Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-11-09
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life. to stand upon the summit Of Mt.
Everett The weather on the morn
ing Of the I2th was propitious, and at
a quarter past nine. we stood on the
highest point of land in New England,
Except Mt Washington enjoying as
fair prospect of the world below, as
generally falls the lot of mortsls.
In our enthusiasm to reach the top
we attended SO little to the directions
given us, that when we reached the
base Of the mountain we had lost all
trace Of the road, and too impatient to
retrace our steps, and find the lost
path. we determined to ascend the ac-
clivity before US. And up we went.
climbing almost perpendicular ledges
Of rock, and forcing our way through
tangled masses OF scrub oak and ivy,
not without an occasional feeling like
that which filed the breast of the
brave Filz Ames, when he said:
"of all my wild adventures past,
This mad-cap scheme VIII be my last.-
But toiling upward, and still up
ward. we soon arrived at the summit;
and what glorious panorama is spread
out before us. The heavens were but
partially clear: dense clouds were NOV
ing majestlcally along the tops Of dis
tant mountains, like cohorts marshall
ing fer battle, or hanging suspended
in mid-air, casting their dark shadows
on the earth below. No pen or pen
Gil can do adequate justice to the pic
ture. ~ W tr
The almost infinite extent Of coun-
try over which the eye can range
with its varied scenery, the Housaton-
ic slowly vending It's way to the
ocean, in thousand serpentine wind
ings, stretching far away to the north
and south, like a ribbon Of light:
many beautiful lake lying embo-
somed in the the sunny wales, and
cleaning in the sunny light like a
sheen Of silver; the beautiful and CON-
pact villages filling up the valley; and
the rich alluvial gore Of land lying
west OF the Taconic range; the farm
houses without number. the rocky
heads of lofty mountains at your feet.
with clouds partly above, around, and
below you all combined to form a
most glorious picture. -
Standing upon the summit Of Mount
Everett. we have series of the most
magnificent and glorious views that the
eye ever rested upon. 1t is worthy
the toll. the labor. the day and its
priyations and sutierings, for one to
look at that glorious scene.
That scene in all its beauty and
majesty became deeply impressed up
on our minds. and it will remain there.
a glorious picture, upon which "fse sun
wiH shine" in the dark vista OF buried
years. a green spot in memory. around
which our thoughts will delight 10
cluster. and TO which we can always
recur with profit and pleasure.
For who can gaze upon such mag.
ni6cent and glorious displays OF the
handiwork Of natures God, without
becoming wiser or better?
We descended the mountains by the
most frequently travelled route--a path
passable for pedestrians; down the
deep north side, which conducts you
to the base of the mountain. To this
spot travellers can drive in carriages,
which they will certainly do IL they
consult their case, and from which
the ascent up TO to the mountain Is
comparatively easy.
But il like the writer, they love
to be out on the bounding sod. and to
hear the echo of their tread on the sol
id mountain rock. and TO see nature as
she is. wild and rugged. they will pay
but little attention to ease, or comfort.
but ascend the mountains from point
they first reach, impossible though il
may appear.
But we are down the mountain and
the substantial fare Of the thrifty farm
er, has satisfied the demands of an ap.
petite made keen by mountain air and
mountain exercise. And now for
Bashpish Falls.
We left our carriage about mile
from the falls and commenced our de-
scent. The path winds down an al.
most precipitous hill, and through a
grand old forest, that brings to mind
a fine old poem we have somewhere
read:
~ lovo the brave old forest,
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