Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-07-15
For the Watchman.
The Fourth of July.

ton than the one just passed One Wou''
need to be omn'present 20 give anything IiK'
iu'l account oi the events oil inc day' pu'
some special points oi interest were notice
able to ALL aud Will doubtless long be re
memoered py those who enjoyed 'no lem
pofahce Ilcnlc at "ro'on' Inc c'o"u o'
people at the depot convinced inc mos'
SAepuca' observer lnat 'uo 'Aou'''O" was
gong 10 DO success Il a cap''a' ''uo was
tne o'i'ot sought-ior all iaoos gave e''
uonco oi disposition 70 get a'' 'uo lun ou'
Oh 'no OCCASION po'sl''o' ana any one "n'
mas ever Ooo" TO a picnic Knows 'nA' 'uuu1 :.
'a'us' seem d '''uo moro iu"ny' anu iuu'
orou' '0'og' a "'''o more numerous '"''o
'nan anywhere o''e' "o arc i''''1c1 ''
'n'nA 'ne'o was a ''''''. l0'n,''n'n' az 'n'
start oi the saying "loe 'aS' snal D'
hrs'' 'or 'noso VINO oou'u nO' go' So4's il
inc passenger cars ana were oD'goa 70 o'
cupy lno open ones o'luoh'y 'uougu' 'nol
naa inc O's' o' IT, lne ar was 50 cool
every 'nlng iooheu 30 uei'gnuul'y green an'
lt''o' anu 'ue prospect was 30 '"'n'n'."s
lna, II was .No Journey 'utOusn 'A''y
'anu' except 'or 'u' very unfair '''S' "P
Pclfau'o o' 'no p'op0 ga'"0l'u 'Oou' u
''o US p'.'' O"o '4'@'' '''' y, ~" .'4' %
'.'''l US IRON 'n' ''o',''1 TO ,'o ''l'vu'ou'
WIN a somewhat SUCTION ana D'",'s''Ds
transition i'oso VINO were On inc rcal
platform car as 'oo 'fa'n leu W ''erOu,y
ga p'r'ou'ou d uo''' ss"'a,'O" uu''Us 'n'
suor' uls''uco ifoul '"' u"'''ou uP -
'pon' n'pe'''r' o' starting on 'u'o 'u' "o'''
Oh 'uor own Iespon.'O''''J' IL was ,@'
running away rom 'nc engine anu go'ne
OH INTO 'ha' lo'c'y "orlu py themselves
Dl' 'ney gave j, up - 'n'y r'a'ueu mont
pcler' ana Vonc'uloa 70 Keep on WIN '"'
oA'u's 's'o'''''' 1uu '''o,e ", "'''',' a.
''O'Ou' "oio il''' s'''''''' VI 'u' "' ''''
"se' u ''s'H ''' DuJ o'uoi u'o'''o Po"''
p"i ''u'l, , on d." "p -"' " vas
s'gu' 'u' o' -'Ho ''''" Oio"'V'
"''u peop,'' "aAius l's way up 'u'O 'n'
n'''' % '"' "''u'' '''''' "u''' II ''''N'' "
sometimes o. '' 'n' eus'us was ol'''"g i''
own way as i' went WIN surroundings WIG
aDa picturesque Ia 'n' extreme
N."ou'Ds 'ueF '"'o o' ues''l'',o" /"
'eug'o' 'no mu'u'ulo proco'ueu 10 u'scuS'
the contents oi Their immense baskets y
course inc o'nn'r was very gay ana IN
''fmal ana not oy a'y means Tue 'ea.' IN
'ere7'''s feature oi inc oe'ls,o"' A''el
wh'en came speeches OF Wh'ch ie' some re
porter VINO N'4l1 'A'm speak more a.
'oug'n' Inc attention OF part ol 'n'
crowd A' ieas'' seeuleu 70 oe more attracted
oy a very anectiohate iooAing couple neal
the speaker d stand more occupied VIII
eacn olner aua III eating peanuts tnai
listening to speeches or observing the crowd
An artist would have lmmor'ailzed himsel
II he could have caught the expression o
the ladys lace, and 1t wore the same ex
preston long enough so that he would hay'
had no dIihcnlty IN catching 1t. 1t wa
one oil the lndicrous developments oil human
nature that, once seem can never be Tor
gotten and that the spectators VIII laugl
over ior many day
At length the ud' began to set toward ih'
mountain ana nothing aauntea py the dis
coupgng reports OF the distance gwen by th'
returning parties, they pressed on, up th'
rough and steep path 'llI at the summit thel
paused out OF breath and exhausted to res
and gaze upon the une view spread out be
fore their admirlng eyes one unaPpreci
atiye observer thought 1t nothing worti
seeing because there were no houses EYi
IDENTIFY his taste ior the romantic an'
sublime IN nature had not been cultivated
Those who had an eye ior une scenery lei
amply repaid ior an trouble III ascending
The mountains IN the distance on every
side; the unbroken forest lar beneath, ex
tending ior miles Ike level iloor' carpete'
with yerduro; the ponds looking IN thel
slIyery loveliness as II nothing but the mool
and stars had ever pceh mirrored IN thel
clear dep'hs' SO lar removed were thel
from inc hauhls OF men, Ihey seeme'
sacred to the quiet and repose OF nature
and to have known nothing oil the Turmoil
and strife oil humanity The WILDERNESS
must have been astonlshed at the invasion
oi su'h merry party oi three or iour thou
Sand' ana can haIdly nave got over It's sur
prise yet but since the iron horse ha
iound It's way through that once traekles
iorest' Its privacy Is sacred no longer an'
egg'shells' and various other unpoetlca
fragments oil tho least remain TO SNOW
where we held our picnic on the Fourth o
july 18Th
Inc descent was rather more rapid, bu
not much easier, than climbing up; an,
after the crowd had duly honored the Col,
snringn with call we vera ro,dy far y,
l, - - >.
'o''in' Dy 'u0 ""y' VIC I'd" qu''e uis