Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-26
The Region for the Tourist.

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scenery. Experienced travellers, who have
bccn familiar with the finest regions Of Tia
; old world, find things here that kindle to q
new admiration the almost satcd Sense OF
beauty. This state has some attractions
which arc peculiar to itself. lis name in
dictates one Of It's peculiar features. Il.
mountains are not rugged and desolate
wastes Of rock, but are crowned with the
perpetual verdurc Of balsari, spruce and fir
Even in winter, they are not altogether white,
as the sombre green Of the forest relieves
the otherwise arctic scenery. But at no
season does the state robe itself in all Us
| glories save IN the summer and then
| there is no part of IL that does not furui j
rare delight to the lover of natural beauty.
We have mountains that LIT their huge
shoulders into the clouds and their peaks
above them, whose sides are covered with
the mantle Of the green forests, falling around
them in wayy folds like a robe from the
shoulders of king We have valleys full OF
such varied and bewilderiug attractions
opening to every advancing step as are not
to be found even in the historic regions Of
Switzerland
love Of nature is the product Of culture
and civilization. 1t grows with the growth
OF the finer elements of our being. A race
Of sayagcs who delight in hideous images.
in grotesque ornaments, in tawdry fueIy,
have very little love for that which is really
beautiful in nature. The war-whoop would
be sweeter TO the ear Of an Indian, than the
finest overture Of Auber from organ or or
chestra. The eye of the savage delights IN
the startling dissonance Of color or sound IN
want Of harmony in scenery, more than IN
that which charms both ear and eve by it5
perfect harmony and repose. We incline to
think that love Of the harmonious and the
beautiful belong only 10 a thoroughly cult
waited and intelligeutpcople. The soul must
first be Weakened before it can perceive. The
idea Of beauty is the last TO reach perfection
in the individual or the race. We come to
its highest development only after long iu-
struction and hard study.
With the advance of nation ia wealth
and culture. there will come a larger and
more general appreciation Of the most beau
tful scenes in the natural world Places,
regions, that promise the qualification of
this cultivated taste, will be sought more
and more Families of refinement and
wealth, whose houses are filed with the
treasures of art, will seek their recreation
amid scenes that will furnish them with the
beauties of nature. Aud this will result,
not by any special purpose or arrangement,
but 10y the action aud force Of an instinct.
Hotels and railroads cannot long divert the
host Of tourists, who seek both rest and
pleasure in their summer vacations from
the places where they will be charmed 10y the
largest amount Of material beauty. Wealth
and culture in their days Of leisure and en-
joyment, will gravitate toward those parts
of the country which will provide not the
largest hotels, but the grandest or most att
tractive scenery. For this reason we believe
that Vermont will become, far more In Che
future than in the past, the camr-ground of
the American tourist. Not that there are
not other regions Of great attractions Penn
sylvania is not without its magnificent re-
gions of natural beauty. New Hampshire
will stand unrivaled for its mountain re-
treats and its natural curiosites. But here
there are more diversities Of beauty, more
surprises Of natural loneliness more kaleido-
scopic changes Of picturesque features, oc-
companied by an atmosphere purer and
clearer than can be found out of Switzer-
landau atmosphere which is full of intoxi-
cation and strength, which exhilarates only
to inspire.
Such a region as this must then become,
as the country grows in wealth, intelligence
and TASTE the resort of cultivated tourists
They will come to Vermont in the summer
for the same reason that they will 90 to the
opera or the galleries of art, or any exhibit
ton of superb manufactures 1t will please
and satisfy a cultivated taste, and delight
the sense of beauty.
We may be somewhat enthusiastic on this
subject, but it is not without reason
There is scarcely town in the state that
we have not traversed. Our eyes have never
been weary in seeing. If heaven is half as
beautiful as Vermont, one need not be 10th
to go there. The mystery of natural beauty
is one that becomes more impressive the
deeper it is studied. The invisible things
Of the Eternal and Infinite shine through
the things which he has made. 4 thousand
ratg fat. L :.
in different tones, and not one of them an
is without positive Specifications The
harmony of such region as this is the har-
mony of God-the anthem Of the Infinite
One. 1t is the harmony of a mighty pic
ture, which man may study forever aud
never comprehend the half of il. And this
is why it will be sought more and more, for
the very mountains and hills win speak
peace to the tired workers of the crowded
cities, and they will come and get the peace,
even if they know not whence il comes.
The sea has its attractions that cannot be
resisted. But it is more garrulous, more
laxative, more treacherous, more cruel, than
the mountains. We get back from the sea
to the hills with new zest in their solid
foundations, their silent integrity their per-
feet harmony with all the attributes of the
Highest, and their sympathy with all the
moods Of man. A week at the sea and a
month among the White or the Green Noun
tains, and the toiling, excited denizen of the
restless city will be fitted for another year of
strength and better work,
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CANADIAN ANNEXATIoN.-It is asserted
that large party exists in Canada who IA
yor its annexation to the United States, and
that while the question has not been made