The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-08-15
For the Register.
Mr.. Editor

it affords me pleasure occasionally to
visit your pleasant village and while
away few weeks; leaving the city and
its annoying cares behind. To coun-
try resident it is almost impossible to
convey Just idea Of city lfe,-the daily
associations are so different, the occupa.
tions of the people go various, and, in.
deed, every thing about you presents
such strange contrasts, that one not fa-
miliar with them can hardly fail to ex-
claim this is q strange world we live
ih.".-But to one educated in the city
all these peculiarities lose their novelty
and become everyday matters of course.
The country, on the contrary, opens new
and more charming views 10 those whose
whole life has been spent in city palaces
you hardly lOare the corporate limits Of
city before you begin to inhalc the
invigorating atmosphere, and witness the
products. on every hand, Of agricultural
industry is a field of wheat, there
oats, beyond corn and potatoes, all do
noting toll and system, and verifying the
fact that the prosperity of city and couu-
try depends upon mutual labor. am
aware, sir, that many are disposed to
overlook the claims of those who reside
in the country, for the reason that they
do not put on city airs, and entertain
their guests with city dignity-yet they
cannot hut observe that they meet them
with honest hearts nhd extend to them
the comforts which surround those who
are content with rural simplicity. To
know and appreciate country hospitality
one must become familiar with the char.
acters Of those who extend it. Tie ear q.
ly training and frc.sidc influences which
attend the education of New England
er, give him decided advantages over
most whose lot may have been cast in
less favored clines, and so indelibly i'm
press the heart with wholesome truths
and sound maxims that it is less liable to
yield to error. l have visited most of
our fashionable watcting.plucos, and en-
joycd the opportunity of seeing allehc
variety of character contrasted - the
high and low, rich and poor, all drinking
at the same fountain,-- yet how varied
their conditions Some were there to
restore shattered copstitntions-others
to enjoy the fashionable season and ex-
change civilities with those who miDgle
with tho "up1'cr ten while the larger
portion 60 to see the crowd, because 9th
ers do. But September sends them all
homo again.-the spaciotis halls aud sa.
looms close and each individual falls
back upon his usual vocation, the better
or worse for the part he has taken in
the change. l cannot close this commu-
pication without expressing the pleasure
| experienced IN spending a few days at
the Island House, at Bellows Falls, one
of the mos, enchanting spots in your
State, if not in New England. 1t is
quite fashionable resort for those who
arc fond of water and landscape scenery.
| found large party there from diffor.
cnt states, and could not but observe the
good feeling which inspired them. If
the hours we're beginning to hang heavy
Col. shurtlef, the popular proprietor,
was sure to break the spell by proposing
instrumental and vocal music, &c, &C.
so that everybody and everything seemed
to move barmouiously. 1t is gratifying
to learn that the Island House receives
such liberal patronage from the travell'
ing public. J. b. S