Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travelA full and reliable guide ..to ..the United States and the British provincesWith careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists . akes and villages, stretch outtowards the south. Montpelier on the east, and Bur-lington on the west, are the two ex-tremities of the Winooski section of theGreen Mountain scenery. Burlingtonis upon the Lake Champlain shore, andis the largest town in Vermont. Wehave already mentioned it in our tourfrom New York to Canada. Mon
Appletons' illustrated hand-book of American travelA full and reliable guide ..to ..the United States and the British provincesWith careful maps of all parts of the country, and pictures of famous places and scenes, from original drawings by the author and other artists . akes and villages, stretch outtowards the south. Montpelier on the east, and Bur-lington on the west, are the two ex-tremities of the Winooski section of theGreen Mountain scenery. Burlingtonis upon the Lake Champlain shore, andis the largest town in Vermont. Wehave already mentioned it in our tourfrom New York to Canada. Montpelieris the State capital. It has a popula-tion of between two and three thou-sand ; is a very pretty town, and withthe charm of most beautiful naturalsurroundings, and the comforts of anexcellent hotel, it is perfectly eligibleas a summer residence. The Winooskiriver passes here. A little branch rail-way, of a mile or so, connects Mont-pelier with the Central road. TheState House, which was destroyed byfire January 6th, 1857, was an imposinggranite edifice, in the form of a was 150 feet in length, and 100 had a fine portico of six columns,each six feet in diameter at the base,and 36 feet high. The apex of thedome which crowned the structure was. Burlington, Vermont. 104 VERMONT. Between Rutland and Burlington. 100 feet from the ground. Among theobjects of interest in this edifice weretwo pieces of cannon taken from theHessians at the battle of Bennington. Rutland to Burlington. Rutland is near the western bordersof Vermont, south of the centre of theState, and nearly east of Whitehall, atthe lower extremity of Lake is a centre of railway lines for allpoints of the compass. The Troy,Whitehall, and Castleton R. R., 95miles, unites Rutland with Troy andAlbany, via Whitehall and SaratogaSprings. It is also connected, again,with Troy and Albany, by the Albany,Vermont, and Canada line (formerlyAlbany Northern) to Eagles Bridge, andthence by the Rutlan
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