FOVR DAYS AT ROCHESTER. 175 



referred to — is a beautiful eminence overlooking the 

 city. 



At the time of my visit, Rochester supported thirty- 

 four ne\vs[)apers and periodicals, of which six were 

 dailies. The population was about 90,000. 



It seems that Fortune has favored the ^^ Flour 

 City," or at least that wise heads and generous hearts 

 have })lanned for her greatest good. It is proper to 

 look back into the beo^inninffs for the" keynote to sue- 

 cess in our American towns, and in this case, we 

 doubtless find it in the unselfish forethouo^lit of the 

 first men added to its wonderful natural resources. 



A simple little incident, told of Colonel Rochester, 

 illustrates the principle, whose benefit others are reap- 

 ing. He was working in his garden one day, setting 

 out fruit trees, when a neighbor came along and 

 stopped to chat. The Colonel said : '^ I do not know 

 that I shall eat any fruit from the trees I am plant- 

 ing, but as I eat from trees somebody planted for me, 

 I must set out trees for those w^ho will come after 

 me/' It was this provision for those who were to 

 "come after" that has done much towards making 

 Rochester what she is to-day. 



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