Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-08-21
AMONG VERMONT HILLS.


Vermont railway. and headed towar
the northwest, up the White River val
ley. An hour Of winding among yer
a dant hills and by the water-course
brought us to the bright and busy vii
r lage of West Randolph, which stand
in the center Of Vermont. Here W,
, are spending a few days delightfully."-
as the guests of our friend and parish
Toner. Mr.. Albert B. Chandler. thu
president of the Postal Telegraph Ca
BILE Company. Like DIR. Field and Sc
many other sons of New England, he
has reared his summer home in his
native place, and beside the "Macpelah'
Of his ancestors. The tether that reach
es back to the cradle, the school house
and the play grounds of childhood, has
never been cut. DR.. Horace Bush
nell, when in the maturity of his fame,
used TO love to visit the scenes of his
boyhood at New Preston, Connecticut.
One day he metan octogenarian working
by the roadside, who looking sharply
at the great preacher, whom he had
known sixty years before, enquired
"Be you Horace!" 1t is great joy
to an old man to find somebody who can
sill salute him Familiarity by his first
name.
On Saturday evening, towards sun
set, Mr.. Chandler drove us to a lofty
hill in the center of the township of
Randolph. When we reached that coign
of vantage, he introduced us to the
princes and the elders of the ancient
royal family of the Green Mountains.
There they stood. in their yerdant
majesty: Killington and Shrewsbury
Peaks TO the southwest Of us, and awav
to the northwest loomed up the mag
niiicent crown of old Mansfield. Scores
OF others almost as lofty were catching
the goodnight kiss Of the setting sun.
Senator Edmunds once said to me. ~
want to die in sight of old sCamel's |
Hump" There spake genuine Green |
Mountaineer. | do not wonder al the |
loyalty Of every son Of Vermont to his
native Stale; il is a commonwealth Ia
be proud Of.
Although Vermont was no: admitted
into the Union until 1871, her sons did
brave service at Ticonderoga and BEN
lington and Saratoga during the Rev
pulmonary struggle. A hardy and
race of people settled this
beautiful State they even put it into
heir constitution that only those should
'e eligible TO a seat in the legislature $
Who were ''men OF wisdom and vir- I
ne. The vast majority of farmers c
re still farmers, and wool growers, =
nd stock-raisers. There is not a city n
n the State that contains O.OO0 c
eople. The white marble that under
es her hills is a fitting emblem of the
Dlldity and purity Of the ancient com
Much of the old Puritan
brit fingers in her happy homes. I
For over thirty years Vermont has - y,
adj prohibitory law on her statute &c
'oks. In Rutland and Burlington ~
I'd some OF the larger towns, especial IA
IN some of the manufacturing places an
e law is often set at naught when the ~
importance men are ''caught mapping" =
ID allow men of loose principles TO be
scted as magistrates. Here in West =
a thrifty village Of 1864 10
ople, Mr.. Chandler tells me that there IN
not an open saloon or bar-room Of !,
y kind In Bradford the Rev. Mr.. Re
res made the same gratifying state cal
mt. On the last Of July, Morrisville rec
ebrated its centennial, and while ten
'usand people were assembled there,
an intoxicated person, or any place
vending intoxicants, could be dis
fered! A wholesome public senti- In
mt in Vermont is fatal to both the r
'anter and the dram-sbop. Il
Last Sabbath j enjoyed greatly -
son of worship in the clean white
ngregational church-whose pastor Nc
he Rev. Mr.. Hardy. He tells me -
the rural churches in this county
d their own very well, in spite Of
current setting towards the cities. p
salt is not losing its SAVIOR. On sem
nday we made a pleasant excurs on ey v
Bradford, beautiful village ON the pan,
ks OF the Connecticut. A drive whe
'ugh ancient Haverhill. with its ante
ely old mansions and avenues Of as Il
5, was very interesting. From a issu'
y bluff above bradford we caught oon'
ost enchanting view Of the emerald IN \
s that skirt the Connecticut. and TIKI
rand old "Moosilauke" and the
II White Mountains that surround -
A goodly land is this-a land of loss S.
Is and tiocks and bee-hives I'VE saw not !
Nv an hundred m o. ,..N inter
flowing with m Tx and honey. Per- or
some son of Vermont may read
letter in the far West; and the -,
I memories of his childhood may
n fan his cheek; and with mois-