The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-18
TEE SUMMER RESORTS OF WEE
MONE.
Manchester.

Manchester
The valley Of the Battenkill has been
Justly denominated the Switzerland of
America. No part of the state affords
such grand panorama Of views, and no
part has been more abUndantly blessed
with natural attractions than has this;
and as the heated term is fast approaching,
when the denzens of the hot and sultly
cities are beginning to ask "Where shall
we go?' no better time can be found to
show forth the beauties of our own state
than the present and no portion of it is
better supplied with all the necessary at
fractions for summer resort than the de-
lightful valley Of southwestern Vermont
and at the head of the towns in that valley
which have gained reputation second to
none as summer resorts is the town and
village of Manchester, now known
throughout the whole of the United States,
the fame of which has been mostly extend
ed in connection with the
EQUINOX HOUSE,
and we can safely say that 10 house in
Vermont has broader or better reputa-
ton than it.
TIE VILLAGE
was chartered in 11G1, and no town in the
state has more historic name than this.
Here, in the time of the Revolution the
of ut fire
it was that Gen. Stark with eight hundred
men Joined the Vermont troops just before
the battle of Bennington, who by their
timely arrival gained the battle on that de-
cisve day and here is located an insttu-
ton of learning. the scholars, from which
have settled in every part and section of
our country, and the town OF Manchester is
no less renowned throughout our country
by the name of Burr and Burton seminary
than it is as a summer resort The village
is DELIGHTFULLY."- situated at the base of
Mount Equinox, on plateau of land that
seems to have been designed especially for
this purpose. 1t is 200 feet above the level
of the Harlem Extension railroad (Which
passes close to iD and surrounded on all
sides by high mountains, which at this
season of the year are clothed in green,
and on which the eye never tires of gazing.
Approaching it from the depot, two prin-
cipal features never fail to attract the eye
of the stranger, or even the eye of those
who have frequently visited 1.-THE long
Ia 4l,n Of, Ia
and elm trees that line its sidewalks, which
are paved with white marble, the dwellings
set back little distance from the street,
the dwellings being well supplied with
flower beds, fruit trees, &C., all COM
bine to make the streets the most de-
lightful promenade conceivable. Here
that great nuisance to a mortal seeking
rest and quiet is almost unknown dust
and the place is admirably suited for what
it is intended, a summer resort in which
the person who seeks its shade can have
what he DESIRES and where he can pu
business and city attractions aside
home, with quiet and pleasure in album
dance,
THE ATTRACTIONS.
The surrounding and natural attractions
are many and varied The scenery in thu
immediate vicinity is very beautiful, anC
no one looks in either direction withou
almost exclaiming, "Sweet fields arraye,
in living green. at the head OF which W
would name
MOUNT EQUINOX,
from whose summit grand and eXtensiv
view is enjoyed Its base is Just in tn
rear Of the Mount Equinox house, aboy
which it rises 2,017 feet-3,Sl3 feet abov
tide water-and 1t is the highest point i
the Equinox range, Standing on its sum
nit and looking to the southeast beaut
full view of the valley, stretching south a
far as the eye can see, is obtained. Gray
lock and Stratton mountains are plainl
seen. Looking TO the cast, and on whic
the clouds seem to rest are seen the Grea
Monadnock and Ascuiney peak, while
the northwest grand old Killington tower
high into the clouds and far beyond th;
the SUBMITS of Kearsarge and Franconi
mountains are easily dscerned. AT III
southwest, rising high in their grandeur
the celebrated Catskills meet Oureye, Will
far in the western horizon the Sacandoy
and other mountains meet our gaze, and
the day be clear, as it was when we vislte
it, nesting among the hills we see til
clear waters of Lake George, and below
we can trace for miles the glistenlng watel
of Lake Champlain, and to the south of
the town of Saratoga is easily dscerned
Just at the foot of the mountain an
about half mile southwest of the Equ
nox house are the trout ponds, two
number. They are not natural but arlil
cial sheets of water, the approach to whc
is one of the pleasantest of the many iir
walks which abound in and around Il
village. They were constructed by IL
Equinox company, and are fed by thrt
nurp maintain brooks i'm which the trOl