The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-07-22
a Stranger in Vermont.

ed at Mortified. 4
Two whole DAYS without hearing a wora
about the Mexican war or slavery Our an
today has been of quartz, gnelss' graHro'
marble. sienite,-of maple, oak an ~strawpel
rios. of which latter there will be an immense
crop in about a fortnight, all the plants o1T 10
now in full flower on the mountains ""u ~
the road-side,-of goldhnches' pop-o o NJ
bIuebirds, and crows,Cand laS1' nov 80 ~
trout. Who would stay in the city anu nG L
and read maudlin patriotism or pretenueu pm
iantbronv discussed, from morning till nl9ht'
e he could oct ava into these mountains,
and smell the sweet fragrance OF summer,
hear the sweet sounds ofthe happy birds, the
lowing of COWS, the baaing of sheep, even the
cackling of the feathered geese, which Is SO
much p1easanter than that Of geese IN broad
cloth, and taste the sweet bread and outter'
or the sweet brook trout, which are at the
present time in their greatest and most oe"-
cious flavor .ho
Our road, to-day, has been up through the
masses of the Green Mountains, and a most
delightful ride we have had TT. we ave
seldom been out of sight of the Vermont zen,
trail Railroad. The grading for the railroao
is nearly completed from Windsor Gums P!!aoo
and it would be almost impossible to convince
any one who had not examined Inc ro"te'
that the obstacles to be surmountea arc 80
slioht. Our companion, who was pertecty
.af;s6ed where his money went to, that he
had subscribed to the Cheshire Railroad, De,
g;ns to think that some of that which he PAID
on his stock in the Central, ought to be pald
back, A great part of the way the road Is
almost level, and requires but little digging,
and the inclination nowhere exceeds forty
feet to a. mile. 1t will cost less to work the
cnoines and cars over this road, than on al
most any other road in New England, on ac-
count of the very low grades. There are
some deep valleys, however, to be filled up
and a number of bridges to be built, which
will take up the capital. TIL contracts have
all been made at prices much within the orig
inal estimates, and improvements have oeen
made in the location, since the work com
menced, which shorten the distance orlgihai-
w contemplated. On the whole, the prospect
for an early opening OF the ROAD, anu an easy
TRANSFORMATION of freight, are much better than
tbe most ardent friends of the corporation
dared to hope for.
Fresh trout again for supper, and SWEEP
milk and new bread, such as can only be had
N the country. Speaking of milk reminds
mo of an anecdote told of a lady OF Boston,
who last summer travelled over this same
road. One morning at breakfast, she took up
the milk or cream pitcher, and finding !,
thick and yellow, asked the waiter it she had
Got M better cream than that. The ~landlady
heard the question, and smiling, explained
chat what She had was in reality, fresh ano
sweet cream, and the lady traveller, on taSt
ing, found that what she had usually oouSh
for cream in Boston was not even as goou ID
the common skinned milk OF the Greei
Mountains. $1,000
Somebody has said that in Flanders ar
"the most fertile pastures IN the UNIVERSE
Init 7 defv any one to point out to me bette
farms than there are in Vermont richie
nastures than we find on the banks OF its rlV
eers brighter fields than on these mountains
No more appropriate name could be give
to these hills than that which they beal
which is also synonymous with the name {
the State itself. :.
The season is farther advanced than 1T
IN BOSTON and its vicinity, in many respect
and I doubt whether we could have Selecte
n better time for our trip than the present :
Tbe hills, the trees, the fields are absolutei
lauohinp in the exuberance of their own tresi
ness, and as we watch the young green OF tn
leaves in their ever varying shades anu tint
we cannot but believe they must have a co..
seriousness of their own beautiful youth; Ii
waters run ripping down from the rocks, an
laughingly join their companions mixeu up
the BIGGER SJrGdIl WIllCh III W Wan
and Altogether they tumble over some ledI
Of rocks. and form a river, which, in its tur
now calmly smiling, glides along, ard nc
bo;sterously JOYOUS, rushes by mills and v
laoes. until concentrated in the far OFT al
mighty ocean, the whole waters are gather
tooether. And such is life. First youth, TIN
manhood. then old age, and then all, you1
manhood and age, all find one common go
the grave. &c ",
want hut 7 was never aware of the fact tt
there was such a marked difference betwe
the people of this State and ours, as there
ally is, until to-day when l found that a n
iority of the men congregated IN the Oo'
House were much taller than the boSConl'
generally. Is there anything in the atm
phere and the climate OF these regions u
leads to elongation? know that the rLGt
are small in stature, as IN almost eVel!'n
c1se. that the Dutch and Germans are g
erallv fat. the English tall and stout, and
men of our cities moderately sized and 6
teelly made; but the Green Mountain Is
are tall. taller, tallest. The wag OF our pa
saws thew are made in order to corresp(
with the height of the hills; but then
question arises, Why should not the matt
Of all other hilly sections grow as tall!
hans they do. That is a problem that We
be rood for some debating society to solve
n passing a second time over the road
tween Montpelier and Mortified, we "
struck with the fact that, a large humble
new d~welling-houses have been built
spring. Such an evidence OF agrlcult
prosperity for they are nearly, all farm hou
IS an indication not to be neglected in cor
Grafton of the business OF the new railroa
I took the trouble to count them as we
along, and in the course OF less thah st
miles, counted seventeen,-more than
every half mile. And although they ar
the vicinity of, they are neither on the lii
-. ,or of thn common stare rOa