The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-09-28

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and from the higher land west OF the town
had view of both the Adrondacks ana the
Green Mountains. On our return We walked
through the college campus and So" all the
buildings of Middlebury college, Inc old
buildings, built in 1900, when the college was
established, are of gray stone almost COM
pletely covered with woodbine. Inc new
buildings are of white marble, and it is difficult
to choose between their beauty and that OF
the older buildings. The old chapel. the new
Mead memorial chapel, Painter Hail. starr
Hall, Pearson Hall, Science Hall. Hepburn
hall. the Chemistry building, Mccullough gym
nasium, and the Library form city of learn
ing, and one feels its influence in simply pass
ing through its shadow. Middlebury feels its
influence also. and the atmosphere OF the
town is one of culture and refinement. Its
public buildings keep pace with the college
buildings for b auty of architecture, especially
its churches and its high school building. while
throughout the town the handsome residences
with their we'll kept lawns and gorgeous gar
dens are delight to the eye.
1t seems to me that the elms grow little
taller here than in Maine, and the hemlocks
and spruce trees and sugar naples are larger
and loftier. They tell me of sugar orchards
"over Oh the mountains" that number 5000
trees. l shall very likely purchase such an
orchard when my ship comes in. and invite
you all to come to Vermont in "sugaring off"
time. Mr.. Aines has one of the most attrac-
tive flower gardens l have seen here, and
sells flowers to the colleges, churches, etc.
had no idea that there were so many colors
and shades in the whole world of asters. There
ID a wild flower here that interests me, because
1t grows in one place beside the road at Poor's
Mills, and we have been accustomed to admire
the pale blue blossoms. Here it grows all
through the fields and pastures and is the
same sort of pest to the farmers that the
orange hawkweed is to the farmers at home
They tell me that this is chicory, and that the
root Is the same that is sometimes mixed
with coffee by bad grocery men.
The Western Union Office here is in the store
of e. E. Marshall, who is manager of the office,
and we work with Albany and with New York
instead of Boston. The store is store of
fancy groceries. fancy goods, dishes and wall
papers, and my duties include cashiers work
for the store. There is fascination and a
novelty about work in a store like this. while it
Is new to one, that makes the time pass very
rapidly. One day since have been here just
missed seeing Thomas Edison, as he was here
In an automobile and his secretary came in to
send telegram They were out on a camping
trip, which the wizard" was no doubt enjoy
ing to the .uttermost.
l was surprised the other day to receive a
telegram for Miss Ruth Ferguson, which turn
ed out to be for young lady in the town, and
not, as / at first hoped it might be, for the
daughter Of our old friend from Belfast. The
longing to see one familiar face from home
sometimes becomes almost overpowering dur.
ing these days Of wandering in "strange coun.
tries. for am not by nature wanderer. With
me the taste for roaming about is an acquired
one. like the taste for olives and saur kraut.
We have just had big rain storm, and the
replenished waters of Otter creek are rushing
| over the falls. which see from the office win.
dow, in foaming, pearly cascade. Tomorrow
! after church. intend to explore the country
to the eastward and become better acquainted
! with this famous and friendly old stream
And wish also to visit an old cemetery which
lies to the eastward of the town. / can SET
Telemachus and his mother smile as they reae
this. for my fondness for old cemeteries ii
something that they make light of. Blu
;; where. except in an old cemetery, could one
find anything SO interesting as this which they
tell me is the inscription on an old Middlebury
/ stone: "Dear husband, rest in pease until We
meet agan!' R. T. NEWELL.
Middlebury, Vt Sept. II. 1916.