Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-09-12
Excursion to Weirs, n. ii.

Thursday, Sept. 9th your corr espondent
Joined party of friends at Plainfeld In
an excursion to Lake Winnepesaukee
the loviest sheet OF water in New England
The day was exceptionally fine, and the
managers had put enough cars on the road
so that we had plenty of room, in fact botf
nature and man united their powers that
lay to give the excursionists pleasant
time.
| We left Plainfield at o'clock A. NJ
with IA cars and engines and steamed
slowly up the heavy grade to Marshfield'
where we took on few more passengers
on by Kinney's mills without stopping, te
the Summit where we took on more
passengers, past Groton pond, Ricker's
station to Groton where we again stopped
for passengers. The country from Marsh
field to this place looks poor and forbid
ding, with few inhabitants and the man
who owned the least of that country
seems to be the best off. Leaving Groton,
our next stopping place was at South
Ryegate, noted for its granite works and
rather a pleasant place, hurrying past
Boltonvile we reached Wells River al
9: 2S where we again took passengers.
from there to Weirs 60 miles, we steamed
in about two hours through pleasant
country full of picturesque scenery with
plenty of mountains for background and
one of them, Moose Hillock, had house
perched on its bald summit looking like a
bird house among the clouds and 1T looked
impossible for anything but birds to get to
1t, what it is there for is wholly conjecture
Lake Winnepesaukee is simply beautiful
It's white sandy bottom give It's waters
. TRANSPARENCY and clearness rarely seen,
and its numerous islands, all of them
clothed to tie water with q wealth of
oiage looking like emeralds set in silver,
relieve it of that nakedness that most
bodies of water have. Several steamers
ply on it and one of them, the Lady OF the
Lake, Capt. T. S. Walleigh, about 200 OF
,ur party boarded on the arrival OF our
train. ate our lunch and had boat ride to
Centre Harbor and back, Il distance OF
ahoul 20 miles.
The rest of our time, which was I'M
reasonably short, was given to looking at
some of the beauties of Weirs. do rot
mean the ladies'; but Weirs has one of the
best if not the best arranged places for
camp meetings in New England, situated
on tn. shores of the lake, in pine grove,
with II good stand for the speakers and
seats for AN .'innumerable multitude" OF
hearers. A tower of observation built on
the hill back of the village that commands
a fine view Of .the lake and the White
Mountains and intervening country.
Camp Richand Ella" with its barracks,
,apahle of accommodating thousand
men, and its memorial stone containing
he names of all the New Hampshire
,egiments and officers in gilt letters and
enced with an iron fence OF muskets and
annon, by the ladies of the 18th regiment
nd numerous other objects of interest to
he sight seer.
At 3: so we left Wcirs on our return,
ceiling that our stay was all too short IN
hat beautiful town, and at 8 O'Clock arriv-
d in Plainfeld, with Il feeling that the II
ours we mad just spent were among
hose we should longest remember To
be kindness off. C. French Of Lake village
1uilford we were much indebted for the
,leasure of our visit in showing us the
aces of interest, etc. M.
Calais, VT, Sept, II 1883.