The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-07-07
A DaY at Waterloo.

narr al "atarInO
In less than ,weh'y'iour hours IRON
tne 'ime 'ha' one conceiVes 'he idea' IL
Is possiDle 10 DC s'ahu'hg on the spot
Where Weliihstori sa" the Imperial
uuaru give way peiore MS troops, anu
ielt tha' the great contest Oh 'he age was
ueeIueo'
At TWO O'Clock on hhe summer
morning, VIC walked on poaru OF the An
'werp steamer ana at 'he same hour the
mex. morning. having Speh. some honrs
III antwerp on the way ana VISITED most
OF i,s reniarkaole opJec's; we were pro
ceedfhg from Drusseis 10 waterloo NJ
uozian; a French gentleman, VINO has
Just published very curious account OF
the battle, after having recently visited
the grouhu, teiis US 'ha' IL Is necessary
10 pass "noie oay at Drusseis, IN tne
endeavor to procure, at reasonable
charge' carriage caPapie OF transport
ing 'he Visi'or 10 "a'erioo In ex-
ac,ly hVe minutes ai'er we arrived at the
Hotel de Europe we were at the sta
Dies OF MT Suiheid, an Engilshman, In
the rue ae "a 1hontaehe, where we saw
abundance OF carriages at our service;
out' by the advice OF our worthy coun-
tryman selected an Engish gig.there
oelng put Two OF us-and were thus IN
dependent OF drivers In ten minutes
more ana az the not unreasonable charge
OF Twelve francs Tor the horse and gllg
Tor tne day, we were passing our hotel IN
thc fiaco hoyale, on the way TO Water
100 Inc distance Is twelve miles the
ROAD nearly as straight as line, but, to
our annoyance a Pdred road, such as you
used 10 rat'ie over IN Lancashire: and as
you sun are Joited over IN France
WIN 'his one exception ana to this
'"oio wa, oi'o'c .,'o "i'o',"''1n Vi inc un'
paVeu siues OF thc ROAD, all was very
charming, The sun shone in clear sky
fresh breeze blew over the landscape
the extended masses of the bouses n,
Rr,ssols la,, - ~, - 49, ILL.
''"''0'' '"y ooio" 10 ~ '"o ,s"'.i an.
peiore us green corhhelus ana quiet VII
lagos salutcd our approach Our horse
was our guide on the wav. for he was nc
cnstomed to traverse it daily but iust
c.. ~, -, .o.o., H. -! Al. e.
nossiblc gu;dc Uc would much rotbo,
: have pone anv other wav Anon how
ever the great forest of Soigne shove,
itself and here according TO our nrcvi
, ous information wc allowed tho horse Z,
! turn into its verdant shades For sovc,
miles the path runs THROUGH this fin,
F. wood not however tbe direct notb. fo,
that which, at the time of the battle
ran through the wood, now runs along
the side OF 1t for the wood all along thu
right hand OF the road has been GU
down, and the land thrown into cultiva
tion: 1t is impossible to traverse this
road without recollecting the expressive
stanza of Child Harold";
And Ardcnnes waves above them her greer
leaves,
De; pemy WIN e natures dew-drops, as they pass
Over tbe nnrctSrnin~ ~, ,n"" brawco ala, 'i''''
Ere evening to be trodden like the grass,
Which now beneath them, but above shall
grow,
az ~, iIS rim meA. , Ielnurgi when ts merry mass
And burning with hisb hone. shall mouldc,
cold and low"
Not the less vividlv occurs to tho mind
the image of the Duke of Brunswick du
ring n halt in this forest dismount;rg
and with his aide.de.comn' seating him
self on a bank on the roadside little
dreaming that he was to fall one of tbe
very first victims of the imnondino and
most terrible slaughter
-,
nelore % arriving however, At TINS part
.1 ~ a1e t1au' we haa turned on ana en-
1 .eleI 'HT Nc, II lei''hahd ROAD through Il, the
I MooJ W Ell may scott call It IN,
moou, M S"rh s oolgne Tor a more densely
S.;m !. .G.oS' @ 's nlJ' easily TO ne met with