. Springfield present and prospective; the city of homes . Oxford Apartment House - Municipal Building Springfield Present and Prospective 117 ago nothing but the slow coach and the still slower sailboat were engagedin the transportation of merchandise and passengers up and down the a splendid railroad runs almost literally by every mans door fromSpringfield to the fountain sprmg of the river, within a days walk of theCanadian line. Has this been slow stretching ? Nay, are not other roadsalready planned to run out into by-places among the hills and along thevalleys of tumbling stream
. Springfield present and prospective; the city of homes . Oxford Apartment House - Municipal Building Springfield Present and Prospective 117 ago nothing but the slow coach and the still slower sailboat were engagedin the transportation of merchandise and passengers up and down the a splendid railroad runs almost literally by every mans door fromSpringfield to the fountain sprmg of the river, within a days walk of theCanadian line. Has this been slow stretching ? Nay, are not other roadsalready planned to run out into by-places among the hills and along thevalleys of tumbling streams . Thus much for the physical advantages and developments of the valley,but to the mind that regards life in its higher objects and relations thereare other and higher advantages which in comparison with those enjoyedby newer localities leave us far above them. Where else in the broad earthcan be found a more beautiful stream than the Connecticut, a more beauti-ful valley than its waters or a more beautiful background to rise up andmeet the sky ? Where
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