Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-01-18

French diligence Thus much justice de.
mands of me IN behalf Of The Connecticut
rlver Telegraph stage.
What a change! Who remembers the
stage-,he clumsy, wagon.hke Stage
which ran on this road ,hlr,y.fve wears
ago? remember it well, being then O
resident 10 this 'egnn. II came up once
week, and it's arrival was hailed, BY the
good people Of The land. as a marvellous
vent The coach If it may be called
such, had wooden Strings. aud. sometimes.
no springs al ell. | had no side door for
he abundance passengers. In those
Days, such door wsuld have been accoun
ted a needless luxu',. You entered at the
front part. Many time have clambered
m. just back Of The posierors Of the hind
horses, at the no snail risk OF feeling the
m momentum Of the ,nadrUpeds' hoofs; and
being well entered, my next business was
to crawl back over the lumber, Bags of oats.
kegs. jugs. the mail, newspapers. 10 be
,trlbu'ed along on The road. and whatever
else the driver saw fl TO transport, TO q
seat. If ! was so lucky as to find one.
During the rolling away Of this period,
important improvements have been intro
duced. They are visible in the general
appearance OF The country. in the enlarge.
ment and increased decoration of the villa
ges, in the mehoration Of The roads, in the
cultivation Of the soil, and in the modes of
travelling. BuI rad this beautiful valley
been situated in Pennsylvania or N. York,
or even IN Ohio, vastly greater improve.
men's would have been accomplished
Railroads would have crossed j, at two or
three different points. The CONNECTICUT,
river would have been rendered navigable
by steamboats, the whole distance, froiG its
mouth to Newbury, in Vermont. The
wares Of the merchant would b. transported
at one half, and, perhaps. at one, fourth OF
The sum which their conveyance now costs.
"A busting scene would meet your eye.
The hum Of business would be heard 10
places where silence now reIgns. Instead
ct the flat.bo'om boats moving with snail
like slowness up The stream, by The force OF
he boatmans oars and poles. as they now
do here. as we'll as on the Rhone, and as
they did twen'y'6v years ago on the Ono
and the Mississippi, the Fulton vessel
would be every where seen. executing the
business of transportation in one tenth of
the time. and with one. hir,,e,h of the labor.
But the smaller States are beset BY dis
advantages which are unknown. or but
lightly felt, in the larger ones. They are
wanting IN enterprises Their revenues
being limited. The views of the inha BIT ants
become limited. Thinking i, impossible to
accomplish any thing great. they attempt
little or nothing. Their minds are mar.
r"wed. and they envy the lot Of those
| hnI 70 bn o1,h,
and bOlde' and more prosperous communl
ties. The members of the State Leglsla.
lures are 'lmId, and fear to vote TOR the
J appropriation of the Peoples money, lest
their popularity should be hazarded, and
, their offices This circumstance alone
e does much towards keeping the minor
States IN The background IN relation to the
moment Gus Improvements which are fec.
ted by their nore opuent, aud, therefore,
: more fortunate sisters.
Bellows Falls is charming spot. Here
T the Connecticut which, in the Indian
y tongue, is sad TO SIGNIFY the long river,
passes over asuccessIon Of granite rocks,
C nltering, without a moments cessation,
y The same lout monotOnOus m,nstrelSy it did
five ,housandyears ago, Here, the water
, becomes so Condensed By its fail. says an
Y early h's'orian-'he self.slyled Bishop Pc.
ters-and w1o will dare d,-credu the
b assertion Of bishop = Mat an iron cro,o
O bar cannot be (o.ced into il! On the east.
ern side, and had by he stream. rises Fail
G Mountain. bleak and rugged and lofty.
/, clothed with Ildhens, and dwarfi,h ever
i greens. and masy rocks, threat ening. every
d moment. to fall N and crash to powder the
= pas.er.by. CIne under this towering and
: stern elevation. HandS an elegant mans,"n,
q owned by the proprietor Of the bridge,
winch here best Ides the river. al its mar
p rowest. nolsest ,olnt. The worthy family
occupying tins e]lfice surely have a right
+. 10 accuse the SUI of very censurable slug
Q gishness, tor he les in bed. so far as relates
!. to them. llll eight or nine o'clock every
!. morning.
; You crnss TIE bridge from the Granite
It State to lhal If the vlridIs months, or Yer
Is mont You frst pass a very narrow str,I
+, Of alluvon, formed ut recent epoch. theI
, ascend, gra'!'aIiy, forty or fifty feet, eros
II The Bellows Fails canal, and come upon
=. pain, of moderate area: where you Oeho''
i. the business Iau Of neat, thriving mll
% village, made up Of a number of GOO
houses. stores, Offices. work shops. post
office, large h'els, and, in the language q
Major Owning, "a pretty considerable
C. hustle Yoi next mount o another plain
% sixty or seventy feet higher-a PLAIN G
=, broader extern, over which the waters G
~ he Connect cut, beyond question. ono
flowed, aud which they gradually generate
by the dcpns'''s o! earthly materials brougi
ce down from higher lands. bat at peno
IN some fifteen o. twenty thousands of year
en orlor to Their formation OF the plaliorl
as below. On Ills plain are the elegant an
a. commodious residences of many Of tn
en- weallhlest inh,b' ants OF the village. Tw
ps sump'uous dwellings,, however, stand on
a still more elevated terrace, at the souli
Ut which have q very beautiful appearance. q
nd seen from distance. But on thus, beside