Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-16
About Vacation.

correspondent, E. H., says: It does not follow that because one in his summer travels has found 8 new place new to him-and has enjoyed and been profted by his stay in it, that it much concerns or will greatly interest the public to be told of the fact Yet the time of year is come when, after the style of the old almanacs, it may be said. About this time look for accounts from ministers and laymen of vacation experiences, and, beyond question, we shall not look in vain
 We shall hear from those who have seen places strange, wild, picturesque, lonely, lovely? We may expect to be told about unfamiliar sounds, odd people, and various new experiences. The explorers will report themselves and the fishermen, and the hunters, and the cooks. We shall learn in fact what execution has been done by rife and shotgun; we shall perhaps have our credulity taxed just little by fish stories, though there are big fishes, as some of us can testify who have almost drawn them into the boat. It is pleasant to think how many have known how to improve their vacation and will take up their work again with in- creased strength and new courage.
 September and October royal months for many of the purposes of vacation. Yet the multitude will for obvious reasons continue to take their ease during the hot season. It is too late therefore to give ad- vice with respect to resting places for this year. But we may at least be told where some have been. am personally moved to refer to my whereabouts for @ part of the summer, thinking it possible that, by having their attention called to the place, others may at some future time find equal enjoy ment and profit in a visit to AL burgh Springs. The town of Al burgh is miniature peninsula, ex- tending from Canada ten miles into Lake Champlain. It is six miles in width on the province side, and grows somewhat narrower towards it's southern end. It's surface is mainly level, though there are ridges run ming north and south which afford delight full prospect. Portions of the town are marked by rare richness of soil and fertility. They blossom and bear fruit like a garden. The small village bearing the name of Al burgh Springs is on the eastern shore one and a half miles from the Canada line, facing Missisquoi Bay. The water at this point is from two to three miles in width. The shore beyond is varied low in some directions, and
 
 hills. To the east and south the spires of St Albans are visible, and farther away stand Mt. Mansfield, Camels Hump and @ range of mountains stretching on into Canada. All these with feecy clouds and varying shadows and tints in the sky and on the hillsides some of them delicate beyond expression, make picture that well deserves to be called charming. And from @ point less than mile away, one who turns his back..upon this picture may see in the other direction part of Lake Champlain and of the northern portion of the Adirondack range, down al- most to Whiteface and the region of Lake Placid. If one is susceptible to natural beauty let him from this spot see the sun set and he will be ready to say with the psalm ist, "The heavens declare the glory of God and the Armament showeth his handy work 5 That however, which mainly attracts visitors to Alburgh is the beginning famous sulphur spring Within @ few years the healing qualities of the water have begun to be widely known, though for more than 8 century some have recognized it's virtue. It is especially valuable in connec- tion with rheumatic complaints and diseases of the skin. "The peculiarities of the water" says Professor Chandler, of Columbia College, consist in it's containing the bi bicarbonates of Gthia, magnesia and lime.n ? Without referring here to instances of cures effected and of great benefit received, may at least say that many desirable things are combined at Alburgh Springs-good accommodations with fair prices at the hotels, postofice and telegraph office, regular church services, air as pure as can be breathed anywhere, pleasant drives along the shore of the lake and to several Canadian villages, good boats, good boat- men and splendid fishing, good company and the healing water