Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-07-31
A BROAD HINT TO NEW HAVEN.

My DEAR LEDGER Il have had about
as much pleasure crowded into my life
since left New York, as mortal could
we'll bear. Without abating ono jot of
my mountain worship, am maguetized
over again by my old love-Lake Cham
plain. l can never tell you what trance
of delight was our lovely sail upon it to
St. A lbans. They who are in hurry
are welcome to take to the dusty, deafen-
ing, whizzing railroad cars; but for me.
a seat on the nice. cleanly deck of Lake
Champlain boat. gliding past lovely wood.
ed shores on either side, listening to the
cool plash of the waves as they dash
against them, and the sweet sougs of the
birds as they come family to our ears
after weeks of hurry and fret, to pass from
city entanglements and cares to this. was
like the soothing caress of dear hand
on fevered temples All am all righl
wnen get with Nature-sh, has only
words of peace for me. They who like
may sit beside me reading the regulation
novel, or any other book, indeed, while
the boat glides along or they may retire
stolidly to their state room and doze the
charmed hours away. Every moment to
me is precious every ripple on the lake.
every shadow on the mountain side every
cloud on the sky. So rather owed 81.
Adams grudge, when that city abruptly
put stop to my nice dreams. Since, J
have speut four days there ami l take il
all back shake hands with her at
though | had known her four years in
stead of four days TO breathe her ali
is like tasting rare wine. 10 gaze upou
her glory of lake and mountain at sun
rise and sunset. and midday, is to pray
How anybody manages in such pure at
mosphere to be sick or die, astonishes me
pity the doctor who settles in that reg
ion, expecting to thrive by tombstones.
Ali hail to the ST. Albanians for the
example they have set New Haven il
erecting a monster depot, airy, clesnly
substantial and handsome, for the benef
of the thousands of travellers whom it 8,
comfortably shelters and welcomes. After
perspiring in the close dirty sheds. mis-
called "depots," up and down in the land
one may be permitted passing tribut,
to the model depot of St. Albans. 1t il
a letter of introduction. Stepping from
the cars into such a depot, one is sure Of
a hotel in the place, where can be founc
Christian beds, sumptuous bill of fare
and civil treatment, all Of which promise,
made by that imposing depot were fulfill
ed to the letter in our case But wan
ST. Albans before come again. TO plan
shade trees on either side of all its princi
pal streets. want to see some flowers
too, around its houses, although if evel
the absence of flowers might be forgotten
it is in country possessing such grant
lake and mountain scenery.
New York is to be we'll represented a
1 II.
st. Albans this summer. Where can yol
60 where this is not the case /? / found i
50 years ago, even at the hesd of LAX,
Superior, where 1 thought to see only
d. wolves and indians. 1t is not my inten
tion to go abroad till | have seen some
thing of my own dear land, though perisl
the thought that in any case should eve
, admit that another was lovelier or better
Come up here and join US. dear Ledger
aud see what a big parish you have, oat
side as well as inside of New York.
FANNY FERN
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