Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-07-03
' VermOnt IN June. \ ride ross the
state. Lake Magos \ the OUI,head
Mountain House.

owl. fr,p. Lake NeHphrua-.s.l
June 70, ISIS.
Dsar Frss Pre4-The sincere pity which
have always felt tar tie aree proportion Of the
human race who sre obliged To ie op, ofvermout
IN June, now extend and in still higher de-
gree Of commiserltion, TO all who have ,er en-
joyei the pleasure of "a carriage rifle across the
State in this green and ..le.iy month. It's uot
You know, new experience to uc but is de-
lights have come again with all ,he freshness and
intensity Of a new revelation
started from your goody city sc e-a' day.
ago, in a covered high ba,kel buggy, as easy as
a rocking chair, with open sides and back, (pro-
vdei however with curtains that might be drop
ped at viii in case Of raiu) giving thus shelter
over head from the sun, and a free outlook on
all sides a horse.-a stout and s,,ii beast that
promised fairly, and did more, audl than he
promised; and a companion, of the kind male for
mans express company the suitable and hest
companion Of a marie man.
Wetook up our winding way in the torenoon,and
plodled slowly across the sandy plain between
Burlington and Essex, only stopping where the
road runs upon the edge Of the bank above the
intervals beyond " Jack MerrIlr-. "a admire
the view from that point,-one hard to match of
its kind anywhere, in It's beauty Of winding river
in the foreground, fair stretch Of fairest meadow,
near and distant forests, ami the blue pyramid
Of Camels Hump rising in the hack ground. 1t
was 4 warm day. the road heavy, and didn't
push our beast but when the road grew better
further on, and | undertook to push him,
found he wouldn't be pushed. To exhortations
to get mp" and go on he assiduou~ly turnel
deaf ear. Chrrups and whistles were as
much alike to him as mods and wiuks are alike to
the blind horse of the proverb. The rattling of
the reins, which encourages some horses to speed,
he regarded not and the final stimulus of the
whip, well applied was to him, as the darts and
sling stones were to Jobs leviathan, ' but stub
be" He kept a going, however, at his own
rate-which was not 50 rapid that We could not
admire the many pretty bits Of scenery along
Browns Riyerin Essex and Jericho, and the views
of old Mansfield, rising higher and higher as we
neare-l his blse-and Cd all four legs, Til after
passing Jericho Corners, slight tendency to
favor his left fore foot became apparent The
halt increased to a painful limp, and confess
that soon the prospect Of making triumphant
entree into the next village on fre legs,-the
two belonging to myself, leading my horse on
three-took my thoughts from all other prospects.
Our quadruped was however still quadrupei
and not a tripod, when we reached the Bostwick
House | proposed to leave here this equine
"Ready to halt, and to proceed with fresh
horse; but to my utter dismay could not find one
to be hired for love or money \ council Of way
was forthwith held in the stables. between the
hostler, stage driver and your humble servant.
The stage dryei, strange to say, thought the only
way was to leave the animal, and prosecute our
journey by stage. The hoster declared after close
examination that faulty shoeing was the trouble
with the lame foot, and that the blacksmith at
the brick shop half mile further on, would,
with fifteen minutes work, send us On our way
rejoicing l was not quite so sanguine but
voted to try the experiment. and we pushed on to
the blacksmith shop. The result yindicated the
hoster's sagacity and the skill of Mr. Sears the
smith. In fifteen minutes he had reset the sSoe,
and in fifteen minutes more we we're trotting
merrily along through Underhll, all trace Of
limp or lameness gone, whip in socket, beast and
man feeling better and a new aspect over
everything.