The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-06-28

trees could have; and legislators grave and
gay stroll under their shadows, and ladies' in
bounced silks and fashionable hats lower their
parssoIs and talk Of the "deIiehtful shade,"
on the spot where so lately the hungry In
dian crept stealthily after the game that was
to furnish bis next rude meal.
From the park. streets radiate in all direc.
tions, and from this centre the city has grad
ualIy widened, and spread itself out over
large extent. filling all the valleys, ,and crown
ing all the bills. New comers industriously
seek out the pleasant spots to build them
selves homes; ard there are few towns, |
fancy, that can furnish greater variety, or
larger number of desirable locations ITO
suit purchasers. Within a few minutes
walk Of the capitol are clean, quiet streets,
that look as if the dust and din of trade had
no business there and handsome stone dwell.
linss and cosy little cottages are nestled a.
way behind clumps Of young oaks, with the
wild flowers still asserting their prior right
to the soil, by sprinsins up under all the fen
ces, and round the feet of their old neishbors
the oaks. A little farther, and we have as
cended gentle slope, and struck into a
street commanding view of the whole town,
with the two lakes. and wide reach of coun-
try beyond the limits of the city. Here the
eye may fesd itself forever, where safety
never follows feastins.
| Last night we went to the burying- ground.
1t is something more than year and half
since last visited it. The approach to i,
lies along the summit Of the ridge which
skirts Lake Menona. When was last there
the road, after passing between a cluster OF
Irish shanties ana poor look ing frame houses
pushed itself into thicket of bushes which
crowded close upon the carriage track, as if
to hide its destination, and its unhonored use
The place Of graves was in as wild a spot a.
could we'll be found, surrounded on all side
by tangled growth Of young forest. Blu
now, how changed F! Instead of the marrow
track, is fine broad street, with plank side
walks. Rows of young elms droop thei1
graceful pendants Of years growth over ou1
heads. Elegant residences have sprung up
with their accompaniments of graveled walks
young shruobery and pleasant gardens. GoIt
is the AIaddin's lamp that has conjured W
this wonder.
But We have reached the end of our walk
and here too, on all sides, men have pushet
their improvements, and these Improvement
have pushed the graveyard, with its silen
population, out into the midst Of Iife's sti,
and hustle, into the midst OF life's stir anC
bustls. The tangled wilderness has recedet
to make room for streets. Trim little ornat.
cottages have been built, their profusion Of
white cornice, trellissed doors. fanciiul piaz
zas, and fresh green blinds making them lool
as if they were dressed up for Sunday, an,
could never have been intended for every
day use.
Within the enclosure there have been man
Y stones added since our former visit, yet ",
thought and said that the proportion seemed
very small from population Of ten thousand
This argues much for the healthy location o
the city. Oh that its moral atmospher,
were as free from taInt as the air that Go
, has given us-that the graves of virtue an
principle were as few and far between" a
these turfy mounds.