370 View of Mount Washington. [August, 



The Directors of Farmers' College, as well as the Directors of 

 Michigan Agricultural College, have marked out a course of mental 

 training as extensive for the scientific agriculturist as for the man 

 of letters, and on its completion give equal honors. And wc trust 

 it is the mission of American Institutions to enlarge the platform of 

 a University education, until it shall embrace the liberal education 

 of men for every honorable calling and pursuit, and let it be our 

 zealous endeavor unitedly to labor to effect so desirable a consum- 

 mation. — Ed. 



A VIEW OF MOUNT WASHINGTON. 



(see engraving.) 



" Who first beholds those everlastiag clouds, 

 Who first l)eholds the Alps — that mifjhty chain 

 Of moaiitains, stretching on from east to west, 

 So massive, yet so shadowy, so ethereal 

 As to belong rather to Heaven than earth — 

 But instantly receives into his soul 

 A sense, a feeling, that he loses not, 

 A something that informs him 'tis a moment 

 Whence he may date henceforward and forever." 



There are scenes in nature calculated to inspire a feeling of rev- 

 erence and stir the fountains of the human soul to its lowest depths. 

 The beautiful prairies of the West, robed in their livery of green 

 and decked with innumerable flowers, or waving in golden harvests ; 

 the mighty Niagara with its rush of waters, and its foam crested 

 waves rolling and tumbling into the fathomless abyss below, are well 

 calculated to effect such a result. But the strength and power of 

 Omnipotence imaged forth on the lofty mountain's brow holds a 

 commanding influence over the human heart, 'Tis here you feel 

 your own insignificance, and you arc ready to bow down and give 

 homage to your Maker. Need we wonder that in ancient times 

 mountains were holy places, and were regarded as the dwelling place 

 of the Gods ? 



Mount Washington, the summit of which is represented by the 

 cut, is naturally enough brought to our minds by the scorching breath 

 of the month just closing. Mcthinks those two houses seen on the 

 top of Mount Washington arc now the abode of comfort, and the 



