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


wherever wander, wherever I 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 east amid the dust and din
of crowded towns, Nature is douby dear. With
what intense longing does he look forward 10 the
happy hours when he shall be permitted again to
listen to the glad voices Of Nature and watch her
ever changing smiles Of beauty, perchance
{" 70 stretch his listess length " at noon-tde. "
: There at the foot Of yonder nodding beech
That wreathes its old fantastic roots on high,
And pore upon the brook that babbles by'
o. else,
"To roam through the wide woods
And thread the maze Ct giant stems,
TIL days last gimmer dies
Der woody vale aud grassy height"
Horace tells US with what joy the Roman citi-
zen LEFT the busy streets Of the imperial city to
taste the wholesome water Of Campanian Baia,
or to gaze upon the lovely landscapes If far
famed Sicily.
With a kindred delight our own citizen, when
the summer sun begins to blaze in full glory
above the gaspng city,
| And noon burns with its blistcring breath
! Around, and day lies still rs DEATH"
shakes with impolc haste the dust from his 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 surgng
ocean; or in the remote Highlands, careless aid
free he roans through the deep forests, or climbs
the majestic mountains.
Among the localities whose natural endowmens
have rendered them fayoritc places for summtr
resort, this lovely valley merits our attention.
! Here you are surrounded by lofty mountains
fringed with their many-hued mantle Of perennial
yordure. you seek retirement, visit the neigh
| boring groves at the base Ct the nearest moul-
talns or, il yet unsuited the more remote silence
Of the primeyal forests. If you would view Nj
ture in her most pleasing attitudes, pursue tie
tumbling brooks through the picturesque g.eis
and rocky rayines; or, if you wish grandcr AMI
more magnificent displays, the highest carrate
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 anil
river, village and city, bursts upon your enra,-
tured vision. If the sports Of the angler aforl
you delight, you can find in the clear streams
many a trout more or less ready to form your at
quaintance.
But you may fear lest a region SO MOUNTAINOUS
may lack the amenities, comforts. or Injuries d
life. Not 50. You will. by means Of the Troy 1
Boston, and Western Vermont Railroads, be only
two hours distant from Troy. These railroad.
were constructed in 1852; since then the Influx
from the cities has constantly increased each
year. Last Summer not only were the Hotel
crowded TO overlooking, but many we're obliged
to aceep, tie hospitality Of private families o. 9,
depart for other and less favored regions. Ele
CANT and commoiious Hotels have been erecte.
for theexpress purpose Of Accommodating summa
guests. No pains or expense has teen spared b,
their enterprising proprietors to provide such ap
purtenanees, artificial ponds, fountains, walks
carriage roads, marble sidewalks in every dircs
ton, Fl ceiera, which can minister 70 the comfor
and happiness Of their inmates. The Equinoi
House. with its recent enlargement, the larges
hotel Ia Vermont. the Yanderiip House, Dr. l.
II. sprague's Water-Cure House At Manchester
Thayer's Hotel a. Fastory Point, and Woodworth'
Hotel at Arlington, may well be called hrst-clas
establishments. wearied BY your excursion
among rocks. thiekets and mountalDs Naiur
having lost half her charms, yctily you viii iud
beneath their hospitsble roofs, yourself sarroa6a
ed. as il b Eastern magic. By the comforts an.
luxuries Of civilized lfe;' aud there, too. 90
will be enabled to form more intimate acqaaiut
auoe wth the members Of the family Of silve
Trout. ESQ, thar your former experience bad le
! you 70 srpsr'