Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-09-19
LUNENBURGH.

ILUNENBURGH.
We take the subjoined from. the
Chicago Sun. The writer, Mr. II. L.
Goodall, was born in Lunenburgh,
and spent his early boyhood days
there. When 16 years of age he left
his home. and obtained work as bob
bin boy in Massachusetts, cotton fac
tory, where, by his energetic and in
dustrious habits, he soon rose to the
position of overseer. From Massa-
chusetts he went west, and after serv-
ing his country during the rebellion,
went to Pennsylvania, where he resid-
ed for several years, occupying prom
inent positions of honor and trust,
among them, being employed by the
State of Pennsylvania to revise, re-
write, and republish certain legal doc
uments, in which occupation he spent
four years. lie next moved to Chica-
go, where he is now publishing and
editing the Chicago Sun and other pub
locations. His whole career from the
time he left home has been one Of sig
nal success. He recently spent few
weeks at Lunenburgh, stopping with
mine host Thomas, of the Maple Grove
House, and of his native town he con-
tributes the following interesting
sketch.
One of the most delightful and
charming country places visited by
the writer during his recent trip to
and through the East was his native
town of Lunenburgh, Vt. 1t is a
small village, located in an undulat-
ing township, interspersed with hills
and valleys (hills sleeper and higher
than ever before, it seemed to us) with
: rocks so plentifully distributed that
on many of the farms the greatest
wonder was how the live stock ever
: contrived to get at the sweet, green,
juicy grass that grows between them,
: and how they ever managed to Gle
down, croppies," yet they do both,
somehow, for Vermont cattle and
sheep are shrewd Yankee stock, and
4 thoroughly educated as to the pecul-
iarities of the little Green Mountain
State. The township, which is filled
with and noted for its purling streams
and its beautiful lake, known as Meals
Pond, is bounded on the east or New
Hampshire side by the Connecticut
River, which separates it from the
/, lovely township Of Lancaster, n. H.,
and along the banks of this beautiful
river are some excellnntmead farms
as level as an Illinois prairie, and af-
fording a wonderful contrast to the
o farms nesting among the adjacent
= hills. From almost any point of Lun-
! enburgh there is obtainable view OF
q one of the most picturesque landscapes
to be found anywhere in New Eng
. land. A few miles to the eastward, in
plain view, is seen the White Noun
9 tain range in New Hampshire, with its
lofty, Handicapped peaks known as
Mt. Washington, Mt. Jefferson and
q Mt. Pleasant, the former towering
: 5000 feet above the level of the sea
while Franconia's pyramidal peak
known as Mt. Lafayette, is also plain
Iy visible at the South. Between the
,. mountains and Lunenburgh Heights
S wind the silvery waters of the glorious
a old Connecticut, along whose verdant
! banks speed the we'll loaded trains O
!. the Boston, Concord 81 Montreal Rail
o road.
8 The world-renowned road which as
cends to the summit of Mount Wash
q ington and the smoke of the climber
X drawing the little train up the dizzy
p steep. are also visible in clear day
II even without the aid of glass. A
q the west are the rugged hills of Cow
# Mountain, Miles's Mountain and Mt
q Tug. Spread out in this beautiful
panorama of hill and dale, and noun
tain range, and rivers and rivulets ant
n fields and woodlands, are the town
d ships of Lunenburgh, Guildhall North
cumberland, Lancaster, Jefferson
Whitefield and Dalton. Mt. Lafay
cite or Franconia Peak is, as it were
a natural sun-dial, and when the SUI
is directly over the peak it is ''higt
IS noon" at Lunenburgh.
n People from crowded cities seeking
rest and recreation in summer time
T. will travel a long distance before they
n will find a healthier or lovelier spo
than the charming Vermont towr
above named.
: While taking by the hand some
, friends of our boyhood days, such al
" Hon. John llartshorn, William Chand
:, Ter, Esq, and Others, none contributed
more thoroughly to our enjoymen
than the favorte chum of our boy
1t hood, the Hon. Charles Wesley Kins
y and his estimable and accomplished
lie wife. Mr.. King is one of the mos
II enterprising men in Lunenburgl