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Correspondence Oft the Boston Transcript. ]
Summer Resorts IN Vermont.

Correspondence ofthe Boston Transcript
Summer Resorts IN Vermont.
BURLINGTON AND STows, Aug, 1850.
Dear, delightful Burlington Well might the
world Traveller cay. - Ia all thar have setn,
Burlington is unmstched i- III natural situation -
A nd when that new hotel j. built, with all due
difference 10 the old ones, which have well cared
for me ami mine) it shall - the heaiquar ers for
the great travel, now begun in the State of Yer
mont, and which year by year, il must draw 10
itself out Of all the State. Newport and Clsr-
endon. Brattleboro' and Manchester, Stowe and
Underhill, must look well 10 their ways. lest
Burlington, our CITY Of The Sea-" awake 10
open her many gates OF invitation. New Hamp-
SHIRE neei not tremble. Her treasures are lock-
ell fast, and nobody hsts riches, II riches flee
them. Its great " cta.n, with its Kohinoor
If the world, can never be stolen, eyen IN these
day. u je1trou, diamond Jhol,s. On no less
ground Of assurance lhsn that ot physical inpos-
-ibility could pc count ON the sAiriy aud sy.il A.
bljfy % Vermont Urcen-hacks under the present
5Ielui mania ior austracyiug ''sccer,ties'' Vbo
does not know that L,Ae CgampiIin Is = g-sri-
Gus sheet OF water, which ali tins gi0riors sum.
mer-this giai green summer--this a., -,t.,r of
consolation against our past vars ~ : training
anxiety, has been as a molten mirror. .ilDwing
the muittudes 10 slide over il wiJasU any Of n.
sometimes stormy aud outrag tous b sir.nre- 10
comfort at least! la aud . X o. ,,v. nj ,br,a
miles depth, and beautiful as tie Bty NJ N,,j,-
men and f>h have sAiieiS snj Judging bt the
sweet bewIchmvnts an. . bAits m some az the
boats, with only this b n,irsuce u being caught
YES, the City OF 30 rfing,on. q. II h,s .iopi,,y
down toward Lake piain, Is vtrv beautiful
for situation, and Sc 10y u some people, II TO;
Of the "~hVle eai II Lying al ai0fsr the ves.-
ern sEy the Adm ot'dacss make the silt. flowing
horizon line up towards the Clis las where the
line Is The me AIHg OF w-.ier and SKY. All along
the east sire .ches cat ne ~ less beautiful reru
Mountain auge; Vt. Msasdrd aud tue Cainei's
Hump sh dtlng IN ths rich micryalr, with
oNeinO" ing sbun Iss-oe Of grass ami grain, and
AL iArtn riches. Gentlemen Of the town. aud
New York mer !Aabts, whose stately aui elegant
hou.es oeiutiTy she upper part OF the town. whose
cnser'at0ries aud piazzis overlook tins broad,
lovely soeue, cultivate extensive farming tracts
and hence no fruits OF vegetable or dairy pro
ducts bu'. Of the b,st are hound on BdTiingtuu's
bospits'Je boards weare not sure every strang-
er eov ID have the good tines We had. but We
yer. glad to be IN them.
We are sure that any party OF summer travel
lers might secure for itsylf most vare,i pleasures
IN tins locality. IL may drive OF some two "
three miles To Maiist's Bay, taxing college
grub, OF IN more respectful phrase "a notel
lunch, which. with horses and carriages will
be cared for Til you are really at the English
farmhouse hard by You may have a supply
Of boats sud bost-men, unless you choose 10 De
your own man and have a chance 10 ferry over,
as We were glad 10 do, some brave onr-srmei
Major General. breyetted Tor ms heroic daring
IN successful and daring assault, and non
with equal xii anu success. carrying on excel
lent brick making over N the Adlrondacss All
honor IN our peace & the honorable ia our var
lou shall catch a. mgny hsh IS YOU NAV, ur
ioat hstlessly along, hour amer hour, anu land.
ing you shall spTtii your uiceIIes on the grass.
anu IN the way Of Al excellent Supper have ali
that We had save our AmGr,sA coffee, which
only our special friend Mr. l. can MAKE and
present.. LEO you may 20 home 10 the full
moonlight with whom you plyase-if 81 lie vou
can "a agaiu you may make a picnic at Rel
Rocks, aud SIT there looking toward sunset
And GOi grant You may have such ysitiuss Of
lis great glory etrtn anu sky sud sea. As
that you ~lll nud II a ''plsce gojd aud broad
Tor the SOU. Perhaps too you will ION. IN hid
den grateiuiness aud shouting merrimeut. the
Lang Syue ring which IA old H.rsari msnner
eL.s,s the Saturday afternoon.
But # you want 20 extend Your way. and get
knowledge as well rs anu ement-lf alreaiy
You haunt got OVth;-yisIt tue College IT.
fruitssOis ale learned men, and under IL new
President ~e hope Tor 1t added prosperity aud I
popularity. III Is wise 10 bend 10 the great
PROGRESSIVE wave, th,Ie i nothing that should
prevent the Vermont University holding is
ne, del and rghIiul occupancy. Or run down
10 Lake George Tor a ie~ days or cfo-s over 10 .
TIE AdiroLdacAs ami hold their your eucanu-
meui 60 north ii yoa viii, s,i. On tue superb
Champlalu, AMI iud Lake Mrmpnrrm lso., aud .
the pleasant tO~H OF Newport Il va would .
leave lev grenbacks, at exchange rate,. IN
the Queens ENech,qGer. run up 10 Canada. SEE
Montreal aud Quebec. Or II you vii les
haeknrytd rout. ~ up that remarkable Sasue-
many, and come back 20 Burlington as head
quarters.
We went TO Stove from the latter pllcc. and
you cannot iall To do well II you follow. hearr
not the gulde-bOUk, anu - eschew 10 run the
i0rmai gamut Of attractions. Oue may be very
happy N the well-oriered, cheerful hosptabr
Nj. M11snclI House, and cannot but i,d at
home (the charm and necessity Of all ira,tllers)
IN lis cosmopolitan atmosphere; not that | mean
We breath the city air, Mr. Editor, as you do,
Tor next TO jefferson, n H.. iiud this the most
delicious Of mountain climates. Happy they
who ieei nj home, too. and the rthuemrnts Of
-uch social culture Ms is more Or less gathered
IA such places. What charm ia the dramatic
power which the wellsustained ''theatricals'
BRING out! What unsPeakable deligh', If that
De hot coarse word to express the ''holy i'm
'uise gwen by the exquisite rendering ii Il
inow that my Redeemer liveth,' and s.Come
into Hint We pay in Nv York and Boston
o hear Beethoven, Mendelssohn, aud Mozart:
lerc we have their music under the transmitting
over Of free and gracious gift, which gilds
be fine gold.
hat pleasure in the interchange Of thought,
reatn? itself anew under tie stimulus Of such
ne Conversational ability study, reading,
honey, travel, daily living among men ought To
i've We do not use gifts generously
nough Conventionalisrn may restrain but $
nght not to hinder All. the loyeliness Of these ,
Dung girls not yet moulded into the hard, dry
ssges OF society. Their habit Of sweet unheed
! motions out Of natural sympathy, friendship a
nd unweighed interests, Is very attractive and
'ireshIng In VANITY Fair" Happy they who
re sat home" here IN Stowe. amid these won-
,rful works and gifts of nature. BY a drive
most any direction you shall and the charac-
risric scenery OF this Green Mountain region
i'd out before you. Here are large e1panses
iutervale swelling and falling. clothed with
e oveIfOwing abundance aud promise which e
ly cultivation presents vast circle trimmed "
the flowing lines CT green hills, and still n
ain, edged with the more dstan; mountains p
ing in solemn and graceful grandeur in blue o
moteness along the horizon. Here; too. are
Q great sights and shows of nature. the con-
lsed heaps from ancient earth-throes. the u
'rks, grooves and scratches of glacial progress n.
wn the slopes OF this new Western world. =.
The Smuggler's Notch, a. !, is called, about u