The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-10


and supposed that we were In Vermont.
On inquiiibg, the supposition was found to
be correct The country houses are seldom
painted.
Att Ben ington we shipped our tents,
wishing to tighten our packs, and finding a
covered barn more comfortable than the
hard ground
Thursday morning we made twelve miles
and got into Manchester. This is the pref
tiest place we have passed through. 1t is
at the foot [ Mt. Equinox, the highest
peak south of Rutland. What sets off
Manchester is its marble pavement 1t
can also boast of q handsome cemetery
that contains many monuments. No mat
ter how poor a man is hercabouts, he is
sure of monument. All he has to do is
to climb the mountain and pull out piece
of marble.
After hearty dinner we undertook to
ascend Equinox. A French Canadian who
lives in little house on the summit went
with us. We struck up the steepest side of
mountain, thinking We were taking the
shortest road there AT one time we
thought we had reached the summit, but
soon found that we had only assembled a
spur of the mountain, and that the summit
was far above us. The rest of the climb
was very arduous. In places the timber
was rotten, the ground wet and covered
with moss. Toward the top the rocks were
almost perpendicular, and we had to
climb them as we would tree, with
hands and knees. The old Canadian said
he had never had 30 hard climb before.
We would never catch him up that way
again. lie would follow his own nose
He was character a regular "Rip."
When near the top he gave an Indian
whoop, which was answered from above.
The exultation with which he heard this,
and the expression which accompanied his
exclamation, "My boy" would have done
jefferson himself good At last we reached
the little log hut. Old Peter showed lis in
and gave us glass of cider.
The view was grand, north, south, east
and west, for miles and miles from the
Catskills and the Berkshire hills to the re-
mote mountains of the north, from Monad-
mock to the Adirondacks, taking in at in
tervals the Hudson, Lake George and Lake
Champlain. No one should come near
Manchester without ascending Equinox.
1t need not be assembled as we assembled it,
for there is good carriage road to the
summit We came down by this road and
by paths, not daring to descend the way
we came up.
Friday we went up Mt. Eolus-called
Eloius by the natives-rcmarkable for the
number of its marble quarries, there being
four on the east side alone, and as many
more on the west side. To one of these
| quarries is railroad, the cars on which are
run entirely by force of gravity. A loaded
car coming down pulls up an empty car.
Any one can ride up in the empty car.
The road is mile long, and in that mile
rises 1858 feet. There is also large aye
on the east side of this mountain. We
went into it n distance OF 140 feet, and got
so mixed up with the jagged rocks, and
so muddy from the narrow passages that
led into some inner chambers, that we
turned back, having little regard for the
only clothes we had with us. From O
ledge of rocks below the cave fine view
of the valley to the south can be had. II
is quite remarkable that the mountains on
one side of the valley are Of marble and
soft limestone, while the mountains OH the
other eide are of the hardest flint.
Friday night we took lodgings in a barn
near East Dorset, on the side of a noun
tain, and have taken meals in the house.
Yesterday we went trouting Oh the
mountain. In the first place we had to &C
up rough path some two miles to an ole
farmhouse ON the summit. This house
and the buildings connected with it hat
been built on venture by Boston man
| for the purpose of raising cattle anC
boarding the woodmen. He also erected 6
large mill at the foot of the mountain. Fol
while everything went smoothly, but
now the old mill is in ruins, and the farm
house has really boon eaten by hedgehogs
From the farmhouse we were to strike
through the woods to the East Branch, a.
the brook was called. A year ago two OF
our party spent all day in finding itHanc
could do but little fishing. The little they
did was successful. They told the vii
layers the way to the brook. This time W.
found well-beaten path to the brook, ant
at the brook met five fishermen trampinl
down the stream.
1t is needless to say that the fishing wa
unsuccessful. Two of our party did no
put in their lines. The other three wen
down the brook and managed to catcl
enough to keep up the excitement and TO
breakfast this morning. There is mani'
for fishing this year, and every stream
hereabouts has been fished. There are fou
or five professional fishers about this vii
lagc at work every day including Sunday
The poor little trout have to suffer.
Having climbed three tall mountains Of
three successive days, and having walked
since we started, one week ago yesterday
we appreciated the day of rest we had, ant
are ready for another hundred miles tn
present week. We are not yet tired o
being tramps-HopJM IN Boston Trans
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