The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-09-03

Tho eloN4ug. tfom the pm ct the
Rev. Dr Crr14a. q Brooklyn. n u.
who made Us cali a fee days spcs. is
the voluntary expression Of hss views Of
the situation
EeutNox Hoes. Manchester.
Aug. Path lSe7
Stowe and Manchester are The rival
villages u Vermont forpicaircSquo beau.
~ and popular resort Mansfield. The
king ~ The Green Mountains is the glory
If Stove, but the village o. AIanehest.
er IL the most charming ono that ncsilos
under the naples utthis verdent State.
The town ~ srntosomcd N a valley be-.
tween the Green Mountain range sol
tie raconies II extends along enc
straight street; thecot,agea arc The whit
est Of the white, apd the trees are the
greenost u tie green Under the cool
shady naples runs one mile Of anbrokon
marble pavement 10 clean and fair that
one could dane on il with more comfort
than from the majority II hotel table,
cloths On every side among the
mountains are marble qaarries: Wonder
Mount Eolus is one vast mass IL marble
5000 feet high, half tho teams that 90
by are dragging loads Of the virgin stone
20 the marble-mills 10 bo sawed into
slabs; aud the first thing that meets
the eye Of the new conner at the Man
chester depot is an army OF grayestones
each waiting for its "epitaph gloomy
and grand The velvet meadows over
yonder are the pasturage Of choice mo-
rino sheep, and in sight Of our hotel IL
. suberb forest Of sugar naples with its
cabin for the sap-bollors So here we
are in the midst Of Vsrmont's three sta
Reproductions, wool, marble, and ma
pie sugar,
On the shadiest side Of this shady
street stands the Equinox House. and
on its piazza at all hours, stands the GO
NAL landlord. MIR. 0rvis, ready 10 well
come all Corners 10 clean bed and
capital table. Since stayed ut the ia
nous "Couronne" at Veyay, | have not
met with a Summer-hotel no near my
idea OF true comfort IA the Equinox
House OF Manchester. The large COM
pany il composed Of refined and culti-
waited people-mostly from New York
and vicinity. Rev. Dr. Eddy OF Brook
Ign, Rev. s. II. Tying OF New York and
Rev. MIR. Gregory Of New Haven have
well sustained the honor Of "the cloth"
here this Summer; solid merchants con-
gregate on the piazza; the grass-plot in.
well beaten by croquet-players; ard n
bout dusk each evening the young men
come in with strings Of speckled trout
from tho adjoining pond or from tho
Battenkill. The drives are suberb. A
half hour on these hard dry roads will
take us around the base Of Mount Equi-
nox to the farm-region OF Dorset, in
which Brothers Prentiss and H. H.
Smith OF New York, and Stearns Of
Newark are tabornacling during tho
dog-days. In the rear Of the hotel rises
Mount Equinox, the loftiest of the Ia
comic range three thousand eight
hundred feet above tide-water. Last
evening ! clambered as far up AZ the APP
preaching twilight would allow, and
caught a magnificent view Of the whole
valley thanked by score OF mountain
peaks. Opposite me, like black wedge
in the vast forest, was Downer's Glen;
a gorge which Durand has made tho
subject of one OF his finest paintings
| This region is q fayorite resort Of Me-
Entee, Boughton, and other masters OF
landscape art The valley is only to be-
reached easily now by way Of Rutland;
but by next season direct branch Of
the Harlem road will bring the dusty
denizens Of New York within seven
hours of this Arcadia Sufferers from
weak lungs viii be very likely to come
hither in large numbers TO breathe an
atrnoshphere as dry and bracing as any
TO be found this side Of Minnesota
But magnificent as Ia the landscape
that surrounds us, the true glory Of the
| Green Mountain State is in her men.
/ No more suberb specimens of manhood
marched through Broadway during the
war, than those which followed STAN
ard TO the field OF Gettysburgh. The
"Fourteeth Vermont" did their full
share in shivering that "lance-head Of
Virginia steel" which Pickett led to his
famous charge. In general culture,
good morals, and sound political senti-
ment Vermont is probably the most re-
markable commonwealth on the face Of
the earth Nearly every natiye-born
Verinonter can read his Bible. Crime
is scarce, and schools are plenty. have
not yet seen bar-room in any hotel in
this Statel The prohibitory- law Is so
generally observed that Gov. Fletcher
tells me that wherever alcoholic drinks
are sold it is behind the door" az u
clandestine practice. Rows ofdecanters
and signs of "Whiskey punch" and
tom and Jorry''sio not tempt the eye
as on every corner in New York. A
generation is growing up in sobriety
and in solid industry. In sight Of my
hotel window are five church towers.
and the Sabbath is as quiet here as a
among the Highlands Of Scotland
From this emerald region turn home
ward to-day, by way Of Saratoga for q
farewell draught OF "Star" and "Colum-
bian water, and with these hurried jot-
tings end the vacation notes Of
Yours ever, TIL. Q.