. Here and there in New England and Canada . sque lake-country, and affording nobleprospects. Not far beyond, we come to Newport, the capital of Sullivan Countv,surrounded by many hills, and enriched by the pleasant glens and intervalesopening into the Sugar-River Valley. The village extends down a mile-longstreet, with its four churches and town and county buildings, and the ofificesof the professional gentry, and the stores which control a large by the best of roads, leading through pleasant scenery of hill anddale and lake, Newport attracts several hundred summer-guest
. Here and there in New England and Canada . sque lake-country, and affording nobleprospects. Not far beyond, we come to Newport, the capital of Sullivan Countv,surrounded by many hills, and enriched by the pleasant glens and intervalesopening into the Sugar-River Valley. The village extends down a mile-longstreet, with its four churches and town and county buildings, and the ofificesof the professional gentry, and the stores which control a large by the best of roads, leading through pleasant scenery of hill anddale and lake, Newport attracts several hundred summer-guests every year,and gives them plenty of pure air and rural diversions. Three miles to thesouthward are Unity Springs, with tonic iron-waters, and a hotel. The route beyond Newport descends the rugged glens about Sugar Riverfor several miles, to the brisk manufacturing-village of Claremont, aboundingin hills and streams, and favored by wanderers from the cities. From BibleHill, or from Flat Rock, we may overlook the Connecticut Valley for many. a bright league, and from Green Mountain a nobler view is gained. And anexcursion can also be made to Ascutney, the famous Vermont peak, whosecrest commands hundreds of miles of broken country, extending even to theWhite Mountains. Outside of Claremont stands an Episcopal church founded in 1773 ona domain given it by King George III. of England, and still supported by itsroyal glebe-lands. Two miles beyond Newport village the railroad terminates, at ClaremontJunction, where a connection is made with the Central Vermont Railroad,midway between Bellows Falls and White-River Junction. I04 CHAPTER XXIV, THE KEARSARGE COUNTRY. A Bit of the Merrimac.—The Andovers.—Mount Kearsarge.—TheCanaans.— Mount Cardigan.— A Glimpse of the Connecticut. THE line of the old Northern Railroad (now a part of the Lowell Systemof the Boston & Maine Railroad) follows a north-westerly course fromConcord to the Connecticut Valley, through a region of highlan
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