Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts . d of Au-gust and the beginning of September buthe shall see multitudes of webs, made vis-ible by the dew that hangs on them,reaching from one tree, branch, or shrub,to another; which webs are commonlythought to be made in the night, be-cause they appear only in the morn-ing; whereas none of them are made in the night, as thesespiders never come out in the night when it is dark, as thedew is then falling. But these webs may be seen well enoughin the day-time by an observing eye, by their r
Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts . d of Au-gust and the beginning of September buthe shall see multitudes of webs, made vis-ible by the dew that hangs on them,reaching from one tree, branch, or shrub,to another; which webs are commonlythought to be made in the night, be-cause they appear only in the morn-ing; whereas none of them are made in the night, as thesespiders never come out in the night when it is dark, as thedew is then falling. But these webs may be seen well enoughin the day-time by an observing eye, by their reflection in thesunbeams. Especially late in the afternoon may these webs that arebetween the eye and that part of the horizon that is under the sun, be seenvery plainly. * * * And the spiders themseb-es may be \tvy oftenseen traveling in the air, from one stage to another amongst the trees, ina \-ery unaccountable manner. But I have often seen that which is muchmore astonishing. In very calm and serene days in the forenientionedtime of year, standing at some distance 1:>ehind the end of a house or. Jonathan Edwards. 46 BERKSHIRE COUNTY some other opaque Ixxly, so as just to hide the (hsk of the sun and keepoff his dazzHng- rays, and looking along- close by the side of it, I haveseen a vast multitude of little shining webs and glistening strines brightlyreflecting the sunbeams, and some of them of great length, and of suchheight that one would think thev were tacked to the vault of the heavens. His old study table is preser^ed in the Stockbridge ^•illage library,and a monument to his memory, erected by his descendants, stands uponthe church lawn. Among other eminent divines resident in Berkshire was the Todd, for thirty years pastor of the First Church in Pittsfield. Hewas famous not only as a preacher but as an author, and the greateri:umber of his works were here written. He was an adept in writingfor yoiith, and am)ng- his most widely distributed volumes were L
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