. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. Connecticut River Steamboat IN A Marco Paul at the Spring-field Armory , OLD TIMES AND NEW 125. than the old yellow stages, with four horses and a bugle, thatconnected Springfield with Boston, Albany, Hartford andother towns. The chief engineer of the new railroad wasMajor Whistler, whose portrait hangs in the City Library. Hebrought his boy, James, with him when he came to reside used to amuse his schoolmates with his
. The history of Springfield in Massachusetts, for the young; being also in some part the history of other towns and cities in the county of Hampden. Connecticut River Steamboat IN A Marco Paul at the Spring-field Armory , OLD TIMES AND NEW 125. than the old yellow stages, with four horses and a bugle, thatconnected Springfield with Boston, Albany, Hartford andother towns. The chief engineer of the new railroad wasMajor Whistler, whose portrait hangs in the City Library. Hebrought his boy, James, with him when he came to reside used to amuse his schoolmates with his clever draw-ings and afterwards went abroad, where he became one of thefamous artists of the world. His paintings and etchings hangin the great galleries of Europe. When the rail-road was builtfrom Springfieldto Hartford itmade necessarythe removal ofthe ancient ceme-tery at the foot of Elm street. The training ground and thepound had long since gone and for the cemetery there was nowprovided a beautiful tract of hill and dell which, for a cemetery,is exceptionally near the heart of the city, yet so full of birdsand squirrels, old oaks and tall pines, as to be interesting to anaturalist. To this place was removed the dust of MaryPynchon, of her brother,
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