The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-05-27
LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG.

Nereprint from the New York Eien-
ming Post graphic account of Lake
Memphremagog andits beautiful scene
ny which our readers will be glad to
see, No more attractive place in the
whole country can be found than the
picturesque locality described by this
correspondent.
Not the least attractive is the excel
lent hotel which the correspondent al
ludes to, and which we happen to know
has no superior in the State. Messrs.
Pendar q Buck are men who spare no
money or labor in rendering the "Mem-
phremagog House model of its kind.
During the coming warm season there
will undoubtedly be many visitors from
this and adjacent counties, who will en-
Joy the luxuries which obtain there in
abundance.
"Ihe great improvements going on
here under the direction of Mr. Henry
Keyes, the president of the Passump-
sic Railroad Company, are indicative
of his expectation of a throng of trav-
ellers the present season, and / do not
think he will be disappointed. Be
sides the unsurpassed attractions of
the locality, the route itself is an in
ducement to travellers, being a direct
one north to the Canadas, and to the
| gold mines, which are beginning to be
discovered and worked in great num-
bers i'll the eastern townships.
The route is as follows From New
York to Springfield, and up the Con-
necticut River Railroad passing numer-
Gus lovely villages on the way, such as
Holyoke, Northampton, Deerfeld and
, others to Brattleboro'. Thence up the
Vermont Valley Railroad to White
: River Junction, and thence by the Con-
: necticut and Passumpsic road to New
q port At this junction the traveller is
S due east of Lake George; and as he
S proceeds north he passes Wells river
a where branch road turns off to Lit
= Teton and the White Mountains. st
/ Johnsbury is a beautiful town and there
{ are several others on the route of con
: siderable importance. The traveller is
: constantly passing along the banks OF
D picturesque rivers. under the shadows
j of lofty mountains, some of them snow
t capped early and late i'll the season
= and when lie reaches Newport he finds
e a spacious and well-kept hotel to re-
: ceiye him, from which the view down
/ the lake for many miles repays him {
! thousand-fold for his trouble.
The Passumpsic Valley is even more
lovely in some parts than the Connec
!, ticut, into which it passes, the latter
S rising in the Canadian mountains tc
[ the north and east of its continent
: There is q comfort in the trains OF
:. these roads, n smoothness of motion
o regularity in hours, and accommoda
/, ton on the part of the conductors
e which give to this whole Valley line {
+ great charm to travellers.
# The Memphremagog Hotel, kept by
t Pendar a. Buck, a large four-story
5 building with tiers of piazzas, is wei
e constructed and admirably conducted
= house The bedrooms are uncommon
" airy and clearly; the table d'dOte il
e nicely served and is constantly sup
e piled with delicious trout, fresh from
II their pools. An addition is now max
d ing to the east end of the building
fifty feet by one hundred and twenty
five, four stories high above the base
s ment This last is to contain passen
J. ger depot, billiard room and various
! offices, the whole TO be in perfect orde
d by the 4th of July next.
n On the Lake there plies fast littl
n steamer which makes daily trips from
IS one end to the other, stopping at va
# rious villages and connects the rail
! way at Newport with the Stanstead
! Shefford and ST. Johns Railroad, thu
o giving direct communication Will
y Montreal From this point it is
short drive over to the Grand Trunl
from Portland, and at Richmond Sta
:, ton the traveller may book himself TO
= Quebec or Montreal, the distances be
= ing about the same. A company ha
y been formed TO lay a line of rails be
:. tween Newport and point on tn
: Grand Trunk at Wateryille, in which
!, such gentlemen as Messrs. Gait, Pome
~ roy, Knight and Pierce, all prominen
> Canadians, have taken deep interest
y When this is constructed the gol,
- seekers will have no difficulty in reach
= ing the mines nor the smelters of cop
- per in transporting their regulis, anC
- It will be IA part of great air line roa'
- between New York and Quebec.
- These eastern townships are III
~ most interesting country The farm
- are large and well-cultiyated, the res
- licences Of the cultivators are substan
~, tial, many of them beautiful, and the
- give a good idea of English landscap,
"a On the eastern shore Of the Lake tn
~ Canadian gentry, as they are termeS
:, are establishing summer residences
~ things of beauty and joys forever"
os The Lake is exquisite. 1t is lik
ar Lake George on larger and grande
al scale Such heights as Owls Hea
ma three thousand feet rise almost perpeI
a dicularly from the shore, and, in Tia
od instance, offer picturesque hostelr