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Show I RICH WITH CHARM OF AGE Old Deerfleld, In Mauaehusette, On of the Moat Interesting of New England Towns. Descendants of tlic first fnmllle will i tell you In nil earnestness that tho ( newest house In Old Deerfleld Is nt I lei one hundred nnd twenty-five years old. Ah ii mn tier of fnct, this Is nol trim statement, hut It cannot bo railed "n lie" on the pnrt of the In fnrnmnf. who Is a I'urltnnlcnl New , Hnghiiidcr. The difference Is nil In the point of view. Fur lilm or for her. tho half IJ dozen home nnd the one hotel that I linve hecn hullt In tho last decudo do I "t exist. He does not seo them, hut R looks right through nnd sees the land l senpo as It was beforo the blot ap- I pea red. If Old Deerlleld Is llttlo changed sines rt. , Indians trailed through Mnssa-chusetla Mnssa-chusetla on their way from. Albany to rtotoii. Jtellcs of tunny a battle between be-tween tho white mini nnd his red-skinned red-skinned foe are to be Rccn In tho llttlo I'oromtuck museum, Dcerflold's only public building. Various boulders along Main street and on tho Albany post rond commcmoruto tho many bloody struggles to push the new frontier fron-tier westward In those early pioneer days. Trees that were old when Columbus discovered America overreach Deer-Hold's Deer-Hold's ono beautiful highway Main street. Their height, If not their size of trunk, Is almost great enough to tempt the eloquence of a native Call fornlan. For safety's snke a plump, vory plump, purse or ono thnt tins been 'stepped on by tho proverbial elephnnt Is a necessity In visiting Old Deerfleld. Hor women hnvo revived housewifely Industries and renewed needle and loom artistry. Loom productions Ilka thoso that Now Knglnnd grandmothers turned out. Modest signs may bo seen Announcing: "llama Ilaskcts" that huvo earned for their weavers a world famo for design, color nnd line weaving; weav-ing; "Quilts and Needlework," that would stagger tho hurried city-bred woman; "Tnttlng and Knitted I.ncoj" "Photographs" now recognized on two continents as unusual camera art. and, Anally, a 'Tea lloom for Automobll-Ists" Automobll-Ists" In a houso bearing tho date of 1078. |