The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-08-23
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FRIr TO FIE BHITE BOVHTAINs,


to-day, its one OF Interest beauty aud won
der The appearance 81 the AiountAin Peaks,
70 solemn and grand the murmurinRs Of the
silysy little saco,Purshng iis sihpons course
through the Notch, and the air, redolont with
healthiuless and fragrance, are A. marvellous
ADD lovely as when the sky wears IL gayesi
dress,
On my arrival this morning al tho Cmw-
ford llnuze,l iaund great number nf delight
ed visitors (and among them is the Hon,
Daniel Webster irom nearly every point 10
the United statss, aud even from tranaatlan-
tic States, The House y full Ia OVERLOOKING,
aud the ubiquitary tact Of ia gontlenlAnly aud
Justly celebrated landlord-MrJ. l.. GLIB
Is demonstrated with happy effect upon all
his guests, ! may a. well here remark "a
Ia any other connection, that improvements
are - marked amid this mountain scenery
already the Prince Of American Attractions
as the change Ia your own town. IL seems
everywhere 10 h. "the order Of the day.
The labyrinthian loot-path Ia Mt Willard,
has the past year been lorsaken, and car
rage road constructed. The summit IL tWo
miles distant from the house, which Is Acces-
aiblo 10 carriages, and from this elevation the
prospect Il zuhlime M n glance you can see
nearly all which constitutes New IlAmpshiru
the "Switzerland Of America" The peerless
majesty Of Mb. Washington aud Lafayette
il strikingly brought 10 View--they are Ma
lures most glorious monuments TO glorious
men
AZ Fmnoonia Notch, there arr many OBJ
iocts worthy Of the attention Of the traveller
as Tho Flume," "The Pool" "The Basin"
echo Lake, "and the" Old Man Of the Noun
tain" Tho flume and the adjacent scenery
will occupy; the mind for days, aud not be
comprchcnlcd. There are
"Cmg-, knoll, aud mounds, con6iscdy hurled,
litr fragments - 49, earlier saTld. '-
\ beautiful cascade first grecb tho eye and
then, above, n chasm, with high pcrpondicu-
lar walls, between which is suspended huge
rock Of many tons weight, under which man
cannot 90 without the intcnsc-t feeling. Of
awe and apprehension. Your readers should
not fail Of visiting that locnlip'if they visit
his.
On my way to this place. | observed many
places and objects Of interest, together with
unmistaknble evidences Of thrin and happi-
ness Of the people. In relation to one such,
allow me TO say word.
Contrast the town OF Litilcton a. It was
twelve or hfleen years ago, with what il now
is, and vast you win Ghd lbs difrsreucc to be.
Then the scheming, demoralizing spccula.
tons ON timbcrcd lands, cngrosscd the very
lile and soul OF this community. The "tiis-
count hbenlly' system Of Gen. Jarksoh, rem
dcrcd money. as plenty, and almost as obtain
able TO every man. as chips in farmers
wood-yard, or pebbles in the street The
pillow and anvil, and in truth every branch
of business, were iorsakon totpursue the ape
riops and dazjpR,tafTic through which was
seen in dcccitfnl perspective, an immense
aide OF wealth, oven the opuichc6 OF the Solo
mon we read or rolling in upon their seem
ingly Unsuitable lust for goldlr Men from
every part OF New Enpland were eongrega-
ted into this section Of New Hampshire, aud
into nearly the whole OF Maine, in conse-
queneo ofthe vastncss ofthe pine forests and
the pleutiudn of here hundreds, in every
town or village might have been seen rush
ing forward Tor the pri ,--sr rambling. lost
ling, crowiing, each, apparently, more par
sinouious than the other. Their capital was
invested, their energies spent, End lost
Through the indefatigable perseverance, Of
some, they were not completely overthrown;
others, found cprosS from the general colnm;-
tv, through banI,r,ntcv. But few mast
years have changed the scono IittIeton nov
present, a different plasc. It's increase in
size. populat;op and wealth IA ror;d. 7, has
two churches, canadians and ,e,e,,,t three
I,ns Of tho 6r.t sl.ss tue .o.;,, d.,
ten or eleven stores &c &c
Enterprise is also extending a railway 10
this Mace. upon which when comnlo,od tho
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