The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-10-07


After most of us had INDUCED for ten
minutes in that agreeable business, do
ing nothing, we sat down to what had
been a bountiful dinner, but which was
now somewhat less, on account Of the
cooling influence of time, and especially
the influence OF fifty stage passengers
from Lake George, who must necessarily |
be served fret so as to take the boat
which we had left. But we consoled our.
selves with the manifest certainty that
we should be first served on the morrow
when We returned and after dinner pre-.
pared for the four miles staging which
Jay before us, The three coaches were
all nearly filed, aud there we're several
to accomp odate yet. Now l shall not
say whether this crowded state of affairs,
or curiosity to see the country, or de.
sire to finish my cigar, which took af
ter dinner, prompted me to separate from
the ladies of our company, and take the
top of the coach. But l qoiH say that
otter I had climbed up with q cigar in
my mouth, the unexpected anabasts of
two of them rendered it a pleasure to
throw it away. The stage-route lay
along the outlet of Lake George, a swift
shallow stream having two falls about
each Of which is collected village of
saw mills, and boarding houses. The
road passed through both these broken.
down numbering villages, respectively
denominated Lower Falls and Upper
Falls. There is something rather ipcon.
sistent in seeing this peculiar coored
water running down over this clay soil.
One would be led to judge that Lake
George was grand reservoir into which
had been tipped two huge watts OF liquid,
one of prussian-blue, and the other of
a seq green color, aud that, after thor.
ough mixing, the cook bad been turned
and it came pouring down through the
valley. But as we drew near the lake
the pebbly bottom of the stream gave
the water different appearance, and the
cool invigorating breeze that sprang up
just then from lake ward, made us re.
gard Lake George more as we afterward
found it than any previous stories we
had heard, or speculations we had made
concerning it. And this reminds me
that nothing but it's presence will ever
give you any just idea of its wild beauty.
From what | have anticipated, you may
expect an ecstatic and precise descrip.
ton of it but here you will doubtless
be happily disappointed. Why, we ran
thirty six mile gauntlet one day, and
the same the next day coming back, and
each individual object struck us forcibly
after the manner of literal gauntlet
and are we able to give or would you be
entertained or edited By minute des.
cription of the peculiar characteristic Of
each, except it be of some giant in the
crowd Should we not rather give you
the manner Of our progress, and how it
affected us2 Again, l suspect am not
exactly an orthodox admirer of the
beautiful, and that in pointing out par.
tcular beauties, my fauoy might come
far from meeting that of others. But
every one calls Lake George, taken as
whole, beautiful. Then 1 shall disagree
with none, and proceed to relate our
journey through as briefly as possible.
The Minnehaha, the only steamboat
on tho lake, has been built during the
past year to supply the place of John
Jay, which was burned down last sum.
mer. 1t is short broad built, quietly
moving boat, and makes trip through
the lake and back daily 1t was at the
dock, waiting only for the stage. passen q.
gers, and as soon as we were fairly a..
board it started The transition from
staging was decidedly agreeable-we all
felt invigorated by the pure elastic air,
and inspired by the limpid lake. and the
romantic scenery. Even the babies ap.
preciated the change, for such l must
persist in calling two promising boys, of
our company, about two and four years
of age respectively. One of them evi
IDENTIFY of a poetical turn of mind, ap.
peared quite pleased with the choice of
name for the boat. which he would re.
peat and then merrily laugh, as if he
heard the natural echo (Laughing Wa
ter) discovered by Longfellow. The
other, regular Young America, had
more difficulty in restraining his desire
to be in all parts Of the boat OF once. as
he claimed to have several important
items OF business to attend to continual
ly. But they found new sources of pleas
ure, as the boat progressed and appeared,
to enjoy themselves exceedingly. The
only drawback to our perfeo. happiness,
was the indisposition of one of our mum.
Der whose thoughts were diverted by
that allday companion sick headache.
On we sped much faster than we imap.
ined, 50 unperceptibly did this little
boat glide along through the scarcely
disturbed waters, that il often rather
seemed that we wero standing still. and
a splendid panorama moving past US up.
on either side. Presently we passed
Rogers slide, smooth and near y per.
pendicular rock upon the western side.
about three hundred feet high. down
which, Rogers, pursued by Indians did
not slide, Gas the name might lead us to
suppose, aud as his followers did sun.
pose), but like wise man threw down
his pack and, putting ON his snow.shoes
heel-foremost, went around and escaped
on the ice The first landing was at
Garheld's Hotel, the resort for those