Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-10-07

4 aAulH VI OIpH ilftlf anu l1llk Va DONh 'l"N' W
Jones's Brook at Us mouth The same IS now
owned and occupied by Samuel Jones, Esq,
descendant Of the man whose name was ditlXed TO
the brook above alluded to. Capt. Hobart md
not purchase this lot Of the original proprietor,
but Of a man who had already bought il, and bad
made small improvement upon H by cutting
down abut TWO acres Of trees, and by building d
small bark shanty for his own temporary accomo-
da ion
This part OF the country was at this time Justly
celebrated tor the depth and fertility st rs soil,
the purity and abundance Of it, waters, the
breadth and richness 81 It's meadows the magni-
iuae, value and variety Of It's forest trees, the
beauty VI It's natural scenery and the ublimity Of
il. mountains. A luXurnt growth Of forest trees
then covered the whole lace d the country ex'
tending from the backs Of The rivers and smaller
streams, to the very SUBMITS OF the mountains, eX-
ceptiag few small openings made by settlers Of
some Two or three acres each, extending up and
down tie rivers, generally several miles distant
from each other. Each opening bad bark
shanty, or small log c,bu, connected with it, u.u-
ally occupied by some pioneer family.
The beautiful and splendid village oi Moulpe.
ier, only three mile. further up the r.yer no@ the
Capital OF the State, did not theu exist and had
not even been thou ut D, a. the future Metropolis.
Ouiy lao Of three small log cabin, then marked
the sile OF The village, where now stands the
N. gu.hcenl State House, crowned with lhe Coo
dess OF Lib ry, the Court House, several Church
edihce, and other public bull .in. s., and il, long
row. Of ,umptuou, and eleglnl dwelling houses,
each surrounded with yards, gardens and trees ar.
ranged 10 beautiful order and fitted up with every
accommodation, sad the most exquisite taste -
ahele, too, the continual hum Of business, the
roar Of cars, carriages, waterfalls and machinery
and the merry voices OF crowds oi happy men and
women, are nov heard during the iiye.ong day
When Ar. Hobart made this first tour TO Berlin,
be found on! t@o families settled 10 town. the
one lt tte mouth Of Dog uyer and the oiher
about halt mile atther up thai stream.
lh.s par OF The State was tnen accessible by
wagons from only the three following points first,
rom The mouth OF White riy r, by road passing
up lhat stream a. far as kOylltOn, and tfoui
thence passing on IN a northwest dire ion through
tast Bethel, Randolph, Brookheldi Nllnm,town
aud Berdu 10 Montpelier This was formerly
Throughout THE country known as the OBJ Brook
field road anu almost ariel with ID. Near il
lay the Indian r.il, reversed by Canadians and
Indians % their rriufn ,om burning and sapkng
Roiallon, anu Oi o.4rs early edven'urers passing
y ana rom lhe Canadas. The second road be-
s1'"'ne A' Ne"ouIl' hfs' passed. over hsh
l'ou"u'.n range 70 waite H'sti ~ lhe nor 'h'asl
par ol Nothlh, thehee Il EXTENDED up 'hai sussm
a. ''' a. "es' loPsHihi' anu men, passing "fef
'ne "Vi ,,eas' range o the u'eeh hoon''.Ns
'htouRh Ofahge' batfe ana berhn' met we 'efin'-
nus Oh 'ne DfooNnelu roiu ~ Mon'pener' near We
present sl'e ol 'oe N'ploi' q Lnlfu' beginning AZ
DUfi',S sNuA'eu on Lake OhamPah at 'he
mouth oi Ou'oh H'tH pas'ea Up that stream
Ihroush " H'l''on' hcnmona' BOTTOM wafer
our! al" h'au'eseA TO Mon'pe"ef'
Al three Of these roads we're al that time, as
might have been expected, extremely rough and
difficult 70 travel. lne steep hills and SIDE slopes
mad not then oeeu graded. The roots ct the tor
est trees bad mol been dug up, or haI mol passed
away pl uaiun, decay, aud bridges had not been
built excepting over Tue larger streams. Ihe
thick forests had not been cleared away 10 admit
the sun and ar 10 ury the roads, ana the maTshy
places hau not been cause "aled But Captain
Hobart and MS son james we're not very much
incommoded oy Toe badness oi ne road as they
had uo horse TO nle or 10 maui wagon, and
nothing hu, Their 'eet to convey them IRON place
TO place, al 'tesame amt carrying their pr visions
ana baggage On their backs.
The distance fl, m Ne"bury to the lot Of land
purchased by Mr. Hobart, was about thirty hive
miles. The road, or trace connecting lhe TWO
over Inc norm El'l rang "' 'ne Green noun.
"o' "'''" "','"e' we 'e'S '''' Co'''''' ,''u'
ii,u ifo" '"o'g "'''" nov ''o LAM u''' P'''''
lnt loS c'o'u' o' 'e'''''S on l''s 'o'u "e'' ="
ana lar between auu 'e acc, 'li''"a''''' 'O' '"'
el'yiN must nave oetn very "'n''e"' .,.,
lialnS Pu'chaS'u '"' lot o' ''uu 'oo'' "'tuNeu
To- la'her anu son 'e1uIneu 70 'nef ho"'e az Ne"-
ouF!' wen p'easeu WIN '"er excursion al" 'ne
q Se'"e"'e"' ''e'' '"o 'O''0''"e
Accordingly, eaiI! IN the next summer, NapA'n