Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1866-07-18
NIGHT ON MT. MANSFIELD
" REV. THEo. L. oufLfk'

ny REV. ruEo. L. SufLfR
1 There is 20 better point from which 70
reach Mount Mansfeld-the king of the
Green Mountain brotherhood-than from
.waterbu rs.l lit lies on the Vermont Cen
trail railway, about thirty miles east of
Burlington. ,
IHIpI oonpaay with ny friends. Nichols
of Burlington, and Lambert, of Brooklyn
took carriage from a Waterbury 3( CHE
stage, having already, gone to the snug
little village Of Stowe, that lies si under e." the
: shadow volt Of the en- mountain That ride thrq'
u The soft soft green farm-country took me back
taro tlirtyIy 70 the days q bPyhhOqFd 3D.,
T The ouiet rural homes nestled under the
naples BY tbs rQa da sdf 1hhff rystaal brock b'
shas9l 5s III is sst2y 4 Bso&nab Eae oh
im ntsdt sSingethits quiet tune. 'hJtdH ,sgm
10 us as we drive ensa-the white .tmeet
ing.houseis steeples telegraphing the VIII
Ilages from afar-the neat school-houses'
with their fla ken beads starting up to the
EwinaowsIto seelthe.earfiagop Ass-the eu-
era!d meadows waiting for the scythe-
! all these reproduce the early home Of my
Tboyhood. 70 tout Of thNcrwagorn,, and md,
over the fence, and roll in these luxurant
beds of fragrant grass was an irresistible
temptation. Bred ren," said . plantation
preacher "you will find my text in de
eepistle of clover" mo, brudder,.' said
'Pomp, 'youl means Dde cpistle Of Paul to
tTinmnootyy!. "" ." "well,I ven. bred ren, most
any kind OBJ grass will do forSdis sarmon.''
For ono I found rich ipasturage for eye ana
soul 81 that ride to stowe, in the "epistlc
f6b ,,oydr em b9Tafgos sGw d9id@ no 81.
b We resached the vilsagest four o'clock
The large, COOL airy Mount ~Mansfeld
House, "of Mr.! Bingham, is the model of
simmer 81 mnnnestt'h hotel. u The only ultsTIfeuba
with the house was that they gave US
turtle SOUP aid beef.a.la- mode for dinner;
surely, fhefr golden butter sincere milk
and ice-cream were enough to provoke the
ravenous appetite Of boyhood again We
weretold that there are sundry colonies Of
speckled trout waiting in the mountain
brooks near Stowe for a good offer on the
anglers hooks this summer. 51a ('' s'i.-
= After our delightful dinner, Mr.. Bng-
ham brought to the door light wagon,
with four spirited horses, and we started
for the Halfway House" on the noun
tainside AS we approached the forest
that lies. at the base, We codld distinctly
detect the Resemblance to a sleeping 81.
ants face, in the contour of the noun
tain's summit Toward The north lies the
Chin" which is the loftiest elevation. -
The, mouth is marked by two def1es ID
The rocks The Nose" is a stubbed mound
of rock 200 feet high, rising close above
the Summit House" If his face is in
proportion to his form, the giants toes
must be somewhere near Montreal There
is an ancient controversy between Mount
Mansfield and "Camcl's Hump" as to
which is the loftier. ~ II seems to be set
tied now that the 'Chin' of the former
is 200 feet higher than the'"Hump" of
the latter the one measures 1880 feet
and the other 49fsS. 9tH o'adi faueajlA
Cd reaching thet"hali.way houses
lonely barn in the forest, we left our jauh.
ty wagUn, and mounted ponies for the re-
maiuing mile aud a'half. Like true-born
FVermonters. these animals are sure4footed.
A lady DC generous dimensions ia our par
tylfound that, ID descending the steep.
smooth rocks In ithc bridlelpath, her pony
never made a solitary slip or stomble,--
Theascent from Stowe requirespthree hours
and half; by hard driving the descent
can be made in twobs2cII g4ubr5.2a
by half past seven!o clock we we're win.
ding along the dizzy iserge.sand gazing
down into the istdpehdous gorge Of the
"Notch,,' the night had already begun al
tksfOot"of thelpines in that iAbysxl,Jus t
as the sun had set, we reached the sum.
nit House. 1T isanot alog'cabin of prim.
tive days abuta a. red clap boarded house,
with thirty bedrooms. costly furnished A
COW and a flock Of chickens spend their
} surnmer inthoso aerial regions, but the