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arrival, I saw very little of the place, but under- 

 stand that it has quite large manufacturing interests, 

 a lively trade, two good schools for its young people; 

 and that unfailing sign of prosperity — a newspaper. 

 I recalled here, another Westfield, many miles away in 

 Massachuetts, which I passed early in May. The two 

 places appeared as unlike as possible, which was due, 

 no doubt, to one being in the ''Bay,'' and the other 

 in the " Empire " State, which some travellers will 

 concede makes quite a difference. 



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Hayiies HoxLse, 



North-East, Pennsylvania, 



June Twenty -eighth. 



Rode away from Westfield at ten in the morning, 

 halting just beyond the village at tlie pretty home of 

 W. N. Allen, where I passed a very pleasant half- 

 hour. While looking after the interests of a large 

 farm, Mr. Allen and his family were very much 

 interested in art matters, and showed me several val- 

 uable paintings which they had recently purchased. 

 I was delio;hted to find such refinement and taste, for 

 one is apt to believe that where people are not in 

 direct intercourse with congenial elements, they are 

 apt to lose their interest in the arts. As I looked 

 over their well-kept acres, and model buildings, 1 

 thought of the influence such lives must exert over 

 the community in which they are passed. On my 

 way toward North East, I passed again through a fine 

 fruit region, stopping for dinner at a little hamlet 

 known as State Line. 



