Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-04-24
The Region for the Tourist.

Vermont IS uuquestionably the most agree.
lble summer resort for the outworn, exhaust.
ID hard workers Of our great towns and cit
es there is in the courtry II is like the
beautiful region Of Switzerland, from Basic
20 Lucerue, or from Berne TO Geneva. II
ias not Of course, the suow.cnpped Alps Of
he Oberand, or the dizzy SUBMITS Of funp
Frau or Mt Blanc to tempt the adventurous
eet of ambitious pilgrims, but its mountains
arc high enough aud its hills and valleys and
axes and streams are full Of romance and
lelight Its air is as pure and clear as thai
IF Chamoun, aud Lake Leman has no sdvan-
age Of Lake Champlain or Wlloughby or
syen Of Memphremagog, charming in every
hing but its prophetic name with unhappy
associations Of the apocalyptic strife Of Cog
aud Magog, in the days that are yet to come
Murray has populated the Adirondack re-
gion with disappointed pleasure seekers. 10
place Of the magnificent realms which his
fancy could not make too gorgeous, they have
found long reaches Of pine barren or swamp
and marsh, from which the deer have long
ago been scared beyond the range Of the ri.
Hed cannon, aud sluggish streams from whose
waters the trout have Aed, aud mountains ris.
ing out Of wilderness inhabited chiefly by
black flies aud mosquitoes. Baiiled in their
search fer pleasure, for comfort for rest for
deer and for trout, they have retreated from
that wilderness and left it to the Boston Par.
son and his few enthusiastic friends who can find
A." books in brooks, sermons in stones and good
10 everything odorous comfortess and bad.
To such defeated aspirants for pleasure, or
counsel another region which needs no dress
of fancy to make it beautiful, and no words
Of delusion to make it restful aud attractive.
II some New York or Baltimore or Philadel-
phia pdter famiiios would like to give hs
household vacation that shall be a ye.crea-
tion if some lover would see the eye Of hs
mistress fash with reflected beauty if some
artist would put few leaves into his port
folio that shall have no rivals T; if some banker
would spend his dividends 10 pleasures that
would add to his power to increase them il
some clergyman would fill his head with finest
illustrations, or some lawyer get inspiration
to illumine the eesolate halls Of justice, lei
them listen to a few words Of counsel as It
how they may spend one summer vacation st
that they shall never weary Of its repetition
We have no real guide books yet and there.
fore commit our counsel to the ephemeral
page Of newspaper Let all such person,
come into Vermont by way of the Hudson
and land at Manchester and there abide 3
week in the care OF its excellent hosts, and it
the enjoyment of its peculiar and matches
scenery. Then through the Lake to Burling
ton and by way Of the Vermont Central It
Stowe. There is no better hotel in Europe
so far as its commodiousnoss aud comfort 60
than the Justly celebrated Mansfield House at
the foot of the loltiest mountain Of the Yer.
mont range. The mountain is sumbering
giant, and to traverse his huge profile, ul
turned to his Creator, with the lines Of contu
ries chiselled on his magnificent brow, is worii
: thousand days Of mammon worshpipg, an,
, brings the idea of a stability that does no
= belong to the stock exchange, and of peac
that is alike the best follower Of hard work
4 and the best precursor Of severe toll.
4 week here, aud thence to Montpelier, and owe
4, the Montpelier 4 Wells River road to New
= port or Wlloughby for another week, an
thence to the White Mountains for the lai
!. week OF the August vacation. All along tb
u route there are places where the tourist wi
u be caught, and tempted to lnger, to Ell
> 10Y the eXhilaration Of the Vermont a
, aud the intoxication of its scenery. At
r, hundred points along this course, he wi
b ne almost persuaded to make himself ne
II for the summer and drink in for sho
I! month each year the repose Of the mountain
:, The environs of Burlington, Monipeli,
i md ST. Adams are especially attractiv
! they have marked differences and peculiar
= ties, and each one is uuequallcd in its ov
- style and way. Montpelier is grit close wit
/, hills 1t has fue churches and is to ha,
i ins hotels, yet its hotels are good enough {,
, any one who likes comfort as well as tlnse
y and courteous treatment aud good table,
!. veil as tapestry carpets and pier gasse
/ But it has surroundings that are not to
, surpassed in the country, aud pleasures
q angling in its vicinity that would have cheer,
y the heart Of Izaak Walton and added dee
:, " and warmer shade to the color of his ge
, irous and serene piety. At any of thete p'
res the tourist would refresh himself for su
,equent work, provided he should be qu
md peaceabs in his pleasures aud modera
his travel aud refined in his tastes. 1t
10 region for sensualsts or roueS or worn o,
" ,leasurists, who need a new stimulant
. 'ouse passions that have burnt out the NOR
=, ,sture 1t is region for courteous, guilty;
4, ed, refined men and women, who can rea
Y Dickens or Tennyson or Shakespeare on
D rainy day and tind renovation in reposc, au
,ot in a round Of new excitemonts every da
TO such people Vermont presents as many a
!, fractions as Scotland does to the Londuner
' he classic banks Of Como TO the culture, Il
D Sealth and the refinement Of Europe. Lii
, scotland or Como Vermont may say, O
+ profaaum raigns, q areeo,
u Careful inquiries into the employment
u f three hundred and thirty delegates elect
!, ~ the Republicans of seventeen States to 4
n, National Republican Convention at Phil
g, lelphia, show that the only federal office
l. ,mong them are the following One Collect
w. IF Customs, one Collector Of Internal Re,
" nue., two United States Marshals, three Po
masters, one Treasury Agent, one Pensi
ts- Agent one District Attorney and thr