The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-09-10


where II the landlord understands how
to keep a hotel, good meal is provid-
ed for fifty cents, consisting of fresh
fruits and vegetables in their season,
delicious milk, cream and pure butter,
poultry of all varieties, excellent quail
ity and in large quantity, can be had
from the farmers and served up in all
styles of the culinary art. Fish from
Crystal Lake. the mountain trout
streams and occasionally from Boston,
render the well-kept Vermont hostel
ries good places for man to come to
an anchor, rs my nautical friend, the
Commodore, would express it. But |
have no power to portray in pen pic
lures what might be accomplished in
these glorious retreats, were wealth
and progressive ideas once to combine
and crystalline results. The scenes for
aristocratic villas, half hidden away in
dense clumps of varigated foliage Oh
the sides of mountains overlooking fer
tile valleys, united by macadamized
roads, vending their way under the
over-hanging branches of elm and
maple shade trees, by happy farm
houses and picturesque scenes of run
ming brooks spanned by stone arched
bridges, cascades, waterfalls, lakelets
and water powers propelling machin-
cry, like the Fish Rod Factory Of my
enterprising friend, Hon. Thos. H..
Chubb, at this place, that fairly hum
med with musical intelligence under
the genius of mans skillful devices.
The many inviting spots for sweet cot
tage life and peaceful, charming, nerve
resting habitues, the magnificent, glo-
rious vistas, the many wild and roman
tic carriage ways and bride paths, for
those skilled in holding the ribbons
over spanking pairs, Workmanship and
accomplished equestriannes. In all
these respects, the natural advantages
of Vermont are equal to the finest OPP
portunities in the world, while the
charms of Long Branch, Newport,
Cape May, Bar Harbor, Saratoga and
the whole list of Intellectual fire-tiies
pale their feeble powers of attraction
as do the stars fnight at the approach
of the great god of day. Many of the
mountains here are built up by nature
into natural terraces. Their peaks,
SUBMITS, or rather domes, are often
above the feecy clouds, forming Il
seeming archipelago in the cloudy mist
that presses upon and caresses their
brows in the fresh, early morning cir
cumambient air. The bending skies
are of ceruean blue, and Oh, so soft
and serene, while veritable pillows
of leafy forests stretch far away in
picturesque loneliness, like lakes of
Nhn al
maple, the noble elm, the ash, birch,
butternut, the fir and fern are here in
all their lordly majesty and queen
ly beauty. So too, the cardinal flower,
rosemary, evening primrose and gold
en-rod, while peeping out from green
sward and lawns may be seen flaming
beds. of scarlet and rose geraniums,
red and white clover and many other
floral offerings in all their superb ex-
quisitness by bank, border walk,
brooklet, field, garden wall, Yaysiide,
nook and corner. a perpetual TOM
pensating incense to the sight-seer.
How many and wonderful are the
masterpieces of enchanting loveliness
and truth telling glories that greet the
ewes in drives to Chelsea, to Bradford,
to the copper mines, to Hanover, N.
H., the seat of learning where famous
old Dartmouth College was founded
in 1863. And what silent spots for
thought and rich cogitation, the very
cradle and home in which to give birth
to and crystalline the well rounded out
literature. What wonder that Daniel
Webster, Stephen A. Douglass and
Senator Evarts, should be born and
reared amid such surroundings. Sure
w. Vermont should be the home of
great, brainy, brawny men, lovely, cul-
tured women and superb horses. And
what picnic grounds, OF delightful
places for innocent larks and inspira-
tional ra!nbles, and how majestically
too, the great masses OF cumulus and
nimbus clouds climb the mountains
and cast their deep shadows over the
valleys as the winds stir the forest in
to /, gentle, rustling roar like the dis
tant sea, or softly signing breeze
moves the foliage into an almost spir-
itual wave of sound like the combined
tones of many Eolian harps. Taken
all in all, Vermont, with her glorious
olens and Green Mountains is VERT
able Kaleidoscope scene and aggrega-
ton of good things, arrayed in all that
chic of piquant naturalness which
makes truly lovable woman so indie
fineably and indescribably lovely and
beautiful. Her skies are indeed ''deep-
ly, darkly, beautifully blue" her airs
more BEAUTIFULLY tonic than champagne.
Here one needs no dietetics. Our bill
of fare is not from DelmOnicos, but
the food tastes better is more tooth
some, digests better and is more readi-
" aasimiated into the system, making
rich blood and strong, steady nerves.
The bellies and the beaux in their walk
ing, climbing, riding and driving, over
the hills and far away, get up appe--
tites that amaze themselves and would
fairly take away the breath of the
average watering place landlord, but
the mountaineers are used to it and
their larders and cuisines accordingly
prepared. Here the millionaire can
build up and enjoy his indolent ele-
gance; the brain workers and bread
winners can get away and find econo-
mical rest and such recuperation as
will give them renewed life and power
to fight life's earnest battles. Here