Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-11-07
IoTTINes RY TIE WAY.

Leaving CaaFlestoRn, N. d. by the II
.. m. train 1 vas soon in clarmont, N. H.,
where 1 spens the Sabbath. The village
Is situated on an eleYation in an almost
circular valley, With high, wooded hills,
or mountains in the baokground-Mt
Ascutney far of to the northwest. There
are many pretty residences, three cotton
and woolen mills, and four churches
population 1900. In the fine park stands
q Soldiers granite pedestal
and full size bronze statue of a o. s. sol
dier in full uniform-at rest. Attended
Rev. Rodgers Cong church and Sabbath
school. The school was not large one,
vet it was finely conducted and full of in
terest-each one seeming fully impressed
with its great importance as an ally Of the
church. Mr.. Roders was formerly
teacher in the Brownen St. School, Cleve-
land. His th eme in the morning was
"God's Word-the Source of Spiritual
Life,n which he treated in most COM
prehensiYe and instructive manner, bring
ing out prominently and elaborately this
point-viz.: q necessity of a more thor
Ough study of the Word by all the men,
beEs of the church, especially in connec-
ton with the g. s., and the urgent de-
mand for the more earnest work and CO.
operation of all the lay elements of the
church. The evening service was more
extended view of the same subject, by
both pastor and members
Next in order comes Windsor, VIA
lovely place-population 1900. The Yer
mont State prison is located here, the
sYeFmont Journal" Office also. To the
g. W. rises Mt. IAscutney, $500 feet
grand and beautiful. with forests to the
top. Here is the summer residence of
Mr.. Etoughton, the most eminent Of pat
ent right lawyers IN the country, living
in New York city. Once, he was an Office
errand boy. A little to the northwArd of
his home, stands the plain, two-storied
house of Hon VIM. NJ. Evarts he owns
q large and excellent farm just north of
the village, on whose pastures noticed
ine herd of cattle-blooded stock. Four
teen miles west is White River junction,
great railroad centre. Here is one of
"BHrron Bros" hotels-proprietors of
Twin Mountain House" and Crawford
House." White Mountains. From this
point took q livery to Woodstock, Vt,
- miles distant town noted for being
the birthplace gilmore eminent, Or promi-
nent men than almost any other-especl-
ally within a radius Of ten miles Here
Hiram Powers, the eminent American
sculptor, was born Hon. Geo. P Marsh,
one Of the most noted of our foreign EN-
bassadors, or Diplomats, here first saw
the light also Judge Collamer, Gov. Pc
ter Washburn and the present incumbent,
Gov. Converse. Roswell Marsh, an emil
nent lawyer of steubenYiIle, O., Judge |
Jasper Strong, Rush Hawkins of "Zouave"
notoriety during the war, and AlYan Ad-
ams-Those fame Is oo-extensiVe with
the worlds limits-"Adam's Express"
He has now the finest residence in the
suburbs OF Boston.
We passed the first old church, and the
first minister's house; also the house
where Geo. 81. Bissel-the discoyerer of
petroleum-was born and lived until the
discovery. Midway between the Junction
and Woodstock. stands Quechee, on
ouechee River, a manufacturing place,
cotton and wOOlen goods, etc. II can
boast OF the highest railroad bridge in the
State, over the river. which here flows
through very narrow, rocky and Ea.rf,1
gorge Of rapid descent. For ali ,boso
items, and many more Of interest ~
indebted to Mr.. Barron, who accompanisd
me, and. as this has alwsys been his
bone, be was. thoroughly posted, A
more courteous, ,affable and agreeable gen.
teman is rarely found; a model landlord
every ready to communicate any in
formation voluntarily, or anticipate the
wants and wishes of his guests. A pleas.
anter trip-one combining so much inter.
esting information in the history of the
country with the natural beauty of the
route, it has seldom been my lot to eniov