The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-11-16
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sEETCII nv A rRAyELLEH.
The 6rli Of wa,rilopis lq Ensli,b nir'
Irum tirussni,, iu a south-oarafn u,rccGap, d.
and ruyrr1l estfages ao, . ddror gro ra'ily
procured in the nily The r,sll I, lhriaga
rrriou nf country wiuIy QiullGihl, Id
Of no special interest, save thit 90 Aupdrfr
traveller has opportunity 10 Ndup' uNlea F
rrlu-1rtftrr. fttfii hsi-i,,s.-- -'A..s. Il haa4a
would b, dcrmrd bohipd the timc. ma vQm-
en- 1T work in positions ucri mcapR.pid
10 oar ideas OF horapplopriple poiiioo ia tei
plough. with only ono LHrlls ~ snhh
thc plouebman giving ona bani a. he i.stcp-
mcnt, and with the other gu,i'ng iho t'HnF
women digging po'aiors, p'trhug manure,
lork Ia hand, or down upon hsudi aud knors
iu alulua ~ LalGa Iaza.Ii.-
ctblc, the lower lhnba and part ~ tbc body
cnyclopcd In snckssurh ~ frugul Nrt lfamp-
shire housewife. put on itoir children when
learning them To creep. O'lmr woncpy Young,
middle aged aud e,rn'thno win grey hair-,
may hc seon along the hiahuny ~ near hrm
buildings, carrying upon thrir hesdt baskets
laden with vegetables wopl cut ,nto lhgp,,s,
aud various other commodides---i,e head be-
ing shielded hy cushion. With conoAve un-
der surface But a, all thr " seen IN yhi-
Gus other modos IN Europe, it inHy bc disud's-
ed Tor the pres"Bt,
We were oycrakcn by shower whom
three miles from Waer,no.--G Gfh wrrO rycr
Ia "rnin guns" they uiny ~ rensonahly besx-
pcctcd 10 G,l here m my whvrnJ J4but lt
Nluut st. Jcun all wan fair Ind ~ remaiRDd
through the dHy. Whrn midwry l.iSeea
the villages Of Waterloo aud MOut So. Joan,
the traveller from Brl.ser comes IN si':la ~
the very large AREA o9cuwoi ly o0ntending
troops on the memorable lsu, of Jnnc, 1919.
7 tf-irnow not where ia.aili, sLate ia tnls found
N section OF territory resembling this IL any
whore under the observation of the writev, i
il in some ut the lower toups Of Rockingham
on those fertile lands gradually slopiug toward
the Atlantir II i, neither level nor very
irregular surhcc, but romewhat uudnlNims---
broken into ridges Of gradual risc, aud witha
wide space between such elevations a. arc
/ found--the successive rid-i rwanng IN IN
ca'tcrly aud westerly dirrolon Tho poaiiion
occupied by tie Euglish aFo,y,nn. tle Wafer
loo, or northcly side of the fold, Il higher
than the general surfnrr ct the vast anaa, A..
though IL is hut few feet above T. The en-
tire arca of the "fcd of Waterloo" ~ rhtjrd,
s. IN somc directions shout four miles from
side to side. The front occupied by the two
armies is said by military men 90 hs very
small 70 10 largc nunlhera rf trnari. Int tha
English had a front Of one mile aud a bali,
and the French W much or more Than
that
On reaching tho 6old indeed long hgfurr
travellers are met by GuidcN aud 10 save
further annoyance it in about hs well 90 enlist
-l..aEs saGI--
son whose name is given IN the books as wor.
thy of crodonce. GIt Days hc @m /; Ia 1878
and thai he Was chllaied by tbe FcpcL asa
guide pre,ious totlyr engagements There IS
nothing in his apparent age ,-.ahou, bo,-to
disrrctSt him in the fiati,r %. b,ina = then
and liz Frcnch prec'rcuccs arc .rpne enough
NOW 10 give color oiuu,h 90 tho second part
of his nsscrtion, wa worked up two hours
with him, ms he cortiuttr5t rs st1rg tirg Eng
lish po,itionoycr to tlc Farm Ia Haguumont;
acroas 10 Ia Belle Alianco; thor ca the po-
sition whence Napoleon made his ogSct OBJ
servaliuns during tie day, ard despatched
his mossdgosjdnd att along ttr Pcnitfon whef'
such deadly havoc was mndS on the tnplish
centre aud TO the position occupied by the
i2d Scotch Regiment HERE the
guido made up in French INantnunime What he
lacked in good English and with waving arms
attempted, ~ easeriLa han r!iii1E vi men Ser2
moved down. Ills black eyes attained even
more thannheir previous lislre when on this
part of the 6eldi aud wheh he came 10 rpiate
with what fcrocity the Pr,issiAb troops par-
'ued the French, when NIl Wap over with
comod TO add intenser bl1clncss 10 ihem-hnd
o give vigor To bio arm, And feasibility 70 hrs
ongue.
More tban thirty yr7Ts havu rrtssett away
ince contending hosts metal Waterloo, and
made il field of blood, the nleinOry Of ~shich
sill not soon fade away. 10 thai ine most .
f the prominent warriors then engaged Sere
ave passed or tho stage SIX years after
be hattle,the mightest Of thela ALTO whom
y an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ofthO nind,tnen
ttaehed themselves ever when they knew hS
'as making thom tho inttrqmense " onor-
lutts wrong upon the hanaa riee=--fliad AE,
L Helena--tho worl army being ia the dV-
rum Of death, the last audible naH which
lme from his lips, They, etha heaviest Of
le brave" came to an end T0a Iaihtat for
Field AaEekaA -nluehas, the--
drunken huSSaF,h died Of hrsudy and over
belming dinners, think in 1914 Masvhal -
indeed in sht battis, bns has
lmo always cohnoctsd WStlI T=@1tvS1 urNto
70 or two years ago,with Sdcarpc pifVVEassh-
yhtfi,lly or wrongfalIy ever resting cTon
m, and other MaRtnIs oflhs G1nrlra pres-
tat Waterloo, are ~ alstzsL-Df Us slHk