Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-11-30

Tics vi ACCURATELY coTTcCtSu icfelS lTOiH
the summit of Mansfield; but densely
smoky atmosphere, during our stay of 3
days on the mountain, almost obscured
them from view. -sT raea-- ..l I.
In making this survey, have been as
sisted by VIM. Wallace Ware of Colorado,
and Jas. K P Chamberlain of pomfret,
who kindly volunteered their services,
without which the work could not now have
been done; and it is to their critical skill
and perseverance that ! am indebted for
the accurate and thorough manner in
which the whole has been performed.
To the tourist this section of the state
presents more and varied objects of inter-
est Leaving the VT Central railroad at
Waterbury, the traveller finds ready
and easy conveyance to the quiet village
of Stowe, where ample means are provided
for his accommodation. The Mansfield
House. located here, was built and is
owned by the Mount Mansfield Hotel
Company, of which VIM, II. H. Bingham,
ESQ.,, the present proprietor of the house.
is president, and the largest stakeholder.
The house was begun Oct. l5, 1868, and
through the untiring perseverance of the
president of the company, was opened for
the accommodation of the travelling pub
lie on the 18th of June, 1864 The
front or main building is two hundred
feet long by forty-fve feet wide, from
which two wings project towards the park,
the principal one being ninety feet by for
ty; and from this wing second one is
built which is sixty feet by forty. The
building is three stories high between the
basement and the attic, and is construct
ed and furnished throughout in the best
and highest style Of the more modern
city hotels; and though amply sufficient
to accommodate three or four hundred
persons at once, yet 50 great has been the
crowd of visitors the present season, that
at times nearly one hundred have lod ged
in private families in the village From
the roof of the main building an observ-
atory is built which overlooks the village
of Stowe and the surrounding country, a
section which. for beauty and variety Of
scenery, cannot be surpassed. On the
easterly side of the valley is the Hogback
range of mountains, terminating in the
north with the rocky summit of Elmore
Mountain. and on the westerly side, rs
ing more than three thousand, FIVE hun.
dfed feet above the plain, are the Mans
: deld and Sterling groups; while between
the ridges towards the northeast extend:
the broad and fertile meadows, through
which runs, in scrpentine windings
the easterly branch Of the Waterbury
river.
Leaving the village of Stowe for the
mountain, the road follows the valley Of
the westerly branch of the river, slightly
ascending for the distance of FIVE or Six
miles, to Tenny's mill at the foot Of the
mountain; and from this place good
carriage road has been constructed up the
easterly slope about two miles. Here an
opening has been made in the dense for.
est, and a building erected the halfway
: house." to which stages run daily from
the Mansfield House in Stowe. From
this place the ascent is made on horseback
, to the summit house, which is situa.
ted near the southerly termination of the
!, ridge that extends from the Nose to the
Chin.
The house was built iu 1850, by Vim.
H. H. Bingham, Esq, the proprietor Of
the Mansfield House, and is kept by Vim.
z. Walker, Esq, of st. Albans VT, and
though perched on the ridge of the Green
Mountains, more than three thousand
feet above the cultivated portion of the
surrounding country, tits one of the best
,, conducted hotels in the state; aud nc
one, while remaining here and enjoying
the hospitality of the place, would sus-
,, pcct that he was not in some quiet vii.
! lage hotel, where every luxury could be
had at the bidding Standing at the
door of the Summit House. facing the
, south, the Nose is about 20 rods distant
and rises in perpendicular wall more
than 200 feet The outline of this wall
is richly imposing and grand. Here The