Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-09-03

culiar beauty. Later in the day we as
ceuded the Chin, by rocky path along
the ridge, and had good views all the way.
Standing on the Chin itself where the
talcose slate bed of the mountain tapers
up to point which is the highest of the
summit, and the highest of the Green
Mountains, we obtained the grand view.
The eye takes in beautiful expanse of
country from the White Mountains of
New Hampshire 60 miles away, to the
dimly outlined Adirondacks OF New York,
"a tract of nearly $50 miles in extent.
The rugged grandeur which Mt Washing
ton affords, is not here The view is more
like that from Moosehillock, as you look
down into the Connecticut Valley,-a
pleasing view of shaggy forests and dark
gorges relieved by sunlit villages, culti-
vated lands, and little lakes and winding
silvery streams. Not far beneath the
Chin is the Lake of the Clouds, a pretty
erescent-shaped sheet Of water. Far to
the Northward on clear day, glittering
domes tell where Montreal is situated,
and the eye can trace the water along the
valley of the st. Lawrence. Turning to
the North and South may be discovered
the two distinct ranges of the Green
Mountains, with their intermediate spurs,
extending through the whole length of
the State, and marked, at intervals, by
Montgomery and Jay peaks, i'll Vermont,
and the Owls Head and Mount Bcslie,
in Canada, on the one hand and the Cam
els Hump, or the "Crouching Lion" Gro
ton and Killington peaks, and the far-off
Ascutney, on the other A clear sunset
is needed to complete the view to the West.
The long silevry line which marks Lake
Champlain begins with the declining day
to assume a golden hue, increasing in bril-
lancy against the blue outlines of the
Adirondacks until the sun sinks in ger,
geous spleudor. The side of the Nose af
fords one of the best opportunities for
witnessing the scene 1t is comparative,
ly easy of ascent, and quite near the
house.
Mount Mansfield marks just Al IL
degrees of north latitude. The Chin, or
highest point, by trigonomctrical meas,
urement, is 1859 feet high, and is about
$40 feet above the Nose Camel's Hump,
above alluded to, is 40S6 feet high, and
Sterling. four miles northeast of the Chin,
1900 feet Biologists have fruitful
field in this region. A third of the dis
tanee from the Nose to the Chin, drift
strie are pointed oat and the very boul-
der which produced them. The ridge of
the mountain is barren, but under the
Nose, and sheltering the house there, is
quite a forest of trees, though of stunted
growth. On the summit we noticed,
what is common in swamps, beds of peat
and sphagnous moss which produces them.
The moisture from the clouds is supposed
to be sufficient nourishment for the moss.
The effect of its cheerful green among the
dark rocks is very pleasing. a.e5 .,.I
1t is natural that mountain view of
such extent and beauty and region Of
such general attractiyeness, should be-
come place of public resort. Parties
ascend the mountain almost daily during
the summer season. To meet the rapidly
increasing demands for public accommo-
dation, Mr.. W. II. II. Bingham, the pro-
prietor of the summit, erected about five
years since the nSummit House, we'll
finished wood edifce, "a by 40 feet, In
1859 wing, 80 by so, was added. 1t
is situated under the shelter of the Nose
and the wooded ridge to the East, SO that
the fiercest winds from the Northwest pass
barmlessly about l5 feet above it, 1t is,
as all travellers acknowledge, the best
mountain summit house in New England ;
and its Widespread table and general con-
yeniences. and its courteous and warm.
hearted landlord, Mr.. Spalding, have CIV
en- it an enviaole fame. A mile and a
half down the mountain at the termina-
Itiop of the carraige road, Mr.. Bingham
has built q halfway house. The site is