The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-07-11

consequently, acting under the law of
self-preservation, did all they could TO
iniure the road. Besides this the COM
pany labored under great financial
embarrassment, built through a coun-
try which the knowing ones" de-
clared TO be inaccessible and therefore,
of necessity, expensive. Built at a
time of general business stagnation,
when money was hard to be raised on
almost any securities, and especially
on II. II. stock, for so many failures
of supposed wealthy r. r. corpora
tons had scared the capitalists nearly
ont of their wits, and hardly one dared
put dollar into the enterprise, and
the representations of self-inspired
prophets who foretold the entire ruin
of the corporation, and gravely said
in their opinion, the whole thing would
''bust up, seemed about to prove
true.
Under such discouraging circum-
stances, it is almost wonderful that
the prophecies did not prove true, but
such was not to be the fate of the p.
& O. Strong men had welded them
selves to the enterprise, and "live or
die, survive or perish" they were
bound to see her through, and they
are soon to see the fruition of all their
fondest hopes and widest dreams.
One need but cast his eye into the
horoscope to see its star rising above
the horizon and predicting q future
at once triumphant and successful.
The two sources of income of all
railroads are their freight and passen-
ger traffic, and many road is built
depending upon but one Of these for
its entire support, and yet thrive.
The p. & O. seems to possess especial
advantages for securing patronage
under both these heads, which will be
patent to any who will give its claims
for patronage just and careful con-
sideration. Its eastern terminus be-
ing at Portland, the chief city of
Maine, which boasts of having one of
the best natural harbors in the world,
brings it in direct connection with
Europe, by the Allen line of steam
ers, and the large number of sailing
vessels from all parts of the world.
Running also to connect with boats
for Boston, Bangor and st. John, and
New York, it gives the tourist chance
to obtain a short, sweet and cheap
experience in sea (sick) travel.
The railroad connections in Port
land are the Portland, Saco and Ports
mouth, Eastern and Maine Central,
Portland and Kennebec, Atlantic and
st. Lawrence, and Boston % %nd MAINE
railroads. The Passumpsic, the b.
! =. q NJ. and Eastern railroads, and
the Portland connections, afford fol
travellers four distinct routes to Bos-
ton and all adjacent cities. New
York, Ogdensburg, Montreal, Chicago,
and all points north and west, can
be reached by this road and it's con-
nections in the most direct manner
possible, and when its peculiar advan-
tages become known to the travelling
public, it cannot fail to command 8
large share of their patronage. In
addition to the fact that this line is
the shortest and most direct between
the points named, it stands in point
of pleasantness without rival in New
England. Its diversity of scenery
gives the pleasure-seeker and lover
of the beautiful opportunity to CRAFTY
and cultivate his aesthetic tastes. Nc
other railroad of the same length il
America can present equal attractions
The entire route is one of beauty, an(
presents to the eye of the traveller
with every turn of the wheels, scenes
as varied as those of q Kaleidoscope
and not less beautiful in the arrange
ment of colors. The rich green of tho
valleys, the darker green of the for
ests, the silvery streams, foamins
white cascades, placid lakes, blue
green, and rugged gray mountains
standing in bold outline before thu
most beautiful sky in the world, al
tend to inspire the tourist with won
der and delight, and lead him to ex
claim, GLOW great are thy works, oil
God" and to sing
81 love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and tempted hills;
My soul with rapture fills,
Like that above"
with a force and intensity never
known before. What can bring the
soul into closer union with Goo
than contemplation Of the beautie;
Of His handiwork.
1t would be vain attempt to ever
touch on any Of the instructive scenes
which will ,noo+ tbo o,,o F,1,,, Al, . l. l.