The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-09-07
BRISTOL.
John Gore caught bear in trap,
on Lincoln Mountain last week.

John Gore caught bear in trap,
on Lincoln Mountain last week.
Friday afternoon, towards night, the
air was filled with myriads Of small, black
flies, so thick that many Of the white fen.
ces and house were rendered nearly black
with them.
Mrs. Jerusha Ii. Whitney, wife Of
Joseph Whitney, Esq, died at Bristol on
Friday week, after long and painful
illness, at the age Of so years. She was
much beloved and her departure is mourn
ed by all who enjoyed her acquaintance
ard friendship.
Hog Back is the commanding point
Of the beautiful Bristol scenery. 1t is
some thirteen hundred feet above the
village, and there is well worn path to
the top made by ascending and descend
ing landscape admirers. From the sum
init may be seen, on the southeast, Lin
coin with her mills and her glistening
brooks and water rapids northeast
Starksboro with her church spires and
white cottages north and west, the spen.
did farms OF Monkton and New Haven,
the city of Vergennes, Port Henry, the
silvery lake, the mountain scenery and the
winding river southwest is Middlebury,
Cornwall, Whiting and Sudbury hills, al
together affording one Of the finest views
OF this beautiful valley.
DIR. Currier in the Vermonter says /:
New Haven river has cut channel
through the alluvial plain Just as 1t issues
from the notch in the Green Mountains,
about seventy.five feet deep, extending
southwark nearly one mile from Bristol
village. Between the liver and the east
bank of this channel runs the public high.
way. Just few rods north Of Mr..
Rathbone's house this plain terminates
by steep slope. At the foot Of this
slope, near the road, a curious phenome'
non has been observed by several indi-
vduals in town, though wholly unknown
to the most of the inhabitants. At this
locality the stratum of the plain is made
up of boulders Of all sizes up TO hun
bred pounds; through this sand and gray
ell bank Issue several streams of atmos-
pheric air The largest one is full eight
inches in diameter These jets of air
come forth with great velocity, and if they
could all be concentrated to one small
aperture would produce loud musical
tone
On the 9th OF August, in company
with DR.. Il. NJ Kent, / made some OBJ
servations on these jets. The day was
very fair sun shining very hot 4; and
no wind A light powder was dropped
on the jet of air as it issued from the
mouth, and it was Immediately project
ed to a distance of fifteen feet. A match
lighted and held in the jet is Immediately
extinguished Cover these mouths with
sand and gravel and it will soon be blowr
out, or jet will issue in q new place
The thermometer in the shade stood
about 70 degrees when these observation
we're made, but thermometer introduc
} ed into the mouth of the spring quickly
went down to 81 degrees When thu
thermometer was exposed to the sum
/, rays two feet from the jet Of subterra
mean air it rose TO 90 degrees; when expos
ed to the suns rays and to the jet of al
at the same time it quickly went dow
, to So degrees. | have no doubt bu
that this stream would measure ten thous
and cubic feet in one hour. The boul
-+ders taken near those streams are al
covered with rock milk, but at the pres
} ent writing there is not the leas. indica
} ton of any water for many rods around
Whence comes this jet of atmosphere
air Whence is it 50 abundantly suppl
, ed 1t contains only small per cen
of carbonic acid.
About forty rods west from the base
, of South Mountain, rail fence crosses
rill near a clump of bushes. On tn
north bank of this gurgling little stream
stand two chestnut trees, feathery wit
, unripe fruit. Under the shadow of thes
, trees was the home of Bristol's frs
settler. Here he constructed his 10
hut, with rude stone fireplace an
chimneys, the redburnt stone of whic
are still abundant, but time has levele
them to the ground. We got fin
specimen for our antiquarian cabine
These chestnuts planted by the hermit ar
twenty inches in diameter. The spc
is lovely. The cold north wind was Gu
; off by the brow Of plain ; water, COO
!. and refreshing, flowed by his door
large trout sparkled in the pools fe'
rods away while deer could be secure
in the "Notch" as they went TO and fror
the Green Mountains. Hero the herm
: with his dog spent eleven years in sol
tuuN