The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-30

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Camping Ont.


Within tho past three weeks a great
many. Middlebury people have been
camping out, and some of them have
not yet returned, but are "tenting to-
night on the old camp-ground" at
Thompson's Point, on Lake Champlain.
Probably the attractions of this spot are
well known to the majority of the read
ers of the Register, and perhaps they
do not appeal as forcibly TO those rcsd-
ing permanently In place so embow-
cred IN shade trees and Astounding in
such beautiful drives as Middlebury
possesses rs they do to the resident OF
the city; but however this may be, we
are sure that any one who has visited
the place will agree with us in pro-
nouncing IL one of the most beautiful
locations on the lake. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Lavake long ago discovered
the beauties of the place, and for sever
al seasons, accompanied by their
friends, have gone thither for a few
weeks of Camping OUT; though,
really, we can scarcely consider such q
term, in its ordinary sense, appropriate
when we think of the luxuries of floor
ed tents, well furnished kitchen and
china closet and the inestimable services
of cook and skipper, the latter being
an inseparable adjunct of the yacht,
"Inza," which is owned by Mr.. La
wake and named for his beautiful little
daughter. A party of ten ladies and
gentlemen, mostly from Middlebury,
shared the Inequalities of the camp last
week, and enjoyed to the utmost the
opportunities for yachting, rowing,
fishing and other attendant pleasures.
Interested motives make it impossible
for us to mention the exact number of
fish caught by each person, though we
rejoice in the privilege of being able to
testify to Mr. CIV. Earl's thoughtful
ness in kindly relieving his friends of
the burden of carrying into camp what
they had caught. 1t is equally our
pleasure to refer to the graceful ease
with which some of the gentlemen man.
aged the anchor. On the last evening
of our stay some members of the party |
rowed across the lake for the purpose |
of visiting Split Rock light house, |
which is situated directly opposite |
Thonpson's Point, but though our
hope of being able to gain the consent |
of the keeper, Mr.. Pierre Paul, to as
cend the tower was strengthened by
the fact that one of the party had the
honor, likewise the profit, of being in
the service of the same government as
MIR. Paul, we were doomed to disap-
pointment. In vain did our friend urge
upon Mr.. Paul the fact that in accord
ing us permission TO do so he might
consider himself merely showing civ
ility warranted by the standing of their
spokesman. He was invincible and
persisted in declaring the laws of his
adopted country forbade such a step
after the lamp was lighted, and that he
would no sooner think of disobeying
those laws than of violating the tomb
of Napoleon. Among the visitors at
the camp duringsthe weekwere Mr.. ii.
Talbot and Mrs. Talbot, Miss Harring-
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Lawrence, Mr..
and Mrs. e. u. Woodbridge, of YER
gennes; tColoncl G. ". Kinds, Mr..
Carroll f. Macomber and Mr.. M. E.
Ford, members of the Unitarian choir
and Schubert club of Burlington. The
latter gentlemen made the trip in the
yacht "Sharpie," the property of Col.
Kinds, to whose kindness the entire
party are much indebted for great
many pleasant trips up and down the
lake. XII.