The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-06-04
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
as Il summer Resort.


wherever wander, wherever rove,
The hills Of the Highlands forever love"
The society Of Nature is the source of our
sweetest and most grateful pleasures To him
whose lie sad lot has cast amid the dust and din
Of crowded towns, Nature is douby dear. With
what intense longing does he look forward to the
happy hours when he shall be permitted again to
listen 10 the glad voices Of Nature and watch Der
ever changing smiles Of beauty, perchance
=" 10 stretch his listess length " at noon-tide -
. There at the foot Of yonder nodding beech
That wreathes its old fantastic roots on high,
And pore upon the brook that babbles by"
Or else,
:" To roam through the wide woods
And thread the maze Of giant stems,
Fill days last glimmer dies
Der woody vale and grassy height"
IIoraeo tells Us with what joy the Roman eti-
zen left the busy streets Of the imperial city to
taste the wholesome water Of Companion Baie,
or to gaze upon the lovely landscapes Of far
famed Sicily
With kindred delight our own citizen, when
the summer sun begins to blaze in full glory
above the gasping city,
And noon burns with its blisterng breath
Around, and day lies still as DEATH"
shakes with impolite haste the dust from his I'M
patient feet, and seeks the more congenial scenes
Of country life. Perchance by the seaside he
listens to the pleasing music Of the ever surgiag
ocean; or in the remote Highlands, careless AID
free, he roams through the deep forests, or climbs
the majestic mountains.
Among the localities whose natural endowmens
have rendered them favorite places for summer
resort, this lovely valley merits cur attentio
Here you are surrounded by lofty mountains
fringed with their many-hued mantle Of perennial
yerdure. II you seek retirement, visit the neigh
boring groves at the base cf the nearest moui-
tains, or, If yet unsuted, the more remote silence
Of the primeyal forests. If you would view Nj
ture in her most pleasing attitudes, pursue tie
tumblng brooks through the picturesque g,eis
and rocky rayincs; or, if you wish grandcr aul
more magnificent displays, the highest carriare
road in New England will lead you to the sun
NIT House Of Mount Equinox, where, at an el-
walton Of four thousand feet above the sea, tie
vast prospect Of mountain and valley, lake aul
river, village and city, bursts upon your enra,-
tured vision. If the sports Of the angler afforl
you delight, you can find in the clear streams
many trout more or less ready to form your a.
quaintanee.
But you may fear lest a region 50 mountainous
may lack the amenities, comforts. or Injuries Of
life. Not 50. You will, by means Of the Troy {
Boston, and Western Vermont Railroads. be onlv
two hours distant from Troy These railroads
were constructed in 1852; since then the influx
from the cities has constantly increased each
year. Last Summer not only were the Hotels
crowded TO overlooking, but many we're obliged
to accept the hospitality Of private families or 10
depart for other and less favored regions. Ele-
CANT and commodious Hotels have been erected
for the express purpose Of accommodating summer
guests. No pains or expense has been spared BY
their enterprisng proprietors to provide such ap-
purienances, artificial ponds, fountains, wallis,
carriage roads, marble sidewalks in every d;res-
lion, 81 ceiera, which minister % the comfort
and happiness Of their inmates. The Equinox
House, with its recent enlargement, the largest
hotel in Vermont, the Vanderlip House, Dr. l..
II. sprague's Waier-cure House Al Manchester,
Thayer's Hotel al Factory Point, anil Wooiworth5
Hotel At Arlington, may well be called ffst-class
establishments Weariei by your excursions
among rocks, thiekets and mountains, Nature
having lost half her charms, verify you viii hnd.
beneath their hosp.tabe roofs, yourself surround
Cd. as IL BY Eastern magic, BY The /" comforts and
Injuries Of civilized life" and there, too. you
will be enabled 10 form mere intimate acqnaint-
aaee with the members Of the family u Silver
Trout. Esq. than your former experience had led
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