Connecticut western news., 1876-07-21

salisbury's Adirondacks Reader, if when the thermometer stands from S4 to 4 these July days, why don't you go to that wild place in the woods north of Mt. Riga and wander along the shores of that picturesque, azure lake. where the perch and pickerel disport themselves waiting to be tempted by the shining bait on your hook. There you will find a cool breeze through the whole day. No noise but the splashlng of the waves on the shore. the notes of the cat bird and the occasional scream ot the American eagle. Talk about the Adirondacks, when in hours ride from our sanctum you can reach all the wilderness of woods, mountain and water, with cool zephyrs to fan your heat ed brow and awaken the poetry of the soul. There you can be away from the habltations of man, the chatter of moving machines, and all the noise and confusion of the hum-drum of life. Don" and Ro- raback are there to-day. For further par ticulars we refer the reader to the other em on Riga Fishing"
 General washington.-We have before us a copy of the Ulster County (New York; Gazette, published at Kingston, Saturday, January 4th. 1900, the inside pages of which are in mourning for the death of General Washington. The lives of our country's great men appear to stand out be- fore us in greater purity, the more remote from us is the period ot their existence. This is natural, ,an6 that Washington should be revered now, seventy-six years since he was in active life here, isn't at all strange. and wouldn't be in the case of many anoth- CT whose acts were perhaps severely crlti- cised in their day; but for man to be so universally esteemed; for one SO promi- nent in life to be invariably so highly spo- ken of by his contemporaries, is entirely unusual, and teaches us that Washington was in reality a wonderful man. In the venerable Gazette alluded to above, we find the following, which we extract from a communication of the United States Senate
 to the President, in relation to the deuth of
 Washington, and which, as will be seen,
 alludes to him as tour Washington" an6
 further, the communication teaches us he
 was regarded, even in life, as the ''Fatbel
 of hls country"
 To lose such man at such crisis is nc
 common calamity 10 the world; our coun-
 try mourns her Father. The Almighty dis
 poser of human events has taken from u our greatest Benefactor and ornament. l becomes us to submit with reverence tt Him who 'maketh darkness his Pavilion. With patriotic pride we review the lift of our Washington. and compare him witl
 those of other countries who have beer
 pre-eminent in fame. Ancient and moderI
 flames are diminished before him. Great } ness and guilt have too often been allied . but his fame is whiter than It is brilliant The destroyers of nations stood abashed a
 the majesty of his viiluc. It reproved tn temperance of their ambition, and darkene the splendor of victory. The scenes closed and we are no longer anxious lest misfol tune should sully his glory; he has tray
 elled on to the end of his journey, and Cal : ried with him an increasing weight of hon or; he has deposited it safely, where mis s fortune cannot tarnish it-where malic , cannot blast it. Favored of heaven, b departed without exhibiting the weaknes of humanity magnanimous in death, tn r darkness ot the grave could not obscul hls brightness.
 r Such was the man whom we deplore. Thanks to God, his glory is consummatet T Washington yet lives upon earth in h 8 spctless example-his spirit is in Heavel q Let his countrymcn consecrate the men z ory of the heroic General, the patriot Statesman, and the vlrtuous Sage; | them teach their children never 10 forg s that the fruits of his labors, and his exau s pie are their inheritan ce.