. Views on and about Mt. Tom and of Mt. Tom railroad . OUTHERLY, on a tower of the United StatesArmoty at Springfield, floats the flag of ourcountry. On clear days, nearly thirty-fivemiles to the south, the golden dome of theConnecticut State Capitol of Hartford can beplainly seen. West of the range isWestfield, whose whips are snapped andcigars smoked all over the country. Nearthe foot of the mountain lies Easthampton,where Samuel Williston devoted some of theprofits of his button manufactory to the buildingand endowment of Williston Seminary. Tothe south is Sufiield Institute and to t

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. Views on and about Mt. Tom and of Mt. Tom railroad . OUTHERLY, on a tower of the United StatesArmoty at Springfield, floats the flag of ourcountry. On clear days, nearly thirty-fivemiles to the south, the golden dome of theConnecticut State Capitol of Hartford can beplainly seen. West of the range isWestfield, whose whips are snapped andcigars smoked all over the country. Nearthe foot of the mountain lies Easthampton,where Samuel Williston devoted some of theprofits of his button manufactory to the buildingand endowment of Williston Seminary. Tothe south is Sufiield Institute and to the eastis the Wesleyan Seminary, at Wilbraham. Itis doubtful if there is another section in NewEngland where so many educational institu-tions can be seen from one summit. To thenortheast is Amherst, with its two colleges. The beauty and the majesty of earthSpread wide beneath. . There, as thou standest,The haunts of men below thee, and around,The mountain summits, thy expanding heartShall feel a-kindred with that loftier worldTo which thou art tra

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