Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-06-30
EdiiOrs' and Publishers Association.



Thursday and Friday last, Owing to u
illness Of Col II. D. Hopkins, who has fc
several years served admirably as Core
pondmg Secretary. Tie arrangements wcr
less complete and the notice shorter thar
usual. nevertheless the counties of Calcdo
mia, Chittendcn Iamoille, Rutland, Wash
iugton, Wndham, and Windsor wore repro
scented by gentlemen Of the press, and mos
OF them were accompanied 10y ladies
The party was therefore a very pleasant
one, large enough for comfort. and not s.,
large that every member Of IL could not
make the acquaintance Of all the others. Il
was emincntly social therefore, and every
way agreeable.
Most Of the party met ON Thursday morn
ing at Waterbury, which may Doe fifty styled
% porch to The mouutainhouso. Hero is 70
large hotel where visitors. weary from o.
long journey hyrml can rest If they ohoosoi
and here. also, is one OF the large livery es-
Establishments OF Bruce * ladd, furnished
with excellent horses, coaches, and other
carriages, amply sufficient to meet an de-
manls for transportation to Stowe and else
whore. We found coaches in readiness, and
were promptly ON the road, after the style
of The stoeAt. coaches, and drivers, so emf
neutly famous in the palmy days of Mahlon
Cotren
AZ Waterbury Centre there was q brief
stop for water flowers for the ladies' and
glance ut the notable institution Of this little
village TO wit Green Mountain Seminary,
established by the Froewil Baptists Their
building and It's location are excellent.
More notable, il less ornamental and useful
than this, is weather-cock which will defy
the powers Of the most accomplished OF or-
nithologists. 1t is suggested as topic for
meditation preparatory for thc fish, fowls
and other good things to be expected the
Bill of fare Of the Mount Mansfield House.
At noon the party reached the great hotel
at stowe, and was warmly greeted 10y Hon.
W. H. H. Bingham and Col. Keller the first
named having been indeiatigable in raising
this place Of summer resort high in the es-
toem Of the public, and the last named
equally indeiatigablc and successful in win
ming the favor Of every guest. An iuspcc-
ton of the hotel aud its surroundings fol-
lowed, and the verdict was unanimous that
it is complete, comfortable, and in itself at
tractiyc enough 10 win a large patronage,
even without the grand attraction Of the
mountain and other scenery surrounding IL.
Since the last season, which was q notable
one, the hotel has received an addition TO its
length of one hundred feet, and we trust this
new investment will be amply rewarded.
The village of Stowe is among the most el-
igble for a summer residence. It is high
enough above tide-wator for pure air. and
low enough below the hills to secure a never
failing supply of pure water; the roads i'm
the vicinity are all good. whether ON tbe
hills, up the mountain. or in the valleys. and
the scenery embraces every variety from
the pretty to the sublime. Bruce & Ladds
livery stabl, houses seventy horses (boside,
the stnge-horses) and carriages Of every On.
riety. The hotel furnishes within itself
and in It's little theatre, means for amuse-
ment in stormy weather; and the town has
four churches. Of different denomination.
for those who desire TO keep the Sabbath
properly On the whole. we know of no
place in Vermont which has so many attrac-
lions. While waiting for dinner, a number
of the party visited the Butler house-the
residence for the summer Of Judge Bradley of
the United States Supreme Court-and were
shown through all It's rooms. Though de-
signed for a summer-house only. it is as com
Portable aud luxuriant as any house for her.
maueui residence need to be. We will NOT
SO far trench upon good manners. as to
describe this private house. but will note tbe
fact that it is furnished with five different
kinds of baths, including a Russian bath
aud sun-bath
The dinner at the Mount Mansfield House
was rich in variety the cooking perfect.
the serving quiet, and every guest retired
fully satisfied and strongly fortified for the
ride of three hours to the mountain ton.
which the party reached at six o'clock.
Choice bits Of fine scenery in the north, cast.
and south were revealed at different points
from the halfway house 10 the house on the
mountain, but On ascending the nose for
view Of the western landscape, the air was
smoky, the western sky overloaded. and the
view Of the lake indistinct. This was a dis
appointment to those who were not familiar
with the moods Of the mountain weather.
and the best they could do was to nurse
bright hopes for am early morning view.
which was to reveal all that is ever visible
between the White mountains in the east
aud the Adirondaeks in the west. and Mont.
real in the north and the Green Mountain
ranges in Massachusetts,. The morning
came, and with it cloud which chung to the
mountain top for hours after the party had
been compelled to leave on their homeward
journey. Both disappointments, however.
were more than compensated by scene of
rare splendor and sublimity, and new SEN
sation to most of the party which may never
be repeated. The persons who came in last
from the "nose announced that thunder
storm was approaching from the northwest.
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