. 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. The Old Toll Bridge. The houses are chiefly on the western side. On the easterna brook runs almost the whole length; a fact which is, I. be-lieve, singular. From the street a marsh extends about fortyor fifty rods to the brow of an elevated pine plain. The watersof this marsh are a collection of living springs, too cold andtoo active to admit of putrefaction on their surface; andfor this reason, probably, the town is not of this ma
. 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. The Old Toll Bridge. The houses are chiefly on the western side. On the easterna brook runs almost the whole length; a fact which is, I. be-lieve, singular. From the street a marsh extends about fortyor fifty rods to the brow of an elevated pine plain. The watersof this marsh are a collection of living springs, too cold andtoo active to admit of putrefaction on their surface; andfor this reason, probably, the town is not of this marsh has been converted into a meadow. When OLD TIMES AND NEW 123 the rest has undergone the same process, the beauty of thesituation will be not a little improved. The houses of Spring-field are more uniformly well built than those of any otherinland town in the state, except Worcester. An uncommonappearance of neatness prevails almost everywhere, refreshingthe eye of the traveler. On a Monday, the 27th of November, 1824, a crowd ofpeople was gathered at the foot of Elm street and at otherplaces on the bank of the river. They were watching the
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