The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-10-28

charms, and | know moi one of its size
in New England, that rivals it, in pic.
.uresque and beauliful scenery"
These words embody tho sentiment
Of distinguished stranger, as expressed
in recent conversation upon the com
parativo beauties of our village.
The idea is not only correct, but high
ly suggestive 1t is worthy of boiug
enshrined in the heart, and rendered a
perpetual fountain, swelling up with joy
GUS contentmont--an antidote to the
thousand and one half fcdged desires
which agitato too many bosoms, to mi.
CRATE westward, and turn their bucks
upon homes unsurpassed in ovelines and
scenic beauty.
Chipman's Hill, as it is approriate.
ly called for one of the deceased Fathers
"a name Identical with one of the first
settlers of the town, is Invested with
much of interest, and shares largely in
the pride and honors of the villagers.
Strangers aud transient visitors. are
accustomed to remark, upon its beauty
aud grandeur.
As standpoint, from which to
view the landscape Der" it is legacy
OF great value, Standing upon its
southern slope, and stretching your Wis.
ion southwark, you encompass piano.
rama of elysian beauty. A fine valley
stretches far down before you, through
which the waters of Otter Creek (more
properly Otter River) make their me.
andering pathway to our village. and
thence onward to tho Lake. The shril
whistle of the engine bell, and the noisy
rush Of the ponderous train, as i: flies
through village, and meadows, and pas
ture fields, carrying terror and monen
tary fright to focks and herds, swell
aud enhance the joyous interest. The
rafting sound and rush of the Auto.
matte Mowers-the accustomed rng of
the steel as the laborers stand braced
and apply the stone or rife to give
edge to the old fashioned scythc---the
fields of waving grass and graiu-the
old farm Wagon moving slowly to the
barn or stack with its ponderous lond-
the orchard-the olumps of forest.trees
the enclosed lots Of wood lard. and all
environed or walled in by high hills and
lofty mountains, constitute a charming
and not easily forgotten picture. which
imparts vivid and lively interest to
tue town, nestled TRANQUILITY at your feet.
DIVERSITY OF SURFACE.
The village itself possesses numerous
features OF extreme beauty-it is an as.
semblage of graceful imagery. Oftheso
a'verssty Of surface stands prominent.
Ii is freed from monctony, and every
part Of it is only like itself. Instead Of
the dead level which is generally seen in
western villages, and which always tires
and frequently disgusts, you see here
Its counterpart in the most bewitcbing
and charming contrast, Here is an as.
cent--tbore descent--here an elevation
there depression, and every where
an undulating and wavy surface greets
and cheers the eye Dizziness the sickly
onspring OF monotony, ignores and flies
the scene. Change which always pleas.
es meets you on every street Not only
Is 1t true, that no street is facsimile
OF another, but no one ever appears to
her to its neigbbor, a family resem.
biance This has a pleasing effect and
greatly enhances tho interest felt bv
visitors and citizens. Hill and deli
GLADE and glen, are literally blended
and displayed in miniature.
ITS ROADS.
No less than eight thoroughfares en-.
ter or leave the town. These all start
from different points in the country. and
converge here in one common centre. or
they all start in the village, aud diverge
to different surrounding points in the
country. Like the rays of star. thcv
radiate from common point, and push
outward and onward, beside pastures and
meadows, and corD.felds, over hills and
through glens. by tho houses of tho poor
and the dwellings Of the rich, winding
their tortuous way up mountain sides
or stretching out their arms, Law fast
hold OF the pebbly banks of the adjacent
Champlain.
THE WATER VIEW.
But the water view. Imagine n Lake
without an island-a sky without flee.
cy cloud-a landscape destitute of shade
trees, or an engraving or painting de.
VOID OF due proportion of light and
shade, and you have an emblem of a
town, without river or lake. to enliyen
and cheer by its bright dancing waters.
and propel the busy wheels, that lie low
down in their humble bed and work
ever on in the supply of the ceaseloss
demands of our tables and ward robes,
Happily our village is oulvoned and
cheered, By the small but beautiful riv.
er that sweeps gracefully down between
emerald banks, aud turning a somer-
set becomes cascade, rich in melody
to the listening ear, that oft fingers to
catch Its expression Of mirtb aud song.
ITS TEMPLES.
And then its Christian Temples.
Lifting as they do their turrets and
spires high up to heaven, they bespeak
IN significant dialect, the sanity quail.
ties of the Father and their noble Sons
who oonseorated their substance to their
erection.-Hallowed monuments to their
purity, their faith, their love and affec,
tion for. the Savior of mon The oldest