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William Hepworth Dixon, White Conquest: Volume 2, Chapter 31: the Workman's Paradise. (search)
Chapter 31: the Workman's Paradise. Vermont, in which St. Johnsbury nestles, is a New England State, which in its origin and population had very little to do with Old England. The names are French. Vermont is derived from the Green Mountain of our idiom; St. Johnsbury from Monsieur St. Jean de Crevecoeur, once a fussy little French consul in New York. Eye of man has seldom rested on natural loveliness more perfect than the scenery amidst which St. Johnsbury stands. On passing White River Junction, a spot which recalls a favourite nook in the Neckar valley, we push into a gorge of singular beauty; a reach of the Connecticut River, lying under high and wooded hills, of various form and more than metallic brightness. Oak and chestnut, pine and maple, clothe the slopes. White houses lie about you; some in secret places, utterly alone with Nature; others again, in groups and villages, with gardens, fruit trees, and patches of maize, among which the great red gourds lie ripening
The Daily Dispatch: June 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], An interesting document. (search)
to the measles. So. if she has them I shall take her here. She has had the croup since she went home. I don't know but I should die of fright, if she should have it here. Our biddys lay first rate. Last week we had 38 eggs. We have had one old henfor dinner.--She was fat as a porpoise. To-day we had front. * * * Yesterday the town voted to raise $2,000 for the support of volunteer families. Woodstock.,Va., May 26, 1861, We see frequent notices of the Vermont regiment, but it does not satisfy us unless we can see something about W. L. J. Yesterday a telegram came from White River Junction, saving "we are all on fire — come and help us." We went over, and found Latham's and all other shops burned and burning. There is no business doing, and I think I shall sell out, as I am losing money. D — n the man that killed Colonel Ellsworth. I should like to chaw him. Your brother. J. B. Parker. To Reuben M Parker,Fortress Monroe Va., Co. A., W. L. J