Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-06-25
For the Standard.
Orleans County Scenery.

There is great and varied beauty in
the natural scenery Of northern Vermont;
and, in reference to landscape views, the
inhabitants Of the County of Orleans
may find much that is worthy of study
without going beyond the bounds of their
own county. Home scenery does not
seem to be fully appreciated. The peo-
pie of one part of the county do not
know what there is in other parts wor-
thy of their admiration. Business con-
fines them at home, and they have not
much time for the enjoyment of summer
! scenery. And there are natural barri-
ers tending to prevent their familiarity
with the best views of the county-the
hills TO be traversed in rning from one
/ one valley to another. The people of
one valley have but little intercourse
with those Of another. Their business
naturally leads them along the valleys,
ana therefore they do not incidentally
enjoy the beautiful views from the hill
tops. In illustration of this a man who
has resided thirty years in the beautiful
valley of the Black River, a clergyman
who is Familiarity known from the Elligo
TO the Mempremagog, went over the hills
to preach one Sunday in the charming
valley of the Barton River, not more
than ten or twelve miles from home, and
there was only one person in the cOngre-
cation whom he knew.
There are many persons who have
passed almost lifetime in the county
and have never stood upon Mount Pts
gah, where one Of the most interesting
scenes in the State is presented. There
= are men who have watched the fog upor
: the bold apex Of Mount Norris, ant Mt
a Hor every summer Of their lives, to see
= whether it would do to open their hay
= who do not even know the names o
5 those mountains. Jay Peak, four thou
9 sand and eighteen feet higher than tht
= ocean, whose most conspicuous adorn
c ment for more than half the year is
c glitterirg wreath of snow; is in ever
= distant view, as from Montreal for in
Il stance, the most beautiful feature in tn.
= region, and should have monument up
4 on its apex to give additional interest t
t, the scene. And yet very few men Q
If the county have stood upon its summit
e Moreover it is not known, positively, t
: the inhabitants around it, even if tn
:, Textbooks will show, which of four town
l. has the honor of containing it.
e Theverdant and fertile hills of Greens
J. bOro, and the lakes and streamlets EN-
{ bosomed among them, constitute a charm
Is ing summer scene, though bleak enoug
in the winter. 1t is said that some {
these hills are the most elevated land III
D. der tillage in the State. Standing upo
W McLellan's Hill, there is beautiful vie,
rs Of broad valleys and sloping hills, fore:
+. and farnlands, a few church spires an
at hundreds of farmbuildings. The sun
E. mer too is now in its greatest beauty
a. the pastures and meadows bespangle
20 with the gay blossoms of the dandelio
to and the cowslip and the apple orchard
m approaching their maturity of bloom.-
Il, The forests are still extensive enough
to give shelter to few of the large nativ
ne animals, a bear having lately been kille
nj in Craftsbury and another passed tn
As town this week taking a shot gun hil
We not to loiter on bis way from Wolcott
b Wneelock. The distant view from til
standpoint is very beautiful, taking Ii