The Wheel and cycling trade review . inthe blue Alleghenies, forming a gateway, asit were, to that land of splendor—the Berk-shires. then clocks, a watch factory was pointed out,and after a while a towering buildingmarked the site of a huge cotton mill, and soit went. Presently the train rolled by a vastpile of brick and mortar, the chimneysbelching forth smoke, and glimpses of the in-terior showing a busy hive. And what dothey make there? he asked. Brass tips forshoe laces, was the quiet response, and thatended the catechising. He was overcome withthe energy displayed in working up a tre-mend
The Wheel and cycling trade review . inthe blue Alleghenies, forming a gateway, asit were, to that land of splendor—the Berk-shires. then clocks, a watch factory was pointed out,and after a while a towering buildingmarked the site of a huge cotton mill, and soit went. Presently the train rolled by a vastpile of brick and mortar, the chimneysbelching forth smoke, and glimpses of the in-terior showing a busy hive. And what dothey make there? he asked. Brass tips forshoe laces, was the quiet response, and thatended the catechising. He was overcome withthe energy displayed in working up a tre-mendous establishment like this for themanufacture of such an apparently insignifi-cant article as shoe lace tips. And so, al-though nothing seems too large or too smallfor the ingenious Yankee to handle, to turninto money, and it was not, therefore, sur-prising that, on the birth of the bicycle, theyshould devote their talents in that direction,and, as in everything else, make of it a Derby, a pretty town, famous for its. But man with his wonted greed has turnedall this to his own advantage, pretty townshave sprung up, busy in the interest of , substantial factories line the river edge,deriving from the swift-running stream apower that literally flows by their doors, thegracious mountain springs bountifully, pro-viding a seemingly inexhaustible supply andkeeping the wheels of industry in motionthough in the dryest of seasons. Even theverdure-clad hills contribute their share, themany pretty little houses settled in the nooksand crannies afford a retreat for the busytoilers that may well be envied by the citydweller. In the commercial world New England issynonymous with all that can be producedwith economical cost, and the whole secretlies in surroundings. Skilled labor dwellshere in perfect contentment; generationafter generation have lived here perfectly-satisfied with what the gods have brought,the sons taking up what the fathers haveleft, yielding mecha
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