New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-22

enned, ID Q euDCks tpeetSck. Ibe Green houn-
aineers come down from the hiEs, and up from he
yAIkys 10 utter their tltnt electoral voice IN the
little brown town house On he edge Of the village.
The polls are open at O'clock; and for abcu. "a
hour and half the voting IL brisk. Then the Off
cial moderator announces IN loud voice that
only half an hour intsrvsDes before the Turn
irQ Of the box and calls upon TIE freeDen
for their ballots. This sunBons brings up the
laggards Similar prccAms;ions are issued
from time 10 time, until At last, the proper moment
arrived. We are informed that I" the box Will nov
be turned" This early proceeding is instituted IN
order 10 give the freemen an opportunity TO Try
again in case there Is election; whereupon, the
fact a.cer:ained, balloting recommences, aud con
tnuep until midnight, or until an election takes
place The box being turned every hour, and the
votes counted The law, of course provides DIFF
ierrnt regulations in places which poll more than q
certain number of yo.es To the young man exer-
cisng for the first time the right Of suffrage the
freeman's oath is administered upon the spot. Tie
counting Of the votes furnishes scene tor piintet
Counters official and non-o -Ial, mount the platform
ard knock of their hats successfully against the
stove-pipe, a. if that pleasing performance were a
necessary part Of the formally. The crowd gathers
Likewise at the sides and in front: and from every
point Of observation protuberant freemens backs
visible, with eager heads depressed toward the
central point of interest as when an ear Of corn has
been drC pped into flock OF hungry geese.
II is refreshing To turn from politics to nature
WailDgiord i. one of my old tayOrite hsunts
have searched from Maine TO Minnesota, from
MoOsehead Lake to the Fall, OF the NJ ssissipp and
Minnehaha, aud found no spot more to my liking.
Here Nature does not meet Us in her most sublime
or savage moods: but with that wholesome
sweetness and everyday friendly rUggedness,
90 dear to me soul. Here too, are mount
aims, with beautiful green slopes, PERCEPTIONS
hedges, bald scalps or backs brstliDg with stuned
frs inviting the athletic visitor. Over their far
blue pillows tie eye loves u sail. Between two
ranges Of such, al but little more than rifle shot
from the base Of either, Waugford lies in the fer
Tile valIey-if valley that can be cailed-whicn is
itself thrown up here and there into turbulent bub-
bes of green earth. Otter Creek flows by the VII
lage, winding through the interval, by cumps OF
willows and great shaggy elms; aud down from the
East through the wood gorge Of the hills, comes
tumbling mountain brook. In the hollow OF
sleeps west Of the village, and shaded by the sur
rounding woods, lies singular lake. half mile in
length, said 10 be bOttomless, having never been
fatbomed by any union of bedcOrds and clOthes-nes
and without any dscoverabe outlet or inlet. The
waters of this lake or pond are exceedingly clear
and pure. Two or three miles distant Is another
pond Of similar character, but Of larger dimensions.
exalted upon the summit of one Ut the eastern
range Of mountains. And n goodly walk easy
drive north Of the village brings you to Mill River,
81 impetuOus, rejoicing stream, which dashes down
through a savage, rocky chasm OF the hills.
Numerous other natural attractions, far and near
-cayerns, cliffs, cascades-exist for HIM who has
the courage and poetic instruct to find them. To
the Flooding people, 10 the lovers of gayety
or eain they are apparently nothing These re-
main in their shops houses, ignorant or regardless
Of the wonders scattered in beauty and spendOr sll
around Even the inhabitant of the field rarely
pu, he's his ieelers beyond the manor confines of APP
preciabe crops. To the superior uses of things, To
The ine curiosity aud pure delight which carry the
Stul forward almost to the lifting Of Nature 5
stc vail, the common worker and wording
rest insensible. Yet something of which they are
unconscious enters into them from the compan-
onship Of streams and mountains. To grapple with
rude life in the woods to breathe the breath Of the
meadows and pines, 10 listen TO the perpetual pour
Of waterfalls, to cast the listessfye of seden-
tary in the valley upon the grand old SUBMITS Oi
these shadowy, rest-crOwned hills, brings TO she
most dull and needless observer a certain health aud
latent power freshnes. akin to Natures and like
hers attractive and admirable. lakewood.