Show J j J A I KING PHILIPS SEAT REMOVED t Connecticut Landmark Placed In Charge of Amherst College Many curious travelers who have hare heretofore made the long pilgrimage o up Sugar Loaf mountain to view King Philips Philip's Seat will be pleased at its present location in front of 11 Am herst berst college For centuries Mt Sugar Loaf has hun hung out like a flying buttress over the far level plain beneath through which winds the Connecticut Sugar Loaf as a geological phenomenon non composed entirely of red sandstone sandstone sand sand- stone is attractive but its great cliff with Its straight mountain face hee sheerIng sheer sheer- Ing off to feet in depth is the chief feature At the southern end of this cliff Pulpit rock stands out sharply sharp sharp- ly over Its edge and underneath was the far far famed famed King Philip seat where King Philip the reputed instigator of or many a bloody attack upon the peaceful peaceful peaceful peace peace- ful villages below is said to have gIen given gI en his commands to his assembled fol fol- lowers Formerly the seat was well defined but curiosity seekers have chipped away the sides and bottom until nothIng noth noth- nothing nothIng Ing but a round hole remains There have been several narrow escapes escapes es es- capes from death by falling on the part of careless sightseers attempting to view the rock and its present safe location Is a welcome change Boston Boston Globe |