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by some notable person, followed a prayer of thanks for the ingathering of the harvest. The procession formed at the Amherst house, an inspiring band leading the way, while mounted escorts with a military hint in their dress and style curveted hither and thither about it. The plowing match was of intense interest, held just West of the church on the Hadley road. Draft matches were held on the West side of the common, now the front of the Pi Upsilon property,. The exhibition of horses included the entire space of the common and the main st. Luke Sweetser , Edward Dickinson and Seth Nims were, always note the style of the two latter, as they drove through the streets, sitting very refusing the senseless deck? or a careless hand. I always turned to look after these horsemen, wherever they passed me in the street. If not irreverent I should exclaim, "Where are the chariots and the horsemen thereof?" in these latter days? Something of strong chivalric stuff must have relinquish a live breathing horse, drawing on and stimulating his vitality, for a pondrous, ill smelling machine that tears through the sweet hill and dale about us as if Satan himself was let loose. What would dear Goerge [sic] Herbert say to it all?
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Not to be reproduced in whole or in part without permission. Transcription and commentary copyright 1998 by Martha Nell Smith, Laura Elyn Lauth, and Lara Vetter, all rights reserved Maintained by Rebecca Mooney <rnmooney@umd.edu> Last updated on January 25, 2008 |
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