The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-02-05
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followed she valley u The Niuoosll.
aaA tae varied scenery that Efests he
iesf8st . usgu.Gcsat. The cars SOLD
5ot stop fof % 70 revisit he assatai
bridge u rocks over Ihs HiBooski
where u lesg siscs cat its passage
tkr5aKh The m8sataiB rssEs is ne iown
q Boton Buriingtan itself With ita
smpiitu8c q ares ior large eiiy. is
parallel ssd hight ahgisd streets lie
macy rieh private residences Ahd mer.
castllc edaess. i,s baking Institutions
Is namefous churches. H. Fsmals Sen.
iBaries Aad On gsstls elevation =, the
east eide q lhe city. iis college buiid.
iugs 70 a model aad beauty seldom
sarpassed skirsing its western side
! ltes Lake CbamplaiH 10 81 its grandeur
ifou whitehall 90 CanAda line, and
soms 6ureu mics ia width from the
city ~ Pert Kebt AEd Plsttsbatgh.
I Aad here can he taken one u the best
,ie~s &, '4e m-is range Of the Green
MeuHtsibs, .fmr twsnty miles ~ the
I dist4Gce extending from The Dominion
/ into Nssssrhsseiis. Unlike the eAslera
eide - Vermont We observe only few
atms ~ PROJECTIONS from the main
range Add tsgibniug at tue north
the counties 81 frsaklis. Chi,tendes
Addison apd hutlapd. each IN compact
form exttud lfom the lake to the snm.
mits Of The mountain. A few towns
to Rutland aud more In Bennington Co
are found 90 its eastern slope.
Leaving al Burlington the Vsrmosl
Central, we take passage on the Bor
lington. Rutland aud Bellows Fails
Railway. and beside many rich farming
towns, the village Of SUddlebury and
it's college Of precious memory, with
no hours left for revisit And soon
through Brandon and Rutland. both Of
them large and growing villages, and
drawing near the mountains We follow
the Otter creek TO its source in East
Dorset.
An attendance at the celebration OF the
battle Of Bennington. tive years aimee,
had anticipated the freshness recently
experienced in the northern and eastern
counties And yet Dorset, with its
valleys Of beauty and its hills OF grand.
eur, aud Peru, covering the mouutaiH
aud its eastern slope, aud Manchester
with its wide and rich valley, between
the main range and Mount Equinox or
the west, its village so attractive re
sort for summer visitors, its Burr ant
Burton Seminary for youths Of botl
sexes already widely known and lonl
prosperous, each and all will repay tn,
tourist and the tevisitor. And Ben
nington, with it's landed wealth. it's 6n'
looking villages. it's early history, it
Revolutionary record and victoriou
! battle, will interest not only its visitor
bat many besides who only hear it
name.
In visiting Vermont, the tourist doe
well to cross the mountains by NOR,
/ than one route, We passed over freH
Dorset to Peru by one and returned b!
another. Aud it was not easy to decid'
which Of the two furnished the bes
sceaery. To travellers passiag on tn
western aide aud viewing their genera
altitude il might seen difaeult to 6nt
practical crossing places And ye
there are some ten or more Of them
The writer has viewed their vArie,
scenery through ~ many routes a. thu
number just named.
Vermont has furnished for sthe
states mAny people Of manly enterprise
aud moral worth. And yet many suci
have remained aud give character Il
the communities where they now reside
The ibhueLce OF this class OF citiaeB
has been gieatly henehcia in the pies
ersaliuu aud promotion OF the genera
prosperity They have been forward
Ia giving al air OF industry AID Thrift
neatuess aud refinement 10 the small a
well A. ,Afeer communities Hence 81
many farming Iowus are adorned will
beautiful aud hourishihg villages.
a majority Of the hrst seitles II
, Vermont With their own hands elsaret
up their farms. aud paid Tor their land
their dwellings, aud their surrounding
with the products Of The soil SO thei
! sogs and daughters early learned tha
labor is balh necessary and honorable
. We lhiuk the state OF public moral
10 Yetmoot il we'll sustained. This j
{ seen 10 the COO finance ot the many il
the ways OF their fathers. Vermoa
I vas early a Christina state. Its set
tlers brought with them from The olde
E states the school aud the sanctuary. 4
hoosc Of Worship wa early regards
= as an Indispensable Aud the habit 9
4 attendance upon iis services conduee,
(. is toe good Of great numbers ! hoe
. bssitt are stili maiatAined New ed
: isces, even 70 couutrv iowns are fis
= qoeniy taking the place oi the old
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