The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-01-26

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wlo have ,im aui insdaa 10 make
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btaHinl eay ltat uroals ua.
There S ala q passabls mountain
rar6 10 So uIils bctiod tbe ridge yis.
ible from tAn lc and rs reach ihs
pond uoa.d require road about lbrfe
miIe Farther oa over a comparatively
level aiiuer ID ascending the noun
TAIN roai refereed 20 some Of tile besl
v,eas ID lis section are obained-
Turning Igek Ne ascend We lock
q aiasj Mi. Dorset ana op ilse ,alIcy
on either ,at d ito Pagletaod Dan.
by. Tia Villages e Dorsetare plaia.
visible Thi, siew is perhaps See
oud oily IL e1teas ADD grandeur 10
ihal obtained from ihe summit of Eqi
n0x. Further On we look down
preepiloos deelsiiy into iae gloom Of
Dover Glen directly beagsA, The
bottom Of which from osgeat a height
seems 90 q level uilb ,be open valley
beyond. Ga tlie morning d which
SIC speak tie mountain forests presea.
ted peculiar appearance. The pre-
yious rains and changes Of Temporal
lure bad covered al the trees with
ice. The trunks. limbs and smallest
twigs were completely eased IL II
While many Of the booghs we're iur-
Their adorned with rog Of i elcs
tbickly hung. All tie branches hurg
doan under their unusual load and
some Of the smaller trees bent conn
pletely over and laid their heavy
tops upon The ground. Even il the
ordinary light this icy covering gave
to the surrounding woods an appear
ance Of great brillapcy. Bot wien
the sun broke forth the whole noun
tain ridge that. rose opposite Is ami
all tie lfees around US a. far as the
eye could penetrate a.Iicd ana
spanked ID its rays as though CONE
plettly covered with diamo, ds. The
general effect Of the whole scene cam
nol be understood without beia.ding
j. and those who have had tllat pleas
ure viii not soon forget il. Some
thing d it can he seen every few
winters, bui 10 the extent in which
we witnessed il, only at long inter-
walls.
About NOON cur party leh the t am
At the mills and SCI out ihrauql, tie
woods and snow Tor he Pond Here
we found the display of ico hieh ad-
ded 50 much TO the beauty q The win
ter scene BY no meaas 50 pleasant, a
ii addition TO the usual obstruction OIL
snow, we had opush on, was through
the hanging boughs stiff with Ice
Part Of The way an old path is made (
available, bnt the restof the route there
is nothing to guide one unless lie IL
fortunate enough 10 keep track OF some
ancient and uearly eiiaeed marks up
on occasional trees on the way lhittef. /.
One Of cur party had been there Il
tile summer season but Che appearance /
of the country is 50 different il lhe
winter tlat il wns difficult to Keep III
the right direction. Our party aan-
defed about in some uncertainty, ana .
Ne, rejecting b, the uea, approach II .
night, the shoriness Of provisions, tie 4
several miles Of woods on each side Of
US and the general adaptedness Of tile
place for getting lost, began TO lament
that We had ever allowed ourself 10 be .
eniiced away from our duties and wish +
ourself safe in the sanctun plying the (
pen. We were saved from any furth- I
en- unpleasant reflections by the dis. 4
cosery Of an opening which Oh emery
ing into il proved 10 be tie snow-coy- I
cred surface Of the Pond. Al,hougll 4
ia the dead Of winter il was csideai .
that in lhe summer Session il must be .
d place Of surprising beauty. The
Poud il d an irregular shape which
i by 10 means correctly represented 1
upon the State Or Couoiy maps. Itl
is perhaps three quarters 81 mile
long aad half q mile ID breadth, while
he various small coycs sad bays make
tie distance around is banks much
eeealcr than would Be inferred from
that measurement lthas tsgo islands
which Ike il banks, arc densely wood