Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-08-06

INV ftANfffs AiAt iltt riflAtfA ti liit Nhlilitf-
ucui n,er, especially after passing the nor
them limits ol Massachusetts presents ma
nv singular appearances. Ranges of bro
ken and towering H. hem IN the ycrdant
aud fertile valleys, every here and there
converging, though once united; present
ing where the angry current hurtes its wa
tiers over the ragged rocks that madden It's
onward course into foaming rapids, rude
and irownlng prccipices as though those
hills had not long ago been rent asunder by
some terrible CONFUSION. and the wide and
deep lakes that their various points of un-
ION had created, had discharged themselves
VA cataracis of waters, leaving only the in
uactablc stream that now tumbles onward
TO The ocean ; occasionally emulous of its
pristine glory, when the torrents of heaven
have swelicd ITS current, and bursting the
letters that winter has bound about il, IL
reycnges itself in It's fiery liberty, by adopt
ing those letters rs the very instruments Of
It's revenge flooding the valleys, far and
near, and pillng up the huge blocks of crys-
tai against mill and stately bridge, roaring
in angry triumph at It's work, aud heaping
block upon block, until with sound as of
thunder, the object of It's rage is lifted from
It's very foundations, and splintering and
uashing, is borne away to aid lis destroyer
IN It's furthgr devastation.
These evidences that the more northerly
portions OF the river were originally a chain
of lakes, is corroborated by the fact that,
at a certain height around the bases of the
bills. t,bles of land extend into the valies,
uniform IN height, cvcnness OF surface, and
pcrpendicuiarlty oiclevatlon indicating the
wafer mark, being themselves dispositions
Of a.luvial from above. Sometimes the ia
bles rise from the very centre of the vallies,
strangely regular in 0e concayity of their
sides, having corners standing forth like
huge bastions. Those who have neglec ted
| TO observe The uniformity of the height of
these elevations with the tables AT the bases
Of the hills, have supposed them TO be In
dian MOUNDS instead of islands, once rising
in beauty from the midst of lakes
These tables sometimes extend for some
distance up the banks of the lesser streams
tina, empty into the Connecticut, and serve
TO add a new charm TO their already glori-
Gus scenery. Connected with a stream of
this description, are some brilliant incidents
which am about To relate. The events of
the freshet, the preservation of the indvd-
uals, the heroic bravery of their preserver,
will have deeper interest in the eyes of my
readers, from the fact that they are strictly
true.
Peter Kennedy was an honest mana
hardworkng farmer in the town of P
in Vermont, which lies on the banks of The
Connecticut. He was not beforehand
man for though he labored asslduously, he
could never look forward with complacency
too RAINY day,' in the consolation that he
possessed the wherewithal TO procure the
necessaries Of life, should misfortune assai
him. There are many Of Peters stamp s.
who, though diligeni aud economical, seem
TO be ever struggling against time and tide
How is it-wheiher IN their cases, fortune
never will show her face, or the uniortunates
do not coax her propetiy-do not get fail
hold Of the handle of success, we divine
| not-but we pass our word for II, that they
are, and by this token are much TO be pit
led. Peter, having nothing ofhs own, rem
ted for several years, thrifty farm at th'
halves as il is called in Yankee land re
ceiying half the produce for his superintcn
dence He marred-he reared family
he grew somewhat old-and still he was
farmer only al the halves'-s,ill he laid ul
nothing of his own. Bye and bye he died
and was lost to further labor in the grave
what was his family to do
That family there was Mrs. Kennedy,
good woman--a very good woman but trn
aud wliul and superstltIous-mayhap nov
We reason upon IL, herself the drawback
her husbands success. Then there wa
Mary Kennel, hls daughter truebor
Yankee girl with all her fathers energ
aud pcrscyerance-and lusi enough OF he
mothers iifmness 10 give sohduy 10 he
character--and more mind than both L
geihcr She was not beauiilul--but 81
was good and well-shaped, and graceful
with expressive features and firm sparl
ling eye. These two were all; and VIII
were they 10 do
The funeral was over. Friends and noigl
bors had rendered every assistance thIoua
that PERIOD of the hearts desolation-tl
interval between the death aud burial Of
dear relatlye-and the widow and the @
phan were left in their lonely home 10 10,
with shudder Ia the future. But Ma
was not being 10 darken yet more d
drcary prospect by useless repinlngs al