The picturesque town of Princeton, Mass., is situated on table land, 1,125 feet above the sea level, and extends southward front the base of Wachusett Mountain. Its bracing air, pure spring water, scores of pleasant drives and picturesque views attract thousands of visitors to it during the summer months for health and recreation. One of the great advantages of Princeton is the comparative ease with which it can be reached. The Worcester division of the Fitchburg railroad runs five trains daily each way, through the town, making close connections at Worcester with trains to and from Boston, New York, Albany and the west. The hotels are located from two and a half to three mile from Princeton station. Well-equipped coaches take passengers over a fine, picturesque road, walled on either side by birches, maples, pines, chestnuts, hickories, ash and spruce. This ride is one of the many charming features of this delightful summer resort. It takes only fifty-five minutes to reach it from Worcester, about two hours front Boston or Providence, and five hours from New York. And the drive by road from Worcester is along sixteen miles of as delightful a road as can be found in New England. We here will illustrate with pen and picture its charming, home-like hotels, from whose piazzas on every side can be seen the finest scenery that the eye can gaze upon in New England. The village has its Congregational church, its Goodnow Memorial building, presented to the town by Mr. E. A. Goodnow of Worcester, a native of Princeton, to be used as a public library; its town Hall, store, post office, telephone and telegraph office, and all the conveniences of any first-class resort. It has been said by those spending the summer in Princeton, that one can spend an entire season at this delightful place and take a different drive every day, each one viewing in interest with all previous ones in attractions for those seeking rest and recreation. |


