Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-08-14
Letter FROM ST. JOHNsBuRY.

j. bih' GpliVh = W@his 49,
t afternoon, not icing pressed very closely
is with daties that generally occupy my st
tentien. ] thought Of you and affiirs il
~ old LamoiIle. and will tell you Of = very
interesting chat that | had With trav'
t. cler who bad made his way to Noun
Mansfield, Morriseille Fails, ard general
ly about Laudille County. CHANGED tc
# be riding IN company with him some dis
v lance One day by Rail. and finding that
0 he had been to I,anoille, drew from him
e many things that | was glad to learn, es
). Fppiallylthat he; great traveller, should
4 be so thoroughly interested in Lamoille
. scenery. In comparing Mount Mansfield
/ with other mountains that be had visited,
s both in Europe and America, he said tina:
for pleasing and picturesque scenery, it
| hardly had an equal, and compared with
the White Mountains, in his mind, 1t was
far superior, not only in its beautiful
prospects, but for means of ascending, for
its good roads, good teams and hospitable
treatment
He spoke in very high terms Of the
i" Summit House" and the good dinners
that MIR. Bingham always provides, Re-
turning from the mountain, he made a
short visit to Moss Glen Falls and then
on to the Great Falls" on the Lamoille,
at Morrisyille. The former though. but
little known. he thought TO be orc Of the
widest and most peculiarly Interesting
places that he found anywhere in La
noble, and in fact in the whole State,
and wondered that the history of those
wonderful falls had not been more fully
known to people visiting Mount Mans
field. He says let them be advertised,
and talked about, any way that pleasure
seekers may be drawn to those rca lily
wonderful Falls. At Morrisvilc. my
traveller friend spent but half day, and
was greatly pleased with the scenery
about the Falls, and mentioned very par
ticularly standing in the old stone Pulpit
and on the high rocks opposite, uhere he
leaned against the Pine tree growing there
and counted the names of individuals cut
upon its trunk. many of which imagine
the students of Peoples Academy, can
well remember. That was a favorite resort
to them. iat ge}ta3 gsmls rs-foa1r
Why says he, has not the power of that
mighty fall been developed Why is
there not more inducements for people to
go there and visit, and to build up homes
there, and make for themselves fortune
which caurwcll be done by turning that
best Of water power, to some manufactur-
ing purpose {? a,co-.ai ,H rrra
He answered the question very we'll
himself. He says, notice one great OBJ
stacle in developing that beautiful
County. is the Lack of Railroad
This indeed is the reason why Lamoille
County IS not Que of the first counties 10
the State. He allowed it to be in point '
Of scenery, the first; in agriculture not
easily surpassed, and might be first in 4
manufacturing, for it has such wonderful y
water privileges. .,. 5
Lamoille has well earned the title of v
i Spunky Lsmoillc" Then why not v
turn little of that spank to building a !
Railroad. and thereby bring the true val "
le to her lands and develop the many nat v
lral resources that she does possess. :,
Now is the time to strike for Rail. Il
Dad, and for beneficial one too. You can 5,
lave 1T by united and determined effort. u u
The Trunk Railway from Portland to the al
Vest will be built, and the people of La. b.
noille can have it with all their advan. Vi
ages If they only take hold with fixed A
determination to have it, This is the b,
hortest route, and that is what the peo- II
lie want. Those who are interested at al
ither end of the line, and along the line )
hoOse Lamoille Valley, in preference to ,
ny other route through Vermont and
OF only those at the ends of the route,
ut all along the line. arc they favorins dc
his project. You have the aid and sym. -
athy Of all the community here, and
here seems to be no great obstacle. There, n
no truth in the many rumors that Gov In
NTH will oppose this route, for be has sol
ways expressed himself as having de- So
re to see the Lamoille Valley developed ca,
RAILROAD, and that be should favor thu
lat line. What is there ITO prevent ire s
ontpelier refuses to build their portion nr,
'he road and as yet are lying perfectly Iii
'rmant and don't seem to want the road. Isl
ID 1t is quite certain that no further Of. h ~s
TT will be made in that quarter; but dir
ID Lsmoille charter, and would raise its
r funds as rapidly as the towns in Cal. ing ,
onia' the road would soon be building. BY
d the county would soon be teeming :,