. 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. Hungarian patriot,a champion of freedom, an exile from his country, and a 126 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD master of thirteen languages. He made here an address inEnglish. The other was Father Mathew, the great apostleof total abstinence, whose wonderful work in Ireland had filled the world with his fame andmade the temperance reformrespected and popular. Byhis own efforts for temperancehe had remarkably reduced theamount of crime committedin his own c
. 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. Hungarian patriot,a champion of freedom, an exile from his country, and a 126 HISTORY OF SPRINGFIELD master of thirteen languages. He made here an address inEnglish. The other was Father Mathew, the great apostleof total abstinence, whose wonderful work in Ireland had filled the world with his fame andmade the temperance reformrespected and popular. Byhis own efforts for temperancehe had remarkably reduced theamount of crime committedin his own country. Coming toSpringfield in 1849 and stand-ing in the church of his ownfaith, then located on the cor-ner of Union and Willowstreets, he administered thepledge to people of all societies that aretoday organized for totalabstinence bear his honored name. The Armory has been a great help to the prosperity ofSpringfield. Wehave seen thatWashington ap-proved of thelocation president,he passed throughthe town and hisdiary describes hiscareful inspec-tion. Little hadas yet been done; but later such buildings were erected as. Theobald Mathew.
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