Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-09

the house which gladdens the heart aud the
stomach of the weary traveller after bis tire
some ride, But now we emerge from the
forests end tho extended prospect which so
suddenly opens before us causes us to forget
all else for the moment. The gentlemen stop
their horses, and drink in the beauties in
long draughts while the ladies clap their
hands and shout in chorus, +" Oh how
beautiful Isn't it grand?' At our feet =
,ne pleasant Duxbury valley-a little to the
north is the long, winding and wonderfully
beautiful valley of the Winooski. To the
north east is the valley of Waterbury river
with the villages of Stowe and Waterbury
Center-atFay in the east are hills and val
leys arranged apparently by an artists hand
in endless variety, while beyond are the
grand White and Franconia mountains, blue
in the dim distance Beyond the WinOoski,
20 the north, stands forth in bold relief grand
old Mansfield with ITS head cleaying the
clouds, the king of our Vermont hills. All
this we almost at one glance, but the
longer we gaze the more charmed are we at
But we must alight from our horses and
pay some attention to the body before we graf
iry the intellectual man any further. Now
Miss Donaldson whose home Is by the sound
ing sea finds the ride and the bracipg noun
tam air too much for her head and with Miss
Howlong who has found the cup that cheers
but not inebriates anything but soothing
to excited nerves in rarified air, retiTes to
recuperate for the afternoon pleasures. Mr..
Harte mot Truthful James whose home IS on
Table mountains and is not up II small de
ceits and sinful games) who has ridden up
the mountain with as much ease as If, on one
Of his fathers California ranches, he had been
seeking lost mountain cattle, starts for the
western side of the summit with Miss Hand
and soon returns with reports OF glorious
views of Lake Champlain and the leaty
Adlrondacks beyond Then we sit down t.
very good dinner and with the aid Of the
hilarity so famous an aid to digestion We all
rose from the table fully refreshed with the
exception Of Howlong and Miss Brown who,
alas had found the attempt to mingle pep
Per-sauce AMI apple pie altogether too much
for their lachrymal glands and followed us
from the dining room ia about an hour the
mere relies Of their former selves.
After dinner We assembled upon the lions
head to the very summit Of the cliffs, and
obtained the reward in the view before us Of
ten times the labor We had undergone In
addition to our view to the east, NC were
now able To look north and south along the
whole chain Ut the Green Mountains, which
rose about as Ike towers and battlements
To the northwest our eyes followed the ives
tern portion of the Winooski, still more
beautiful than the eastern, = the Lake
where Burlington seemed 4 rest Ike an
encampment upon the hin sides 70 the
north we fancied we could trace through the
now rapidly rising mi-t= the valley of the
"dashing Lamonle F." Directly west stretched
broad country OF hills and valleys. cult
waited like a garden and dotted with villages.
with Huntington River NJ our feet. and the
Lake ard tic distant Adirondacks i'm the
background. To the southwest We imagined
that through the gathering clouds we traced
the broad valleys Of the otter Creek, Yer
mont'- largest stream. and the calm waters
Of Lake Drumm0nd The unhrokcn forests
below Us many hundred feet. on a. q mountain
crc~ts u the south with tr, .f4rk rl.u5
shadows rapidly chasing each other across
the dense masses of foliage presented field
for view worth ar itself ai1ro tHe 5.urrey
from Montrelier
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And yet. uut5rtuuat, is hardly the correct
word t. employ here. IA, rerhaus tb.. very
nist- aided a. our pleasure Where thcv
cur q ,he VISION we could f.aeq with SOUTH
eve morning traveller that tt,.y..nIv ,cr,.J
to hide some beauty from .ur ssrtf and
t,ey f,Il s., softly uton mountain, ar, valley
within the range Of vision that rough ont
lines were soitened and tie distant iius
were clothed "a most beautiful tut. tt,p
the rla,ily iorm,n., ana Suddenly st,rri,,
clouds added = grandeur T. the nan. lama
that fine. clear dav could never have he
slowed At times Tie sun brsqklus through
the clouds and A ,odins the whole ra,,.lry
below us with lisht. while the snisr> getrc-tsd