The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-03-29
t-It DENT ..hl THINGS
Correspondence of t-bc Calsoea;au.

AMHERST. Marin IL. l>s6
As irogcnes was 0nrc reading a rros,
work TO small 'l'c!c .: his acquaintance, l..
noticed that thy "tr' nearly ali gazing o.
nod''inc. >toi',nnI sbG,f. aGd running over
WIN ms hn-er> lac REMAINING page he a,
length exclaimed a, i.s eye fell upon the .,.
teal" Cheor NJ nav friends. tlerr'> i, Ii.
ah"ad. ~ l. f't''"9ht3a. tell votr rea !e--
his art 'ir >ta.i not he like tie ir>hInl.
rope TIA; Ia. h"c;n:.i;'a, b,:' no cn'l-th 20
shall be '.::: alies.'. i: shall have IL e..5.
thin} have s.el' j. stated that Amin.
Is acce~>io'c - railroad. !ii'- : !:arfr c5--
rect. e>,''cia..V /. t. a,S"-.laa ar mad. j.
the winter season. Here = an iron tr-ck
eX'ena.n.. from here - Palmer. distance Of
twenty miles 0ut ,.rv lew leave town IL
beng r0d. .'.. on this :,i. Here we are
~ the very cen'~c Of Massachusetts, on a
!.l o.e'! 1ok;rc exc, ing. la. the ears a.
mails are So irregular that, IN SPITE of ca
re':'r4i position y" are aS i~GiAtef! from t
"o7' as tie NOS remote oi our bor'ier towns
'a"tei we iiiH-.fai' " canc.e nnder bus
ei- iha t"-e-fay.e "a Ike Amherst an
to''"er'2"n Railroad seems 10 iortii III
running Oh Trans "hen 'fsTe u a Storm -
any prospect OF one. IS consequence Of
'!;' a'Tan er''i:'At. COLLISIONS are ihif'q1"ii
more 50 4 Young man may GET mo liz
ears here lot i"imer' ana tong "ei'F7 l.
reaches h's "fS''"a'''i Oh" aye viz nave
"f'h1r" MS "ro" anu s'i'ere" Ms locks maj
MS nearest reiatioh> ~ouih srarce's rec's-
nize him. trip from here 70 Boston NO..
Seqna! 10 Inc cire"fnna'i.al'on OF me s!Oos
IN me ''ihe OF Nai''-'oos' anu me c''izeh VINO
would THINK OF starting Tor bunaio with IN"
iiea OF i'inS long enough 10 r"thrn' WOULD
be regarded as ut candidate icr the Insane
Hospital.
tuesday was oeantifni DAY hnt such as
The Old people would "erominafe weather
breeder -ergo- no tram maj DAY the next
dav iound couple OF inches oi ne" snow on
III" ground; the result Is ooS's no tran
from boston: and so II * and VIII he TIL ""
have milder weather If | have convinced
Won that Amherst ran hardly Toe SAID to Ice
accessible by rail during the winter. my ell
is gained.
A word about the weather. Here II IS.
the second week OF March. and at no time
during the winter has the ground been SO
deeply covered with snow as now. Fences
can be seen hv faith. not by sight; roads are
filled with snow drifts. and the air tastes Ike
the very strongest essence OF Greenland. -
It's all moon-shine the doctrine that Yer
mont IS colder than Massachusetts have
ADVISED those OF NV friends who could'n en-
dnre this climate to 90 northward-to st. D.
for instance ana II that was nj Tar enough
toward warm weather. 10 keep on to Quebec
at any rate. get ont OF Massachusetts. This
IS cold SUBJECT. let's try change.
The last time l wrote Won vas the week
previous to our winter vacation That vaca-
ton has passed like dream. and nine weeks
ct another term are gone. The road hack 10
College after long vacation is like Jordan
a hard road to travel. Six weeks YOU
have been free man. not Freshman no
College bells have interrupted your dreams
You ont OF bed and summoned YOU
TO the chapel. nor have college laws been the
regulators Of all vOur plans: Won have risen
and retired at your WILL gone ont and come
IN at your pleasure no roots have appeared
for Won to extract nor ruzzlinc theorems 10
distract Won YOU have spoken and thought
in English as the Latin ard Greek were not.
and Your dreams have been pure Anglo Sax
on dreams. But the SIX weeks are over. and
your face is turned colece-wara: the las:
S'eiSh-ride (rerhap>) is over. your journal
has recorded the final coast of the season. and
for the coming fourteen weeks YOU see moth
ing but visions of al-ehraic formulas and
Greek hexameters. Thus. then. we left the
pleasant spo: where our vacation was spent,
and headed towards Amherst. I'll not tell
Won the periiS we endured or our journey
now The sno" drii;s hindered US. etc; "pe--
haqs the recollection OF ti''se things will a;
some infare Tine "e pleasant. Suffice II to
say mat We arrived here a few days after tie
Term commence l.