The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-09-03
4eferreo IT'LL
Midsummer Lett

DIR. r. l.. Cuyler wrote a
to the Erongeist of his
mont, from which we quot,
1.-The grandeur of the G
tains grew upon me every
dwelt among them and rode
The last afternoon spent at "
dolph was perpetual banque,
eye. On our homeward dr.
crossed the famous stock farm o,
Moulton; it covers fifteen hundred
acres and feeds over three hundred
thoroughbred Jersey cows. They
in their turn feed with their fresh, de-
liclous butter the guests of the Wind
sor and some other hotels in New York.
West Randolph is a thrifty township,
whose population has increased during
the last ten years; but it is a deplorable
fact, revealed by the recent census, that
the population of nearly all the rural
townships in healthy and beautiful
Vermont is steadily decreasing. The
greedy cities and manufacturing towns
are devouring them. OF this sad fact,
so full of moral portent, | will say
some things in my next letter. Last
Thursday we reluctantly left Mari
CASTLE the pleasant residence of our
kind friend, Mr.. Chandler, and he ac-
companied us to Burlington. We kept
in sight of lofty 'Camel's Hump for
several miles, and then came out at the
base of Mount Mansfield, and crossing
the Winooski, saw the spires of Bur-
lington over the maple trees. A drive
through the city was very interesting.
In a well-shaded mansion on Main
street resides Vermont's great, solid
senator, George F. Edmunds. His
stature in the senate chamber is about
like the stature of Mansfield among
the mountains of his native state
broad-based and unsurpassed in alti-
tude. On the crown of the hill rising
from Lake Champlain stands the Uni
versity of Vermont. This is the insti-
tuition which is linked with the name
of the eminent linguist and diplomatist,
the Hon. George p. Marsh. | was
greatly impressed with the noble library
edifice, of massive brown stone, which
was presented TO the University by Mr..
Frederick Billings of Woodstock. 1t is
finer building of its kind than either
Yale or Princeton can boast; its collec-
ton of 10000 volumes is one of the
choicest in the land. From the Uni
versity we drove to the old cemetery, to
visit the tomb of Ethan Allen, the hero
of Ticonderoga. Vermont has reared
lofty monument of marble to the dar-
ing leader of her mountaineers; she
has crowned it with fine statue of
him in continental uniform, Just as
he looked when he presented himself
at the gates of Fort Ticonderoga and
demanded its surrender in the name
of Jehovah and the continental con-
gress' In the lower part of Burling-
ton is the new city cemetery. In con-
tains the grave and the modest monu-
ment of General Stannard, whose Yer
mont rifemen did such deadly execu-
ton upon Pickett's confederate troops
in their famous charge at Gettysburgh
Allen and Stannard were typical Yer
mont heroes; they both struck telling
strokes at decisive moments. Lake
Champlain is ten miles wide in front of
Burlington. We crossed it on lovely
afternoon toward sunset, and took in
grand views of the Green Mountain
range on the east side and of the Adj
rondacks on the west. From Port Kent
little railway took us in few minutes
to the Ausabe river, and landed us at
the Lake View hotel. Early the next
morning we pushed in to explore the
famous and picturesque Ausable
Chasm. My second visit to this weird
and wonderful gorge impressed me
still more than the one / made there
many years ago. If this were in
England remarked a lady of our
party, the whole kingdom would rush
to see it, Very true; and those who
can not make journey to the canons
of the Rocky Mountains ought to see
this widest and grandest of rock archi-
lecture to be found in our Atlantic
States"