The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-10-10

and unfinished house were clearly visible,
while in the background stood Stirling
Peak, Mansfield, Camels Hump, Potatoe
Hill, Bread Loaf, &C., and still further
of in the distant blue could be seen
Mount Washington, presenting the salu-
tations of the White Hills. And 80 we
might pass around on either side until we
had completed the circle which bounded
our vision. On the north we looked
down upon the High Peak of Essex, and
bearing westward were Hurricane Noun
tain, White Face, Nipple Top, Boreas,
and Gothic Mountains, with Marcy and
Mcintyre rising above them like spires
on the top of the cathedral. Still further
on we're seward and the huge form of San
tanoni. In the east and south were seen
Ragged Mounts, Blue Mounts, Twin
Brothers, Pharaoh Mountain, st. Antho.
ny's Nose, Black Mountain, and so on,
range upon range until they we're lost in
the deep blue, as waves are lost in the
ocean. The whole scene was interspersed
with lakes and ponds. The sight was
grand beyond all possible description.
Each one of the three beholders had
been on Mount Washington and many of
the highest peaks of the Green Noun
tain range, aud DR.. Post and son had Wis
tied the present season, the highest peak
in Colorado, making height Of nearly
10000 feet, yet all conceded that the
sight from Dix gave the grandest variety
of valley and mountain scenery that eli
ther had ever beheld. How little do the
people of the Champlan valley know Of
the glories that are made easily accessi-
bic and right within their reach
And now before closing this sketch OF
the mountains. | want to introduce the
reader to the man who has done, aud is
doing more to give all this scenic beauty
to the outside world than has been by
any other. | refer to Mr. John Moore,
and must include with him his amiable
wife, who are together presiding geniuses
of Mud Pond and the surrounding re-
gion. lie is thorough woodsman aud
what is more an honest man, whose hand
1t is ever an honor to shake lie has
opened the shortest and easiest trail to
the summit of Marcy, to the upper Aus
able and Gothic Mountains, and the only
trail leading to the summit of Dix, which
though not the highest peak is really the
crown, commanding the widest and grand
est lookout of all the Adirondacks.
Mr.. Moore is about constructing
larger house in this wilderness for the
better accommodation of his guests who
visit these wild solitudes.
| hope no mountain loving Vermonter
will dream of the Andes and the Alps
before he has looked into the mystries OF
these nearer giants. They lack, it is true,
the glacier and the eternal SHOWS of the
Swiss Mountains, but they make up in
other taings perhaps, this feature in the AL
pine scenery. II you would know the
best route by which you can reach this
vast expenditure and display of natural
grandeur and beauty, cross Champlain at
Ticonderoga, Crown Point, or Port Hen.
ry and make at once for distinguished
hotel, known all through the region of
the Adirondacks as Roots. From this
point proceed westward, abouttive miles,
to Fenton's, then push up the hill across
the toes of McColmb, past Crown Point,
until you come to Moores, which is the
grand desirable end of civilization.
NJ. L. s.
OrwaIf Varmont