Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-08-02

many attractions, and for once were
wise enough to enjoy the luxury of a
short stay. Telling how good a
peach tastes gives no proper idea how
good it is; its true value can only be
arrived at by the eating of it yourself.
Thus if you would know the beauty of
Willoughby and the comforts of its
superb hotel you must go and not
send a man. Than Willoughby there
can be no prettier sheet of water in
the world. Nestled in among the
mountains, its waters pure as crystal,
its shores a study for the geologist,
and a studio for the artist, its depths
inviting the fisherman, upon either
side gray granite cliffs towering some
eighteen hundred feet above, the scene
ry is at once grand, gloomy and pic
turesque. Ascending the mountain
on the East side of the lake, the sum-
init of which is about two miles from
the hotel, YOU obtain one Of the finest |
views OF the surrounding country it is |
possible to conceive of. Stretching |
away to the South are distinctly seen
villages, farms, fields, ponds and
streams, with outlines of forest here
and there tremendously blended, and
occasional waits of clouds floating be-
low, sailing away light as gossamer,
! ieeting as time, and changeable as a
coquette'S will. Away to the West
are seen the Green Mountains piled
one upon the other like billowy sea,
clothed with forest and the verdure Of
The field, while to the North Owls
Head raises its bald pate to receive
the carosses Of cloud and sky. Leav-
ING out the higher points, such as Mts,
Washington, Mansfield. killington.
Camel Hump, Jay Peak. where the
range is much wider, we think there
are few prcttier scenes in New Eng
land than can be Witnessed from Viii
ioHghby mountain.
There is one thing that Wiiioughby
is not yet cursed with, and we hope
the day is lar distant when il will ever
be; its waters have not yet been
cursed by steamboat to 90 steamiug
and screaming up and down its
length, bearing the ribald and the
iewd together with the dev0ut and the
worshipper oJ nature. and of God.
a steamer would invite more company,
but it would invite much that should
not he wanted; the rowdy aud the
Isportingman, the libertinc and the
pest OF both sexes. Thus far it has
laid pure and peaceful as it was plac-
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