Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-09-18
81. HOLLY 10 yAM9CA.

for the first six months or lts history.
CT. F.
MT. HOLLY. TO JAMVcAs
In Mt. Holley is quantity Of lum-
Der lying on north side of the turnpike,
about fifteen rods west OF the Baptist
church. 1t is said that this lumber came
from Northam, and the land on which
it now lays has by the Romanists with
the view of building a Catholic church
edifce. 1t is the. most desirable sltua-
ton in town. sf.leas -...s :,
in Weston, the new grading and
preparations for dry walks IN the village
park, and several new guideboards pro-
perly arranged at perpleXing corners, all
indicate an improved public spirit.
When we came to South London
derry we crossed over to the south side
of the stream and took road, ''the new
road to Jamaca !" and found it much
easier "a and pleasanter than billy
roundabout way which travellers have
been obliged to take until this season..
The new road was said to be very good,
and the wild scenery along the way was
perfectly delightful, and we thought any
one who could pass along the new road
| to Jamaca, and not experience emotions
| of pleasure must be exceedingly stupid.
On we went, beholding and admiring.
| till we came within about two miles OF
| Jamaica, when the scenery, which had
made miles seem like rods, was so sudden
| Nv and rudely changed so as to make inch
| % seem like miles We thought surely
we had come to what our teacher had
taught us in our school boy days, was
| always proceeded by ''dash"--that is, a
| sudden stop and change In the subject. !
/ Well, we did stop, and the subject of
7 our rneditations was suddenly changed,
/ and we were not long ia concluding
| that sSdash" had been recently made
/ by hurricane sweeping down the east
/ ern slope of the mountain across the
highway with the bosom of destruction
hedging I'D about six rods of ''tke new
4 road to jamaica" with limbs and trees
of various kinds and sizes, from the
smallest to those about two feet in diam
eter, rendering it utterly impossible for
a team to proceed any farther on ''the
new road to Jamaica.
After examining the debris we began
to count tn distance back and round
over a billy road, eighteen or twenty
miles. to get two, and then resolved TO
flight it out on this line'-''the new
road TO Jamaica" Houses were few
|
treat of mile and a half, we came TO a
house, but were told that the men-folks
were having far away ''oyer on the 9th
err place" and could not be called. Sc
we learned that shay time" in Jamaica
comes on the I'd day of September. The
GOOD woman of the house lent us an ak,
and back we went, to make our way
through, or rather over, the defiant OBJ
structioD.
On reaching the melancholy site,
we lust stripped off coat and vest, tai
hat and paper collar, and made all neces
sary preparations for a regular wood
choppers sweat After the lapse of al
. hour and half we began to sing
So this pathway smoothes,
Since first learned to love it,"
and the starch of our linen had gone
into our boots in less than half the time
We next gave our faithful steed an in
wife to make his way over mass o.
treetops, limbs and logs which he diC
I with q grace that would have don,
! credit to any of the genus Sciur1ts. Don
ming our broadcloth and stoyepipe W.
started on our way once more reJolcln;
in our triumphs on ''the new road t
Jamaica" Soon we met gentleman
and lady riding leisurely along; W
thought they would not go far befor
they would think they had lost thei
, way and suddenly come nigh unto Jer
: usalem on the road where Jesus rode o.
!, "a colt, the foal of an ass, an
7 (they) cut down branches from the tree
: and strewed them in the way" Pei
: haps we experienced moderate degre
: of holy indignation when we found tha
! the Jamaicaites knew of the obstructio
Z the day before and had done nothing te
u y wards removing it; yet we are yer
grateful for road which we are toll
. sscost the town two thousand dollars,
. and we are of the opinion that if the
? should lay out two thousand more on
: they would very much improve 18Th
new road to Jamaica. ToLEN.