Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1847-07-29
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RocHEsrER, IS47.
To reach Rochester BY steam you travei over no less
than fee different railroads OF rather railroad owned by
fire dtent cofpofatops fol the roads themselves in all
their Peeulsitle. dseomforis and neopyenences as
much alike AZ they were owned by one Individual and
bnil By ON woikmen They are oil Of one PATTERN aud
thai combinfs all the elements Of discomfoft
The fret sixteen miles from Albany the route lies over
barren plain, covered with sinsd pitch pines and shrub
oaks Schenectady Then for seventy miles through
the valley Of the Mohawk to Utica The Mohawk valley
though beautiful will not compare either in the fertility Of
lie soil the beauty Of the scenery that nges It's banks Of
the aspect Of the villages that lie in lie BOSOM with the val
ley Of the Connecticut Very iewoi the last have thv'
ing appearance, OF on ar Of neaness about them The
buildings look deeayed and o. Their owners spent more
time At the village tavern talking politics than IN keeping
them IN repaid
Utica is finely situated and is place OF considerable
business but has the air Of increasing place. but
looks Il it had attained 10 greater size than could
maintain and shrinking lie natural dmenaions
FrO Utica Syracuse the road passes much 81 the way
through cedar swamp The country, ITSELF possesses
little to Interest the traveller bu II rich in tradition and
historical assucinons You pass within short distance Of
the place where the bloody battle Of okaHy was fought
N August l1!1' between the Amencans commanded by
Gen he'k'Her, and the British and their indian allies ey
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