Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-31
To tile Editor Of the Herald:

10 tie EItt0T OF the Herald:
Well, the first charge of our
double barreled Sabbath goes off
tomorrow, so how shall we get rid
of it? Go out to the lake. All
right, we will go to the Adventist
tabernacle in the morning and out
to Lake Goguac Immediately after
| dinner.
The Seventh Day Adventist tab
ernacle was erected in 1878 at a cost
of $26,0oO. It's central dome is 66
feet high and its clock tower los
feet high. The main auditorium
will seat 900 persons, and is sur
rounded on the north, east and south
by vestrys which will seat respect
lively $50, $50 and $50 persons.
These rooms arc separated from the
main auditorium by ground glass
sliding partitions which can be
raised when necessary, throwing the
entire lower floor into one room,
capable of accommodating at least
1850 people. The galleries running
around three sides of the building
will seat 500, and the wall seats and
chairs $50, giving the entire taber-
nacle seating capacity of 5000. 1t
is said that 1000 people were ac-
commodated in the building during
the graduating exercises of the high
school on recent evening. Elder
Littlejohn spoke on the morning
that we attended. lie is perfectly
sightless so, OF course, breaches from
memory. There was nothing doc
trinal about his discourse. His OBJ
ject was to portray the love and
mercy of God before the birth of
Christ.
After dinner, according to agree
ment, we took the horse cars and af-
ter about an hours ride out through
the city, past pleasant homes and by
long stretches of wheatfelds merry
with the clatter of the harvester, we
rolled along the beach at Goguac.
The steamer Edward Guy waited at
the wharf impatient to be let free.
We took the upper deck and lean
ing back in our chairs, put our feet
on the railing and were soon, gliding
away down the lake. Lake Goguac
is long, serpentine stretch of water
winding away four or five miles
through a level, wooded country.
| There is not a rock nor hill in
sight. The scenery as we first start
out consists of the steamboat and a
long, winding sheet of water lined
on either side by oak and hickory
trees. Nevertheless the hot day
was made perfect by the cool breeze
on the water, and we talked and
laughed at the Datchman's jokes
until TIE captain announced the
Island House. AS we glided up to
the wharf one might imagine that
we had reached the southern ex-
tremity of the lake. Ascending
about half a dozen steps we arrived
at the summit of the island where
we found a pleasant little summer
resort. The Island House, for a
wonder, is temperance house, so,
congratulating the landlord, we
took glass of lemonade and then,
while the rest of the party ad-
journed to the croquet ground we
strolled across the island and sitting
down under the trees looked down
upon picture which was worth
twice the whole journey to see.
On the south Goguac prairie
stretched away for miles without an
interruption. The main road as far
as the eye could reach was lined on
both sides by those tall and stately
trees, the Lombardy poplar. A
field of wheat, dotted here by a
: patch of oats and there by a square
of corn, covered the whole prairie.
J How rich that ocean of golden grain
did look waving in the summer sun
shine. How many thousands of
dollars, as it were, lay there nearly
, ripened and ready to be gathered
: in. The big wheel of the windmill
r marked every mans home. We
5 crossed the narrow footbridge from
? the island to the mainland and there