The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-01-13


tempting it so, throwing ourselves on
the grass, and lighting our pipes, we gave
ourselves up to repose. Our rest was
delightful, after our exertion, and the
tobacco was doubly refreshing. Let who
ever WILL inveigh against the weed, and
hurl anathemas against it, we will puff
on; we feel that we have the best of the
argume lent, and can stand it as long as they
can. 4'e @
Now to our feet once more and up
the observatory! merely stopping at the
door to go through the etrifing formula
of handing scrap of :: fractional" to the
proprietor. AS we reach the top, what a
glorious view bursts upon us Heretofore,
we hadonly been able to catch occasional
glimpses of the scenery through the trees:
but now they all lie. beneath us, and our
view is unbroken. On all sides beauti-
full panorama spreads before US; fertile
valley, rugged mountain, and silver
stream. Looking to the east the villages
of Bennington appear like children's toy
villages Those silver threads are dash
| ing streams, and the miniature buildings
beside them, are factories and mills.
Far away to the west are the Catskill
Mountains and the. day is so clear that
with good feld-glass, we can see the.
Mountain House. Looking towards the
southeast, you see Williamstown, IN
| Massachusetts,, and the mountains in that
region. East of Bennington, Bald Mount
ain raises its crown of bare white rock;
north Of us. are Mt. Eqino and Mt. Eolus;
| on the sides of the latter of which you can
see great white patches, where the marble
auarries are. On all sides are mountains,
with valleys between. On the east you
see signs of civilization and culture |;
farms, villages, and factories, it seems
hard to realize that comparatively a
short time ago that settled country was
an unbroken wilderness. But now turn,
and look toward the northeast; as far as
the eye can reach, nothing but waste
mountains, covered by dense forest 10
break in it, save where a ledge of rock
crops out; not sign of human habita-
ton to all appearances the same that it
was when the Pilgrim Fathers landed
on Plymouth Rock. Doubtless it is
very much, the same though Vermont is
such an old settled state there are still
many such unbroken wildernesses
where the wolf and bear, and even the
panther, roam in small numbers f ssgn
Long we stood there, more than three
thousand feet above the sea, gazing upon
the beautiful and varied landscape but
at length, feeling of emptiness about
the waist-band, caused us to remember
that we had breakfasted very early, and
had been working hard since. So we
descended, in search of something edible.
This we were not long in finding; and In
1 a few minutes we were busily engaged
storing away formidable pile of hard
boiled eggs, and a quantity of oysters.
Having accomplished this, and lonnged
about until we felt tolerably rested, we
commenced the descent. This of course
is much easier than the ascent, though it
requires some care, to save one from a
fall. We had accomplished about a
quarter of the distance, when an excla-
nation from my companion called my
attention and he pointed to large bird,
which was just sailiug off from dead
tree in front OF us; it was magnificent
bald eagle, that must have spread from
tip to tip full five feet. He did not
seem at all afraid of us, but sailed slowly
and maiestically off, as though he were
lord of all that region. We watched him
until he was out of sight, and then re-
sumed our descent. AS [ have said it was
very easy; all we had to do in many
places was just to letgo and slide. Before
long we stood at the base Of the mountain,
and soon after,we were once more dispen-
sing calico, Goldfish, "terbacker and all the
other commodities found in a country
store
Thus ended our trip to Mr.. Anthony;
and although it was with tired limbs and
aching joints that we resumed our work,
we felt that we had been well repaid for
our fatigue we had passed delightful
day, and felt like taking hold of our
work with new Yigor.