so many years, I am very truly yours.

A Portal to all Arts

Then besides the classic spirit that haunts the scenes of the Wept
of the Wish-ton-Wish, Elsie Venner and Kathrina, there is, every-
where pervading the far-including scene, that sombre, mysterious air
of tragic tradition, associating all natural objects with the exterminated,
aboriginal dwellers. Their heroism and suffering av% recalled, their
name perpetuated by that of every height or sinuous water course.
. . . Here is the broad portal to all arts; picturesqueness and heroisin
in htiman life, grandeur and beauty in simple scenery, to quicken the
poet, the sculptor or the painter; a deep, placid current of inspiration.

Artist John P. Davis

But the most exquisite scenery of the whole landscape is formed
by the river and its extended m.argin of beautiful intervals. When
the eye traces this majestic stream, meandering with a singular
course through these delightful fields, wandering in one place five
miles to gain one, and in another four miles to gain seventy vards,
enclosing, almost immediately beneath an island of twenty acres, ex-
quisite in its form and verdure and adorned on the northern end with
a beautiful grove. . . It will be difficult not to say, that with these
exquisite varieties of beauty and grandeur the relish for landscape is
not filled; neither a wish for higher perfection, nor an idea of what
it is remaining in the mind.

Dr. Timothy Dwight, President of Yale College

Come to these scenes of peace,
Where, to rivers murmuring,
The sweet birds all the summer sing.

Where cares and toil and sadness cease !

William Lisle Bowles

COLONIAL RECEPTION

CLOSING FUNCTION OF THE CELEBRJTION
GIVEN BT BErrr JLLEN CHAPTER, D. A. R.
T U E S D A r EVENING, JUNE 7, 1904

N'^ O commemoration would be complete were it uncrowned by
a successful social function, one graced by the beauty of
women and honored by the courtliness of men.

The existence in the city of a chapter of the Daughters of the Amer-
ican Revolution was most fortunate, and an offer, from its regent and
officers, to give an evening reception in honor of the Anniversary, was
encouraged both by co-operation and by substantial aid from the Exec-
utive and Finance Committee of the Celebration.

This chapter was founded in 1896, by Mrs. George W. Cable of
Northampton, with the advice and assistance of Mrs. David Todd of
Amherst, and its list of twenty-one charter members includes the names
of many prominent women of the city's society. The chapter was
named the Betty Allen Chapter, in honor of the memory of a staunch
mother of the American Revolution, who was married by the Rev.
Jonathan Edwards to Joseph Allen, in the old Parsons house in South
street, and who provided six stalwart sons for her country's service in
the war for independence, one of these sons, a chaplain in the army,
acquiring the title of the "Fighting Parson," at the battle of Ben-
nington.

Mrs. Charlotte Hopkins (since deceased) and Miss Mary Annette
Allen, local relatives of Betty Allen, were made honorary members of
the chapter. In the Quarter-Millennial year of the city's history the
chapter had increased to a membership of sixty women, and had made
a notable record for success in literary and social entertainments as well
as for patriotic enterprises.

Preliminaries for the Colonial Reception having been decided upon,
invitations were issued to the full capacity of the City Hall, and guests
were requested to wear the colonial style of dress, to which request there
was a highly gratifying response. The occasion was deemed timely for
the display of long-treasured costumes, and of various accessories to
them of the olden time. It is probable that many a drawer and chest,
long relegated to solitude and darkness, was ransacked by fair hands
those June days ; the more youthful searchers being suspected of the fell

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Miss Helex G. Cook

purpose of furbishing up the contents
of those ancient receptacles for a
severer compaign against masculine
hearts than ever their ancestral dames
maintained. The men, on the other
hand, showed creditable enterprise in
representing the dress as well as the
stateliness and gallantry of the bygone
davs, and the result was an assemblage
of rare interest, a galaxy of gayety,
novelty and beauty fully equalling the
happy anticipation.

Bv means of tasteful decoration, a
beautiful effect was produced in the
interior of the City Hall. Using laurel
garlands and wreaths, with the colors
of the chapter, yellow and white, Miss
Helen C. Sergeant and Miss Helen G.
Cook, committee on decorations, transformed the place into an
artistic and imposing drawing-room. Fleecy bunting festooned the
ceilings and walls, dainty lace the windows, and the emblem of the
society, a wheel with the spindle and flax, the words, "Daughters of
the American Revolution," encirchng it, proved effective as a central
ornament above the speakers' platform. The emblem was greatly
magnified, shone in blue and gold colors, and sparkled with electric
lights beneath a handsome banner of national design. The simplicity
and symmetry of the decorations, thus produced, in an interior of little
promise, called out much appreciative admiration.

To the following committees was due much of the success of the
occasion:

Eiifcrtaiumcut — Miss Clara P. Bodman, chairman; Mrs. Mary
Southwick, Mrs. Henry C. Collins, Mrs. Louis L. Campbell, Miss Julia
Imogene Prindle.

Refreshment— Mrs. Mary D. Warner, chairman; Mrs. Clarence R.
Gardner, Mrs. Grace C. Rose, Miss Ina F. Davis.

Invitation — Miss Lucv J. Loud, chairman; Mrs. Frank A. Water-
man, Mrs. Frank E. Davis, Miss Fannie W. Edwards, Mrs. Olive N.
Spelman of WilUamsburg.

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331

Introduction — Mrs. Harvey T. Shores, Mrs. vSamuel W. Lee, Miss
Cora L. Blair, Mrs. John Pierpont of Williamsburg, Mrs. Henry D.
Sleeper, Miss Ina F. Davis.

Decorations — Miss Helen G. Cook, Miss Helen C. Sergeant, Mrs.
Charles N. Fitts.

The attendance of Governor John L. Bates and his staff was an
honor appreciated and enjoyed by all, and the fact that his secretary,
Edward F. Hamlin and his wife were in the Governor's suite, furnished
an added pleasure to many who knew them when sometime in the

seventies they resided
in Northampton.
The Submit Clark
Chapter of East-
hampton and the
Mary Mattoon Chap-
ter of Amherst were
represented, civiHties
between the three
chapters having be-
come customary.
Hon. Samuel S. Cam-
pion of Northamp-
ton, England, the
city's distinguished
guest at this time,
was also present.

The officers of the
chapter, appropriate-
ly costumed, received
from 800 to 1,000
guests, while the
other members aided
in serving light re-
freshments and in
otherwise entertain-
ing the visitors. The
receiving party
proper were Miss
Clara P. Bodman,

Mlss Je.^me D. Smith

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Miss Isabel A. Cook

Regent; Mrs. Olive Nichols Spelman, Vice-
Regent; Mrs. Anna Covell Copeland, Sec-
retary; Mrs. Grace Backus Rose, Treasurer;
Miss Helen C. Sergeant, Registrar, and Mrs.
J. Everett Brady, Historian. The only liv-
ing ex-Regent, Miss Mary Manning Walker,
received with them.

Many former residents of the city par-
ticipated in the event, among whom were
Mrs. Gordon Hall of Chicago, widow of Rev.
Gordon Hall, pastor for twenty-eight years
of the Edwards Church, and her son. Dr.
Gordon Hall of New York; Col. Joseph B.
Parsons and his son, Frank B. Parsons; Mrs.
Arthur C. James of New York, daugh-
ter of the late Sydenham C. Parsons; Mrs.
Katherine Tryon Smith of Springfield, daugh-
ter of the late
Henry Shepherd;
Mr s . Caroline
Dewey Smith,

daughter of Joseph Lathrop ; Miss Ellen C.
Parsons and Mrs. Harriet G. Doubleday of
New York, daughters of the late Josiah Par-
sons; Dr. Frank S. Parsons, son of the late
Enos Parsons; Miss Louise W. Clarke of
New York, daughter of the late Augustus
Clarke; Mrs. W. S. B. Hopkins of Worces-
ter, daughter-in-law of the late Erastus
Hopkins; Miss Elizabeth W. Tappan of
Brookline; Mrs. Charles H. Johnson of East-
hampton; Mr. and Mrs. George A. Wells of
Englewood, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E.
Wakefield and wife of Boston; Mrs. Sarah E.
Murlless, daughter of Henry Childs; Mrs. A.
S. McClean of Springfield, formerly Miss
Martha Matthews, and many others. From
this incomplete list it is clear that past

Dr. Elmer H. Copeland

Miss Jane A. Bu.hlow, of Philadelphia, at the Colonial Ball

THE MINUET — OPENING MOVEMENTS

The ball began soon after sundown, anil the opening dance was always a minuet de la cour. The music
was as solemn as that of a hymn. When the company had assembled, the managers, each with a huge cocked
hat beneath his arm, would lead some favored lady, by the tips of her fingers, to the floor. The bowing and
scraping, the courtesying and tijjtoeing, the solemn advancing of the minuet once through, a contra-dance or

a reel would begin. ,,,, ,„. ,,, • r.7

M cM aster s History of the American feople.

merchants, farmers and professional men of the town were represented
by their posterity on this occasion.

A stately minuet was danced during the evening, upon the stage,
by six couples; the young women properly proud of manner, and charm-
ingly attired in pompadour style ; their partners deferential and wear-
ing court suits with knee buckles, frills and cues; and the entire party
embelhshed by powdered hair. They were Miss Gertrude A. Clark
and Charles A. Clark, Miss Helen C. Rose and Charles H. Tucker, Miss
Jane A. Bigelow and Edwin F. Stratton, Miss Blanche L. Strickland
and Dr. Arthur G. Doane, Miss Mary H. Seymour and Benjamin Curtis,
*Miss Cara L. Walker and Frank D. Wilcox.

*iThe pictures do not show the last nametl couple, as they were absent when the photograph
was taken.

THE MINUET, AS DANCED AT THE COLONIAL BALL

Particijjantfi — Beginning at right, Edwin F. Stratton, Jane A. Bigelow; Dr. Arthur G. Doane,
Miss Blanche Strickland; Benjamin Curtis, Miss Mary Seymour; Charles H. Tucker, Miss Helen
Rose; Charles A. Clark, Miss Gertrude Clark.

The display of choice articles of ancient dress and jewelry by the
company in general was unusual, both in quaintness and value. There
were rare combs, lace berthas, bags and fans, wigs, historic snuff-boxes,
bracelets and necklaces, and an unusual number of wedding gowns.

Miss Julia Imogene Prindle and Mrs. James Morven Smith ar-
ranged tableaux of portraiture upon the stage, for the greater benefit
in observation of the throng upon the floor. The tableaux were, "A
Gainsborough Lady and Gentleman," by Charles A. Clark and Miss
Gertrude A. Clark; "The Minute Man," by Elbridge G. Southwick;
"The Spinning Wheel," etc. The stage was arranged to represent a
room in a colonial house, with a spinning wheel, low -boy, antique
chairs and other objects used in colonial and revolutionary days.

The description of a few costumes will serve as types of the whole
admirable portrayal of a bygone regime of society. Miss Clara C.
Allen, daughter of Judge William Allen (deceased), wore a brown
brocade gown with pointed corsage and handsome silk petticoat; of

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which gown tradition relates that the first owner danced with Gen-
eral George Washington. Thomas M. Shepherd wore a quaint suit of
striped silk, made, it is told, to wear at the English court. Miss
Elizabeth Williston, daughter of A. Lyman Williston, wore a bridal
gown of 1804 and pearls of the same date. It was a trained brown
silken Watteau gown, and was first worn by her great-grandmother.
Miss Jane A. Bigelow of Philadelphia, niece of Miss Jane F. Bigelow of
Northampton, wore a rich brocade, made with a double Watteau,
which was also a bridal gown worn by her great -great -grandmother in
1769. Charles A. Clark wore a blue satin court dress with a white
satin embroidered vest. Miss Gertrude A. Clark wore a Dresden fig-
ured silk over a white silk petticoat, gold beads, a high comb and
a Gainsborough hat with plumes.

Miss Isabel A. Cook, wearing a genuine ancient wedding gown of
white ivory satin, a rose with green leaves in low coiled hair, unpowdered,
and her great -grandmother's gold beads, was an effective exponent of
the early nineteenth-century epoch. Miss Helen G. Cook was gowned
in a lemon silk grenadine, double Watteau style. She wore a graceful
liberty scarf, and the pendant to her gold beads, as well as to those of
her sister's, was the locket portrait of an ancestor.

The appearance of the hall, filled with guests, in these and many
other equally beautiful costumes, can never be forgotten by those who
viewed it, as many did, from the gallery. From a sheltered nook, em-
bowered in evergreen trees and ferns, an orchestra discoursed sweet
music during the evening, and as the throngs of guests gradually dis-
appeared, a Virginia reel was formed, and under the guidance of Chris-
topher Clarke, who has doubtless threaded the mazes of more dances
than any other of Northampton citizens, the Colonial Reception of
June 7, 1904, was brought to a happy end, "fading in music."

" The lights are out and gone are all the guests."

Many years may pass ere the old City Hall, or the new one which may
rise to take its place, is illuminated and arrayed in festal attire for a
birthday celebration of the mother of us all.

Two hundred and fifty years from now whose will be the names
to organize the celebration, to figure on committees and formally re-
ceive the city's guests? We cannot tell, but let us hope that the
Strongs and Parsonses, Clapps and Clarks, Lymans and Edwardes,

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337

Shepherds and Smiths — all our good old Northampton names — may
be worthily represented then. Let us hope that in the very near fu-
ture the representatives of these families and all others with an interest
in the history of which we are so rightfully proud, may organize an
historical society, which, co-operating with the Daughters of the Amer-
ican Revolution, will preserve in its archives the records of the city's
history, past and in the making; cherish historic landmarks, and see
that our descendants are not without data or material for the historic
setting of our 500th anniversary, that —

The Voice still soundeth on
From the centuries that are gone
To the centuries that shall be."

OPEN

AIR

CONCERTS

Two open-air concerts were given on Tuesday, besides that given
by the Northampton band at the fireworks in the evening. According
to the determined program and as announced in the official souvenir
pages, there should have been one by the Stevens band of Chicopee, at
the Bridge-street park in the evening, but this being arranged for
before the fireworks had been definitely decided upon, it was afterwards
abandoned, as being unnecessary.

The programs for the three concerts as actually given, follow:

Stevens .tGanD at JGriOcie Street ipaii?, 2.30 p. m.

March Et-Cortege — "La Reine de Saba" ..... Gotnuui

Overture — "Zanipa" . . ... . . . . llcrotd

Selection — "Wang" ........ Morse

Waltz — "Confidence" . . . . . . . . Waltenfel

Sextette from " Lucia" ....... Donizetti

Messrs. Smith, Benjamin, Schumann, Jones, Lewis and Raucliffe.

Stevens JBanD at IReviewing StanJ), 4.30 p. m.

March — "Nibelungen" ......... Wagner

Overture — " Barber of Seville " ....... Rossini

Selection — " Hungarian Fantasie " ...... Tobni

Mazurka — "LaCzarine" ........ Ganne

Euphonium Solo — " Longing for Home" ..... Hartman

Mr. Orville Wilson.

Selection — "King Dodo" ..... . . Luders

IRortbampton :l8anD at 3)rivinci iparl^— S'ireworl?^ S p. m.

March — "Stars and Stripe.s" ....

Overture — "Stradella" .....

Pas Des Fleurs ......

Introduction and Bridal Chorus from "Lohengrin"
Selection of Popular Airs .....

March — "Alabama," with Trombone Finale

^oiisa

Von Flotow

. De Liebes

Wagner

A filler

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F I R E W O R K S

FAOR the general public, the fireworks, Tuesday evening, were the
closing event of the Celebration, as the Colonial Reception, which
followed, in the City Hall, was an affair arranged by the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution for the pleasure of those in society
who cared for less demonstrative show, without noise.

There had been much discussion in the jjublic press, and otherwise,
as to the propriety or safety of having fireworks during the Celebration.
It was contended that there was danger of a general conflagration, and
that such a display would be extravagant. Popular feeling, however,
prevailed, with the cited example of other cities upon similar occasions,
and it w^as finally decided by the Executive Committee to give the
Sports and Games Committee means and authority to carry out a good
scheme of fireworks.

The result proved the wisdom of the decision. The committee
awarded the contract to the Hasten & Wells Company of Boston, and
that concern carried out its part in complete form. Then the com-
mittee had made ample preparations for the accommodation and safe
gathering and dispersal of the great crowd expected. Electric lights
were put up for the occasion on Fair street, and the police arrangements
were perfect.

Such a crowd was never seen on the driving park before. About
ten thousand people, it is estimated, were there, and yet the crowd at
the center of the city, on Main street, seemed greater than ever, during
the same hour as the fireworks. The Northampton band played on
the driving park, and the people began to gather as early as seven o 'clock,
soon filling the grand stand, and then extending out over the grounds
like a huge fan.

The exhibition was a complete success, without an interruption or
fault, and was received by the multitude with the usual expressions of
delight and admiration on such occasions, only much intensified for this
exhibition, as this was much the finest pyrotechnic display ever seen
in Northampton. The chorus of "Ah's" and "Oh's" was frequently
raised, and the best set pieces, "Uncle Sam" and the "City Seal,"
brought forth expressions of the greatest delight. The final piece,
"Adieu," left the grounds in darkness, and the great crowd then retired
quickly, but many of them, probably, with thoughts turned toward
the 300th anniversary — which some will live to see and others not

340 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

and the splendors of national, state and municipal achievement which
will probably multiply in the meantime.

The complete pyrotechnic program follows :

©r&er ot jfireworhg

1. A salute of aerial bombs, which awoke the echoes for miles
around.

2. Prismatic illumination loo feet long. This displayed an arch
of beautiful hanging prisms extending loo feet across the driving park,
producing a rainbow of changing colors of long duration and magnifi-
cent effect, lustrous as the photosphere of the sun itself. These prisms,
at an elevation of thirty to forty feet, were all fired at one and the same
time, and changed from color to color while under fire, displaying the
finest blendings and shades of the national colors.

3. Immense exhibition rockets filled the air with stars and showers
of gold and silver, peacock tails, bursting meteors, aerolites, serpents
and snakes, and other novelties.

4. Heavy exhibition shells were fired from mortar guns, filling
the air with shooting stars, dragon flights, strings of pearls, hissing snakes,
trails of electric flame, meteoric eruptions and other devices.

5. Motto, "Our 250th Anniversary." This motto was composed
of immense double-line letters and sun cases over the top threw a rain-
bow arch of fire over the motto, making a very beautiful effect.

6. Parachute rockets threw up immense colored pot fires, led by
parachutes, which floated through the air, changing color before fading
from view.

7. Aerolites displayed trails of fire of immense size and great
brilliancy, afterwards ending with a burst of colors of the greatest
beauty and effect.

8. Meteor batteries threw high in the air great showers of bursting
meteors, which filled the atmosphere with a mass of flame and fire.

g. A flight of saucissons ascended with great velocity, and upon
reaching their elevation each one exploded, producing a very interesting
and novel effect.

10. Dragon shells burst high in the air, releasing nests of dragons
and serpents, which chased each other about in every direction, finallv
exploding with loud detonations.

1 1 . Revolving fountain. This design represented an immense
fountain, which revolved rapidly, producing a very brilliant and beauti-
ful effect. It commenced with a large wheel in brilliant crimson fires,
which suddenly changed to a fountain of sparkling flame, throwing
streams of sparkling flame and fire twenty feet high in the air.

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 341

12. Immense gold fountains threw high in the air columns of gold
scintillates, which ascended about thirty feet, closely resembling gey-
sers of living water.

13. Serpent and gold rain rockets displayed nests of fiery serpents
and showers of gold and silver rains, interspersed with aerolites, para-
chutes and cannon bombs.

14. Japanese double shells displayed strings of hanging chain
lights, which were suspended in mid-air, apparently changeable in color
and effect, also repeating shells and parachutes, displaying long strings
of jewels, almost dazzling the eye of the beholder.

15. Mammoth meteors were fired in volleys, filling the atmosphere
with a flood of light and blaze of glory, sailing and floating on clouds of
fire, with beautiful effects.

16. Merry frolic. This device commenced with a dazzling circle
of gold and colored rings, revolving round and round in bands of gorgeous
flame, between four streams of silver fire.

17. Colored exhibition mines discharged shower after shower of
stars of every shade of coloring, beautifully blended.

18. Colored batteries filled the air with thousands of gerbs in the
different shades of red and green, purple and gold, azure and silver,
emerald and amber.

19. Fhghts of heavy rockets displayed changeable lights, golden
spreaders, weeping willow trees, aerial whistles, Columbian stars and
other novelties.

20. A grand illumination occurred at different parts of the driving
park, producing a very brilliant effect, as a prelude to the following
design :

21. Daddy Long-Legs. This curious device consisted of a double
belt of brilliant fires, which formed a kaleidoscope of combined colors
resembling immense Daddy Long-Legs, arranged in lance tubes of ruby,
green and gold. The several sections are made to rotate in contrary
directions, so as to produce angles and designs of every conceivable
form and shape.

22. Exhibition shells and bombs were fired from heavy mortar
guns, bursting at a high elevation, filling the air with rose fires, star
showers, willow trees, Japanese rains, sunbursts, and many other new
and novel devices.

23. Fountains of gold threw high in the air great geysers of gold
scintillates, interspersed with clouds of fire mist and spray, making a
most beautiful effect.

24. Saucissons were fired in flights, ascending with great velocity,
resembling a flash of lightning, finally exploding with a loud, sharp
report before the display was ended.

342 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

25. Heavy bombs were fired from mortar guns, lising to a great
height, where they burst, showing displays of cannon bombs, traihng
hghts, dragon tails, nests of snakes, comets' tails and star bursts, pro-
ducing fine effects.

26. Sun bursts. The Chariot of the Sun, guided by the hand of
Phaeton, was struck by a thunderbolt and a world was destroyed, so
fable records, and this conflagration was represented. An immense
wheel of fire, in radiant colors, having a photosphere fifty feet in diame-
ter, rolled apparently in space, with intense brilliancy and dazzling
effulgence. A sudden shock, a deafening detonation was heard, and
the design changed to a ball of crimson fire and flame, surrounded by
a corona or luminous circle of immense size and proportion. Magnetic
batteries discharged aerolites and cometic fires through the air, and far
above the whirling ball, in diverging lines, was seen flying comets and
shafts of fire in zig-zag and chain-light lines. Exploding gerbs quenched
this flood of fire and the darkness of the night appeared again.

27. Artillery shells were elevated several hundred feet in the air,
where they exploded with stunning effect, producing a salute which
could be heard for miles.

28. Meteoric eruptions threw out showers of meteoric and varie-
gated stars, and fire opals, which ascended in showers, producing a
very beautiful eft'ect.

29. Willow shells displayed immense weeping willow trees, with
branches and foliage dripping with fire spray, producing a fine effect
in the heavens.

30. Immense batteries discharged Japanese brilliants, showers of
gold and silver stars, flights of saucissons, bursting meteors, electric
suns, and many other new and novel devices and designs, almost daz-
zling in their brilliancy.

31. Volleys of mammoth meteors ascended to a great height,
filling the atmosphere with floods of fire and flame, making a very daz-
zling and brilliant effect.

32. The Periscope. A gorgeous aurora of royal gems revolved in
rapid gyration, displaying bands of Promethean fires amid belts or rib-
bons of crimson, blue, ruby and gold. Suddenly the entire design was
enveloped in a mist of brilliant spur fire and star mist, through which
the prismatic coloring of the "Periscope" was plainlv observed, cover-
ing an area of twenty feet.

^;^. A grand illumination of emerald and crimson followed, shining
with great brilliancy upon surrounding objects and lasting for several
minutes.

34. Fountains of gold and silver threw up immense volcanoes of
fire and spray, which ascended to a great height, falling back to earth
with fine effect.

NORTHAMPTON. MASSACHUSETTS 343

35. Colored rockets of immense size were fired, displaying many
new and novel designs in the different colors, blue and gold stars, crim-
son gerbs, purple streamers, umbrella lights, emerald gems, windmills, etc.

36. Meteoric storm. This design consists of a pyramid, charged
with fire balls, closely resembling the shooting stars, as seen in August
and November skies. At the base of the pyramid suns and wheels, dec-
orated with floral rosettes within their different centers, revolve in rapid
rotation, while zones of jessamine and yellow fire encircle them in beauty
and effect. With a report, as if from a thunder-cloud, a battery of im-
mense meteoric stars was discharged and the atmosphere was filled with
large exploding meteoric fire balls, thrown upwards several hundred feet.

37. Heavy bombs were fired from mortar guns, showing displays
of serpents and snakes, fiery dragons, floral clusters, rosal gerbs, cracking
stars, wheels of silver and other devices.

38. Serpent rockets discharged nests of squirming, wriggling ser-
pents, which darted about in every direction, finally exploding with
loud detonations, producing a very amusing effect.

39. Flights of saucissons ascended to a great height, taking a
rotary motion, which produced a very interesting and amusing effect,
and each saucisson finally exploded in the air with a loud report.

40. Immense exhibition batteries discharged bursting meteors,
cometic stars, fountains of silver, gold chasers, wheat sheafs, streams of
gold fire and other devices.

41. Uncle Sam Around the Globe. This design represented a full-
size figure of Uncle Sam, in appropriate dress, shown in lines of brilliant
lance fires. He was shown reclining on an immense pedestal, supported
by posts, and with his right foot balancing an immense globe represent-
ing the earth.

42. Parachute rockets carried up large floating lights, which
changed from green to crimson as they sailed through the air at a great
height, producing a very interesting and curious effect.

43. Dragon shells released high in the air nests of fiery dragons
and hissing snakes, engaged in fiery combats, finally exploding one after
another in quick succession.

44. Saluting shells were elevated several hundred feet in the air,
where they burst, making a grand salute in honor of the stars and stripes
in the following design:

45. American Flag. This was a fac-simile of the stars and stripes,
shown in lines of lance fire, in the appropriate color and design.

46. Flights of rockets ascended, filling the air with gold rains,
silver streamers, ribbons of azure, crimson gerbs, shooting stars, meteoric
stars, rainbow lights, signal fires and other designs.

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47. Heavy exhibition bombs were fired from mortar guns, filling
the air with detonating bombs, trails of silver fire, saiHng stars, para-
chutes and balloons, and other novel effects.

48. A grand illumination took place, lasting several minutes, as a
prelude to the grand special design to follow.

49. City Seal. This was a representation of the seal of the city
of Northampton, correct in detail, shown in lines of lance fire, making
a grand design as a finale of the exhibition.

50. Aerolites exploded high in the air, displaying immense trails
of brilliant fire, ending with a star burst of the most brilliant colors
probably known to the pyrotechnic art.

51. Salvos of shells and bombs and heavy exhibition rockets fol-
lowed, filling the air with a mass of beautiful color, displaying stars and
suns, showers and rains, meteors, comets, bursting stars, electric suns
and other novelties.

52. Motto, "Adieu." This motto was composed of immense
double-line letters, and sun cases over the top threw a rainbow arch of
fire, to close the exhibit.

Historical Localities and
Historical Collections

Oh, would I were a boy again,

When life seemed formed of sunny years,
And all the heart then knew of pain

Was swept away in transient tears !

Mark Lemon

Let Fate do her worst, there are relics of joy.
Bright dreams of the past which she cannot destroy;
Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care,
And bring back the features which joy used to wear.
Long, long be my heart with such memories filled.
Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled.
You may break, you may ruin, the vase, if 5^ou will.
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.

Thomas Moore

Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight,
Make me a child again, just for tonight!

Backward, flow backward, O tide of the years !
I am so weary of toil and of tears —
Toil without recompense, tears all in vain —
Take them, and give me my childhood again!

Elizabeth Akers Allen

How dear to my heart are the scenes of iny childhood,

When fond Recollection presents them to view!

The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wildwood.

And every loved spot which my infancy knew, —

The wide-spreading pond, and the inill that stood by it.

The bridge, and the rock where the cataract fell;

The cot of my father, the dairy-house nigh it.

And e'en the rude bucket which hung in the well, —

The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,

The moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well.

Samuel Woodworth

HISTORICAL LOCALITIES AND
HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS

THE BASIS OF THE CELEBRATION
A VALUABLE PERMANENT WORK PERFORMED

Y far the most important part of the Celebration was the work
done by the committees on Historical Localities and Historical
Collections. These matters were the basis of the Anniversary,
for without them no Celebration could properly have been held. The
chairmen of these two committees, Henry S. Gere on localities, and
Thomas M. Shepherd on collections, were peculiarly fitted for their
work. They brought to the consideration of these subjects a familiarity
and long experience which were very valuable. It is not too much to
say that the public were amazed at the extent and value of their re-
searches. The committee on Historical Localities issued a pamphlet,
embodied in this work with some revision, which had a large sale, and
the location, by signs, of old meeting-houses, court-houses, town-houses,
school-houses, post-office, taverns, jails, etc., was a revelation to every
one. The work performed by Chairman Henry S. Gere, in this line of
research, will be of still greater interest and value to succeeding genera-
tions. He has completed a work in local topographical history which
might otherwise have been lost and forgotten. The detailed results are
described in following pages.

Hardly less important was the work performed by Thomas M.
Shepherd, the story of which is so well told by him elsewhere. The
exhibition prepared by his committee was a continuous one during the
Celebration, and was visited by an immense number of people, and the
first authentic, detailed description of it, given in this book, will be read
with great interest bv those who are interested in the ancient life of the
town.

Ibistoiical Xocalities /iftarl^cD

The Committee on Historical Localities, besides issuing in pamphlet
form brief descriptions of one hundred localities of historical interest,
marked the following spots with appropriate signs :

At the southeasterly part of the Court-House Park were set these
four signs:

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The First Meeting House

Stood Here

1654

The

First

School

House

Stood Here

1661

The First Town House

Stood Here

1767

The First Court House
Stood Here

1737

In front of the southwesterly corner of the First Church, at the ex-
treme westerly end of the little park, were three signs, connected to-
gether, bearing these inscriptions:

North

South

Rev. Solomon Stoddard

Preached Here 57 Years

1672-1729

The Apex of Meeting House

Hill was Here

1654

West

The

Meeting House

in which

Jonathan Edwards

Preached Stood

Here

1737— 1812

In front of the Josiah D. Whitney house on King street, beneath
one of the well-known "Jonathan Edwards elms," was this sign:

Jonathan Edwards

Lived Here

1727 — 1750

and set this elm tree

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349

The site of the first jail, on the west corner of Old South street, in
ront of Jackson's block, was marked as follows:

The

First

Jail

30D H

1707

ERE

On the east corner of Main and King streets, where the First
National Bank building stands, was this sign:

The First Post Office
Stood Here

1792

In front of the westerly half of the First Church was a sign bearing
this inscription:

The

Old

Church

ONORED,

Admired,

Revered

Stood

Hek

812-

-1876

In front of the Mansion House (since named the Draper House),
directly opposite the entrance to Old South street, was this sign:

Seth P

jmeroy

I 760

Asahel

POMEROY

1777

Oliver

Warner

1821

Kept

Tavern H

ERE

On Court-House Park, northeast of the present court-house and on
a line with the old court-house and "Old Church," was this sign:

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OWN

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Here

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In front of Charles B. Kingsley's drug-store, where Dr. Ebenezer
Hunt erected his drug-store, the first store erected on Shop Row, was
this sign:

The

First Store
Shop Row

TOOD Here
1769

HISTORICAL LOCALITIES IN NORTHAMPTON

COMPILED AND PUBLISHED BY THE COMMITTEE
ON HISTORICAL LOCALITIES FOR THE CELEBRATION

I. Northampton was first settled by white people in the spring
of 1654, but its territory had been examined as a desirable place for
settlement several years before. It was then known only by the Indian
name of Nonotuck. In May, 1653 (a year before the actual settlement),
twenty-four men petitioned the General Court for liberty to "plant,
possess and inhabit " the place. All of these men were residents of Con-
necticut, most of them of Hartford, Windsor and Farmington. John
Pynchon, Elizur Holyoke and Samuel Chapin of Springfield also peti-
tioned to the same effect at the same time. The General Court appointed
Pynchon, Holyoke and Chapin commissioners to lay out the bounds of
the proposed settlement, which they did, fixing the line to run from the
Hadley falls ten miles north on the west side of the Connecticut river,
and westward from the Connecticut "nine miles into the woods." This
included all the territory within the present limits of Northampton,
Easthampton, Southampton and Westhampton, and parts of Hatfield
and Montgomery. The land was bought of the Indians by John Pyn-
chon Sept. 23, 1653, and on Jan. 16, 1662, he turned it over to the inhab-
itants of Northampton, who allotted it among themselves, reserving a
large portion to be given to new-comers. The meadow lands were the
most desirable and each settler was given a certain amount (usually
about twenty acres), with a liberal c^uantity of upland. The town took
its name from Northampton in England, and, although the Indian
name was always Nonotuck, that name was never used by the settlers.
The exact day on which the first settlers arrived here is not known, nor
is it known exactly where the first houses were built, but it is certain
that the first arrivals were early in May, and it is presumed that they
located their homes near "Meeting-house hill."

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Nearly all the inhabitants of the town remained near the center for
more than one hundred years. This was from fear of the Indians.
After the close of the Fiench and Indian war, in 1760, the outer districts
began to be settled. The first settlement at South Farms was made in
1 68 7, but what is now Florence and North Farms was not settled until
1759. Roberts Meadow and West Farms were settled soon after, and
"Rail Hill" (now Leeds) in J790. Those sections were then covered
with dense forests.

The first settlers located on King, Pleasant, Market and Hawley
streets. The sections next settled were Bridge, West and Elm streets.
It was five years after the first settlers arrived before there was a house
built as far west as the site of President Seelye's residence. For a great
many years there were no streets here. What we now call streets were
simply footpaths from house to house. The farms were large and the
houses were considerable distances apart. There was little of travel,
and what there was was either on foot or on horseback. The center of
the settlement contained but a few buildings. Meeting-house hill was
almost bare. Aside from the meeting-house there were for a long period
of time no buildings nearer to it than the court-house and school-house
at the junction of Main and King streets and the minister's house on the
corner of Pleasant street. To the west there were after a time buildings
on the west corner of South street, where Ithamar Strong lived, and on
Main street, opposite South street, where Gen. Seth Pomeroy lived.
There was no building north of the meeting-house on or near the hill for
a long time. The meeting-house stood there alone, like a city on a hill.
The ground around it was all highwa3\ There was a large open space at
the junction of King and Pleasant streets with Main street, which was
called "School-house common."

2. The first "meeting-house," used for religious services, town
meetings and schools, stood on the easterly side of "Meeting-house hill,"
near the southeasterly corner of the present court-house lot. It was built
of logs and was twenty-six feet long and eighteen feet wide, and was
erected in the first year of the town's settlement. It was in use for re-
ligious meetings seven years. The second meeting-house was built in
1 66 1, and was located on the top of "Meeting-house hill," directlv in
front of the westerly half of the present First Church and the entrance
to Center street, that being the apex of the hill. Meeting-house hill
was then several feet higher than it is now, and the ground at its base
was several feet lower. The meeting-house was approached from all
sides. A ravine ran around the hill from the west side, back of the
present Mansion House, to King street, and thence across Main street
to Pleasant street and in the rear of Shop Row to Mill river, below
the old South-street bridge. There have been five meeting-houses
built on this hill — the first in 1654, a log house, 26 by 18 feet; the
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third, in 1737, 70 by 46 feet; the fourth, known to the present gene-
ration as the "Old Church," in 181 2; the fifth in 1876; the latter was
damaged by fire in 1888 and immediately rebuilt, without essential
change of plan.

3. The first court-house, erected in 1737, stood near the easterly
corner of the present court-house lot, south of and about opposite the
present court-house fountain. The present court-house is the fourth
building erected on that lot for court uses.

4. The first school-house, used exclusively for school purposes,
stood on the easterly portion of Meeting-house hill, easterly of the site
of the present court-house and farther down the hill, near the corner of
court-house lot.

5. The first store on Shop Row stood on the site of the present
drug-stores of Charles B. Kingsley and Lucius S. Davis, built in 1769
by Dr. Ebenezer Hunt for a drug-store.

6. Jonathan Edwards preached here in two meeting-houses; he
was settled in 1727, and the first house in which he preached was re-
placed by the one shown in the picture in 1737. This house stood in
Main street, opposite the westerly half of the present First Church and
entrance to Center street. It faced toward Bridge street. There were
three entrances, one in front (east) and one on each side (south and west).
There were three aisles running north and south, and one on each side
running east and west. The pulpit was in the center on the north side,
with a single stairway to it on the west side. Hanging over the pulpit
was a large "sounding-board," which bore the date "1735," denoting
the date of the first vote to build. Two stairways led to the gallery, in
the easterly and westerly corners. There was a tall steeple, with an
open belfry, resting on eight posts. Surmounting the steeple was a
weather-vane, representing a rooster. A tower clock was put in soon
after the house was erected. The house was torn down in 181 2. This
Jonathan Edwards meeting-house was built while the old meeting-house
was still standing, showing that they did not occupy the same spot ; but
they were near each other. The old house was torn down in 1738, the
year after the new house was occupied.

The accompanying picture of the second meeting-house in which
Jonathan Edwards preached is believed to be accurate. It was made
from a sketch drawn by Architect William F. Pratt about thirty years
ago. The dimensions of the house and the belfry are matters of town
record, as are also the porches. The rooster weather-vane on the top
of the steeple is shown just as it was when Edwards thundered forth his
mighty appeals from the pulpit within, and the semi-circular stepstone
is seen in front just as it was when placed there 167 years ago. The
house was similar in form to the Congregational meeting-houses built in
that period; there is one much like it still standing in West Springfield.
Mr. Pratt was aided in his drawing by some of the citizens of the town

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who were familiar with the appearance of the house in their youth, and
they pronounced the sketch correct. It corresponds with the plan of
seating the meeting-house given in Trumbull's History. There can be
no doubt that when you look at this picture you see the meeting-house
substantially as it appeared when Jonathan Edwards and Major Joseph
Hawley entered its portals and walked through its broad aisle.

The Jonathan Edwards M i-: e i i n g - H o u s e
In which he preacheil. Built in 1737. Torn <lovvn 1812

7. The house of the first minister of the town, Rev. Eleazar Mather,
stood on the west corner of Main and Pleasant streets, and fronted on

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357

Pleasant street. Mr. Mather owned all the land now covered by Shop
Row as far west as Merritt Clark's store.

8. The first town-house (used also for the courts) stood on the
present court-house lot, erected 1737.

9. The first post-office (1792) was kept in the store of Robert
Breciv & Son, on the corner of Main and King streets, where the First
National Bank now stands. Col. John Breck, son of Robert Breck, was
the first postmaster.

10. The first newspaper, the Hampshire Gazette, was printed (1786)
in the back part of Benjamin Prescott's house, on the west corner of
Main and Pleasant streets.

East Corner ]\Iai\ and King Streets, 1855
Where First National Bank now stands

11. The first bookstore in town was opened in 1797 by Simeon
Butler, on Shop Row, where S. E. Bridgman & Co.'s bookstore now
stands, and there has been a bookstore on that spot ever since.

12. The site of the store of Phelps & Gare, jewelers, on Shop Row,
was in 1785 occupied by Samuel Stiles, a goldsmith, and there has been
a goldsmith's shop on that spot ever since. The late General Benjamin
E. Cook was in business there from Jan. 10, 1827, until his death, Feb.
25, 1900, more than seventy-three years.

13. The first bank in town, the Northampton Bank, was opened
in 1803, on the site of Merritt Clark's store on Shop Row. It was suc-
ceeded in 18 13 by the Hampshire Bank.

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14. The first ferry between Northampton and Hadley was estab-
Hshed in 1661, when Hadley was settled. This ferry connected Hadley
at the lower end of Front street with "Old Rainbow," and for many
years it was known as "Goodman's ferry."

15. The first bridge over the Connecticut river here was built in
1808. The present county bridge (the fifth) was built in 1878.

16. The first Edwards Church (1833) stood on the easterly corner
of Main and South streets, where Columbian block now stands. It was
destroyed by fire in 1870.

17. The first taverns were called "ordinaries." There was a tav-
ern on the site of the present Mansion House kept by Col. Seth Pomeroy,
and after him by his son, Asahel Pomeroy, and a tavern has been kept
there ever since. There was a tavern, known as the "Red Tavern,"
on the site of the present Catholic church. Also, one on Hawley street,
east side, where the Washburn House now stands, kept by Capt. Samuel
Clarke; one on the southerly corner of Pleasant and River streets, called
the "American House"; one on South street, on the site of the present
Col. Calvin Strong house, corner of South and Fort streets; one on the
west corner of North Elm street and the street leading to the car barns,
kept by Abner Hunt; one in Florence, opposite the present Florence
Hotel, kept by Paul Strong, and known as "Paul Strong's"; one about
a mile to the west on the road to Williamsburg, kept by Solomon Warner,
known as "Sol Warner's"; one farther on, half a mile east of Haydenville,
on the old road to Northampton, kept by Capt. Samuel Fairfield; one at
Roberts Meadow, on the turnpike road to Pittsfield, kept by Nathaniel
Edwards, who took the turnpike tolls; and a number of others of lesser
note in different parts of the town.

18. Rev. Solomon Stoddard, minister of the town from 1672 to
1729 (fifty-seven years), lived on Prospect street, where Henry R.
Hinckley now lives. His son. Col. John Stoddard, succeeded him in
occupying that place. Mr. Stoddard, Senior, built in 1684 the ell part
of Mr. Hinckley's house as it now stands, and Col. John Stoddard built
the main part. This is one of the oldest houses in town, as it dates
back about two hundred years, and a part of it two hundred and twenty
years.

A home lot was granted by the town to Rev. Solomon Stoddard in
1 68 1. It contained four acres of land, and was situated on the east side
of Round Hill, in the vicinity of the junction of Henshaw avenue and
Crescent street. Mr. Stoddard never built on it, but three years later he
bought another lot, a little south of the grant, and there he built. He
and his descendants occupied this house for more than a century. The
central portion of the house, as it now stands, is all that remains of the
home of Rev. Solomon Stoddard. The large gambrel-roofed building,
in front of and adjoining this, was built by his son. Col. John Stoddard.
The rear part of the house, built by Rev. Solomon Stoddard, was

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removed by Dr. Barrett, and made into the barn now on the place.
Dr. Barrett also built the ell in the rear of the present building.

Close to the central chimney of the ancient house was a large open
space, under the floor of the second story, which, tradition has it, was
used as a hiding place from the Indians. This place no longer exists.
In May, 1809, this house was sold to Seth Wright of Boston, and it de-
scended to his son, Theodore Wright. It was purchased in 1837 by
Charles C. Nichols of Boston. In 1845, it was bought by Dr. Benjamin
Barrett and is now occupied by his daughter and her husband, Henry
R. Hincklev.

Residence of Henrv R. Hinckley, Prospect St

Rear part of this house was built by Rev. Solomon Stoddard in 1684,
and front part by his son, Col. John Stoddard

The accompanying picture presents a fine view of the house as it
stands today. Col. Stoddard was one of the most prominent men of the
town, and wealthy for his times. This accounts for the size and elegance
of the main structure. The house stands on one of the most command-
ing residence sites in the town, and is a treasure, both for the beauty of
its location and for its historical associations.

19. Rev. Dr. Gordon Hall, pastor of Edwards church twenty-
eight years, lived in the brick house on the south side of Elm street,
opposite entrance to Prospect street, aow occupied by Miss Tucker, No.

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84. This house was owned and occupied in 1780 by Gen. WiUiam Ly-
man, a Revolutionary officer and member of congress.

20. Rev. Solomon Williams, fifth minister, 1778 to 1834 (fifty-six
years), lived on King street, where his son. Deacon Eliphalet Williams,
lived. This was also the residence of Rev. John Hooker, fourth minister
of the town.

21. Judge Joseph Lyman lived on Main street, where the Carr
block and Carr bakery now stand. House was built in 1792, succeeding
one that stood there and was burned in that year, and occupied by Col.
William Lyman.

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Residence of J u ij c, h Joseph Lyman, M .\ i n Street
Built 1792. Burned 1870. Stood where Carr block now stands

2 2. Gov. Caleb Strong (Governor eleven years and U. S. Senator)
lived on Main street, where the Hampshire House now stands; his
gambrel-roofed house was removed to Pleasant street in 1844, where it
was occupied by his son, Hon. Lewis Strong; now No. 40.

23. Judge Samuel Henshaw lived on Elm street, in the gambrel-
roofed house lately owned and occupied by Sidney E. Bridgman and
now owned by Bishop F. D. Huntington.

24. The Warner House, one of the leading historical structures of
the town, was for several generations the principal tavern. Gen. Seth
Pomeroy lived there and kept an inn. His son, Asahel Pomeroy, one of

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the prominent men of his times, succeeded him. In 1792 Asahel Pome-
roy erected the house which for more than two generations was one of the
most famiHar objects in town. The old house that stood on the same
spot was destroyed by fire, Oct. 12, 1792. Mr. Pomeroy immediately
rebuilt. In 182 1, he sold the house to Oliver Warner, who had kept a
tavern on the Bridge road, half a mile north of Florence, where Seth S.
Warner now lives. Mr. Warner owned and conducted the tavern
twentv-four years, until his death in 1853. From him the house took
its name. Next to the "Old Church" and the court-house, the Warner
House was the most famous structure in town. There, many public
gatherings were held; there, many of the judges, lawyers and jurors

W .-v R N E R House

Built by^Asahel Pomeroy, 1792. Destroyed by fire, 1870. Stood'on site^of
Mansion (now Draper) House

stopped when the courts were in session; there, travellers from far and
near found a congenial home; and there, the villagers repaired from
time to time to gather the news brought in by the stage-drivers and the
guests of the house.

25. "Fort Hill," off South street, takes its name from the building
of an Indian fort there prior to 1670. The exact location of this fort is
not known. "Dwight's Travels" says it was located "in the heart of
the town, at a distance perhaps of thirty rods from the most populous
street." This would locate it on Fort street, on the brow of the hill.
Trumbull's History locates it "back of the Starkweather place." It was

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abandoned as a fort in 1670. The Indians who built it were friendly,
and were given permission by the town to build the fort.

26. Gen. Seth Pomeroy, besides keeping a tavern, was a black-
smith, and his blacksmith shop stood between his house and the corner
of Main and Center streets.

27. Dr. Sylves-
ter Graham, origi-
nator of the Gra-
ham dietic system,
1 ved on Pleasant
street, in the brick
house, west side,
now No. 61. Hon.
Eh P. Ashmun, U.
S. Senator, lived in
that house before
Dr. Graham.

28. E r a St us
Hopkins, ten years
a representative in
the state legisla-
ture, lived on King
street, house next
north of the French
Catholic church.

29. Thomas Na-
pier lived on Elm
street, in the house
that now forms a
part of the Mary A.
Burnham classical
school for girls.
Another building
used by this school
is the colonial-
front house on
Prospect street,
built by Judge
Samuel Howe and
in which he lived.

30. Samuel Whitmarsh built the house on Fort Hill, since owned
and occupied as a summer residence by Edward H. R. Lyman and his
son, Frank Lyman. His brother, Thomas Whitmarsh, built the house
lately owned and occupied by Lucien B. Williams and now by his son,
Col. Henry L. Williams.

The Jonathan Edwards Elm

Set Iby Rev. Jonathan Edwards, 1730. House of Josiah D.Whit-
ney on the right stands on site of the Edwards house.
Picture shows house and tree as they were in 1890.

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31. John Clarke, founder of Clarke Institute for Deaf Mutes, lived
on Bridge street; house now forms a part of Norwood Hotel.

32. Rev. Jonathan Edwards lived on King street, where the brick
house built by Josiah D. Whitney now stands, and the large elm tree
that stands in front is one of two elms set by him and long known as
the "Jonathan Edw^ards elms." A picture of one of these elms is given
herewith.

^^. " Bartlett's gate," at the foot of Pleasant street, in use when the
meadows were fenced in, was near the present Harlow house.

34. Judge Charles A. Dewey, judge of Massachusetts Supreme
court, lived on College Hill, where President Seelye's house now stands;
house was moved back and converted into a dormitory, and is now
known as the "Dewey House."

35. Judge Samuel F. Lyman, judge of Probate court, lived on
College Hill, wdiere the principal college building now stands; house was
moved to Canal street, and is now No. 35.

36. Major Joseph Hawley lived on Hawley street, on site of house
now 104, known as the "Burrows place." His house was a low building;
the front door was fastened with a wooden latch and a leather latch-
st-ring hung outside.

37. Isaac C. Bates, U. S. Senator, lived on Bridge street, where
the J. Stebbins Lathrop house now stands; his house was removed to
North street, and is now owned and occupied by Mrs. Henry Roberts.

38. Samuel Bartlett built a gristmill in 1667 on the west side of
Manhan river in what is now Easthampton, and Joseph Parsons had a
sawmill on the opposite shore. There have been grist and sawmills
there ever since.

39. Halligan and Dailey were hung, June 5, 1806, on "Gallows
Plain," now Hospital Hill, in presence of 15,000 people; Gen. Ebenezer
Mattoon of Amherst, high sheriff, officiated.

40. The "pound," for impounding stray animals, was at the lower
end of Pleasant street, and is still ow^ned by the city, though not used
in the last fifty years.

41. The semi-circular stepstone used at the east entrance to the
meeting-house in which Jonathan Edwards preached, is now in use at
the front entrance to Christopher Clarke's house. No. 40, Hawley street.

42. Stocks for punishing criminals stood at the junction of Main
and King streets. They were not much used.

43. Guideboards, set in triangular form on three posts, stood in
the fork of the roads at the junction of Main and King streets, and a
little north of these guideboards were two large elm trees, underneath
which were for many years a set of hay scales for public use.

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44. Just below the old South-street bridge over Mill river there
was a crossing on the bed of the river, called the " Lickingwater crossing."
The banks of the river on either side sloped gently to the edges of the
stream, and this was the principal public watering place in town for
about two hundred years. It was closed to the public when the dike
was built in 1856.

45. The "Oxbow," known in later years as the "Old Bed," was
until 1840 the route of the Connecticut river. In that year the high
water in a spring freshet cut across the narrow neck east of the railroad
and formed the present channel of the river. In going four and a half
miles by a direct line the river by the "Oxbow" route ran nearly eleven
miles.

Olu Mansion House, on College Hill

Where Catholic church now stands. As it appeared when kept by Capt. Jonathan
Brewster, 1840. Hotel barn in the rear

46. The storehouse for freight sent and received on the New Haven
and Northampton canal is still standing and is used by Warren's livery
stable. The canal ran under Main street beneath an arched stone bridge
and came close to this storehouse. The shed now seen on the east side
was not there when the canal was in use. The three iron hooks under
the eaves used for hoisting and lowering freight are there now.

47. This canal was carried across Mill river by means o*:" an aque-
duct, and ran along the side of the hill west of South street. The canal
was opened for business in 1836, and closed in 1847. It cost $980,000,
all of which was a total loss.

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48. The first jail in town was built in 1707 and stood on the corner
of Main and South streets, near where Rahar's Inn now stands. It was
sold in 1760, and for twelve years there was no jail here. In 1773 a
jail was built of logs on Pleasant street. The notorious Ste])hen Bur-
roughs of Pelham was confined there in 1786 and was chained to the
floor after attempting to break out. In 1801, a new jail, built of stone,
was erected on the site of the old one, and in 1853 the present jail on
Union street was completed.

49. Shepherd's Island in the Connecticut river below "Old Rain-
bow" began to form about 1729. In 1754 it contained six or seven
acres, about half of which was fit for cultivation. It was formed by
accumulations of soil and sand brought down by the spring freshets.
It was sold at "public vendue" in 1770 by order of the legislature, and
purchased by Solomon Stoddard for one hundred pounds. In 1803,
Levi Shepherd, Jr., bought it for $1,200, and it has since been known as
"Shepherd's Island." It now contains about fifteen acres and is owned
by the Mount Tom Lumber Co. The money paid for it in 1803 went to
the county and was used to build a bridge in Ware.

50. The first mill in town was a gristmill, built in 1658 ; it stood on
the north bank of Mill river, just west of the gas-works.

51. The "Hunt house," a fine old gambrel-roofed structure, stood
on Main street, east of the first Edwards Church, where the Hampshire
County Bank building now stands. It was built by Deacon Ebenezer
Hunt in 1770 and stood exactly one hundred years, being destroyed by
fire in 1870. In it lived three generations of Hunts — Deacon Ebenezer
Hunt, Dr. Ebenezer Hunt, and Dr. David Hunt.

52. Mill river originally ran around the foot of Fort Hill and emp-
tied into "Danks's pond," near the lower end of South street. It was
changed to run from lower Pleasant street directly to the Connecticut
river in 17 10. In digging wells in Maple street, near the round house
built by Seth Strong, large logs were found at a depth of twelve to fifteen
feet and bright gravel, showing that the river once ran at that place.
There are two channels of the river still visible near the foot of High
street.

53. Elwell's Island, just above the Connecticut river bridges, took
its name from Levi Elwell, who lived near it. It began to form about
seventy years ago, and for some years was only a sand-bar. Mr. Elwell
used to put willow twigs in the edges of the banks on the upper side and
that caused the sand-bar to enlarge. He was the first man to plant
anything on this island. It now contains about twenty-five acres of
land suitable for cultivation, most of which is in grass. A ferry-boat is
used to convey teams and the crops by means of a wire. The island is
owned by Frank R. Elwell and Spencer Clark.

54. A small park, oblong in shape, about 125 by 40 feet, was made
in Main street in 1844, of soil taken from the Governor Strong lot when

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the Connecticut river railroad was built. Elm and maple trees were
set in it, a low railing enclosed it, and a flagstaff stood in the middle.
Its center was opposite the west entrance to the old savings bank. It
was made by the contributions of the Shop Row merchants and others.
In 1867, the town having outgrown its presence, it was removed by order
of the selectmen.

55. The first burials in town were made on Meeting-house hill,
and in 1662 the burial ground was established on the "Plain," near
Bridge street, where it has remained ever since.

Edwards Church and Hunt House

On East corner Main an<l Old South streets, where Columbian Block now stanfls — House

built by Deacon Ebenezer Hunt in 1770, burnel 1870 — Church built 1833,

burned 1870 — Merritt Clark's store on the left.

56. The present Main street along Shop Row did not begin to
assume its present shape until 1769. The principal road to the top of
"Meeting-house hill " was on the northerly side, in the rear of the present
court-house. The hill was quite abrupt on the easterly side.

57. Judge Forbes had his office and living rooms on the third floor
of Judge Sterling's block, next west of the First Church, over the bank-
ing rooms of the Northampton Bank and Northampton Institution for
Savings. He boarded at the Warner House.

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367

58. In September, 1675, "two men were shot and scalped by Indians
near their homes in Paradise, while chopping wood.

59. In the early years of the town's settlement the meadows were
fenced in and used in the late season as a "common field" for pasturing.
The fence ran from the present Connecticut river bridge along the bluffs
off Bridge street to South-street bridge, and thence to the outlet of Man-
han river at the base of Mount Tom.

60. The high school for boys stood where the present Center-street
grammar school now stands. For many years it was the only building
on the ground between Main and Park streets and Gothic and State
streets.

61. In October of
the year 1675 a body
of Indians attacked
seven or eight men who
were at work in Pyn-
chon meadow; the men
escaped and one In-
dian was shot and kill-
ed. The Indians then
attacked the settlers
on Sotith street, burn-
ing four houses and
four barns. These
houses stood on what
is now known as the
Starkweather place,
the two home-lots to
the south, and one on
the opposite side of the
- road.

The Great Elm Tree

In Middle Meadow, its trunk 31 feet in circumference

62. At the foot of
Pleasant street, on the
northerly side of the
road, a little west of the railroad, stood the freight-hotise of Capt. David
Strong. Freight was brought up Mill river in times of high water.
When the water was low the freight came to Hockanum ferry, and there
was a freight house on the west bank. David Strong and his son,
David Strong, Jr., were the captains. Most of the freight to Northamp-
ton came by boat from Boston to Hartford, thence up the Connecticut
river, through the canal at South Hadley Falls. This boating business
disappeared about 1840. The old freight-house on Pleasant street re-
mained there many years afterward. It was a long, low wooden build-
ing, facing lengthwise to the street, and stood close to the street.

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63. The bank robbers, Robert Scott and James Dunlap, used the
attic of one of the two one-story brick school-houses that stood near the
Bridge-street entrance to the cemetery, as their rendezvous while plan-
ning the robbery of the Northampton National Bank in January, 1876.
On the night of the 26th they entered the house of Cashier John Whit-
telsey on Elm street, now No. 184, bound and gagged the inmates and
tortured the cashier. The bank which they robbed of securities valued
at $1,500,000 was in Judge Sterling's block, on the west corner of Main
and Center streets. The plunder from the bank was secreted in the
school-house in which the robbers had secreted themselves, where it
remained for about two weeks, when the robbers returned and carried
it off by way of Amherst.

64. In 1677 the meeting-house was ordered to be fortified, and it
was surrounded with a line of palisades similar to that which enclosed
the central part of the town.

65. Southampton was the first part of the original town of North-
ampton to be set off. It was incorporated as the "First Precinct" in
1741. Its first minister was Rev. Jonathan Judd, settled in 1743; died
in 1803, after a pastorate of sixty years. The first meeting-house was
erected in 1752, and stood thirty-six years.

66. Westhampton was incorporated as a town in 1778. The first
minister was Rev. Enoch Hale, settled in 1778; he died in 1837, in the
fifty-eighth year of his pastorate. The first meeting-house was erected
in 1784.

67. Easthampton became a town in 1785. Its first minister was
Rev. Payson WilHston, settled in 1789, retired in 1833 after a ministry
of forty-four years, and died in 1856, aged ninety-two years. The first
church was organized in 1785, and the first meeting-house erected the
same vear; the house stood fifty-one years. Williston seminary was
opened in 1841, and the first button factory in town was built in 1848.

68. The first bridge over Mill river at the " Lickingwater crossing"
was built in 1673. It was repaired and improved in 1698 and a new
bridge built in 1794. In 1842 a covered bridge was erected. This
bridge remained in use until the new boulevard bridge was built in 1891,
when it went to decav and was partly consumed by an incendiary fire
on the night preceding a 4th of July.

69. On May 13, 1704, occurred the great massacre at Pascommuck.
Early in the morning a body of French and Indians attacked the settle-
ment of five families between Mount Tom and the Manhan river near its
outlet into the Connecticut. The inhabitants of the hamlet were easily
overpowered and thirty-seven of them were taken captive. Capt. John
Taylor, who with a troop of horsemen pursued the Indians, overtook
them a few miles to the south on their way to Westfield. The Indians
then killed all but half a dozen of the captives. Captain Taylor was

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shot and killed. He left a wife and eleven children. His house was
on the lot afterward occupied by the Judge Joseph Lyman homestead
on our Main street.

70. A palisade, made of strong stakes driven into the ground, was
erected about the most thickly settled part of the town in 1675, for pro-
tection against the Indians. This pahsade was assaulted a few months
after it was built. At daybreak on the morning of March 13, 1676, a
body of Indians, estimated to number 500, fell upon the settlement from
the north. They broke through the palisade at lower Pleasant street.
One house was burned within the fortifications and four houses outside.
There was a garrison of seventy-eight men inside, and such resistance
was made that the Indians soon retreated. Four settlers and a girl were
killed, and fifteen to twentv Indians.

Edwin K i n g s l e v House a x d Blacksmith Shop

House on the right buih 1792, torn down 1850. Holley House and Hat Factory on the left.
Kingsley House and Blacksmith Shop stood where Academy of Music now stands

71. A sawmill was built in Leeds, then called the "Rail Hill dis-
trict," in 1800. In 1808 a cotton mill took its place. In 1812, Col.
James Shepherd erected a woolen mill below the cotton mill and the
latter was soon connected with it. The place was then for forty years
known as "Shepherd's Hollow." The Northampton Woolen Manu-
facturing Co. succeeded and Stephen Brewer and Thomas Musgrave were
successively its agents. Henry Clay stopped at this mill when he visited
Northampton in 1833 and was presented with a roll of broadcloth made
by this company as a sample of the product of American industry.
Leeds is now one of the centers of the Nonotuck Silk Manufacturing
Co.'s industries.

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72. In 1680 the town ordered the pahsades to be repaired, and
in 1689 they were enlarged. The town ordered that married persons
should build three rods of palisade each, and single persons two rods.
The western line of this fortification ran from the rear of the principal
college building and President Seelye's house to Miss Tucker's (formerly
Rev. Gordon Hall's), thence to Henshaw avenue, and thence to the west
of H. R. Hinckley's house on Prospect street. It probably inclosed
West street and extended easterly as far as the burial ground. Its
length was over two miles.

Old Wright House
On Bridge street, built 1658, the oldest house in town

73. The house shown in the above picture is believed to be the
oldest house now standing in Northampton. It has been altered since
it was built by the addition of two side wings and a change in the roof
in the rear, which originally sloped nearly to the ground. It stands
on what was a part of the home-lot of Cornet Joseph Parsons, which
embraced all the land between Bridge and Market streets that fronted
on Bridge street on the south. It was built in 1658 by Mr. Parsons soon
after his arrival in town, and it is supposed that he kept an inn there,
as he was licensed to keep a house of entertainment. It was held in
the Parsons family until 1807, when it passed into the possession of
Daniel Wright and his wife, Chloe Lyman, and has remained in posses-
sion of their descendants ever since. Daniel Wright was postmaster of

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the town twenty-five 3'ears, and his son, Ferdinand Hunt Wright, who
succeeded his father in occupying the house, also served as postmaster
and was the first cashier of the Hampshire Bank. His daughter, Miss
Anna Wright, now occupies the house.

74. The streets of the town did not bear their present names un-
til 1826, when they were named by a committee appointed by the town.
Some of them had been designated by the name of some prominent
resident on the street, and others bore nicknames. Hawley street went
by the name of "Pudding lane"; Elm street was called "New Boston";
West street to Hospital Hill bore the name of "Welch End"; Pleasant

The C h a u n c e y E . Parsons House
On Bridge street, built 1744, occupied by the Parsons family 160 years

street bore the name of the gate-keeper, "Bartlett's lane"; South street
was called " Lickingwater " ; and Park street "Stoddard's lane." Other
localities were known by such names as these : North Elm street as
"Abner Hunt's"; Florence as "Paul Strong's"; fork of the roads to
Leeds and Williamsburg as "Sol Warner's"; near Williamsburg line
east of Haydenville as "Cap'n Fairfield's"; Roberts Meadow as "Nat
Edwards's"; Leeds as "Shepherd's Hollow," and before that as "Rail
Hih."

75. A gristmill was built on the east side of Mill river, where
Maynard's hoe-shop now stands, in 1677, and a road opened to it. This

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was called the "Upper Mill," and the mill below was called the "Lower
Mill." These names were in common use for two hundred years. Some
years later a gristmill and a sawmill were built on the west bank of the
"Upper Mill" waterfall and a bridge leading to them was built below
the dam.

76. The house of Chauncey E. Parsons, shown in the picture,
stands on the westerly side of Bridge street, facing the Common, and
was built by Isaac Parsons in 1 744, the year of his marriage. It has been
occupied by Isaac Parsons, Josiah Parsons, Lyman Parsons and Chaun-
cey E. Parsons. There has been no material change in the house since
its erection 160 years ago, and only descendants of the builder and first
occupant have ever lived in it. It stands on what was originally a
part of the farm of Cornet Joseph Parsons, purchased by him in 1674,
and extended from Bridge street to Market street. The farm has
been owned and occupied by Parsons families 230 years.

77. The town was without a bell in the meeting-house for thirty-
six years. Meetings had been announced by the use of a drum or
trumpet.

78. In the years around 1850 the water-cure treatment was much
in vogue here. Dr. Charles Munde, a German, had a water-cure estab-
lishment in Florence, west of Mill river, opposite the brush factory; he
was preceded there by Dr. David Ruggles, a blind colored man, who
opened the establishment in 1845 and died in 1849. The water-cure
buildings were destroyed by fire Nov. 7, 1865. Dr. Halsted had an
extensive water-cure establishment on Round Hill, occupying all of the
then existing buildings north of the Clarke Institute buildings; and Dr.
Edward E. Denniston had a large establishment on the west corner of
North Elm street, at the junction with Prospect street, where Abner
Hunt lived seventy-five years ago.

79. The first paper mill in towm, which was the first manufactory
here of any importance, was built by William Butler, founder of the
Hampshire Gazette. It was located where the Rogers cutlery works
now stand, at the westerly end of Vernon street, in what has since been
known as "Paper-mill Village." Mr. Butler made there by hand all
the paper used in printing the Gazette. As the publication of the Gazette
was begun Sept. 6, 1786, it is probable that the paper mill was started
soon after that time. In 181 7, Mr. Butler sold the mill to his brother,
Daniel Butler, who kept a store under the printing office on Pleasant
street. He carried on the mill until his death in 1849, when it passed
into the control of William Clark, who, with his sons William and
Lucius, ran it many years, doing a large and profitable business. Will-
iam Butler erected' a two-story building for his printing office on the
east side of Pleasant street. That building still stands, much as it was
built one hundred and eighteen years ago. It stands directly opposite
Cook's block, now occupied by the Warner Furniture Co.

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80. On the east side of Bridge street, just north of the Josiah Par-
sons house, stood a small brick powder house. It was built bv John
Clarke, who sold powder, and was used for storing that dangerous
commodity. It was not much in use after 1850.

81. The picture of the Parsons house on South street, near the
old bridge, shows one of the oldest houses in town. It was built in 1755
by Noah Parsons, Jr., son of Noah Parsons, who settled there in 17 12.
The house is now about as it was when built 149 years ago. There have
been none but members of the Parsons family living on this homestead

The Lewis Parsons House
On South street, built in 1755, and occupied by its builder and his descendants 149 years

for 192 years. First was Noah Parsons, then successively Noah Parsons,
Jr., Justus Parsons, Lewis Parsons, and the present occupant, Lewis D.
Parsons. The stately elm that stands in front of the house was set in
1755, the year of his marriage and the A^ear that the house was built,
by Noah Parsons, Jr. It has stood there 149 years. Originally theie
was quite a ravine running in front of this house just west of the elm
tree and leading to the river ; this ravine was partly filled when the dike
was built in 1856 and entirely filled and the common graded in 1883.

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82. The lead mines in the west part of the town, near Loudville,
were discovered in 1678 by Robert Lyman, a hunter. These mines
created considerable interest in town for many years, and many votes
relating to them are on the town records. A mining company was formed
in 1679; two Boston men became interested, and something was done
in working the mines, but they never yielded any profit. In 1863 the
mines came into the control of Thomas E. Hastings and C. W. Elton,
who made considerable stir there for about two years, ending in failure
and bankruptcy,

83. The first railroad to this town, the Connecticut River road,
was opened in December, 1845. I^o^ 0^6 year cars were run only to
Northampton; the next year the road was opened to Greenfield, and in
1849 the road was extended to the Vermont line. The second railroad
to this town, "the Canal road," was opened in 1855. The branch line
to Wilhamsburg was opened in 1867. The Massachusetts Central road
was opened in 1887.

84. There was a brick cannon house near the school-houses on
Bridge street, used for storing the cannon belonging to the Northampton
artillery company. It stood a little to the west of the Bridge-street
entrance to the cemetery. It was there in 1840 and 1850.

85. The first brickyard in town was west of King street and be-
tween Court and Park streets, opened in 1658. Another brickyard was
opened in 1684 at the southerly end of South street, near where there is
one now.

86. The first innkeeper in town was John Webb, a blacksmith,
hunter and land speculator. His house stood on the west corner of
Main and South streets.

87. The first court here was held March 24, 1658. Regular sessions
began in 1661.

88. The present City Hall was completed in 1850. The gas-works
were ready for business in 1856. The water-works were constructed in
187 1. The Northampton dike, inclosing Maple and Fruit streets, was
built in 1856. The first street railway was opened here in 1866. The
Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden Agricultural Society was organized
Jan. 22, 1818, and the first cattle show held Oct. 14 and 15 of the same
year. The building of the Northampton Lunatic Hospital was begun
in 1856 and completed in 1858. The Smith Charities were established
by the will of Oliver Smith of Hatfield in 1845. The Clarke
Institution for Deaf Mutes was established by John Clarke in
1867. The first public library in town was begun in 1839 with the for-
mation of a "Book club," and from that have grown the two great
libraries founded by John Clarke and Judge Forbes. The first savings
bank in town, the Northampton Institution for Savings, was organized
Oct. I, 1842. The Round Hill School for boys was established by

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375

George Bancroft and Joseph G. Cogswell in 1823 and continued in exist-
ence fifteen years, having at one time two hundred pupils. A law
school was opened here in 1823 by Elijah H. Mills and Judge Samuel
Howe, in the Lyman block, next west of the Warner House, continuing
six or seven years. General Louis Kossuth, the distinguished Hunga-
rian exile, visited this town in April, 1852, and was given a reception in
the Old Church; Hon. Lewis Strong- presided and the church was crowd-
ed. Jenny Lind, the noted singer from Sweden, came here in 185 1
and gave a concert in the Old Church on the night before the 4th of
July. Again, after her mariiage in 1852, she visited Northampton and

O L ij 1' o w N Hall

On Court-house Park, built 1814, torn down 1870. Stood on a line with Court-house and
Old Church. Basement used by Hook and Ladder Company. Public hay-
scales between the two elm trees

gave a conceit in the town hall, the proceeds of $937 going to various
local objects.

89. The first stage to this town began to run in August, 1792,
when the post-office was established. The line ran from Springfield
to Dartmouth, N. H. The stage going north came once a week, arriv-
ing here Monday evening, going as far as Brattleboro, where it met a
stage line from Dartmouth; exchanging passengers the stage to Spring-
field arrived here on Thursday. A stage line to and from Boston was
established in July, 1793.

90. Round Hill received its name from its shape. The first house
built on its summit was erected by Thomas Shepherd in 1803, and soon

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afterward his brother, Levi Shepherd, erected the house next, to the
north. The fourth house was built by Cob James Shepherd. These
four houses stood there in 1823, when they were sold to Joseph G. Cogs-
well and George Bancroft for their Round Hill School for boys.

91. The Tontine building was in its day a structure of note. It
stood on the easterly corner of Bridge and Hawley streets, fronted two
hundred feet on Bridge street and one hundred on Hawley, and was
three stories high. It was used for shops by various mechanics and had

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Old C l .^ r k e Block, Shop R o w

Takt:}i /rovi a lutsi)tess card of 18^0

This picture represients the brick store built by Samuel t'larke in 1818. It stood on the site of
the present Clarke block. The i>icture is the only accurate rei;)resentation of any portion of Shop
Row as it existed previous to 1850, that is now in existence. Augustus Clarke was a .son of Samuel
Clarke, and succeeded his father in trade in this store in 1838. The picture shows the store as it
was in 1840. It was at that time the most easterly store on Shop Row, the building below it being
the dwelling-house of Theodore Strong, on the corner of Main and Pleasant streets. The business
of this store was that of the usual country variety store, or " department store" of modern times.

a dancing hall in the third story. It was erected in 1786. There must
have been a "high old time" when the frame was raised, judging by the
supplies furnished. There were eighteen gallons of rum, four gallons of
brandy, thirty pounds of loaf sugar, three pounds of brown sugar,
ninetv-nine pounds of beef, thirty-six pounds of veal, Capt. Clarke's
bill of five pounds, eight shillings (probably for more rum, as he kept a
tavern in the Washburn House close by), and cake and cheese. The
building was burned in 1816.

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Q2. Sylvester Judd, antiquarian, historian, compiler of the Judd
manuscripts, editor of Hanipsliirc Gazette twelve years, author of " Judd's
History of Hadley," lived on the west corner of Elm street and Paradise
road.

93. June 14, 1825, Gen. Lafayette came to Northampton and was
given a roval reception. He came from Pittsfield over the mountains
and was met at Roberts Meadow by Hon. Joseph Lyman, sheriff of the
count V, and a committee of citizens, a bodv of cavalrv, and a number of
citizens, and escorted to upper Elm street, where several militarv com-
panies were ready to greet him. The procession came into town amid
the noise of cannon. and a demonstration of joy rarely witnessed. The
General alighted at the Warner House, where he was introduced to the
selectmen. Then followed a general reception in Main street bv the
people of the town. The school children were out to greet him and
flowers were strewn in his pathway. Then he stopped at the meeting-
house, where he was introduced to a large number of ladies. Then came
a reception and dinner at the Warner House, Elijah H. Mills presiding.
At two o'clock the General started for Boston, being escorted to the
Connecticut river by the same procession that escorted him into tow^n.

94. These names were given to sections of the meadows by the
first settlers: "Old Rainbow" and "Young Rainbow" to the section
along the Connecticut river west of Shepherd's Island; "Walnut Trees,"
south of "Young Rainbow"; "Venturer's Field," from "Walnut Trees"
to Pomeroy Terrace; above "Venturer's Field" up to the bridge was
called "Last Division"; on the river opposite Shepherd's Island was
"Bark Wigwam"; following the Connecticut to the mouth of Mill river
was "Middle Meadow"; between "Middle Meadow" on the south and
"Walnut Trees" and "Venturer's Field" on the north were "First,"
"Second" and "Third Sqtiares"; "Manhan Meadow," named from
Manhan river, embraced all now bounded bv Mill river on the east, the
"Old Bed" on the south, and Fort Hill on'the west; "Hog's Bladder"
lay south of the "Old Bed"; "Pynchon's Meadow" (120 acres) was
north of Hulbert's (since known as Danks's) Pond. These names are
still retained in common use.

95. Henry Clay visited Northampton in 1833. He was then a
U. S. Senator from Kentucky and came here with his wife on a tour of
the country. He was met in Springfield by a committee from Northamp-
ton, headed by Hon. Isaac C. Bates, and escorted into town by a caval-
cade of citizens. They stopped at the Mansion House, and Mr. Clay
attended the services in the "Old Church" on Sunday morning and at
the Unitarian Church in the afternoon The next morning he started
for Pittsfield, passing through "Shepherd's Hollow," where the opera-
tives in the woolen mill were drawn up in line to greet him. Thence on
through Roberts Meadow, past "Nat Edwardses," over the turnpike,
through Worthington, Peru and Pittsfield, to Albany.

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JsAAC Geke, Goldsmith Jemima Kingsley Gere

From oil paintings made in the year ISOO

96. Isaac Gere, whose portrait appears herewith, built the first
brick store in Northampton, in 1808. It stood on the site of the present
Northampton National Bank building, and was then "directly opposite
the meeting-houss." After his death, in 181 2, it was sold to John
Clarke, who carried on his business there until 1846. Mr. Gere came
here from Preston, Conn., in 1793, and began business for himself in
1794. He was a veiy successful man. The original pictures, three by
four feet, painted in 1800, show distinctly the dress of that time —
ruffled shirt bosom, buff vest, knee breeches, silk stockings and
powdered hair. In the picture Mr. Gere looks Hke an elderly man,
because of his powdered hair, but he was only twenty-nine years of age
when his portrait was painted and only forty when he died. His wife
was the seventh of the nin^ daughters of Enos Kingsley, who lived in
the house on South sticet, where his descendant, Prof. George Kingsley,
lived, shown on page 379 of this book. When her portrait was painted
she was onlv twentv vears of age. These pictures are fiom the oldest
oil paintings reproduced in this volume.

97. Florence has had a surprising growth. The first settler there
was Joseph Warner, near the fork of the road to the great bridge, and
none but Warners have ever lived there. In 181 2 there were only seven
houses in the place, and as late as 1847 the number had increased to
only about a dozen. The manufacture of silk was one of the first enter-
prises in the place, and to that industry Florence owes its prosperity.

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379

The mulberrv speculation of 1835 to 1845 was not without good results,
as it created Florence. The then hamlet was one vast mulberry field;
400 to 500 acres of land were devoted to mulberry culture, under the
lead of Samuel Whitmarsh. The bubble burst, but its germ lived, and
one of the most flourishing of New England villages is the result.

98. Cider mills were common after apple trees came into general
cultivation. There was one in 1840 at the entrance to Paradise road,
owned bv Ansel Jewett. The last of these mills near the center was at
the South end of South street, run by Curtis W. Braman.

99. Smith College, though not an ancient historical institution,
deserves mention here. It stands on historical ground of great interest,

Residence

F Prof. George K i n c; s l e y

Cornsr Old Siath Streat and Mill Lane — House stood where New South Street

now runs

where Lieutenant William Clark built his log house in 1659. It was
founded by Miss Sophia Smith of Hatfield in 1870, with an endowment
of $386,608, to which the town of Northampton added $25,000. The
college was dedicated July 14, 1875. The first entering class numbered
thirteen. The college has grown with astonishing rapidity until the
present number of students is upward of eleven hundred. Financially,
also, the college has been remarkably successful and that with only a
few gifts from appreciative friends. President L. Clark Seelye has been
the head of the institution from the beginning, and to his superior
counsel, far-seeing wisdom and rare executive abilities the college owes
very much of its remarkable prosperity.

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100. The "Old Church." There have been twenty meeting-houses
built in Northampton, four of which have been destroyed by fire, but no
one of them has taken so deep a hold of the hearts of the people as the
"Old Church" of 1812-1876. That old meeting-house became a part
of the life of the town. It was the center around which all else revolved.
It was affectionately called the "Old Church." No other building in
town was so much admired, none other so much loved. It was a beau-
tiful specimen of architecture, and many and sad were the hearts that
witnessed its destruction by fire in the afternoon of June 27, 1876.

10 1. In the last sixty years the center of the town has been almost
J wholly changed. Hardly a building remains just as it was in 1844.

With three or four exceptions, every church edifice, every public build-
ing, every store and shop, and every house, on Main street, have been
entirely rebuilt and enlarged, or altered so as to lose their old-time
appearance. The exceptions are the Holley house and barn, canal
storehouse. Dr. Higbee's house, and Butler's old printing office and
store building on the east side of Pleasant street. Dr. Higbee's house
has been modernized in its appearance so that George Bennett, its old-
time occupant, would hardly recognize it, and an addition has been
made to the east side of the canal storehouse. George Bancroft, the
historian and founder of the Round Hill School, should he walk these
streets again, would not know where he was. The old landmarks, once
so familiar to him, have disappeared; and the people, his associates in
the years of his prime, who listened with so much pleasure to the
charm of his elociuence, they also are gone.

^'55

OLD TIMES

O call back yesterday, bid Time return!

Shakespeare

'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours.

Young

Tell me the tales that to me were so dear,
Long, long ago; long, long ago.

Thomas Hayxes Bayly

I love everything that's old — old friends,
Old times, old manners, old books, old wine.

Goldsmith

How cruelly sweet are the echoes that start
When memory plays an old tune on the heart.

Eliza Cook

Oft in the stilly night,

Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Fond meni'ry brings the light

Of other days around me !

Thomas Moore

There are no times like the old times — they shall never be forgot!
There is no place like the old place — keep green the dear old spot !
There are no friends like the old friends — may Heaven prolong
their lives !

Oliver Wendell Holmes

THE HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS

\u\W\ \nscv»\iu«n

IT WAS recognized very early in the plans for the Celebration that,
to make a success, the historical collection was of first importance ;
no' only because there existed a wealth of antiquities pertaining
to the town's first :ettlement, still in the possession of Hneal descend-
ants of the original famihes in the valley, but also because the exhi-
bition of these relics would constitute about the only substantial evi-
dence for justifying the Celebration.

To properly cover this field, a special
committee of twenty-two was nominated by
the Celebration Committee of fifteen and
appointed by the city government, and in-
cluded Thomas M. Shepherd as designated
chairman of the committee.

This committee, recognizing the peculiar
significance of this department of the Cele-
bration, desired to avoid what might be
called only a loan exhibition of antiques,
having possibly little or no historic bearing,
and to direct all efforts to a more dignified
and higher purpose. Their two great aims
were, firstly, to illustrate the religious, social,
political and business character of the early
settlers, as might be shown by the existing
possessions, arranged in an attractive man-
ner; and, secondly, to secure, if possible,
the loan of authentic heirlooms, documents
and articles, relating to the settlement of the
town itself, during its early stages of develop-
ment and the collection of articles which
belonged to or were associated with noted local personages.

In order to insure unity of action and to guard against wasted
effort, the committee unanimously adopted, at the first meeting, a
detailed plan, devised by the chairman, whereby they divided them-
selves into five sub-committees, of information, exhibition, solicita-
tion, transportation, and protection, a few members of each commit-
tee being responsible for that committee's work, yet each member
being liable to be called upon for active work, and each committee
reporting their actions and requests to the general chairman.

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The sub-committ e of information sought to gain all possible in-
formation regarding the whereabouts of the relics desired, and report
them to the committee on solicitation. They were also expected to
give information regarding these articles to the visitors. John L.
Mather was chairman and he was assisted by Prof. Mary A. Jordan
and Prof. Harry N. Gardiner.

Seth S. Warner was chairman of the solicitation committee, and,
assisted by Miss Harriet J. Kneeland, Miss Nancy L. Miller and
Mrs. Gertrude Quimby Clapp, direct appeal was made to the owners
of articles desired. Few persons can realize the large amount of pa-
tience, judgment, tact and time required in this department, unless
they have been in a similar position, for the owners of many of the
valuable relics desired were extremely unwilling to remove them from
their time-honored positions, and risk their loss in the required transit.

To counteract this objection a system was devised by the general
chairman, whereby a receipt was handed to the owners of articles,
on removal to the place of exhibition, to be surrendered again upon
their return. This was carried out by means of a specially prepared
coupon book, which furnished a receipt for the owner, a coupon to
be fastened to the article, and a record of the article itself, for the
information of the exhibition committee.

This objection was still further removed by the labor of Dr.
Osmore O. Roberts, Henry N. Ferry of the protection committee,
and others, who sought in every w^ay to guard the relics from fire and
theft, both bv ample fire insurance and special watchmen from the
fire department dav and night, by private detectives, and by limiting
attendance at any one time to fifty people.

In order to prevent possible handling of these exhibits by dis-
honest people, a strict rule was made that no one, not even the com-
mittee themselves, was to be allowed to touch the articles, during the
hours of exhibition.

Frank I. Washburn principally, assisted by William F. Pratt and
Robert E. Edwards, arranged for the careful transportation of the
relics and their return. The very careful services of George W. Wade
and other employes greatly facilitated their labors.

The committee of exhibition arranged the collection itself, in the
appropriate setting provided. Great credit is deservedly given to the
verv efficient chairman, Mrs. Gertrude Quimby Clapp, for the appro-

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priate selection of the articles best suited to represent the setting of
the old-time rooms, in which work she was assisted by Mrs. David
W. Crafts. Miss Adelene Moffat, Miss Harriet L. Clapp, Miss Mary
St. John Willcox and others.

To the good judgment, tact, earnestness and self-denying labor
of all the actii'c members of these committees the people are indebted
for the success of the whole exhibition.

The collection was appropriately housed in the Boise (and Bell)
homestead on Gothic street, an old colonial homestead, recently ac-
quired and generously loaned by the woman's department of the Home
Culture Clubs of the city, as part of their contribution to the Celebra-
tion, and certainly the attractive old mansion, with its white painted
pillars and porticos, standing on a slight eminence, above the street,
and easily found, was a fit repository for the treasures it contained.

In this old homestead the
exhibition committee, with
much good taste, arranged the
articles, so as to portray the
peculiar customs of bygone
days, grouping them in the
appropriate places and man-
ner; so that visitors, on enter-
ing the doorway, found prac-
tically the facsimile of a home
of the olden time. On the
second floor, two bedrooms,
with their ancient four-post
beds and toilet tables; on the
first, the library, two parlors,
dining-room and kitchen, each
equipped with unusual completeness and appropriateness.

It is evidently impossible, in the space allotted, to adequately
describe or even mention but a small portion of this large and beau-
tiful collection. Nearly every article was rare, even exceptional of
its kind. Some were delicate, ornate and costly; others austere and
practical, each having its own interesting story of national glory, in
peace or war, of domestic privation, industry and success.

So dearly and closely are these relics esteemed that it was almost

Household Arts Building of Home Culture
Clubs, on Gothic Street

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 385

a desecration to ask even the temporary loan, under all the safeguards
provided, and only with evident reluctance and after earnest solici-
tation did some of them leave the owners' hands.

Who could relate all the traditions, sentiment and history con-
nected with these many ancient relics, but very few of which were less
than loo years of age? Not a few were enveloped with those charm-
ing, misty legends of tender home associations, of pride, devotion,
love, all sufficiently true today to find many believing listeners, glad
to circulate and possibly magnify the interesting tales.

Many phases of life, many arts and industries, were represented,
ranging from the little piece of bed ticking, made from flax, sown,
grown, hatcheled, dyed and woven in the town of Southampton, to
the bluish gray satin suit worn by John Huggerford, at the Court of
England, in 1774.

There were first attempts at family portraitures, antedating the
silhouette and the daguerreotype in the embroidered "family pieces."
There were linen pillow slips, showing the many painstaking stitches
of our great-grandmothers; relics of the historical characters of the
town. Major Hawley's desk and christening robe. Colonel Porter's
carving set, Judge Henshaw's buckles, and the sermon notes of that
old-time divine, Rev. Timothy Edwards. There were portraits of
famous men, from Washington and Choate to local celebrities, like
the Trumbulls and Henshaws. There was the diary of Gen. Seth
Pomeroy, and pewter tankards, made by that old-time silversmith
and hero, Paul Revere, Millennium and Pilgrim plates, now almost
worth their weight in gold, a cane made from the wood of the old church
in Deerfield, with its tragic associations of Indian raids and mas-
sacres, "highboys," "lowboys," Mayflower tables, Chippendale and
Hepple white chairs, and old oaken brass-bound chests, and many
other relics and examples of the life long ago faded into the past.

As it is so evidently impossible to describe all these many interest-
ing exhibits, singly and with detail, in the space allotted, we can only
list briefly the general catalogue of the collection, arranged alphabet-
ically and according to ownership.

Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard M. Abbott. It is not often that the
receipts for articles purchased are preserved and handed down in the
family more than a hundred years, but the authenticity of an ancient

386 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

pewter tankard, exhibited by Mrs. Abbott, was thus estabHshed, for
it tells us that it was bought by her great-grandfather, Samuel Barker,
in 1768, and cost two pounds sterling. Neither is it probable that
little Priscilla Flynt was thinking of the ultimate destination of the
sampler which she so laboriously made when she embroidered upon
it her name, date and age, just nine years old, in 1796. Here, too,
were the slippers belonging to the wedding outfit of another ancestor,
made in Lynn in 1775; and also an embroidered skirt from the same
exhibitor.

Miss Clara C. Allen. A "licquor case," with bottles and glasses
used in travelling many years ago. These were imported by the
Champlins of Newport, ancestors of Miss Allen, and bear the date of

1765-

Miss M. Annette Allen. An ancient and beautiful mirror,
framed in gilt and rosewood, which appears in the photograph of the
dining-room, just showing through the open door of the library.

Miss Mary T. Allis. Another mirror, which is said to have once
reflected the fair face of that belle of the long ago. Miss Polly Pome-
roy, who once lived in the old colonial house, situated where the Ma-
sonic block now stands.

Mrs. Ann W. Alvord. A pitcher, with Governor Strong's por-
trait upon it, exhibited in the library.

Lewis F. Babbitt. The Rev. Timothy Edwards of East Wind-
sor, Conn., lived and preached at a period when sermons were lengthy
dissertations and the chief requisite of a minister was that he should
be a good sermonizer. The "Thumb Notes" that this old-time parson
used, were here exhibited by his descendants, through Anna Edwards,
one of his ten children and a sister of Jonathan Edwards, the famous
metaphysician.

Miss Jane F. Bigelow. The Arts and Crafts societies are now
copying the patterns and colorings of the old blue and white bed-
spreads used so many years ago. The article exhibited by Miss Big-
elow was a fine example of the lost art of home coloring, of a time
when the blue dye tub was a household institution. This spread was
used to cover the Mayflower table seen in the photograph of the back
parlor. She also exhibited an embroidered picture, which can be seen
in the illustration hanging near the spinnet.

Miss Clara P. Bodman. Desirable articles from a collector's
point of view are the examples of illustrated crockery made to com-
memorate notable events, in the early part of the 19th century. Miss
Bodman had here some choice souvenirs of this nature, and of great
commercial value now. Among them were a Boston State House
plate. States plate, Mt. Vernon pitcher, and a Lafayette-at-the-tomb-
of-Franklin teapot. The soup tureen, once among the furnishings of
Polly Pomeroy, seen in the picture on the Mayflower table in the

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dining-room, was also included in this collection of china. She also ex-
hibited a lantern, one of the relics of the handiwork of Paul Revere.
Perhaps this lantern was of the same pattern as that hung in the bell-
fry of the^ Old North Church, by William Dawes, on that notable night
of long ago, when Revere went galloping down through Middlesex
villages, on his errand of warning. The foot-stove and warming-pan,
also in Miss Bodman's collection, well showed the hardships of those
days, and, contrasted with the furnaces and hot-water bags of the
present, seem but poor comforts.

Miss Hannah E. Brewer. Another relic of the Paul Revere days
was a tankard of silver, one of the samples of his handiwork and truly
authentic, for his name was embossed upon its surface. Miss Brewer
also loaned a silver pepper pot or box, said to be over 175 years old,
and made by that hero of ancient days. In the parlor was hung a
portrait of Judge Joseph Lyman, grandfather of Frank Lyman.

Charles J. Bridgman. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. David Judd,
ancestors of Mr. Bridgman. Mr. Judd is said to have built the old
court-house. These portraits hung over the spinnet in the parlor and
are seen in the photograph. Also two ivory miniatures of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Bridgman, his grandparents.

Miss Sarah M. Butler. Miss Butler exhibited, besides some
ancient candlesticks and salt cellars, an army commission of her father,
Jonathan Hunt Butler.

William A. Champney. A reproduction of Stuart's beautiful
portrait of George Washington.

Haynes H. Chilson. A very ancient Chinese plate, once owned
by Hon. Isaac C. Bates, when Senator of the United States from North-
ampton.

Mrs. Gertrude Quimby Clapp.
Both Mrs. Clapp and her sister.
Miss Flora Quimby, exhibited some
interesting articles, which, though
not all of strictly local interest,
served as an excellent illustration
of the early period represented
by this exhibition. Notable
among them was a tea urn, made
about one hundred and thirty
years ago, of copper, silver plated,
a method of manufacture which is
being revived by the silversmiths
of today. It was of a graceful
shape and in it there was a solid
iron plunger, which when heated
served to keep the beverage warm.
From this urn tea was served to

Old Portrait

Lafayette

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LAFAYETTE IN NORTHAMPTON— 1825
From a very old wood cut illustmting Lafayette street reception

Lafayette during his visit to Concord, Mass., in 1825. Mrs. Clapp and
Miss Quimby also sent to the exihibtion, mirrors, table, chairs, etc.,
some of which belonged to the Cephas Clapp family, and which, besides
being very old, helped to give an attractive appearance to the rooms

Miss Frances A. Clark.
There was seen in the
dining-room, at the left
hand of the sideboard, an
ancient platter enclosed in
a glass case. This can be
noticed in the photograph
and was the property of
Miss Clark. It was one of
the wedding presents of
her great-grandmother and
is said to be 150 years old.
Also, a program of one of
the Jenny Lind concerts,
and one of those ancient
cane swords, which seemed to be a cane until closer inspection revealed
the fact that there was a sword concealed in the hollow tube of the
cane. These canes were used in Revolutionary times, from which this
one dated.

Dr. Sidney A. Clark. Two plates of much value among the
antiques. One was of the Dr. Syntax pattern and the other repre-
sented the landing of Lafayette. Dr. Clark also loaned several other
interesting and valuable pieces.

Misses Julia C. and Annie B. Clarke. One of the most inter-
esting exhibits. In the picture of the front parlor, at the left hand
side, can be seen Major Hawley's handsome maple desk, and upon
it are placed a tea caddy and china bowl, from his household furnish-
ings. The curtains hanging near it were originally bed curtains and
were separated over one hundred years ago. One was handed down
in the Northampton branch of the family and the other became the
property of relatives in Plainfield and was used as a bedspread and
for other purposes. At last, after one hundred years separation, these
two curtains were brought together for this exhibition. The Misses
Clarke also loaned three handsome chairs,, which were part of the wed-
ding presents of Anna Barnard, who married Joseph Clarke, grand-
father of the present owners, and who died in 1774. He was the nephew
of Major Hawley's wife, and was named for and adopted by Major
Hawley.

Mrs. David C. Crafts. Mrs. Crafts exhibited a large collection
of ancient and valuable china, which was shown in the cabinet in
the dining-room One of the rarest pieces was a custard cup of the

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Boston State House pattern, which possessed the pecuhar distinction
of an unbroken cover. There was also a Herculaneum platter, a Mt.
Vernon pitcher and a Franklin sugar bowl. Another article was a
sugar bowl made of the old Liverpool ware, very seldom seen, as the
Liverpool ware was made of poor clay and hence broke easily. There-
fore its rarity now. Besides the china Mrs. Crafts loaned a sundial
which once belonged to Amasa Case of Bloomfield, Conn., four gener-
ations back. Opposite Mr. Case's front door and from a cherry tree
near by, there hung a copper bell, which was rung by means of a wire,
for five minutes each day, as determined by the sundial, at the hour
of twelve and also on special occasions. But as the sundial refused
to work on cloudy days, there was then no bell, and the neighborhood
had no timepiece.

Mrs. Chester H. Dakin. Mrs. Dakin gave to the collection a
rare and beautiful evidence of early local art in the shape of a powder
horn. These powder horns were made from the horns of oxen, first
scraped very thin, and then engraved. The light showing through
the thin surface of the horn brought out the engraving and made the
article very beautiful. The one shown was a fine example of this early
species of art work. These horns were the only means of carrying
powder in those days, and are often seen in the illustrations of the
battles and skirmishes of the Revolution.

Milton E. Daniels. An ancient sofa, seen in the back parlor,
and said to be the first brought to the town of Northampton.

Mrs. Milton E. Daniels. One of the three objects of the His-
torical Collections Committee was to show the early methods of sup-
plying household needs. A fine example of this were the spools for
winding yarn, called "Swifts," which were loaned by Mrs. Daniels.

Mrs. Henry C. Day. Two pair of brass candlesticks, one of
which may be seen in the photograph of the front parlor, standing
on the table.

Lucius Dimock. An oil painting representing the early appear-
ance of Main street, at the corner of King street.

Miss Fannie W. Edwards. Pillowcases belonging to Miss Ed-
wards' great-great-grandmother, being a part of her wedding outfit,
and dating from 1759.

Miss Mary Ann Edwards. A bead bag and necklace, samples
of the early beadwork which has been somewhat revived at the present
day. Also some china plates.

Robert E. Edwards. A number of years ago Dr. William Prince
was superintendent at the Insane Asylum, and at that time purchased
and had, in his rustic cottage on Park Hill, the fine example of an early
style of table which shows so prominently in the pictures of the din-
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who called it a Mayflower table. It is known to the trade, however,
as a thousand-legged table. This, which later came into the possession
of Mr. Edwards, is a beautiful specimen. Another interesting exhibit
was a water-color picture, painted by Mary Ann Gibbs, a member of
one of the early prominent families of Blandford, which was at that
time, with all the towns in Hampden, Franklin and Berkshire, a part
of Hampshire County. Besides these Mr. Edwards sent an old num-
ber of the Hampshire Gazette, of interest and value, as it bore the
mourning borders for the death of George Washington, and was the
first issue after that event. Another of Mr. Edwards' exhibits was
the handsome mirror which hung in the hall.

The Ferry-King Collection.

Mrs. Henry N. Ferry. Mrs. Ferry had a large and interesting
collection, which also contained the rarest exhibit of the whole, and
the one most truly representing the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Cel-
ebration. This was the cane of Capt. John King, the son of Sir John
King, who was Secretary of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth. Captain
King came over from England and settled here in 1655, where King
street now is, and later named the new settlement Northampton, after
his old home in England. The engraved pewter-headed cane was
carried by him at that time, and was truly the most precious relic
of the whole loan collection. It was procured by Mrs. Ferry of the
ninth generation, from its owner, George Warren King of Middleport,
N. Y., another descendant of the old captain, who generously con-
sented to send it to her for this purpose. Contemporary in point of
time with the cane was an Indian war club, captured from the ma-
rauding tribes by Lieut. John King, son of the captain, and who mar-
ried the daughter of Deacon Medad Pomeroy. Both are used as vig-
nettes at the head of this chapter. Mrs. Ferry also sent copies of
the early newspapers, with the unfamiliar names of the Hive, Oracle,
and Democrat, maps and early text-books, souvenir papers of the time
of Jenny Lind's visit in 1852, an Oxford Bible printed in the year
1728, samplers, mugs, and a spoon once belonging to Judge Charles E.
Forbes and bearing his monogram; an embroidery table and a fine
example of the simple form of cradle used in days of old, made of the
plainest wood, and with a wooden hood at the end.

Edward N. Foote. Safety deposit boxes are a comparatively
recent invention. In old times, when there were none, people relied
upon secret drawers in their desks, and placed their valuable docu-
ments therein. Mr. Foote loaned one of these desks, with its secret
drawer. Also one of the tall highboys, said to be two hundred years
old, and which was placed in the back parlor near the door. Besides
these he sent a Lafayette pitcher, given to his great-grandfather in
1824.

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Prof. Harry N. Gardiner. The handsome mahogany sofa which
stood in the hall was loaned with other furniture by Professor Gard-
iner. The Windsor rocking-chair, with a high comb back, which can
be seen in the picture of the dining-room, standing before the open
door of the library, was one of these. Its arms were considerably
mutilated, perhaps by some one dreaming before the fire and occupy-
ing his time by whittling; an ancient custom, now happily going into
desuetude.

Henry S. Gere. A framed certificate given by Joseph Lyman,
president, and J. H. Lyman, secretary, of the Hampshire, Franklin and
Hampden Agricultural Society, as a prize for the best calf exhibited at
the first fair held by this society, by Chester Smith of Smith's Ferry,
Oct. 20, 181 9, and of interest, as it was one of the few relics shown of
this old society, now nearly one hundred years established.

John C. Hammond. Mr. Hammond sent an antique, which in
point of age antedated even Captain King's cane, being a copy of
Dyer's reports published in London in the long ago days of 1585.

Mrs. John S. Hitchcock. A knee buckle, once worn by George
Washington. This was a part of a set for coat, knee and shoes and
was given to Mrs. Hitchcock's great-grandfather by Nellie Custis,
the step-daughter of George Washington.

David E. Hoxie. A pewter dish, once used for collecting tolls
at Roberts Meadow, in the palmy days of stage-coaching, when the
four-in-hands rolled merrily along the old Bay Road, from Boston
to Albany. Also the quaint candle holder standing in the dining-
room, and what was of great interest to the student of early crafts,
a set of tools used in preparing leather for use, called then reducing
leather, such as the tanning, removing hair, blacking and polishing
of hides.

Prof. Mary E. Jordan. The sideboard standing in the dining-
room was owned and exhibited by Prof. Mary E. Jordan of Smith
College. It was a fine example of the i8th century sideboard, with
its so-called wine partitions, for holding bottles of wine, then a sup-
posed necessary adjunct of every well-to-do New England household,
for it was used at a time when flip and toddy glasses took the places of
the tea cups of nowadays. Miss Jordan also sent a corner cupboard,
which contained her fine collection of china, a collection of slight local
significance, but of great value here, as illustrating the household
utensils of early days. The copper urn on the sideboard was also
hers, as well as the large soup tureen, a tureen made to accommodate
the needs of the large families of those times. A visitor from the
hill towns was shown this, and was afterwards heard to exclaim, "It's
no such thing. It's nothing in the world but a baby's bathtub. Why,
my grandmother had one like it." Miss Jordan also loaned a clock,
said to be the first in the town of Chesterfield, a copy of Trumbull's
famous portrait of Washington, mirrors, lowboys, etc.

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Miss Harriet J. Kneeland. Miss Kneeland loaned portraits
of her grandfather and grandmother, Seth Strong and his wife, Phoebe.
Mr. Strong was a descendant of Elder John Strong, who was one of
the first elders in the town, coming here soon after its settlement.
Seth Strong fought in the war of 1812, was a member of the Legisla-
ture in 1833, and built the famous round house on Maple street. An-
other exhibit of interest in the county were the andirons of an old-
time parson, the Rev. Moses Hallock of Plainfield, famous as being
the instructor of many young men who afterwards made themselves
noted. Among others he prepared William Cullen Bryant for Will-
iams College.

Miss Ellen E. Kneeland. A handsome mirror and one of the
old embroidered pictures.

Mrs. Wallace H. Krause. Mrs. Krause possesses a number
of the belongings of two of the local celebrities. Senator Isaac C. Bates
and Judge Henshaw. Among those of the former here shown were
som.e specimens of old Canton China silverware and glass, and with
them a cup and saucer used when Daniel Webster visited the Senator.
Also furniture, cane, bell, and an old chest, shaped like a log, and

covered with leather, of which the hair
was left on, in a manner that but few of
us have seen. Of Judge Henshaw's be-
longings, there were shown the Paul
Revere teapot, owned by him, and portraits
of Judge and Mrs. Henshaw, and also of
Senator and Mrs. Bates.

Samuel W. Lee. Mr. Lee's exhibit was
a cane made from wood used in building
the old church in Deerfield, associated in
our minds with the sad tales of Indian
raids, and bloody tragedies of the 17th
century, which make the darkest chapters
in the history of Western Massachusetts.
Albert A. and Robert W. Lyman.
An old chair, once the possession of their
great-grandfather, Jonathan Judd. Also
his concordance, dated in 1662, and of a
time when the Bible was interpreted in
a very different and more literal manner
than now. This Mr. Jonathan Judd was the friend of Jonathan
Edwards and is said to have escorted him to Stockbridge after his
dismission. There was also in this donation, books and an ancient
pair of bellows.

By another exhibitor was loaned the cradle of the historian, Svl-
vester Judd. This was procured in New Jersey.

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John L. Mather. An interesting collection, of which one of
the oldest pieces shown was a tall clock, handed down in the family
for five generations and formerly owned by Dr. Samuel Mather, of
the noted family of Increase and Cotton Mather, the latter a celebrated
exponent and believer in the famous witch delusion. One of this
family, Eleazar Mather, was born on May 13, 1637; graduated from
the infant college of Harvard in 1656; removed to Northampton in
1658; was ordained minister there on June 18, 1661, and died on July
4, i66g.

Mr. Mather also loaned the great silver watch, once the property
of his great-grandfather, Dr. Elisha Mather, one of the old-time phy-
sicians of the town, born in 1706, a graduate of Yale in the class
of 1726 and who died in 1779. The first Eleazar, father of Eleazar,
the first minister, as above mentioned, was educated abroad, and
brought back with him a copy of the family coat of arms, which was
here shown. The three-cornered mahogany table used to partly fur-
nish one of the bedrooms, was traced back to Dr. Samuel Mather, but
is thought to have possibly belonged to Esther, widow of Rev. Eleazar,
who later married Rev. Solomon Stoddard and was grandmother of
Rev. Jonathan Edwards.

Besides these interesting exhibits, Mr. Mather sent a collection
of deeds of great age and value. One was from Jonathan Edwards,
to Samuel Mather, for land on the Hatfield road, now King street,
for which ;^54 was paid on June 3, 1753. Another from Hope Root
to Dr. Samuel Mather, the land where the City Hotel now stands, for
;^7o on May 3, 1734. One from Asahel Pomeroy to Eleazar Mather,
and the last from Nathaniel Dickinson to Samuel Mather in 1754, for
land in the Walnut Tree division of the Northampton meadows.

A daughter of Rev. Eleazar Mather is said to have been one of the
victims of the Indian raids and was abducted from Deerfield, carried
toward Canada and murdered on the way.

Another exhibit portraying the life of those early years was the
flip-glass and toddy-stick, used when sugar was imported in a hard
loaf, and having been broken into lumps, was pounded in the glass
with the toddy-stick, in order to dissolve the quicker.

Mrs. Charles A. Maynard. A high four-poster bedstead, of
the kind used when people climbed up a set of steps and into a
mountain of featherbeds. This was formerly the property of the
famous Dr. Charles Seeger and was used to furnish one of the bed-
rooms here.

Miss Nancy L. Miller. The fireplaces of the olden time were
the first method of heating houses. Next came the fire frames, made
of iron and projecting from the fireplaces. After this, the Franklin
stoves were invented, and lastly that comparatively recent invention,
box stoves, now in general use. Miss Miller loaned a fine specimen

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of the Franklin stove, which can be seen in the photo of the dining-
room. Another of her exhibits was a cradle which once rocked to
sleep Guy Minshall, afterwards inventor of numerous useful articles,
such as looms. One invention was a liquid used to apply to steel to
straighten it. Mr. Minshall died without having imparted the secret,
which, as the last was used without analysis, is now lost. He was the
grandfather of the late James R. Trumbull. His portrait and that
of his wife when young were also loaned by Miss Miller, as well as the
old-fashioned clock, seen in the photograph standing on the spinnet,
besides other furniture, hand-woven blankets, and a collection of val-
uable china.

Dr. Arthur G. Minshall. A brass lamp found in the old home-
stead of Gov. Caleb Strong. Its unusual design authenticates this
date.

Miss Adelene Moffat. Miss Moffat exhibited a number of ex-
cellent examples of household furnishings of the period covered by
the Celebration. One was a pewter lamp made to burn sperm oil.
Another was the pair of buckskin breeches seen in the library, and
formerly the property of an old Northampton parson. They were
once worn in the Revolutionary war, by an officer. She also loaned
a collection of china, costumes, embroideries and tapestries, of much
value and interest.

The Munroe Collection.

Miss Harriet L. Clapp and Thomas Munroe Shepherd. This
collection has several interesting facts and legends connected with
it, and what is of much interest, these dates are verified, by well au-
thenticated histories, existing deeds and family records.

The articles shown were relics of the Middlecott and Foye fam-
ilies, direct descendants of Mary Chilton of the Mayflower, who, it
is said, in her haste to be the first woman to land on Plymouth Rock,
jumped into the water to her knees.

Mary Chilton married John Winslow, Oct. 12, 1624, and their
daughter Sarah, whose first husband was a son of Miles Standish,
married later Richard Middlecott, who hved on Beacon Hill, Boston,
very near where the State House now is, and near the site of the place
where the gallows stood and witches were hanged, and later that of
the Beacon.

On March 26, 1702, their daughter Sarah married Louis Boucher,
a wealthy Huguenot exile, who, it is said, was descended from the
Plantagenets. The silverware here shown belonged to this Sarah
Middlecott-Boucher, and her daughter Sarah, who married John Foye
of Boston, Oct. 23, 1729.

The Foyes and their children lived where the Charlestown navy
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and being unable to take all their possessions, deposited some for safe
keeping in their well. After peace was declared they returned and
secured the silver from the well, a part of which was here exhibited.

Among this solid silverware was a tankard, porringer, saltcellar,
pepper box, sugar tongs, sundry spoons, and a large spoon, its mark
almost obliterated and its surface worn smooth by the frequent stirring
of that homely dish of our forefathers, hasty pudding; all solid and
marked with the initials of Sarah Middlecott, granddaughter of Mary
Chilton, and also Sarah, John and Elizabeth Foye.

The latter married David Munroe, a relative of Ensign Munroe,
who was killed on Lexington Green and whose blood was the first
shed in the Revolution. All were ancestors of Miss Clapp.

In the center of the case which held this collection was an ex-
quisite miniature, painted on ivory surrounded by small pearls and
mounted in the form of a locket, of Mrs. John Foye Munroe, the wife
of the son of Ehzabeth and David Munroe and the grandmother of
Thomas M. Shepherd. There was also shown a large and handsome
Russian samovar, belonging to this Mrs. Munroe and brought here
by a sea captain in the early part of the 19th century. Also a carved
mahogany high-post bedstead, silhouette, etc., all brought to North-
ampton in the middle of the last century.

Miss Clapp also exhibited a pair of Chinese plates, dating from
the time of the Bouchers, made in China for the export trade and
with the rims, contrary to Chinese custom. Also a pair of very old
French-heeled slippers, red velvet vest and other antiques.

Miss Sarah P. Parsons. Hand-woven woolen sheets, made at a
time when all the wearing apparel and bed clothing used in the house-
hold was made by the untiring, industrious hands of the women, and
used in those cold winter nights when the snow sifted through the
shingles and lay on the beds of our ancestors, if they may be believed.
Mrs. Parsons also loaned an ancient volume of the Panoplist, and
also a branding iron, one of the old methods of burning names and
initials on tools, etc.

Mrs. Samuel B. Parsons. A warming pan belonging to the
old Parsons family of Northampton, and also old pewter utensils and
newspapers.

Miss LuELLA L. Peck of Smith College. Miss Peck loaned some
interesting pieces, among them the three pewter platters seen on the
mantelpiece in the dining-room. Also an odd nest of six pewter bowls,
a toilet set of four pieces, the only example shown of the flowing-blue
ware. An ancient chair from Hatfield, and a bowl from the old Kel-
logg family of Hadley, a portrait of Washington, a travelling flask
With De Witt Clinton's portrait upon it, and some rare chna.

Mrs. a. Perry Peck. A sample of the early bead work, in the
form of necklaces.

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Mrs. George S. Phelps. Fair Polly Pomeroy must have been
fond of gazing in the looking glass at her reflection there, for another
of these useful articles, said to be hers, was loaned by Mrs. Phelps and
hung in the back parlor.

Mrs. William S. Phillips. A singing book, passed down through
the generations from the time when singers pitched their tunes with
the aid of a tuning fork, and sang the doleful fugues in favor then.

William F. Pratt. Mr. Pratt sent to the collection a beautiful
example of the household furniture used many years ago, in the
form of a table made of light mahogany with borders of white holly-
wood. This was once the property of a son of Gov. Caleb Strong.
It was accompanied by an antique chair of interesting design.

Mrs. John Prince. Two miniatures of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tre-
cothick Apthorp, Mrs. Prince's grandparents. Mr. Apthorp was the
president of one of the banks in Boston, probably one of the first
banks in this country, and the beautiful snuff box given him by the offi-
cials of the bank was also among this collection. There was also a
solid silver tankard bearing the trade-mark of Paul Revere ; a fan case
that belonged to Miss Kate Prince,
and also fans, earrings, etc., and four
gentlemen's vests, made when the
wardrobe of the men was not as sombre
as now, and vests particularly were
made of gaily-colored silks and satins,
with gored flaring skirts and brass
buttons. There was also a knife case,
bearing a coat of arms, and with the
date 1795.

Mrs. Josiah H. Prindle. An old
newspaper of some local interest was
sent by Mrs. Prindle. It contained
one of the proclamations of our old-
time Governor, Caleb Strong. She
also loaned the great iron key which
once unlocked the doors of the old
jail, on Pleasant street. A story is
told of this key, to the effect that a
gang of marauders once endeavored to
rescue a prisoner in the jailer's absence.
His vigilant wife hid the keys in her
clothing and then followed the ruffians
around the house, while they sought
for the key in all the rooms, not
thinking that the object of their
search was constantly near them.

Hiram Ferry

Old Jailer at Stone Jail nn Pleasant St.
1849, with the Jail Keys

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Mrs. Prindle also loaned a cup and saucer bearing the date 1799,
and another flip mug. Flip was a favorite beverage in those days.

Mrs. Myron Ray. Mrs. Ray loaned several unique relics. One
was the dress suit worn by Mr. John Huggerford at the Court of Eng-
land, in 1774. It was an elegant garment, made of bluish gray striped
and flowered silk and was seen on a form in the library. This old-
time courtier was the grandfather of the late Caroline M. Huggerford,
wife of Judge William G. Sterling. There was also a gentleman's
vest and two dress suit cases of the kind used one hundred years ago.
These were made of rattan, and consisted of four or five trays; one
fitted in the top of the next and all bound together with a handle of
the same material and secured in place by means of a lock and key.
They were round in shape and were used by people of elegance in the
days of stagecoach travelling. One feature was somewhat amusing,
as the woman's suit case was made to hold more than twice as much
as that designed for the man. To use a homely simile, the former
would hold about a bushel and the latter a peck.

Dr. Osmore O. Roberts. The first antique noticed by the vis-
itor on entering the hall was an old oak chest that stood there. This
was very large and bore the date of 1700 carved on its side. From
point of size and elegance it would have been a fit hiding place for
Geneva in the old sad story of the mistletoe bough. The beautiful
carved table which appears so prominently in the picture of the front
parlor was also loaned by Dr. Roberts and once belonged in a rich Hat-
field family. It was made of mahogany and beautifully inlaid, with
the legs and feet elaborately carved. It dated from a time when
Hatfield was the second richest town in Massachusetts in proportion
to its population. Another exhibit was a beautiful sewing table with
glass knobs on the drawers thereof, and also other rich articles, in-
cluding Governor Strong's andirons.

Miss Stella Shaw. Another very interesting relic of Major
Hawley was the little silken robe used for his christening which can
be seen hanging at the right of the desk in the picture. The curtains,
with their romantic story of separation and reunion, the desk which
he used as a man, and which contained an autograph letter written
to him by President John Adams, and the queer little robe which clothed
him as an infant, formed one of the most interesting features of the
collection.

The Shepherd-Pomeroy Collection.

Mrs. Frederick W. Sizer, Mrs. Katherine Tryon (Shepherd)
Smith, George Eltweed Pomeroy and Thomas Munroe Shepherd. —
General Seth Pomeroy was well known in those days as a gunsmith.
So well known in fact that the Indians of Canada frequentlv traveled
down through northern forests and waterways, to barter for his superior

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Mrs. Levi Shepherd
Daughter of Gen. Seth Pomeroy

guns. They were often given a lodg-
ing on the floor of the Pomeroy kitchen,
for a night, and once, at such a time,
Mafy Pomeroy made her first appear-
ance in the world. These facts make
extremely interesting the old flint-lock
musket here exhibited, and made by
his own hands, possibly on the old anvil,
brought to the exhibition by a Pomeroy
of Easthampton.

Other relics of the famous local war-
rior were his seal and coat of arms,
owned by Mr. Shepherd, and the most
valuable of all was his diary, which
was guarded with especial care, as it
was highly prized by its owner, George
Eltweed Pomeroy of Toledo, Ohio, who
was one of the most interested visitors

to the Celebration, taking great
pains to send this ancient relic,
and also to be present himself.

This diary was written during
General Pomeroy 's campaigns
about the time of the seige of
Louisburg, and also contained
figures of estimates and expenses
incidental to that time and later.

Lastly there were the photo-
graphs of the old church in
Peekskill, N. Y., where he died,
when in active service, as Brig-
adier General, with Washington,
and of the monument erected to
his memory by descendants and
the sons of the Revolution.

There were also mementos of
his children, a photograph of a
watercolor portrait of his daughter
Mary and a dressing table (or low-
boy) which was among her wed-
ding presents when she became
the wife of Dr. Levi Shepherd on
May 26, 1 77 1, and a Chippendale
chair, dating from about 1790,

Reproduction fnjin ivory miniature portrait of

Thomas Shepherd (1778-18-;6)

Son of Levi Shepherd (1744-1805)

Postmaster 1830-1841 and I84576. Held several

other im|)ortant offices, was a i)ioneer merchant,

manufacturer and ex|)orter, and a strong friend and

supporter of Presitlent Andrew Jackson.

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401

which was also among her furnishings. These belonged to Mr.
Shepherd.

Of great interest also was her manuscript journal, covering the
years from 1803 to 1807, loaned by Mrs. Katherine T. S. Smith, who
also sent the silver tea service belonging to Thomas Shepherd, the
son of Levi and Mary Poineroy Shepherd, and his wife, parents of
the late Henry Shepherd.

From the early days of the last century, when "the cup that cheers "
was brewed in the soapstone house, built on Round Hill by Thomas
Shepherd, until now, nearly one hundred years later, this silver has
been used and enjoyed by five generations.

A romantic story is connected with the gold and cornelian ear-
rings, which formed another feature of Mrs. Smith's donation to the

Old Pomeroy House on Bridge Street
Residence of Thomas M. Shepherd

exhibition. These belonged to a granddaughter of Gen. Seth Pome-
roy. They were given her by a cousin to whom she was engaged to
be married, but afterwards political strife estranged their families and
the engagement was broken. She never married, and in her old age
gave the earrings to a daughter of her old lover. Mrs. Smith also sent
several dainty specimens of needlework once belonging to the mother
of Henry Shepherd, and also a sampler, which speaks for itself, where
the child fingers more than a hundred years ago stitched in the rec-
ord, "Catherine Tryon's Sampler, August 19, 1794; aged 12."

Sarah, another daughter of General Pomeroy, married a Burbank,
and a descendant of hers, Mrs. Frederick W. Sizer of New Haven,

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George Bancroft

Teachjr. Orator, Historian

Conn., exhibited a silken cape, hat and shp-
pers from her wedding outfit. These were
originally white, but time had gently colored
them a soft creamy brown.

There was also in the collection a pewter
hand lamp, silver candlesticks, tray and
snuffers, and a banjo clock nearly one hun-
dred years old. The first timepieces known
to our forefathers were the tall "grandfather
clocks," like the one Longfellow immortalized,
and which were made by the Willard family
for one hundred years or more, followed by
clocks like the above, but then termed wall
timepieces, "banjo" being a nickname given
them in late years. Then came the less ex-
pensive box clock, of which there are many
examples nowadays, and two were here
shown.
These last exhibits were also loaned by Mr. Shepherd, as well as

the two following. First of solid silverware and a memento of the early

days of the Hampshire, Franklin

and Hampden Agricultural So-
ciety, for these articles were given

as premiums by that society — a

better method of prize-giving

than the cash system of today.
The silver was of a graceful,

attractive pattern, and bore upon

it the seal of the society and

the date 1825.

Second, another relic of the
early days of agriculture of which
there were none too many shown.
This made doubly interesting the
old saw-teeth sickles. Sickles
have been known for many cen
turics, and were the only method
of cutting grain before the intro-
duction of the clumsy cradles
and the more modern reapers.
With the tools for reducing
leather the home-made clothing
and the bed ticking made from the
sowing of the seed to the weaving
of the cloth, and these sickles,

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404 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

a fine group was made, illustrating the industries and the necessities
of our forefathers.

Mrs. James Morven Smith and Luther J. and John L. Warner.
From this family came to the exhibition two interesting old muskets,
used by ancestors of the Warners in the Revolution, and one was also
used in Shays' Rebellion in later years. These ancient flint-locks
were, with the exception of General Pomeroy's musket, the only ex-
amples of old-time gunnery shown, as there were notably few repeti-
tions in the exhibition.

Mrs. Smith exhibited a mirror which once belonged in the family
of Dr. Daniel Adams, the author of Adams' Arithmetic.

Mrs. Elbridge G. Southwick. Mrs. Southwick and her sister,
Mrs. Martha R. Boland, both descendants of William Brewster, sent a
collection interesting in three respects: in connection with the local
worthies, in value, and also in representation of old-time portraiture.

Of the Northampton celebrities, there was a plate once belonging
to Gov. Caleb Strong, and an egg cup formerly owned by Solomon
Stoddard, but now in possession of Mrs. Nellie S. Sleight, a well-known
employe in the store of Stoddard & Lathrop, that mart of the last
century to which yearly pilgrimages were made by the well-to-do resi-
dents of the hill towns, when they hitched up the "old shay" and
started out to do their shopping and buy their delaines and nankeens.

The Millennium plate, with its representations of the All Seeing
Eye, the Bible, Dove, Lion and Lamb, etc., is now very rare, and al-
most worth its weight in gold. The one shown by Mrs. Southwick
belonged to an aunt of Mrs. Edward F. Hamlin, wife of the present
executive clerk of the Commonwealth, formerly of the shoe firm of
Hamlin & Smith, Northampton.

Also in this valuable collection of china w^as an engraved toddy
glass, said to be over a hundred years old, and used before individual
tumblers were the fashion; a fruit dish of delicate blue, and with an
open-work border; Staffordshire and Pilgrim plates, and a cup and
saucer decorated with the purple gloss, the art of which is now lost.

From Mrs. Boland came venerable pillow slips, and a teapot, one
hundred and fifty years of age.

Before the silhouette and the daguerreotype people lacking the
means to purchase portraiture in oil, attempted the perpetuation of
the features of their friends in embroidery. These were called "family
pieces," and the one here shown was made at Hopkins Academy in
or about 1805, and represented a mother and seven children. This
was exhibited by Mrs. Laura Russell Campbell. *

Timothy G. Spaulding. Recognizing how prominent and effici-
ent a part Mr. Spaulding took in the early plans of the Celebration
it is quite fitting that his contribution to this collection should be
the desk used by such a prominent person as Gov. Caleb Strong, one

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of the most noted of the local celebrities. With it, was his commission
as Governor, which had been found and kept in the desk and which
Mr. Spaulding had framed for exhibit here. He also sent a portrait
and autograph letter of Rufus Choate, the famous statesman.

Mrs. Everett C. Stone. Some interesting
specimens of pewter ware. One, a lamp used
in the dismal days of wdiale oil. A pewter
pepper pot, and another pewter lamp, found
when excavating for the new Y. M. C. A.
building in the year of this Celebration.
Besides these Mrs. Stone contributed a pair
of homespun and colored bedspreads, one a
peculiar brown and the other of the blue
and white pattern so much sought after
nowadays.

Miss Harriet E. Strong. A history of
the well-known Strong family, made famous
by Gov. Caleb Strong, and of which family
there have always been worthy representa-
tives in Northampton, from the time of the
Governor down.

Miss Josephine E. Strong. This was one
of the best examples of the methods by which
people in those days were forced to supply
their own needs. It was a piece of blue and
white bed ticking, the flax of which it was made being sown, grown,
reaped, hetcheled, woven and colored in the family of Elias Lyman
of Southampton, and the piece shown is believed to be over a hundred
years of age and is well preserved.

Felix Tardiff. Candlesticks made of brass, in an attractive
pattern and purchased at Governor Strong's auction. ,

Mrs. Emily H. Terry. A handsome antic|ue chair.

Miss Caroline A. Thompson. A silver teapot, of very graceful
design, formerly the property of Wealthy (Shepherd) Dickinson Hunt,
grandmother of Mrs. Luther J. Warner and Mrs. James Morven Smith,
and received by the lender through Mrs. Edward Clarke, second wife
of the late Dr. Daniel Thompson.

Mrs. George Tucker. The spinnet standing in the parlor, said
to be the first piano in New Haven and brought here by the Rev. Dr.
Gordon Hall, for 28 years the beloved pastor of the Edwards church.

Mrs. Frank L Washburn. The upholstered chair in the photo-
graph of the parlor, at the right of the table, has a unique history. It
was first part of the furnishings of the house that Samuel Clarke built
in 1746 and which was used as a tavern. It later went to Round Hill,

chair once owned by Caleb Strong,

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and was then taken to Boston with other household furniture, and
at length was brought back, through the marriage of its owner, to
its original resting place, on Hawley street, now occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Washburn, never in its long history and its various journey-
ings having been in but one family, and that one for about one hun-
dred and fifty years.

Mrs. Washburn also sent other interesting pieces of furniture.
The three-cornered chair also seen in the photograph and made for
Dr. Charles L. Seeger. nearly one hundred years ago, a bureau two
hundred years old made by Benjamin Frothingham, a celebrated
cabinet-maker, who lived at a time when the New England States
were not divided and there was but one name for the whole. Therefore
this chair is marked Charlestown, N. E. (New England). There was
also a "tip-up" table and an inlaid one in different kinds of wood,
with a fine representation of a fan on top. This last was made by
Archibauld, another cabinet-maker of Boston, and of considerable
renown.

The handsomely embroidered shawl scarf seen on the table in the
parlor, and believed to have been imported from China, belonged to
Mrs. Luther I. Washburn, as did another exhibit of the same charac-
ter, but of different associations. This was the flowered print dress

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Mauam Rhoda Edwards D\vi(;ht
Daugliter of Jonathan Edwards

worn by Mrs. Washburn at the school of
Madam D wight, and was the only exhibit
connected with that famous school of
learning, the precursor of Smith College.
Mrs. Washburn was eighteen years of
age then, and her father brought her
down from Fitchburg, driving all the
way, at the commencement of the term
and again at the end. He at length
moved to Northampton on account of
its attractions.

When Jenny Lind was staying at
Northampton during her honeymoon she
called the view from Round Hill the
"Paradise of America." Mrs. Edward
Clarke was living near her at the time
and the famous songstress sang before
her private circle of friends. A ticket
to another public concert in Northampton
was part of this exhibit, and with it was

sent a photograph of Jenny Lind
and her husband, taken at a later
date.

Mrs. Amy S. C. Perry, Mrs.
Washburn's mother, sent to the
collection a footstove, believed to
have been the property of Major
Hawley.

Daniel W. Wells. A book of
interesting deeds and documents of
this vicinity and principally of Hat-
field, carefully compiled by Mr.
Wells, and covering a period be-
tween 1690 and 1850.

This book recorded the first set-
tlers of Hatfield and acknowledg-
ments of acts before early justices,
like Israel Williams, a commander
in the time of the French and
Indian wars, of the four western
counties; William Williams of the
famous Deerfield family of that
name, and Austin Smith, brother
Jenny Lind and Her Husband, 1852 of Sophia Smith, benefactress and

As they appeared on their honeymoon visit to Nortlianipton tOUUdCr Ot bmith CoUCge. It alsO

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contained the signature of John Hastings, first schoolmaster of Hatfield,
about 1700, and lastly a receipt given by George Washington and in
his own handwriting.

Miss Caroline S. Williams. Antique china, and cut glass salt-
cellars over one hundred years of age.

Miss Elizabeth Williston. Miss Williston's exhibit was also
of local interest, for it contained the footstove supposed to have be-
longed to Miss Esther Stoddard, granddaughter of Rev. Solomon
Stoddard, and also china once belonging to Sheriff Solomon Stoddard.

Waldo H. Whitcomb. The Mayflower table covered by the
spread in the back parlor, also several old corner cupboards and other
antique furniture.

David J. Wright. Some furniture of great age, once in the
well-known Nash family of Williamsburg. Among them, a lowboy,
chair, etc.

Summary

An analysis of the register, which was kept under the efficient

and genial charge of Rev. Wm. P. Clancy, reveals the success of the

exhibition in the number of visitors, and its wide scope, for there

were representatives of England, Canada, Scotland, New Brunswick,

Sweden and Natal, as well as residents of the following twenty-nine

states in the Union :

Maryland Ohio

Virginia Wisconsin

District Columbia Michigan

Florida Iowa

Louisiana Nebraska

Texas Minnesota

Missouri California

Georgia Washington

Indiana Montana
IlUnois

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Connecticut

Maine

New Hampshire

Vermont

New York

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

Delaware

The registration was as follows :

Sunday, June 5, 1904 397 signatures
Monday, June 6, 1904 1018 signatures
Tuesday, June 7, 1904 1091 signatures

Total,

2506 signatures

Probably there were many others who did not register, which
may be estimated to make a grand total of three thousand or more,

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 411

besides many who failed of entrance, owing to the hmited number
ahowed in the building at a time.

Nearly all the noted visitors to the town's festivities attended the
exhibition. Among them the representative from Old England,
Alderman Samuel S. Campion, as well as Rev. Richard W. Birks, also
formerly of Northampton, England, now Unitarian minister at Deer-
field, Mass., George Eltweed Pomeroy of Toledo, Ohio, and descend-
ants from a distance of the Howe, Clark, Tappan, Strong and many
other families.

There was the principal of Clarke School with forty-nine of the
deaf mutes, then pupils there; students as well from the higher grades
of the pubhc schools and from Smith College, finding in the exhibi-
tion practical lessons in historic prudence and industry. There were
many descendants of the earliest families, elderly people who in their
youth had left this section, seeking their fortunes elsewhere and return-
ing to find outward things changed beyond their recognition and only
here the welcome sight of some family relic; young and middle-aged
persons from distant parts of our country, who on their first visit East,
to the homes of their ancestors, here found some ancient heirlooms,
around which was associated long-cherished tales of family history
and pride.

From remote and nearer places there were many refined and
thoughtful people, who here found a very tangible evidence through
this exhibition of portraits, jewelry, documents, or handicraft, of that
Puritan influence and sturdy New England life that put their mark
on succeeding generations, locally as well as in various parts of the
United States.

And to every visitor, whether descendant or new-comer to this
country, this collection was interesting, while to many it was a charm-
ing reminiscence, an education, a history, and a subtle impression
of the results of early privation and thrift, which laid the foundation
for conditions of prosperity that are enjoyed today.

Notwithstanding the committee had but a small share of the
Celebration funds, the gratuitous service of its own members and their
friends, together with careful expenditures, enabled them to not only
act effectively within the appropriation, but to return to the general
treasury ten per cent of its allotment.

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Although the rather elaborate system of management seemed at
first somewhat too cumbersome, yet it proved at times of direct assist-
ance and was always a subtle influence for appreciation and respect,
and on the whole was doubtless wise. Its use in the hands of the
efficient members of the committee contributed towards the result
of furnishing a free characteristic exhibition of nearly 500 priceless
historical antiquities to thousands of people for three consecutive
days and the return of all the articles within thirtv-six hours after the
close, without losing even one and but a single slight breakage.

Such a result was unquestionably satisfactory to every contrib-
utor, visitor, helper, and indeed the whole city, but none can so keenly
appreciate that immense gratification at the full success or that com-
forting relief at its happy termination as those few anxious and untir-
ing members of the committee on whom very great responsibility
fell. But the best compensation of all rests, securely and content-
edly, in the consciousness of having tried to do the very best possible
thing and succeeding as perfectly as the conditions would allow, and
also that the exhibition brought credit to the whole Celebration and
favor at home and abroad to the city itself.

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From an Old Engraving

Incidental Matters
and Portraits

INCIDENTAL EVENTS

THERE were several incidental events connected with the Cele-
bration which seem to deserve more or less mention, although
not upon the official program. Lack of space prevents ex-
tended reference to the laying of the corner-stone of the Unitarian
church, which occurred on Tuesday, June 7, but reports are herewith
given of the High School Alumni meeting and the Miller family gather-
ing, because they are related to the home-coming which was a feature
of the Celebration. Prof. Charles D. Hazen, professor of history at
Smith College, also delivered a valuable historical review of North-
ampton's past, to the students of Smith College, Tuesday morning,
June 7. This address will be found, in part, on pages, 417-419, has
been published in pamphlet form by the author, and can be obtained
at the bookstores.

The work of the Home Culture Clubs is treated of at some length,
as a semi-official part of the Celebration.

AWARD OF PRIZES

THE award of prizes for exhibits in Tuesday's civic and
military parade was announced by the Parade Committee
in the following statement the next day:

In accordance with the announcement heretofore made by the
Parade Committee, the following prizes are to be awarded for the fol-
lowing displays on the line of march of the parade on June 7 :

For the best-appearing float of any organized society, $100, to be
divided as follows: $50 for the first, $25 for the second, $15 for the third,
and $10 for the fourth; and $25 for the best-appearing private turnout;
and $25 for the best display from without the city.

The committee chosen to decide this competition was composed of
Fred M. Smith and Mrs. Charles J. Bartlett of South Hadley Falls and
Eugene A. Newcomb of Greenfield. They awarded the prizes in the
following way:

St. Anne's Ladies' Aid Society, Florence, first prize, $50.

Knights of Columbus, second prize, $25.

Ancient Order of United Workmen, third prize, $15.

Degree of Honor, Crescent Lodge, Florence, fourth prize, $10.

The best private carriage, prize $25, awarded to Mrs. Belle Dewey
Williams ; honorable mention to Alexander McCallum and Miss Gertrude
Clark.

For the best out-of-town display, the Hampton Mills of East-
hampton.

The above-named are hereby awarded the prizes, as announced,
according to the decision of the judges.

Richard W. Irwin, Chairman.

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M OUR FOREFATHERS

OUR BIRTHPLACE W,

AN affectionate regard for the memory of our forefathers is natural to the
heart; it is an emotion totally distinct from pride; an ideal love, free from
that consciousness of unrequited affection and reciprocal esteem which
constitutes so mu.ch of the satisfaction we derive from the love of the living.
Some of them, it is true, are denied to our personal acquaintance, but the light
they shed during their lives survives within their tombs, and will reward our
search if we explore them. Lord Linds.'W

Whatever strengthens our local attachments is favorable to both individual
and national character. Our home, our birthplace, our native land — think for
awhile what arises out of the feelings connected with these words, and if you
have any intellectual eyes, you will then perceive the connection between topog-
raphy and patriotism. Show me a man who cares no more for one place than
another, and I will show you in that same person one who loves nothing but him-
self. Beware of those who are homeless from choice; you have no hold on a
human being whose affections are without a tap-root. The laws recognize this
truth in the privileges they confer upon freeholders, and public opinion acknowl-
edges it also in the confidence which it reposes in those who have what is called a
stake in the country. Vagabond and rogue are convertible terms, and with how
much propriety any one may understand who knows what are the habits of the
wandering classes, gipsies, tinkers and potters.

Robert Southey

PROF. HAZEN'S ADDRESS AT SMITH COLLEGE

PROF. Charles D. Hazen, at Smith College, opened his address
to the students with a brilliant reference to important world
events cotemporaneous with the settlement of Northampton.
He said in part :

In 1654, Louis XIV, called Louis the Great, was king of France,
and the splendors of Versailles astonished the world. He was also
an American monarch, ruling over an indefinite and unexplored king-
dom, for French explorers had been plunging into American forests.
It was a quarter of a century before La Salle made his wonderful
voyage down the Mississippi and a half century elapsed before New
Orleans was founded.

In 1654, Germany was recovering from the frightful ravages of
the Thirty Years War. In 1654 Queen Christiana, the brilhant and
erratic daughter of Gustavus Adolphus, abdicated the throne of Swe-
den. In 1654 Ohver Cromwell, the Lord High Protector of England,
had risen with unexampled swiftness from a Huntington farmer. He
moved grandly through the most tumultuous period of English his-
tory, audacious, adroit, masterful.

The speaker outlined the early settlements in New England and
told why Northampton, with its rich meadows, was so eagerly sought
by the pioneers.

The feeling of isolation, the bitter homelessness, the sense of sep-
aration from all that had thus far been accomphshed in this world
for the greater profit and dignity of man, society, institutions, arts,
letters, comforts, the influences that elevate and soften and endear
life, must have been dominant with these families of Northamp-
ton, struggle with however much Ptuitan stoicism they might summon
to keep the emotion under. They were on the lonely and exposed
frontier, a small, poor, obscure and uneducated group of men. In
1654 there were probably not 75,000 Englishmen in the new world,
and these were widely scattered. A long, thin, sinuous line of set-
tlements, fringing the shores of the Atlantic from Maine to New York,
and some settlements in Maryland and Virginia — that was all. The
fotmders of Northampton were true frontiersmen in their day. Cour-
age they had; "Steadfastness in the bold design." There was no
thought of turning back, but poverty of every sort, of material, of
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only poverty they did not know was that of opportunity or will. It
takes an effort of the imagination to picture the life of this town two
centuries ago. There were no roads, no bridges, no mails, to keep
up the connection of the human race. A kind of cartway was early
established to Springfield, but toward Boston, or Albany, or the West,
no cart could travel for many years. Our two representatives went
to the Legislature on horseback, by the old Bay Path, merely a bridle
path through the woods. The Indians had a habit of burning the
woods each year, which kept thin the fill of undergrowth and made
them passable in every direction on foot or horse, but that was all.

As late as 1799 there were only seven post-offices in the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts. It was in 1792 that Northampton was made
a postal center, under the administration of Washington. Previous
to that time the nearest one was at Springfield, and anybody who had
occasion to visit that town was expected to bring and deliver all mail
matter that was destined for Northampton and places near by.

The men who settled Northampton were manual laborers, pre-
pared to make their future from the soil. No profession was repre-
sented in the little band that found its way from Hartford 250 years
ago. For seventy-five years no physician was to reside in this town,
and lawyers everywhere in the colonies were the product of the eight-
eenth century. But no sooner was the necessary work of the axe
and hammer and saw fairly under way than these Englishmen — for
most of them had been born in England — sought to enrich and
deepen the local life.

Continuing, Professor Hazen considered the founding of the first
meeting-house. In this mean and lonely structure the spiritual and
intellectual life of the town began. He discussed the early life of
Northampton and its customs, with particular reference to its ad-
ministration of justice and its punishment of offences. He discussed
and described the town meeting. The first school was established
in 1664.

Professor Hazen than spoke of Soloinon Stoddard, Timothy
Dwight, Joseph Hawley, Seth Pomeroy, and Jonathan Edwards, and
told of their influence in this community. Continuing, the speaker
said, "Not only have great men lived here, but interesting occurrences
have added a lustre to the annals of the town. Here Bancroft con-
ceived the idea of writing his History of the United States, while he

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419

was a teacher on Round Hill. Here Motley, the historian, studied
as a lad. Here Daniel Webster and Rufus Choate have vied with
each other. Here Emerson preached as a young man. Here Henry
Clay, at the height of his fame, spent a Sunday, attending the First
and Unitarian churches. Here came Kossuth, the great Hungarian
poet, in 1852. The most interesting visitor was Lafayette. The
heart of the whole American people went out to him. No one can
visit without emotion this ancient town."

MIllMIBB I HM IIM IIWII ■IIIBIBI^ W I I I II I II I I II I I I I II Mil " H I H I ■ ! I 1 1 ■IIII H IIll H IIIII H I II III

SCHOOL DAYS RECALLED

Come, dear old comrade, you and I

Will steal an hour from days gone by —

The shining days when life was new,

And all was bright as morning dew —

The lusty days of long ago.

When you were Bill and I was Joe.

Your name may flaunt a titled trail,
Proud as a cockerel's rainbow tail;
And mine as brief an appendix wear
As Tam O'Shanter's luckless mare;
Today, old friend, remember still
That I am Joe and you are Bill.

You've worn the judge's ermined robe;
You've taught your name to half the globe;
You've sung mankind a deathless strain;
You've made the dead past live again:
The world may call you what it will,
But you and I are Joe and Bill.

How Bill forgets his hour of pride,
While Joe sits smiling at his side;
How Joe, in spite of time's disguise,
Finds the old schoolmate in his eyes — ■
Those calm, stern eyes, that melt and fill.
As Joe looks fondly up at Bill.

And shall we breathe in happier spheres
The names that pleased our mortal ears —
In some sweet luh of harp and song,
For earth-born spirits none too long —
Just whispering of the world below,
When this was Bill and this was Joe ?

No matter; while our home is here.
No sounding name is half so dear;
When fades at length our lingering day.
Who cares what pompous tombstones say?
Read on the hearts that love us still,
Hie jacet, Joe! Hie jacet. Bill!

Oliver Wendell Holmes

HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Ox Tuesday afternoon there was a gathering of the alumni
of the Northampton High School, at the High School build-
ing, under the direction of the Reception Committee of the
Northampton High School Alumni Association.

There were present about one hundred former members of the
school, including many of the older graduates residing elsewhere, who
had come to the city to participate in the Celebration, and who have
not usually attended the annual meetings of the Association.

The gathering was entirely of a social nature, and the time was
spent in the pleasant renewing of old accjuaintances and recalling
scenes and incidents of high school days.

MILLER FAMILY REUNION

THE gathering of the Miller family of America in this city,
the second day of the Celebration, although not a part of the
official exercises, was welcomed by the local authorities, very
properly, because this family were descended from William Miller,
one of the twenty-four original settlers of 1654, and Elbert H. T.

Miller of Scottsville, N. Y., who organized this
gathering of his family, was much interested in
the Celebration proper, and brought about two
hundred of his family connections to Northamp-
ton to help celebrate.

In the fall of 1899, Elbert H. T. Miller of
Scottsville, N. Y., while on a visit to cousins in
Connecticut and Massachusetts, became much
interested to learn his family history in the
United States and decided to spend some time
in the East, in research. He visited most of the
towns in New England, where his ancestors had
lived, and from the existing records and other
means, succeeded in tracing his record to William
Miller of Ipswich, Mass., 1648, and one of the
twenty-fottr original settlers of Northampton, Mass., 1654, also one of
the founders of Northfield, Mass., 1671-2. He spent one year in New

Elbert H. T. Miller

422 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

England and since that time has traveled in New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Missouri, find-
ing many descendants of William Miller, and has the genealogy of this
old familv nearly compiled, and in a short time hopes to publish a
work, "The Descendants of Wilham Miller of Northampton." Last
spring (1904) on learning of the proposed Celebration of the 250th
Anniversary of the settlement of Northampton, Mr. Miller, on receipt
of the official invitation, wrote Charles F. Warner, Secretary of the
Invitation Committee for the Celebration, suggesting a Miller family
reunion at Northampton, Mass., on one of the days during the Cele-
bration, and asked if he would co-operate with a committee of the
Miller family in this undertaking. Mr. Warner replied that he favored
the idea and would do all in his power to aid the committee, and fur-
ther, that the historic town of Northampton would be honored with
having the first meeting or reunion of the Miller family, which was
fitting, as it was there that their ancestor settled in 1654. Dewey
Hall was secured for the meeting and Mr. Miller sent out over 700 in-
vitations to descendants of the family in many states.

On Monday, June 6, 1904, the incoming trains brought a large
number of descendants from Massachusetts, New York and various
counties in Connecticut. The forenoon was spent in sight-seeing, visit-
ing the cemetery and historical places and the site on King street,
not far from the main street, where Wilham Miller lived in Northampton,
At 3 p. m. about 150 members of the family assembled at Dewey Hall
on Pleasant street and the following program was rendered, Mr. Clar-
ence E. Peirce of Springfield, Mass., presiding:

program

Vocal Solo

Edward Lankow, New York, N. Y.

Welcome to the Miller Family by Louis L. Campbell, Chairman of the
Invitation Committee of the City of Northampton.

Piano Duet

Miss Bertha S. Morehouse and Mr. Swensen, Holyoke, Mass.

Poem

, Mrs. Florence A. Tillotson Stanard, Le Roy, N. Y.

Vocal Solo — "Faithful"

George D. Miller, Willimansett, Mass.

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Historical Address — "William Miller and His Descendants," closing with
a poem "Northampton."

Elbert H. T. Miller, Scottsville, N. Y.

Instrumental Solo

Miss Bertha S. Morehouse

Genealogical Remarks

Clarence E. Peirce, Springfield, Mass.

Vocal Solo

Mr. Lankow

Address — "The Millers in War and Peace"

Chandler E. Miller, Hartford, Conn.

Vocal Solo — "Forgotten"

Mrs. Rattray, Holyoke, Mass.

Address — "The Millers as Citizens"

Matthew Cliffe Miller, New York, N. Y.

Remarks by Miller Descendants present.

Vocal Solo — "The Dainty Miss"

George D. Miller

Organization and Election of Officers of The Miller Family Association
of Northampton. A constitution and by-laws of the organization were
presented and adopted.

A Vote of Thanks was given to Dr. Frank Ebenezer Miller of New
York for sending, at his own expense, Mr. Lankow, the celebrated bass
singer, who delighted all.

The following officers of the society were unanimously elected for one year,
or until their successors shall be chosen:

James Phillip Miller, President, Hartford, Conn.
Eli Peck Miller, M.D., First Vice-President, New York, N. Y.
Chandler Edward Miller, Second Vice-President, Hartford, Conn.
Edwin Ford Miller, Third Vice-President, Haydenville, Mass.
Elbert H. T. Miller, Secretary-Treasurer, Scottsville, N. Y.

It was voted to hold the next meeting at Hartford, Conn.

At evening some returned to their homes while others remained
to further participate in the city Celebration. The following persons
were in attendance at the reunion and are registered as members of
The Miller Family Association of Northampton :

IRames

James Phillip Miller, Hartford, Conn.

Mrs. Gertrude Shirrell Miller, Hartford, Conn.

Harry Gilbert Miller, Hartford, Conn.

424 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

Mrs. Anita Loomis Miller, Hartford, Conn.

Edwin Pemberton Miller, Hartford, Conn.

Mrs. Nellie Miller Moses, Hartford, Conn.

Chandler Edward Miller, Hartford, Conn.

Mrs. Anna J. Miller, Hartford, Conn.

Andrew T. Miller, Northampton, Mass.

Mrs. Ida A. Miller, Northampton, Mass.

Miss Julia Cook Clark, Northampton, Mass.

Miss Annie B. Clark, Northampton. Mass.

Mrs. Harriet Nims Kingsley, Northampton, Mass.

Mrs. Kate M. Edwards Moakley, Northampton, Mass.

Ralph Hoyt Clark, Northampton, Mass.

Mrs. Mary I. Kingsley Clark, Northampton, Mass.

Edwin Ford Miller, Haydenvihe, Mass.

Mrs. Ellen Woodburn Miller, Haydenvihe, Mass.

Edwin Cyrus Miller, Haydenvihe, Mass.

Mrs. Edith Childs Miller, Haydenvihe, Mass.

Miss Charlotte Miller, Haydenvihe, Mass.

Miss Gladys Miller, Haydenvihe, Mass.

Miss Adelia Maria Miller, Haydenvihe, Mass.

Miss Hattie Amelia Miller, Wihiamsburg, Mass.

Mrs. Mary Miller Nash, Wihiamsburg, Mass.

Wallace Henry Nash, Wihiamsburg, Mass.

Mrs. Sarah L. Miller Thresher, Wihiamsburg, Mass.

Miss Vera Miller Thresher, Wihiamsburg, Mass.

Miss Ruby May Thresher, Wihiamsburg, Mass.

Miss Bertha Louise Thresher, Wihiamsburg, Mass.

Mrs. Susan Tilton Barrus, Wihiamsburg, Mass.

Henry Gildersleeve Miller, South Glastonbury, Conn.

Miss Lucy Elizabeth Miller, South Glastonbury, Conn.

Miss Eveline Louise Miller, Glastonbury, Conn.

Miss Christine Bates, South Glastonbury, Conn.

Mrs. Dolly D. Miller Roberts, Middletown, Conn.

Mrs. Lillian Alford Allison, Middletown, Conn.

Mrs. Ethel Allison Butler, Middletown, Conn.

Mrs. Agnes Dow Allison, Middletown, Conn.

Miss Winifred Allison, Middletown, Conn.

Nathan Flint Miller, Bloomheld, Conn.

Mrs. Emily Stoddard Miller, Bloomfield, Conn.

Franklin Bidwell Miller, Bloomfield, Conn.

Mrs. Mary Davis Miller, Bloomheld, Conn.

Walter L. Beeman, Bloomheld, Conn.

Miss Anna Bidwell Miller, Blooinheld, Conn.

Clarence E. Peirce, Springheld, Mass.

Alvin Miller Burt, Springheld, Mass.

Mrs. Eliza Cudworth Burt, Springheld, Mass.

Miss Harriet Hoadley Miller, Springheld, Mass.

Jonathan Miller, Springheld, Mass.

Mrs. Jonathan Miller, Springheld, Mass.

Henry Lucius Miller, Newington, Conn.

Mrs. Georgia Nott Miller, Newington, Conn.

Carl Nott Miller, Newington, Conn.

Miss Elsie B. Miller, Newington, Conn.

Mrs. Belle Chapin Peirce, Somers, Conn.

Mrs. Rosie L. Sperry Miller, South Hadley, Mass.

Miss Emila Pomeroy Cutler, Amherst, Mass.

Mrs. Mary Hoyt Clark, Sunderland, Mass.

Mrs. Grace Clark Hobert, Sunderland, Mass.

NORTHAMPTON: MASSACHUSETTS 425

George Dexter Miller, Willimansett, Mass.

Mrs. Mary Miller Morehouse, Willimansett, Mass.

Miss Bertha S. Morehouse, Willimansett, Mass.

Henry Alvin Miller, Southwick, Mass.

George Harrison Miller, Southwick, Mass.

Lewis W. Wadhams, West Springfield, Mass. ,

Clara Pease Wadhams, West Springfield, Mass.

Mrs. Harriet Huntington Moore, Somerville, Mass.

Mrs. Nellie E. Porter, Melrose, Mass.

John Epaphras Miller, Oxford, N. Y.

Pliny F. Nims, Athol, Mass.

Mrs. Pliny F. Nims, Athol, Mass.

Francis A. Fiske, East Shelburne, Mass.

Mrs. May Fiske Severance, East Shelburne, Mass.

Miss Hattie Allen Fisk, East Shelburne, Mass.

Miss Fanny May Smith, Warsaw, N. Y.

Mrs. Florence A. T. Stanard, Le Roy, N. Y.

Mrs. Emma Halbert Miller, Scottsville, N. Y.

Miss Laura Miller, Scottsville, N. Y.

Elbert H. T. Miller, Scottsville, N. Y.

Mrs. William I. Edwards, Westhampton, Mass.

Miss Effie B. Edwards, Westhampton, Mass.

Miss Mary E. Edwards, Westhampton, Mass.

Mrs. Alice Edwards Lyman, Easthampton, Mass.

Eli p. Miller, M.D., New York, N. Y.

Matthew Cliffe Miller, New York, N. Y.

Emory Francis Miller, Avon, Conn.

Mrs. Emory Francis Miller, Avon, Conn.

Charles H. Miller, Avon, Conn.

Mrs. Ellen E. Woodford, Avon, Conn.

Bennett Allen, Florence, Mass.

The William Miller Family

William Miller, Ipswich, 164S. One of 24 original settlers of Northampton,
Mass., 1654. Settler of Northfield, Mass., 1672. d. Northainpton, Mass.,

15 July, 1690. m. Patience (Northfield history says "She was a skilled

physician and surgeon.") d. Northampton, Mass., 16 Mar., 17 16. Children:

Mary, b.

Rebeckah, b., d. Northampton, Mass.,
Patience, b. Northampton, Mass.,
William, b. Northampton, Mass.,
Mercy, b. Northampton, Mass.,
Ebenezer, b. Northampton, Mass.,
Mehitable, b. Northainpton, Mass.,
Thankful, b. Northampton, Mass.,
Abraham, b. Northampton, Mass.,

Aug.,

1657

15 Sept.,

1657

30 Nov.,

1659

S Feb.,

1662

7 June,

1664

10 July,

1666

25 Apr.,

1669

20 Jan.,

1672

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Itbx. /Iftiller's iPoem

Hail, Northampton, ancient town !

Fair are thy sunny skies.
The mountains grand on every hand

In splendor round thee rise,
And down thy fertile valleys fair

Bright, sparkling streamlets flow.
Whilst flowers rare perfume the air

And set thy hills aglow.

Northampton of the old Bay State, I

Of all thou art the best.
For every toil upon thy soil |

Returns a bounty blest. 1

Thy every vale and every hill I

The hives of labor hold,
Which takes but skill, with stock in mill,

Great products to unfold.

Thy rivers at their source !

Flow forth from beds of gold.
And down the land through valleys grand

They sweep in billows bold, j

And on their waves thy commerce great

Finds exit to the sea.
And nations all, both great and small.

Pay tribute unto thee.

Thy sons in war are true and brave,

In peace their virtues glow;
No traitor's name or coward's shame i

Doth thy proud records show, i

But thy bright name on freedom's page

As luminous as at birth.
Will ever shine with light divine

Whilst freedom dwells on earth.

Thou art a town of happy homes.

Where peace and pleasure reigns;
Thy pretty girls, earth's treasure pearls.

Make famous thy. domains. I

Thou art indeed supremely blest >

By nature's thousand charms; i

Great fields of wealth and founts of health

Thou claspest in thine arms.

And thou hast many beauties grand,

In this valley fair to see,
And heaven's sun ne'er shone upon

A fairer land than thee;
And as thy many sons return,

Who have been wont to roam,
They raise their songs in measures strong

To praise their native home.

Elbert H. T. Miller i

Scottsville, New York. ;

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/Iftrs. StanarD's ipocm

Descendants of William, one and all,

Who are gathered here at Dewey Hall,

From the east and west: from the north and south:

From the river's source to the river's mouth:

To welcome you all with right good will,

Come you from the mountain, valley or hill.

My paternal grandmother boasted with pride
Of the Miller blood which she had imbibed.
Had she lived to be with us here today,
I really can't tell you what she would say.
I am sure her eyes would have opened wide
To see so many Millers side by side.

She counted them as among the best.
And praised the qualities they possessed .
There were none so wise, so good as they —
How many times I have heard her say;
And the greatest praise she could give nie.
Was to call me a Miller, just like herself.

In every state and in every clime.

You will find them searching along the line.

All striving to fill as best they may

The space of their destiny day after day;

Hoping their efforts may not be in vain,

And goodness and greatness they each may attain.

There are Millers short and Millers tall,
There are Millers great and Millers small ;
There are Marthas who shoulder many cares.
And Marys willing to give them all theirs.
There are lawyers, doctors and statesmen true,
Farmers, mechanics and preachers, too.

We are proud indeed of our ancestral tree.

It interests you and it interests me.

And though all its fruit is not perfect and fair.

With others we think it will favorably compare.

So we view with pride each branch and vine

That is added to it from time to time.

If you wish to know more of the Millers? Well !

Let Elbert, our genealogist, tell

Of William, planter and tanner, of great renown.

Who was one of the founders of Northampton town;

Of Patience, who lived to remarkable age.

And who was a wonderfully wise old sage.

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Who covild mend your bones and cure your ills
With her noted roots and herbs and pills,
When Millers were born and where they died,
And how many children they had beside.
Oh, he will talk to you till your head will swim,
And keep you up till your eyes grow dim,

While he relates with the greatest of pride.

Of his ancestors on the Miller side.

But if all had chosen to be, like he,

A bachelor, why ! do you not see.

This reunion today would not have been?

But that is his, and not our sin.

In this grand old world there is room for all ;

The rich and the poor, the great and the small.

So to all who descended from William we say.

Our hearts go out to you on this reunion day.

W^e trust of God's blessings you each have your share.

And from sorrows unbearable your lives He will spare.

PUBLIC COMFORT HOUSE

TPTE share of the Home Culture Clubs in the Celebration of
tlic Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary indicated graph-
ical! v the spirit of that institution. In familiar phrase, the
Home Culture Clubs stand ready to do for the community, or for the
individual, what is not being done, or cannot be done by other agen-
cies, and to leave undone whatever any other agency can and will do.
Two buildings, the Household Arts House on Gothic street and the

Center-street club house (the third build-
ing, Carnegie Hall, not being in existence),
were placed at the disposal of the city,
with the suggestion that the city" his-
torical collections be housed in the one
and the other be equipped as a Public
Comfort House. The peculiar fitness of
the^Household Arts House, architecturally,
with its fine colonial front, and the di2[-
nified and beautiful old-fashioned interior
woodwork, would have recommended it
particularly for an exhibition of antic^ue
furniture and historical records, even if
it had been less centrallv located. All

George W. Cable

evidence of the cooking, waitress, dress-
making and other classes of especial
interest to women were removed for the
time being, and perhaps the most in-
teresting collection of furniture, pictures,
silver, clothing, weapons and other
objects connected with the early life of
Northampton that has ever been seen
together, was exhibited in the well-filled
rooms, and this most instructive feature
of the Celebration has been referred to
elsewhere.

The Center-street house presented a

Miss Adelene Moffat

430 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

similar transformation. The need of a building centrally located,
where the day visitors from out of town might come for rest or for
refreshment, to meet their friends, or where they might be taken in
case of accident, was very evident from the first, and the acceptance
by the city of the Home Culture Clubs' offer of this building for that
purpose solved what might have been a very serious problem.

The main reading-room on the ground floor was converted into
a general reception room. Easy-chairs, magazines and papers, fans,
writing materials, the telephone and many other little conveniences,
were at the service of the visitors. Opening out from this room were
the quarters used ordinarily for class-rooms, which were converted,
respectively, into a thoroughh" equipped hospital room, with a trained
nurse from the Dickinson Hospital in attendance, toilet-room and
lavatory for men, a comfort much appreciated by some visitors quite
old and infirm, for whom the effort to come had been a trial of strength.
A similar room for women, with a darkened room for "sick headaches,"
or persons requiring absolute quiet, were arranged in the more re-
tired quarters at the rear of the building. These rooms were equipped
with cots, an abundance of clean towels and every conceivable neces-
sity, and the committee might well have a justifiable pride in the fact
that not a single article asked for by any of the hundreds who pat-
ronized the rooms had been forgotten or misplaced. These requests
varied, from a needle and thread, a hot fire or a clean handkerchief,
to a baby carriage and a temporary foster mother. Over a thousand
people used this building on the Tuesday of the Celebration. The
large art room became a kindergarten and day nursery, in which very
young children might be left while their mothers went to the parade
or elsewhere.

On the floor above, the gymnasium and amusement hall was
transformed into a banquet hall, and mid-day and evening meals
were served by a committee from the women's council, assisted by
committees from the churches of the center and Florence. The un-
qualified co-operation of all the denominations, under the auspices
of a purely sociological organization, was in itself, as one of the visitors
said, worth coming to Northampton to see. The co-operation of the
churches was not confined to the older and richer churches, but an
almost equal service was rendered by such small societies as the Hebrew

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 431

congregation of B'nai Israel and the newly-formed Polish congrega-
tion, St. John of Cantius. The committees were as follows:

Committee for the Public Comfort House — Mrs. L. Clark Seelye,
Mrs. A. Lyman Williston, Mrs. John A. Houston, Miss Eleanor P.
Gushing; chairman, Dr. Augusta Camp.

Committee for the Arrangement of the Historieal Collections in the
Gothic-street House — Miss Adelene Moffat, Mrs. WilHam H. Clapp.

Committee for the Luncheon arranged by the united churches — Gen-
eral committee, Mrs. Louise S. Hildreth, Mrs. John B. O'Donnell, Mrs.
Walter A. Sheldon; chairman, Mrs. Phineas P. Nichols. Sub-commit-
tee, for the Baptist church, Mrs. Joseph O. Daniels; B'nai Israel Syn-
agogue, Mrs. Max Chavin; Edwards church. Miss EHza I. Maynard,
Mrs. Charlotte M. Morgan, Mrs. Jennie E. Heine, Miss Aida A. Heine;
Church of the Annunciation, Mrs. Michael E. Cooney, Miss Mary Dunn,
Mrs. Patrick J. Daley; Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Mrs. Edward
T. Barrett; First Congregational church, Mrs. George N. WeV^ber, Mrs.
Sidney A. Clark, Mrs. Louise S. Hildreth; First Methodist Episcopal
church, Mrs. Walter A. Sheldon; Florence Congregational church,
Mrs. S. Allen Barrett, Mrs. Frederick E. Chase; Free Congregational
church, Mrs. Henry W. Sanford; Sacred Heart church. Misses Albina L.
Bernier and AdeUne M. La Plant; Second Methodist Episcopal church,
Florence, Mrs. Edwin M. Mason; St. John of Cantius church, Miss
Kate G. Miller; St. John's Episcopal church, Mrs. Frank I. Washburn;
St. Marv's Church of the Assumption, Mrs. John B. O'Donnell, Mrs.
Edward' W. Blanchfield, Miss Hannah M. Twohig.

Committee for tlie Float — Messrs. Charles H. Tucker, Edward J.
Jarvis, John W. Coleman, Charles E. Derosier, Emory C. Warner, John
J. Spring, John J. Denn. Mrs. Emory C. Warner, Miss Albina L.
Bernier, Miss Adehne M. La Plant, Miss Eva R. Choquette.

Miss Adelene Moffat and Harry B. Taplin, secretaries of the clubs,
were ex-ofhcio members of all committees.

REMARKABLE RECORD FOR A
GREAT CIVIC CELEBRATION

NO CRIME, NO OCCIDENT, NO FICIOUSNESS, REPORTED

Chief-of-Police Henrv E. Mavnard and Chauffeur George R. Turner

ALLUSION has been made in the press repoits to the noticeable
lack of accidents, drunkenness and crime during the Celebra-
tion, and this matter deserves more than ordinary mention.
That such an important affair, participated in by probably 50,000
people, should pass without an accident, any loss of property, or gen-
eral carousal, is cjuite remarkable, and is a testimony to the strength

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 433

and skill of the lawful authorities, as well as the self-control of the
people. Extraordinary precautions were taken by the police depart-
ment, to make property and life secure during the Celebration, and
the good sense and co-operation of the people doubtless contributed
greatly to the preservation of law and order.

Several days before the Anniversary, Chief-of-Police Maynard
suggested precautions to the public, such as to lock their houses care-
fully if they left them during the Celebration hours, to avoid carry-
ing money or valuables on their persons, in a crowd, and to look sharp
when crossing the street, in front of approaching vehicles or cars.

Police service was not unusually pressing, however, until the third
day of the Celebration, although several crooks were spotted and sent
out of town on Monday. On Tuesday Chief Maynard had automobile
service, with George R. Turner as chauffeur, and was in every part
of the town during the day. Six officers from Holyoke were on duty
during the day, and five others from the same city were assigned to
the driving park at night. State detectives from Boston and specials
from New York were also on hand, and kept a close watch for yjick-
pockets. A woman acting suspiciously in a Main-street store was
escorted out of town and told not to return, but no loss of money was
reported during the day, except of some small amounts, which were
probably purely accidental.

Although the saloons were open and did a thriving business, there
was no perceptible drunkenness on the streets, and there were but
three cases in the police court the next morning. The hospital ambu-
lance and the doctors waited in vain to be called, although it was ex-
pected that there would be more than one case requiring attention
before the day was over.

Take it all in all, it was a most lemarkable showing for public
comfort, peace and order, on such a day, and it is doubtful if such
a crowd could ever be gathered in Northampton again under such
fortunate circumstances.

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HAVE been all over England, have traveled through the highlands of Scot-
land, have ascended Mont Blanc, and stood on the Campagna at Rome, but
I have never seen anything so surpassingly lovely as this.

Charles Sumner, on Mt. Holyoke, Aug. i, 1847

But the emotions excited in my mind at Northampton do not rest with the
qualification for the tiseful or beautiful. There is that in your scenery which
addresses a higher principle, the highest in our nature. I witnessed it in all its
power this morning, as I drove in an open carriage, with the Governor, through
your magnificent meadows. We passed first through a sort of vapoury sea, which
seemed to surge over the face of the plain, and as it melted into air we saw at a
distance wreath after wreath of silvery mist, moving slowly up the side of the
hill. It seemed as if Nature, with its clouds of incense, was doing homage to the
mountain majesty of Holyoke, sparkling as he was with a diadem of dew-drops
and robed in the purple of the morn. T felt as if man, the rational worshiper,
were bound to unite in strains of vocal adoration, with the silent anthems of
plain and stream and hill, and I was ready to repeat the lovely words which
Milton puts into the mouths of our first parents:

"Ye mists and exhalations that now rise

From vale or streaming lake, dusky or grey,
■ Till the sun paints your fleecy skirts with gold.

In honor to the world's great Author, rise.

Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky,

Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers,

Rising or falling, still advance His praise ! "

Edward Everett, at Agricultural dinner, at Northampton, Oct. 7, 1S52

She, with her fair meadows and noble streams, is lovely enough, but she owes
her surpassing attraction to those twin summits which brood her like living pres-
ences, looking down into her streets as if they were her tutelary divinities, dressing
and undressing their green shrines, robing themselves in jubilant sunshine or in
sorrowing clouds, and doing penance in the snowy shroud of winter, as if they
had living hearts under their rocky ribs and changed their mood hke the children
of the soil at their feet, who grow up under their almost paternal smiles and
frowns. Happy is the child whose first dreams of heaven are blended with the
evening glories of Mt. Holyoke, when the sun is firing its treetops and gilding the
white walls that mark its one hurnan dwelling.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

MR. C A M IM O N ' S LETTERS

THE CELEBRATfON AS VIEWED
B 7^ AN ENGLISHMAN'S EVES

WHEN Samuel S. Campion of Northampton, England, returned
home from his visit to this country, he published in the
Northampton Mercury, probably the oldest paper in the
world, of which he was then editor, a series of letters, describing, in a
very interesting way, his experiences. From these letters extracts
have been made in succeeding pages, eliminating, of course, the re-
ports of his addresses at the different gatherings, as these have already
been given, in consecutive order, in previous pages. Mr. Campion's
first letter was written to the Mayor and Town Council of his residen-
tial city, and w411 be found following :

©fticial IReport

At the monthly meeting of the Northampton Town Council, on
Monday, Juh; 4th, 1904, the Town Clerk read the following letter,
which had been received by the Mayor from Alderman Campion:

To THE Worshipful the Mayor (Councillor Edward Lewis, J. P.)

June 30, 1904.
Dear Mr. Mayor:

As your ambassador, representing yourself, the Corporation, and
the burgesses of my native town at the City of Northampton, Mass.,
on the occasion of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of its set-
tlement, on June 5th, 6th and 7th, I desire to report to you the cordial
manner in which I was received. From the moment of my setting
foot in the city to the moment of my departure I received nothing
but the most graceful courtesies and the most considerate kindness.
I was made, as your representative, the honoured guest of the city;
and in every function connected with the Celebration I was not only
placed in positions of honour, but the kindliest allusions were made
to my presence as the representative of the mother city in the old
country. For it was made clear that Northampton, Old England,
was the source from whence sprang Northampton, Mass. I was in-
formed that the New England city received its name out of respect
to some of the earliest settlers who had come from our ancient borough.
I was careful to emphasize the fact that a tie no less strong, between the

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old and the new cities, was to be found in the circumstance that Law-
rence Washington, an ancestor of General George Washington, was
Mayor of our borough in 1533 and 1546. Nor did I forget to make suit-
able reference to the Washington tomb at Great Brington Church,
with its coat of arms, which gave the idea for the Stars and Stripes,
and to other historical ties between Northamptonshire and the United
States. At an important Sunday-school gathering in the oldest church
of Northampton I gave greetings to the Sunday-school workers and
scholars of Old Northampton. His Excellency John L. Bates, the Gov-
ernor of Massachusetts, was also present, and in his address gave me
a most cordial welcome as the representative of the old mother city.
In response to my greetings, the large assembly stood up in token
of their approval of a proposition to reciprocate the good wishes of
which I was bearer to the whole of the Sunday-school workers and
scholars of Northampton, Old England. And through you, Mr. Mayor,
I hope I may be permitted to convey this reciprocal greeting from
the Sunday schools of Northampton, Mass., as an example of one
of the important ties which bind together the Old and the New Worlds.
Northampton, Mass., is an important educational centre. Its
educational institutions are unique in character and excellence. And
I was glad to have the opportunity of addressing 800 pupils of the
Grammar and High schools of Northampton, together with their parents
and friends, on some points of historic interest connected with the old
Borough from which their city had taken its name. Similarly it was
my pleasure to speak to a gathering of students at Smith College,
the largest educational institution for young womicn in the world.

Governor Long, ex-Secretary of the United States Navv, the
official orator of the Celebration, paid cordial tribute to the old mother
town and its representative — a tribute warmly applauded bv a crowd-
ed and influential assembly in the Academy of Music.

At the chief function, on Tuesday, June 7th, in the Parade, I was
paired off with Rear-Admiral Cook, a distinguished son of New
Northampton — one of the most brilliant naval leaders of the United
States. As a native of Old Northampton, I ventured to hope that
the conjunction, whether designed or accidental, might be accepted
as typical of the union of sympathy and interest between Northamp-
ton, Old England, and Northampton, Mass. At the luncheon which
followed, where addresses were delivered by His Honour Judge Bas-
sett (who presided), His Excellency Governor Bates, His Honour H.
C. Hallett (Mayor of the city), Rear-Admiral Cook, the Rev. Henry
T. Rose, D.D., the Rev. President Clark Seelye (Smith college). Dr.
Joseph H. Sawyer, Congressman Gillett, Colonel Parsons, and myself,
the Mayor made the following graceful reference :

"To the ancient city of Northampton in England, which confers
upon her namesake the distinguished honour of official representation

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 437

in the person of one of her most illustrious sons, we present the assur-
ances of our most affectionate regard."

The cablegram conveying the heartiest greetings from yourself,
the Council and the burgesses, on the occasion of the Celebration, was
received with the utmost enthusiasm.

In conclusion, permit me to say that it was with the greatest
pride and satisfaction I endeavoured to convey to the authorities
and the inhabitants of Northampton, Mass., the hearty good wishes
and sympathy of my fellow-townsmen. My visit was one of unalloyed
pleasure, thanks to the perfect courtesy and the most gracious hospi-
tality extended to me, as your representative. The occasion and its
experiences will rank amongst the most precious memories of mv life.

I am, dear Mr. Mayor,

Always sincerely yours,

S. S. Campion.

The Mayor, in a few appreciative words, moved that the thanks
of the Council be accorded to Mr. Campion, and that his report be
entered upon the minutes.

The ex-Mayor seconded.

Mr. Smith supported, and the motion was carried unanimously.

Mr. Campion describes, in his first letter to his home paper, how
he came to come to Northampton, and his reception here.

By great good fortune, I had arranged to visit the World's Pur-
chase Exposition at St. Louis, Missouri, U. S. A., just about the time
that the people of Northampton, in Massachusetts State, had arranged
to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the settlement of their citv. I
had learned the fact from a communication which was directed to
"the oldest newspaper, Northampton, England," and concluded that,
if circumstances were propitious, it would be most agreeable to be
present at the celebration as a representative of the old English Borough,
from which the American city took its name. The Mayor of North-
ampton, Mass., the Hon. H. C. Hallett, was apprised of mv intention
to be at St. Louis, and on my arrival at Montreal on Sunday, Mav
22nd, by the good ship Parisian, of the Allan Line, I received a tel-
egram giving me a cordial invitation to be the guest of the citv on
Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, June 5th, 6th, and 7th — the davs
fixed for the celebration — and it was signed bv the Mavor and the
City Clerk (Mr. Egbert L Clapp).

I also learned from the telegram that an invitation to the Mavor
and Corporation of Northampton to send a representative had been
dispatched on May loth, which would reach England only after I had
left, so that it would be too late for our Corporation to take ofiticial

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action. However, I wired immediately my acceptance of the invita-
tion so cordially made, with the full conviction that any greetings I
might convey to the inhabitants of Northampton, Mass., would be
heartily endorsed by the Mayor, the Corporation, and the burgesses
of my own native town. Having then visited sundry points of inter-
est in Canada and the States, and the St. Louis Exposition, I started
f:om Montreal to Northampton, Mass., on Saturday, June 4th, by
Lake Champlain and the Connecticut Valley, by the Central Vermont
R. R. and the Boston and Maine R. R. — a most picturesque route.
I started from Montreal at 9 a. m. and reached Northampton at 5.47
p. m. — nearly nine hours' continuous travelling.

On alighting, I was at once spotted by a gentleman, who might
have been a member of the firm of Cheeryble Brothers — good humor
and cordial feeling were so unmistakably stamped upon his face. It
was Mr. Hardy, chairman of the Reception Committee, and with him
was one of the trusted city fathers, Alderman Babbitt. They gave
me a hearty welcome, and made me feel "at home" in a twinkling.
These gentlemen introduced me to another of the respected citizens
of the New England city, Mr. T. G. Spaulding, formerly City Attorney,
and one who, I afterwards learned, had contributed much to the suc-
cessful inception and preliminary plans of the Celebration. I was
placed under his care, and from the moment of my arrival to the mo-
ment of my departure I was the happy recipient of the most graceful
courtesies and the kindest consideration from him. I felt at once
that there was a sort of conspiracy on every hand to give me, as the
representative of my old borough, "a good time," and I need hardly
say the benevolent conspiracy was successful. I was installed in
most comfortable quarters, at the Norwood Hotel — an hostelry sur-
rounded with trim shaven lawns and stately elms — in the city and
yet in the country. Mr. Bowker, the landlord, and his assistants,
too, left no stone unturned to secure my comfort. In driving from
the depot to the hotel, I passed the spacious Main street, which I found
was ablaze with colour — the "Stars and Stripes," of course, in the
ascendant, and with elaborate preparations for illuminations visible
on every hand. Needless to say, I entered into the spirit of the occa-
sion very heartily. Its sentiment was thoroughly in harmony with
my own feelings.

Directly after dinner, two newspaper representatives waited upon
me to glean my impressions of what I had already seen. As breth-
ren of the quill, we were at once on a footing of camaraderie.

Mr. Campion then went on to describe the Sunday services in
the churches, the Service of Song, etc., and wrote as follows:

21 mew of tbe Cit^

In the afternoon a heavy storm broke the sunny peace of the day.
When the weather had cleared up, I was honoured with a visit from

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his Honour Mayor Hallett and the Mayoress, both of whom, in the
midst of the pressing engagements of the occasion, were most kind
in their endeavour to make my stay at their city a happy one. Sub-
sequently, my friend, Mr. Spaulding, took me for a drive around the
city, that I might obtain some idea of its characteristics. If I had
wondered before, I could then no longer be surprised at the pride with
which Northamptonians regard their city. It is really situated in a
park. The main business street is at least 120 feet wide. Its resi-
dential quarters consist of so many "streets," sparsely dotted with
artistic dwellings, almost all provided with attractive verandahs, and
with trim shaven lawns running down to the roadway. No fences
are needed to divide the lawns from the roads. There appear to be
no wanton larrikins to trespass on forbidden ground and do mis-
chief in unfenced gardens. The streets are so many roadways through
a park. All the people appear to be well-to-do, comfortable. With
such dwellings, with their lawns adorned with stately trees, just now
dressed in Spring's verdant glory, there is more than a suggestion of
an Earthly Paradise. From its elevated spots — say from Round
Hill, for example — most beautiful views are visible. I was prepared
for something of the city's surroundings, in the glimpses I got of the
picturesque valley of the Connecticut as I came down on the train on
Saturday. But the reality far exceeded any anticipation. North-
ampton, Old England, has its Nene; but venerable as the Nene is,
and not without attractive characteristics in some of its reaches, it
must "pale its ineffectual fires" before the Connecticut Valley, which
possesses features on a grander and more picturesque scale altogether.
Then there are the Meadows. At home we have some pride in our
Meadows; but they are small and insignificant compared with the vast
expanse of meadow land which Northampton, Mass., can boast —
meadows which have obtained for it the cognomen of "the Meadow
City." There is the silver ribbon of river, in its course of some 450
miles from source to sea (in Long Island Sound), and its fertile mead-
ow lands, and then beyond ranges of protecting hills, the highest of
which are Mount Holyoke, Mount Tom, and Sugar-Loaf Mountain.
Here was a civic diamond of the first water, in a setting of exquisite
natural beauty.

Mr. Campion was much impressed with all the indoor exercises,
in which he had more or less part, and after the children's gathering
in the tent, he was taken to the ball game, which he thus refers to:

Subsequently I was taken to see a game of baseball between
Springfield and Northampton. Baseball is a glorified game of "round-
ers," but is quite on a par with cricket in the skill required, and
in the interest evoked. My sympathies were patriotically with North-
ampton, but alack! the visitors from the neighbouring town came off
victors. It cheered me to learn, however, that the latter have not
always been triumphant, and that Northampton can boast many
excellent players at the American national pastime.

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Concert anD TReception

Of this he says: In the evening there was a grand concert at the
Anniversary Pavihon by the Northampton Vocal Club, under the
directorship of Mr. Ralph L. Baldwin. It was a very fine performance.
The Club was assisted by Mr. Albert E. Brown, basso (of Boston)
— an Englishman, whose acquaintance I was pleased to make — and
by Mrs. Albert E. Brown as pianiste. Rudyard Kipling's "Hymn
before action" was sung to music composed by the Director, Mr.
Baldwin — the composition impressed everybody as being a splendid
rendering of the poet's words. I was told the "Hymn" has been
sung at the Crystal Palace, London, to Mr. Baldwin's setting.

The concert just lasted an hour. Then the Governor of Massa-
chusetts held a reception, assisted by Mrs. Bates, Mayor Hallett and
the Mayoress; and I was courteously asked to join the receiving party.
It was the first experience I had had of the American plan of recep-
tions, but a very agreeable one. Adjutant General Dalton, the Chief
of the Governor's staff, estimated that at least 1,500 people shook
hands. I was asked whether my right hand did not ache. I replied
that it did not; and then I found I had instinctively caught the right
knack in shaking hands. The reception gave me the opportunity of
meeting many interesting people — English and American. I was
glad to meet the widow of my old friend, Henry Burt, formerly of
Springfield and Northampton, and founder of "Among the Clouds,"
and his son, also, whom I had met in Northampton, Old England,
and of whom I had pleasant memories. Several English ladies and
gentlemen, too, were among the company, and these hailed the pres-
ence of a compatriot with satisfaction. There were many Americans
whose ancestors had come from the old country within recent times;
and family reminiscences showed me how deeply the affection for
the old country is rooted in thousands of American hearts.

I spent the rest of the evening most pleasantly with Colonel and
Mrs. Williams, and with members of the Governor's staff. In one
of them, Brigadier General Otis Marion, it was a pleasure to find a
friend of my friend. Major Gratwicke, of Exeter. An invitation to
visit him at Boston I was, unfortunately for myself, unable to accept.
That reminds me, too, that I had a pressing invitation from a life-
long friend, the Rev. W. H. Albright, D.D., of Boston, to visit him,
and take part in some meetings there. I had contemplated getting
a day in at Boston, but it was impossible to tear myself away from
Northampton till the last moment, and so — as engagements on the
other side prevented my prolonging my stay in the States — I was
obliged to drop Boston.

^be (3ran& Da^ — iparaDe anD Xuncbeon

Tuesday was the grand day of the celebrations. A symbolic
parade, on a magnificent scale, had been organized; and this was fol-
lowed by a grand luncheon. At sunrise the echoes were awakened

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 441

with the firing of salutes. At ten o'clock, under Sheriff Jairus Clark,
as Chief Marshal, and Captain Richard W. Irwin, as Chief of Staff,
with a staff of competent aides, the procession was marshalled. Never
did I see a procession marshalled with greater smoothness or ease.
Everything "went with a click," as we say, in common parlance, in
this country. Never did the city present a more remarkably fine
appearance. I have seen many parades and processions, including
Lord Mayor's shows, but never so magnificent and so completely
finished a parade as that which trod the streets of Northampton, Mass.,
on Tuesday, June 7th. It is estimated that at least 50,000 specta-
tors were present, and there were representatives from at least 22
States of the Union, who, directly or indirectly interested in the city,
had come to do it honour. The Governor (his Excellency J. L. Bates)
was necessarily the chief figure in the procession; he occupied a car-
riage drawn by four horses, and he was accompanied by the Mayor,
His Honour H. C. Hallett. The decorations everywhere were most
profuse, and brightness and joy were supreme.

I was happy to be allotted to a carriage in which my compan-
ions were Rear Admiral Cook and Mr. T. G. Spaulding, both of them
old Northampton boys. Admiral Cook was in command of the Brook-
lyn at the Battle of Santiago, and his brilliant exploit in that vessel
on that occasion is a matter of history. It was easy to see he is a great
favourite at Northampton. We were taken together by a photog-
rapher, and the picture appeared in the "Boston Globe" the next
day. The juxtaposition was not without interest. Admiral Cook,
as a native of Northampton, Mass., and I, as a native of Northamp-
ton, Old England, formed a happy conjunction of the old and the
new, typical, as I hope, of the ties which bind the two cities in sym-
pathy and interest. It was very pleasing, at various points, to note
the enthusiasm which the presence of the representative from Old
England evoked — for by this time my personality had become fairly
well known. It was all a friendly recognition of the old town and
the old countrv. Indeed, in one case, the shout was heard, "Three
cheers for Old England." It was a pleasure to be the recipient of
these tributes to the Mother City and the Mother Country. Some
of the items in the procession were illustrative of the dangers of the
old settlement (from Indians) and of the life of the old colonists. The
industries of the neighbourhood were illustrated — silk, hosiery, and
prophylactic tooth brushes. The procession was a mile and a half
in extent, and took an hour to pass any given point.

After describing the collation at the tent, his own and other
speeches thereafter, Mr. Campion writes:

At the close of the proceedings described in my last letter, I paid
a flying visit to Smith College, having the advantage of the compan-
ionship of Mr. Sidney Bridgman, as cicerone. But of this more anon.

442 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

At Mr. Bridgman's private house I had the pleasure of an introduc-
tion to Mrs. Bridgman and several ladies interested in the College
for Girls at Mount Holyoke, an educational institution of far-reaching
usefulness. I was interested to learn that Mr. Bridgman was the
pubhsher of Todd's Student's Manual — a book which I had found of
inestimable value in my youth, and which I would warmly recommend
to students — especially self-educating students. Its author, the Rev.
John Todd, was a minister of the Jonathan Edwards Church — an
offshoot of the First Church.

Colonial IReceptton

In the evening, the members of the Betty Allen Chapter of Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution held a reception at the City Hall.
The hall was beautifully decorated, and there was a brilliant assembly.
Many of those present were dressed in costumes of the Revolutionary
period, and the effect was charming and piquant. Who was Betty
Allen? That was the first question which rose to my lips. The an-
swer — she was a lady of the Revolution who had seven sons, and she
gave them all to the Revolution, to fight for American Independence.
One of them was "the fighting parson," who appeared to be equally
at home in the field or in the pulpit. One lady was wearing a dress,
which an ancestress had worn at a ball where she danced with Gen-
eral George Washington ; and she carried the fan which the lady used
on the same occasion. Surely the spirit of romance was there, and
I was not slow to pay my homage to it. I was kept pretty well and
happily occupied in exchanging reminiscences and ideas with many
of the guests, who showed their interest in the old country and freely
recognised what they owed to it. From innumerable quarters I had
expressions of the pleasure which w^as felt that the old town in the
old country should be represented at this celebration. The pleasure
was mutual.

m ©ID IbaDlc^

The day had been a fairly heavy one, what with the excitements
of the Parade, the post-prandial exercises, and the Daughters of the
American Revolution, who, as I remarked more than once, were
enough to turn any man into a revolutionary. But next morning at
seven o'clock I was driven by Mr. Edward O. Damon, another of
Northampton's kindliest citizens, to Hadley — a rural outpost of the
greater city. The objects of interest here were — a street, a church,
and a house. The street is a noble avenue. 250 feet or more wide
— for the greater part overgrown with grass and guarded with
venerable elms. The house is built on the site of an older structure,
over a cellar in which it is related Goffe and Whalley, two of the reg-
icides responsible for the execution of Charles I., lay hid for a consid-
erable time from those who, in the Second Charles' time, sought their

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blood. The church is associated with Goffe. Whalley — the tradition
is somewhat hazy — appears to have got away. But Goffe remained.
On one occasion the inhabitants of the hamlet were at worship in the
church, when the Indians made their appearance. Goffe observed
them. He knew that if the people were caught in the church their
doom was certain and his, too. So sword in hand he made for the
church — a hundred yards or so distant — and warned the worshippers.
His venerable figure made him appear to the Indians like a visitant
from another world. They fled in superstitious terror, and the wor-
shippers, hailing Goffe as their deliverer, took fresh heart. Here was
a romantic association of the Stuarts with the North American In-
dians which I was anxious not to lose; and Mr. Damon's kindness made
my pilgrimage to this shrine of seventeenth century liberty very pleas-
ant indeed.

Bt Smftb College

Back to breakfast, and before half past eight I set off for Smith
College, to be present at the opening exercises and to fulfill a prom-
ise to address one of the classes. Smith College is, I believe, the largest
educational institution of its kind in the world. It was founded on
a bequest of 386,000 dollars {£-j'j, 200) under the will of the late Sophia
Smith, niece of Oliver Smith, who had before left a fund of 370,000
dollars (;^74,ooo) for indigent boys and girls, young women and wid-
ows. Sophia Smith, who died a spinster, left her money for the higher
education of girls, with the result that she has been the means of found-
ing a magnificent monument, in which her generous spirit will live to
the end of time in the minds and hearts of noble women, who, through
her far-sighted and practical sympathy with the best aspirations of
her sex, will help to dominate generations yet unborn with the finest
ideals. There are 1,100 young ladies in the institution, who, through
accomplished and gifted teachers, under President L. Clark Seelye —
a man of the finest character and great attainments — have the oppor-
tunity of receiving the best possible teaching on the subjects included
in an extensive curriculum. The college grounds are in the midst
of lovely lawns and sheltering trees — a veritable "Grove of Academe."
The institution is an educational idyll.

I breathed the prayer: Would that some Sophia Smith might
arise to confer a similarly noble benefaction on my own old city at
home.

Every morning the proceedings of the day are opened with a
brief service. The chanting of a Psalm, the reading of a passage of
Sciipture, a hymn, a prayer, and the girls go to their several classes.
It is all very simple, yet withal impressive. The Psalms are arranged
in an order, which exemplifies and emphasizes the successive petitions
of the Lord's Prayer. I was so impressed with the arrangement that

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I asked permission to carry one away with me, and the President
very kindly gave me a copy.

But the students have disappeared to their class-rooms. I am
conducted to a room where two classes are assembled. On the way
I am anxious to know upon what subject it would be most agreeable
I should speak. I find the class is engaged just now in considering
the best methods of arriving at conclusions on any given subject.
Happily it is a subject on which I feel at liberty to say something,
and so speak for a limited period in a fashion which I would fain hope
was not without a grain or two of useful suggestion. To me it was
a delightful experience to speak to that assembly of earnest students,
anxious to make the best use of the faculties God has given them.
The fact that this subject should have been chosen for study by a
class of young ladies seemed to me to admirablv illustrate one of the
best features of the method of education, which I had before under-
stood was generally pursued in the United States — that of endeavour-
ing at every point to draw out the faculties of the student. It goes
a great way to explain the general alertness of the American mind.
While, no doubt, there are teachers in our English schools who do
attempt, as far as the restrictions of the Board of Education permit
them, to follow out the same principle, it is not carried out with that
systematic constancy which is to be found in the States.

/llbount Mol^ofte

In the meantime, the City Clerk, Mr. Clapp — freed from the more
exiguous claims of the Celebration — had been devising plans for giving
me a pleasant day in the city precincts. He and Mr. C. H. Pierce,
of the Anniversary Executive Committee, took me to Mount Holyoke,
that, like another Moses, I might "view the landscape o'er." In
parenthesis I should like to say a word of Mr. Clapp, to whom I am
indebted for many kindnesses. For 21 years, ever since, indeed,
the incorporation of the city, he has filled the important office of city
clerk, a fact which speaks volumes for the unbounded confidence of
his fellow-citizens — for it is an office subject to annual popular elec-
tion. He is an old soldier of the Civil War. As a lad of 18 he enlisted,
and for four years he was actively engaged with the army which ope-
rated in the Gulf of Mexico — part of the time in the infantry, and
for two years as a cavalryman, closing his service as a lieutenant in
the cavalry. The soldier's spirit runs in the blood, for he is a descend-
ant on his father's side from Major Jonathan Clapp, one of the heroes
of the Revolution, and his mother was a descendant of General Seth
Pomeroy, another Northampton hero of the Revolutionary War.
General Pomeroy, although near 70, insisted on taking a share in the
battle of Bunker's Hill. Northampton has in Mr. Clapp an officer
of exceptional ability and great public spirit. To resume, a pleas-
ant carriage drive round the outskirts of the city, which revealed a

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wealth of natural beauty, I very much enjoyed, brought us to the
foot of Mount Holyoke. Some 400 feet we traveled by a circuitous
mountain road, till we came to the foot of the funicular — which runs
some 600 feet up the mountain side, almost perpendicularly. Arrived
at the simimit, we found ourselves in Prospect House, with all the
conveniences of a mountain hotel. Both from the rooms and the
platform outside there are extensive views of the Connecticut valley
and a wide surrounding country. From the summit can be seen
mountains in four states, and thirty-eight towns — thirty in Massa-
chusetts and eight in Connecticut. It is a place, "where every pros-
pect pleases." Unfortunately the atmosphere is humid, a haze hangs
over the hills, and our views are therefore circumscribed. Yet what
is seen is extensive enough and beautiful enough to confirm the im-
pressions I had formed of the infinite charm of the position in which
Northampton is set. I could quite understand from what I saw the
force of Mr. Spaulding's statement that you might, taking Northamp-
ton as a centre, drive out in over 120 directions on as many days and
find fresh revelations of natural beauty in each. From the heights
of Mount Holvoke one commanded insights into vast, dim and mys-
tic distances, full of interest and full of possibilities of enjoyment to
the imaginative soul.

In returning from Mount Holyoke, we were ferried across the
Connecticut River — the Hockanum Ferry — quite a refreshing touch
of old-world methods of crossing the stream. Horses, carriage, and
passengers were passed on to the raft, and were drawn over by a wire
rope. Here the river is about 1,000 feet wide. We were encouraged
bv the story that horses had, before now-, been frightened into rushing
off the raft into the stream — "out of the frying pan into the fire" —
to the no small peril of passengers. Our horses were, happily, of
soberer stuff, and, under the guidance of a gentleman of colour, we
were safely conveyed over, without any risk of being ferried o'er the
Styx, as yet.

/Ilbount tTom

At the City Hall, we found the Mayor and several other members
of the civic body awaiting us. Under the kindly and helpful escort
of these gentlemen we next turned our attention to Mount Tom —
another of the mountain sentinels which Nature has provided the
city. Mount Tom is reached by a system of electric cars. First we
take the cars which run from Northampton to Springfield — a distance
of 17 miles. The track is parallel to the Boston and Maine Railway,
and runs by the side of the ordinary road. The competition supplied
by the cars has resulted in a considerable reduction of fares on that
line between these two points. "Do the company running the cars
pay any subsidy to the public coffers?" I asked. "No," was the
reply. It is considered that the public gets its quid pro quo in the

446 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

increased facilities of locomotion — the added convenience of commun-
ication between the different places en route. At the foot of Mount
Tom we change for another electric car run. This takes us to the lower
levels of the mountain, and here we have a large acreage laid out as
a public park, and as a place of public entertainment. The State
has made a reservation of some 1,500 acres on Mount Tom, for the
healthful resort of the inhabitants of Northampton city and the dis-
trict forever. I 'could not help envying the inhabitants of North-
ampton city the possession of this priceless boon. One more change
is made, and the ascent to the top is affected by a trolley railway.
The road to the top has given us glimpses of countless beauties in the
valley of the Connecticut. On the shores we see dotted here and
there the summer houses of the business men of Springfield, North-
ampton and other towns in the district. There is a Canoe club-house,
for canoeing on the Connecticut is one of the pleasures of the district.
But when we have reached the summit our hopes of a glorious view
are doomed to disappointment. The rains of the last few days have
encouraged the mists to rise, and from the altitude of Mount Tom —
clear and beautiful — we look down on a magnificent display of mi.st,
vague, immense. Now and again there are rifts in the grey, and we
see Kenilworth — a castle built on the pattern of that well-known
historic structure in England — the town of Springfield, with its roofs
shining under brief spells of sunshine, and snatches of the Connecticut
valley on both sides — dreams of natural loveliness, touches of artistic
beauty. The view, or rather the views — for they are various from
most sides of the top — form the chief source of pleasure on Mount
Tom, gratifying the love for the beautiful and supplying endless sources
of food for the imagination. But there is ample provision for music,
dancing, and other amusements in the Festival Hall here, under the
enterprising management of Mr. Bowker of the Norwood. I was
disappointed not to see all the natural beauties which Mount Tom
brings within the range of human vision, but if what I did not see
at all approaches the sample — that which I did see — then in this
mountain peak Northampton possesses another asset of inestimable
value — another fascination added to the multitudinous charms of the
Meadow City.

XLbc jfinal jfunction

But the longest of days must have an ending. I had been breath-
ing Northampton air, imbibing Northampton traditions, and the
cjuestion was raised whether I could not stay another month. Whether
it would have ended in my becoming an American citizen, or whether
I should have succeeded in annexing Northampton, Mass., to the
British Empire, I will not pretend to say. It is a ciuestion which
must remain forever unsolved. The Mayor, who, although not a

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 447

native of Northampton, has more than justified the choice of its citi-
zens in the splendid way in which he has risen to the occasion, enter-
tained us to an informal closing dinner at Rahar's Inn, where the
genius of a cordial hospitality presides. The toasts were few, the
speeches witty in their brevity. I tried to express in a few words
the deep sense of obligation under which I had been placed by the
Mayor, the City Clerk, other civic authorities, and all whom I had
met. If ever a man ran a danger of being "killed by kindness" I
was that man, and if I were to escape at all it was time I was off. The
memory of the overwhelming kindness I had received can never be
effaced. The Mayor and other gentlemen were good enough to say
my presence had been of some service to the Celebration, and that they
felt indebted to me for the spirit in which I had associated myself
with their efforts.

/IRacblne Uotinci

Subsec^uently, at my rec[uest, I was initiated into the mysteries
of the American voting machine. So many of the officers of the State,
or of the City, are subjected to direct election, that the work of voting
is a much more extensive operation than with us. Apparently more
complicated, it is yet most simple when once you know the modus
operandi; and the machine calculates with unerring accuracy. There
are seven wards in the city, and within seven minutes of the closing
of the poll Mr. Clapp has known the results of an election in the whole
of the wards. Within 14 minutes of the closing of the poll, he has
known the results of a State election in the city. By the courtesy
of Mr. Charles Herrick and his assistant, Mr. Rhoads, I was shown
the working of the Bardwell Votometer, the machine employed. I
could not forbear asking Mr. Herrick whether he had any reason to
suppose he was descended from the well-known lyric poet of the sev-
enteenth century; but he could not say. I do not purpose to attempt
to describe the machine on this occasion. It would be exceedingly
difficult to do so on paper. Ocular demonstration seems absolutely
necessary to the complete understanding of it. Mr. Clapp explained
to me that when the machine was decided upon practical lessons were
given the voters before an actual election was held; much as, when
the franchise was extended to the English counties, lessons in voting
by ballot were given all over the country for the benefit of the new
voters. I satisfied myself that the working of the machine was ex-
ceedingly simple, that it is impossible to tamper with it, and that it
works with unerring accuracy. The machine is not adopted every-
where in the States. Its use is permissible, under State law, but only
such machines can be used as are sanctioned by a Commission ap-
pointed by the State. Northampton is one of the pioneers in machine
voting.

448 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

XLbc Ibfstorical Collection

A historical collection of great interest was got together in con-
nection with the Celebration. Mr. Gere, an eminent antiquarian,
was chairman of the committee on historical localities, and Mr. Thomas
Munroe Shepherd, the chairman and chief curator of the indoor ex-
hibit. The many objects on view had been lent by the descendants
of the first settlers and other old families. A cane, with pewter mount-
ing, had belonged to Captain John King, described as born in North-
ampton, England, in 1629, settling in Northampton, Mass. — in the
thoroughfare afterwards known as King street — in 1654. It was lent
by George Warner King, Middleport, New York. Captain King is
said to have himself descended from Sir John King, who was at one
tim.e Secretary for Ireland, in Elizabeth's reign. His son. Lieutenant
John King, was a noted scout in the Indian wars. Then there was a
precious case, containing knee-buckles and shoe-buckles, originally
worn by General George Washington. They were given by his step-
daughter, Nellie Custis, as a memento of her step-father, to Lieutenant-
Colonel St. George Tucker, of Williamsburg, Virginia, great-grand-
father of Mrs. John S. Hitchcock. There was also General Burgoyne's
sword, lent by Samuel D. Smith of Hadley, Mass. This sword was
presented by General John Burgoyne to General Porter of Hadley,
after the surrender of Saratoga. Another of the relics was a pewter
plate, lent by Mr. T. M. Shepherd. It was originally brought from
Blois, France, and once belonged to the Pomeroys, who settled in
Northampton in 1671.

©ft

On Thursday morning, June 9th, I started from Northampton on
my way home. I was accompanied to the train by Mr. Clapp, the
City Clerk, and Mr. Spaulding. In cordial words of farewell, I again
endeavoured to express my deep sense of the overwhelming kindness
I had received, my admiration of the city, the most beautiful I had
seen in all my travels, and my appreciation of the magnitude, beauty,
and fine feeling of the Celebration. But, frankly, I felt that words
were utterly inadequate. I can only say that the Northampton of
Old England has every reason to be proud of its namesake in the New
World.

S. S. C.

My heart is thirsty for that noble pledge.

Julius C--esar

That man 's the best cosmopolite
Who loves his native country best.

Tennyson

The patriot's boast, where'er we roam,
His first best country ever is at home.

Goldsmith

I sing New England, as she lights her fire

In every Prairie's midst; and where the bright

Enchanting stars shine pure through Southern night,

She still is there, the guardian on the tower,

To open for the world a purer hour.

William Ellerv Channing

My country is the world; my countrymen arc all mankind. — -William
Lloyd Garrison

The soil out of which such men as he are made is good to be born on, good
to live upon, good to die for and good to be buried in. — Holmes on Garfield

That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and
that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not
perish from the earth. — Abraham Lincoln

Our country, however bounded or described, and be the measurements
more or less — still our country, to be cherished in all our hearts, to be
defended by all our hands. — Robert C. Winthrop, at Faneuil Hall, July
4. 1845

"Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light;
Protect us by Thy inight.
Great God, our King!"

A LIST OF VISITORS TO THE CELEBRA
TION FROM OUTSIDE THE COUNTY

IT has been considered desirable to publish at least a partial list
of those outside the county who attended the Celebration. It was
obviously impossible to include all of even those who registered,
and therefore, in the case of such no names of those who came from with-
in a radius of fifteen miles have been taken. The few exceptions from
near-by towns were reported to the newspapers by friends with whom
they were entertained. It is an interesting fact that over four hundred,
or a little more than one-tenth of the whole number of visitors regis-
tered at the City Hall, by the card index, came from the city of Spring-
field, and most of these seem to have been drawn to Northampton
on this occasion, by ties of real interest, which can be understood
from the fact that Springfield was the mother town, and even now
contains many people of former Northampton citizenship. The
daughter towns of Easthampton, Southampton, Westhampton, con-
tributed a large share of those registered, and they came from the
oldest families, showing the real interest of kindred, and it would
have been a pleasure to have included their names in this book, but
the volume would have been swelled much beyond its limits; while
Amherst, Hatfield and Hadley neighbors must have felt slighted if
they had not then been included; as also Holyoke, which sent several
hundred.

The following list of over one thousand names is alphabetically
arranged. A considerable number of these were not registered at the
City Hall, and have been obtained from other sources. When it is
considered that the list of those who registered alone amounts to about
4,000, some idea may be had of the great crowd of visitors who were
in the city Celebration week.

Many names of those in Springfield and other cities are not in-
cluded in the list here given, because the full name was not registered.
It would have been well if the committee in charge had called for the
full name. Such name would have been of much greater value for
future reference, and some of those who registered were so thoughtful
as to see this and gave their full names voluntarily, many married
women being so good as to give their maiden names also.

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

451

Zbc Xist

Mrs. George I. Abbott

Mrs. William T. Ahearn .

William Ahearn

Mrs. Alfred vViken

Mrs. T. M. Albee . . .

Robert E. B. Alben

Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Albro

Mrs. E. H. Alden . . .

Mrs. E. M. Alden . . .

Mrs. Herbert C. Alderman

Mrs. John A. Aldrich .

William O. Aldrich

Harry M. Alexander .

Miss Effie Deans Allan .

Rev. Arthur H. Allen

Mrs. Catherine Allen

Charles T. Allen

Mrs. Frank R. Allen

Mr. and Mrs. J. Edward Allen

Miss Susan B. Allen

Miss Margaret Ames

Mrs. W. J. Angell .

T. A. Appleton ....

Miss Bertha May Arnold .

Clarence H. Arnold

Miss Elizabeth Parker Arnold

Charles P. Atkins .

Mrs. Cora P. Atkins

Mrs. Frederic C. Atkins

Mrs. George D. Atkins

Miss Lillian Atkins

Miss Sarah M. Atkins .

Miss M. Jennie Atkinson .

Miss Fannie Augur

Miss H. Ella Baab .

Alexander H. Baker

C. Sumner Baker

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Baker

Lester D. Ball ....

Miss Mary Ball

Miss Rena S. Ball

George E. Ballou

James Ballou ....

Miss Freda C. Bancroft

. Rochester, N. Y.

. Norwich, Conn.

. Boston

. Newfane, Vt.

. Wilhrnansett

. Springfield

. Millers Falls

. Springfield

. Westfield

. Springfield

. New York

. Holyoke

. New Brighton, Staten Island

. Holyoke

. Manchester, N. H.

. New York

. Somerville

. Saratoga Springs, N. Y.

. St. Paul, Minn.

. Chicopee Falls

. Beverly

. Housatonic

. New Britain, Conn.

. Westfield, N. J.

. Springfield

. Hartford, Conn.

. Boston

. Hartford, Conn.

. Beverly

. New Haven, Conn.

. Lawrence

. Turners Falls

. Springfield

. Rockland

. Springfield

. Sunderland

. Worcester

. Springfield

. Los Angeles, Cal.

. Philadelphia

452

QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

Mrs. Martha Bates Smith Bard-
well Holyoke

Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Bardwell . Whately

Charles W. Barker .... Greenfield

Miss Ella B. Barker .... Springfield

Miss Helen A. Barker . . . Somerville

Miss Helen Mae Barker . . . Dorchester

George H. Barney Springfield

Charles H. Barrows .... Springfield
Mrs. Jeanie Raynor Barrows and

DAUGHTER Springfield

Mrs. a. D. Bartlett .... Brooklyn, N. Y.

Miss Alice E. Bartlett . . . New Rochelle, N. Y.

George P. Bartlett .... Brooklyn, N. Y.

Miss Marion W. Bartlett . . . Brooklyn, N. Y.

Mrs. Walter L. Bartlett . . . New Haven, Conn.

Miss Gertrude Bates .... Wellington, Vt.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Bayley Thomaston, Conn.

Charles A. Beaman .... Springfield

Miss Nancy E. Beebe .... Brooklyn, N. Y.

Mr. and Mrs. Belanger . . . Chicopee Falls

Oliver K. Belcher .... Chicopee

Mrs. William C. Belden . . . Springfield

Miss Dorothy Belden . . . Springfield

Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Belden . Whately

Miss Anna Belden Whately

Mr. and Mrs. Alvah N. Belding . Rockville, Conn.

Joseph Belisle Worcester

Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Bell . Southampton

Mrs. Aura Belleville .... Newport, N. H.

Norman A. Benard Fairview

Mrs. Ray S. Benjamin .... Suffield, Conn.

Mrs. a. S. Bennett Beaufort, S. C.

Miss Grace A. Bennett . . . Beaufort, S. C.

Mr. and Mrs. Benoit .... Springfield

John Bergeson Boston

A. Catherine Berry .... Bar Mills, Me.

Miss M. E. Biddle Springfield

George A. Bigelow .... Philadelphia

Miss Jane A. Bigelow . . . Philadelphia

Miss Mayme E. Binns .... Gardner

Frank M. Bird Canton

Rev. Richard E. Birks . . . Deerfield

William Bliss Troy, N. Y.

Miss Bertha Bliss Troy, N. Y.

Miss Anna C. Bliss Philadelphia

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 453

Miss Sunshine Blyth .... New York

Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Bodman New York

Miss Alice Bolter Hartford, Conn.

Grey Boulton Lloyds, London, E.C., England

Charles Boyden Springfield

Dr. Joseph N. Boyer .... Springfield

Amos H. Brackett Oakdale

C. Ives Bradley Buffalo, N. Y.

Thomas F. Brady Austin, Texas

Miss Florence M. Branning . . Springfield

William J. Bray Ware

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Breault . Woonsocket, R. L

Henry M. Brewster ... Springfield

Mrs. Esther Day Brickett . . West Springfield

Joseph C. Bridgman .... Hyde Park

Mrs. E. a. Bridgman .... Syracuse, N. Y.

RuTHVEN Bridgman .... Belchertown

James Briggs Philadelphia, Pa.

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Brock . Lynn

Charles Brodeur Bridgeport, Conn.

Miss Eloise Brome Suffield, Conn.

George W. Brooks Chicopee Falls

William F. Brooks Granville

Mrs. Alice T. Brown .... Springfield

Charles H. Brown, Jr. ... Buffalo, N. Y.

Clifford Brown Cheshire, N. H.

Mrs. Henry Bush Brown . . . Milton

Lester T. Brown Shelburne Falls

Miss Maria Brown Springfield, Ohio

Nathan Brown New York

Paul F. Brown St. Louis, Mo. 1

Frederick W. Bruggerhof . . Noroton, Conn. j

Mrs. Orville C. Brush . . .• Holyoke i i

James A. Bryan, Jr Springfield !

M. A. Bryant Winnipeg, Canada

John Buchanan Londonderry, Ireland

Walter E. Buck Conway <

Bernard Buckley Troy, N. Y.

Fred W. Buddemeyer .... Grand Rapids, Mich. '

Mrs. Sarah M. Bull .... Winsted, Conn.

George L. Bullard Spencer

Mrs. Jeannette Brewer Bullard Spencer

Byron A. Burdick . ■ . . . . Springfield

Rudolph Burgess New York

Miss Annie Burke Maiden

James M. Burke Greenfield

454

QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

Thomas F. Burke
Mrs. Ida H. Burnett
Mrs. E. N. Burnham
Miss Josephine E. Burns .
Mrs. Charles C. Burr .
Miss Urania S. Burrows
Peter Bursie ....
Mrs. Belle M. Burt . .
Esbon J. Burt ....
Mrs. Henry M. Burt
Frank Hunt Burt .
Orsamus C. Burt
Mrs. L. W. Bush . . .
Arthur Gordon Butler and
Hunt M. Butler
George H. Cahill
John C. Calhoun
Raymond E. Cameron
John Campbell ....
Miss Mary Campion .
Eugene F. Cantrell
William J. Cantwell
Mrs. Walter N. Capen
Rene J. Cardinal
Martha Falconer Latimer

Carlisle

Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Carl

John M. A. Carmody

Herbert L. Carpenter

Peter Carrier

Herbert A. Carson

Rev. John Burr Carruthers

George W. Carter .

Richard C. Carvel .

J. Preston Carver, M.D.

Miss Mary T. Casey . .

Karl E. Casey ....

Miss Ella G. Cashuff .

Mrs. Peter K. Cashuff

Miss Grace Caswell

Mr. and Mrs. George B. Casw

James W. Cavanaugh

Herbert H. Chabot

Miss Jennie Chabot

Roy Chambers ....

SON

sle

Springfield
Chicopee Falls
New Dorchester
Holyoke
Newton Center
Shelburne Falls
Baltimore, Md.
Springfield
Westfield
Newton
Newton
Plainfield
Brookline, Vt.
Caldwell, N. J.
Pittsburg, Pa.
Meriden, Conn.
St. Louis, Mo.
Providence, R. L
Brattleboro, Vt.
Waterbury, Conn.
Greenfield
New York
Noroton, Conn.
Woburn, Mass.

New Haven, Conn.
New Haven, Conn.

. Holyoke

. Baltimore, Md.

. Boston

. Utica, N. Y.

. South Deerfield

. Arhngton, N. J.

. Chicago, 111.

. Simsbury, Conn.

. Springfield

. Westfield

. Keene, N. H.

ELL Boston

. Chicopee Falls

. Worcester

. Westfield

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

455

ARK

Mr. and Mrs. George R. Chamber-
lain

Lillian G. Chandler ....

Arthur B. Chapin

Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Chapman .

Emil Charland

Mrs. Emilie G. Chase ....
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Chase . . .

Fred W. Cheever

Sylvia Le Chestnut ....
Henshaw B. Chilson ....
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Cissel .

Francis Clapp

Mrs. Elizabeth A. Claflin.

Thomas J. Clair

Mr. and Mrs. George P. Clark

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney W. Clark

Mrs. Sidney L. Clark

Miss Susan Tyler Clark .

Miss Alice Clark

Edward Clark ....

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin B. Cl.^

Charles Hopkins Clark

Mrs. Clifford Enoch Clark

Edward J. Clark

Mr. and Mrs. Ezra E. Clark

EsTus G. Clark and family

Howard W. Clark .

Mr. and Mrs. Lyman N. Clark

Mrs. Robert L. Clark .

Master Robert Clark

Wells C. Clark ....

Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Clark .

Inez E. Clark ....

Col. Isaac Edwards Clarke

James A. Clarke

Miss Louise AVatson Clarke

William E. Clavez .

Mrs. T. S. Cleaveland .

Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cluny .

William B. Coburn

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick I. Codding

Lillian Pansy Codding

Edward W. Cole

Leicester Collins

John J. Collins ....

New Haven, Conn.

Woodstock, Mass.

Holyoke

Springfield

Montreal

North Uxbridge

Holyoke

Worcester

Mexico

New York

Kenil worth, D. C.

South Deerfield

Springfield

Hoosick Falls, N. Y.

Windsor Locks, Conn.

Hartford, Conn.

Washington, D. C.

Lowell

Hartford, Conn.

Milford, Conn.

Westfield

Springfield

Westfield

Central Falls, R. I.

Westfield

Springfield

New Haven, Conn.

Washington, D. C.

Springfield

New York

Hartford, Conn.

Springfield

Dorchester

East Hartford, Conn.

Conway

Worcester

New York

Springfield

456 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

Mrs. Fred G. Colton .... New York

Robert N. Cone New Haven, Conn.

John M. Connery Bristol, R. I.

Joseph F. Connelly .... Springfield

Fred W. Connolly Dorchester

Charles H. Connor .... Schenectady, N. Y.

Mrs. Ellen C. Converse . . . Randolph

Frederick William Converse . Springfield

Joseph Coogan Waterbury, Conn.

Clarence V. Cook Athol

Edward A. Cook Barre

Lucien a. Cook Springfield

Orrin F. Cooley Springfield

Catherine M. Coolidge . . . Hudson

Mrs. Fred Coolidge .... Gardner

Laura J. Coolidge Hudson

Joseph F. Coombs Hartford, Conn.

James Cooney Wallingford, Conn.

Lucien V. Copeland .... Providence, R. L

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis T. Covell . Shelburne Falls

Mrs. George Coward .... Shelburne Falls

Mr. and Mrs. William P. Cox . Somerville

Mr. and Mrs. John P. Cregan . West Brookfield

Mr. and Mrs. Harry H.Crittenden Springfield

Benjamin B. Crocker .... Hartford, Conn.

James J. Crowley Little Falls, N. Y.

John Sayer Crowley .... Herford, Northamptonshire,

Neil Crowley New York [England

Edward C. Crosby Brattleboro, Vt.

William Bernard Cullen . . . Lonsdale, R. L

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney B. Curtis . Hartford, Conn.

Miss Mary L Dale Springfield

Edwin A. Davis Atlanta, Ga.

Mrs. Elvira E. Davis .... West Chesterfield, N. H.

Mrs. Mattie J. Davis .... Springfield

Theodore R. Davis .... Springfield

Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Davis . . . Springfield

Hiram Day West Springfield

Mrs. William P. Derby . . . Springfield

WiNFRED P. Derby Springfield

Misses Margaret and Helen

Dewey Hartford, Conn.

Miss Minnie A. Dewey . . . Pittsfield

Perley Hyde Dexter .... Springfield

Mr. and Mrs. James W. Delaney Brooklyn, N. Y.

Ira Dimock Hartford, Conn.

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

457

Mrs. a. E. Dix Hinsdale, N. H.

Dr. Charles Ditson .... Millers Falls
Mrs. Mercy E. Do.\ne .... Athol

John J. Donelan Springfield

James J. Donnovan .... Springfield

Mr. AND Mrs. Michael H. Donovan Lowell

John Dooley New York

Thomas M. Dorsey Waterbury, Conn.

Mrs. Harriet Parsons Doubleday Rutherford, N. J.
Edward C. Douglas .... Springfield

Fred W. Downer Syracuse, N. Y.

Michael J. Downey .... Springfield
Mrs. Louisa Drake .... Chicopee Falls

James G. Driscoll Whitinsville

Mr. and Mrs. Luther A. Drury . Newburyport

Frederick Drury Rutland

Ellen H. Duggan Hartford, Conn.

Mary E. Duggan Hartford, Conn.

James Dumphey Unionville, Conn.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Duncan Indian Orchard

John Dundon Hartford, Conn.

William Duperrault .... Westfield

George A. Eastwood .... Boston

Mr. and Mrs. George W. Eddy . West Newton

Mrs. Zachary Eddy .... Clifton Springs, N. Y.

Henry C. Edgerton .... Springfield

Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Edson . Springfield

Oliver Edwards U. S. N.

Miss Annie L. Edwards . . . Scarborough-on-Hudson,
Charles S. Edwards .... Springfield [N. Y.

Wilbert H. Edwards .... Springfield
Mrs. Lucy M. Elliot .... Springfield
Levi Henry Elwell .... Amherst
Edward N. Emerson .... New York

Dorothy Evans Pittsburg, Pa.

Mrs. L Mortimer Everest . . . Albany, N. Y.
Francis O. Everett .... Sherborn
Mrs. Clifford Emmons Fales . Athol
Mr. and Mrs. William O. Faxon . Stoughton

Fred M. Feiker Worcester

Mrs. S. Y. Fenno Boston

William S. Fernald .... Revere
Mr. and Mrs. E. Hayward Ferry Boston

Robert W. Field Springfield

Ruth A. Field Springfield

Mrs. John Wesley Finch . . . North Brookfield

458

QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

John J. Finn

Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Fisher

Miss Lena Fitzgerald .

Catherine D. Flannagan

Glover Fletcher

Mrs. Matthew Flood

Catherine A. Foley

Hannah Foley

John B. Foley

Benjamin D. Foot

Mary A. Foot

Mrs. Frank M. Foote .

Arthur Fortier

Edward V. Foster .

Horatio A. Foster .

Nathan Foster, 3d .

Clovis N. B. Fournier

Mrs. Benjamin R. Franklin

Mrs. Peter Franzen

Mrs. Robert A. Fraser

Mrs. Eliza Strong P'reed

Harry Freeman

Mr. and Mrs. James M. French

Mr. and Mrs. G. L. R. French

Miss Bella P. Fried

Philo F. Fuller

Charles N. Gabb .

Edward J. Gallivan

William A. Gamwell

John J. Gardner

Harold F. Garrettson

Margaret Garvey

Mrs. Herbert L. Gates

Frank L. Gaunt

Louis J. Gauthier

William F. Gawllagher

Miss Ivy A. Gearhart

Emil Gerhard

Harold and Leslie Gibbs

Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Gifford

Mrs. Jane L. Gilbert

Mrs. S. V. Gilbert .

Miss Rose Gilfillan

Andrew M. Gillespie

Dr. Harry Gilman .

Mrs. Joseph H. Gilpin

Conn.
Conn.
Conn.
N. Y.

South Manchester, N. H.

Cabery, 111.

Sherburne, N. Y.

Hartford, Conn.

Brookfield

Springfield

New Haven,

Schenectady,

Pittsfield

Chester Center

St. Louis, Mo.

New York

Philadelphia, Pa.

Springfield

Turners Falls

Springfield

Westfield

Cleveland, Ohio

Boston

Springfield

Hartford, Conn.

Chester, Vt.

Collinsville, Conn.

Somerville

Providence, R. I.

Milford

Springfield

New York

Orange

Springfield

St. Louis, Mo.

Van Wert, Ohio

Niagara Falls, N. Y,

North Blandford

Brookline, Vt.

Providence, R. I.

North Brookfield

New York

Utica, N. Y.

Boston

Ballston Spa, N. Y.

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

459

John L. Gloster

Charles Glover

Julius B. Goddard

Miss M. G. Godfrey

Dr. Thomas F. Godfrey

Mrs. C. C. Goland .

Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Golby

Andrew S. Goodell

Benjamin U. Gough

Charles P. Grant

Miss Flora Grant

Albert Graves .

Bertha M. Graves

Charlotte E. Graves

Leonard M. Graves

Mrs. John Graves

Clara Annie Green

George Greene .

Levi A. Greene .

Miss Annie Greenleaf

Thomas Montgomery Gregory

Mr. and Mrs. William Grennon

James D. Griffin

Patrick J. Griffin .

Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Grisbach

Harry L. Griswold

Mrs. Annie K. Gruendler

Mrs. George E. Guild .

Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Haake

Josephine M. Hackett

Miss Marie J. Hackett

Miss Margaret Haddow

Mrs. William J. Hall .

Dr. Gordon Hall

Mr. and Mrs. Rev. George A. Hall

Bessie H. Hall .

Frederick H. Hall .

Mrs. Helen M. Hall

James E. Hall

Joseph H. Hall .

Mrs. Mary Derby Hall

Miss Minnie E. Hall

Mrs. M. L. Hall

Raymond J. Hall

Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hall

Waterbury, N. Y.

Springfield

Boston

Nevada City, Nev.

Springfield

Richmond, Va.

Newark, N. J.

Orange

Thringstone, Leicester,

Boston [England

Boston

Springfield

Syracuse, N. Y.

Providence, R. L

Springfield, Vt.

Washington, D. C.

New York

North Attleboro

Gardner

Bordentown, N. J.

Newark, N. J.

Hartford, Conn.

Springfield

Valley Falls, R. I.

New Haven, Conn.

Bradford, 111.

Springfield

Scranton, Pa.

Newton

Springfield

Suffield, Conn.

North Adams

Agawam

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Peabodv

Taunton

Springfield

Wallingford, Conn.

Providence, R. I.

Springfield

Wallingford, Conn.

Springfield

Wallingford , Conn .

Wallingford, Conn.

460 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

William S. Hamel Springfield

iMARY Genevieve Hammond . . Bedford, Ohio

Charles W. Haney Brooklyn, N. Y.

Thomas Hannifin . . . . . Hartford, Conn.
Leon M. Hannaford .... Lynn
H. Alfred Hansen .... Newton

Miss Mary Harrigan .... Turners Falls
Miss Grace Harris . . " . . Colrain
Mrs. Helen C. Harris .... Chicago, 111.

Herbert A. Harris Agawam

Charles H. Hart Syracuse, N. Y.

Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Hart . . . Springfield

Mrs. p. H. Hart Newington Junction, Conn.

Mary L. Hartnett Springfield

Ethel S. Harvey Springfield

Harriet Ferry Strong Harvey . Springfield

Nettie F. Haskins West Lonsdale, R. L

Edward N. Haskell .... Springfield

Mrs. James Hatch Bethel, Vt.

Charles L. Hathaway .... Orange
William Bryan Haug .... New York
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Hawley Maiden

Emma E. Hayden Springfield

Erwin Hayden Roxbury

Joel Hayden, Jr Boston

Thomas Hayes Washington, D. C.

Miss Elizabeth Healy .... Springfield

Mr. and Mrs. Herman Heinritz . Holyoke

Miss Carlotta E. Hemenway . . Edgewood, R. L

Mr. and Mrs. Loring S. Hemenway Edgewood, R. L

Ralph E. Henderson .... Worcester

Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Hennessey New Britain, Conn.

John F. Hennessey .... Washington, D. C.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henry . Worcester

George Henry Rochester, N. Y.

James Herbert, Jr. .... Tampa, Fla.

Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Herrick . . Brattleboro, Vt.

Mrs. Georgie D. Hersey . . . Springfield

Mr. and Mrs. George Hibbard . Hartford, Conn.

Leonard J. Hibbard .... Boston

Rev. Edward D. Hickey . . . Springfield, Vt.

Arthur G. Hiersche .... Ludlow

Mrs. Annette J. Clapp Higgins . South Coventry, Conn.

James H. Higgins Sj^ringfield

Miss Mabel Higgins .... North Blandford
William S. Higgins, M.D. . . . South Coventry, Conn.

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

461

Miss Mary Jane Higgins .
William Higgins . . . .
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hill .
Mrs. Frederick J. Hillman
William J. Hillman
Albert Wallace Hills
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Hines
Henry L. Hines . . . .

Herbert W. Hirst . . . .
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B

Fall River
Fall River
Athol
Springfield
Holyoke
Lorain, Ohio
Springfield
Springfield
New Bedford
Hitchcock

Springfield

New Haven, Conn.

Lynn

Springfield

Westfield

Geneva, N.

Irving B. Hitchcock

Mrs. Annie W. Hobb

Clement H. Hodge .

Thomas A. Holland

Mrs. William R. Holliday

Stephen W. Hopkins

Mrs. W. S. B. Hopkins and daughter

Worcester
William M. Hopler
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hosley
Mr. and. Mrs. J. H. Houston
H. WoLCOTT Howard
Mary J. Howard
Archibald M. Howe
Miss Elvira T. Howes
Mrs. Ella Biddle Hoyt
Howard H. Hoyt
John Hudson
Frank R. Huebler .
Mr. and Mrs. George Huey
Mrs. Ellen Tappan Hulett
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur N. Hull
Albert S. Hulse
Frank E. Hunt .

Miss Nellie Hurley
Avon J. Huxley
Frank E. Huxley
Joseph R. Huxley
Lewis S. Ingraham
George C. Ives
Thomas E. Jaques

Springfield

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Springfield

Cambridge

Springfield

Hartford, Conn.

Holyoke

Hartford, Conn.

Everett

Newburgh, N. Y.

Greenfield

Providence, R. I.

Springfield

Schenectady, N. Y.

New York

Boston

New York

Springfield

Mt. Carmel, Conn.

New Bedford

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Curtis James New York
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Jewett . Salem
Sarah Hart Phelps Jewett . . Springfield
Paul H. S. Johnson .... Naugatuck, Conn.

462 QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

Mrs. R. a. Johnstone .... Springfield

Paul W. Jones Thringstone, Leicester,

Miss vS. M. E. Jones .... Beverly [England

John T. Joyce Springfield

Francis N. Judge Worcester

Miss Agnes Judson Bridgeport, Conn.

Mr. and Mrs. George W. Keeler . Cheshire, Conn.

Mrs. J. J. Kallaugher .... Kingston, Ont.

Daniel F. Kane Montpelicr, Vt.

John Kane Springfield

Mrs. a. Karlman Terryville, Conn.

Miss Mary W. Karlman . . . Terryville, Conn.

Everett Keach Texas

Moses Breck Kelton .... Waltham
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin C. Kennard

Meriden, Conn.

John P. Kennedy Troy, N. Y.

John Kiernan . . . . ' . . New Britain, Conn.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Nelson Kimball Brookline

James D. Kimbali West Burke, Vt.

Mrs. Anna L. King Beverly

Charles A. King Beverly

Florence M. King Hinsdale, N. H.

Miss G. Josephine King . . . Agawam

Mrs. J. F. King New York

Edward A. Kingsley .... Boston

Frances K. Kingsley .... Springfield

Helen C. Kingsley New York

John C. Kingsley Springfield

Albert C. Kinney Milford

Austin P. Kirkham .... New Haven, Conn.

Fred Kirsch and family . . . New York

Florence Kneeland .... Springfield

Clara L. Knight West Springfield

Miss Grace L. Knowles . . . Springfield

Henry Kron Shelburne Falls

Charles D. Kunze Paterson, N. J.

Mr. and Mrs. Warren O. Kyle . Newtonville

Mrs. W. B. Labatt Galveston, Tex.

Arthur E. Labigne New York

Grace Anderson Labounty . . Orange

William Lacey Hartford, Conn.

Mrs. Harriet Braman Lacore . Springfield

Edward Landers Keene, N. H.

Mrs. Lena M. Landry .... Springfield

George M. Landry Springfield

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

463

Ernest Lapointe

Mrs. Eugenie Lavigne .

James J. Lawler

Walter H. Lawler .

Eva B. Lawrence

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Lay

Helen W. Lea ....

James A. Leach ....

>Irs. Cyrene Lewis Le Due

James Lee

Mrs. Judson L. Lee .

William H. Lee

Mrs. John Leggett

John F. Lennon

Miss Seraphine E. Letourneau

Miss Anna M. Lewis

Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Lewis

Nelle Lewis

Miss Lily May Lightfoot

Mattie Little

Mrs. Harriette Dwight Longley

Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Loomis

James Lee Loomis

Miss Mary Lyman

Benjamin Smith Lyman

QuARTus A. Lyman .

William Lester Lyman

James H. Lyons, Jr.

John J. Lyons

Louise Macomber

James R. Mackenzie

John L. Madden

Stephen K. Madden

Mrs. Florence G. Madden

Mrs. J. W. Madison

John Magee, Jr.

Alphonse Major

William B. Maloy

Judson Marble .

William D. Marcy

Mrs. Charles S. Marsh

Mrs. Francis W. Marsh

Harold C. Marsh

Frank R. Marshall

Mrs. Lucy Martin

Nelson Martin .

Worcester

North Brookfield

Winsted, Conn.

Hyde Park

Hartford, Conn.

Springfield

State Line, Mass.

Windsor Locks, Conn.

Springfield

Colorado Springs, Col

Westfield

Lowell

Rutland, Vt.

Boston

Springfield

North Adams

Wallingford, Conn.

Oshkosh, Kans.

Attica, Ind.

Belchertown

Granby, Conn.

Hartford, Conn.

Brookline

Philadelphia

New Haven, Conn

Syracuse, N. Y.

Springfield

New York

Boston

Newark, N. J.

Brooklvn, N. Y.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Peterboro, N. H.

Port Jefferson, L. L

Meriden, Conn.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Springfield

Orange

Hartford, Conn.

Springfield

Bridgeport, Conn.

New Milford, Conn.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

England

Ansonia, Conn.

464

QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Martin
Cotton Mather, Jr.
Horace E. Mather .
Charles E. W. Matthews
Emilia Mauzano

Robert A. Mayham

Howard E. McAllaster

Daniel T. McCarthy

James A. McCarthy

Mrs. a. S. McClean

Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McConville

Katherine H. McDonnell

Joseph McGowan

Agnes I. McGrath

Edward S. McGrath

Robert McKeown

Arthur McKay .

Misses Mary and Annette McLane

John J. McLaughlin

Mary McLaughlin .

Harry McLeod

Norman McLeod

Robert McLeod

Helen McMahon

Mrs. p. C. McMahon

Mary McMahon . . .

Miss Nemia Meacham

Arthur K. Merrill .

Helen C. Merrill

Henry A. Merrill .

Carlton R. Merry .

Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Merry

Mrs. Emma F. Merwin .

Miss Anna B. Miller

Mr. and Mrs. Chandler E.

Mrs. Edwin Miller

Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Miller

Mrs. Emma H. Miller

Dr. Eli P. Miller .

Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Miller

John E. Miller .

Laura Miller

Matthew Cliffe Miller

Mr. and Mrs. Nathan F. Miller

Mary W. Milliken .

ller

Glens Falls, N. Y.
Concord
Hartford, Conn.
Danielson, Conn.
Merida, Yucatan,

Mexican Republic
Trenton, N. J.
Winnetka, 111.
Winnipeg, Man.
Hartford, Conn.
Springfield
Schenectady, N. Y.
Holyoke
Westfield

East Chatham, N. Y.
Denver, Col.
Portland, Ore.
Norwich University
Boston
Turners Falls
Millers Falls
Washington, D. C.
Washington, D. C.
Washington, D. C.
North Adams
North Adams
North Adams
Dalton

Haverhill, N. H.
Haverhill, N. H.
Haverhill, N. H.
Springfield
Springfield
Clinton, Conn.
Hartford, Conn.
Hartford, Conn.
Springfield
Avon, Conn.
Scottsville, N. Y.
New York
Bloomfield, Conn.
Oxford, N. Y.
Scottsville, N. Y.
New York
Bloomfield, Conn.
Bar Mills, Me.

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 465

Edwin V. Mitchell .... Hartford, Conn.

Florence A. and Edith L. Moody Springfield

Charles E. Moore Somerville

Chester S. Moore Brockton

Mrs. Gertrude L. Moore . . . Springfield
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Moore . . Springfield

Mrs. F. a. Moran West Winsted, Conn.

David A. Moran Springfield

Mrs. M. L. Morgan Ridgefield Park, N. J.

Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Morrissey . Montreal
Miss Julia Moynihan .... Springfield

Howard Mudie Springfield

John J. Mulcahey Hartford, Conn.

Mrs. H. B. Murlless .... Rockville, Conn.

Frank E. Murphy Burlington, Vt.

Mrs. George Nash and Miss Mar-
guerite Nash New York

Robert C. Needham .... Boulder, Col.

Mrs. D. E. Newell Attleboro

William Newman Galveston, Tex.

Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Newton . . Athol

Mrs. E. S. Niles Boston

Edith Nims Springfield

Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Nims . . . Athol

Ella M. Noble Minneapolis, Minn.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Noiseux . Thompsonville. Conn.

Sylvanus Nourse Williamsville

Charles Herbert Nutting . . Sharon

Mr. and Mrs. Elijah G. Nutting . Faribault, Minn.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Nutting Warehouse Point, Conn.

Hannah O'Brien Holyoke

Jeremiah F. O'Connor . . . Hartford, Conn.

Edward Offinger Johnstown, N. Y.

Julia O'Laughlin Minneapolis, Minn

Daniel O'Neil Keene, N. H.

Mrs. Clara I. Olney .... Chelsea

Mrs. Otto Olsen Rutland, Vt.

William Owens Shreveport, Ln.

Mrs. Juliette C. Page .... Meriden, Conn.
Mrs. Benjamin O. Paine . . . Millbury
Dr. L. A. Paquin . . . . . Worcester
Mrs. Alma Livermore Parent . Spokane, Wash.
Frank S. Parsons, M.D. . . . Dorchester
Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Parsons Roxbuiy
CoL. Joseph B. Parsons . . . Boston
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Parsons . Westfield

466

QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

Henry Parsons

Dr. and Mrs. Payn B. Parsons .
Phineas F. Parsons . . . .

Isaac S. Parsons

Miss Ellen Parsons . . . .
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Parsons

Henry S. Parsons

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Parsons
Mrs. William H. Parsons .
Mrs. F. F. Partridge . . . .
Miss Alice J. Pasco . . . .

Asa K. Patten, Jr

Mrs. William Patten . . . .

T. A. Patteson, Jr

William H. Patterson

Edward F. Payette . . . .

Herman H. Payne

Prof. Benjamin Mills Peirce

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Peix, Jr.

Alice M. Pelissier .

William J. Pelissier

George W. Penfield

Mrs. F. F. Percival.

Arthur L. Perreault .

Mrs. Amy S. C. Perry .

Edward Clark Perry .

Fred J. Perry

Mrs. Helen Clapp Perry

Mrs. Henrietta Perry

Mrs. H. a. Perry . .

Frank W. Phelps

Harold D. Phelps .

Mrs. Helen E. Phelps .

Miss Helen L. Phelps .

Samuel A. Phelps

Helen Crosby Pierce .

Miss Nellie O. Pierce .

Henry G. Piquette .

Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Pomeroy

George Eltweed Pomeroy

Dr. G. E. Pomeroy . .

Mrs. H. B. Pomeroy

Dr. W. H. Pomeroy

Mrs. Nellie Cook Porter

Rena Porter .

Mrs. Warren M. Porter

Washington, D. C.
New York
Providence, R. I.
Newtonville
New York
Newfane, Vt.
Seymour, Conn.
Lakeville, Conn.
Springfield
Holyoke
Springfield
Springfield
Nashua, N. H.
New York
Salem
Springfield
Springfield
Cambridge
Danbury, Conn.
Maiden
Maiden

New Britain, Conn.
Santa Clara, Cal.
Montreal, Canada
Springfield
Springfield
Bellows Falls, Vt.
Bridgewater
Peterboro, N. H.
Walpole, N. H.
Wallingford, Conn.
West Springfield
Somerville, N. J.
West Springfield
Prince Bay, N. Y.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Rutland
New Bedford
Springfield
Toledo, Ohio-
Hartford, Conn.
Cortland, N. Y.
Hartford, Conn.
Melrose

Walpole, N. H.
Walpole, N. H.

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 467

Ida H. Powers Salem

Mary H. Power Springfield

Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Prentiss Roxbury

Mr. and Mrs. William A. Pringle Holvoke

Mrs. E. E. Prior Pittsfield

Isabella J. Proctor .... Valencia, Spain

Frank L. Pulaski Detroit, Mich.

Bert F. Putnam Athol

Mrs. Nellie Estelle Quimby . . Athol

Frank E. Quinlan Westfield

John J. Rafferty Marlboro

Fred E. Raleigh Springfield

Grenville E. Read .... Providence, R. I.

William W. Read Greenwich, Conn.

Robert R. Regan vSpringfield

William Reilly ..... Warsaw, N. Y.

Beatrice W. Rice North Adams

Jane L. Rice North Adams

Mrs. Miriam C. Richards . . . Marlboro

Mrs. Walter D. Richardson . . Somerville, N. J.

Mrs. William C. Richardson . . New4onville

Daniel F. Rieger Lenox

George B. Riley Springfield

Mr. and Mrs. John E. Riley . . Springfield

Miss Helen Clark Riley . . . Springfield

Horace A. Ring Walpole, N. H.

Mrs. Eliza D. Ripley .... Springfield

Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop A. Risk . Providence
Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Rocheleau Worcester

Arthur E. Rock Springfield

Sherman Van Ness Rockefeller Hudson, N. Y.

George H. Rockwell .... Springfield

Charles E. Rogers .... Ashuelot, N. H.

Miss Dorothy Rogers .... vScarborough-on-Hudson,

N. Y.

Miss Fannie E. Rogers . . . Scarborough -on-Hudson,

N. Y.

Mrs. J. Warren Rogers . . . Scarborough-on-Hudson,

N. Y.

Walter Clifford Ross . . . Springfield

Arthur Rowan Wakefield

Frank Rowley Fitchburg

Mrs. Robert Ruddy .... Worcester

Louis F. Ruder Boston

Alma G. Russell Oakham

Mrs. E. E. Russell Springfield

468

QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

George A. Russell

Herbert A. Russell

Mrs. Ida E. Russell

Mrs. L. M. Russell

Schuyler H. Rust .

Miss Anna Ryan

Mrs. E. M. Ryan.

Mrs. p. L. D. Ryder

Mrs. Emma J. Sackett

Mrs. Clara Sawyer

George W. Sawyer

Minnie J. Say

Daniel Scannell

Michael Scannell .

Mrs. Henry Schafmeister

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Schmidt

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Schneid

Samuel Spencer Scott

James M. Searl .

Mary B. Searl

Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Searle

Theodore R. Sehl

Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Sergeant

Miss Caroline B. Sergeant

Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Shaw

Harrison S. Shaw

Anna J. Shea

Charles Shepherd .

William A. Sikes

Miss Louise M. Sims

Cedric p. Sinley

Mrs. George P. Sisson .

Mrs. F. W. J. Sizer . .

Mrs. Walter A. Skinner

Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. Smith

Mr. and Mrs. Arnet C. Smith

Miss Bessie L. Smith

Carrie Lathrop Smith .

Charles Smith ....

Mrs. Charles P. Smith .

Dr. Charles E. Smith

Misses Alice and Florence Smith

Mrs. Ford Smith

Mrs. Charles F. Smith

Charles P. Smith

Worcester

Springfield

Wallingford, Conn.

Worcester

New Brunswick, N. J.

Brooklyn

Boston

Hartford, Conn.

Springfield

Whitingham, Vt.

Springfield

Hartford, Conn.

Lynn

Windsor Locks, Conn.

Ossining, N. Y.

Athol

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Cranford, N. J.

West New Brighton, N. Y.

Westfield

Meriden, Conn.

Boston

Brookline

Somers, Conn.

Meriden, Conn.

Springfield

Nashua, N. H.

Hartford, Conn.

Bennington, Vt.

Turnerville, Conn.

New Haven, Conn.

Lynn

Springfield

Mt. Vernon, N. Y.

Fort Wayne, Ind.

St. Louis, Mo.

New York

Concord, N. H.

Athol

Springfield

St. Louis, Mo.

Athol

Springfield

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

469

Clarence W. Smith

Frank H. Smith .

Miss Hattie M. Smith

John Smith

Maurice H. Smith

Olive C. Smith

Sarah P. Smith .

William H. Smith and family

Mr. and Mrs. Alden G. Snell

Mrs. George H. Snow ....

John Soule

Edward Southwick

Miss Marion L. Sparks ....
Mrs. Sarah Braman Spenler .
Mrs. W. a. Sprague ....

Mrs. a. E. Spurr

Mrs. R. N. Staab

Miss Sarah E. Stallwood .
Mrs. Florence A. T. Stanaru .

Will C. Stanleigh

Charles M. Starkweather

Mr. and Mrs. William E. Steele

Rev. Charles Augustus Stoddard
Mrs. Thirza M. Colton Stone

George H. Strickland . . . .
Mr. and Mrs. Asa L. Strong .

Ernest E. Strong

Mrs. Fannie Strong

Henry S. Strong.

Joseph L. Strong

Robert Strong .

Wilson B. Strong

Mrs. Alice J. Strout

Frederic W. Sullivan

Michael Sullivan

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J.

Owen Sullivan .

Edward H. Swift

Robert B. Talbot, M.D

George W. Tapley .

Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Tapley

Jessie F. Tapley

Miss Elizabeth S. Tappan

Miss Elizabeth W. Tappan

JosiAH S. Tappan

llivan

Orange, Conn.

New Haven, Conn.

New York

Oakland, Cal.

Hartford, Conn.

Orange, Conn.

Melrose Highlands

Buffalo, N. Y.

Springfield

Laconia, N. H.

Little Shasta, Cal.

Salem

New Haven, Conn.

Meriden, Conn.

Somerville

Mt. Washington

Worcester

Hagersville, Ont.

Le Rov, N. Y.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Hartford, Conn.

Wethersfield, Conn.

New York

Champlain, N. Y.

Bridgeport, Conn.

Suffield, Conn.

Springfield

Hartford, Conn.

Springfield

Georgetown, D. C.

Dorchester

Winchendon

Nashua, N. H.

Boston

Springfield

Manchester, Vt.

New York

Springfield

New York

Brookline

Roxburv

470

QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

Miss Mary S. Tappan. .

Irving Clarence Teahan

Edwin A. Taylor

Mr. and Mrs. Hiland H. Thay

L. Stanley Thayer .

Mrs. Christine Thayer

Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Thomas

Miss Robina L. Thomson

Edward Sweetser Tillotson

Le Roy E. Tillson

Mrs. M. B. Torrey

Alice I. Towne .

Frank L. Towne

Edward Townsend

Frank A. Tracy .

Donald Oilman Trow

William Clark Trow

Mrs. W. a. Trow

Mrs. William A. Trow, and two

children
Mr. and Mrs. Willard E. Tufts
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Tunnicliffe
Miss S. A. Turner .
Charles P. Tuthill .
Mrs. Charles H. Tuttle
Miss Mary Twohey .
Misses Mary and Frances
Mrs. Catherine E. Tyler
Miss Fannie M. Tyler .
Miss Julia Tyler
Miss Mary E. Tyler. .
Mrs. E. S. D. Vallentine
Anita Vanasse
Miss Edna M. Vanasse .
Ernest Vanasse .
Miss Georgie Vanderpool
Miss Marvin Vanderpool
Sylvia E. Van Etten
Maxine L. Van Etten .
Miss Elsie Wade
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E. Wakefield
George W. Walker
Mrs. J. E. Ware
James E. Warfield
Charles A. Warner
Joseph Warner .

Tyler

Brookline

New York

Nottingham, England

Springfield

Cambridge

Manchester, N. H.

Maiden

Manchester, N. H.

Wether sfield. Conn.

Springfield

Boston

Springfield

Windsor Locks, Conn.

Providence, R. I.

New York

Sherburne, N. Y.

Springfield

Athol

Brattleboro, Vt.

Schenectady, N. Y.

Paterson, N. J.

Worcester

New York

D anbury. Conn.

Waterbury, Conn.

Norwich, Conn.

Waterbury, Conn.

Springfield

Milwaukee, Wis.

Holyoke

Newtonville

Brattleboro, Vt.

New York

Chicago, 111.

Springfield

New York

NORTHAMPTON. MASSACHUSETTS 471

William Warner Athol

Mr. and Mrs. George L. Warriner Springfield

Mrs. Henry Todd Washburn . . Dorchester

Carl Tracy Washburn . . . Dorchester

Mrs. Claude E. Watkins . . . New York

William H. Webster .... Truxton, N. Y.

James H. Weeks Matteawan, N. Y.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Welch . Thompsonville, Conn.

Mr. and Mrs. George A. Wells . Englewood, N. J.

Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Wentworth . Pittsfield

Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Westcott . East Berlin, Conn.

Mrs. King F. Weyant .... Boston

Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Wheeler Springfield

Marie O. Wheeler Pittsfield

Portland, Me.

Springfield

Hartford, Conn.

Elizabeth Judd Whipple .

Mary H. Whipple

George W. B. Whitcomb

Mrs. Hattie Sherman White

Mrs. Laura Dufresne White

Mrs. Orphia White .

Stephen E. White

Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Whitehouse . Holyoke

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Whitehouse

Springfield

Miss Frances L. Whitney . . . Athol

Henry M. Whitney Branford, Conn.

Milton B. Whitney Westfield, Mass.

Roy Whitney Springfield

William F. Whittlesey . . . Hartford, Conn.

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse G. Wilcox . Newark, N. J.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Willard New Haven, Conn.

Mrs. Thomas Willard .... New York

Mrs. Effie A. Willey .... Winthrop

Arthur E. Williams .... Springfield

Sidney S. Williams Providence, R. I.

James W. Wilson Groton

Leslie A. Wilson Meriden, Conn.

Dorothy Scott Winslow . . . Chicago, 111.

Mrs. Fred L. Wood Springfield

Mrs. V. J. Wood Chester, Vt.

William A. Wood Boston

Mrs. D. L Woodbury .... Winchester, N. H.

Doris Woodbury Winchester, N. H.

Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Woodbury . Salem, N. H.

Marguerite L. Woodruff . . . New Haven, Conn.

Marcus M. Woods Woodville

472

QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

Charles K. Woodsum
Mrs. Abbie A. Wright .
Miss Frances E. Wright
Miss Jennie Wright
Mrs. Lucius G. Wright
Lewis H. Wright
Frederick A. Yeatman
Joseph Zarouski

Springfield

South Framingham

Feeding Hills

Athol

South Framingham

Springfield

New York

I HE late Judge Joseph Lyman, who read law in the office of
Major Hawley, relates an incident which is characteristic of the
man. It appears that Caleb vStrong was Major Hawley's col-
league from Northampton to the Provincial Congress, and on
returning from the eastern part of the state, found his associate at home
laboring under a great depression of mind, and expressing the appre-
hension that if the cause of the patriots should fail he would be hung.
Mr. Strong said in reply, "No, they will not probably hang more than
forty men, and you and I shall escape." This roused Major Hawley,
and he responded with all his old-time energy, "I would have you know.
Sir, that I am one of the first three." And the next day he made a
speech to the citizens of Northampton which contained sufficient treason
to ftilly justify his assertion.

What constitutes a state ?
Not high-raised battlement or labor'd mound,

Thick wall or moated gate ;
Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crown 'd ;

Not bays and broad-arm'd ports,
Where, laughing at thejstorm, rich navies ride;

Not starr'd and spangled courts.
Where low-brow'd baseness wafts perfume to pride.

No! — Men, high-minded men.
With powers as far above dull brutes endued,

In forest, brake or den.
As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ;

]\Ien, who their duties know.
But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain,

Prevent the long-aim 'd blow.
And crush the tyrant, while they rend the chain —

These constitute a state.

Sir William Jonks

A DISTINGUISHED NORTHAMPTON FAMILY

JosiAH D. Whitney and His Four So

JosiAH D. Whitney, Ju., LL.D

State Geologist of California,
i860; Professor of Geology
at Harvard College, 1865

William D\vk;ht Whitney

Professor of Sanskrit Lan-
guage and Literature at Yale
College, 1854; also Professor
of Comparative Philology

JosiAH D. Whitney
Many Years President Northampton Bank

James L. Whitney

Bookseller and Publisher: later
Assistant Librarian at Boston
Public Library

Henry M. Whitney
Professor of Rhetoric and English
Literature at Beloit College, Wis-
consin. Now Librarian at
Branford, Conn.

474

Cbcsc uicrc bonorcb in tbcii bap anb oc»fration anb acre the o<or'? of tJirir times. — Old Testament

Benjamin Tappan

and Mrs.

Sarah Homes Tappan

Judge Samuel Henshaw

and Mrs.

Martha Hunt Henshaw

Hon. Isaac C. Bates

and Mrs.

Martha Henshaw Bates

475

•?t man bic0, but bi^ name remain^

Samuel L. Hinckley
Sheriff of Hampsliire County, 1844-51

Major Josiah Dwight
Clerk of Hampshire Courts and State Treasurer

Mrs. Mary Woolsey Dwk.ht

Wife of Timothy Hvvieht, President
of Yale College

Timothy D\vk;ht
First President of that name at Yale College

Capt. Samtiel Parsons
Old Town Meeting Orator

lis

I^^^^^^E^^ T- .

^Mf *«» ■;.-.

(K ^?

OLD COURT-HOUSE GROUP— 1846

From left to right,
former Clerk of Courts;
Courts.

front — Giles C. Kellogg, former Register of Deeds; Solomon Stoddard,
Dr. Daniel Stebbins, retiring County Treasurer; Samuel Wells, Clerk of

In rear — Major Harvey Kirkland, Register of Deeds; Samuel F. Lyman, Register of Probate;
JoN.^THAN Hunt Butler, County Treasurer.

In extreme rear — portrait of Judge Joseph Lyman, hanging on wall.

Zbe Country iparson

AT church, with meek and unaffected grace,
His looks adorned the venerable place;
Truth, from his lips, prevail'd, with dovible sway,
And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.

E'en children followed, with endearing wile,

And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile.

Goldsmith's "Descried Village"

The proud he tam'd, the penitent he cheered ;

Nor to rebuke the rich offender feared.

His preaching much, but more his practice wrought,

( A living sermon of the truths he taught )

For this by rules severe his life was squared.

That all might see the doctrine which they heard.

Dryden's "Character of a Good Parson"

47S

A GROUP OF OLD PASTORS

Rev. Goedon Hall, D. D.
Pastor Edwards Church

Rev. Zachary Eddy, D. D.
Pastor First Church

Rev. Payson Williston
First Minister of Easthampton

Rev. .John Todd, n. D.
Pa.stor Edwards (Church

Rev. Michael E- Barry
Pastor St. Mary's Church

H. man be ujas to all the countrio ijcar.

479

■Goldsmith

THE Country Doctor. — He combined his duties
of doctor and apothecary. He pounded his own
drugs, made his own tinctures, prepared his
own infusions, and put up his own prescriptions.
When he rode out he knew the names and personal
history of the occupants of every house he passed.
Sunshine and rain, daylight and darkness, were alike
to him. With the exception of the minister and the
judge, he was the most important personage in the
town. — John B. McMaster

But not unto me be the praise. O Doctor ! O,
my guide, philosopher and friend! — Soutiiky

Thousands of journeys, night and day.

Weary, I've wandered, on my way.

To heal the sick, but now I'm gone —

A journey never to return.

Epitaph on tomb stone of Dr. Howland Dawes
at Cummington, Mass.

NORTHAMPTON DOCTORS OF THE PAST

Figures denote time of beginning practice here

Dk. Ebenezer Hunt — 1768

Dr. Gustavus D Peck 1848

Dr. David Hunt — 1794

Dr. Sylvester Graham — 1S20

Dr. Benjamin Barrett — 1823

Dn. D.^NiEL Thompson — 1837

Dr. James Dunlap — 1848 Dr. Edward E. Denniston — 1835 Dr. Charles L. Knowlton — 1868

481

Lawyers are needful to keep us out of the law.

Proverbs

Law has her seat in the bosom of God ; her voice
is the harmony of the world. — Anon

As to be perfectly just is an attribute in the Divine
Nature, to be so to the utmost of our abilities is the
glory of a man. Such an one, who has the public
administration, acts like the representative of his
Maker. — Addison

There is perhaps no profession, after that of the
sacred ministry, in which a higher-toned morality is
more imperatively necessary than in that of the law.
High moral principle is his only safe
guide; the only torch to light his way amidst dark-
ness and obstruction. It is like the spear of the
guardians of Paradise —

" No falsehood can endure
Touch of celestial temper but returns
Of force to its own likeness."

Judge George Sharswood

482

SOME OF NORTHAMPTON'S NOTEWORTHY CONTRIBUTIONS

To the Bar and Bencli

Judge Charles A. Dewey

Judge Samuel T. Spaulding

Judge Joseph Lyman

.f^i^:Jk^

OSMYN BaKEH

Judge Samuel Howi

Judge William Alle>

Haynes H. Chilson

483

Charles Delano

SOME OF THE RESPECTED OLDER MEN OF THE PAST

Figures denote time of beginning service here

JosiAH Parsons — 1828

Capt. Jonathan Brewster — 1840

Coi.. Thomas Pomeroy — 1813

Paul Strong — 1832

Dea. Eliphalet Williams — 1820

Samuel W. Lee — 1827

David B. Whitcomb — 1822

(dbc ]li?oar? iCfcab is a Crown of <!Blor)?. — Scripture

484

REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF THEIR TIME

Lewis J. Dudley

Henry Shepherd

William Clark

Erasti's Hopkins

Henkv Bright

(3Ebe BtDcct remembrance of the iust
§baH flourisb tuben be sleeps m Dust.

Gen. Luke Lyman

v^ :

Oliver Warner

485

SOME REPRESENTATIVE NORTHAMPTON BUSINESS MEN

Who ha\K ioiiiEb tbc "tlBrcat .JlStaiontp"

Figures denote time of beginning service here

Dea. Daniel Kingsley — 1830

Webster Herrick — 1827

Silas M. Smith— 1828

Jonathan Hunt Butler — 1828

Seth Hunt— 1835

William F. Arnold — 1839

Col. Justin Thayer — 1834

Marvin M. French — 1835

" j^auobt but tbe mcrn'r? of the lust
.^mcHs fiujcrt anb bloosoms in tbc trust."

486

MORE OF THE GREAT CLOUD OF WITNESSES

Figures denote time of beginning service here

Lafayette Maltby — 1858

Sidney Strong — 1S35

Edward P. Copeland — 1803

^iti^iji

Major Henry A. Longley — 1860

William M. Gaylord — 1860

WiNTHROP Hillyer — 1842

Dr. Austin W. Thompson — 1854 Theodore Rust — 1823 William F.Pratt — 1830

3 am caUrD aujap b^ particular busincas, but J Icalic mp cbarattrr bchinb nir. — Sheridan

487

Zbc ®IJ5 ^Familiar jFaces

I have had playmates, I have had companions,

In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days;

All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

Charles Lamb

488

MORE OF THE GREAT ARMY MILITANT AND TRIUMPHANT

Figures denote time of beginniiiK service here

Gen. Benjamin E. Cook — 1827 Dea. William< H Stoddard — 1822 Capt. Enos Parsons — 1835

Capt. Edwin C. Clark — 1847

Luther Bodman — 1864

Dea. Addison J. Lincoln — 1856

JosEPHus Crafts — 1866 David W. Crafts — 1849 Col. George Shepard — 1818

-Cfteia fougbt a goob fiobt anb hcpt tbc faiti).
489

AND THESE WERE OF A GOOD SPIRIT

Figures denote time of beginning .service here

Oliver Warner, Jr. — 1839

Ch.^rles Smith — 1828

Ch.\rles B. Kingsley — 1849

TTexhy H. Bond— 1870

Ansel Wright — 1823

Henry Dikeman — 1845

Henry Childs — 1833 Dr. Thomas W. Meekin.s— 1850

■?C man of undcrstanDino is of an cvccUcnt sjiiiit. — .Scriptukk

490

MEN OF FORCE AND ORIGINALITY OF CHARACTER

Figures denote time of beginning service here

'-.lif'&iZ' :«--.'.&; c -ExikZl^smi

Waldo H. Whitcomb — 1861

Smith Cakh — 1862

Prof. George Kingsley — 1830

Capt. Mark H. Spauldixg — 18.57

Michael Williams — 182.3

Jo.sFPH Hebert — 1883

.Joseph Warner — 1841

iy?c ttias not mcrciP a chip of tfic oJb bloch, be uias the bloch itsdf. — Lord Pitt

491

When I remember all

The friends so linked together,
I've seen around me fall,

Like leaves in wintry weather,
I feel like one who treads alone

Some banquet hall deserted.
Whose lights are fled, whose garlands dead.

And all but he departed.

Moore

492

SOME OF THE FLORENCE VETERANS

Samuel A. Bottum

Charles C.'Burleigh

George H. Ray

Horace K. Parsons

Austin Ross^

John F. Warner

James D. Atkins Gen. John L. Otis Stephen B. Fuller

ifor tf)e mEm'rp of tht lust lilies in cVicrlastirifl fame.

493

*'^be Great /llbajorlt\2"

Nothing now is left but a majestic lnelnor^^

Longfellow

To li\-e in hearts we leave behind is not to die.

Campbell

^be Denerable ILivinci

Age sits with decent grace upon his visage,
And worthily becomes his silver locks.
Who wears the marks of many years well spent.
Of \-irtuc, truth well tried, and wise experience.

ROWE

494

OLDEST BUSINESS MEN IN NORTHAMPTON, NOW LIVING

Figures denote when they began business here

James H. Searle — 1840

Oscar Edwards — 1852

Sidney E. Bridgman — 1844

t.„>*^^ :*-

Henry S. Gere — 1845

Lucius Dimock — 1847

Christopher Clarke — 1847

Charles H.Dickinson — 1849 Isaac S. Parsons — 1850 Merritt Clark — 1848

.§)fC8t tbou a man Dili{jrnt in bis business? t^e sbaH stanD before hings. — Old Testament

495

MORE BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN WHO STILL LIVE

Figures denote when they began service here

A. Lyman Williston — 1851

Watson L. Smith — 1856

Judge William P. Strickland — 1864

Joseph Marsh — 1856

Dr. Thomas Gilfillan — 1865

Dr. William H. Jones — 1857

William H.Todd — 1848 Alexander McCallum — 1866 John L. Draper — 1864

ill?ea« to conccilic, tbc uiiDcrstanbino to bircct, or tbe banb to execute— Junius' Letters

496

AND STILL MORE WHOSE HAIRS ARE GRAY

Figures denote time of beginning t^ervice here

William C. Pomekoy 1864

Joseph C. Williams — 1850'

J. Howe Demond — 1872

Dr. Osmore O. Roberts— 1853

Benjamin E. Cook, Jr. — 1S58

Dn Joseph N. Davenport — 3863

Charles M. Kinney — 1845

Matthew Grogan — 1855

K bappp poiith, anb their olb age
%s beautiful anb free.

497

Charles S. Pratt — 1852

SOME FLORENCE AND LEEDS MEN WHOSE YEARS OF

SERVICE ARE MANY

0^ 1*?rC

Jflv

Henry B. Haven

Nelson A. Davis

Dr. John B. Learned

Judge; Daniel W. Bond

Samuel Porter

JJK.

Henry F. Cutler Lemuel B. Field Robert M. Branch

H wiBc man iiB jjtrono; pea, a man of hnotulcbgc incrcasctb strmotb — Scripture

A GOOD NAME

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. — Bible

Everybody Ukes and respects self-made men. It is a great deal
better to be made in that way than not to be made at all. — Holmes

In the wreck of noble lives
Something immortal still survives.

Longfellow

Good men must die, but Death cannot kill their names. — Metillus

Better than fame is still the wish for fame,
The glorious training for a glorious strife.

Lytton

Good name, in man or woman,

Is the immediate jewel of their souls.

Shakespeare

Lives of great men all remind us,
We can make our lives sublime.

And, departing, leave behind us,
Footprints on the sands of time.

Longfellow

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful than to
be forty years old. — Holmes

We live in deeds, not years, in thoughts, not breaths.
In feelings, not in figures on a dial.

We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives
Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.
Life's but a means unto an end; that end
Beginning, means, and end to all things — God.

Philip James Bailey

MEASURES TAKEN FOR THE
PUBLICATION OF THIS BOOK

FOLLOWING the Celebration it was easily seen that something
should be done towards placing the details of the affair upon
permanent record, in book form. Henry S. Gere, editor of the

Hampshire Gazette, saw this as strongly as any one, and, as will be

seen, by words from his pen, printed elsewhere under the heading,

"Comments of the Press,"
he made it plain what was
wanted — "a complete rec-
ord of everything that
was said and done" in
Northampton, on the
memorable days of June
5, 6, and 7, 1904. The
general public, too, made
it manifest that a printed
memorial volume would
be appreciated, and the
Executive and Finance
Committee, after settling
the accounts of the Cele-
bration, appointed the fol-
lowing named committee
for the publication of a
book: L. Clark Seelye,
Henry S. Gere, Egbert 1.
Clapp, Chauncey H. Pierce
and Charles F. Warner.

President Seelye felt
obliged to decline to serve,
on account of his college
duties, and the other mem-
bers of the committee met
at the City Hall, Friday

evening, July 22, 1904. They organized with the choice of Henry S.

Gere as chairman and Charles F. Warner as secretary. Mr. Warner

Henry S Gere

Sixty Years in Newspaper work in Nortliampton — Oldest Editor
in New England — Earliest Promoter of this Book

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

501

was chosen as compiler and
editor of the book, with a nom-
inal compensation, and it was
voted to apply to the City Coun-
cil for formal authority and an
appropriation, to start the en-
terprise. Here again Mr. Gere's
interest and experience were
enlisted, in a vote that he pre-
sent a statement, in behalf of
the committee, to the City
Council, showing what was re-
quired. Mr. Gere, then, with
some members of the Execu-
tive and Finance Committee of

Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Gere — 1850
From an old daguerreotype, taken by " Jerry" Wells

the Celebration, appeared before the City Council,
stated the case, and an appropriation of $500
was granted to start the work of publication.
Subsequently Mr. Gere went before the City Coun-
cil again, at the request of the Publication Com-
mittee, and obtained an additional appropriation
of $500, which gave the committee confidence to
proceed further.

The secretary was then engaged to canvass
for subscriptions for the book, and his efforts,
with one hundred and twenty-five mail orders
previously received, in response to circulars, re-
sulted in a net total of about 650 advance sub-
scriptions, upon the announcement of which the
committee felt encouraged to go forward, and Mr. City Clerk Egbert i. Cl.^pp
Gere was requested, by vote, to join Mr. Warner -^^-^ '^^ eniisted,^in Northamp-

502

QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

in bringing the work of publication to as early and satisfactory a
conclusion as possible.

The result is seen in the ])resent volume, which might have been
bettered had Messrs. Gere and Warner been able to impress the au-
thorities, before the Celebration, with the importance of action towards
publication before the event. A considerable number of pictures
might then have been obtained which could not later be produced,
and in several ways the cost of publication could have been lessened;
but the Committee on Publication consider it fortunate that they
have been able to obtain the material they did, under such adverse
conditions, and the Introduction, in the early part of this work,
expresses their obligations to those who assisted them.

T IV O SMITH COLLEGE PROFESSORS

Prof. Henry M. Tyler

Dean of the College Faculty. Twenty-eight
years in service

Prof. John T. Stoddard

Lineal Descendant of Rev. Solomon Stoddard,
Second Minister of Northampton

ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP

Then for the first,
My eye and spirit that had drunk the whole
Wide vision, grew discriminate, and traced
The crystal river pouring from the North
Its twinkling tide, and winding down the vale,
Till, doubling in a serpent coil, it paused
Before the chasm that parts the frontal spurs
Of Tom and Holyoke; then in wreathing light
Sped the swart rocks, and sought the misty South,
Across the meadows — carpets for the gods,
Woven of ripening rye and greening maize
And rosy clover blooms, and spotted o'er
With the black shadows of the feathery elms —
Northampton rose, half hidden in her trees,
Lifted above the level of the fields,
As noiseless as a picture.

From " Katlirina"
By JosiAH Gilbert Holland

Hills draw like heaven,
And stronger sometimes, holding out the hand
To pull yon from the vile -flats up to them.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

/;; the mountains did he feel his faith.
All things, responsive to the writing, there
Breathed immortality.

There littleness was not ; the least of things
Seem'd infinite; and tliere his spirit shaped
Her prospects; nor did he believe —
He saw.

Wordsworth

WHAT

THE PRESS HAD TO SAY

w H r

IV E CELEBRATE

Bntc=Celebration EMtorial In tbe IRortbampton Balls "IberalD

WHAT moves great masses of men to come together and
rejoice, at intervals of time, upon the completion of some
great project, or the attainment of great age?

This is a question of more than psychological impor-
tance.

There are those who care nothing for such occasions; there are
a few who would pass thera by with indifferent eye, and leave them
unnoticed, so far as they are concerned, in the annals of the race, but
such men are rare; absorbed in sordid speculation and selfish desires,
they would hold aloof from any demonstration of the nobler emiotions,
— if, indeed, they have such — when the least item of pecuniary ex-
pense is to be incurred thereby. Such men, it would seem, must be
of the class whom Shakespeare so well described, as having no music
in their souls, and being fit for "treason, stratagem and spoils."

Such times of public rejoicing as mark the present attainment
of our Quarter-Millennial Anniversary as a corporation, a body politic,
are undoubtedly inspired by that "touch of nature which makes the
whole world kin," and men rejoice and exult on such occasions because
they are happy and proud of a worthy accomplishment — an accom-
plishment, perhaps, in which they may have had a little share, accord-
ing to the degree in which they have been useful in their day and gener-
ation, to their kindred, their neighborhood, the town, state, nation
or the world. Each one, then, has a part, in times of general rejoicing,
and who is to be pitied so much as the m.an who, condemned by the
judgment of his fellow-men, languishes behind prison walls, or stands
without, in fear of them? So that a conscious rectitude of life is
necessary to complete enjoyment of a great celebration by humanity.

But, it may be asked, why celebrate in so noisy a fashion? Why
not build a monument, open a public park, and mark the event in a
"more dignified way?" Because men are but children of a larger
growth, and their exultation of feeling must have natural vent. After
the shouting and parade have passed, then it is time, perhaps, to talk
about a more material commemoration. Let nature have its course.
It was the dignified John Adams, who said, as he surveyed the accom-
plishment of our country's independence: "The Fourth of July ought
to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports,
guns, bells, bonfiies and illuminations, from one end of this continent
to the other, fiom this time forward, forevermore, that the people
may not forget this priceless heritage." And the bells have rung,
and the cannon have annually been fired, more or less, ever since, in

North Side ok Main Street, as it is Tcjday

Kust Block on the right

patriotic communities. What would John Adams not say now, if
he were hving, and could survey the accomplishments of one hundred
or two hundred and fifty years?

Northampton celebrates because the charter of her liberties comes
from no king or queen, but from the sacrifices of most worthy ancestors.
She surveys the accomplishments of the town and city corporation
for two hundred and fifty years, and finds not a stain upon her name.
Other towns and states have repudiated honest debts, but North-
ampton has always paid hers in full, with interest.

A long line of illustrious sons and daughters have been given to
the world; governors, councilors, heads of various departments of state,
senators, generals, judges of all courts, diplomats, professors, renowned
musicians, doctors, lawyers, clergymen, theologians and litterateurs.
Northampton's sacrifices in all wars have given her as honorable a
place in the roll of fame as any city in the land. Her beneficences,
and the manner of their administration, year after year, have proven
the integrity and trustworthiness of those who have had these charities
in care and keeping. So far as is known, no embezzlers or traitors
were born here. Neither has the brand of Cain followed any of her
natives.

Her sons and daughters who went out into the wide world — many
of them able to be with us today— have been advantaged by the good
character and training produced by the best home influences. If
they are making a noble impress upon the life of other communities
it is largely because of the influence of their early life here. For this,

North Side of Main Street, as it is Today

therefore, we have to be thankful today — that Northampton has pro-
duced so much good moral influence and force in the world. The bad
is very small in comparison with it.

Much more might be said, if one were to detail the various religious,
charitable and educational benefactions which make our city notable,
but these features show for themselves and we may well content our-
selves with pointing to them with pride. They cannot fail to attract
the attention of the world, and show why, with our great municipal
age, we rejoice and exult over the present attainments.

When this Celebration shall have passed into history, its moral
teachings will have been more fully realized. The inspired writer
who declared that "A good name is rather to be chosen than great
riches" was speaking only of what everybody ought to know, but yet
that which people are constantly forgetting. It will be found, after
our period of rejoicing has passed, that the money spent was profitably
employed, from something more than a pecuniary point of view. The
passionate, wearisome and exhausting chase after material satisfaction
and aggrandizement will have been interrupted for a better satisfac-
tion of spirit and soul. We shall become imbued with nobler ideals
for the city and state. We shall approach nearer that time when
few shall stand for selfishness, and nearly all will uphold the ideal state —
when the rich man will help the poor man and the poor man love the
great. The mad race after wealth and power may go on, but most
of us will think of something better and strive for something nobler.

South Side ok Main Street, as it

T o D A Y

Could the fathers of old be with us, in body, as they may be in
spirit, today, they must have the deepest satisfaction in the develop-
ment of their chosen site for a dwelling place. It only remains for
their descendants to cherish their ideals, live as closely as they can to
them, and those influences which have made Northampton so notable
today will continue to bear as rich and even richer fruit in her children
and children's children of the greater Northampton now in prospective.

Northampton Daily Herald, June 4, 1904.

A VIEW ON THE EVE OF CELEBRATION

Jfrom tbc local Sun&a^ ILetter to tbe SpringfielD IRcpublican

It is a secure past and a proud one. Notable have been the men
and women who best represent old Northampton, and true and fine their
culture. Worth and dignity and grace of character have never been
better exemplified than in this old town of the Connecticut valley,
whether we look to Eastern Massachusetts, to New Hampshire, to
Virginia, or anywhere else on American soil. This is not the language
of compliment, not a mere expression of the fond partiality of the
author of Northampton's being, but the precise record of fact.

South Side of Main Street

AS IT

Today

It is''not easy to conceive of a lovelier spectacle of holiday inter-
est and flutter, of serene beauty and stately composure, amid surround-
ings refined and gracious, than the one city in Hampshire county
presents today as her festival week auspiciously opens. To belong to
an old family of Northampton is to be honored, and people so allied
will flock thither in numbers to tax the hospitality and accommo-
dations of the place. It will be the finest sort of an "Old Home Week."
Still will there be place and interest for those not of Northampton
lineage. If the old is to be most glorified, the present is worth con-
sidering and talking about and enjoying. The representative who
has come from Northampton in England will discover that in the North-
ampton of today he is seeing such perfection of civilization as the
United States has got to show. In libraries, in its college, schools,
social life and beauty of environment, he will be enjoying rural Massa-
chusetts quite at her best. By topping off with Boston, New York,
Washington and the St. Louis Exposition, this Englishman ought to
be qualified to write a book about us — at least as well as others of
his countrymen have been.

Much has been and will be said of the men of unusual abilities
who contributed to make Northampton, but they wrought upon the
sure foundation of the humbler men, who were faithful in smaller but
mighty influential things. Let not these be forgotten, nor the women
and children making up the families and homes, the village life so

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 509

delightful in Northampton, and in its highest social expressions dis-
tinguished far beyond the vicinage. The flavor of New England's
best is still retained in Northampton, as in Pittsfield and Greenfield.
The centering of county interests, and particularly of the courts, in
these shire towns, has brought to the three places an abiding intel-
lectual life higher and better than is manifest in centers of population
more purely commercial. It is not entirely fancy which ascribes to
them a keener and finer differentiation of values, a broader and more
unvexed outlook, a more genuine satisfaction, in those things which
contribute to the enduring satisfaction of life. Much of the best young
blood of all three places finds scope for success and usefulness at home.
Thus this historically important year of 1904 displays for inspection
a city of 18,000 inhabitants, comely by nature, as of old, but richly
ecjuipped with varied industries, yet practicing agriculture as afore-
time in its famous fertile meadows. Learning has her seat there in
Smith College, guided still by her first and much-beloved president,
and in other worthy educational institutions. Churches and philan-
thropic agencies have multiplied, and clubs, and the variety of social
organizations that belong to a modern city, are Northampton's in
more than the ordinary measure. How greatly have the spanning
250 years enlarged the stern and simple life of the pioneers!

In the flood of work attending the preparations for an adequate
and fitting recognition of the Quarter-Millennial, petty differences have
been forgotten, the machinery of a big Celebration is in motion and
the day is here. The city has during the week blossomed forth in a
wealth of color — there are decorations everywhere, and over and round
about is Nature's matchless green, so rich and fresh after the generous
rains. The letters from absent sons and daughters, written in response
to invitations received, have abounded in love and loyalty for the
mother town, and the publication of these in the local papers must
have stirred present residents to a deeper sense of the meaning of the
observance which local pride has prompted. The presence of a rep-
resentative of the English Northampton is so fitting that one wonders
why Springfield did not think, when she observed her 250th anniver-
sary, to have the English Springfield represented. Alderman Cam-
pion comes from a city of over 60,000 inhabitants, the capital of North-
amptonshire, itself historic as the place where the Earl of Warwick
gained a great victory over the Lancastrians in the meadows on the
banks of the Nene back in 1400. Springfield Republican.

The city of Northampton proved last week that it graduated long
ago from the provincial class by the way it handled its 250th anni-
versary. It was not alone the excellence of the three-days' program
which made the Celebration a triumph, but the completeness of ar-
rangements which permitted the events to take place without blunders

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or confusion. Plans were laid weeks in advance for the city's birthday
anniversary and there was a wide provision made for all the minute
details which really determine the success or failure of an affair of
that sort. There were committees and sub-committees and each
man or woman on these committees was held strictly responsible for
certain things. All worked with enthusiasm and heartiness and a
keen sense of their responsibilities. As a result the Celebration was
marked by some features which are sadly lacking on most occasions
of this sort. Visitors were cordially received and directed all around
the city, and the arrangements were such that guests felt no embarrass-
ment in asking questions.

Buildings were labeled, programs were plentiful, and there was
courtesy everywhere. The merchants added dignity to the occasion
by closing their stores, showing that their regard for their city was
stronger than any commercial consideration. So far as possible the
events began on time and the exercises were of just the proper length.
The three-days' program was well balanced and everybody was wel-
come to attend all that was going on. There was no exclusive function
to which only a select few were invited, but the entire body of citizens
of Northampton took part in the entire Celebration and gave the free-
dom of the city to the hundreds of guests.

The arrangements for the press were the best possible. Realiz-
ing that the newspaper men had an arduous and nerve-wearing task,
a suitable place in the center of the city was fitted up as headquarters
for them, and there was placed all the paraphernalia of a newspaper
ofhce. The cordial and helpful spirit which the members of the
committee showed toward the reporters was deeply appreciated by
the press and aided materially in the work of writing adequate and
accurate reports of the Celebration. The unfortunate habit of think-
ing of the press and then giving it only a half thought, was noticeably
absent in Northampton, and the little city is in a position to instruct
many larger cities in this respect.

The success of the affair lay in the fact that no detail was too
small to receive careful attention and that each citizen did the work
apportioned for him to do. Springfield Union.

Northampton's remarkably successful Celebration of its 250th
anniversary the past week claimed the interest of the whole state and
the particular attention of this valley, for, as we pointed out last week
it was an event of nriuch local significance, by reason of the settlement
of the town by men from Springfield, aside from that common bond
of neighVjorlv interest which prompts the friendly hand-clasp on occa-
sions like this. The old town has dispelled any illusion that North-
ampton "was rather slow," and few of the many anniversary visitors
had full appreciation of the magnitude of the Celebration program,

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despite the large publicity given the plans in advance. And when
each succeeding day unfolded its wealth of appropriate exercises,
following each other in orderly sequence, and with unusual prompt-
ness, surprise was generally expressed that so much could be accom-
plished. There was good judgment and excellent taste in it all, and
contemplation of the Celebration can bring no regrets. It has been
a good investment for Northampton, and the early critics of the Cele-
bration plan, as outlined, find but few supporters now that it is over.

Springfield Republican.

The Spring-field Republican, in its Sunday issue of June 12th, in
summing up the general character and effect of the Celebration, con-
tained the following paragraph :

The cit}'- was particularly fortunate in its guests. Governor Bates
did not come to make an inspection or a speech, but to make a visit.
He was in town three days, and hundreds of the citizens met him and
were charmed with his frank and cordial manner and attractive per-
sonality. The Governor and Mrs. Bates were guests of Councilor
and Mrs. Richard W. Irwin at their pleasant home on Henshaw avenue.
Ex-Gov. John D. Long came to Northampton Sunday. He was the
guest of Oscar Edwards and attended the First Church, where many
people met him after the service. It was, indeed, as so frequently
remarked during the Celebration, a fine and appropriate thing to have
a representative from Old Northampton in England present, but there
was much more to the visit of Alderman S. S. Campion than the fact
of his mission alone. There was the fact that he was the right man
in the right place. Alderman Campion proved to be a happy and
effective speaker, an alert and keenly interested observer, and a genial
and companionable man. He was not only a guest of the Celebration,
but, like the two Governors, became an important part of it, and made
friends at every turn, both by his public addresses and by his social
qualities. New Northampton is indebted to Old Northampton not only
for sending a man, but for sending the man they did. A man who
could not make a speech might have had as much good will in his heart
as Mr. Campion did, but the fact could not have been so promptly and
agreeably made manifest.

The absence of Governor Bates Monday from the state house,
while the "Ancients" were holding their annual election and while
the fight over the proposed Sunday law was at its height, was due,
of course, to unusual causes. For even in a Commonwealth as ven-
erable as Massachusetts, it is not every day that a community can

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hold a 250th anniversary. Indeed, the ancient city itself, from which
it was so hard to coax an appropriation big enough to meet the neces-
sary bills, had perhaps a less imposing notion of the greatness of the
ceremony than some of the visitors had. A stretch of 250 years, or
nearly eight generations, covers almost the whole history of this part
of the world, since the settlement of whites grew strong enough to
make history. It includes everything except the very earliest battles
of the white settlers to make a New England better than the Old. The
frightful struggles with the lurking Indians, the trouble with the French;
the rebellion of the colony; the glorious history of the century so lately
ended; these have a historical value that make the Northampton
jubilee a wonderful thing. Boston Advertiser.

All Massachusetts is interested in Northampton, the same as it
is interested in every other city and town, old or young, within its
confines. This year there have been a number of celebrations among
the older settlements, and in every instance that place has shown that
it was not only advanced in years, but also advanced in wisdom and
up-to-dateness. Northampton is going to do the same thing. To
almost every man it will be recalled as a place where education can
be had along the most approved lines. It can also be recalled as a
business and agricultural community that can compete with any others
in the Commonwealth. It is a place of which the state is proud, for it
is on such communities that the state founds its claim to leadership
among the commonwealths that make up this nation and that give it a
leading place among the nations of the earth. Worcester Telegram.

There was a big crowd out on the streets at Northampton last
night, but not such a crowd as a city like Holyoke would have out.
Such music and such beautiful decorations would pack the streets of
Holyoke. But perhaps the people of Northampton are having such
a glorious three days of it that they are not inclined to go out in
admiration every night. It should be said that the money raised
for the anniversary has been most wisely spent.

The street and building decorations in Northampton, for the
anniversary, have never been approached in Hampshire county. Those
who during the past three days have stood near the City Hall and
looked up towards Smith College, or down the hill to Bridge street,
never will forget the beauty of the scene. Without exception every
building is handsomely decorated, while at frequent intervals long
lines of flags are stretched across the street. The trolley poles have
been decorated, the decorations going two beyond the usual ones in
Holyoke. Here a flag is hung from the poles. There is the flag and
also a long line of bunting which reaches nearly to the ground, and

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 513

between that and the flag a half rosette of bunting, making an elaborate
decoration, which knocks out all the decorations Holyoke has been
used to seeing.

The new^spaper guests of Northampton the past three days have
been treated royally, as becomes the generous men of that city. The
committee has done everything to make it pleasant and profitable
for them, even to providing credential cards from the Mayor and
City Marshal, giving them the freedom of the city.

Holyoke Transcript.

The culmination of the Northampton Celebration was all that
could be desired, and the old town can properly congratulate itself.
Favored in weather, although the sun did not shine at all hours of the
day, the ambitious program was carried out in all its detail, and the
visitors, who came in ample numbers, were well entertained. Beau-
tiful was the scene on Main street yesterday morning, when, between
the gayly -decorated buildings, moved the great parade, for the success
of which Northampton and its daughter towns have worked so hard.
It passed all too soon for the onlooker to fully appreciate its dignity,
ingenuity and completeness — the mounted officials, handsome car-
riages, floats and automobiles, the uniformed ranks of marching men
of the Grand Army, Spanish war veterans, militia and fraternal organ-
izations — all flnally passing in review before the Governor, his Coun-
cil, the city and county officials, and the guests of the day.

S prill f^ficld Re publican .

With a gorgeous parade, a banquet, and a blaze of fireworks North-
ampton brought to a close a Celebration which has been a grand tri-
umph from start to finish, and has been warmly praised by the many
visitors to the city. It was the earnest desire of the citizens to make
the town's observance of its 250th birthday an occasion to be remem-
bered, an event which might be handed down with pride to posterity,
and these citizens succeeded admirably.

If there is any city in the country which is planning for a parade
of any sort it would be wise to go to Northampton for points. The
parade this morning was a grand success. It was beautiful, smart,
clever and original, and the streets were packed to witness it.

Spriiiiifield Union.

That much careful thought went into Northampton's Celebration
is evinced by its outcome of beautiful decorations, brilliant iPumina-
tions, its interesting and artistic parade, its museum of historical an-
tiquities, its tuneful music, its burst of brightness at the close in the
fireworks and the reception at the City Hall, which in different ways

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were equally brilliant, and in the eloquent and gifted speakers who
graced the occasion with their presence. Northampton's interests
have rested from the first on chuieh and school, and it was peculiarly
fitting that this Celebration should begin with the church services on
Sunday, and that the address of welcome shoulJ. be pronounced bv
the head of one of the country's greatest edtnational institutions.
Northampton has done well. She has worthily celebrated a worthy
beginning and pointed her way toward a force :a^ life, always on the
side of right, in the future. Easthampton Neivs.

Northampton, the home of so much that is good and true, and
beautiful in nature, art, ethics and glorious achievement, is o|)en to
the hearty congratulations of her sister municipalities, upon the mag-
nificent (big word, but none too big to express it) success of the
Celebration of her 250th anniversary, which culminated in a flood of
pyrotechnics Tuesday night. The oratory, the decorations, the street
pageant, and last, but not least, the open arms of motherlv interest
with which she encircled her sons and daughters, and bade them wel-
come, thrice welcome, to the ancestral and revered hearthstones, were
all illustrations of the maternal and fraternal spirit of the occasion.
Long live old Northampton! May her enviable record, rich with the
treasures of an eventful past, be but the earnest of what is to come,
as cycle follows cycle into the great unknown. A more tempting and
edifying intellectual and musical feast was never spread before the
"River Gods" and their numerous descendants than was provided for
this memorable occasion. To partake of this soul-inspiring feast was
the privilege of a lifetime. Westficld A^ezC'S Lcticr.

Northampton is being generally congratulated on the magnificent
success of its 250th Anniversary Celebration. The Governor brings
back word that he was amazed by its beauty. It was a triumph so-
cially, artistically and intellectually. Boston Herald.

It is no exaggeration to say that the influence of Northampton,
both religiously and educationally, has extended not only through the
United States, but to the uttermost parts of the earth.

Manchester (N. H.) Union.

The city of Northampton has celebrated the 250th anniversary
of its first settlement. The Celebration was in all its features worthy
of the city of today, worthy of its best traditions, worthy of the im-
portance of the occasion. It has established a new date in city history,
and furnished food for remembrances which will remain with those
who participated in it while life lasts. It took them a long time to

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS 515

get together, but when it was once settled that there was to be a Cele-
bration all classes joined hands and started in to make it one of which
the city might be proud. The city was fortunate in having as chair-
men of the various committees men who were ready to work themselves
and who possessed the faculty of getting others to work with them.
An immense amount of work was accomplished, with results which
miist be highly gratifying to all concerned. Amherst Record.

If there was anything lacking in Northampton's Celebration of
her important birthday, it was not apparent to the outsider. It was
only the promoters who could discover the vacant places, the might-
have-beens, and it is ciuite likely that they forget them now, in review
of the brilhant success of the affair. If less money was expended than
might have been, it is certain that what was used was well applied.
The spectacular possibilities were not neglected, but there is particu-
lar cause for congratulation that the substantials were given first
thought, the speeches, the music and the social home greeting.

Greenfield Recorder.

A little act of courtesy during the Northampton parade was much
appreciated by the many Holyokers who witnessed it. Lieutenant
Sullivan, at the head of a squad of Holyoke police, drew up in front
of the court-house, for duty. The Northampton chief came along
in his automobile. He got out and gave up his place to Lieutenant
Sullivan, he going on foot. It was that way all through the Celebra-
tion. The Northampton people first looked after the comfort of the
visitors. Holyoke Transcript.

Northampton's Main street, for three nights, was a dream of
beauty. What possibilities of decoration the incandescent light has
0])ened up ! How lame the older forms of night decoration are was
well shown at Northampton, and it w411 indeed be years before the
beauty of the city on these festive nights is outshone in this part of
the country, and as good taste never outlaws, it will never be recalled
except as a triumph. Greenfield Recorder.

Quite a large number from this town attended the Northampton
Celebration, nearly fifty going over on Tuesday. They were much
pleased with the excellent decorations, etc., and were given a royal
welcome in the Meadow City. The parade was particularly fine.
Northampton is to be congratulated on the success of its 250th ob-
servance, and Ware, the next largest place in the county, extends its
greeting and best wishes for its future. Ware River News.

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The good old country town — the city of Northampton — seems
to have carried out one of its most successful of old-home week Celebra-
tions. One good feature of the Celebration was that it was not
dragged out to a weary length. On Sunday, the first day, the religious
exercises were attended to, and the more secular matters were amply
carried out on Monday and Tuesday, completing the program just before
the people began to weary of their activities. The affair seems to have
been carried out in a business way, and it brought enjoyment and
profit to many people. IHttsficld Eagle.

The city of Northampton has given pleasure to a great many
Franklin county people by its generous entertainment of this week,
and there has been a large turnout of our people to do honor to a sister
town. The guests have been entertained by good music, by a parade
with many beautiful features, by brilliant decorations, and by thought-
ful and stimulating oratory that has adequately called attention to
the real significance of the day.

Northampton will never be sorry for the time and money it has
spent to observe this anniversary. The impression has existed, to
some extent, that this beautiful old city, like many other New Eng-
land communities, where habits and traditions have been fixed for
generations, lacked a certain spirit of enterprise. As it takes push
and energy to get up such an olDservance, the fact that it is held goes
far to dispel such an impression. As it is through the constant expan-
sion of activity and growth in self-expression, that the individual finds
himself and comes to a realization of his own powers, so it is through
some public-spirited effort like this that a town comes to realize its
strength and the possibilities that lie within its grasp. The more such
enterprises are carried through to a successful conclusion the easier it
is to carry on public-spirited activity. Men and women become used
to good team work, acquire confidence in themselves and each other
and in their collective ability to do things worth while. So the people
of Greenfield have found it, in their coaching parades, their Board
of Trade and other public-spirited activities. Greenfield Gazette.

The festival music during the Celebration was in loftv tone. When
Ralph Baldwin graduated from the press to n:iusic, the newspaper
world lost a good representative and the world of art gained a good
director. The vigor of his management is not limited evidently to the
handling of the baton, however, but extends into organization, and
his chorus of fifty men was such an one as might well give him pride.

Greenfield Reeorder.

Northampton is known as the Meadow City, but there isn't any
grass growing in her streets this week. Holyoke Transcript.

AFTER THE CELEBRATION

BDltorlal from Ibampsbire (3a3Cttc

Too much cannot be said in praise of our great Celebration. It
has been a splendid success from the beginning. Our people entered
into the work of preparation for it with due appreciation of the essen-
tial thing to be celebrated, and with a determination to make it a not-
able success. To their great credit, be it said, they have done their
part in a very commendable manner, and they may well be congratu-
lated upon the success of their efforts.

The decorations of the public and private buildings have far ex-
ceeded the most sanguine expectations; they were very handsome,
many of them elegant, and the memory of them will be a joy forever.

The Sunday services in the various churches were very appro-
priate and added greatly to the general interest in the Celebration.
It was most fortunate that this feature was made a part of the program.

The leading features of the Celebration were the address of wel-
come by President Seelye and the oration by Governor Long. These
were especially fine efforts — apt, felicitous, dignified, eloquent, and
every way fitting to the occasion. The committee could not have
made better selections for the performance of these important parts.

The parade has been the much-heralded feature of the Celebra-
tion and the one in which the popular interest has been most centered.
The address of welcome and the oration appealed to the intellect,
the parade appealed to the eye. It is not too much to say that the
parade met every expectation and passed off to the entire satisfaction
of the onlookers.

The bancpet was also a fine success. The speeches were of a
high order, full of good sentiment and appreciation.

The illumination of the city was a most fitting part of the Cele-
bration. It supplemented the decorations most agreeably and gave
a finish and tone to them which were necessary to completeness. Never
before was there so beautiful a sight in this city.

The historical collections were unexpectedly elaborate and inter-
esting, and added much to the pleasure of the Celebration.

It was a pleasure to see once more so many of the sons and daugh-
ters of the town from near and far, and to witness their affection for
and loyalty to their former residence.

A unique and pleasant feature of the Celebration was the presence
here of an official representative of Northampton, in Old England.
Most happy was the thought that suggested the invitation to the
inother city, and most fitting was the response. Alderman Campion
pioved to be just the right man to represent his city. He was a pleas-
ant gentleman to meet, genial and courteous in his intercourse with our
people, a quick and keen observer of passing events, abounding in good
sense, a man of scholarly attainments, and an exceptionally able and
eloquent public speaker. His visit heie will forever be a bright spot in
the history and memory of our Celebration.

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It is cause for congratulation that the plans for the Celebration
were so well prepared at the start. The men selected for the various
committees have proved to be very efihcient; they entered upon their
work with zeal and have carried it forward with prudence, energy
and completeness.

The city is to be congratulated upon the success which has at-
tended its efforts to celebrate this anniversary. The money it has
expended in this Celebration will prove to be a good investment. The
town has been well advertised. People who never knew of the town
have been made acquainted with its history. Its institutions have
been made known to the people of a large area. Our own people
have come to learn more of the beautiful history of the town and will
henceforth have a better appreciation of the rich heritage that is theirs.
The children of this city have received impressions that will remain
with them to the end of their lives. Yes, this Celebration will forever
be a most valuable asset of the town. To make it complete, the record
should be carefully prepared and published. Everything connected
with it should be printed in a book — the organization of the commit-
tees, abstracts of the sermons, the address of welcome, the oration,
the speeches at the bancjuet, descriptions of the decorations and illum-
inations, everything that was said and done. No time should be lost
in preparing for this publication. The Celebration will not be com-
plete without it.

Reviewing our three-days' Celebration again, we see nothing to
regret, but much to commend, in the way it was planned and executed.
It was not too long, nor yet was it too short. The exercises were all
appropriate, and nothing could have been omitted without marring
the general plan. There was not a hitch from beginning to end, every-
thing seeming to work with the regularity and smoothness of a clock
in perfect running order. There is entire satisfaction, on .the part of
our citizens, on the part of the former residents who were here to par-
ticipate in the Celebration, and on the part of the general outside public.
All are pleased and satisfied, and all are full of praise of the splendid
manner in which everything passed off.

Behind the committees who labored so well was the loyal public
sentiment of the town. It did not fail. Strong in its purpose and
instant in action, it came nobly to the support of the managers. No-
where was there a discordant note, nowhere an obstruction.

Then the conduct of the vast crowd of people was most admirable.
Here were fifty thousand people congregated and the police had little
to do but to extend courtesies and aid in the enjoyment of the freedom
of the city. There was no disorder or drunkenness. The people
behaved as they would be expected to do at a Sunday-school picnic.

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This Celebration has been an agreeable success in that it has shown
the loyalty of that portion of our people whom we sometimes call
the "new-comers." It stands to the credit of this class of our popu-
lation that they have not been behind the "old set" in helping on
the Celebration. The part they took in the parade was such as to
place them well in the front in displaying devotion to the historic
past, and in all the departments they acquitted themselves in a most
commendable manner. Race distinctions count for nothing when it
comes to paying honors to the men and women who laid the founda-
tions of the great inheritance which all now enjoy with equal freedom.

Another feature of the Celebration was the liberality of opinion
so freely expressed in the speeches and addresses. No one approved
of the hard and illiberal doctrines which Jonathan Edwards preached,
and w^hich were taught here for two hundred years, but all paid high
tribute to the sincere devotion and unaffected piety of the people of
those times. The world has moved forward in thought, in that it
views with more generosity the questions which troubled our early
generations. There is no less religion now than formerly, but more
toleration of differences of opinion. All sects and denominations
now M^ork in harmony for the promotion of the common welfare, both
here and hereafter.

Northampton will hereafter be prouder than ever of its history.
That history is unsurpassed by that of any other municipality. Beau-
tiful it is, satisfying to contemplate as a matter of the past, and an
inspiration for the future. It will stand the test of the closest exam-
ination, and wherever held up its lustre will never grow dim.

In this time of "looking backward" we must not overlook the
great services which were rendered to this town by the two men wdio
have been its historians, Sylvester Judd and James R. Trumbull.
To these men the town owes a debt it can never repay. Each gave
a full c[uarter of a century of labor to the accumulation of historical
matter, without which this Celebration would have been a hard and
difficult task. Mr. Judd accumulated valuable material and Mr.
Trumbull put it in convenient form for use. The forefathers sowed;
these men reaped. Long and patiently they labored, w4th no hope
or expectation of reward, save in the consciousness of performing a
great public work that needed to be done. To their memory and to
their honor we record this testimonv to the great service they per-
formed with so much care and efficiency and with such unselfish de-
votion. Great would have been their pleasure could they have lived
to see and to take a part in this great historical Celebration.

Daily Hampshirr Gazette, June 9, 1904.

FINANCIAL> EXHIBIT

RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE
QU ART ER-MI LLENN I A E CELEBRATION

IReceiptB

City appropriation .......

Cash receipts, viz.:

Mrs. Martha Strong Harris .....

Northampton Street Railway Co. ...

Northampton and Amherst Street Railway Co. .

Greenfield, Deerfield and Northampton Street Railway Co.

Plumbers' Union, City

Alfred Starkweather, Oakland, Cal.

Northampton Baseball Association

Banquet Tickets sold

Hampshire County

Historical Pamphlets sold

C. H. Bowker & Co.

Sundry Receipts received and paid in by Mayor Hallett

oo . oo

loo . oo

25.00

10 . 00

25.00

■30

78.70

481 . 00

30.00

107-43
25 .00

303-43

)785.86

JEipenMtures

Invitations ........ $200.00

Reception and Entertainment

533

Monday Morning Exercises

170

Children's Parade

132

Games and Sports

787

Parade and Floats

1439

Banquet .

709

Decorations

1018

2,2,

Illuminations

1 191

Music

656

Salute and Ringing Bells

Historical Localities

215

Historical Collections

181

Transportation

370

Printing Programs, Tickets, etc.

702

Anniversary Tent

748

Press Entertainment

Daughters American Revolution

Contingencies, Executive and Financial Committee

454

$9644.00

Unexpended l)alance

IT41 .80

■'--^:

THE YEARS TO COME

How many ages hence

Shall this our lofty scene be acted over,

In states vmborn and accents yet unknown ?

Julius C.bsar, Act III, Scene i

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace, from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time.

Shakespeare, "Macbeth"

When Time, who steais our \ears away,
Shall steal our pleasures too,

The mem'ry of the past will stay,
And half our joys renew.

Thomas Moore

O ! a wonderful stream is the river Time,

As it runs through the realm of tears,
With a faultless rhythm and a musical rhyme,
And a broader sweep and a surge sublime.
As it blends in the ocean of j^ears !

Bayard Taylor

Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,
As the swift seasons roll!
Leave thy low- vaulted past !

Holmes

One God, one law, one element.
And one far-off divine event.
To which the whole creation moves.

Tennyson

When the last reader reads no more.

Holmes

Till the sun grows coid
And the stars are old.
And the leaves of the judgment book unfold.

Bayard Taylor: Bedouin Song

The Lesson ot Two Hundred and Fifty Years

Zict us bear the tontUision of the tiibole matter: Jfcar v!3ot), anb
htc]f \^\s commanbmentB ; for this is the ttibole buti? of man.

Old Testament

INDEX

T O

TEXT

Introduction .....
The First Celebr.a.t!ON

Two Hundred .\nd Fiftieth A.\nivers.\ry (The Beginning)
The Petition ....

Action Taken in City Council and in Mass Meeting
Preliminary Committee of Arrangements
First Meeting in City Hall .
Organiz.\tion of Provisional Committee
•Report to Gener.\l Committee
'Complete Working Organization
The Invited Guests ....

Invitation to Old North.\mpton, England
Action Taken by Towns of Easthampton, Southampton a.xd

hampto.\ .....

Preparations — Work of the Various Committees
Proclamation by the Mayor
Chief Marshal's Orders
The Decorations .....
The Illuminations ....

Sermons and Services in the Churches
Service of Song .....
Ringing of Bells and Firi.ng of Salutes
Exercises in Academy of Music

President Seelye's Address

Ex-Governor Long's Address
Afternoon Exercises in the Pavilion

Principal Howard's Address

Remarks of Mr. Campion
The Ball Game ....

Open Air Band Concerts
Poems Contributed

Concert by Northampton Vocal Club
Reception .....

The Parade .....
Collation and Post-Prandial Exercises in the Pavilion

Introductory Remarks by Judge William G. Bassett

Address of Welcome by Mayor Henry C. Hallett

Address by Governor John L. Bates

Address by Admiral Francis A. Cook

Address by Hon. Samuel S. Campion-
Address by Principal Joseph H. Sawyer

Address by Rev. Henry T. Rose, D.D.

Address by Hon. Frederick H. Gillett

Address by President L. Clark Seely'e, LL.D.

Address by Col. Joseph B. Parsons
Letters of Regret ......

Colonial Reception .....

Fireworks .......

West-

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81

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105
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193

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205
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298
299

301
304
305
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319
322

325
327
329
339

524

QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

Historical Localities ......

Historical Collections .....

ixcidential events .....

Award of Prizes to Floats

Address of Prof. Hazen ......

Meeting of High School Alumni ....

Miller Family Reunion ......

Public Comfort House ......

Felicitation upon Freedom from Disorder, Etc.
List of Visitors to the Celebration
Measures Taken for the Publication of This Book
What the Press Had to Say ....

Financial Exhibit ......

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414

417
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421
429
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450
500

504
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PAGES or SENTIMENT

Extract from John Boyle O'Reilly's Poem

Extract from John G. Whittier's Centennial Hymn

Extract from Holland's "Kathrina"

Home and Native Land

The Roll of Fame

The City's Motto ....

The Breaking Waves Dashed High

Northampton the Beautiful

Northampton as Pictured by one of her Sons

The Past and Future

A Portal to all Arts

Childhood Days ....

Old Times .....

Our Fathers and Our Birthplace

School Days Recalled

Mounts Holyoke and Tom

Our Country ....

Men, High-Minded Men

The Country Parson

The Country Doctor

The Bench and Bar

The Old Familiar Faces

When I Remember All

To Live in Hearts We Leave Behind

A Good Name ....

On the Mountain Top

The Years to Come

The Lesson of Two Hundred and Fifty Years

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XVI

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105

150

204

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328

346

381

416

420

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449

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478

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482

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492

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499

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521

522

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS

P O R TRAIT S

Noted Men and Benefactors of the Town and City

(Whose Portraits appear preceding the Sentiment-Page, " Roll of Fame."

Allen, Rev. William, D.D
Bates, Hon. Isaac C.
Bliss, George
Clarke, John
Earle, Dr. Pliny
Edwards, Rev. Jonathan
Forbes, Charles E.
Hill, Samuel L.
Holland, Josiah Gilbert
JuDD, Sylvester
Lilly, Alfred T.
Lyman, Edward H. R.
Mills, Hon. Elijah Hunt
Strong, Governor Caleb, LL.D
Trumbull, James R.
WiLLiSTON, John P.

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2

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I 2
10
XV

12
26

Municipal Officers and Celebration Committees

Board of Aldermen, 1Q04
Chairmen of Sub-Committees
Common Council, 1904
Executive and Finance Committee
Mayors of Northampton
Town Committee, Easthampton
Town Committee, Southampton
Town Committee, Westhampton

56 and 57
42 and 43
52
44
49
50
51

Local Clergy

Barrett, Rev. S. Allen
Breaker, Rev. John C.
Buckingham, Rev. Herbert G.
Butler, Rev. Willis H.
Cobb, Rev. Elisha G.
Free, Rev. Alfred
Gallen, Rev. Patrick H.
Holmes, Rev. Clement E.
Kenny, Rev. John
Kent, Rev. Frederick H.
LucEY, Rev. Thomas P.
Powell, Rev. Lyman P.
Rainville, Rev. Noel
Reding, Rev. Peter C.
Rose, Rev. Dr. Henry T.

136

120
140
126
136

138
141
128

130
122

144
118

143
145
107

526

QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

Speakers at Post-Prandial Exercises

Bassett, Judge William G.
Bates, Governor John L.
Campion, Hon. Samuel S.
Cook, Admiral Francis A.
GiLLETT, Hon. Frederick H.
Hallett, Mayor Henry C.
Parsons, Col. Joseph B.
Rose, Rev. Henry T., D.D.
Sawyer, Principal Joseph H.
Seelye, President L. Clark, LL.D.

299
302
306
304

319
299

325
316

313
322

Some Participants in the Colonial Ball

BiGELOw, Miss Jane A.
Cook, Miss Helen G.
Cook, Miss Isabel A.
Copeland, Dr. Elmer H.
Smith, Miss Jeanie D.

333
330
332
332
331

Individual Portraits of Citizens and Others

Baldwin, Ralph L. ...

Campion, Hon. Samuel S.

Carroll, Matthew ....

Clapp, Egbert I., When He Enlisted

Clark, Sheriff Jairus E., on Horseback

Gere, Henry S., as Oldest Editor

Howard, Principal Edwin C.

Irwin, Capt. Richard W., on Horseback

Johnson, Mrs. Drusilla Hall

Long, Hon. John D.

Miller, Elbert H. T.

Packard, Austin

Seelye, President L. Clark, LL.D.

Stoddard, Prof. John T.

Tyler, Prof. Henry M.

Wellman, L. Lee

Williams, Col. Henry L., on Horseback

199
189
225

501
205

500

179

207

223

161

421

223

154
502
502
179
209

INDIVIDUALS IN GROUPS

A Distinguished Northampton Family

JosiAH D. Whitney
JosiAH D. Whitney, Jr.
James L. Whitney

William Dwight Whitney
Henry M. Whitney

474

"They were Honored in Their Generation," etc.

Hon. Isaac C. Bates and Mrs. Martha Henshaw Bates
Judge Samuel Henshaw and Mrs. Martha Hunt Henshaw
Benjamin Tappan and Mrs. Sarah Homes Tappan

475

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527

*'A Man Dies, but his Name Remains"

TnUJTHY DWIGHT

Mrs. Mary Woolsey Dwight
Major Josiah Dwight

Old Court-House Group

Jonathan Hunt Butler
Giles C. Kellogg
Major Harvey Kirkland
Judge Joseph Ly'man

A Group of Old Pastors

Rev. Michael E. Barry
Rev. Zachary Eddy, D.D.
Rev. Gordon Hall, D.D.

Samuel Hinckley
Capt. Samuel Parsons

Samuel F. Lyman
Dr. Daniel Stebbins
Solomon Stoddard
Samuel Wells

Rev. John Todd, D.D.
Rev. Payson Williston

476

477

479

Northampton Doctors of the Past

Dr. Benjamin Barrett
Dr. Edward E. Denniston
Dr. James Dunlap
Dr. Sylvester Graham
Dr. Ebenezer Hunt

4S1

Dr. David Hunt
Dr. Charles L. Knowlton
Dr. Gustavus D. Peck
Dr. Daniel Thompson

Some of Northampton's Noteworthy Contributions to the Bar

and Bench ......... 483

Judge William Allen
'Osmyn Baker
Haynes H. Chilson
Charles Delano

Judge Charles A. Dewey
Judge Samuel Howe
Judge Joseph Ly^man
Judge Samuel T. Spaulding

Some of the Respected Older Men of the Past

484

Capt. Jonathan Brewster

Samuel W. Lee

Josiah Parsons

Col. Thomas Pomeroy

Paul Strong
David B. Whitcomb
Dea. Eliphalet Williams

Representative Men of Their Times

Henry' Bright
William Clark
Lewis J. Dudley
Erastus Hopkins

4S5

Gen. Luke Lyman
Henry Shepherd
Oliver Warner

Some Representative Northampton
the "Great Majority"

Atkins, James D. . 493

Arnold, William F. . 486

Bodman, Luther . . 489

Bond, Henry' H. . . 490

Bottum, Samuel A. . . 493

Burleigh, Charles C. . 493

Butler, Jonathan Hunt . 486

Carr, Smith . . . 491

Business Men who have joined

Childs, Henry
Clark, Capt. Edwin C.
Cook, Gen. Benjamin E.
Copeland, Edward P.
Crafts, David W.
Crafts, Josephus
Dikeman, Henry'
French, Marvin M.

490
4S9
489
487
489
489
490
486

528

QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

Fuller, Stephen B.
Gaylord, William M.
Hebert, Joseph
Herrick, Webster

HiLLYER, WiNTHROP

Hunt, Seth
KiNGSLEY, Charles B.
Kingsley, Dea. Daniel
KiNGSLEY, Prof. George
Lincoln, Dea. Addison J.
Longley, Major Henry A.
Maltby, Lafayette
Meekins, Dr. Thomas W.
Otis, Gen. John L.
Parsons, Capt. Enos
Parsons, Horace K.
Pratt, William F.

493 Ray, George H.

487 Ross, Austin

491 Rust, Theodore

486 Shepard, Col. George

487 Smith, Charles
486 Smith, Silas M.

490 Stoddard, Dea. William H

486 Strong, Sidney

491 Spaulding, Capt. Mark H.

489 Thayer, Col. Justin

487 Thompson, Dr. Austin W.
487 Warner, Oliver

490 Warner, Joseph
493 Warner, John F.
489 Williams, Michael
493 Whitcomb, Waldo H.
487 Wright, Ansel

493

487

489
490
486
489
487
491
486
487
490
491

493
491

491

490

Oldest Business Men of Northampton Now Living

Bond, Judge Daniel W.
Branch, Robert M.
Bridgman, Sidney E.
Clarke, Christopher
Clark, Merritt
Cook, Benjamin E.
Davenport, Dr. Joseph N.
Davis, Nelson A.
Demond, J. Howe
Dickinson, Charles H.
DiMOCK, Lucius
Draper, John L.
Edwards, Oscar
Field, Lemuel B.
Gere, Henry S.
Gilfillan, Dr. Thomas
Grogan, Matthew

498 Haven, Henry B.

498 Jones, Dr. William H.

495 'Kinney, Charles M.

495 Learned, Dr. John B.

495 Marsh, Joseph

497 McCallum, Alexander

497 Parsons, Isaac S.

498 PoMEROY, William C.

497 Porter, Samuel
495 Pratt, Charles S.

495 Roberts, Dr. Osmore O.

496 Searle, James H.
495 Smith, Watson L.

498 Strickland, Judge William

495 Todd, William H.

496 Williams, Joseph C.

497 WiLLisTON, A. Lyman

498
496

497
498
496
496

495
497
498

497
497
495
496
496
496

497
496

Decorated Buildings

The Court of Honor

Corner of Main and Masonic Streets

Forbes Library

Main Street, from City Hall

City Hall ....

First Church and Court-House

Savings Bank and Court-House

The Old Bank

Smith College

Smith Charities

Main Street, near Old South

Hotel Hampton ....

South Side of Main Street, corner Pleasant

Odd Fellows Hall

So
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83
84

85
86

91
92

93
94
95

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529

First National Bank and Commercial College
Court of Honor at Night ....

Lilly Library, Florence ....

Parsons Block, Florence ....

THE PARADE

Governor Bates, Staff and Ladies

Marshals of the Parade ....

Marshals and Aids .....

The Sheriffs Appear, Heading the Procession

Waiting for the Procession to Appear

Invited Guests in Carriages

The Southampton Settlers' Team Comes in View

Governor Bates and Mrs. Bates in Carriage

Next the Nonotuck Company's Gorgeous Float

A Rosebud Garden of Girls

Some More of Them ....

Easthampton's Contribution Comes in Sight

Old Stage-Coach from Southampton

Hints of the Horseless Age

More of the Horseless

The Decorated Carriages

The Fire Department ....

Looking Down the Street, near City Hall

The Front of Masonic Temple

After the Procession had Passed

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208

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214
220
221
222
224
226
228
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232
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240

Decorated Automobiles

Bemext, Frederick W.
Crooks, Edgar F.
Davis, Eugene E.
Jager, Frederick G.

234
234
237
234

King, Warren M.
Risley, Warren T.
Wood, Edward E., Jr.

233
233
234

Decorated Carriages

Bailey, Grace
Clark, Jairus E.
Clark, "Dr. Sidney A.
Demond, J. Howe
Field, Horace W. . .
FiTTs, Charles N.

218
216
219
218
2 1 7
216

Harlow, Mrs. Charles N.
Haven, Henry B.
Kinney, Charles W.
McCallum, Alexander
Williams, Henry L.

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218
21 7
216
216

FLOATS

The First School-House

The Old "One-Hoss Shay"

The Colonial Court Float

Easthampton Town Float

Hampton Company, Easthampton

Southampton Settlers' Team

Southampton Independent R. R. Co.

Dairying Float from Westhampton

One of the Historical Floats (The Perils of Our Forefathers)

Another Historical Float (The Minute Men)

Another View of the Westhampton Float

244

246
246
248

250

252
254

256

242

243

258

530

QUARTER-MILLENNIAL CELEBRATION

The Manufacturing Floats

NoNoTUCK Silk Co., Florence
NoNOTUCK Silk Co., Haydenville
NoNOTUCK Silk Co., Leeds
Belding Bro's Silk Mill
Florence Manufacturing Co. .
McCallum's Hosiery Mill
Hampton Mills, Easthampton

260
260
262
264
265
266
250

Society Floats and Displays

St. Jean Baptiste Society

Objects on St. Jean Baptiste Float

St. Jean Baptiste Society

St. Joseph's Society Float No. i

St. Joseph's Society Float No. 2

Same Old Crowd

Patriarchs Militant

NoNOTUCK Lodge, Odd Fellows

St. Joseph's Society

Sacred Heart Cadets Float

Court Duvernay, Foresters

Float of the United German Societies

Crescent Lodge, Degree of Honor

Capawonke Tribe, I. O. R. M.

Knights of Columbus

Enterprise Lodge, Degree of Honor

Florence Commandery, U. O. G. S.

St. Anne's Society

Court Meadow City, Foresters

Ancient Order of United Workmen

Some Florence Girls Come to Town

James F. Shannon's Float

268
270
271
272
272
25S
25Q
259
273
276
276
277
27S
278
280
282
282
283
284
284
287
291

Historical Localities

Old Church, Court-House, Whitney Building, Park, 1S64

Northampton Center, as it was in 1838

View of Round Hill and the Stoddard House

The Jonathan Edwards Meeting-House

East Corner Main and King Streets, 1855

Residence of Judge Joseph Lyman

Warner House

Old Mansion House

Edwin Kingsley House and Blacksmith Shop

Residence of Henry R. Hinckley

The Jonathan Edwards Elm

Edwards Church and Hunt House

The Great Elm Tree

The Lewis Parsons House

Old Clarke Block

Old Wright House

The Chauncey E. Parsons House

Portrait of Isaac Gere

Portrait of Jemima (Kingsley) Gere

Old Town Hall ....

Residence of Prof. George Kingsley

350
352
354
356

357
360

361

364

369

359
362
366

367
3 73
376
370
371
378
37S
375
379

NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS

531

Historical Collections

Cane and Ixuia.x War Club of Capt. John King

Old Portrait of Lafayette

Lafayette in Northampton, in 1825

Mrs. Isaac C. Bates in Old Age

Hiram Ferry

?»Irs. Levi Shepherd

Thomas Shepherd

Old Pomeroy House

Round PIill in 1810

George Bancroft

Joseph G. Cogsavell

Chair of Caleb Strong

Jenny Lind and Her Husband

Old Gothic Seminary

Madam Rhoda Edwards Dwight

Exhibition Rooms in Home Culture Clubs' House

390, 394, 4.00,

382

3«7
388

393
398

400
400
401
402
403
403
405
407
407
400
408

Miscellaneous

Lnvitation to Northampton, England

Back of Advertising Envelope

Sketch of Competitive Design

Official Program

Northampton Baseball Club

Northampton Vocal Club

Southampton Household Relics

Old Church, Northampton, England

Old Church, Northampton, England (Interior

The Minuet — Opening Movements, Etc.

First Railway Train at Northampton

Henry S. Gere and Mrs. Gere in 1S50

North Side of Main Street

South Side of Main Street

Chancel)

192

200

253

307

334-5

412

SOI

505-6

507-8

P?-ess of

The F. a. Bassette Company

Springfield, Mass.

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