Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-09-01
CORRESPONDENCE.
OUR wHILoM TEXAS CORRESPONDENT IN VERMONT
AND KENTUCKY.

village and having few hours at my command
thought l would .'reyolye" little, and shed
an inky light upon my revolutions for the past
fortnight It was the hour Of 10, p. NJ, Or
"tharabouts," OH Tuesday, the 9th, when after
tossing an hour in my hot.bcd, thought struck
me. II was stem strike" both in point of time
and effect. 1t landed me first in Vermont, and |
then caused me to ricoclete thence from point |
to point, until, by George, it finally landed me |
in Georgetown
Let me expatiate. 1t was warm at my home |
on the Delaware--it was cool in Vermont. The |
guide book said: The Green Mountains are full
Of charming retreats. Brattleboro is celebrated
for its beautiful location, its select society, its
first-class hash mills, its ICED toddies, and its
average above the lead devil dead level y in all
things pertaining to horse-fesh.' had read
much of the Hippoiogical socette de frdnce-an
association of amdt,,r devourers of horse flesh
in every style, and l thought would try some
in the Brattleioro style. by the way, or par
parenthese, as the learned put it, find that the
Battleboro STYLE is far superior to that Ia frdn-
cdise. for, in the former, the horse Is placed
before the cart and outside tho Hippo forget
| the rest--whie in tho latter case, the carte is
placed before the lIippo-&c., and the horse
| inside of him. And then, If horseiiesli taken
| inwaidlv has u tendency to develop retrograde
moyements AZ has been shown by the Farley
yous, of late do not think il advisable to adopt
| it M an article of American diet. 1t is said they
have recently ran like quarter horses, but unless
/ they run like whole horses, and that very soon.
| it is evident they can never form a luhcuon OF
| the troops of MacAlahon and old Beniuie, and in
| that case '.our Fritz" will cause things III the
/ vicinity of Paris to look sort of Prussian blue.
But to return. 1t was about eleven Z. NJ,
when sprang, into buggy in company with
| Wilmington. The night was beautifully caln
with massive slow sailing clouds overhead, and
out on the river the ships doomed up strange and
| werd like vast spectres. Not sound save the
/ click of orr horses feet and the monotonous
whirl of the buggy wheels broke the silence.
We reached the depot at Wilmington shortly
after twelve. and All hour later We had parted and
| was whirling away to New York on the wash
ipgton Express. Just beyond Philadelphia 1t
began to fan and dawn found the drought
smitten country bathed in the wealth OF glori-
ous rain. At five that evening reached the
coy, mountain-clasped little city of Brattle-
boro, and proceeding to the hotel secured
room and panned--deliberatel planned, how
| could best slaughter that ancient scythe-bearng
| cuss old Father Time.
will now take occasion TO state that the crops
throughout the Connecticut valley, despite tho
drouth, are fully mp TO All average and that the
| tobacco and corn crops looked well. An immense
area il in tobacco--fuly as much as i'll any
past year; al lenst SO was informnd by SEEM
ingly well informed gentleman on the cars. Fruit
is Swallowing to the heat. In Connecticut l
, noticed that the onion crop was very large, anu
in fine condition. No rain had fallen for weeks,
and tho papers were filled with doleful COM
plants III many sections. The rain which fell on
the night of the 9TH did not extend east of the
, Hudson, hut fine showers fell between the 18th
and 18th In many sections OF the New England
States. met several men from the Western
States and dronth drouth was the cry. al
though save in very limited localities, crops have
. not suffered very heavily.
nrattleboro can boast of more fast horses and
, finer egnipages than any place OF its size IN
X America. There are upwards of fifty horses IN
o the place that go inside of 300, and some OF
: these are very valuable. heard of several held
at 81. 900 to 5S,uuh. The scenery in the vicinity
IL of the town il full Of ever-changing beauty.
There arc thirty drives out among the mountains,
a and from nluny points can he seen the city. and
tile valley Of the Connecticut; rendered the more
u beautiful for the whole face of Nature being
It clad in tic richest emerald. The residences OF
the people In and about liratieboro arc charac
terized by their adoption for the localities where
they have been placed and although no two
houses are aike,yet one secs nothing TO crtcise
for everything is beautiful. Trees and slrubber.
are lnxuliant. and in great variety and it worlt
he difficult if not impossible, 10 lind, anywhere
in our country more perfectly delightful place
~ than BrattebOro. The people are wealthy an'
III refined. and of the highest social status Al
-. indispensable air OF quiet secusion rests owe
y all: yet, although dreamy beauty tints TIN
N. whole valley, the air Is braclng to remarkable
lis degree.
At the scott farm, far up the mountains aboy
the city, one can obtain a delicious supper, an
ne at one of the cosest little farm houses imag
st. | nable. The register kept by Mr.Scott shows til
~, names of more than five hundred visitors durin
the present summer. Count Esterhazy and hi
MI wife me- Mrs. General Griffin, are at SCOTS nov
I'D Just back OF the house is small pond LITERAL
a. filled with beautiful brook trout so tame tia
they viii eat from persons hand.
lsum,ose You know that lrattleboro hliss
all il n svnuny m Tor elegance aud beauty of fms
-ix in a vehicle, well, have rode in then behin
- fast horrcs. and can only add my praise. The
y are made, however, only i'll limited number
lie l,ratlelnru is town Of only about one thonsa
The iuhabtants hut il very largely engaged i'll I'll
manufacture OF sewing machines, parlor organ
carriages. etc. \ very extensive mandatory
parlor organs Is just about to commence oper
ter tun.. The town suffered from disastrous ii
~ which DESTROYED twelve Of the principal stor,
, on Main street. seme months since, but they al
'ie now being rebuilt should any of your reade
Ties seek To ind place Of perfect delight, ne
led season. let thcm not fail to visit Brattlehoro
~; particularly West lrattiebofo. some two mil
$40 west of the main town.
png Gleiwood Institute, Il beautiful home splu
rom for Young ladies. is located there. and with
ia croque grounds. maple grove, iountaln,ai ii
shr,lbbeiy and iiowers.ls perfect little paradi'
~, | was greatly Interested in the gymastc class
IL; Young ladies' from all parts of the land. n
~ under the tuition Of Professor Welch, of y;
~, College. such perfection Of health, yigor a
- grace, as was eNempliied by the young ladies'
i :, this class, have never yet witnessed esewhe
-, Girls 10 there pale and thin, and soon becol
, w full of roHeate bloom and fully rounded muscl
III The system taught is known as the bio Lev
, W systenl and all the eyoutions are performed
',,n, music and in perfect time thus making gee
arm exercise of what might otherwise be deemed
H.. | tedious routine Of notions
lais left Brat,leboro the 10Th halted day in
~ York TO call upon Robert bonner,o the Itdy
l.t tl,,A tl,.. la1 Mo- Va
tuf, 1ilu ~, H. ~ a,I ~, Tho JIM n,,liad
u,a parched and dusty at the hotel in this place.
~. came through ria the Pennsylvania Central
=" " Pan Handle route to Cincinnati and noticed t
i the day and sleeping cars have increased of
,oi,' very much, and that it IL next to impossible
III traveller to get seat without paying 81 to
.,,n per day or night extra. II this day and sleep
,'iei car nuisance is not speedily abated, or IN
ms regular ears put for those who not bles
, sao with long purses, the great travelling public
mere abandon the above roads, and seek other rou
,, no The Erie the YCenral,anl Bat. Ohio 70
rs | furnish superior accommodations, free alw
,s having enough regular cars so one is not fol-
,aeii to pay extra for day or sleeping cars. or be
- PEELED to stand M.
found the crops through Pennsylvania, {
,: ~ and Kentucky to lie about an average corn
' i' hemp i'll the last named State being little 81
'o'fu from the lronth Tobacco is raised to the SC
.,y.s and West OF this point, and it has suffered
.neNo siderahlv still there will be three-fouIths
80 crop. Tie crare crop III this valley viii
"A a. immense
~ ~ This portion of Kentucky is very wealthy, b
,uVee in the very heart OF the blue grass region,
ny, only one hundred miles from both Louisville
P"'"- Cincinnati Fine horses abound, also blo'
49, cattle. | have seen some of the most yaltl
,i . horses i'll the country, to-day. \ stallion ID
sais' wood owned by Mr.. Steel, and kept at We
oosii- three miles ont, is valued at 100000 and ane
u anu at the same place, called Alnont is place
~ ny a25,0ON. Plenty of horses be found
NY | for which s5,OOJ to SlO,000 each, would be
~ W fused. At Sam keenes, mile from tow
,....n. kept very valuable stud of imported
ii,ore American racers The Knight Of st. Georg
W "a imported horse, died at Keene's last week.
Xxx I'LL 4 was fourteen years OF age, but was vau'
o, ~, s10.GOo. Sue AIundy, who was execute'
:" - Louisville during the war, and other gnerr
,,. played havoc among the fine horses in
y. @ country during the last year of the rebe
~. a. ,e Several very valuable animals We're killed.
Na one OCCASION slundy stole Alexanders celeb
!, ,, Asteroid, and reward OF 100000 was OF
Z; nc for the horse. Alexander finally recoyefe
~, ~, horse. somewhat injured by severe running
meyer shall return TO New York next week ant
\. ~, may expect to occasionally hear from your
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