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INTRODUCTORY.

THE fertility and beauty of the Connecticut Valley have long been known to the favored few, and poets and artists have given the world glimpses of its salient points, but it was not until quite a recent period that its charming and matchless characteristics became known to the many. The extension of more rapid and comfortable modes of travel has opened the doors to this elysian field, and thousands come with the recurring period of foliage and flowers, to worship at the shrine of beauty found in lofty mountains, broad meadows and a majestic river. While the noble Connecticut is the Rhine of New England, the region of its source is the Switzerland of America, and year by year the pilgrims to this favored land journey thither in search of rest and inspiration.

There is hardly a town, mountain, or lake, along the entire route, that is not of interest to the tourist, but those which have attracted the most attention within the last few years, are New Haven, Hartford, Springfield, Northampton, Mt. Holyoke, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Greenfield, Brattleboro', Bellows Falls, White Mountains, Lake Willoughby, Lake Memphremagog, Quebec, Montreal, St. Albans, Burlington, and Mt. Mansfield.

From New York to Springfield there is a double track railroad, and the express trains stop only at Stamford, Norwalk, Bridgeport, New Haven, Meriden, Berlin Junction, and Hartford, running 136 miles in five hours. At Springfield the tourist will have 50 minutes for dinner. The Massasoit House

is situated within a hundred feet of the eastern end, (south side) of the depot. A porter is always in attendance to take your baggage to the hotel.

In proceeding to the White Mountains, Lake Memphremagog, Quebec, Montreal, Mt. Mansfield, or intermediate points, you will take the cars of the Connecticut River Railroad, in Springfield, on the north side of the depot. If you are unacquainted with the route, you will do well to remember that the cars going either north or south, enter and leave the Springfield depot at its western end.

Between Springfield and Lake Memphremagog there is no change of cars. An elegantly furnished ladies' car runs through both ways on the morning trains. Going north on the train which leaves Springfield at 7.50 A. M., you stop about 20 minutes at Bellows Falls, where you can take dinner at the refreshment room, or wait until the arrival of the train at White River Junction at 1.15 P. M. At this place you have half an hour for dinner, either in going or returning from the White Mountains. Adjoining the refreshment room there is a dining hall, where you will find a neatly spread table and a good dinner. At Wells River, 40 miles from White River Junction, you change cars in going to the White Mountains. From there to Littleton the distance by the White Mountains Railroad is 20 miles. From Littleton you proceed by stage to Profile House, 12 miles, and to Crawford House, 22 miles.

The tourist should bear in mind that the Crawford House is in the White Mountains, and the Profile House in the Franco nia Mountains. If you call for a ticket for the White Moun, tains, the agent will give you one to the Crawford House You will find it to your advantage to purchase one to the Profile House, as this will save you 13 miles of staging the same day. If you leave White River Junction at 8.20 a. M., you reach the Profile House at 1, and the Crawford House at 4, P. M. If you leave at 1.45 P. M., (the morning train from

Springfield,) you arrive at the Profile House at 6.30, and at Crawford House at 9.30.

At Lake Memphremagog, 105 miles from White River Junction and 229 from Springfield, the cars stop at the door of the Memphremagog. House, on the shore of the lake. Leaving Springfield at 7.45, A. M., you arrive there at 6.30, P. M. The next morning you can leave with Capt. Fogg on the steamer Mountain Maid, for a trip through the lake, which is 30 miles in length. You can stop at the Mountain House, 12 miles from the Memphremagog House, and ascend Owl's Head, which is nearly 3,000 feet above the lake, or proceed to Magog, at the outlet. From Magog you can stage it 16 miles to the Grand Trunk Railway, at Sherbrook, and proceed thence to Quebec or Montreal.

While the route from New York to the White Mountains and Quebec, through the Connecticut Valley, is far the most interesting, it is seventy miles shorter than any other.

In leaving New York, the tourist, if he prefers, can take the night boat to New Haven, spend a few hours the next morning in the city, and then proceed north.

In going to Mount Mansfield, you proceed to Waterbury, on the Vermont Central Railroad, where you take the stage for Stowe, 10 miles further north. At Stowe there is a first class hotel, capable of holding 300 guests. This is 8 miles from the summit, where there is another hotel, which will accommodate about 100 persons. Coaches run from Stowe to the Half-way House, 3 miles from the Summit House. The remainder of the distance is accomplished on horse back.

In going to Montreal, business men, especially, will find the route through the Connecticut Valley a desirable one. The train leaves New York at 12.15, P. M., arriving at Springfield at 6 o'clock. Here you have half an hour for supper. From Springfield to St. Albans, sleeping cars are run on all night trains, going through without change. You take breakfast at

St. Albans at 6, A. M., and arrive at Montreal at 9.30, A. M. Returning, you leave Montreal at 3.30, P. M., take supper at St. Albans, breakfast at Springfield, and dinner in New York, making this a pleasant and expeditious route between Canada and New York.

Having given this brief summary of the facilities for a tour through the heart of New England, a land not only overflowing with goodness and beauty, but rich in historical incident, the care-worn toiler is invited to green fields and shady nooks, where he will not only find rest, but lessons in the stones and running brooks.