Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-07-25
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Eo EicOnderOga via WHITEHALL.


10 Eic0nderoga via whitehall.
While most of the NermOpters who
visited ''Old IT, on the 18th inst, went
thither over the new railroad, or by boat
from Burlington, few of US, sons of
the soil, not wishing to stay behind,
thought to find our way to that COM
memorativc gathering via Whitehall,
and would like to drop a word concern
ing our trip.
From the announcement in THE HER
AID we supposed we had right to eX-
pect excursion tickets over the Renssel-
aer & Saratoga railroad, but the COM
pany couldn't afford it, and so with its
accustomed liberality to its Vermont pa
irons on great public occasions, allowed
us to pay the usual fare At Whitehall
we were fortunate in finding a party of
some fifty or more cxoursionists, from
that place and Vermont, gathering to
the staunch little steamer wv. B.
Eddy which had been chartered for
the day and trip to I'll" and as she
was to leave several hours earlier than
the regular boat, and remained at I'll, J"
till the literary exercises were over, we
deemed it a double good fortune to be
welcomed on board by Mr.. Blinn, Mr..
Smith and Mr. D0nnellv finding among
the party not only Nermonters whom
we knew, but most pleasant and agree
able travelling society among the New
Workers. who were seeking the like OBJ
ects a. ourselves,
OF this boat let us say, she Is new,
built last season expressly for Captain
Belden, her owner and commander, who
has spared no pains in her construction
and runs her daily for freight and pas
scngcrs between Whitehall and TicOn-
derogn Falls or village, a distance of %
miles.
She can carry a hundred persons and
is well fitted to accommodate excursion
and picnic parties. whom Capt. Belden
will do his best to please.
One observes that the old elbow" so
well remembered by travellers of the
oldcn time as the place where the
steamers We're GOTTEN out and into the
basin with munh effort and sometimes
delay. has been greatly widenod and im-
proved.
Just below this point and the entrance
of East Bay, which brings the waters of
POultncy and CastlctOn rivers. there
iuts out from underneath the FREEDOM
mating POtsdam sandstone Of Bald
Mountain on the West Haven spur, a
spur of the old world or primordial rock
Of the carth's crust, the oldest land to be
found on the continent or the earth.
Mr. Agassiz has been here and writes
enthusiastically of the antique interest
OF the place. The lake seems to be the
continuation of Wood Creek and East
Bay along an immense fork for several
miles n0rthWard
South Bay sets out to the westward,
and affords. together with Barrett's Bay
and the marshes adjoining. ample and
popular ground for pickercl fishing and
duck hunting.
Beyond we pass Pulpit Rock, the Mar
rows, Cold Spaing, Chipman's Point ard
come to the open country and fine farms
of Orwell, but why call the little hill on
the right mount independence ?" 1t is
no bigger than a boy would want to slide
down hin from.
mount Defiance" stands boldly and
aud menaces the 'Old Fort which he
has helped to demoiSh.
Then comes the ''Old ii" Landing,
the gathering of the sons and daughters
of Vermont and New York too, the adj
dress of Mr.. Chittenden, the deluge of
rain, the renewal and completion of the
address, and the return home. Other
friends joined Us on the homeward way,
and the pleasant sail back to Whitehall
was enlivened by chorus of sweet
voices joined in songs and hymns of
praise
1t was pleasant excursion long to be
remembered A.
FAmHAvEH, July %.
NorE. The arrangement was made I.
for fare one way from Rutland to
Whitehall and to Ticonderoga, and .
tickets were for sale at the ticket Office |
at the Rutland depot, and we supposed |.
that all the ticket offices between Rutland /
and Whitehall had Deen supplied. ED.