Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-08-15
SANDWICH CENTRE. N. H., !
Anv. 4 1874

your paper bearing date of Aug. /,
and containing the lines "Among
the Mountains found it's way up
among the mountains of Sandwich
and came into the hands of one of
your former readers. While it was
being read the thought occurred to
me that few stray thoughts from
among those mountains concerning
Sandwich and it's scenery would not
prove embarrassing to your readers
in the Connecticut Valley, Hence
this epistle.
Sandwich is q back country town,
being distant from Meredith, the
nearest point on tho b. G. y NJ. II.
r., about fourteen miles, and from
Centre Harbor, the nearest steam
boat landing, about nine miles. II
is accessible only by the slow pro-
cess of staging. The old lumber,
ing stage coach of by gone days is
here u modern institution. There
are auiiy Stages to this pace from
Centre HarbOr during Lake travel,
and from Meredith the rest of the
year; also from w. Ossipee the
nearest station on the Great Falls 4
Conway II. r. Southern mails and
passengers reach here in one day,
those from the North in two days.
But though so remote from "the
busy haunts Of men," and subject
at times to great Inconvenience,
our loss is made up by the lavish
manner in which Nature has sur
rounded us with her charms of lake
and mountain. 10 reach Sandwich
in summer time, from the north,
south and west involves ride of
across "our" lake Winnepesauke;
but an hours sail Oh the beautiful
"Smile of the Great Spirit" among
the hills, with the Lady of the Lake
as graceful escort, is not very Sc.
rious infliction, let me assure you
If any one is inclined to doubt my
words, he had better come and see.
The town of Sandwich lies in a
sort of natural basin, surrounded
by hills and noted for it's scenery.
A gentleman who has been ground
the world" and seen the many at
fractions Of our globe, has been
here (and is spending his summers
in the place,) and he has said that
''for beautiful mountain scenery
Sandwich cannot be beaten" A
few weeks since, when June was at
her very brightest, the writer of
these lines spent day at a farm
house which stands on a high ridge
of land overlooking large portion
of the town. The view from that
point was past description, but one
to be remembered a life time. Be-
low and all around us lay the town
like beautiful panorama "dressed
in living green )" while the HORIZON
was completely begirded by "the
everlasting hills shutting us in on
every side. 10 the north and SEEM
ingly almost touching us with his
shadow stood rugged old Whiteface,
to us the most marked and grand of
the Sandwich mountains. A little
farther east and more distant rose
Chocorua (ko-kor-u.a, or kor-u-a for
SHORTY in Albany. 10 appreciate the
beauty of this mountain one needs
see it OH all sides and that requires
the tour Of Carroll county.
East of us and almost within our
reach old OSSipee, massive and sub.
lime, lay stretched along the Aori,
zon for miles, while to the northeast
in the distance we caught a glimpse
of the town of Fyeburg, Me-, with
the intervening country and the
mountains beyond. Southeast we
saw the mountains of Belknap be-
yond the Lake. Red Hill, famed,
rose against the southern sky, and
on the west we were walled in by
Israels and other Sandwich noun
tains whose names have not yet, as
we know, been immortalized in verse
or story,
Multitude of thoughts and emo
tions crowded our minds while our
eyes were being filled with the Wis
ion before us; and we could not
help remembering as we looked
"through nature up to natures Cod"
that, though we were not jewellers
in Jerusalem, the mountains were
round about us like as
they are about the dolly City, and
that we, as were Gods ancient peO-
pie, were the objects of our Fathers
love and care. But this was only
one of q IN attitudes of splendid
views of mountain, hill and dale
To picture all would require many
letters and ADLER pens.
Our town is quite resort for sum-
mer bOarders, though not so many
are here as in some former years.
For variety of scenery and enjoy
ment we think people from the city |
might Ego farther and fare worse"
We have only space to add that
the time of the lake camp meeting
At the Weirs, Aug. II, has tens on.
We hope to see large number of
your New Hampshire readers there
and if the Editor himself should be
disposed to come with us to worship
The God of the forest temple, we
will try and do him good.
SANDWICH.