. Springfield present and prospective; the city of homes . on. The hills that roll upon either side afford pasturage for cattle, and the products of the stall andthe dairy alike have even now but to be taken to the manufacturing pointswe have indicated to be changed into gold. But we are told that the growth of the population and the developmentof the natural resources of the valley are slow. Pray, how old is the valleyin settlement and enterprise ? Go back only 20 years—where were Cabot-ville, Mittineague, Indian Orchard, Greenfield and the host of other pointsnow alive with busy manufacturin


. Springfield present and prospective; the city of homes . on. The hills that roll upon either side afford pasturage for cattle, and the products of the stall andthe dairy alike have even now but to be taken to the manufacturing pointswe have indicated to be changed into gold. But we are told that the growth of the population and the developmentof the natural resources of the valley are slow. Pray, how old is the valleyin settlement and enterprise ? Go back only 20 years—where were Cabot-ville, Mittineague, Indian Orchard, Greenfield and the host of other pointsnow alive with busy manufacturing life 1 Go back 30 years—where wereChicopee Falls, Haydenville, Thompsonville and the test: It strikes usthat the growth has been fast and that it promises with the accumulatingstrength of capital and experience to be faster still. New branches ofmanufacture have been struck out and fortunes have been made and arestill making. Look at the improvements that have been made for thetransportation of manufactures, merchandise and passengers. Eighty years. t^


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