The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-10-10

the traveller, more beautiful and diver
sifed scenery than the one found on
our 7. & o., from the Laketo the sea.
Altho' | had previously travelled the
same road twice before, owing TO the
inclemency Of the weather, lcould not
get so good a view of the landscape
as desired, but when | left Hyde
Park on Monday, it really seemed as If
nature fairly smiled and had arrayed
herselfin her most attractive dress.
An all days ride by rail, over an
ordinary road, through an ordinary
country, is TO say the least, a most mo-
notonous thing and but little to be
desired. But for once these conditions
are changed, for it is no ordinary road
nor does it pass through common
place country; but on the contrary,
the managers of our p. & o. seem.
determined to provide everything for
the comfort and pleasure of their pat
rons, at whatever cost, and as for the
country-why, the fact that it runs
through the Lamoille Valley alone
would remove the second objection.
The Vermont Division being so famil-
lar to me from frequently passing over
it, | of course made no attempt at
sightseeing but kept my eyes and en-
thusiasm for the White Mountains.
At the Fabyan House the passengers
began to wake from the doze which
car-riding is sure to bring on, and
stretching themselves filled into the
observation cars" which this enter
prising company have provided for
sightseeing through the ''Notch." OF
course your correspondent was on baud
and provided himself with a seat at
once. An observation car" | would
state for the benefit of the animated,
is distinctiyely p. & o. institution
and is built as follows: entirely open
at the side with the exception of about
three feet rise from the bottom of the
car; in the place of regular seats
there are three rows ofrevolving cane
seat arm chairs. The ends are closed
in and provided with large plate glass
windows, thus giving an opportunity
to see and be clear from cinders and
smoke. The top is of wood and is
supported by iron posts 2 l-2 or 3 in
ches in diameter placed 8 or. 10 feet
apart. AS there is nothing that can
in the least obstruct the view for sight
seeing they are admirable and for ease
they equal "Pullman." In addition
to this we could not fail to see all items
of interest as we rolled by them, be-
cause the conductor. Mr.. Reune, and
his assistants would call the attention
of the passengers to them in tone
easily heard throughout each car.
Surely the p. & o. can pride itself on
having a set of gentlemanly and oblig-
ing employees.
Starting from the Fabyan House the
grand circle of mountains at our left,
with the miles of intervening forest
gave us faint conception of what is
to follow: Mts. Jefferson, Washing
ton, Madison, Munroe, and | don't
know how many more Presidents,
stood up before US looking as grand,
stately and dignitied as ever Presidents
could, and seemed to be fitting monu-
ments reared by the Almighty to re-
mind the world of their namesakes.
From the P. & O. beyond the Fabyan
the Mt. Washington r. r. can be
plainly seen and reminds one of large
lumber slide running straight up the
mountain. If it is as steep as it looks
from the P. & o. should Judge it
would be rather "up-hill-work" riding
up the mountain. After passing sew
eral hotels and going through the
blouse that Jack built" we enter the
"gate" of the Notch proper, through
what is known as the "great cut. "
We here began to realize what build
ing railroad through such a place as
this involves-the amount of labor,
money and patience necessary to bring
it to its present state of perfection and
then wonder how it was done. Just
beyond the "Gate" the conductor
pointed out down in the hollow way
below us the "Dismal Pool" Who
ever christened it had sense of APP
propriateness, for sure enough it looks
like a place in which ghosts and "hob-
COLLINS" might desire to congregate and
which one who was tired of life would
be sure to take as the sceneof his WIS.,
it to another world. Upon the noun
tain on the other side of the ravine
dashes down the clear and lively little
brook, known as "Silver Cascade, y
and unlike the melancholy looking poo
below it looks as though it never knew
care or trouble and keeps blithely sing.
ing:
'Men may come and men may 60,
But go on forever--ever
l go on forever"
One of the best views in the whole
journey is that, of the railroad itself as
it winds down the side of the "Notch.
1t reminded me of a mammoth ser.
pent coiling around the hills and
wreathing among the trees and rocks
AS we passed rapidly over it and new
portions came to view it seemed as i
we were chasing it, and with no sue
cess. OF course to the curious trav'
eler the "Willey House" is one Of the
items of interest which should not es
cape his attention, nor can it, for thu
road passes directly over the place
where the slide came down and tn,
spot where the unfortunate family was
found can be distinctly seen from thu
car.
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