The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-06-01
Opening Ofthe Bread LoafInn


N Opening Ofthe Bread LoafInn. "
1t was not q solitary traveller riding
q jaded horse that was seen vending his
way to the Bread Loaf Inn last Friday
evening, but q score or more of good
people, young and middle aged Eve
did not see any old or infirm people
there that night, ofboth sexes, in twos
and fours, in buggies and carriages,
that drove up the mountain, across the
bridge, assembled the last hill, and
alighted at Mr.. Battells Inn that night,
and fully intent on getting the full EN-.
joyment to be derived from the finest
slice of the season of the generous LOAF
of hospitality so amply provided every
season at that popular place of resort.
There were some professional men, and
some that don't make many professions,
there were some that had been high in
authority, and some that hadn't been.
Of course there was q large proportion
of ladies, else the enjoyment would have
been incomplete. Ways and means had
been found to have the college repre-.
sented, and there was a small sprink-
ling OF horny-handed grangers with
their matrons to give solidity and char
acter to the gathering, and finally the
Register was represented by one of its
editorial staff. 1t would take far toe
long to tell Of all the good things en-.
joyed at the Bread Loafthat night; those
that have been there will be able to i'm.
agine something Of them, and those that
have not would do well to go and test
them. As to the feast of good things al
the table, it Is only necessary to say that
Miss Woodbury. still presides over the
cooking department at the Bread Loaf
and the company present were Us un.
successful as all preceding ones have
been, in detecting any mistakes or'any
falling short of the highest success ii
the art of cookery IN all itb branches
One ought to take pleasure i'll doing
anything as well as Miss Woodbury.
knows how to cook, and we have NJ
doubt she will enjoy such q fine field fol
the exercise of her talents as she has Al
the Bread Loaf foY some time to come
Every one on setting down TO the am.
ply provided tables that night, seemed
intent on doing what has so Otter
pNth uttthiPtCu bClOlC, " DIttA lUt
larder or bust, but as always before, i
anything has busted, it has not been the
larder of the Bread Loaf.
There WAS much TO do there tina
night. The bowling alley had to BIZ
cleaned of. We have not time to tell al
about it, but the discipline of the pillow
and hoe upon the muscles of the Grang
ers proved too much for the skill ant
training of the professionals at tina
game.
A disheartening discovery was mad,
after supper. Whether from jealousy o
Johns jewsharp, or from milf at being
neglected all winter, Oh from exposur,
to extreme alterations ofheat and cold
the piano would persist in giving on
most discordant sounds, but one wa
present who proved as much at HON,
and as successful when applying thu
laws of harmony to a refractory plan,
as when governing a commonwealth.
We wish we could describe the plan,
/, playing we enjoyed there that night
but we cannot. Some pound a piano
terribly, we suppose they are brillian
performers, but occasionally, not often
a player sits down to the instrumen
and you begin to wonder if the thing
has not a soul somewhere inside, tina
comes forth, invites and meets the sou
of the performer, and they together JOIN
in N grand offering of harmony. Tn
touch is so easy and delicate, and tn
effort of the performer so simple an,
apparently SO little, that ii is difficult I.
realize the fact that the performer di
f reefs and controls the instrument, in
stead of the Instruments drawing on
and directing the efforts of the per
former. The first kind may be brillian
5 and grand, and excite our admiration
but the latter fills us with peaceful har
mony, and gives us the best and mos
lasting satisfaction, and that is the kin,
, of playing we enjoyed al the Bread Loa
p that night. OF course we had singing
/ and good singing too, that brough
down the house with repeated encores
The opening would have been incom
: plcte without two or three dances. II wa
c only the misfortune and not the fault c
q the Younger portion of the company
that they had not in their earliest day
; enjoyed the superior training of a Man
D or a Whitcomb, else they might hay
danced with as much ease, grace an
precision as the older ones of the party
Quite a sensation, and a very agreeabl
$ one, was caused during the evening b
Z the arrival at the Inn Of the Arkansa
traveller, who had left his fiddle behind
but spoke his piece quite as effectivel
= to the accompaniment of the jewsharI
s This famed traveller is so much please
g With the Bread Loafthat he has brough
his wife and signifies his intention c
: stopping for a while.
: The enjoyment was too complete an
full TO allow US to rest we'll that night
I but all seemed fresh and TO have exec
lent appetites TO enjoy the bountifu
|, breakfast provided under Miss Wood
: bury's supervision the next morning
Q An inspection of the premises, befor
q and after breakfast, ELECTED the unanI
\ nous verdict that all the former mean
10 entertain guests were still In full use
!, In most excellent order, with many ne,
features added, aud constantly bein
added, that render this place ofpopula
\ resort the most fascinating, refined all
home-like that IL Is possible for the fei
tile genius Of the landlord to offer TO hi
o guests. And who so fertile In such, O
g who succeeds so well in making hi
guests enjoy themselves and feel g
;, home, as he? One sad feature remain
10 be- mentioned, and that is, We had I
9 part aud leave, which we did durin
@ The forenoon, casting u lingering fare
/, wells behind, unanimously wishing th
. Bread Loaf and its generous and hoi
y A. -