Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-06-26
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CANADA.

some, but otherwise were patient al
though they had already been waiting
for me several hours. The tall church,
newly painted, that has done service
since 1917, was at one side. a young girl.
trim and 1.-THE, with some lilies of the
valley fastened OH her bosom, and a
pretty bunch of artificial red flowers up
on her hat, passed by on the sidewalk.
y horse, drawing load of large tile, APP
peared coming up the street in the dis
lance, and whilst possibly | glanced at
the young woman on the sidewalk, my
horses were very much absorbed with
the approach of the tile. Soon Mr.. Beck
with appeared and we started, the town
clock Just striking II. Behind us now
was the classic village of Middlebury
with its colleges and its pretty church.
The largest central town of the Cham
plain valley, it needs but little more to
make it one of the handsomest places of
its size in the whole country, and that
little we think VIII all come in time.
1t was an elegant day for driving, there
being a cool north wind and clear sky.
pass by the views from the road on
Chapman hill above Mddlebury, among
the handsOmest of any trip, and also
those from the town hill in New Haven. al
most equally fine, for they are well known
to the readers of the REGISTER. From
above Nergennes is the first near view of
Lake Champlain. At Nergennes we took
dinner. then drove into Ferrisburgh, and
through its several villages, to Charlotte
not the Charlotte that we have been
to before, but a prettier village. nearer
the lake, that looks as though il had been
shook out here by mistake, and from
which we lost our way, and came out at
the lake instead of Shelburn village.
By turning, however, past the Mech
place we reached again the old stage
road and came down into Shelburn.
Here my companion left me to return by
cars, and amidst the gathering darkness
| drove on alone to Burlington six miles
farther.
sunday drove through Williston to
Richmond. As we entered Richmond Il
large crowd were emerging from the
Catholic church, and very long line of
teams were hitched on the street, of
those who attended The hotel, quite a
well appearing one, was kept by a French
Canadian. His daughter waited on the
table ana afterwards played quiet hand
somely on the piano, a new one, in the
paror above. This was the second case
! in Vermont that have met hotels kept
by Canadians; the other was at Marsh
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attended the Congregational meeting
| where about 30 were gathered.
Monday morning | left Richmond for
the biblical town of Jericho. Here | saw
Miss Fanny Morse. Miss Fanny had
made application for position at Bread
/ Loaf for herself and friend by a letter
that was model both in expression and
penmanship. | found her at one of those
modest farm-houses that are frequently
seen on the higher Vermont hills. She
appeared prompt. well made girl, felt
sure her friend would be equally good
with herself as a waitress, and wanted to
know whether in the dining room the
mattresses had to wear the same costume.
| assured her that no such nonsense eX-
listed at Bread Loaf. Each young lady
wore what she pleased, looked AS well
as she pleased, and felt as well as She
pleased. | might have added that we do
not admit the nonsense CT speaking of
Mrs. Harrison, or any other Presidents
wife, as the first lady of the land. The
Bread Loaf is quite republican institu-
ton. and equally with every well organ
lied home on this great continent q speak
of every home on the continent as Amer
ican) it believes in the superiority of labor,
and wouldn't give talloW candle for all
the dignity in the world, except that of
worth.
From Jericho we drove to Essex Cen
tire, thence through Colchester to Milton,
where e had dinner, and were joined by
Mr.. kidder of Middlebury, who had ar
ranged TO 90 into the French country
with Us, and assist in ferreting out the
history and pedigree of their horses. We
saw here after dinner Ashley's Ethan, sire
of Allan Maid, PAGER, , 'lGt. lie is very
good and well looking bay horse, l54
hands high.
Leaving Milton we bore towards the
lake and after several miles through a
very retired neighbOrhood came to Mr..
Stanley's, whose farm lies on the lake
shore. Mr.. Stanley gave us information
of the horse known in Ohio as Davis
Flying Morgan, bred by his father and
broken by himself.
Leaving Mr.. Stanley's the road carried
us along by the lake shore some distance,
past one or two pretty places, then turn
ed inland and by the village of st.
Adams Bay came to st. Adams.
At St. Adams we passed the night the
next day drove to Swanton, robust vii
lage bordering on Canada, and thence to
Highgate Springs. From here we en-
tered Canada, intending to visit Phillips
burgh on Missisquoi bay, but learning
there was no hotel there we went instead
to St. Armands. Here there was an no.
tel, but hardly anything else, so we
drove on, without stopping, to Bedford.
Bedford is quite place, and Farnham,
that we reached the next day at dinner,
still more of one, quite railroad town,
with mixed population of French and
English. st. CHsaire, about twelve miles
from Farnhanl, is the first strictly French
town that we came TO. Since was here,
several years past, the old stone church,
deemed unsafe, has been taken down,
and preparations are now being made for
a new one. For use in the meantime Il
large wooden building has been erected.
| was here before on Sunday and | re-
member the great crowd that gathered
then to the church, and when the church
was over gave themselves up to iollity
and amusement. Now there was Il fete
of some kind. or holiday, and the crowds
again came in to church. Given a little
village in this cold country crowded with
people, beyond it, around it, great ST.
lent country, serene now in the sunlight,