The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1865-06-23

One day years ago it was my luck to
dine in magnifcence and royal purple
at the Revere House. Boston, with
mine host, Col. Paran Stevens, favora-
bly, knovn from Maine to Mobile, and
from Mobile to st. Paul and San Fran
cisco. l dined with the Col, remem-
Der, and n few chosen guests privately.
He remarked that Monod of the New
York Hotel and the keeper of the st
Charles Hotel, New Orleans, we're at
the head of "thcir profession. The
last two words made an impression on
me. / smiled at the time, thinking
that the elevating of bookkeeping to
the same rank as the practice of medi-
cine or law, was extravagant. But
Col Stevens was right Gastronomy
is profession, an art to be sure, but
one requiring genius, study, practice,
far more than is given in the Univer-
sity or the Academy, demanding more
) preparatory study than to get col
lege diploma.
Fouquet & Son do not neglect the
gastronomical part of their 'profes-
sion, and their cellar and larders are
abundantly supplied with all that
reasonable guest could wish. Let me
here say that did not taste of their
wines. The coffee that was made was
far better for me than any other liquid
their cellars contained. There is Pro-
fessor Blot in New York city who is
giving lessons in cookery to the most
stuck up Fifth Avenue families. l
wish he would come out into the coun
, try during the present season and give
some instruction to tavernkeepers in
Vermont. They need such instruc ton.
: am tempted to be personal, but |
will, for your sake, forkear.
But l have spoken too much already
Of these matters. l took up my pen
TO lot down few memoranda of what
l saw and heard on my recent trip to
and from Plattsburgh. At Port Kent
| learned that Col Winslow c. Wat
son was about to give to the press a
, complete account of the iron mines Of
Northern New York; labor for
, ..l:al l. =, co,I % la N Jro;ro bl,- cro1
, fled. His "Pioneer History of the
f Champlain Valley" has been well re-
! ceived by all historical students, and
his other works, scientific, geographic
and geological, show he has inherited
: no inconsiderable share of the culture
q and intellect for which his father, the
late Elkanah Watson, was distin-
= guished.
e The Pittsburgh and Montreal Rail
5 Road Company is doing a good bust
ness this season, as one of your former
e. ow-townsmen, Mr.. Willard Fuller,
+ the Freight Agent and Manager of the
: Company, informed me. The trains
run in connection with the Lake
steamers, thus giving pleasant trip
4 on the Lake after, perhaps, hot and
e dusty ride on the cars. | went on the
f railroad as far as Mooers' and found
f the road well built and managed, and
: the country quite attractive. For the
, first time in my life saw and examined
E hemlock shingles. They look well,
A last even longer than cedar, and O.
= X Wood & Co., West Chazy, will sell
o them delivered on the cars at $500
/ per thousand. As an item of news
n this may not be wholly devoid of in
n terest to the TRANscRIPT.
Il You may not know that they have
established ferry between Platts
, burgh and the Islands and that there
: is a good hotel on South Hero, called
: the "Island House, the house former
: ly owned by Hon. G.. II. Rice, Rail
Road Commissioner kept, / am told b.
Mr.. A. b. Keller, and is not far from
the spring which my friend, Mr.
u Wheeler of the 'Jewsharp,' owns and
i now and then plunges into when The
u angel moves the waters, and another
F" medicinal spring, which is gaining
u some notoriety. 1.-THE Gem of thu
y Lake" staunch vessel and good sail
X or, is the name of the ferry-boat o
which John Tobias is the Captain. Oh
IL the 18th day of June, the Plattsburgl
y and Grand Isle Ferry Co. give FREE
excursion to the Island and return
20 Visitors will be met at the Island Will
10 carriages and escorted to the centre o
:" the town where they will be duly en-
tertained. Al free-remember. L
not that generous? And band o
~ music will be in attendance also. Thi
~ is next Thursday, the very day tn
y TRANsoRIPT goes to press. Tobias ha
~ not given me free pass on his boa