Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-03-19

lucIouS' lic country oeiiS llllhlE popd-
lated still, there were cottages and
farm houses scattered here and there,
and even. "A village or two in the dis /
lance. ! lighted my cigar and gave my ,
self up TO the enjoyment of the scene /
before me.
As | sat thus, the clock of my hosts |.
church struck three. Remembering
that to be the hour of Mr.. Twins in
terview with Harding, my thoughts
reverted to the subject of the widows
debt, and to the good nature which my
old friend had displayed in giving him
self so much trouble and undertaking
such II thanklcss Office.
My mind did not dwell long on these
things. | happened to catch sight of
the telescope, which was put away in II
corner of the room and being estless,
and not in a mood in which total mac
ton was agreeable to me, | determined
to have ii out and examine the the land
scapc which | had just been studyingon
a large scale.
The day was very favorable for Jay
purpose. The sun was shining, and
there was light east wind-a combina
ton which often produces n remarkable
clcarncss in the atmosphere. Circum-
stances could not possibly be more suit
able for telescope operations, so, plac.
ing the instrument upon its stand before
an open window, | sat down and COM
menced my survey.
1t was a superb telescope, and though
| knew it well and had often used it be-
fore, | found myself still astonished ut
its power. | set myself to trying cXper-
iments as to the extent of its capacity,
taking the time by the church clock of
Il village two miles of, trying to make
out what people were doing in the eX-
| 1 L
ting the capabilities of the instrumental
test That done, with results of the
most satisfactory kind, | went to work
more leisurely, shifting the glass from
point to point of the landscape, as the
fancy took me, and enjoying the deli
cious little circular pictures, which, in
endless variety, seemed to fit them
selves into the end of the instrument.
Seine of the pictures were very pretty.
There was one-the first the telescope
; Ii owed me-in front of which was a
small patch of purple earth just brought
under the pillow. "A little copse bounded
one side of this arabic land there was
Il very bright green field in the distance;
in the foreground the pillow itself was
crawling slowly along, drawn by a pair
of ponderous and sturdy horscs-a bay
and q white-whose course was directed
by an old man with a blue neckerchiof,
the ends hanging loose, boy being in
attendance to turn tn horses at the end
of each furrow, aud generally to keep
them up TO their work.
a turn ofthe glass and another picture
takes its place, a roadside ale-house
now. One of the upper windows had q
muslin half-curtain ,betokeningthe guest
chamber. Another on the ground floor
is ornamcnted with red custin-the
| tn, thiC urharn NiNio1 C1,irite
congregated on Saturday nights. The
; inn has q painted sign somebody in a
scorlet coat, and with something on his
head which | can't make out perhaps
it is three-cornercd hat, ana perhaps
the inn is dedicated to the inevitable
marquis of CRANKY.
| recollect seeing such an in i in one OF
my walks in the ncighborhood. 1t is
the Marquis of CRANKY, las well remem-
Der. An empty cart is in front of the
house. the driver watering his horses
ana beering himself, just before the
house door, whore ] can see him quite
plainly.
Another and more extensive turn land
the little railway station comes within
the limits of the magic circle. Not
much to interest here: Il small, white
washed, slate-rooted, formal building
hard, angular and hideous. A lot OF
sacks piled up against the wall, waiting
to be sent Off by the luggage train, &
great signal post rising into the air, q
row of telegraph poles stretching away
in perspective.
; Now IA prosperous farmstead, with q
big matched house, where the falme!
; and his family reside, with well preser-
t we'd sheds and outhouses; there is {
1 straw yard, too, with cattle standing
ypaa doom and a1tiOp olIt of well
: found in hay; and there are pigs wal
-, lowing in the mire and there are cocks
: and hens jerking themselves hither anc
thither. This pictuoy in its circular
frame pleases me well, and so does the
; next.
4 A gentleman's seat, Of tho entire J
comfortable, not of the SNOWY and os
tentous sort. The grounds are largo
enough to be called a park, and tho
0 house lying rather low, as it was the
: fashion to build century or two ago
;, stands in the midst of them, with trim
= and pleasant formal fiOWcr-garden rOunt
about it. 1t is red brick house of the
: Hanovarian time, with q rather higl
: (green) slate roof, with dormer Windows
in it. The other windows have white
| sashes, which are flush with the wall
: and not, rs in these days, sunk in a re
e cess.
u | look on this scene, and then, no
y without reluctance, shift my glass, an'
u turning away from human habitations
y begin to examine the more retired ant
{ unfrequented parts of the landscape
The magic circle now enclOses nothing
but trees and meadows, and little quie
hooks and corners, where the lazy COW
stand about in shady places, too idl,
even to feed, or where the cows bla ken
the very ground by their numbers, un
molested by shouting boys, unsoaret
by even the old traditional hat and Goa
upon stick. | come presently to a lit
tie bright green paddock, with pom,