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FOR the FREQ Pres and Tines.
Travels ola Southern Viraso Finy Years Ago.
mrs ANNE ROYALS JOURNEY TO, AND REcEr-
TON AT, yERGENSEs, MIDDLEBURY, CASTLE
TON, AND OTHER PLACES-A DESCRIPTION OF
BURLINGTON.
Further Extracts from Mrs. Roy ais Book
Burlington is situated on Lake Champlain
and is the handsOmest and largest village IN
the State. Many of the houses are elegant
brick buildings. and the streets are regular
and handsome. 1t stands on gentle de-
clivity rising gradually to lofty eminence.
which commands beautiful view OF the
lake. This lake is one hundred and thirty
miles long from north to south, and from one
to fifteen wide A steamboat runs daily be-
tween Burlington and Pl.tisbugh, n. y,
AMI had it not been for my unfortunate
wound | would have visited Plattsburgh.
But my travels north were ended IN Bur
lington to its eternal disgrace. Burlington
contains two churches, a court house, jail,
= university lin name ouly), bank, and
1900 inhabitants and, were it not for those
abominablc blueskins, it would be delight
iu spot. But th6; are 4 curse wherever
| foun1-thev faint the very sunbeams and
spread a gloom over the land. As to the
University, every geographer who calls it
| University Tor anything but den of thieyes)
| ought to be sent to the warehouse for false
hood No such thing as college or
academy exists in Burlington! 1t is
shameful for writers to record such false
hoods There are buildings there, to be sure,
and professors, called the university, but
who would send youths to such a birthstone
| a l., To- ,rpf -, bn ur.unl
"A Judgment doubtless, upon such infidels.
These scourges of mankind might teach
tigers and bears, but it is treason, cohspi-
racy to send young man to nest OF blue
skins. 1t would have been well for pDsteri-
ty had the university (as it is called).
never been rebuilt, unless honest men were
put at the head OF it. a few days before
left Burlington was put into sleigh and
drove round tho town. 10 the course Of the
drive, stopped at the gate of the man who
is called the PRECEDENT, but he never came
out-rcading ,rtt-. no doubt. One would
have thought, As he was Il gospcl-spreader,
he would have come out and inquired after
nv wounds but far from it !; had he had the
power, he would, doubtless, have brought
out halter The whole sect ought forever
to be denounced for their harbaritv to me, yet
you hear nothing but Bible, tract, Sunday
school and missionary schemes amongst
them.
The widow of the hero, Ethan Allen,
lives near Burlington. and | intended to
have paid my respects to her on the day |
was attacked. | regret much that it was
not in my power to honor my page with an
interview of the widow of this distinguished
man. | was told that Ira Allen, son OF
the hero, is still living in some part Of YER
mont, but he will never DO distinguished in
a lani of bigotry and priestcraft.
| aREIrAL AT yERGENNEs.
In previous chapter, stated that left
Burlington at . a. m, arrived at Nergennes
abou: breakfast time. The stage stopped at
tavern kept by one johnson. A young
man 1.-THE brother Of Mrs. Thomas, my
landlajy at Burlington) was doubtless sent
on to see how | got on. as he (Thomas)
owned the line. When the stage stopped
at the door, this fellow Jumped out and ran
into the house, and never offered to help me
out or to proc urc anyone else to do it. The
driver did the same After awhile, John
son, a black, meagre fellow, came out, open
cd the stage door, and peeped in. Thinking
he came to help me ont, | told him ] was
lame and that he would have to get assist
ance. He turned of short and said, "he
could not stand there all day. he must at
tend to his customers, and went into the
house sat or lay rather in the cold about
quarter of an hour. At length the driver
came out and asked if was not "going to
gn out of the stage" | told him | could
not walk, which he knew. and must be lifted
I lsthan rr,pu 20 y-hara ~
said the ruffi,n. 81 shall drive the coach to
the stable" There were several men who
seemed to be strangers, standing in the
porch, and hearing the language OF this in
human brute, they came and carried me into
the house, nearly stiff with cold. These are
people who rob the poor to convert the
heather The men sat me in chair by the
stove and went out and there | sat in great
pain for half an hour without the least no.
ticc from Johnson or any one about the
house. 4 girl came into the room once,
told her to bring Inc cup OF coffee, and tell
the landlord to come to NE, but she went off
and saw no more Of her. By this time,
| for the want of nourishment, and the heat
Of the room and the pain OF my wound, |
was near iainting. Observing door at one
end Of the room which appeared to open in
another room. where heard the sound Of
n hy t the aid G the S chain goI to the
where saw several persons. and amongst
them a very handsome boy OF twelve
years. beckoned to him, and be
came 10 me instantly. desired him to go
for doctor as quick as possible. lie ap-
peared very willing to go, but while ] was
speaking to him. Lieut.. Washington, Of the
| l. ). army, came in and saluted me. lie
directed the boy to 60 for doctor, and then
brought me cup of coffee, after which he
ordered room, bed and breakfast, and
everything my condition required. If he
never did another good act in his life, this
alone ought to immortalze him. My friend,
the little boy, was my constant companion.
lie was constantly coming in to keep up
the fire, and see what wanted he was the
landlord son.
The doctor soon cams in, very kind
gcntlemanly man, and after he had dressed
my wound, was put to bed in a very COM
Portable room. lie then went out and brought
! in several gentlemen, all Of whom had heard
of me. These offered everything in their
power to serve me in the hour OF need, and
bought several of my books. The doctors
name, believe, was Brush he brought me
several newspapers. and, being Mason,
nothing could exceed his kindness. One of
the first to call was my friend, Captain
Seymore. of the 80 Lady Clinton, Vergennes
being his residence. Messrs. Rarnum, W hite,
and several Others called.
But it is impossible to describe the atten-
ton and profound respect of the landlord,
when he saw the gentlemen pouring in to
see me, though the brute would have suf-
fcred me to die had no person came near
me.
Vergennes, as have observed. is the only
city in Vermont like the rest Of the New
England States, their towns are governed by
selectmcn. Nergenncs has no churches, and
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