The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-01-07

gives any thing ike 80 clear an idea q
Space ~ the looking over 80 man,
mountain ridges, and looking over ),
great extent Of country, then cast youi
eyes down, and consider the valley thro
which you have threaded y6usaway &
the mountain-foot. itapperas 50 pretty
aud you see all the particulars so clcai
that i IS like q model of the route YOU
have come, and you have AL your idaai
Of the past refreshed by the scono be
fore you We gazed on this beautiful
scene tall reminded by the long shad.
dows which were thrown across the
eastern mountains, and the somber ap.
pearance Of the valley itself that the sun
would presently retire behind the west
efn hills, aud that we might as well be
gone. 1t should bo observed hero that
the farmer is too greedy to possess
lands here, and TINT ho has more than
he does justice to- He farms but sloy-
emily, and the land could bear twice the
product itdoes if itwere in more hands
and lad justice done 10 its capabilities.
The sheep in this part also, seems to
have but scant justice done TO its value
as stock. II is not unusual here, for
the farmer having marked his sheep,
to turn them loose to Craze in the for
ests; here they get lost, catamount or
two kill one, snake kills another,
two or three moro are found n year
after dead at TIE mountain tops, having
lost their way and want of proyender
has befallen them, they have been
known by their marks; they have been
denuded of half their heeces by the
bushes and underwood. Thus the sheep
IN this part of the country are but poor
ly cared for, and they are but poor food
indeed when they happen to be served
up MS such,
From hence( Manchester) to Rutland
IS but 80 miles, and it requires n mail
coach and four horses 10 take Z l-2
hours to travel it. It is always done
towards the North in the night between
7 i. Nj, and IL A. NJ the following
morning, and we cannot help thinking
might be done both with more pleasure
and more profit % the coach master if
It were much better contrived On this
portion of the road there is much on
which we might comment, and perhaps
wo may ere we have bestowed all our
on our readers for there is
first lake which The neighbors call
Pond nearly filed up, secondly IN iron
work at Dandy, thirdly delightful ret
'ospect af human kindness in which
1ch uncle has divided his substance a.
nong twelve relatives and secs them
'njoy it while yet he lives to observe it,
his at Walingford and fourthly a
,harmlng resort Of "Spripge" at vi
age called --, before we get TO
Rutland.
The following we copy from Beckleys
History Of Vermont, published in 1916:
The scenery around Manchester is
and to stranger, very inn
,resslye. Indeed on visiting it for the
Irst time, one is surprised that the in
labitants are apparently so unconscious
# the unusual delineations OF nature
With which they are surrounded One
ees not how they can pursue their or
Iinary occupations aud keep their eyes |
rom becoming fixed on the interesting |
Genes, which the Spring, Summer and |
AUTUMN present them But Winter too, |
las its attractions in her SHOWS and |
rosts which cover these lofty eminences,
them in appearance still more /
levated and grand, overhanging the |
hrubbery and evergreens with their
'hite drapery.
Some account has, in the first chap
er, been given of Manchester. Situat-
d in the cavity of the surrounding
it has been called I" The .
lunch Bolt. The principal street is wide I
nd extends nearly mile, lined with well .
uilt houses, and adorned with rows Of
hade trees. The view Of il, in descending
ne mountain from WinhalI, is clear and
triking for several miles before
it. Burr seminary, situated in
40 rear OF the main street on q gently
sing emlnence, appears TO good adj
antage, and has delightful prospects Of
lajestic mountains in front, and to the
ght and left. The academic bnilding
large and commodious; adjoining
hich are several neat dwellings for the
and teachers, and assistants.
was founded and endowed by n citi-
N Of this place, whose name il bears,
1d is hourisLung institution. East
Ianchester IL Iourishing, mauufae-
lring village, three miles distant at the
'ot Of the mountain, on the stage road
, the Connecticut river.
Here the light colored dust an d sharp
ointed stones Of the path, begin TO re-
ind you Of the marble quarries in the
cinity, and point your eyes 10 the fac
ries, in which by hands and instru-
ents and machinery aud water power,
Ie bars and fragments are wrought and
,lished for monumental record Of the
.ad.
White marble, clear and fine grained,
found abnndantly in the vicinity Of
anchester, including several neighbor-
< towns. The manufacturing of it in
tomb stones, and other articles Of uso
ID ornament, Is q business Of consid.
able extent, and no small income
be quarries in Dorset have been re-
Irded as the first in point Of quality
ID abundance. But new beds Of it are
scoyered from time % time; and the
and hills n ihla AMI nthnr