The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-07-21
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a week at Ausable, or the " :Sauble
al it is generally spoken, afforded us
much pleasure. 1t is decidedlya point
ofinterest, not so much for what it is,
as for what it shall be. As a fishing
post, ii dates back thirty years, yet
scarcely more than two years have
elapsed since the first mill was erected
by company from Boston, Houses
and Stores followed in order, then a
Hotel, three stories in height, large and
spacious, was built and chris!eneed the
Sauble House by Mr.. +. a. Sturte-
want, formerly of Weybridge, Vt, and
late of Middlebury College. 1t is first
class House, kept strictly on Temper
ance principles, is well located and its
annual rent makes it n good invest
ment. There is now being erected here,
a wood block of Stores, costing some
$4,000. A considerable portion of the
town site belongs to young man, f.
B. Smith, ESQ, who came here poor,
some two or three years since from
Rhode Island. He is now worth 10 or
500, 600, all made from the purchase and
sale of real estate. He is young man
of staunch religious character and good
business capacities. He has laid the
foundation for large wealth.
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Loud, Priest & Gray, of Boston their
store-the long boarding house their
row of neat tenant houses for their
worllmen, is delightfully."- located in Il
bend of the river, where the surface is
highly and beautifully diversified and
constitutes pleasing feature 10 the eye
Of the tourist visiting " the Sauble. -
The capacity of the mill is 100, 900 feet
per day. 1t is covered with Vermont
slate, which we regard az a downright
sensible idea.
Nearly opposite, on a point of land
running down between the river and
the lake, is now being laid out new
and lovely town to be christened and
known as the village OF Colfax. The
site is high and covered with nice
growth of young oak and pine which
will serve for shade and ornament.
The bridge to be built by the State
this season connects the two places.
That Ausable has natural advantages
that contribute to its rapid growth as a
town cannot he dnuhted
IL Is the gateway to all those pine
lands that enrich over fifty townships
and the value of which /, counted bv
millions of Dollars. The amount of
pine ON this stream between its head
waters and its outlet, il estimated by
competent authorities in the aggregate
at three thousand millions feet.
II is believed that it win require thir-
~ years TO manufacture and market
the first growth and first selection of
pines on this river, and that thirty
years more will have elapsed before the
second growth can he cut, manufac-
tured and put in market,
This view gives pemanence To the
towns That spring up directly from this
business. 1t also gives hope 10 those
cautious souls who sometimes enter
tain fears lest we run short of supplies
for our milk pals and wash tubs
The white fish and trout taken here
are an epicurean luxury.
The soil up the river is in places rich
and produotive-at others thin and
weak and needs fertilizers.
1t is blessed with an abundance of
soft pure water and u saluhrous eli
mate.
The breezes from the pine woods are
conducive OF health and longevity.
pr. Cooderr, gentleman distin-
guished in his profession and for his
urbanity of manners, and from whom
we received many polite attentions,
says: Ausable in it, climatic influences
has substantial claims upon invalids
that cannot be ignored. Permit me 10
add-it has attractions for the pleasure
seeker that cannot fail 10 charm and
please.
Should we be blessed with added
years, this point shall be set down in
our calendar among our summer re-
sorts for the pursuit of health and re-
creation.
Hold. hold, cannot, will not be held
longer by these wild rural retreats,
but must HE me to my home, nestled
beautifully at the foot of the Green
Mountains, or more minutely and low
ingly at the terminus of that glorious
! old "Chipman Hill,n that graces and
beauties the northern outline of Mid
| dlebury Village. Now its attractions
shall turn our feet homeward.
Ausable, July 4th, 1898. 5. BR.
FRETTING.-TwOg gardeners had their
crops of peas killed by the frost, one of
whom, who had frettcd greatly and
grumbled at the loss, visiting his neigh
Dor some time after, was astonished to
see another fine crop growing, and in
! quired how it could be. These are
what sowed while you was fretting,
was the reply, Why, don't YOU fret?'
Yes, but | put ii Off till | have re-
paired the mischief. Why. then
there's no reason 10 fret at all True,
that's the reason ! put II off.