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WINDING ÏHBOl'GH THE ftftlLS. ('liarniliig Sfenery Along tlie LlAeofa Ureat Kallway System. Tjove of the beautiful in nature is the wondrouslink vvhich brings humanity in touch with the great plan of creation, and makes the whole world kin. The hills and valleys, ciad in their brightest verdue, present to the eye, to the mind and to the heart, a. pioture so pure, relining and elevatiñg that men and women of the busy world turn to these BOftening influences, instinctively, and find relief. Thoughts of a better life, a more ennobling purpose in the world come to the traveler seated amid luxuries surroundings and gliding smoothly, dreamily over the rails of such a lineas the Fitehburg company has conducted marked suceesa between Troy and Boston, and other New England slat s, tor 80 many years. Leaving Troy by way of thePitchburg railrovd. the traveler is speedily, instantly, alm08t, whirled into another existence - into another realm. The ti-ansforraation from the dusty. seaniy t reeta anddingty 8truetures,to verdureclad hills, ficlds and wooded landscape, is no less sudden then it is delightfuL The visión is greeted with au ever ehanging panorama of magniticence. Sameness and monotonous outline and effect do not enter into this experienc. New scenery and views are o-iven the beholder, because whether winding a'xmt the parapcts of the Huüson valley. skirting the hills of the romantic Hoosick, or threadJDg in and out among the Berksbires. the result is the same- all is new and the veteran traveler finds contentment and peace at last. aConcededly oneof the grandest scnmv routes in the United States, the Fitehburg impresses its patrons with the worth of its smoothroadbed, its coaches of luxurious equipment, and its swiftlymoving trains, before many miles of the great Troy and Boston journey have been covered. The conviction that the system is grandly perfect grows upon one as the minutes leugthen into hours, and by the time the Hojsac tur nel. with its thcrasand and ten score lights hsve been encountered, the interest in the trip has become obsorbing, and the traveler forgets that the train is oarrying him on and on to its destination beside the sea. The tunnel and who shall attempt a description of this awe-insph-ing work and gloriously-achieved succ.'ss- the tunnell passed, the mountain pierced for five miles, the train hurles itsel f into the light of day once more, and springs forward as if renewed by tie bath it has received from the eternal rocks. as they drop by drop givc forth their crystal waters. The Deerfield valley and beyond! It can never be torgotten, once iookuu upon oitlier under the sun's raya or while sleeping beneath the beams of the silvery moon, shining as only the moon can shine amid those echo-laden forésts and glens. The o-lory of scene and change ceases only when the end of the Fitchburg road tas been reached, and our readers will find no more enjoyable incident 1h their summer touring, than a ride over this splendidly equipped route. It communicates with Vermont and the othor New England statcs, and is patroni.eö by seekers af ter health, reereation and, better still. the beauties of nature. Ti-oy takes prille in the Fitchburg railroad and its ablc management. As an institution of substantial worth to the city. and a railroad given to the public at lar ge both convenienee, speed, faca ity and beauty, it stands high in the estimation of every travoler who has enjoyed its service.- [Troy Sunday Observer]. . ''■'