Evening star., 1898-08-06
UP IN THE GREENS
Awe-Inspiring Beauty on the Mountain
Tops.
House on Historical Ground - A "To.
mattoe" and "Sallid" Dicker-
Mail Wanted.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

I special Correspondence OF Ihe Evening star.
DORSET, VT, August 1, 1898.
I doubt If many south Of Mason and
Dixon have ever heard of this lovely region,
Dorset, in Vermont. If not, they should. 1t
| Is situated in the long range of Green
mountains, about six miles from Man
| chester where the train is taken for Rut-
land, the home of Senator Proctor, on the
one side, Dorset on the other 1t is the
highest valley between New York city and
Montreal. Taking the Troy boat at pm.
from New York the delight of the travel
begins dare not attempt description of
that glorious ride up the Hudson by full
moonlight-surely the beauties of the Rhine
cannot surpass 1.-THE loyeliness can only
be felt Breakfasting in Troy We left on
the am. train for Manchester and reach
ed our destination about l pm. We are in
cottage of sixteen capacIous rooms
mountains before, mountains behind and on
all sides; the very intensity of beauty
Wear1es one until the eye becomes some
what accustomed and the lungs revivified
and strengthened by the breathing of such
an atmosphere. l have been on m.st of the
noted points of the Allegheny and Blue
Ridge mountains, but never before have
realized the exquisite loveliness of natural
scenery, as lies before me at this moment.
1t is an unusually warm seasUn-the resi-
dents say the heat is unparalleled from 8
~-AA'' ~ - p'h, WiiSi VIC DeSiH " US Eluu
we were born.
The colcring of the sky, brilliant beyond
imagination, reflected on mountain tops
and refracted through the density of fog
to the valley beneath. upon little patches
of cats just ripening, and the lovely green
OF corn, not yet in flower. makes one close
the eye for relief from the very amaze
ment of delight" Prosaic as one may he,
an infinite longing for we know not what
| takes possession of the heart 1 marvel
sometimes If this feeling will iast-perhaps
not for notice that the residents of the
section look rather aghast at our uncon-
trollable enthusiasm. The site upon which
our house stands is noted "Cephas
kents Tavern" the rendezvous of Ethan
Allen and his men in revolutionary times.
Most of the people we have met take great
pride in this fact, and the descendants of
CeT has justly take q foremost place among
the d. A. r. Why not? And we are often
reminded of good fortune in residing
temporarily, within the hallowed walls.
mountain drive last week brought US
to the highest point of the range, Mt.
Rupert, on line with the Adirondacks,
which we could plainly in their mystic
splendor, apparently not far away. On the
way we came to the famous Echo Barn"
and plainly heard our own voices, weird
and ghoatly, come back to us after little
interval, from | don't know where The
effect was quite startling
There is an amusing side, TOO, to one who
has never before been in real Yankeedom,
but human nature is the same everywhere,
though 1t is legitimate to note the various
charac teristics The summer boarder is d
prey sent the natives by the gods. We are
short distance from the post office, and it
is not always convenient to send for the
mail, and that is one thing we cannot do
without, SO our hostess asked the veg
etable man." who comes directly from the
town and is obliged to pass US on his home
ward way, if he would bring 1t regularly.
'Oh, yes, marm, he replied, Il suppose a
dollar week is about far.'' We thought
not, and now we have a pretty young
cycler from Maine, who gladly brings il for
love. l overheard a conversation with this
same vegetable man" BE ye wanting
some fresh beets and onions today?'
What's the price?' well, seeing as how
they are young, they ought to come high
but as you are pretty reg lar buyer you
can have the beets (about large
birds egg for cents apiece, and the, tops
for sallid for 5 cents-the onions be about
the samen' At another time he brought
six little Tomatoes, "raisedin the house
the only ones you will have chance to see
for three weeks-they are yours for 30 cents
if not, they are already sold for that to
Miss Kent" Miss Kent was allowed to
have them.