The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-06-18


Of the citizen or visitor contontcd with
the impulses OF leisure or affection.
Where will though, learn to plume IT,
self for celestial fights, in a place Of cd
ucation,if not where the shaded walks re,
serve it to life's sympathy, those heav-
enly aights,tba from their highest sspir
atoms return to seek the living heart
with healing on their wings. The bold
ness Of natural scenery must be ohssten.
cd sometimes, and the vigor Of lofty
thought genislixed and softened. ~
or special private places need not
speak They are multiply ing, and those
who have begun such simple improve.
ment, with but triAing effort Of taste
or money, see the gnomes Of the forest
work for them, and will not need to 70.
turn to the assh thousand years hence
to Aud dwelling ct for them. OF these
the botanical predictions Of our late
fellow citizen Dr.. R., commenced pleas
ant instance at tho place he left 10 Court
Street, we sincerely hope for q better.
Other streets but just begin to show
their lines Of improving civilization
the term is q good one to use,-even
Seminary Street, where the highest in
fuenccs of re6nement.ar are supposed to be
formed where il man seconds the divin.
ity which stirs the strongest impulses
within hin, those to whom he owes most,
and from whom be expects most, will
never ask long for the facilities which re.
al8c their nature to themselves and
prepare it FOR its energy of blessing up
on others. Willows start srontano ously
in many quarters, the luxury Of the poor
il you please, of those who have little leis.
urc, or little pride, or little time TO wait
Some steadily neglect their streets from
year to year, as if they expected to live
and die for the bare necessities Of the bo
dy and the sordid exercises Of the mind.
An example of an honest beginning is
found down Seymour St. That is our
longest, straighest, broadcast avenue be.
tween the double falls that were set to
attract here an active population, and
support and elevate it by natures first
mechanical power of industry. They
wait yet for their development, when
men shall tire Of escaping from opportu.
nifty, and turn 10 earnest self devotion to
mako their own the best. On this street
line of trees near the centre, previous
ly tried is this year renewed or extend
cd, and they who thus by Themselves at.
tempt this little, may live to recognise
it, perhaps, as the beginning Of prospcri.
~ Of which they little dream. lie. tho
example draw attention wherever there
is an avenue 10 the county that is ct TO DO
shaded, and there prosperity may follow
too, upon a more careful culture unto a
more grateful spirit. Its temple will DO
raised,pcrhaps upon some pleasant point
where till now nature has been the only
ornamental planter, and the means of it's
structure lie unqnarried in the rocks.
The music Of groves may reach it, gen
tie locka may reposo upon it, the flow
ing outline. Of the mountains picture in
,ite tho eye to leave it. Tho altar oil
family prosperity may be set there, as
that of civic maturity may find its place
where the solitary visitor now loves tc
linger. Tho centre Of our population
may one day DO at the White Rock
at the rear, midway of Seymour Street
II was once thought Of The world i.
not changed, perhaps, but is waiting, til
wo shall awake to the laadings Of destiny
10 our position till the county shall be
come the garden Of cultivation and beau
~, for which it was intended X