. 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. se and hung theirswords and trappings above the blazing hearth-fire to the end of his life the boy remembered the glistening THE REVOLUTION 101 steel and brass of the swords and scabbards as they flashedin the firehght. As for the common soldiers they staid outin the sheds at the cost of a good pile of cider apples that werewaiting for the press. In the morning camp was struck onthe Common, the farmhouses emptied of their visitors andthe w
. 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. se and hung theirswords and trappings above the blazing hearth-fire to the end of his life the boy remembered the glistening THE REVOLUTION 101 steel and brass of the swords and scabbards as they flashedin the firehght. As for the common soldiers they staid outin the sheds at the cost of a good pile of cider apples that werewaiting for the press. In the morning camp was struck onthe Common, the farmhouses emptied of their visitors andthe whole host crossed the river to Springfield, whence theyproceeded towards Brookfield. But not all went. An Englishman named Worthy thoughtthat this part of the country was good enough for him andcontrived to drop out, as did a German named used to say that when the British common soldiersgot over here they found that the Americans had the right ofthe cause. One other deserter there was, a horse, too lame,perhaps, to go further. He, too, found friends in West Spring-field and to the end of his days went by the name of l^ Northeast Corner of Court Square, 1830. CHAPTER VII. SHAYS REBELLION.—THE CONSTITUTION—1783-1789. SHAYS Rebellion was one of the unfortunate incidentsin the history of Massachusetts. It is interesting becauseit shows a people, almost a majority, in opposition tothe regular action of a government which they had just setup; and it is important in a history of Springfield becauseit was here that some of the most stirring scenes it has been called an insurrection, sometimes arebellion. An insurrection is a rising to prevent the operationof the laws by force of arms. A rebellion is such an oppositionwidely extended. In this case the movement, by spreadingthrough the state, passed from an insurrection to a rebellion,although not a bloody one. It is included in the years 1783-1877. What was its cause? During the Revolu
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