The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-02-15
\ VIEW OF BR.ATTLEBORO
IN 1916.
CFrom Beckleys Yerlnont.l

ttrom BeckIey S Vermont
/ The best view of the village at one
ttlanee is from the hurMng ground on
the summit of the hill south. The main
travel used formerly to go directly by ii.
] but improvements have turned tito the
right. If then souf would On Joy the en-
chanting prospect from IL. sd MghlS acOmt
! niended bv Prof Sui1liman in his tour to
Canada, you must ascend the hill, It's
concentrated spot, and you will ;be
richly repaid for your toll, and III self
communion amid the mementoes of your
predecessors TO eternity. and emblems of
mortality. your spirit may be benefited
The next most eligible direction from
which to view it, is the New Hampshire
side of the river as you come down the
stage road from Chesterfield. Indeed
here is presented the most comprehensive
view of it. if less distinct, not the less at
tractive: meIlowed and enriched. so to
speak, by the distance and by its alter
nate coming to and going from your eyes Il
as you pass the hills and valleys, the
openings and thickets of West Mountain
river road. If along this sequestered
route your ride should be in November,
after the frost has changed the leafy
bowers of the forest into ten thousand
various hues and tinges of color. inimt-
able to art and indescribable contrast
ing with the hours of business and busy
abodeS of men, the beautiful and signifi-
cant scenery around YOU must interest
your feelings. if not penetrate your
hearts.
The approach to this village by the
three great Ioads on the Vermont side /
north, south and west. is so overshad- |
owed by hills and woodland, and wind !!
ings of the road. that it breaks upon
your view at once. The stranger from
the south especially, might begin to think
be had missed his way. He Saw no sub
urbs and no appearance of the expected
L. H..
the white spire of the church running up
alone amid the green foliage, and glisten-
ing in the sun, a harbinger of rest to the
weary, and pointing homeward to the
PILGRIM
BrattIeboro has not the advantage of
overlooking the surrounding country. and
# extensive prospects enjoyed by eleva-
ed situations. Between it and Burlng-
on the contrast in this respect is almost
perfect. Both afford the highest plea
ure in contemplation, but in a different ,
rav. This is the great secret of the I'M
alling enjoyment expressed in visit p
Hg such regions as Vermont the almost
ndless variety and contrariety of seem
ry; every varying and diversified pros !
,ects
Burlington has been described i'm anotherl
lace as unrivaled in its prospects. ele-
ated and majestic. BrattleborO, in the /
Their transverse extreme of the state. is
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Mountains and hills, in a sequestered :
finding valley. lying in part on the very {
anks of the Connecticut. beautiful and 5
ar-famed river. of which it has been said g
n poetry. Nor drinks the sea a lovlier t
ave than thine Leaving that bank. it,
-inds its way up one upland ridge and
vel after another, and between the hills i
nd creek passing through it spreads +
yer a surface of almost bOundlesS yari-i a
ty OF shapes and picturesque aspects. i
IN its northern border runs along toward !,
10 very center beautiful white oak !
dgc, whose trees afford cool retreat ~
'om the heat OF summer. and protec- +
on from the blasts of winter. West
fountain OvcrhanEs- the opposite bank
the river, am Impressive spectacle asi
Re nightfall throws her shadows and as =
Ie moon sheds the mellowed light around :
These and many other similar things 1
hich need seeing to be enjoyed; the {,
onnectlcut and the contiguous West 1
vcr. render il a place peculiarly at II
'actiye. Such is the testimony, it is be- g
eyed, of candid travellers who visit it. : !
Its situation Is also favorable in bust Il
esS point of view. being facilc of ap-I
roach to the surrounding country. heavy
rticles of produce flowing easily down a,
ne valley of West river, and the adjoin- -
lg fertile hills. Much profitable inter i
purse comes readily to it along both i
anks and 0p the surface of the river. II is =
nus a business. hOurishing place pres T
ging still greater future prosperity and q
lstinction; and affords specimen not =
adequate at any rate, of the first class i
Vermont villages. The inhabitants -
lso furnish a fair sample as in other
'Spccts. 50 of the enterprise and re-
,urces found in them
-CAbovc extract is from "Picturesuu,
rattieboro' published in 1921