Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-09-18

20 kindly nature TO thy heart,
Forever, take me;
And rs loving as thou art,
Forever, make me-
Near the beginning of the actual ascent is a
lonely farmhouse; and there we called to in
quire the way into the forest A lad was sent to
direct us. On asking the farm-wfe the distance
to the top, she replied 1t is three miles and a
half; but You will think 1t il nine miles before
you get there' She told the simple truth. En-
terng the forest we soon found the slight path,
encountered with fallen trees, and further on the
bushes were so dense that progress was possible
only by diving, with bent head and shoulders
as one might attempt to get through a hay
now There was once evidently Il good path
through those woods, but long ago it was neg
lected, and then given up, and now there runs
through most Of 1t mountain stream, and one is
compelled to walk in the water and pick his way
over large and slippery rocks. good stout pair
Of lnda-rubber boots or shoes is indispensable
to the preservation of dry feet, and AS guard
against slipping down The last half mile they
would be certain to be appreciated, for that caps
the climax of all previous slipperiness and steep
ness And that last half mile did the business
for your humble servant and his companion. 1t
was not possible to advance but few steps with
out setting down to rest; and when we had
arrived at the summit our exhaustion was com
plete. To have done an additional haf-mile
over similar difficulties, would have been sheer
impossblity.
"The first thing in order was the dinner we had
so amply provided, and that we devoured with
wolfsh voracousness The inner man replen-
Al.
severe labor. Was the result sufficient compen-
sation Yes; and thousand times more! The
view from the summit surpasses all attempts at
adequate description. Even the photograph could
not do it justice 1t is simply one glow of asso-
ciated beauty and magnfcence The past few
days had been stormy and unpropitious, but Mon
day was cool, fair and invigoratng and altogether
favorable for views from high attitudes. soft,
dog-day's haze pervaded the atmosphere, and
toned down into exquisite loveness and softness
every feature Of the landscape, without in the
least obscurng them The great height drew to-
gether and localized the prospect, making distant
objects seem near; but magnitude and immensely
were the abiding impressions. We have never
seen the sense of immensely put upon canvass but
in single instance and that in the picture of the
Matterhorn, by Appleton Brown. We are sorry
to learn that Mr.. Brown undertakes that great
work; but the artist that can reproduce the i'm.
mensity of Gods works upon canvass is an artist
indeed
"The circle of our view swept far in every direc-
ton. The state of Vermont, with parts of New
Hampshire, New York and Canada lay spread out
before Ms. To the north the glass revealed Of
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'"o s"hshi"e anu ioohinS IKE rDoohs Oh silver
dropped carelessly among the hills, seemed
wrapped in slumbrous dreamy repose: Int we
knew that busy, noisy life surged through all
those valleys, beat in among those quiet hooks
and rolled along the hillside slopes. Far below
the air was vibrant with the puff of engines the
ring OF anvils and the roar ofmultidinous wheels
but those symbols OF mans ever tireless strife
with nature reached us not Even so, when one
day elevated upon a loftier summit, the din the
iret' and the burning fever OF life shall assail
no more forever.
Beautiful and grand as is the eastern view from
Camefs Hump, it is UNNECESSARILY surpassed by
the western. The space between the Green
Mountains and the Adirondacks may properly be
styled a valley, with broad and comparatively
level bottom. 1t is from fifteen to thirty miles
wide and more than hundred and thirty long.
ms Is the garden of Vermont; and, from the top
oil the grand old Hump, verify it looks like gar
den II has the best features OF a Swiss and Eng
lish landscape commingled. Lake Champlain lieth
IN the midst oil Unlocking like pearl set in II
basket oil verdure That lovely valley, set around
WIN u ring VI tlheralu mOuntdlHs embrace IT, and