. 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. lmanned, could wet the rooster. To thecomb of the rooster the distance is 169feet. The bird himself is five feet came over from London about the year1750 and has looked down on generationsof firemen and upon soldiers going out toseveral wars. A likely tradition has it thatan eagle once alighted upon him and wasshot from below. In 1902 one of these birds was seen hoveringover St. Michaels cathedral. They are almost all gone who tried to re
. 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. lmanned, could wet the rooster. To thecomb of the rooster the distance is 169feet. The bird himself is five feet came over from London about the year1750 and has looked down on generationsof firemen and upon soldiers going out toseveral wars. A likely tradition has it thatan eagle once alighted upon him and wasshot from below. In 1902 one of these birds was seen hoveringover St. Michaels cathedral. They are almost all gone who tried to reach the rooster infriendly rivalry with the old hand engines, and in these daysthe firemen have so much serious business that there is notmuch opportunity for sport. The great steam fire engines,the chemical engines, the hose tower, the extension ladders,the electric alarm and other devices for coping with big fires,aided by a water service that makes the town brook and rainwater cisterns seem ridiculous, form a marked contrast be-tween old and new times. If a mans house burned down helost all and his neighbors helped him to erect another. Now. 150 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD he collects the insurance from some company that he has paidto guarantee him against loss. The fine building of the Spring-field Fire and Marine Insurance Company probably had initself a cost of construction equal to the value of all the build-ings in the town when the Indians gave it to the torch. We have already seen how simple the schools were in oldentimes and what sort of things the boys and girls used to dowhen out of school. The schools did not change much until the
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