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Milford (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
could hardly believe in his personal identity, and I have recalled the good Fra Cristoforo, in the exquisite romance of Manzoni, to prove that the simplest life of unostentatious goodness may succeed a youth hot with passion of all kinds. Works, Vol. V. pp. 236-239. Stearns was the grandson of Rev. Jonathan French, of Andover, whose care for Sumner's father as a boy has already been mentioned. Formerly a clergyman in Newburyport, he is now the pastor of a Presbyterian church in Newark, N. J. He took high rank in college, and has fulfilled his early promise. Hopkinson received the highest honors in the class. He was as a student quite mature, and was older than most of his classmates. He practised law in Lowell, became a judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and was afterwards president of the Boston and Worcester Railroad Corporation. He died in 1856. Tower practised law for a time, and then diverged from the profession. He removed to Pottsville, Pa., and has been id
Colrain, Ma. (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
ternoon, went on to Greenfield, riding about half a mile in a wagon; his first ride since he left Boston. The next morning (20th), the party journeyed on a most delightful road, with a brook running by its side, and through a beautiful wood to Coleraine, where they paused for breakfast. They met, near the border-line of Massachusetts and Vermont, a farmer from Milton, who entertained them with beer and milk, and they eat raspberries on the very spot where the two States divide. Thence they per of silver winding through meadows of gold. It was a scene of enchantment, and time has not weakened the impression it made. From Northampton we walked to Deerfield, sleeping near Bloody Brook, and then to Greenfield, where we turned off by Coleraine through dark woods and over hills to Bennington in Vermont. The whole excursion was deeply interesting, but no part more so than your valley. Since then I have been a traveller at home and abroad, but I know no similar scene of greater beauty
Caldwell, Noble County, Ohio (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
d Mt. Defiance, to obtain a view of the fortress beneath. The adventure cost him a severe effort. He wondered how field-pieces were ever carried up its sides to surprise General St. Clair. He was unable to trace the British works on the summit; but enjoyed the fine view. The two classmates embarked at one in the afternoon. The scenery all the way through Lake George was most beautiful, and the number of islands with which the water was interspersed very much heightened it. Arriving at Caldwell at six in the evening, they at once walked to Glen's Falls, seeing, on their way, the remains of the forts William Henry and George; passing over a level plain, frequently the battle-field of contending armies, and the scene of the alternate triumphs of the English and French; skirting Bloody Pond, the place where the dead bodies of all who were slain in the battle between Dieskau and Williams were buried, and lodging at a country tavern, situated almost immediately upon one of the battle-
Northampton (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
teams were carried over that Sumner had ever seen, the boat being moved by two horses on deck, the travellers entered Northampton, where they admired the fine houses on its main street, visited the Round-Hill School, and took supper at the Coffee H years after, he made a public allusion to this journey. At a dinner of the Hampshire County Agricultural Society, at Northampton, Oct. 14, 1862, he said, as he began his remarks: Works, Vol. VII. p. 249. I cannot forget the first time thing weary and footsore, we refreshed ourselves at the evening prayer in the college chapel. From Amherst we walked to Northampton, and then, ascending Mount Holyoke, saw the valley of the Connecticut spread out before us, with river of silver winding through meadows of gold. It was a scene of enchantment, and time has not weakened the impression it made. From Northampton we walked to Deerfield, sleeping near Bloody Brook, and then to Greenfield, where we turned off by Coleraine through dark
Amherst (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
M. (17th), and walked through Greenwich, a very pretty and pleasant town, situated on a plain, observing Mt. Pomroy and Mt. Liz; thence to Enfield, and arrived at Amherst after a most toilsome journey through the hottest part of the day. The people in most of the towns through which we passed were perfectly astonished, and utterl were taken for United States officers, and at Dana we were asked if we were on a peddling-voyage. In another place we were taken for factory-boys. The sight of Amherst and its college buildings, and the students, who were not yet relieved from their tasks, was grateful to the weary Harvard lads. Fatigued more than before by thewe passed, by way of Sterling and Barre, to Amherst, where, arriving weary and footsore, we refreshed ourselves at the evening prayer in the college chapel. From Amherst we walked to Northampton, and then, ascending Mount Holyoke, saw the valley of the Connecticut spread out before us, with river of silver winding through meadows
Concord (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
ect the least inaccuracy. I recollect accompanying him to an ecclesiastical council (ex parte), held in the old court-house in Cambridge, and convened for the purpose of dismissing the Rev. Dr. Holmes. Mr. Samuel Hoar, a distinguished lawyer of Concord, was counsel for the party opposed to Dr. Holmes. Never having heard him in a set speech, Sumner and myself went for the purpose of hearing his plea, in which he quoted the familiar verse, Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis. But, instend in high spirits, and walked on singing and laughing, and attracting considerable attention. Refreshing themselves in the early evening, at Lincoln, with a hearty supper of brown-bread and milk, they passed their first night at a small inn in Concord. Rising before four the next morning (15th), they went through Sudbury, Stow, and Bolton, and lodged that night at Sterling, enduring severe heat during the day. From Sterling, which they left before five A. M. (16th), they walked up the steep
Mount Holyoke (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
were conducted by the President, in the chapel. After the devotions, Sumner and Babcock set out, leaving their comrades to follow. Here the journal records a hazardous adventure of the advanced party:— It was our determination to visit Mt. Holyoke. On our arrival at the bottom of the hill, we went into a poor house and got a cheap breakfast. We then started to ascend the mountain by an old and at present unfrequented path. After going some ways, we came to a place where there were tw Starting from Cambridge, we passed, by way of Sterling and Barre, to Amherst, where, arriving weary and footsore, we refreshed ourselves at the evening prayer in the college chapel. From Amherst we walked to Northampton, and then, ascending Mount Holyoke, saw the valley of the Connecticut spread out before us, with river of silver winding through meadows of gold. It was a scene of enchantment, and time has not weakened the impression it made. From Northampton we walked to Deerfield, sleepin
Fort William Henry, New York (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
field-pieces were ever carried up its sides to surprise General St. Clair. He was unable to trace the British works on the summit; but enjoyed the fine view. The two classmates embarked at one in the afternoon. The scenery all the way through Lake George was most beautiful, and the number of islands with which the water was interspersed very much heightened it. Arriving at Caldwell at six in the evening, they at once walked to Glen's Falls, seeing, on their way, the remains of the forts William Henry and George; passing over a level plain, frequently the battle-field of contending armies, and the scene of the alternate triumphs of the English and French; skirting Bloody Pond, the place where the dead bodies of all who were slain in the battle between Dieskau and Williams were buried, and lodging at a country tavern, situated almost immediately upon one of the battle-fields, under a hill, which we were told was called French Hill from the circumstance of the French being posted th
Enfield (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
the same route, in the same way, but thought they could not go on at the rate we did. Barre, where we are now waiting for our supper, is a very pretty village. The town is famous for its dairies, making more butter and cheese than any other in the State. Passing the night at Dana, which they reached after an evening walk, they rose as usual, at four A. M. (17th), and walked through Greenwich, a very pretty and pleasant town, situated on a plain, observing Mt. Pomroy and Mt. Liz; thence to Enfield, and arrived at Amherst after a most toilsome journey through the hottest part of the day. The people in most of the towns through which we passed were perfectly astonished, and utterly at a loss what to make of us. At Barre we were taken for United States officers, and at Dana we were asked if we were on a peddling-voyage. In another place we were taken for factory-boys. The sight of Amherst and its college buildings, and the students, who were not yet relieved from their tasks, was gr
Ballston (New York, United States) (search for this): chapter 4
visited the fort, the battle-field, the house occupied by Burgoyne as Headquarters, the room where Frazier died, and the place where he was reputed to have been buried. Thence, in the heat of the day, he walked to the Springs, where, joining Babcock, he took lodgings at Montgomery Hall, instead of Congress Hall, which was then chief among the hotels. The next morning (28th), he subscribed for a day at the Reading Room. Leaving Saratoga on the 29th, at four in the morning, they walked to Ballston, where Babcock took the stage for Schenectady, on his way to Utica. Sumner, now left alone, still persevered, arriving at the Erie Canal, about two o'clock, just at the famous aqueduct over the Mohawk; thence walking on the tow-path, passing Cohoes Falls, numerous locks, and the junction of the Erie and Champlain Canals, and reaching Troy about six P. M., and (still following the canal) Albany about sundown, —making thirty-seven miles on foot during the day. Lodging for the night at the Ea
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