The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-08-15


uohs, would hard y ave been more terrific. The echo
occasIGned by blow tin trumpet very fine, bu
Tue reverberations VIE equal those produced in
'ne same way on thdop of Mount Willard.
The next day being the Christian Sabbath, we inquir
ed OF the landlord # place OF worship. When he
informed us there ws no one within our convenient
reach-that 4
1.-The sound o a church. going bell,
These mountanS and valleys ue'er heard"
we sighed for the dstluion Of the people, and rcsov
ing on not spending he day in idencss, concluded to
ascend Mount Cannn and in Gods holy temple, not
made with hands, viii the blue sky heads for
canopy, endeavor, humility, to ali upon the Lord
and renew our spiripal strength. The ascent Of this
mountain varies but little from that of Mount Clinton
The path was orgaaly constructed to enable horses
to reach The summit but INSTRUCTED by the trunks
OF large trees. Tlere are several beautiful views
through the openngam the Trees of Echo Lake and The
Surrounding mounans, Emerging from tangled
grown OF spruce aid white BIRCH found ourselves
upon the summit wic resemhlcd the other bald nouns
tans we had visited The first object that ed our
attention ~as Mount Lafayette, (apparenly very near
on the east 50G7 feet above the level of the sea- The
Eagle Mountains lie immediately before Lafayette, and
appear TO have beer slides from il remote pc
nod. quarter ola mile from the summit Of Mount
cannon we came u large slab Of rock, about thirty
ieet long, four feet Tick, and from six TO ten ee wide
lyng upon the top Of the ground with another rock of
nearly equal dimenons so resting upon It as to make
tie whole mass nearly resemble noun ed cannon
when viewed from the hotel This supposed resem>
bance first gave the rame TO the mountain. Near tbs
cannon seated ourselves upon large rock and no
one being disposed to speak, silence ensued aording
each one an opportunity contemplate the wonders of
creation around us, which continued for some time and
then was broken by the exclamation What is man that
thou art mindful Of him." Olc Of the ladies having
bible with her the one hundred and fourth Psalm was
read in solemn, impressive manner while tears were
seen TO start from "eyes unused to weep" Wherever
the individual lots Of little party may be cast in f
ture years and whether fortune smiles or frowns upon
them the Sabbath on. Mount Cannon will never
be forgotten.
Our previous arrangements compelled us, the next
morning, TO take leave of our kind and obleng host
J. L. Glib who understands, as well as any other
man, how to cater for the public and to
"' Welcome the csming, speed the parting guest"
During our ride TO the Flume House, in an open wag>
on, attention called to several crevices among
told the Eagles have their eyres, and may fire.
quenty be seen, particularly just before storm. A
little further on, the driver requested point out to
him the Old Man of the Mountain We looked, but
naught was TO be seen but shapeless mass of rocks.
About four miles from the Lafayette House. after
passing down a rocky Descent we came, suddenly 10
he Basin, the right hand of the road and very near
10 it, This wonderful excavation in the solid rock of the
bed of the Pemgewa sset river was formed by the ac
lion Of the water falling upon pebbles and loose stones
for ages, until they have cavity, nearly round
about forty feet in diameter, and, the time of our Wis,
itwhen the stream was low, with eight or ten feet Of
water IN It, From the edge of thei overhangng bank
on the oppQSse side, is said perpendicular line meas
ures INVENT weight feet 10 the bottom of the water AT
the left hand OF the margin Of The BASIN is very good
representation of mans leg and foot and near by an
other portion of the rock assumes the shape Of high
heeed boot.
hepure, clear, and cold water of the river comes
down bed OF rocks, white with ioam and falls
gracefully the edge into the bowl below and then
passes off to the left, in rapid descent over lodges Of
rocks to mngle with The waters of The Merrimaek The
drivers impotence compelled US to leave this delightful
spot long before eyes were satisfied with behoIdinp
CncCt ny the wafer. actlng
upon solid granite without the direction or guidance o.
man.
We regretted, exceedingly, that our time would moi
allow US TO stop longer at the Fume house, than il re-
qured TO change horses more, particularly, as the
Fume and Pool, (which are said 10 be objects Of deer
nterest) are in its immediate aeighborhood
e The mountains which had been our constant com.
panons for week, did all desert US until we arrv,
ed at Plymouth, and even then they were quite near in
the back gound. Flame and smoke were seen on the
sides OF several Of hem and told that great dam,
age to the timber Nioosehiotk Mountain had been
done by The fire, which had ragged there for several day
After leaving the Fume House, the valley, between the
mountains, wdened and the population, gradually be,
come more dense, without any great Improvement in the
appearance OF the SOIL which continued rocky and ba
rem except ON the banks-of The river On our left we
noticed deep valley, with abrupt undulaions of soil
and large swells Of land better cultivated than most OF
the country we had seen, which The driver oId US was