The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-11-18

Mr. q. 7, Ferris contributes 81 suel
90 "Wiid AulnaEs 10 New Euglaps
Game Pan" to The Ceutay. Mt FERN
says, 10 descnbius the late Austi0 Ca
bios Ne~ Hampshire preserve:
Blue MlaalaJn Forest park, 81 The pc,
= serve is esllei, includes pan OF iout t5Sl
ships snd lies near The enterpiislug
borough Of Newport. on tle Concord and
Clsremout branch Of the Boston snd
Mslue railroad. is said To be the bls
sesl game park 10 the world, except one
owned by the Duke Of Switzerland . Scot
land snd one or tao royal jemesues co
the continent OF course. 10 making com
PARSONS. one mnst exclude those immense
public preserves, as big as provinces,
whore the Bdush government Of lndia
seeks to save the elephsnt from extinction
snd our own national parks in the west
The name Of B!1e mountain attaches to
the entire spur Of hills which bisect the
park, while Croydon desieuates lts high
est shoulder, rising to the height Of nearly
5000 feet. The steep aud deBsoly wood
heights Of Croydon, curvlrg like a hnmr,
break the sky lile 10 the share Of -
csmels back, Near by skir ing canyon
opens a carriage route across the monn
tain, 10 eharscteri'tics il belongs rather
to the Green mouutain than 10 10 the
White mountain range, though 1t seems
disconnected from both. The yerdure Of
an immense forest OF rpruce, fir. hemlock |
pine, birch, beech and maple iniolds 1t TO
the crest, with here aud there brown |
patch OF clearing. The greater part OF
the Corbin inclosure consists OF shandon
ed farms, many OF which already begin
ming to buste with ssplings, for the
woods are ou tie march. Dismsntled
houses, with windows and doors gaping
like holes in skull. ramsbackle brns
rotten and weather stained, the wreck OF
stone fences thickset With Tram ble6--
these meet the eye at every turn.
The general outline of the park is that
OF an elipse. with respective diameters Of
4 2 and eleven miles, and the surface is
eut diagonal by q backbone Of mountsin
running northeast, The lower slope Of
the noun ain and the meadow levels are
diversified with brooks and swamp land,
while extensive groves Of second growth
proiusely dot the surface. 1t is in these
that the wild swine, the progenit0rs OF
which clsshed their tusbs against the Z
boar spears Of medieval kings and bsrons, c
root and propagate their kind with i
fecundity which is a marvel to the keep E
ere. I
One can sc'rcely grasp the bigness OF a
The park by figures. but let the reader fan
~ demesue considerably more than r
double the sizo OF Boston and oil its sub d
lrbs, 30 times the area OF Central park, h
New York; almost 10 times bigger than
Fairmount park, Philsdelphis, or Il times
he acreage of the whole park system Of
Chicago. Roads, many OF them thorough
ares OF days gone by, variously intersecl .
he enclosure and an excellent carriage
rack crosses the park from east TO west U
hrough the picturesque rotch. On the II
western side the declivity is more sloping
md open, but has the same agreeable di 7
'ersity Of scene.
A wire fence, par ly mesh, partly barb "
d, nearly feet in height and 27 miles in
trout, confines the four footed tenants Il
within it's steel barrier. The same posts
which support the fence until the trees =
ghich have been set shall have grown to
axe their place string q telephone connect II
ng the nine substatlOns at the different =
ates With the central station, the home OF
be superintendent. the Cofbin villa and "
be town OF Newport. The keepers and
ther employees OF the park vary from Is %
0 so, aceor ing TO the season OF the year.
t need scarce be said that the needs OF
tendance compel a viRilatce which nev
rests. Merely 10 wstch the fence, lest Ut
should have parted somewhere by scci OF
ent or wunton malice requi es 90 in
pection twice o week, "