Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-09-23

10 W W tfif carry AUTUMN luhihNs Nf'h wv
sonbre green of the firs ard the neutral gray
of the immense fortresses q rock is relieved Z
bv the occasional flame colorings of the.
rpcniug leaves. These patches Of high !
color exchanging the rocks. or startling the
vision with their bright contrast to the pre-
yailiug hue Of the vast forests. lend a pc
culiar cnchmment 20 scene always i'm
prssiye and sublime. Nothing pleases the
eye So much rs brilliant contrasts of color,
aud we got these at the White Mountains
early in September only.
II is hardly necessary 30 make compari-
SONS between things essentially different 1t
is diaicult to compare Washington with Mt.
Blanc, or the switzerlmd Of New Hampshire
with the Obrlaud 81 ll,lyeta The regions
are widely unlike and each one has grateful
charms of IL own. II is needlul TO see both
in orlerto complete ones education. Neither
suggests the other There are things among .
the Abs that the White Mountains do not /
have. Tho overwhelming sense oi distance, .
and vet of nea1wss too, "a one looks up |
from the vale Of Chmouni to the summit of /
Mt. Blanc. IS not felt To- the survey OF NJ |
Washington. There are mo- glaciers Of etel |
nal snow and ice filled with yawning pcfils |
to the needles traveller in the New England |
mountains. There are no solitary needles |
or spires of rock: huge. tapering monolithes |
rising thousands of feet into the clouds and
sly. ont of wastes of snow and rock These
THINGS hclonr To the AIps.
pdyet the White hills have popularity
and n per.onalitv of their OWN. They meet
and satisfy "a distinct class of sentiments.
They give more that is pleasing and les.
O,at ia awful They arr, mot 200 sublime but
are more bautinl. The, have curiosites
that arc equal and some of them superior 10
ANYTHING In the rerion of the Aims The
echo of faute1,runcn +. mo- better than the
a.bo off nie lake of Frauconia Notch. The
pfo6le of fine ola Man of the Mountain
lool mg ont from the soutbern extremity of
NJ Cannon ov.r tb, desolate reoicn of
,.,,,int.ins and -o,,,.s with H.. cleu-.pt
AND o,r,,...t ,..,,yes.ion. as if al,opt h, shout
from, his loft, e,ris tn tbe wind. and .torp.
nv call to t,c jewellers in iho valley helo,y is
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cliff three thousand feet above the observer
formed out Of the huge rocks Of the noun
tain, with am expression SO intense and fea-
lures 50 marked, That once seen it can no
more be forgotten than Moses could forget
the vision Of jehovah when he saw him on
Mt. Sinai, ID is one Of those creations of
God, like Niagara, or MI. Blanc, like the
Nor d. Glaze, or the canns of Colorado,
that stand without any peer of their own
among all the objects OF the material uni
verse. Ii is a faee, so perfect in it's chsal-
ing. so royal in it's features, so intent in it,
gaze. 40 Suggestive OF mighty speech that
seems about to leap from the open lips. so
calm in It's eternal altitude, beaten by the
storms of centuries. that one looks on it en-
tranced and spell-bound. in the whole
rance Unnatural scenery we have seen nothing