Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-09-03
An Interesting spot in Northern YER


SATISFACTORILY IN llldiu TIT 'lIcdh Ot udluIt
around Willoughhy lake in northern Yer
mont. Where a high mountain seems to
be rent asunder from the very foundation
and the space between filled with water so
cold that IL must como from the Utmost
depths, there are two gigantic mountains
with their faces scarcclya mile from each
other rising over $500 feet from the wafer
and nearly 1000 feet above The sea. The
highest one ON the east is commonly known
among The NermontCrs as Mt. Pisgah, the
west peak Mt. Hur 4 celebrated tight
rope walker proposed TO have a cable
stretched across from one Of these peaks TO
the other to walk across it. This would
have been daring undertaking, but, said
The gymnasi, suppose / do fall, ] shall
strike in the lake, which is without bottom,
and ! can easily bc rescued without severe
injury. Had he fallen he would have
passed through space Of $500 feet before
striking the water. \ few years ago an
immense rock, weighing over 800 tons, was
started from lis foundation on the very
crest Of Nj. Pisg1h, which lcarcd down the
almost perpendicular face Of the mountain
| into the lake. te ring away the carriage
road and cvctylhing that came in its way.
! 1t rumblcj like an earthquake long after
reaching the wafer, and il was estimated
| that il reached "a, far below the waters sur
face as The mountain reaches above. 1t
shook the mountain and the roar and crash
OF it was heard distinctly IN adjoining
! towns ten and fifteen miles away.
Efforts have been made repeatedly to
sound the lake, but without success. 1t is
supposed that This immense crcvice con-
tiuucs till tne Llountains meet at the level
of the sea. There j, carriage road skirt
ing the lake on the Pisgah SIDE which was
built with great expense TO connect the
towns in the cast part Ct Orleans county
with Caledonia county, which is the only
convenient pas. The drive through this
pass is the most charming Of any in the
State. You look sl.aigh, down into the
falhomless lake and nearly perpendicular
to the iupor The mountain. This frowning,
fierce face looks like life, impicssin- you
with that awful sensation Of power and
might miugling the sublime with the pie
tutesque. The place makes yuu think Of
the Yosemite Valley, and in fact approach
cs nearer to that &C chrated valley than any
other spot in New England. The lake is
the highes, sheet Of water between the
Connecticut and the st. Lawrence rivers,
and is entirely surrounded 10y u wall of
mountains, with a little opening at the
north end, where flows ont a stream SO
large that The Lakewood, man has built
mills upon it within three miles Of its
source. Here isaremarkable circumstance,
viz: that hardly a brook flows into the
lake, bat stream flows out Of it large
enough TO carry quite extensive mills.
This lake is the largest natural spring
known.
The summit nl MI. Pisgah j. reached by
a winding foot path through the forests,
through which is sometimes caught a
glimpse Of the lake. Emerging from The
wilderness YOU lind yourself after a few
minutes climbing on round dome alb
ruptly cot of on the side next the lake.
You feel as if you would Involuntary
imp in, but are finally satisfied 10 look in,
and if you have the nerve 10 stand on the
very brink of the rock and look down a
perpendicular p!ocipicc OF nearly 5000 feet,
you will do VIVA; no one yet has ever had
the nerve 10 CO.. /, Las been repeatedly
tried, but when The distance or about six
feet remain the feet refuse 10 20 forward,
and the visitor droIs on a.l-fuurs and
crawls up 20 the brink aud takes look
over and beholds The TOY boat, with their
lilliputian occupants. The carriage road
reese mblc- The track Of an ant. Talk about
a horse ana carriage! well, that is the
smallest specimen / ever saw. My guide
said 10 me as took the aforesaid attitude
with him hanging to my feet, Gent, look
dorm inter the water l did so, aud prob
ably could see more than 1000 leet below
the surface. The water is perfectly trans
parent, and, wiki the sun shining in, an
immense depth can be seen. Satisfying
this first interest view Of the surround
ing country is taken.
Mi. Iior on the opposite side Of the lake
seems 50 near that you could step across.
To the east is a line view OF the Connect
cut valley. The river winds around in
such way that ii can be seen almost from
lis source, eighty miles away; beyond is a
magnificent view Of the Fianeouia and
White Mountains. 70 the north is the
head Of Monadnock fifty miles away. TO
the northwest the beautiful Memphrema-
cog lake Is seen. Ii, entire lcu.th to the
view in this direction is the most extended,
rea ching over the Canadian plains 100
miles. To The west is seen the western
range Of the Green Mountains from Mt.
Orfold, Owls Head, Jay Peak, along down
to Mansfield reaching as far south as Kill
lington, a distance from north TO south Of
over 200 miles. There is combination OF
interests about this lake and these noun
tains which keeps the visitor at the height
of pleasing excitement and wonder all the
while, and more interesting place to visit
by the pleasure seeker cannot be found
than Willoughby lake and Mt. Pisgah.-
Cor. Boston Journal.
\ REMINDER or FORMER DAYs.-A
urous relic Of old slavery times turns up
: in the shape Of a race Of negroes, ex-slaves
of the Seminoles. These people were moved
with their owners, the Seminoles, from
Florida to Texas, many years ago. Suisse
quenty they fled into Mexico, and, Undue
ed by certain promises that were never