Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-01

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stone pavements, croNded with negroes
colored children ganboled on the flags
6 lored Mammals smoked pipes in the doc
ways Of shops. where colored fathers sol
apples, beer and whisky eo!ored damsel'
with baskets of clean linen in their stou
arms, joked with colored boatmen fror
the caual /; colored draymeu cursed an
pounded their mu'es as they hurried dow
the hills; and colored laborers gu III,
streets envelope6 one in a cloud Of sufo
eating dust as he FASTENED by. Towards
the water sloped other streets filled viii
roomy tobacco warehouses, and with row
Of unpainted dwellings half way up the
hill a broad and well-built avenue crossed
at right angles. and there, at last, one So "
white people, and the ordinary sights of a
city. The plaintive sound of a horn was
heard above the hustle of traffic; it was in
the hands Of a negro. summoning tobacco
buyers to an auction. Entering The ware
house, one SOW hogsLeads of the popular
herb opened and inspected. and hear the
familiar jargon Of the auctioncer.
Turning once more towards the ascent
Of the hill, | came INTO an opeu-air mar
ket, which, for picturesqueness. WED with
any in ltaly or Spain. On The curbing OF
the sidewalk, and even ou the stones in
The middle of the square, dozens Of negro
women were seated before baskets COLI
ia ning vegetables, or various goods oftriv.
i'll description. One venerable matrOn,
weighing, perhaps. two hundred pounds,
had her profuse chignon overIopped by IA
dllapidated beaver, and was smoking u
clay pipe. Many young women were
ard nicely dressed. and had
folded back the huge aal of their starched
sun-bonnets, SO that they seemed to imi-
late the head-dresses Of the Italian maid.
ems at Sorrento and hosts of colored buy
1rs, market.baskets in hand, lowered from
one seller TO another, talking in high.
voices, and in a dialect which
Northern ear, found difficult to understand.
leaving the market, aud yet ascending,
anne TO another broad street, lined with
comfortable dwellings, and, looking up
vas, still ia: above The. the "court-house,
90 the topmost point. ,
ROM THE SUMMIT OF THE PEAKS OF OTTER.
jagged and irregular masses Of rock ;
rejected over a tremendous akys, INTO i,
mich we hardly dared to look. A strong ;
lind blew steadily across the height. We -,
1uId not help faneying that some Of the =,
asses OF s'one. apparently so lightly sus. +,
might fall aud crush US. Under 8
lc great dome Of the translucent sky sc =,
God trembling, shut off from the lower
ord, aud poised on a narrow pinnacle, b
ON which We might at any momeut. BY :,
unwary step. be hurled down. An oil :,
one cabin, which hal once Sc. we'd as the -,
lging Tor such adventurous persons as !,
to see sunrise from the peak, but =,
nlch bad been partially destroy cd dur =,
: the war, was rerched on Que of the .
rners OF the mighty crag FROM it u -,
board was laid to II sharp corner ,
The nppe'mos. cliff, and up hat We ~
IambIed. Then making our way on to 90
'opmost stole, so delicately balanced -,
1t sometimes sways and troubles in :,
} wind, We gazed down on the valley of -,
rglnla. LII front of us, looking over =,
tile Bedford County, it seemed IL gar. -,
n ; from point TO point cleaned the IL
res and roofs Of Villages mountains Of IL
cry imaginable shape rose on all sides; -,
! the forests at the edges Of the gai s .,
the Blue Ridge seemed delicatest firm. 49,
Of purple. We could trace the mas. ,
and curvlng ranges Of the Alleghanies, ~
the ru~dely-guIlied sides Of the nearest 10
ks. The reddish soil, showing Up II.
under the bright sun, produced a I'll,
sical effect. Nowhere were the ada c.,
i peaks, however, 80 neal US to lessen h.,
sublime Illusion of seeming suspension no,
nid-air. produced by our climb to the 20,
hest Of the peaks. The cabins alour J.,
roads below looked like black dots H.;
men at work in tho fields like ants. l.,
the rocky throne one Seemed to n.
e the whole map of Virginia spread be
before MIN; aud the back bone Of the oa,
appeared but as a toy. which o,a
might stride over, or displace at will. rim
. AT THE spi ING .,.;
he routine at all the springs is much ure
The hotel is usually a roomy tha
ding surrounded by porches or yer. 9th
and stands in tho middle OF q green nal
dotted with the white oak or some |
7 of the superb trees aboundiug il the thu,
ylnia mountains. In the bote the ball in {
dibing-rooms and the general recep. If h
parlor are grouped while IN the at a
u neat'y.palnted, onc-stofy cottages,
ed in rows. eqni.distant from the no NJ,