Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-08-03
respendsnce Of the Free Press
now TO REACH CANEL'S HUMP.
GREEN MOUNTAIN HOUSE.
NE>SRs. RIDLEY s SONS, NORTH
DUEBURY. VERMONT.
WINDSOR, July ., 1850.

Hoa FI-,
ev q our summer tourists are
aware ., -ae great variety Of tho scenery which is
afford q from the peaks o the Green Mountains
aai I taiui, very few Of the people of Vermont
under. ,lrd bow accessible are the SUBMITS Of the
highest points e The Green Mountain range.
Mansfield aud Cancels Hump. While the enter
Eris. & sous Of the Gran tie State, have opened
avenues and furnished accommodations for ascend
IN tle l,te Mountains from different points. So
that tiP 20 them Is set down by the tourists as
enc Of tie places 20 be visited equally with Mag
'ra, Saratoga 4-j Montreal, little has been done
20 bring i'm u.tIce the WAYS and means of Wis
ltil- tc Green Mountains, which are much mare
easily reached from tie cities than the White
Mountains, ami much easier OF ascent when
reached
I-o t.a-- las however gone by, when the White
Mountains arc O. mvuopo.izs all the attention of
the lovers OF m uatau scenery. Through the en-
terprisc Of ". ID. il. Bingham, ESQ. of stowe.
cunt Mansfield is DOW made easy Of access to
every and by the energy ana perseverance
os Messrs. Ridley S Sons Of North Duxburv. it
( is an easy matter TO go 60 slc highest poin. Of
Camels Hump in .. hour. without aiightipr
from your horse, after Ieayin, the Railroad sta
ticn. Tits sin this respect that Camers Hump will
be visited moro than others. because the Vermont
Central Railroad runs along at the foot f IT, and
there is no stage ride Of twenty or thirty miles.
as there IS from Liule,ou or Plymouth to Franco
MIA and Crawiord's, at the Whito Mountains.
Parties can leave Burlington, Rouse's Point
and Mortified in the morning arrive at Ridlev,s
station at \. M.-ascend the mountaip-bavs
from to & hours upon the top, and return to each
Of those places the same evening at an early
hour. Leaving Boston. Montreal, Saratoga. New |
York IN the moT1i Nc train will arrive at Ridle,s
at . to ?. N.-and either ascend the mountain
the same evening, or early the next morning /
spend the day on the mountain, and returning 10 |
the station to take the evening trains. which arc
L''cd up with commodious and comfortable sIeer
Ing cars, and reach Montreal same evening. ard /
Saratoga, Troy, New York aud Boston carly in
the morning. Thirty-six hours absence from Bos-
ton and New York will enable the visitor to spend
six hours on the mountain with all ea.o and com.
fort.
-'o "Iit-i Win d party OF three or four Ii5ios
aad gentlemen had the pleasure dav or tvzo sine,
OF making AZ excursion to Clmcps HUMP. an1r
assure you we were greatly surprised to find such
sure accommodations, in the way of hotels. horses
carriages, guides ard roads, as were furnished NJ
by Nessrs Ridley and Sons.
Weleft the cara Of the Vt. Contra! R.Koa5
at q A. ", aad at the residence of Mr. Ridl,v
which is but step from the Depot. VIC tool,
carriages some p milcs-then boises tho o,bo-
y miles in good bride path. the best bsvo
7f,1 seen on any Of the mountains, to the SUNNI,
Ie horses are wei trained and entirely .oeo f,-
my iady-oae Of the young man who en-, ord
made the road, always ACCOMPANYING nar,io,
guide We reached the summit at - o,.,oo,- 81
ound good hotel erected this season b,- .yessr.
idieys' 80 by 40 feet, with pallor. diping room ,
leeF'ns rooms, and all oonveniences Of ordinary
iO'''s' te materials for construction and furnish
% were carried up on the backs Of horses Mr. En-
y gel OF Waterbury is the Proprietor assisted
the culinary DEPARTMENT. by one Of our friend
'''lei best cooks-whicL Is sufficient
that whoever may wish to spend day s.
nigat there, may rely upon having everything b