This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...ground where the village of White River Junction now stands, with its dwellings, its shops, its stores, its offices, its hotels, its banks, its schools, and its churches, was an open meadow when the rails were first laid there in 1847. Changes as great have occurred in other places. Old Vermont Inn On the site of the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...ground where the village of White River Junction now stands, with its dwellings, its shops, its stores, its offices, its hotels, its banks, its schools, and its churches, was an open meadow when the rails were first laid there in 1847. Changes as great have occurred in other places. Old Vermont Inn On the site of the town of Island Pond, only a few squirrels and muskrats lived when the surveyors for the railroad first camped there, and in summer the deer came daily to the pond to drink Now there is a village of over a thousand people. The fathers of this generation hunted on the land where the depot in the city of Rutland now stands. It was a great swamp, and large piles, or logs, were driven into the ground to build the depot. Vermonters can now easily go in one day by rail to the places outside the State from which their great grandfathers came with difficulty in a week or ten days. In 1801, fifty hours were required to carry the mail from Burlington to Windsor; now four hours is a sufficient time. Most of the articles we sell are carried away by the railroads, and most of the things we buy are brought by them. Business and pleasure lead many people to use the cars. John Gr. Saxe tells us what amusement he sometimes found in "riding on the rail." Rhyme of the Rail John G. Saxe Singing through the forests, Rattling over ridges, Shooting under arches, Rumbling over bridges, Whizzing through the mountains, Buzzing o'er the vale, --Bless me! this is pleasant, Riding on the rail! Men of different "stations" In the eye of Fame Here are very quickly Coming to the same. High and lowly people, Birds of every feather, On a common level Traveling together! Gentlemen in shorts Looming very tall; Gentlemen at large Talking very small; Gentlemen in t...
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