The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-05-01
= angar FarLg ln WlaoonaIn.
corrrfpoubrurr OF ar Calf6ouiar
RyUU TAILs, WIS, [
AuriIh, 1853

our native State, When the spring b,setes
began 20 llow, and the snow slowly melted
away, and the singing birds wooed each 9TH
er along tho fingy banks Of winding brooks,
-yIts', ths ,Ftttst i',Ii','' - l'. f i'''i'''1
and the ealkin willow threw out ls furry
buds,-nho can blame us, Nermonters "dyed
in the wool" II we longrd for the sacchlrl'er-
ous delights OF MAPLE suGNR The few small
cakes that some Young friends had thought
/ fully slowed In our baggage, bad long suce
shed their lust drop of sweetness on tho des-
ert tongue. April POOLS day came and went,
and still no maple sugar We knew there
were iow snp-producing trees In the tim
ber," and that certain horderrulinn-bcings
/ Ia red shirts, uuVaahed, unshn,ed, and un-
kcmpt, were reported 10 "catuct" the sweet
liquid, and transfer il into some hard dirty
looking substance, resembling crude potash,
both in taste and appearance. From oil such
vile stud, ran our litluy, good fortune deli'-
erus
We were therefore ogreeabIy surprised, the
other day, on receiving on invitation 70 ac-
company party for the purpose Of obtaining
some Of the genuine article" warranted
sweet and without any marked "froe,suil ="
Tenderness, A. the object Of the expedition
was two fold namely 10 see natural cur,-
osily few miles up the valley and to have
"pie.ue In the country" Sc did not go
where the sugar was made, but carried the
syrup, and the necessary utensils, intending
10 "suFuron when and where we pleased.
Siudry baskets and boxes we're also taken
along, aud noticed one or two cuHou, look
ing fellows whom they called Johns" or
/" Domi Johns" and which conducted Them
scl,cs sobcrly enough, IN spite Of our fears,
until We came 10 n fine spring orwatcr, when
they seemed to be in high yi,its, aul insist
ed on going down 10 drink" After that
We had frequent occasion to cultivate their
acquaintance,
They have good doubc.wRgons out in this
western country, but they are not remarkably
easy vehicles to ride lu but our way lay over
the smooth prairie, and We joird along right
mcrrily The seven miles soon las behind our
backs, and there, right before vs. in little
dmpbithca,re, with one depression in the
willis for entrance, along which We drove, rose
fifty feet high, mnssNc column Of solid rock,
white Us snow, aud scanned aud nrrovcd with
age II is called 1.-The Monument yet II
more nearly resembles large round tower
such as We see ln pictures Of mcdir,ul cas-.
ties. Il must bee twenty-five or Thirty feet 100
diameter at the base, and fifteen at the top.
IL rises i'm n REGULAR strtrs If strata ,,pb IA.
minishing in diameter as it ncarS the top
These strata have No pcrccptiblr dip, and al.
through the saud-rock which composcs them
all, is 50 soft that YOU can cut it easily with
Your knife, or oven erumblc it beneath YOUR
fingers the hugh mass yet seems To rest rs
firmly as the Pillars Of Hercules, \ sort Of
rude ladder has been thrown against one Of
It's sides so that the ad, cniurous bchuldcr
can ascend to is summit and command %
T wide pruspoc, Of the country around And
L truly splendid country it is for the farmer
aud not many years hence, will be the gar
den of Wisconsin. II is very fertile, contig-
uous to tho Pincrics, which furnish cheap
lumber ard good market. and is more
,-ThuudaUrtv- w6rCTCd TrTH a1l other portion
at tii,r,i I l..e --.-l. Larr hefarc
written YOU Of the diversified character given
to this section of the bold.risinr mounds"
rs they are called which lie in detached mass.
g, for miles along the Eastern bork Of the
LIST. Croix. These mound, ccrtoinl, dio,iui,b
tho amount If oroblc land I'm, ,bc, furnish
an abundance of building and limestone
and break .un somewhat the tomcnc.s and
the drcory monotopv that makes mos, r,r,s
Of the West soinlipid TO sbpsc reared on,on,
the bold outline of valley. mountain and i,
j., Nm Ur,I,,,l
But while we have hoo, Ioolir, =, tho
tower. and thinking obout the scenery orour1
orr rr;ords Inv, c,,horo,, ,rr, l.,,Il,,. F.,
tho grove of oak trccs tb,,. ,;r,s tho r;r, oc