Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-10-04

ioclined AMI clearly marked b shadoas
more or Ices deep, tiil TIE long extent oil
landscape iooks uaw like The mam'faent
green robe Of Maasse'd, f,llena little from
his regal shoulders aud lying n irmense
ioids along his extended pcrscn; or again
changing with the mood Of the spectator.
it seems like a sea arrested At the moment
OF ITS widest frenzy. aud the mighty waves
tossed into thousand forms ofbeauiy aud
I grandeur, frozen or hardened. by the in
stan. dat Of God. into an ocean Of solid
land.
Ga the east, the sun rises over the
White Mountains, aud from the base Of
Mansfield to the top Of Washington. the
/ eye traverses a country OF bill aud valley,
OF rich aud diversified cultivation, 10 at
lraetive that one irresisiibly thinks Of hea-
ven as he gazes aud becomes half reconcile
ed TO the thought Of going there, if only
Il should prove 10 be half 50 beautiful.
On the west, the sinking sun is reflected
from the waters Of Lake Champaign for
more than a hundred miles of its length.
Now and then It's rays strike upon some
quiet little poud, or the bosom of a river
as 1t cFeeps in aud out Of the deFles of the
bills, and bears II up TO the eye in a single
point or fash of light like the facet OF a
diamond, which, at certain angle of ln-
cidenee, refracts the light in a radiance
more brilliant aud dazzling than the origin
al beam. Beyond the lake, the Adirond-
acks guard the West. aud keep their ev-
erlasting vigil as its gates. guarding with
their flaming sword the Paradise Of the
western valley of Vermont. The dome
OF the University on the backs of the
lake, slowing from the distance like u
silver star, reminds US that the Paradise
at our feet is not wholly lost, or is partial
| ly regained, as some think, now that Eve
has won her way into its enclosures, aud
as she stood by Adam in the fall, means
to stand by him in the rising again Still.
one cannot help thinking, as he stahd,
amid the quiet of the stars so close 10 the
top of Mansfield, and drinks in the in.
spiration that is unvcxed with the tumuit
Of the lower world, whether the Paradise
will be folly restored if Eve repeats the
experiment. aud plucks once more the
fruit of the tree of knowledge. Possibly,
the "new departure may prove to be d
very old experiment. On that topic II i,
clear that Mansfield has not changed its
position. The mountains abide forever,
whatever opinions surge around then
bases. aud in the end "they bring peace
to the people"
But we have said enough for this time
We advise our readers, if they have not
been to this royal old mountain this year,
to 20 at once. The time is shol,. Life
is uncertain, No one knows whether he
will live TO 60 another year, aud 10 die
without having been TO Mansfield would
be the most melancholy Of catastropheS
The scenery from that gray old summit is
certain. Ouce have seen it, it j. joy
forever. But no one can tell what he
may see in the next world, or that he will
ever revisit this. As the old ministers say
to those deluded souls who are delaying
10 secure their happiness, we wonl also
say to our friends. BE wise IN time
Go to Mansfield, stay not on the order OF
your going The road to the top is narrow
and crooked, but it is good one, and a
safe one, aud its end is amid such pro-
fusion Of autumnal glories, as once seen
can never be forgotten.- " dthman.