The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-01-27

mont, because when she took drive
Of twenty-five or thlity mites to
visit a friend. as she sometimes did alone.
she carried fierce dog and double-barrel
SHOTGUN IN her phaeton, a proc' edIng
which, rs there are no kuklux In that re-
zion. plainly reflected upon the gallautry OF
ner copntrymen.
stephen a. Douglas used 20 say that Yer
mont was a good country to b. born IN, and
there he stopped. II has some advantages
~ a country to die in also, because il not
only contains some beautifully.locatedc GENE
teres, but marble and grauite are very
abundant. cheap. and OF the finest quality.
DIGGING ONES GRAVE.
however. would be the mnst serious item OF
expense, as the soil Is so hin that blasting
has 10 he resoItcd to-at least that is The
impres sion made upoE stranger. But
Vermont i also a glofIous.reeion to live in
in summer. Il would strain even tough
conscience 10 recommend II rs desirable
Mace for a winter residence, but from June
/ until October il H. luxury 10 breathe the
pure atmosphere that bithes its beauii-
| ful green hills and wales. The local
attachment which sentimental writers
have always attributed to the resi-
dent Of mountainous country. how
eyer. does not appear 10 he so intense
among the inhabitants as TO amount to
mission. although ii is not 10 be denied that
lihc individual NefmOnter cliDgs rs lena
ciously 10 a mOuntain-ii il belongs TO him,
land contains any valuable timber or other
marketable product-as any other man.
lThere have been periods IN the history
OF the country, il l. true, when THIS love
OF home has been powerfully developed
such periods generally colnciding win
Of
domestic. and passing away with them,
but ordinarily it. is not eS;.ecially obserNa-
bic. II is not country in which an out
slider would make an immediate fortune by
AN exchange Of COMMODITIES, rs was Illus
ItrateG in the housekeeping transaction
between q New Yorker and resident OF
this State. which ended by the latiel's get
tine both horses and fifty dollars; but for
energy, enterprise, and thrift, and for de-
nesting ballots on what the rebel brigadier
thought was the wrong side OF politics,
they certainly have few equals and no Su
Pcrlor>.'
i'm some parts OF the State. aud notably
along the borders OF Lake ChampaiD ana
around Lake Mempbremagog, can scarcely
be surpassed. The many smaller lakes, or
pouds. as they are called, which IN various
l Dlsces greet the gaze Of the traveller as he
| winds his way among The mountains, give
, charm to the landscape which is lacking
= in the crander mountain scenery OF the
. West and South.
u I'm Maine and New Hampshire there are
e similar llDdsclpes, but the coloring IS not
- 20 rich.
,. Sunsets are beautiful eyerywherc-in the
IS nine levels OF the SOuh Atlantic coast, on
tt.,. "A
F. everlasting hills, in every latitude OF every
81 land. Those on Lake Cbamplain are some
= times most magnificent. In summer, when
n the cod of day. before sinking TO MS resi-,
y pauses above The hsh.roIIing wilderness ol
y Inc Adirondacks to take his last, lingering
o look across The lake upon Mount Mansfield
! towering behind the hills of WnoO>ki, the
u Whole heavens and the earth are IHdian
T with his glory. \ rosy mist, uprising
) from the portals Of the glowing west, man
d lies all the Adirondack range, and spreads
j. far purpling up the azure steep; ll@ht
u 1eecv clouds float slowly across the SURFACE
J. great golden bars Of light, like soud beams
j. radia'ing from the fiery orb, strike througi
/, the misty vel. and reaching upward, pal,
d 0,aduaIlv toward the zenith the slanting
q rays glance tenderly along the mellow wa
4 tiers and melt into their silent depths; th'
l. woods are kndled with strange, unearthly
y light the south wind softly sings It's yespel
: bymn: mountain, lake, and woods as soitlN
$ catch the strain, and amid the changing
= splendors Of the summer eve the gales o
day are shut, and the stars begin tnel
watch.
~ Ii was the good fortune Of the rebel brlga
Y der to enjoy many such sunsets VIM
(. camping with bospitabIe friends on til
# shores OF that beautiful lake, and on on
Iy such afternoon he had the honor to addreS
d an audience OF some hundreds who hat
re- gathered there TO hear him speak, or " Ice
e iure," as they say up there.
Opposite the camp on the western side o
- the lake was Plaitsburg, near when wa
le the scene Of McDonOugh's naval victory
,r At the southern extremity OF the lake wa
n Ticonderoga, and still further south wa
d Bennington.
~ the hour. the scene, and the historic as
a sociations which clustered around thos
=. names must have excited patriotic sent
>, ments in any descendant OF the men Q
Y the Revolution. even though he bore th
a title which England honored them with
Is The rebfl br.gadier. therefore, felt an
\. gave ulterance to them, appealing mos
70 earnestly TO those who surrounds
pl him for restoration OF the mutua
= confidence and friendship which fOrmerl
d existed between the people OF the two sec
. tons OF the country, protesting meanWhl
/. the good faith Of the southern people, Il
IS whose behalf he spoke, and depicting a
# best he could the calamtieS which had be
II fallen them in addition 10 those which bat
p. accompanied their overwhelming defeat ii
v the war.
y Some Of his auditors seemed touched b.
r. the recital, but the majority " didn't TAX
r. any stock in him, and didn't believe wor'
q OF what he was talking about" and the
Il would not believe though one should rls
- from the dead.
Is What will their children believe!
A. NJ. WADDELL.
a dispatch from Lynchburg to the Bait