The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-10-05

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r# asa Ea res hanu Hot why apply !
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HasaH aaasaIaa eafsoigas iB viewing these natu
emf.s ta htHsu aaes we tried oar skill
AanF wsaa Nhras ha,sue - these pure
nassa wts Hkea aur hsi'. hut feared our hooks
afs ahafts laev an1 feas' Whea We see a fellow
aasa sespseasa ~ fss neet s~inging mid heav
saa aassa asaa horrog. They daily see
nrM eWaaa ftaaHHr sbovs their native element,
aa arr hta na Freely hey may know such
aa tass fssu. Ws eauzht none 81 them, and
ahaaNt g heuett theua accommodating ad.
mrsa haf rraapner
saaa ~ nera ~ ,,s Francoaia Village, where
sr ha6 asussa 30 ua csriosify the iron oar bed
faF ussisa fataai. We went there, and by means
"a q ladder assvrnfrd more than a hundred feet in
tts esserat shrre nsrara had BID hrr uopsures.-
Fhfra ,a as tsrkuess rstxue3, hut the inhabitants
~ taoss resteas Told they could distinctly.
a Fa.ds .sl ua by a somewhat eircuiious passage
aaIf Gur iesi ia ui1ih 20 tha opposite end Of the
rs.r irnn ahi1h entered and from thence we
eruergsd aud assia saw dag light
Tee ore taken irotn THE bed We were informed,
,s ssras % ths best 10 the world-being so pure
mal IL yisids 90 and % per cent Of iron. This
place, 70 those who have never Witnessed any
thing Of the Kind IS we'll worth visiting. Ladies
BY taking their place in Tub (which is the vehicle
10 which a more substantial material rides up to
the surface OF earih) arr let down and drawn up in
safety.
Under a temperature, as our thermometer indi
Gated, Of a hundred and ten degrees, we directed
our TO the White Mountains, a distance of
eighteen miles. We sowly climbed the intcrven-
! g. lsfr N
Boihiehem--swee; name! There was another
Bethlehem. star hung over it, pointing to the
place where lay nc who on creations morning
kindled mp its light. A babe was there--that babe
the bore the glory ola sn>ruined race. Bethle.
heml Juden's Beihlehem how venerate thee and
the young Redeemer which thon ddst bear Orher
Objects and other are to me sources or plea
sure. love companonshp with dear friends.-
love to trace the rainbow tints--to mark the
path Of the rising and setting sun. I love at eve
To gaze upon heavens rolling orbs | love to see
, The iorked lighinpgs play, and hear The trumpet
thunder speak. I love the mad cataract
leap, and the oceans pillows roll. Al nature has
for me It's charms But when wish my sweetest,
most endearing pleasures will turn to thee babe
of Bethlehem and man of Calvary.
We arrived at Fabian's Hotel FIVE miles from
. the Notch IN the evening, where found com
Portable quarters for the night In the morning we
went on 10 Crawford's the house the Notch. -
During tho forenoon we busted ourselves with al
buns in which visitors had recorded their luminous
= thoughts, and perhaps we inscribed some of our
own. After dinner made way down the
Notch. I wish could describe il but I hardly
dare make the attempt. Those mountain piles do
not rs had supposed crowd upon the travellers
pathway and threaten to dash their fragments on
his head. AT one place it is true, The entrance
of the Notch, there overhanging cliffs which it
seemed we might easily provoke to leap upon US
We offered them indignities, hut stood before
them in silent wonder. By gradual descent we
passed along the deep dug cnvern where it seemed
as if come mighty giant with the lightnings for his
seeds, had poughed his way with thunderbolts
or il volcanoes fires had beaved beneath and
hurled mountain from its brotherhood of noun
talns. We stood every side surrounded by
scene of untold grandeur. Pile, heaped upon pile
cliff, mounted upon cliff, peak towering upon peak
by The side of which the proudest works of man
would sink in insignlfcance to childhood toys.
1t was one of'tbose craggy peaks winch some
fifteen years ago. broke from its taste nings and
dashed upon its murderous errand to the vale be-
low Who does not remember the sad fate Of the
Wiley family They had home in this grand
but lonely spot, and the night which brough,
not to them another morning, they had quietly re-
1 tired 10 rest. A midnight the quakng mountain
broke their siumbers. They fed for safety but
their graves were on their track, which they could
not outrun. mystery here as there is in
many Of the ways Of Providence. Had that fami-
ly remained IN their dwelling not a hair of their
heads bad suffered harm for the sliding mass with
in six feet Of the dwelling parted to The right and
left, and ,ushed on its way, leaving memento
that he who piled up the mountains, and built the
world, can direct the sweeping avalanche in its
course that he preserve in safety when he
| will and when he will destroy. b
We entered, and spent some time in, and around
this now tenantless dwelling. Towards evening
we returned. To complete the object Of visit
IT now only remained for US TO visit mount Wash
ington, which Is said TO be The highest point OF
land within the United States. From this proud
summit we had much desired TO obtain unob-
struced prospect. The atmosphere for many day