Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-13
On the border.
INCIDENTS OF SUMMER VACATION AT
NEWPORT.

hood ol Newport, IN THIS STATE, ana one OF
them is writing out his experiences and OBJ
servations for the Boston Transcript. We
quote a few paragraphs:
A beautiful young lady was walking
arm in arm with young man an evening
or two ago, into whose eyes she would
sweetly smile.
"It's a lovely evening"" said the fair one.
"Yes," replied her attendant.
They were silent and walked on.
at was lovely evening yesterday" said
the beautiful girl as they came round
again.
"Yes," meekly answered the young man,
evidently at a loss what 10 say.
They came around third time, and 1t
was his turn now.
~ Lope it will be lovely evening to-
morrow" said he.
$50 do l." said she.
The eavesdropper arose, looked OF on
the water, from which the tints of the set
ting sun had not yet gone, and wondered
whether all beautiful women were like
this one.
Fashion, however, can never be domi-
nant here; the beautiful forms of nature
are too many. One cab readily seek re-
lief from the dizzy dance with tight shoes,
and the light talk with the young lady of
fashion, by rushing 10 the wild brook,
climbing some ofthe majestic hills, or TAX
ing a ride on the beautiful lake.
The lake is called Memphremagog, as
the Indians would have 1t, and means
''beautiful water" Between Newport,
which is at the upper or southern end, and
Magog, a Canadian town at the other end,
distance of thirty miles, plies a good
steamer known by the rather common
name, The Lady of the Lake. The Cap
tain is a fiji st-class, good-natured fellow,
and will stop at almost any point that more
than one of the passengers want him TO
stop at. A party Of us Harvard fellows
who walked 232 miles TO get TO this place,
got the obliging Captain of "The Lady" TO
stop the other day at the old landing a the
foot of OWLS Head. This landing is at a
gcrge between OWLS Head and lesser
hill n ext to ii. In this gorge is situated
| the Mountain House, which, before the
railroad built up Newport and its hotel,
used TO be well patronized, but its ma
ny rooms are now all mouldy and de
serted, with the exception of one or two in
which live a one legged French Canadian
and his stout wife, who make a living by
| fishing and picking the many red rasp-
! berries that grow in the gorge. There is
no road 10 this hotel, and no way Of get
ting TO it except by boat.
The Canadians are not mean. The hotel
keepers will almost pay you TO visit them,
and the store-keepers are obiging and as
polite as Frenchmen. Yesterday afternoon
two of us walked over 10 Stanslead, a
thriving town in the Province of Quebec,
| just over the line, and about nine miles
| from Newport. 1t is noted for the number
of its tailor shops and dry goods stores,
where silks and cloths are kept, and whith-
er the people of Northern Vermont flock 10
clothe themselves and buy kid gloves. We
went over there last week for a pleasant
drive, and got measured for some clothes
we needed Yesterday we went over
again for a pleasant walk, and TO get the
| clothes. Suits that in Boston cost from S95
to s45 can be had here from $40 TO SIC; and
besides one is sure of getting good cloth as
well as good fit. The man who sold us
| the cloth and had the clothes made for us
answered all our questions, showed us all
his goods, gave us lunch, and then har-
messed a team, and said he would drive US
back five miles, if we did not object, and
would have gone all the way 10 Newport
had it not been so late. What Yankee
storekeeper would have done all this?
;e d, nncfpp hv
the way-who owns considerable property
Not long ago he wanted piece of woods
of few years growth cleared. He go
some men 10 do the job, and ordered them
TO clear away everything but TO spare iht
sugar naples. When he ought 10 have
been elsewhere he came up 10 see whether
the men were earning their wages.
"This all you have done ?" said he. "Let
me show you how to work."
He took up an ak and chopp:d for two
hours. The men said nothing until theil
smiles grew into laughter.
"What is the matter?" angrily asked th(
rich Yankee.
"Wly, Sir, you have cut down all tht
sugar maplesr'
About here there is considerable fishing
now for pickerSl and trout. Many parties
can be seen morning and evening trolling
for pickerel, and they meet with tolerabl,
success. Two of our party on Monday go
a team and went over 10 Jay Peak anC
tried the brooks on that mountain for trout
They returned with over $40 of these pret
ty fish after fishing not long while.
There is a curious character here VIII
goes by the name of "Mother Horton
She is an old woman, over eighty year
old, and ever since the people about herr
can remember she has had a sort of manit
for fishing and no poor fisher has she
proved, for there is no man here who car
catch more than she can. Almost any day
this gray-haired old woman can be seer
sitting on the wharf.log, her feet dangling
over the water, chewing her tongue, anC
anxiously watching the pole she holds il
her hand. She presently jerks out min
now with all the delight of a child. Thes'
minnows she uses morning and evening Il
catch pickerel. Her son Is quite well OIL
but still she fishes, and what fish she can
not eat she sells. She is great walker
too. Even now she would rather walk an,
day than ride. She is always out of doors
and seldom in the house even on rain.
days, for rainy days are good for fishing.
Some OF Our People.
In the year 1872 says the Buffalo Com
mercal Advertiser, there came 10 this sec