The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-01-31

fhuHsee4 Al - e6hes- The iccahcn OF III
isnoas msdicsl fountain aud natural car
cat, l.ss ia tse bssEiial vsrm sprisg W
ls,. % called. vAich runs northeast an
srSsh vssa bssssss t~o parallel fAnses {
Oh sustsirs. ksovn ~ the Warm sprine
Mouassirs 90 ,Ls east ssa the Bollids
} Rsag. 90 The vssi. WHICH with she Blu
Ridge ssd Alieslsssiss aid others fort
he greet ApSiss Aian I;AHss. The Alt
tnds Of th~ss srrisss 10 shout 400 Zee
shove tho level of iss ses- They arc >
miiss from ibs White salpLur. 20 iron
The Ola sseei. ~ from the Hoekndg
Alan, 10 frofa The Baih Alnsa. f,om ID,
wsrsa aud IRON the Healing spriess
meet Of Which ere nosed for rersia rnrs
tive pssas. The lisalis4. tie Iios, lh'
wsrsn and Hath Alaui sprung. sfs I'esie,
il B.th ecnaiy nearly 90 The liue u WaI
Virgins The route TO get 10 these won
dsriui springs,,f from ihs AoI.i. Ils.ion
must secsssarily make Washington City .
poin, on their Journey. lhsnee via Orange
AID Alexander X X 10 Gofdonssills
tsouss III iLs old, war vets will know where
that ID. then via Chesapeake 4 Ohio "a
Miiilofo o. Covington. Visitors from the
wast will strike tbs Chesapeake aud Ohio
II Il 81 Huntington er Ashland. Ky, 90
lt!.s Ohio fIyer thence up ths great Kama.
va valley and :i,s Sseetbnsr Valley in
sLicL the scsnsry 10 said not to he e1csled
10 any part of the world. From the South
v,sltoss wust pass threusL Richmond,
oncs the capitol of the so called Southern
Cosfsdsratscy.
Co,inyion. IS milss from the Hot
Spriaga ID reached BY . hssly graded
turnpike road. bniltasd kept in repair by
Turnpike company. aud runs over the
moustaia in zig rag way and for Q miles
the valley Of the Jackson River is seen. in
places thousand feet almost beneath you.
In coming this route visitors also pass the
beautiful cataract al the falling Spring
creek whose waters fall unbroken 200 feet
and land in perfect spray. 1t isa nina.
lurs Niagara. Although the volume Of
waisr 10 not 50 large il falls nearly twice
- far. The Healing Springs are passed.
also The Little Healing Springs. the Wa
tsrs Of which sitter coming out OF the
mountain 20 yards distant turn 80 feet
ovsrshot wheel ~hish erinds the Hour aud
coru for the Natives for miles around.
The route from Millboro takes the visitor
over tbs Warm Spring mountain by .
nicely graded pike passing the Bath Alum
asd Warm SPRING. From Millboro 1t is
20 miles 40 visitors can leave the cars at
Coviug,on and make the half circle and
stop at the Healing, the Hot, the Warm
and Bath Alum and take the ears again of
Millboro or rice rersd Visitors can reach
the Springs in about "a hours from New
York and ~ hours from Washington. The
climate smosg these mountains especially
for . Northernsr 10 beautiful, the Their.
momeisr 20 far this winter not being be-
low 20 degrees and W have not seen any
snow yet TO last on the ground all day.
The climate in summer il invigorating and
delicious, being At so high Al altitude the
cir il dry aud cool tho Thermometer new
or rising above 30 degrees. Fogs are
something hardly ever seen and to man
wbs has lived Ia Vermont or on the shores
Of Lake Erie the wind never blows. The
soil il The vsllsy seems 70 " formation
Of clay. slate and mari aud in some places
there are deposits Of vegetable matter
many feet dep which are very rich. The
sides OF the mountains seem 10 be the
natural home Of the Blue grass aud consc-
lusntly the principal business is raising
sheep aud cattle although there are some
very fips farms in the valleys which will
compare very favorsbly with farms in the
Otter Creek and Battsnkill valleys. but
the mode Of farming is one hundred years
Uouluus Auc uuhuiukb ntc VI sae'oAs
and are. with few exceptions,
built Of logs. Two large stone chimneys
are 6nt built, then The house is built in
between Of logs and the cracks fllod with
mud, then the whole 10 white.washed.
There are No homes for stock, snd to
vermontsr it looks the height OF shiftless-
ssss and cruelty 70 SEQ the stock even In .
mild climate curling up in the fence cor
hers. hut who're roopls never forget any
hing aud never learn anything II 10 about
III that can ~ expected. This 10 the way
/ has tssn aos~ Tor the last $50 years and
u.ie ing ffoin the Intelligence and indus
ry shown Ivy the majority Of the natives
hs same will he done 100 years hence.
Al 81 these lsrxs fsrms through these
fslirys we're before the wa worked by
lave labor and nearly al that is done now
. done l,y the Blocks. They are mostly
,irsd by the month to work for a Ger.
ain numbsr Of ponnd. Of corn neal and
,scos The Chief diet Of the Black man.
Their pay averages from eS to sl2 per
nosih II unmarried. aud ration OF 3 IL
,sui Dc u bacon and Que peck OF corn
Or seven days. with black cufi,. Nth sug-
. for breakfast, cabbage and tnrnip foi
Inner, bread aud bacon alone for supper.
tLisk the Blacks have not ndvspcsd