Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-11-13

Among the Mountains, No. O..


Three miles from the summit the Asoehl
commences. and il is a continuous riss
over an Indifferent road. beside a yawn
ing gulf on the one hsbd aud a Preoipi
tOus bluff on the other, for a portion o.
the way at least.
Echo Lake is reached after a great
amount Of climbing, aud the first impulse
of the mind is the pleasant prospect, -
the miniature lake, shut in by the lofty
hills, rejecting from its CLASSY surface
theT remOtest peaks, which echo aud re.
echo the ha.lOO Of the traveller, the horn
of the huntsInan, or the report Ofthe min
iature caDnon which the ever ready aiten.
dsnt is willing to load and discharge io'
the trifing sum Of fifty cents. Here are
boats to let for dollar for an hours ride.
and the Saloon where double distilled
lemonade can be bought for ten cents a
glass if the bargain is made before the
delivery. but if delayed till after it is
drank, the price is twenty cents.
Indian curiOsities, mats. baskets. canes,
bows aud arrows etc., abound at this
place as in all this mountain region, at
fabulous prices. If you don't quite chose
to part with your scrip without fair
equivalent you need not ,uy, but you are
liable to the imputation of meannsss -
take your choice.
About hundred rods farther and the
Profile house, kept by Greenleafand Taft,
is Suddenly revealed. One of the largest
houses in New England, with acccmoda-
tons for perhap' 500 guests. But few
steps farther and you see the object of our
visit, the ''Old Man." whose face of rock
projects from the height, distant perhaps
eight hundred yards in direct line. 1t
is a sharply cut. rather stern profile Que
of our comppny was reminded by it of
Chrastus Juder another of Jupiter TOaans
one saw it as Witness, watching the val
leys below another saw a representative of
an eternal Priesthood.
Between the road and the mountoiu is
shallow pond rejecting the entire surface
of the mountain, including the profile. The
pond and the road occupy the entire space
between the two mount ,ins at thus point
but the distance is soon wideDed a little
as you proceed on the road to the Flume
six miles distant. When you have once
started from the pc int at which yon stop
for look at the Profile, every step cfl
your progress lessons the likeness to tie
human face, and at fifteen rods distant.
.-.-~--~'". .'s'D '"ursuvu.
Here is fish pond covered mostly by
buildings, containing some Of the finest
specimens of the fnny tribe | have ever
seen. One old settler measured nineteen
inches in length. Beside the road,
short distance farther on, is the Basin, in
to which the waters enter with fall, and
having made the circuit of the Basin. take
an abrupt leave for some place farther
down the mountain, At last the Hume is
reached. or rather the cascade at the foot
of the fiume. Here, for a width Of from
thirty to sixty feet the waters come down
from above in one broad, smooth sheet.
The fall is not great, but the width and
'moothness and extreme thinness of the
sheet, make it an object of interest. The
water is very clear, and the bed rock, 50
lightly covered, is of granite, red.
Tened little by the presence of large
Quantities of garnet. The soil is thin on
either side Of the stream, and filed with
'oulders OF all sizes. Soon you arrive at
he foot of the .Aume, and enter its awful
lepths. Onward, over the frail bridge
walk that follows the stream in its course 5
ometimes directly over it, with the tow ,
ring wall of rock on either hand. from ,
light to twelve feet apart only, and about /
nc hundred feet high. You doubt if YOU $
hall ever see the sun again--shall ever
eturn again to its fond embrace; take 6
cave OF yourself, perhaps you think for
yer, and pass under the huge boulder $
hat has fallen from the top, and wedeed
tself between the walls only feet above
our head, and hangs, you think, danger '
usly insecure. The fume is perhaps ,
welve or fifteen rods in length, and ends t
oruptly against wall Of rock, over the /
ace OF which the water falls in sheet of $
pam. Here is passage up the rocks to t
nc Top OF the Hume, and a rude bridge v
'rmed BY falling pine tree across the $
awning chasn. gives you good oppor- |
ihity to look down on the boulder, as YOU a
few moments before looked up at it from d
Glow. You cross to gather fern or two d
nd bit of moss for some anxious lady y
the patty; though your timidty torbids a
he venture; but your gallantry leads you S
D, and you return with your trophies,
nd in her smiling face. and the nlo,sant =