Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-02-14

which lost the in the gulf of that the West
River whose flow then unknown the river
Bourbon which south north into Hudson Bay and the
Mississippi whose waters fall from north south into the Gulf Of
Mexico
The lasnamcd river in than thousand
leagues delicious country called by the inhabitants the
United States the New Eden which the French left the pretty
appeation OF Louisiana thousand other tributaries of the
Mississippi the Missouri the Illinois, the Arkansas the Wabache
the Tennesee-cnrich with their mud and lze with their
waters When all these rivers have been swollen by the dcuge
winter upooed forming large portions forests down
by tempest crowd about their In short time the mud
the together and they become Unclaimed by
creepe which, taking every direction bind and consolidate
the away oaming
the Mssisspp which, taking possession them hrrics them
down towards the Gulf Mexico throws them sand banks
and increases the number of its mouths AT intervals the swollen
river raises its voice whilst passing the resisting heaps and
and spreads its overlooking around the coonnade the
the pyramids the Indian ombs Mississippi
the Nile these But grace always united pendor
while the mdstcam bears away towards the
the dead trunks of and oaks the lateral
convey along floating pisas
n6nuplars yellow like little pavions
scrpcnts pink amngocs baby crocodes
passengers these RATS of flowers and the brilliant colony
unfolding the wind its golden sails gdcs along umbengy till
arrives at retired creek in the river
The shores the Mississippi present the extraordinary
picture the border savannah spread away farther
than eye reach and their of vcdurc they rcedc
appear gradually into the sky where they away
In these mess meadows herds of three thousand wild
bufaoes wander random. Sometimes caving the
swm bison laden with cpoe among the high
grass island the Mississippi its forehead
and Shiny beard giving the appear
god OF the river throwing of satisfaction upon the
grandeur its waters of shores
Such the upon the western border but changes
opposite which admirable other
shore Suspended along the of the grouped upon
the rocks upon the and dispersed the Valleys
every every color and every Perfume throng
grow together stretching up into the heights that weary
follow Wild vines bgnonias cooquntda ntcrtwnc each
these cscaladc their trunks creep along
the extremity of their branches, stretching
tulip the tulip the hohock and thus forming
thousands of grottoe arches and poroes Often their
behring's from these creepers the of river
which they bridge of flowers Out of the midst
the magnolia raising its moonles by
large white buds commands all the forest where has
the palm which gently close BY of
verCure.
multitude of animals placed in these by the
the Creator spread about life and enchantmen From the
tiles the be bears intoxicated with the grape
staggering the branches of the elm Carboos battle
lake. black squirrels play among the thick foliage hooking birds
Vrgnan pigeons bigger than parrows fly upon the
turf redeemed with Strawberries with yellow heads
purple woodpecke cardinals red fire, Chamber
of the cypress hummng birds sparkle upon the
the Fordas and dcatchng epent hiss while suspended
the domes the woods where they swing about like the
themselves
the river all here the contrary sound and notion pecngs
trunks of the oaks ictons animals walking along
they nbbe crush between their teeth the of
roaring waves pantve dull beowngs coones
fill with tender wild harmony But
happens these sotudes swnghec floating bodies
these white blue green pink the
coors and combine all the there such
the depths forests and such things before the
should endeavor describe them those
visited these primitive fields of