Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-17


ridge that must infallibly afford charm
Ing views OF the country about and will
descend to the house over the shelving
strata Of tho nose, for II should he re-
nembcred that the submits Of Mans
field mako the features of a true giant In
recumbent attitude. From the house to
the Chin. the highest point, there Is the !
we'll worn path made by summer visitors.
md as one stands at this point and re-.
cards the lonely little tarn . few hun
dred feet below, he is tempted, n cir
will permit, to try for Snug
Eler's Notch in this direction. 1t is a
rough scramble down the bed of a brook.
the outlet OF the pond and has been
done once or twice by parties Of the
Appalachian Mountain Club The present
season, however, Judge Seneca Haselton
OF Burlington has made this way prac-
ticable by spotting trail from the Chin
to the Notch and thence through the
woods to Sterling pond. Here 1t Is the
Intention of tho johnson section Of the
club. which is In process Of organization,
10 continue It over Sterling mountain to
the north to Johnson. At the present mo
taken up the work.
MIDDLEBURY. RIPTON AND BRAN
DON.
Middlebury always has been quite q
mountain center. DR.. Ezra Brainerd,
former president of Middlebury College,
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the study of nature az, 49,, a...'s,.'..
ton of tho forests t,,s i,,, l., Dt,.
makes evorvone lorr 70 ,o.,,, .,,,ua
the Bread Loaf country ali 10 I, = ,o-
est preserve of tbis n,,,,,o s,tr,,o, -
| is n charming district u.hich 10 So
oncred tn tho tra,o1o, b,. -od .,,
and camps. ono of which uce ,a,r tho
summit OF Lincoln. tho naxt inoor+a,,
| mountain sou.h Of co,ne,.s tt,,,r ord
like II rising to ncarIv ono bund-oa Goa,
above four thoueon1 n will no .,Io,
| did walk who, tho ,tr,, ,s oo,,,,la,od
| through tho intery.rins ,,os,o =, toros..
| twenty or ,bir,v ,,ilos t., ,,r,r,h rha
NtddIehur,. soo,tor hoo h,.oro /, ,,.,..
II sots 10 ,.orl - Iohor or a., ,.i,,., .,.,-
which tie ,ortior 90 ,bo oo,,,,,,,.,t,,. t., -,
readv =, oda,, 90 .h,, :, ,a.,..,
to 70 con,nl.,a ara ooro f,,,. .,,o,, 49,. y.
tho ganeral y.orL nc can. .. t., It,,
S0u'" II. '"e mountain country
famous ""eauH 10 the
! ''''''''N "'''u IGN LIS iro"en WELL d
| P"tioii'eho' "Hich' "Hle not unique Is
! '"''i' 'V"''' 'nie " aioiu 10 the town
'0 vi small ""iioe' vi S"ch oNerturn-
"'s' Va apparent "d'urai laws III the
win i"e.e Is mere 'o-uaE no eNisuns
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0"'' INV SPAIN " sprung mo actiVe
WIN. 'ia'uo" Is '"e Quiet lot spIen-
ulu mountain country M'"-h'aihoo at
Nv i'e'' W ,oN''R ."t o""I''''"B Lake
nui''''oie ana Lana rams ana the minor
H,lNe' '"ne' - r'o'' r"Iat'Ve OF the
N'i.'' '''s' peihE SpIehuiu hal-daS
""'n ."io"s" '"e forests from bread
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~ o.''ei u"IS aS'''''shed tnan those
| o'e"S e"''''"s merely lie" s'en-
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1850 '''' vi 'i'H'' NJ i'e'sIhE INTO
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VI ''ioHe VINO "Ne mountain
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snots oro M, ha,,a or,,ra,,,,od &C ,ha,
should be There is here a range of dig
nifed mountains rising TO four or fv
thousand feet altitude. Here there ar
forests Of splendid trees which from TIT
nature OF the soil grow 10 the very sum
nit of the peaks, but at the same tim
there is not lacking the impressiveNos.
of the great erosive forces of nature II
rock mass, boulder slope and precipice
There are hundreds of charming lttl
valleys, there is everywhere a lake I
enhance the view and usually Champlai
or lis mlsts may readily be seen Will
the horizon is modified By peak and ga
OF White Mountain or Adirondack, an,
towards the south Of Catskll or de
, tached elevation Of central Massachu
setts. 1t is 4 country all ready to be al
preciated, and the people are beginnn
to know 1t and so express themselves