Morning journal and courier., 1892-02-08

A PHYSICIANS VACATION. Itinerary of Tour From New Haven to Quebec-Sugar Making in Yer. mont. free ticket read as per ticket. Paragraph 4 line B. for "another late" read am late. Para Paragraph g, line (, for ia bed sheet read in front Paragr.gh 1o M line c. for s.a.l A,so x read
 Errata in No. II. Paragraph 2, line s5, for April 8, 1891. Another glorious days Lots of snow, but to-day it is melting. Rose at S:3O without being called. Mild breakfast of toast and coffee. Landlord Chamberlin l and guests very kind and sociable Sent 1 me paper to read, and invited me to l smoke in the dining room. Hurried off to | catch 10:30 train to Concord. Met an Elm l house guest named Stewartson, who was very friendly, as indeed all theatrical people are. He is 8 musician, and has been all over the world. Bought tickets to Montpelier via White River Junction. To barber's shop to get hair cut. Barber very sociable, and went out forgetting to pay him. Thought of it in five minutes and ran back to rectify my blunder, the barber receiving me with smile.
 Coming out of Manchester, N. H., passed the Amoskeag Thread and Cotton mills | II v,of11 !, a1, seems very plenty here. Amoskeag mills extend nearly a mile on the left side of the railroad track.
 Followed the Merrimac river nearly all the way up. Beautiful scenery. Pass Sun cook falls. Resemble Wintergreen falls multiplied by 1000.
 State house at Concord is a square edi- fee. Contains colossal bronze statues of ; General Stark and Daniel Webster. In the lobby is an immense relief map of the state, showing the mountains, etc. Could pick out the mountains saw when here with Dr. Russell. Elegant painting of "Old Man of the Mountains" presented to the state by Mrs. Taft in memory of her husband. Old battle flags of the war of the Rebellion in cases around the walls. Stuffed stag (exquisite), presented by Aus g tin Corbin, occupies prominent place. Am sitting in the "tip-top" of state house tower, 184 steps up. Splendid view.
 Tower shaky; built in 1879. Queer old
 winding wooden staircase running up 5 thro' center of cupola, in round, wooden
 tube.
 Representatives hall is very handsome, but small. Members assembling as I be- gan to climb. They are standing around in groups, smoking and chatting.
 In a cave are some revolutionary relics; = also, souvenirs of the rebellion. Here are
 two Indian arrows taken from the body of
 Sergeant Mcclure. Also cannon captured
 by Stark during the revolution.
 Took train st 3:25 for White River junc- tion. On board was crowd of noisy,
 drunken Dartmouth boys returning to col
 lege. Never heard such din. Fifty
 times more than Yale! Chaffed them
 little, and they were uproarious with de- light at meeting Yale man. Crossed the ! Connecticut at the junction." Somehow
 looked smaller than at Middletown. Lots 1 of snow.
 Reached Montpelier at D. m. and put
 up at the Pavilion" The state house, an
 elegant granite edi6ce, the pride of all
 Green Mountain boys, situated at the foot
 of high hill upon gentle slope. Of
 Grecian architecture, with two wings and
 dome, with statue of Ceres on top; fifty
 seven stone steps to get to the portico. A f marble statue of Ethan Allen near the door.
 The "Pavilion," first class hotel, larger and better kept than the New Haven \ house, and cheaper. At supper 8 gentle man sat opposite me who proved to be a 6 physician, son of Rev. Spencer H. Bray, formerly of New Haven. He practices n homeopathy at White River junction. Passed the evening together, swapping
 stories till 9 8. m.
 MONTPELIER. Vt., April 9, 1891.
 Fourth Day.-Glorious weather! Arose
 at 6:3O. Vermont air is better than sleep.
 Dr. B. was up to see me off; started at
 8:1O; Green mountains in the distance;
 "Camel's Hump one of the highest peaks
 Mt. Mansfield the highest in the Green
 mountain range; the Catskill House can be
 seen from its summit with glass; terri
 ply hilly; spruce and white cedars very
 common; no chestnut or hickory trees; ,. beeches and sugar naples frequent; have not seen single elm; at Mansfield depot
 found ''mine host' M. in waiting for me;
 a nine-mile drive to his house; road rough
 and muddy; no letter from home here or
 at Montpelier; should write this on blue
 paper for 1 am really "blue;" but "no - news is good news," so cheered up. The
 best of luck now; sap has been running for
 three days, and when we went to the
 'sugar orchard" the buckets were running
 over. Young M. collected this p. m. 12G
 ten-quart pails full, and did not get all
 In collecting the sap they take big sled
 chain huge tub with small hole in the cover to the sled and then two horses ! draw it from tree to tree, the driver emp !, tying the sap buckets into the pails and
 then into the tub, which holds twenty
 pailfulls. At the bottom of the tub is s
 spout. Drawing the sled to the high end
 to run from the spout into the trough, and ,,, thence into ''holder'' or vat, where it ii y strained. In the bottom of the "holder' Ve is another spout, whence it is con ve ducted by another trough direct to the tn pans in a slow, steady stream. These o+ pans, of which MT. NJ. has four, are about o' 2x4 feet long and wide, and inches deep se They are heated over immense stone arch to es in which the fire is built. The saI I boils furiously. When the boiling has o+ reached certain point, they ''sugar of, '"' as it is called. The sap is excellent te at drink, especially if it has been frozen nd Only the water freezes. The horses pre- a fer sap to water.
 4o Ms house is old and rambling. It ii large enough for several families. Many ne of the rooms are only used for storage ed My room is off the parlor and is warmed
 with a big wood stove. They fire witt O wood on the railroads)
 .A The M family consists of MT. M., hit wife (sister of Mrs. J. H. M, of West us vile, and her "double" in voice anc f.: actions), a son, William, aged IS, daugh .o ter, Ida, aged 16 and little daughter TO- , Maud, aged 5. A boy helper, also, live tn with them. All are pleasant and cordial be, (Vermonters thaw out more readily tha, Connecticut folks).
 :. Fell asleep at the sugar-orchard, beinl o' tired out. Dinner, frizzled beef. Fresl 'le beef is scarce and hard to get. Supper j whipped cream. bread, maple syrup, cof
 fee, milk, etc. After supper, chores, ant
 then cards Told my ''feel like differen 'u man" story, to the great amusement of tn nd Ms.
 lat Am going to "turn in" early, as we star nd for the sugar orchard at 8. m. on CABOT, Vt., April 10, 1892.
 Still at sugar camp. Very cold yester
 day. Warmer to-day; clear till toward
 p. m., then cloudy till evening. Rose a
 4:30, drank some milk and went to tn