Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-08-11

road was cut through this valley aud notch
to Cambridge, by means Of grant of
land tax on the town Of Mansfield before
annexation TO Stowe, and while Old leo
~ Luce" the William Tell Of Mansfield,
was a member of the Legislature, and
through his influence. Ii is now grown up
with bushes--were it reopened land il will
be soon.) it would afford one Of the most
charming dels for excursions on horseback
in the world--the rocks on either side ris-
ing perpendicularly, or nearly so, thou
sand feet or more, oyerhung with trees and
foliage IN many places, making il a cool
and sylvan retreat. Still farther TO the east
may be seen the vale Of Waterbury river,
ln which are some Of the finest farms in the
State, beyond which rise the {" Hog Backs"
and Emore Mountain, a mass Of bare rocks,
over which the eye takes in much Of the
landscape of Orleans, Caledonia and Essex
Counties, and the western part of New Hamp-
shire, including the White Mountains. On
the north you have a view of the southern
portion Of Canada, including Montreal
On the west, directly under the mountain,
you have a variety of deep gorges, inacces-
sable rayines and land.slldes, reaching down
to the first settlements of UnderhiI--'a town
rightly named near which hes Jericho,
with its farms and villas-minus the thieves
Of which we read in scripture, trust-then
comes the Vermont Central Railroad, the
lake with its bridge across TO the island, and
the mountains of New York On the South
rises peak upon peak of the Green Noun
tains, with Cancels Rump" towering over
them all, and smiling landscapes, villas and
farms below. "Old Mansfield" is the first
object which catches the eye Of the YER
monter as he nears his native State from the
West and is endeared to him by a thousand
fancies aud recolections Of his Green Noun
tain home aud kindred. 1t is doubly en-
HANGED aud priced 10y him by conlras, with
VIC mbhtANhbt7 iao NiNo' AifhbfN
water is almost nectar TO his lips, while its
fresh mountain air lnvlgorates his frame
There is pleasure in its shady ascent-ihere
is music on It's top and in its chasms and
gIottos. There is beauty in its sunrise aud
sunset scenery. There is euphony in its
echo-a Hutchinson would sing his noun
tain song far deeper aud freer from its rocky
summit, while his " mountain echo" would
reverberate from chasm to chasm and rock
to rock, again and again. The true poet
feels The mountains Inspiration and sings
thereof. A Taylor, a Bryant, Longfellow
because it is nature and nature alone A
Shakespeare hath SAID that he who had no
music in his soul was fit only for treason,
straiagems and spoils, to which may be adj
deG, that he who loves not his own Green
Mountains and uiH not risH them, is fit only
for the everglades Of Florida or the burning
sands of the desert. For it is by contrast
we learn to value things Then why not
visit old Mansheldi It's well worth the
while II will richly pay, aud il only needs
to be visited to be appreciated. The ride
is easy, the road good. Our village is not
out of the world, though il was once away
up ia Vermont" Eight hours only from
Boston twelve from New York, and so all
along the shore" Come then and visit
Mansheld-ascend the Nose" on horse,
5000 ieet-lhen The " lips" on foot, whose
only drink these hot days is the dew from
heaven-and from thence To the Chm"
the GROWING summit of the " j'erd MOun-
tGiHs. which is famed by the gentle zeph-
yrs Of the lake, washed by the genial show :
er, shorn of all verdure by the keen edge Of
the tempest, aud periumed aud finished in
toilet by the flying clouds of heaven, aided
occasionally by the Geographic lightning
and deep-mouthed thunder rolling down It's
base, shaking the rocks Of old IT," and
awakening " old Ethan" in his peaceful
slumber near the lake shore-who cries out
again, Surrender in the name of the great
Jehovah and the Continental Congress" c.
July, 1853