. Almon Danforth Hodges and his neighbors . boat to New York, thence by steamer up theHudson river to Albany or Troy (where we had cousins),and then by stage to Lanesborough. On these excursions theprincipal points of beauty and interest along the Hudson werevisited. Perhaps the river was left at the town of Hudson,where the cars were taken as far as West Stockbridge ; or ifthe river was followed up to Albany, a side trip to Saratogaand Ballston Spa was indulged in. A stop of several days was almost always made at WestPoint. Father was well acquainted with Colonel SylvanusThayer, the father of
. Almon Danforth Hodges and his neighbors . boat to New York, thence by steamer up theHudson river to Albany or Troy (where we had cousins),and then by stage to Lanesborough. On these excursions theprincipal points of beauty and interest along the Hudson werevisited. Perhaps the river was left at the town of Hudson,where the cars were taken as far as West Stockbridge ; or ifthe river was followed up to Albany, a side trip to Saratogaand Ballston Spa was indulged in. A stop of several days was almost always made at WestPoint. Father was well acquainted with Colonel SylvanusThayer, the father of the Military Academy, and otherhigh officials there, and was cordially welcomed when he ap-peared, and pleasantly entertained. I myself was once in-vited by the Corps of Cadets to attend their Military Ball;but mother refused to let me go, as I was only thirteenmonths old. One year there was a trip down East, to visit fathersmarried sister and an uncle and cousin and many friends inMaine. The journey was made by steamboat along the coast. DANFORTH COMSTOCK HODGES. WILLIAM TOWNSEND HODGES. FAMILY LIFE IN PROVIDENCE. 219 and by stage in the interior, railroads not yet having invadedthat region. The stage coaches were not especially comfort-able, the roads were not particularly good, and the hours ofuprising and downlying were not always agreeable ; yet theJournal touches lightly on these inconveniences, dwells chieflyon the delight of meeting dear friends, and declares that thetravellers had a most enjoyable time. 3[I)c l^. S. €av^s of (Ha^cfs, y request the pleasure of _ ^jri^ <i^.&jf(^ 1844 p. A. FARRELLT O. C. BARBER, LOUIS HEBERT, J. C. BONNYCASTLK, FITZ JOHN PORTER, J. DE RUSSKY, THOMAS G. RHETT, HENRY HETH, H. L. SHIELDS, W. H. HILL, T. B J. WELD, D. T. VAN BUREN. Another year an excursion was made by rail to NiagaraFalls. Railroad travel in those days was
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