Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-10-04
AMONG THE HILLS.

tractive to the heart Of man. The high
lands have always afforded stages in
which the dramas and tragedies OF the
have been enacted. Health
full as the mountain dir, pure as tho
stream sweet as mountain
wood lands. will always be n smile OF
poets and the artist feels his canvas In
complete unless it reveals glimpses OF the
eternal hills.
Possibly with sentiments akin to this
n carriage drive to the Green Mountains
through Monkton. Starksboro and Lin
coin commenced one day when the fresh
ness and fragrance of New England June |
was in the air.
Monkton has It's circular pond, lying |
between the "Boro' and the Ridge and |
the road runs along its southern shore. |
shaded by dense growth of hard wood |
and cedar. In the low lands of this vicin- |
ity numerous heavily numbered cedar |
swamps have made their owners rich |
and are liable to do 1t again, because of |
the enormous demand for fence posts |
and telephone and telegraph poles.
There Is no accounting for names. or
"Hogsback' would never have fallen to
that part OF the foot hills along whose
northern end the road runs easterly from
the Ridge" towards Starksboro. Some
fancied resemblance was probably re-
sponsible, but another oddly shaped eleva-
ton. a little west of the "Boro," called
Florona mountain evens things UP In the
way Of euphony. A little way easterly Of
Hogs Back a detour from the main road
of three or four miles past fine farms.
beautiful sugar maple groves and down
q hill remarkable for length and steep
ness brings one up or down into States
Prison Hollow. where upper Lewis Creek
affords a fine waterpower and unlimited
| trout. A small boy with an exceedingly
primitive OUTFIT and a wei stocked fish
bag. attested or to the trout and
prosperous provender and saw mill, near
| the eastern entrance. evidenced the
former. Whatever gave this beautiful little
valley such an uncomfortab BILE name prob
ably no one can conjecture, unless the
steep. hard hills both east and west
makes II as difficult to get out Of. Up
stream, the road follows the creek with
glimpscs through the trees of beautiful
cascades, where the curren, swirls and
eddies among the rocks and giant bould-
ers. over stretches of golden sand
and pebbles OF numberess hues, where
| the water seems resting in the shadows.
Here Is paradise OF ferns, under the
trees. in every little hollow at the base
of cliffs, wherever the mountain brooks
tumble headlong into the creek. And
the birds and the bridges Sometimes the
road crosses the streams nalf dozen
times in q mile and YOU are never far
from its bank. OF course the grade is
uphill all the while, pretty steep in places
but such fine roads. The soil is a gravel
ly loan and free from ruts, found in the
clay. Beautiful farms, with running
water at almost every rarm house: fine.
roomy barns. indicating large dairies
and prosperous owners, characterize the
way to Starksboro. one OF the beautiful
country villages Of Addison county.
Southerly and now down grade on the
Bristol road. one crosses two bridges
over the same stream. only a few rods
apart: then to the left and up Bald
wins Creek. through the Drake
woods" in several miles OF winding road
way, every rod Of which Is vertiable
lovers lane. It seems a game of hide
and seek between the creek and the
road, but one never loses the other and
F. they never get many rods apart or could
liz they wanted to- Towards the upper
edge Of the woods and a little way
|
Phillips. who has spent Atty years OF
his married life on this same little farm
: built homo and here himself aud
wife. grown old together. reared their
numerous family. Near by are Burn
hams Falls, a cataract and gorge worth
going miles 70 see. Here at one time
was a forge and the surrounding hill
sides were chopped over for coal to rur
! 4, yaI los
away probably from York State mtnes
Phillips was a wood chopper and PARTED
pated in the glores OF putting up the
biggest pile OF any man on the Job, nc
l.. doubt. A melancholy interest attAche.
to tho falls for into them, one day II
an insane frenzy plunged man named
Burnham. Mr.. Phillips father was on
of those who dove into the black poo
below to procure the body of the unfortu
, nate.
A short cut" from the falls over tn
V hill. that proved a poor exchange 70
c the longer way around as such things ar
apt to do, and down grade along Quake
street. through another fine farming sec
. ton. developed Lincoln Center, and tn
: Lincoln House, where hospitality wa
= excellent and ample
as time runs. that Lincoln was heavil
: wooded with hard wood and spruce. A
Y one time an extensive business was don
II in charcoal burning, used in local FORCES
: drown away in huge boxes to Town
x father West. Not unfrequently tine driv
10 ers of these coal teams were little OF
II color The New Haven river, runnn
through the town. had many fine waite
'e powers and saw mill men utilized then
slowly but surely chewing up the forest:
e. until now Lincoln is one of tn
y finest and most prosperous farmin
" towns and tho manufacturers and pull
IA mill men are hauling their logs mile
ie from back on the mountains, At the Ger
Z ter the Lincoln Lumber company doe
! large business in butter tubs an
lie boxes. employing twenty to thirty hand
'e Stacked up in their yards and shed
IT, probably thousand cords OF stave
n awaited their trip to the dry house Som
TX forty rods of tubular hume conveye
>c power from the UP streams dam. TT
I'll company has installed an acetelyr
o. gas plant. with which they light the
III works, and many private lights In AZ
dition daily stage to Bristol. FRI
De rural delivery and telephone communic'
'u ton with all creation leaves little to
desired. Two churches. two stores.
u" barber shop or two. a ffne public liorai