Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-11-12
Unffequeated Mountains.

er, away from fsilroads, In avid and un-
cultivated locality, presenting most soli-
tary and deserted appearance. The wood
mans axe is seldom heard among its pri-
mevai forests, which seem to stand reserv-
ed for future generation Ia point oil
fact, more acres OF solid wilderness can he
overlooked from the summit OF Mo0adnock
than lroui any other mountain 10 the STATE
While this country abounis 10 forests, ct
there is u charm about it which gives The
visitor deep impression Of what our Tore
fathers had 10 endure when the whole OF
New England was howliug wilderness
such rs il presented from this lofty sum
init. ia .'' .9
Monadnock ia best reached from North
S,ratford in New Hampshire. or from
Brunswick in Vermont. the mountain be-
ing only four or five miles from the beauti-
full village of Colebrock. Ii is dark
lonely road to its summit, which is reached
BY passing through dense forests of largo
primeval growth. giving the visitor the
feeling that he has parsed beyo nd the limits
of civilization or even OF an inhabited
country and entered upon new llic OF soil
tude and des0laton.
Game of all the Northern varieties inhab-
its these wliierncsses. fro.L tie laughing
squirrel and timid rabbit to the bounding
deer and savage black bear No better
fishing grounds can be visited anywhere
Essex county abounds in lakes, ponds and
rivers, proiusely laden with trout oil the
largest and choicest kind.
Ny guide told me that he once lost his
way in the forest. aad after travelling all
day he came at evening upon small lake
or pond, and at point where brook
flowed into il he made barrlcede of sticks,
then got into the brook above and drove
the trout to the barricade. which. being
unable to pass. he threw them upon shore
with his hands, enough to supply his hun
ger and more than five bushels remaining
over As We reached the summit OF Monad-
mock and surveyed the country aronnd, We
were led to think that new England would
not suffer for the want of timber for the
present, if this region could be utilized,
More than 900 900 acres Of solid wilder
ness met our gaze. To the west. stretching
away as far as the eye could reach, was one
vast, silent forest. with here and there the
rocky summit of some mountain, rearing
his head above the trees, till the eye rest,
upon Mounts Pisgah and liJr, 40 miles
from US, with distant glimpse OF the
western Green Mountains. 30 miles away.
| Here Is q rare view on an autumn day
first, a thick evergreen forest OF spruce and
bemlock. covering thousands OF acres. with
here and there q silvery lake to break the
monotony then rolling hills of maple,
birch and beech, with their ieaves chang
ing from green to the various beautiful
autumnal tints, on magnificent scale, since
the vast range Of these forests cover IN
measured acres.
To the north Pa continuation Of thi-
forest scene through Northern Vermont
Maine, with hill towering above hill TIL the
rar-fading forests of the north. changing
from red 10 yellow, green fading into blue,
give the mind the impression OF tue ocean,
with its dark rolling pillows.
Here are the head waters of the Counec
ticut, with the MagsllowaY Mountains be-
yond ", now look beyond the confines Of
| New Hampshire upon the boGndless pine
forests in Maine This is most sublims
view, for il i here We see nature a. she le
| clothed in her giant kings OF the forests.
and never would the observer Imagine thas
/ thousands of millions o! feet OF Lumber had
already been taken from among their tx
| haustless acres. On and On do We extend
our visual powers. till low in the north
! eastern horizon are seen the fading outlines
of Mount Katahdln
We follow the Connecticut river along 20
the south till the White Mountain area il
reached. From Monadnock good under
| standing OF the White Mountain area is
obtained We see these mountains not a.
n range but AS Independent peaks, uras one
vast mass Of mountains Tl>Iug one above
another, piling mass upon mas, rock upon
rock, O,ya upon Peli0u, eliminating in
that most sabine OF all. Mount Washing
ton. Around Monadnock are some inter
esting freaks Of nature. among which l.
cave not yet fully explored also cold springs
and ice wells, and not the least interesting
are the rural inhabitants who live chiefly
by their industry IN agricultural pursuits
and numbering IL was IN one OF these
towns Of only ten inhabitants that Rep
resentative was sent TO the Vermont Legs :
lature, whose seat was contested because I
he could neither read nor write and did not !
know who The Governor of tbs State was
at the time. lie j. said to have made most /
original speech on the OCCASION, pIctGrIng I
in most vivid cOlors how disappointed his /
constituents woeld be it he was not allow /
ed TO remain AMI transact the necessary !
business of his important town. Rarely !
does the pleasure seeker visit this rural To- /
cality. but it is an experience well worth 1
the labor TO visit NermOnt's M,nadnock. [
Apropos Of the recent appearance, in Paris,
of the book narrating the circumstances of
Nine. Blacklord's adventure with the Rus
sian Grand Duke and the stealing If hi
mothers diamonds, Grace Greenwood WHITES
from Paris that the book is having an
enormous sale, and has already been trans
lated INTO several languages. This strange
anomaly, an American girl Of Puritan and
rght-reyerend New Englsnl stock becoming
the heroine of a shameful romance in high
life, the queen Of court scandal-this Yankee
Lola Montez may be seen almost any bright
day driving in the Bots de B0ulosne. in n
costly barouche bearing on its panels her
monogram. made by the Duke himself, with
a motto chosen by him in unconscious satire,
&" .Je prends tout''-and drawn bv four blnck
horses driven in the Russian style. So she
dashes along gorgecusly attired, smiling and
high-priesteSs of vice
passing perhaps moderate carriage, drawn |
by two brown bays. in which are seated the
President of the Republic and his wife, with
nothing in dress or manner to distinguish
them except n certain quiet elegance, some
thing almost as rare here as it is in Central {
Park In the Bots, one sees fow ic monde,
to say nothing of the demi-m0nde. There ,
one may see Adelina Patti, as pretty and {
piquant and pensive as ever, and Adelaide
Nelson radianty handsome. In an opcn i
carriage drawn by pair of superb grays, 5
sat Judic. Nine. l. 'Archidne. of the B0uhfes n
parisiens and in an elegant brougham, 7
dressed all in white, after her invariable d
ashton, famous blonde beauty. who finds +
10 grace in the feminine eyes of the great t
world, but who queens il over that brilliant, !
lark, gay, sad ,halEword, so alluring and 50 Il
ragic, with foreground of light and rev h
Try, and background OF weird, spectral
hadows, hurrying night and swift forgetful t
iess. r
President Grants speech at Des MOines u
continues to receive very favorable mention II
rom the English press. The London Hour n
avs: - President Grant has grown cnbit n
n stature since he has ranged himself along .,
ide the German Emperor, the King of Italy. 9,
he Gar of Russia. and the late Premier of a
England. in defense Of tie liberty Of the ir
lind against the ignorance. superstition a,
nd ambition which aSsail it in the educa- 81
ion and trimming Of youth Tbi- battle il II
ever ended. 1t is the eternal struggle OF p;
ght with darkness, of good with evil: it Is .;
ne strife of -Oromosdes with Ariemsnois nj
ut we may hope that in the end light will n
reyail, and the blessing of free thought, /,
ee speech. free press, free schools, and IN hs
ttered religious sentiments will not Gully 50
ervade the United States, but the whole q,
orld, and that no merely human being of
lall be so great, and no nation Of people he
debased US to choke up the fountains OF =,
lowledge with ignorance aud sapersti- III
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