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English: The Perkins Hotel in Bethany, Connecticut, was used by travelers using the turnpike between New Haven, Connecticut, and Waterbury, Connecticut. Identifier: bethanysketchesr00shar Title: Bethany sketches and records Year: 1908 (1900s) Authors: Sharpe, W. C. (William Carvosso), 1839-1924 Subjects: Registers of births, etc. -- Bethany, Conn. [from old catalog] Bethany, Conn. -- History. [from old catalog] Publisher: Seymour [Conn.] Record print Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
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Text Appearing After Image: THK PERKINS HOTEL. The onl} large natural lake which Bethanv can boast is thatof Lebanon, and that is fast dwindling in size. It is however oneof the interesting features, and is situated in the center of a largeswamp in the northern part of the town. The swamp is deeplyfringed by tall and stately white cedars, so that it is necessary, inentering the swamp, to pass through labyrinth of trees as tall andstraight as the pillars of a vast cathedral, branchless to a consider-able height, where they branch out into heavy foliage, which castsa deep gloom upon the vaulted avenues of the forest, where silenceis broken only by the echoes of the voice or the distant cawing ofthe crows. Traversing this swamp is somewhat difficult since it isnecessary to leap from the moss-covered roots of one tree to the 44 BETHANY. next over pools of mnrk}- water. But if one perseveres until heeinerofes into the open space within the circle of the cedars he willbe well repaid for his trouble as a scene breaks u
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