Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-29
The Grand Excursion.

4 nv N'e
"a ride on Friday next promises to be
@&ry enjoyable affair.
Sabbath school numbering l25 to
scholars all seem to be preparing to
DIVISIONS, ha ling been made for a free
for every member of the school.
addition to the school, We learn that
OF our citizens who desire to en-
&c this Sabbath school enterprise.
Dse TO join the Excursion. Coz. Fair.
10 a letter to the superintendent
-"lt would afford me great pleas
% have all your party visit my con-
Tory and green houses, also our
ec1Ie ~factory.-the A'heuHum and Art
Gallery will be open"
we think those who have never enjoyed
{ ride over our new rail road Or visited
81. J5hnsbury, and wish to see the town
and such objects as are especially interest
ing to strangers, will find this opportunity,
10 many respects, one that can rarely be
enjoyed,
sfhc Rail Road Company run an ex-
cur~ion train especially to accommodate
lbi6 party, leaving Hyde Park al $50, A
"a arriving home at about 6 80, P. NJ.
1}v<g all an opportunity to attend to their
666[Ss before starting aud also ample time
ID Qttend to them after arriving home.
The Rail Road Company advertiscs to
c1rFy for fare one way, making the cost
3 d round trip to St. Johnsbury aud re-
turn only 81. 10 for adults and Sl,05 for
zen.
] hope there may be Il general turn
~ nd that our people will show that
fh11 sanction and approve OF every effort
p6x{or,h to enlarge our Sabbath Schools
n1d bake hem interesting and attractive
fIEMs OF INTEREST IN ST. J0HNsBuRY.
Slpce our people contemplate IN cxcur.
eioo 10 ST. Johnsbury, May FIST, we pre-.
ouaie it may be interesting to name some
oftkc principal objects Of interest in that
very interesting town
Frst, let u, speak of,he Athcnaum and
Alf Gallery. decided to the town by Hoa.
N..l.i T.. Al. .-. 49,. -
laf. but costing, as is estimated, Sl50, 900
This building contains a free reading
room. a library of from 1000 to 10000
vo!umes. practically free to all the inhab-
itanly Of that town, and an art gallery con-
tainiOg some of the finest paintings to be
found IN the United States. noticeable
among which, is Bierdsradt's celebrated
Ilon'es Of the Yosemite costing orig,
jndf3y $50. 600 md said to be one Of the
most Striking pictures extant.
fhssihg down Main Street from the
8lIe &C um we not &c on our left the ST.
S<lt sbury Academy, built by Thaddens
backs, Esq, at aa expense Of over
ef9B. 900.
"a rning down Western Avenue we pass
4ho4 ile residence, deer park. fish ponds
md conscrvatorles Of Hon. Horace Fair
hunks. His greenhouses certain, at this
season OF the year, ripe Strawberries,
lemons, oranges, peaches etc., besides a
choice selection Of the flowers Of all coun-
(Fi01. A little farther on We come to the
<6dence Of ThaIdeus Fairbanks. ESQ,
e4l<yunded by park-likc grounds. Still
4her down are the extensive scale
N61<s, where the celebrated Fairbanks
~ Ios " familiar as household words in
&x<ty civilized land aud cline Of the
are all manufactured, employing
DIM as many as six hundred men. Pass
l91 &be Scale Works and turning to the
right up West Street, Oh an eininence
<oup andi@g a SPLENDID view ofSt- Johns
buy. stands the elegant residence OF Col.
Franz liz Fairbanks, SAID to be. without
nv Exception, the finest in our State, it
81 New England
he stunt IA of the low2 itself is verv
presfue-lylns as it does, partly upon
b table and partly upon the slopes
be same aud in the ~valljes OF the
per. Moose aud Passumsic Rivers
being surrounded on oil sides by high
1. A ride over our new Rail Road
b visit to this thoroughly wide awake
is well worth the time and expense
trip by our people. and we shall be
trised if many do not take advantage
be present favorable opportunity to
BUR eastern neighbors and the many
let's of interest which the trip and
AFFORD
EMpERANCE.-ASornEh NJ gETING.-On