Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-09-03
s. HOWARD, Publisher.
MOUNT MANSFIELD.

..t..r. O STOWE, VT, AUG. 10, 1000.
A little more than week since, while
Boston was suffering from the intensity
of the heat, and diverting itself with a
discussion as to the origin and propriety
of the phrase heated term" we, a pleas
ant party gathered from the North the
East, and the far. West, were rejoicing IN
the cool bracing air of the summit of
Mount Mansfield. Our visit to the sum-
init was made memorable by scenes which
possess some interest for our Boston trends
We left the village on the morning of
Saturday the 8th inst, as parties always
leave for the ascent, with many pleasant
wishes for clear day and good views
Less than three hours brought US to the
Summit House, and into a mist so dense
as to limit the circle of observation to a
radius of a dozen yards. Receiving a
cheering welcome to the hospitalities of
the house. we were soon =" at home IN
the sense which tourists know SO well
how to appreciate. During the whole
day the cloud completely capped the
mountain, and night came upon us with
out view having been obtained. But
the day passed chserily; the resources Of
the house. the smiling face and genial con-
versatlon of the landlord and agreea BILE
new made acquaintance, made the hours
of pleasant memory The F" sunrise
rooms " facing precisely East, where in a
clear morning the richest glory of noun
tain views may be enjoyed, were eagerly
sought and universal early rising agreed
upon. But no sun could penetrate the
thick cloud which, until quite late the
next morning, enveloped US. 1t was Sun
day Shadows of disappointment began
to darken the faces of few, when Rev.
DR.. Kirk, who for some days had made
his home on the summit, invited us to a
morning service. He thought it we'll, he
said to us, some thirty in ALL who had
gathered in the parlor, while God had
drawn His veil about us, circumscribing
for season the glorius work of His hand,
to fall back upon our own reflections.
The service, which was mainly eztempor-
aneous, was an exposition of the lO3d
Psalm, and was most appropriate and i'm
pressive In the course of his comments,
DR.. Kirk discussed first, "objects of con-
temptation" and secondly" objects of pur.
suit" How well the lessons on the for
mer theme were impressed upon US, whose
special object then was to contemplate the
grandest and most sublime works of ma
ture, aud how aptly the latter was treat
ed in the same connection, they may
somewhat conceive who are familiar with
DR.. Xix train of reasoning on such sub
Jccts. The DIR. took occasion to affirm.
with some argument too, his ardent, Chris
tian faith in the cause of the country.
His fervent declarations on that point
will not soon be forgotten. The noun
tain top is renewedly consecrated to the
Union cause. Instead Of the indiscrim-
mate hootings which serve mountain par
ties for obtaining the echoes, three cheers
for gallant commander are sent reverber-
ating through the gorges; and but a few
days since well-known Boston lady, of
musical talent, sung the i" Star Spangled
Banner" from the topmost peak, waving
the stars and stripes in accord.
At the conclusion of the services, we
came out of doors. A dim light pcrme-
ated the mist. aud but few minutes had
passed, when the cloud rolled quickly off
to the East, the sunlight greeted US, and
Nature pronounced glorious benediction
on all that had been said. Weare stand
ing on a great rock on which the points
of the compass are designated, and are
facing Southwark. The summit of the
mountain is "a ridge running North and
South, and we'll portrays a human face in
a sppine POSITION Directly before US,
and but short distance away, the Nose,
a huge rocky mass, presents its precipl-
tious wall, 100 feet above the forehead
which rounds of very naturally still far
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