Juniata Sentinel And Republican

A Lake on a Mountain Top.

A New England journal relates the following: A body of water, said to cover an area of two acres or more, has just been discovered on the top of one of the mountains in Glastenbury. Some of the oldest inhabitants say that many years ago it was known to be there and was called the 'Lost Pond,' and that one day Stephen Pratt, then of Bennington, Vt., and two other gentlemen were roaming about in the then seemingly interminable forests. Happening to have hooks and lines in their pockets, they determined to see if there wasn't some trout in the small brook which they came across. After getting everything in readiness they threw their hooks into the little brook, and to their amazement, as they afterward expressed it themselves, 'it was filled with trout!' They fished along up the stream a few rods, and to their utter astonishment came to the pond above mentioned. There they said the trout 'took hold too fast for sport!' They caught more than they could bring home through the woods, and were consequently obliged to leave some, but with a determination that they would visit the pond the next day. After a long march, they finally reached the road to town, where they had left their team, but greatly fatigued. They traveled all the next day, but could not find the pond, and it has not been discovered until now.