. Trolley trips through New England ... U. S. Armory, Springfield This is the Arsenal. From floor to ceilingLike a huge organ, rise the burnished arms; But from their silent pipes no anthem pealingStartles the villages with strange alarms. Ah! what a sound will rise, how wild and dreary,When the death-angel touches those swift keys! What loud lament and dismal Miserere Will mingle with their awful symphonies! . The Arsenal at Springfield—Longfellow. For Trolley Timetables—See Back of Book 35. Brookfield is Cosy and Pretty The most prominent part of the Common in WEST BROOK-FIELD is the handsom
. Trolley trips through New England ... U. S. Armory, Springfield This is the Arsenal. From floor to ceilingLike a huge organ, rise the burnished arms; But from their silent pipes no anthem pealingStartles the villages with strange alarms. Ah! what a sound will rise, how wild and dreary,When the death-angel touches those swift keys! What loud lament and dismal Miserere Will mingle with their awful symphonies! . The Arsenal at Springfield—Longfellow. For Trolley Timetables—See Back of Book 35. Brookfield is Cosy and Pretty The most prominent part of the Common in WEST BROOK-FIELD is the handsome fountain, which was a gift to the town. This whole section is one of considerable natural beauty;green meadows, pine woods, ponds and streams furnishing avariety of scene. Fine views overlooking central Massachusettsmay be had from several points on the line, which runs alongthe States central ridge or watershed. Fifteen minutes farther on is BROOKFIELD (Brookfield Inn),where we pass the Green, or Banister Common. This tract wasowned by Seth Banister and Solomon Banister, and the latterconveyed it on Oct. 9, 1773, to a committee of the town. Thebeautiful rows of shade trees were set about eighty years town is pleasantly situated amid hills and lakes. SPENCER was the birthplace of Elias Howe, the inventor ofthe sewing machine, and is one of Massachusetts thriving shoetowns. See on the right Moose Hill, 1,000 feet above sea level. LEICESTER sits on a hill, and cloistered aroun
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