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ASOiJ'S

iMM4 h4knk ?f fe???l

Saratoga, Lakes George and Champlain, the Adirondacks,

Niagara Falls, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay

River, the White Mountains, Lakes Mem-

phremagog and Winnlpiseogee.

^?^

IlEVISEO EI>ITIOr«r, 1874.

^ ,>

BOSTON :
rUBIJSHED BY C. A. FAXON,

82 WA»lII>OTOM STBEET.

Entered according to Act of Congrc, In the year 1874, by

C. A. FAXON,
In tl.e Office of the Librarian of Congrew. at Wa.hlngton.

(

Pntt of lUnd, Avtr/, » Co, Borton.

^m^'

ear 1874, by
Vaililngton.

Cr^^^S^|^.j>-j^ II Rsuccegs which attemled the first iMtne (m
the summer of 1«73) of Faxon's Hand-
hook would liave lieen alone siifTicient to
justify its prcsenti'.tioii this year. Its facts
and sii<if»estions met a ready rcsjionse from
^s/'-^-'q^- the travelling and pleasure-seekirifj; putiiic;
^ 1^ ^'^ and the trips therein descrilied proved ini-
(«U_vV^ mensely popular. Its de.sign — to afford in
^'^ V^'^ j,,„all compass, attractive form, and convenient
v£) % arrangement the ncessary information as to

■2) routes, distances, stopping-phicen, and attrac-

tions at the various summer resorts, and to furnish »t th(! same
time pleai<ant reading for the tourist — won the most flatter-
ing approval ; and its execution, in the main, was acceptable.
But, with the advent of warm weatlier each year, people begin
to ask each other anxiously, " Where shall we go this sum-
mer ? " and to feverishly scan tlie railroad guides and summer-
resort advertisements.

A new handlwok is, therefore, needed for each year, or, bet-
ter still, an old favorite corrected and imi)ioved from year to
year. Acconlingly, the present season, Faxon's Handbook
has been thoroughly revised and edited, — new places of resort
described ; fuller information as to routes, time, &e., given ;
de3cripti(ms of scenery which has never before been mentioned
in a hanilbook, and fresh and readable chapters uu familiar
scenes, written ; the typography and mechanical execution of

ISTliOOVCTlOS.

the work throughout Rreaily improv...!, fine --;„«, ^-;
the ori-inal Bk.fho. of c.nin.-nt art.»t« oxecul.-.l ex,.r..*ly or
U U 1:0::^ , and all the ,U.t.il. ..f ti.nc-tabl... f u.. ^ ..orn.
to the latest .late. With tlu-.e i.n,.rov.nu.nl., .1 m Ik, oe 1
FaxoVs IIanlDook ^vill ho n.ore than ev.r popular vr.th the

lAXON8 11A> ^^^^j lu'lUlMiul

travelling' public, an I will -to ti.t im ^

lan.^ung;of the iulverti.ements of new un..mun..- me.t

want long felt in the comn.imity."

rKoTK »v r»E En.TOR.-Tl,c reviser (who 1h a severely
prak' person, with a purely «tili.ari:.n an,l -^^^'^^^^^y'^^

:r^:-:r::ri:::::;ii>o..aaton..e.atitw..^^^^^^^^

^o "Itwoul.1 con.lemn the thing from the ^tart, s.iul ht
u Why the reader who had got through that «er.on would
„e'^'.av: the courage to taek.e the untold '-r-.s hej-on.h
What we want is .omeihing brief and breezy ^^\'^\\l
U on- So he sat down, and wrote the follow. n,, wh.ch he
thought was about right]

PRIFATORY AND EXPLANATORY.
Is presenting this little volume to the public, the at.thor does
U sip Tn'l -lely iVo,n philanthropic motiv.s, into wh.ch ^,0
ope of..ain, no sehish considerat.o..s, no des.re for fame,
Ir fie does it timidly (of cour.e), but .t.ll -^h an --
„ t dosi..e to do some ,ood in the world 1. the V^^^^^^l
followi.,<r pages shall .uake one poor soul hnpp.er, shall shed a
rayo rgStonthedark pathway of some poor wretch d, ven
t^'the vete of despair by vain attempts to co.upr.hend radway
U.ne.tlble; and summer-resort advenisement«, n«. ^h. I turn
LiTn ^dfiom thoughts of suicide to a hopeftd -^epar-e .„
s^arTof re.t and .ecreation, the u.thor's purpose wdl have
been accomplished, and his fondest ....d.it.on reah/.ed.

iravinj?« <''''J»>

»cc., corit'cted
it \» \K'!'u'veil

imliir with the
aii<l lii'iuiMlul

n< — " meet a

) 1h 11 severely
uti'L-enary turn
nly when the
ndividuiil ; and
it would never
^tart," siiiil he.
, Bermon wouUl
lioniirg \)eyond.
V. Let me try
)win<.', which he

ISTItODUCTION. 1

[ANOTHEn NoTK HY TiiK KinToii — 'Ilie ftuthiir, hjivlng
writt«'n the idxivo. %viint8 to know what I think of it. I think
it in very had. I don't like this tritlin'^ with .» 8erlou!» matter;
and I don't h'liove in ileci ivinj? a too-conliding public. So I
itkall have to write a preface myself, after all.]

AT TIIK OUTSET.
The tired resident of the city, Hcekinj? rc>t and r.la .ution,
will find ii^'ie foUowinjr p'RCH the infonnatioti n.rdd as to
several or vuore very dcfirable resirts, and Imw to rcich tbmi.
By following the directions herein containetl, a mo^t delightful
vacation trip can be enjoyed.

TiiKiiK, I think that will do.

)R Y.

,, the author does
8, into which no
ilesire for fame,
itill with an ear-
,lie perusal of the
jier, shall shed a
or wretch driven
nprthend railway
s, an<l ^h;lll turn
eful departure in
[mrpose will have
reaUzeJ-

contk:nts.

CHAPTKH 1.

Bontoii to SmiitDRft

Sffiicx aluiiK tliu Wiiy

City of K'KtiliurK

Monailnoik llouso

BflloWH KllllH

The Islmid House . • ■ "„ \
U„tla..a ,in,l tlu- NeiKt.t.orin« Smnmcr Resorts

Tlio Hutcs lIoiiHi-

An Ili'*toru- iind r/jg«ndnry Uonioii •

cHArrKH 11.

SarrttoKft 8i>r'niK9
The Nvw United States Hotel
The firaiul Union and Coi\t're8» Hall
The (irand Cenlrnl and Clarendon
The NVaverly and lloldcn Il.m>tes
The Mii.i'ral Waters of Saratoga
The Star Sprint; . • • •
The Saratoj.'a "A" Spring • •
The Congress and Pavilion Sprinns
Congress Spring and r.uk .
The ('oluml)ian ai-d Etnpire Springs
Excelsior Spring and I'ark .
Bottling House . • • ■
Strong's llemedial Institute
• Temple Grove Seminary .
8

%Mk

costhsts.

ClIArTKIl III.

The Liiko Diivcn

Till) Uiii'i! Cuiirito ami Ik'tnU ItciKliin .

Liiko LdviIv

Sotinl I-itr. Whom wt! meet iit Hurutoga
Uuiitino lor tlif liiiilii'n ....
BalU ami llopi, Uumaiico and Flirtutiun

CIIAl'TKU IV.

The IlooHiu' Tiinnel Kuufe Kii"t .

Si'liroon Liiki!

Tim Hiilliii lloiisi) ....
Tlio Uoiitu lo hiiko (ioorijo .
Williamt llock, Hlooiiy I'onJ
Oiir First View of Lake (Jt'orKO .
Fort VVilliam llceiry Hotel .
Lovily mill Diversilied Scenery .
The Miiienils of Lake GcorRC
The Sail down thu Lake
Ilistorici'l Localities ....

CHAPTER V.
To TicoiideroKii and down Lake Champlain
Ruiim of " Old Fort Ti " . . . .
The New York and Canada Railroad .

Lake Chain|ilain

Crown I'oint

ObjecU of Interest, City of Burlington

CHAPTER VI.

PlattsburK and its Famous Battles
Fouiiuet's Hotel and Grounds , . ,

Au Sable CluvBm

A Graphic Dencription of the Chasm .

Birmingham Fulls

Jacob's Ladder, Devil's Oven, and the Flume
The Flume from Table Rock , , .

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coy TEXTS.
CHAPTER VII

Tlic AilivinHlftck lleiiion

Uoutes into ili« Adiroiulatks

By Railand Stniio to the Lakes .

The An Srtlilc Ponds ■ • • •
Wl.itc-f«ce Mountain. Wilmington Pass
Indian Pass and tl.c Saranac Ue^-ion .
Tlie St. Regis Lakes . . ■ •
Tuvper Lake

CHAPTER VIII

Through Vermont to Montveal . •
Si. Albans, Vt., to the White Mountams
Mount Mansfield . • • • "
Tho Phenix House . • • ■
Hasdtine Hotel

CHAPTER IX

lloute to Kiagara Falls

Niagara and its Hotels

The Tour of the Islands .

Biddle Stairs ■ • • '
Central Falls and Cave of the Wmds

Prospcet Park and its Attractions
Across the River to the Canadnm Falls
Daniel Webster's Famous Description

CHAPTER X

Down the Niagara River . •

Across Lake Ontario . • •
Down Lake Ontario to the St. Lawrence

The Thousand Islands

O-'densburg. Excursion to Ottawa .

The Rapids of the St. Lawrence • ■

Lake St. Francis . • ■ ■ '

COXTEA'TS.

The City of Montreal
The Ottawa Hotel
Places of Interest

CHAPTER XI.

Montreal to Quebec and the SngiienBy
Shawenejjan Falls ....

The City of Quebec ....
The Plains of Abraham
St. Louis and Clarendon Hotals .
The Hiver Sa;;uenay ....
Capes Trinity and Eternity

CHAPTER XII,

Quebec to the White Mountains

White Mountain Range

Profile Mountain. The Basin .

The Flume

The Pool

Twin-Mountiiin House

Crawford House. Elephant's Head .

The Wliite Alountaia Notch

Silver Cascade

Glen Ellis Falls

Ascent of Mount Washington
Peabody River and Mount Washington
North Conway and its Beauties .
Kiarsarge House . . . ,

Kiarsarge Mountain ....

CHAPTER Xni

A Trip to tlie Northern Lakes

Meniphremagog House

A Boat Trip Down the Lake

Magog House and Lake Meniphremagog

Homeward Bound ....

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CONTESTS.

Distance Table . •
Distances from PUtttburg .
White Mountain Stage Fares
Elevation of Mountains
Excursion Uoute Tables ■
Index to Advertisementa •

r A X O N S H A NB il# O K

From S

road Line i
devote to it
higlu'St atti
cheap and c
constant an
Lome.

Just here
the purcha
hackneyed
perience, a
scores of st
fied appeal

CHAPTER l.
Prom Boston to Saratoga, via Fitohbnrg and Butland.

N accordance with the plan announcecl in our
introduction, we purpose first to speak in detail
of each of the most prominent routes from Boii-
ton to the first point in the line of excursions,
Saratoga. In many respects the route knov-r.
as the Fitchburg, Cheshire, and Saratoga Rail •
road Line is the most advantageous; and for that reason ws
devote to it the opening chapter. It is the line that unites the
highest attractions of scenery and natural advanta<res with
cheap and eiu-y access from all the New England c.tics, :md
constant and rapid communication with business and friends at

home.

Some Stale Fremonitioni.

Just here seems the place for a word of advice relative to
the purchase of tickets, and the care of baggage. It is
hackneyed and threadbare counsel ; but it is founded on ex-
perience, and if followed will save heaps of vexation, and
scores of scowls, and mayhap, as the phrase goes, an undigni-
fied appeal to divine wrath.
1

TOURISTS' IIASDtiOOK.

,1,„ art not \mltel\r umm ^

The tiekct-..lUT .n "' ^"^ ^'.^„„ J,., ^-..Ueu and taking in
tl,, ,hr..ugh t.«,n "'" ;",f^^;; le an. waiting to be

.„onoy atva.l.oa.l 'P««^^^ /^X^,,,, ,, ii„,. to answer extra
.erved at the same .non>ent , «"^ J' '^^ ^^ „^, ,„,a p,e«.ed f.r
,l„e.tionB. The »'*^'g"^7''" ; "'^J^':';"„ ,„ve filty question.
i..e. Then, is then no tj- f- ^^^ J " >^^ , ,^ J J^i ques-
to a.k-, but if the n.an whom y«" "*; '^ ^ ^f be left be-

noning s.>ps to answer, a do.en -" ' J^^^„J,, y,„ ,,vc
!,.„, ,,,„., or be «- "- •^^^^^.f^Vie General Agent. »«
ciuo^tions to ""k, go to the ohice oi ^i^e.table., is

i.ows all the r.«t..s, ^'-/^^ ^J^ Srent roads and all
fa„Vdi.r with the '«|"';;^^";,t:\Vthe questions that are
their connections. H^ ' J* half-lVantic men and women

,0 often shneked out n dc ,a. b ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^

at the last moment, .n our gr ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^,,^„^

under considerat.on, Mr. ^'^-^^ ^, by letter at 82 Wash-

for departure, repa.r in g«"^ ^^-"^"^^.y ^nd Peverly Streets.
Fitchbur,Depot,atthecornerofUu.eway^^^^^^^^

First see that your ba.g^e .s r.p«Hy chec^^ ^.^ .^ .^ ^^^^^

that the little piece ol b. ass ) ou ge ^.^^^ .^^^

ensconced in a pocket that h- * buU^- ^ .. ^U aboanll"
thecushiousofthepaLu:eear,andwatfortb^^^^^^^^ .^ ^^

J I It

TOUniSTS' HASDDOOK.

ellers will do
« liiii? tbfio
utes. Those
ey intend to
these agents.
inute» bi'tbre
and taking in
waiting to be
) iingwer extra
rd preMcd ftir
filty (luestions
x>ut and <iiu'S-
,ny be left be-
18, if you »>avo
il Agent. He
lime-tables, i*
roads and all
stions that are
nen and women
f the line now
iiieral Agent in
er at 62 WasU-
nisU all needed

e day appointed
arting-point, the
I Peverly Streets.
led; and be sure
•a for it is safely
is done, sinli into
le '• All aboanl 1 "
injunction is an
)idinary cars fur-
and comfortable:
1 car are such as

need only to Ih> enjoyed once to iiecure their np])reciiition. Sit
on tlie \vi\ side of the cur if your blood be vigorous, and need
not the Folar iieiit to boil it.

Boenes along the Way.

Ilostonians may be supposed to know Hunker Hill Monument
when they sec it, and to recognize any other chimney-like
structure which comes into view as the train moves out of the
depot and across the Ch:»'les River. To others it may not be
ami-s to say that this same monument is i>y no means to be
Confounded with the tall piles of the Ea5t Canibridjie Glass
Works. The march of Yankee ieonoclasm has not yet reached
the sacred structure that marks the spot where Warren did
not die. Not yet has it been turned into a smoke-stack ; and
thus may the distinction be made. Smoothly alon<j the well*
kept track the cars trundle, past Cambridge, Belmont, and
AVaverly to Waltham, ten miles from Boston, the favorite
haunt of "Old Father Time," who hasn't missed p, single day
since the Waltham Watch Company started.

The large brick factory on the left is where the first power-
loom for weaving cotton in America was worked. The im-
mense interest that has built up Lowell, Lawrence, ^lanchester,
and many other of the cities and large towns of New England,
here had its origin.

A short distance from the village there u seen on the right

. TOVItlSTS- HAKDUOOK.

picnickers. ^^^''^^''^ ''°"''J^";;; j rL.-.-vl herb. h-he..
U, cooke<l h-. famous rock «>up«, «.ul ro -t^ ^^ ^^^^^^ j,.

A. the train ^PPr'^/'^J.trik bare vour he..l, : .or
it i. not too much trouble '""r,"* ^^A.neri-nn ea^le, the
i, i, Concord, the town where »»'« « ^^'^f ^,,..,„,, of .wfianco.

p..a bird f^^^^;^^;zT S" '-'-^ »"^'^^' -''''-

It wss the 10th ot Apni, i""- e ..nnture «omo

Stores at Concord. 1-hey were n.w ,up,.,.i„r numbers,

l^undred nulitia, who ^'*^^' ^^^^^ J^:,^ Z.n... patriot,

.ftera short «"»-*«" 'thin P.S on to Coucrd, and
w«c killed. The lint,.h then , «h^ > _^^^^ _ ^^^^

,«aered the town '^,««^!'" ''r^;^;;J,iucd.. „,e depredation.
,oa«nandof M.jorintca.rn. J'^^ ""J*;^'^^, „,, .j.jth Bridge
,.. the village, and P--;^^»«^ jj ^^^^^^^^^^ ,.e«.ahillon which
,ro«edthe ^--;;^*^7^ J Xtcly marched down the hill

the patriots were P°*^'^' ^^^^ J^.^i^,, fi/,.i, ami killed two men.

Ao dislodge the enemy : the » "?;;'^;^.,,,,,,,,ther of IVdph

u As the IJrltish f.red, Rev. ^^'^•. !;7"^"j"i,i, ,Ua„,ber window
Waldo Emer^n), who wa^ookm^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^„^

.uear the bridge. ^»^ /*»' 7^, "^1 f ,, a moment : the u.der
.Uould nut be returned I -, only ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^

was givca to fire on the British , anu ^^^ ^^^

.Uem'fell dead, -^^r" JTn dtor - tTwLs their main
l.ud>ed : the "-^"V n werllef n poescsion of the bridge.

jhMi A'^ncourt or Blenheim." •

.. By the mdc bridge that spanned the flood,
TUeir «aK to April's brceie unfurled,
Sere one* the embattled farmers »tood
lud fired the .hot heard round the world.

* Bancroft.

TOUniSTS' HAXDItuOK.

ve v!ew it com-
)()r.ler of »hicl»
ri'Kort of Uostoii
•iiilt oxiHTifnci',

iff your b\»oc8 if
s your ht'inls : for
•riinn eaRle, ihe
rums of ikfinnce.
d BrltlNli soWiers
U> cajiture «ome
Iton l)y about one
Bup<'n"r number:*,
^inorican patriots
to Couciinl, anii
uruiu'^, iinil'"' the
mmv ilcpre<lBtions
tliu North Hriiljie
near a hill on which
cheil «l>wn the hill
ul killed two men.
•aivltiitherofUalph
lis chamber window
i»ta»y, lest the fire
moment : the o.Jer
c first volley two of
two minutes all was
towards their main
icssion of the bridge,
iord, more renowned

d the flood,
urled,
ers Btood,
tho world."

At South Acton the Marlboro' lirancli, thirteen milci in
!iiij!th, leavcK the main line; and at Aycr'n .Iimition, forint'rly
a i)art of fiioton, is the intern ■♦ion ot' raihoiuN from Wor-
('chter, NaHlina, Lowell, Dlinton, Iv'erhorougii, and SIdrley.
Here may he neen, on the arrival ot the morning train*, a
hri(hil party from N.i»hu;i or Woncst^. ntnrting for the lour
of the M juntains, the Lnko^, the Falls, the Sjirint;s or all of
them ; or a group of young men fi'om Lowell setting out for a
fortnight's sport in the Adimndacks, to come back in due
season browned and weather-beaten, with marvell .us storiej
of fishing and hunting prowess.

The City of Fitobbnrg, and Neighboring Towns.

This city is distant from Hist m an hour and a halfs ride.
It is one of tho great manufacturing cities of New Eng-
land, and is built upon the Nashua Uiver, a most renwirkaldo
water-])ower, giving streams supplying twenty-five distinct
privileges. A modest little hill near the city is visible just
alter leaving the depot. It U pompously des-ignated Uoll,«tone
Mountain. Fitehhurg is an important railroad centre; and
without doubt at thi^ pn'nt you will be joined by parties from
Worcester, Providence, New|)ort, Taunton, and New Bedfonl,
bound for Rutland and places north aiul west. 'Hie hiBt sta-
tion before coming to the New Hampshire line is Wiiichendon,
a large manufacturing town on Miller's Uiver. It is from the
factories of this town that myriads of wooden vessels and
utensils for domestic uses come. One of the largest of these
is that cf E. Murdock, jun., a visit to which will i)rove of in-
terest. Here the Monadnock Branch makes off (o Kindgc,
Jaff'rey, and Peterborough ; and many people transfer them-
selves and their luggage to the ciirs of this road for a tri[) to
the famous mountain, of which more will be said hereaf;er.
Others go by carriage from Wiachendon; and in the summer
season it is quite customary for residents of the surrounding
country, especially if they have visitoi s from the city, to get
up picnic parties to the top of Monndnock.

TOVRiara' lUsnnooK.

At NVln..»u.n.lon tr.voUen. will fin.l a .•on.mo.lious c.o...orl.
„».le, an.l pie i».^->tly Lx »t.-.l rentlnK- i.l.ue In tl.o

MOSAOSOCK HOUSE,

II A Crocker, nro,„iet..r. TI.e iKMU.tiful Bcenery and the .le-
^,i'r o? ;.L ..cation can he fully e.ioyci a-..|^i-e
ami tean.« are ,,rovi.K..l. on appHcat.on, for dnvcs to the p..nt«

ohtain a good view of thi. mount i.n on the right, pa.9.n„ p
through Troy and Marlboro'.

TOVKIHTS' UAShnOOK.

xliou*, I'onl'ort-

111

•encry and the de-
y c 1 at tli'n liouse ;
Irivcs to the |»<>iiit»

mountain ^lonail-
untuinwitli perfect
mill}? and reaching
titful and highly in-

- of Southern New

obtained from ilie

the C lie shire lload

right, passing up

Intaring th« Oranit* ItaU.
FiUwilliani U tlip firiit New llaiii|ifihire town on the line of
(he ronil. It alMMitidN in htMUtiful and oi^litly hilin, and in a
favoriti* reiiort of thooe wlio weri^ tnirn under the iai*t of the
lignx of the xodiai*. It \* thnui houm' ride from liontim, and ii
woli known to ih»> lover* of rural heantyaml mountain nccniTy.
Keene in tlie next town of inifmrtance, and Ih forty-two miiei
from Kit<dihiir;f. It in one of the nuwt eharming Uiwiin in New
Hampshire, and at the name time one of the mo'*t entcrpri^in;:-
It in a fivoritf reoort, in miminer, of thoHe who would ('(iml)>no
the rccrt-ationi of eounlry life with the thiill of a huny town.
The A^huelot Railroad lmn its terminus here. Over this rail-
road pas.iengerH reach Keene from New York, Springlield,
Northampton, and Deerficld. North of Keene the tra\eller
paNHCs through Rome of the most ntriking scenery alou); the
road, the traek followin;; the roume of the Connecticut nearly
ten milr8, through the towns of Weitmorcland and Wal|ioie,
at the feet of a chain of magnificent hillx, prominent among
whi<'h Rtandd Fall Mountain, a iipur of Mount Tohy, neven
bimdrcd and fifty (eet hi^h. Just Itcyond Wnlpolu the railmad
crofwes the Connecticut, and the train rolls into Vermont and
into the <le|)ot at Rellowa Falls, one of the most flourishing
towns of the Green Mountain State.

Bellows /alls, and Beyond.
Leaving the cars at this station, and looking across the
river to the eastward. Mount Kilburn rises rin abrupt wall to
the height of nine hundred feet. From the railroad bridge a
full view may be had of the falls that give name to the town.
The Connecticut River, at this point, is comprcsaed into a chan-
nel less than fifty feet wide ; and the rush of waters through
this narrow gorge is truly magnificent, and especially so when
the freshets of spring come foaming and roaring with their
mighty torrents. Tliere is no place along the route where a
week can more profitably bo spout, 83 numerous and so varied

g TOVRISTS' HANDBOOK.

are the objects of intrrest in the vicinity. No one who has a
failin, for jjeology should miss seeing the grote^qie natural
.arvings of human f.ces in the rocks of the neighborhood.

The Abena<,ui8 Iron Springs are in the munodiate v.cin. y,
and the great natural basin in the Connecticut \ alley. ^\ ar-

en's aniMinard's Ponds, Saxton's River, anda host of moun-
tain streams, furnish excellent fishing. Three^'^'^'^^^;/ .*
mil. to the north, in New Hampshire, is .he famous trout-
breeding establislnnent of J. D. Bridgman. A .sitors who wish
to look about here for a few days, or who may des.re to spend

the .easou and enjoy all the comforts and luxunes of home

while revelling in country amusements, can do so by securu.g

quarters at the

ISLAND HOUSE,

a handsome, commodious, and long-established hotel, universally
popular witL the travelling public, and for the past two years
ably conducted by Mr. Charles Towns. This house stand on
: beautiful elevation, commanding- a view of the ConnccUcu
River Valley lor miles, and almost under the pr.cip. tou su les
of Mount Kilbum. It is within two mmutes; walk of the sta-
tion but so much retired from the public h-ghwajj as to be
fi" from dust and noise. Rich and tasteful '-deuces su-
round it; and it is in everyrespect a charming and comfortaWe
resort fo travellers to step into. It h.s large and airy halls,

TOURISTS' HANDBOOK.

one wlio has a
rotefqie natural
eighborliood.
mediate vicinity,
It Valley. War-
[1 a liost of mouii-
liree fourths of a
he famous trout-
Visitors who wish
f desire to spend
luxuries! of home,
[]o so by securing

id hotel, universally
;he past two years
liis house stands on
of the Connecticut
iie pncipitous sides
Bs' walk of tlie sta-
hfghways as to be
3ful residences sur-
lin" and comfortable
irge and airy halls,

and is surrounded by lofty piazzas fifteen feet in width. From
this house, as a centre, visits can be made to points of rich and
varied interest in every direction. A generous anil well-ap-
pointed table, and piompt attention to personal comfort, are
among the prominent features of this favorite hotel. The car-
riages and porters of the house are at the station on the arrival
of every train. Persons going up on the first train from Bos-
ton, and wishing to spend the afternoon in driving about the
neighborhood, can secure teams beforehand by addressing the
proprietor of this house. Thus, if they desire to go north the
next morning, they will have time for a complete general view
of a large part of the surrounding country.

At Bellows Falls, besides the Cheshire Road, which forms a
part of the great thoroughfare from Boston, connections are
made with the route to Brattleborougli and thence to Nortii-
ampton. New Haven, anil New York, by the Connecticut Val-
ley Kailroad ; with the road leading to White River Junction ;
and with s*ill another road, which, crossing Virniont in a
north-westerly direction, leads up to Rutland. Taking this last
route, the train soon reaches Bartonsville, ten mihs from Bel-
lows Falls, anil then begins the ascent of tlie Green Mountains.
At Chester, which caps the summit of a long green slope to
the banks of the Williams River, appears the first strong inti-
mation of approach to the Green Mountains, in the shape of a
grand old hill towering up on the right. At G^ssitts is the
station for Springfield; and seven miles distant aro the Black
River Falls, chiefly celebrated for the illustration they atTord
of the old couplet, —

" Water falling day by day
Wears the lip.rdest rock away."

Cavendish is the next station, and Proctorsville the next.
Here travellers get the first view of the Green Mountains
looming up in the distance on the right. At Ludlow the rail-
road passes over a most remarkable mountain, euphoniously des-
ignated "Hog's Back." For years the peculiar formation of this
mountain has puzzled geologists, and is still a most prolific

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source of friendly squabble. Ludlow w quite famnus ..r the
antique marble and magnetic iron ore found w.t.l.m .t« bo-ders.
Healdsville surmounts an ugly-lookin„' chaam, out of whose
rocky sides trickle here and there several charmins luile ^
waterfall.. At Suoimit the road passes the hi,hest pomt on
the line between Bellows Falls and Rutland. ITie descent
from this iK)int to Rutland, eighteen miles .listant, .s one thou-
sand feet, an average of fifty-five feet to the mile.

Butland and the Neighboring Summer Eesorti.
Rutland is one hundred and sixty-feven miles from Boston,
and is noted especially lor its marble quarries. Sevcra. moun-
tains are in the vidnity, of which the ones most favore.l by ex •
cursionists are Shrewsbury and KiUington, h,gh peaks vt the
Groen Mountains. Capitol R«ck on the north side of xhe lat-
ter it quite a famous natural curiosity.

Visitors to Rutland who may wish to remain for a longer or
shorter time have only to step aero« the street from the rail-
road station, and they find the

es-<ju
abru

BATES HOUSE,

TOUniSTS' HASDBOOK.

s famius fur the
itliin its bo •ders.
n, out of whose
charmins little
ii<lhe»t point on
d. ITie descent
ant, is one thou-
iiile.

Beiorti.

les from Boston,
. Several moun-
>st favored l)y ex •
lifjfh peaks of the
th side of »Ue lat-
in for a longer or
et from the rail-

Paige and ToUiurst, proprietory a large an I elegant hotel,
complete in its ii|)poiiitment8, and funiishi^i^ all that is needed
for a luxurious home to rest and take comfort in, and every
means (or makinji excursions about the region.

The railroad!< that centre here, besides tin Rutland Division
of the Vermont Central, are the Harlem Exti-nsion, running
liirough Manchester and Bennington, Vt., and thence, rhi
Chatham Four Corne!?, (o New York City ; the Uuiland and
Burlington Uoad, over whi( h passengers pass north through
Brandon and Middlebuiy, touching the eastern sliores of Lake
Cbamplain, aliout twenty miles south of Burlington, and mak-
ing connections for St. Albans, Ogdensburg, and Montreal;
an<l the R-nsselaer and SaraUiga Railroad by which travellers
are taken from Rutl tnd to Saratoiia Springs.

Leaving Rutland for Saratoga, the first phioe reached is
West Rutland. Here are to I e seen the celebrated marble-
works where the material ia quarried to furnish mantles, tables,
and other articles in marble, for the whole country. West
Rutland is the stopping-place tor visitors to the Clarendon
Springs, which are of considerable medicinal value. These
waU'rs contain nitrogen gas in solution, sulphate and muriate
of lime, sulphate of soda, sulphate of magnesia, an<l a large
amount of carbonic acid: they are said to resemble the Ger-
man Spii Waters, and have made this place a favorite and
popular resort for more than a quarter of a century. For dis-
eases arising from impurities of the blood, the waters have
been used with great success.

Cast eton is the next station, a beautiful village of al out one
thousand inhabitants. The situaiion of the town is pictur-
CMjue, lying in the lap of the (iieen Mountains, which rise
abruptly on the east, with a rolling country on the west extend-
ing to the Adiiondacks. It contains within its limits Lake
Bomopeen, a l)0(ly of water nine miles long and three miles
wiiie, dotted with islands and surrounded ly mountains; the
water clear and cool, and full of fine fi^h. Glen Lake, a feeder

>'\

TOUniSTS' HANDBOOK.

of Bomoneen, is a smaller sheet of water to the west. The
Castleto.. Uiver, which flows hy the southern extremity of the
lake, is a clear, beautiful stream rising in the Greet. Mountams.
It joins the r.mltnev Uiver at Fair Haven, whence the two
fin.; their way to Lake Champlain over three falls whose com-
bined .leseent is two hundred feet. Bird, Herrick, ami Gdmore
Jlo.mtains, east of the villa^re, aflbrd attractive scenery. Be-
tween Bird and Gllmore M..u..tains is a narrow pass called
» The Gate." Through it is laid the highway and railroad to

Ruthind. ^ „ ,

An Historic and legendary Eegion.

Twenty-six miles from Uutland is Whitehall, a town of
about six thousand inhabitants at the southern extremity of a
branch of Lake Champlain. Tl.is was a plac-e of much i.npor-
tance during- the French and Indian wars, also in the war of
the Revolution, in connection with the invasion by Burgoyne,
iu 1777. It was then called Skenesbor..n:4h, and is relerre.l to
by that name in early histories. Ti.e Champlain Canal which
runs from Whitehall to Troy, and connects the waters ot Lake
Champlain with the Hu^ls.... Uiver, taps the like at this place.
Boats that run the l.ngth of the lake have a lan.hng-place
here Passi. -' south fmm Whitehall, the country is move evel.
The canal is^in view much of the way from the car windows ;
and the slowly-inovinj. boats and tu-in,' horses are often to be
feen. In al.out half an hour afler leaving Whitehall, Fort
Ann is reached. This village takes its name from the fort
which was erected at the head of boat nav.gation on Wood
Creek, in 1756, during the wars with the French. Some of
the remains of this fort may still be seen. St.ll farther sou h
is Fort Edward, the site of another fortification u. our early
,vars. It was at this place that 'Jane McCrea was murdered
by the Ind-.ans in 17V7, during the invasion of Burgoyne.
Miss McCroa. the affianced bride of an American royalist m
Burgoyne-s army, was at the house of a friend near the fort
A parly of Indians \n the employ of the British avtacked the

men

rapid

thcfi

dang'

gan t

outsic

was 1

Just

catae

TOVniSTS' IIASDBOOK.

the west. The
extremity of the
Jreeii Mountains,
whence the two
falls whose com-
iek, and Gilmore
ve scenery. Be-
irrow pass called
yr and railioal to

ion.

ehall, a town of
rn extremity of a
;e of much impor-
Iso in the war of
(ion by Burgoyne,
and is rel'erred to
[)lain Canal, which
lie waters of Lake

I »ke at this place.
,e a lantling-place
intry ig more level.
1 the car windows ;
rses are often to be
jr Wliiteliall, Fort
ame from the fort
avigaiion on Wood
French. Some of

Still farther south
eation in our early
L'rea was murdered
asion of Burgoyne.
merican royalist in
riend near the fort.
Jritish avtacked the

house, and butchered all the inmates save only Miss McCrea.
Her they carried away, and would have taken alive into camp,
but that they feared pursuit. So they killed lier, and, throwing
her boily into a spring, bore her bloody, dripping scalp into the
presence of their English leader, and demanded the price of a
traitor's life. Miss McCrea's lover witnesseil their entrance,
and recognized the beautiful hair. From that moment his life
was all blank; and, deserting from the army, he wandered piti-
fully from place to place till by his own hand l.e pirislied.

It was here tliit in the winter of 1767 and 1768 General
(then Major) Putnam performed one of his daring exploits.
The barracks, near a powder-magazine, took fire close by a
pla( e where three hundred barrels of gunpowder were stored.
There was a high wind blowing ; the fire was raging within
twelve feet o£ the powder; and a man might well hesitate be-
fore venturing near. At first an effort was made to demolish
the barracks, by directing the fire of the cannon against them.
When this failed to stop the flames, Putnam ordered a line of
men to be formed from the river, and the buckets to be passed
rapidly as po^'sible. Putnam himself stooil on .a ladder near
the fire, and threw on the water. lie was urged to leave his
dangerous position, but wouldn't start an inch. The men be-
gan to shrink ; but his example kept them to their work. The
outside plank sheathing of the migazine took fire ; and there
was but the thickness of a single plank to avert the explosion.
Just then the barracks fell in ; and the fire was subdued, and the
catastrophe averted. The traces of the fort are nearly all
erat^ed at present.

The St. James' X Hotel, on Broadway, will be found a goo<l
place to stop at in Fort Edward. The proprietor, J. N.
Moore, has an eye to the welfare of guests, and knows how to
make them feel at h )me. At Fort Edward the raihoad firet
touches the Hudson River. A branch leaves the main line at
this point for Glen's Falls. Southward the country is level, and
devoid of any special objects of attraction.

CHAPTER II-

N forty minutes after leaving Fort Edward tl.e
JN lony m „ The first intimation

cars arrive at Saratoga. in« -„near-

one has of approaching the springs .s the appear
Jnce of buildings to the left; the root erected
ov the most nfrtherly of the springs comes .nto
vLw the valley in which the springs he .s seen
Zl he car windows; and in a few mmutes ^e
4. cT^P at the sUtion. The passenger steps
% o^uZ an immensely long covered platform
W :;, rd^ carnages waiting to take ^-^ ->;.°

ment and ^7°"' ^„ , ^^tering-place and summer resort,
renowned and delightful ^a«''"B P comfortable in some one

When the -'»- J" ^t 'r^^s^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ *°
of the many excellent hotels, ne oegm

see a-'.d enjoy the wonders at

Saratoga -Springf.

place. A long, wiue » . ■/ avenue the land

Fort Edward, tlie
lie first intimation
prings is the appear-
t; the roof erected
e springs comes into
e springs lie is seen
in a few minutes the
rhe passenger steps
,g covered platform,
to take him to any of

generous entertain-
I stop at tliis world-
nd summer resort.
Portable in some one
o look about him to

natural scenery of the
ght, named Broaaway,
this avenue the land
tion of which is north-

l^^iwiiBijiii sy ' i B iis t sa'

TOURISTS' UAXDnOOK.

(•a«t anil luiith-wesit. ThU vitlluy cxtunth tlirough thn villngo
nnd to Monio diatani'it on i-acli iti<lu lif it. Thirty Mpriii^H witli-
in the lirnitH of the villii}.'(t, or but litth' beyond it, conHtiintc
the Sirato^in Sprhifiii proper. Tlio valley cnrves to the Hoiith
on leavini^ tlm villa)j;t', and inc lu h'» the Ha'Nton Sprin({» at the
goiilhtrn end. Keneatii tlio diirlofe of tliin valley are the
eauRcs which have j^iven to thin thronged oununer report its
great eelebrity. 'Hid forcei of nature are (piietly at work in
the laboratories far nnder the ground, u)ni|ioiinilin;; medicine!)
to »tren(^then the weak, and heal the sick in every part of the
earth. Men can find the in^irudicnta of theRc medicines ; but
they cannot put them together no a8 to give the ellect wliicii
they here pnxhue. It i» only when they are taken direi^t from
tiie hand of nature, that they exerciiie their best fxjwer : hence
the nnrabers that first came here to be cured of their di.ieaqps;
and hence the ra|iidly increasing numbers that are finding,
from ex|)erience, the value of the health restorers which
nature hero pours out so IxiuntifuUy for all. What was at first
a place of healing merely, has become a place where the
wealthy and fashionable, from all over our own land and from
foreign lands, come every year for recreation and re.it, as well
as for health. Yet the amount of room and the aicommoda-
tions are so ample, that people of moderate means, even in the
height of the season, can always be provided with rooms and
board of good ({uality, and at moderate expense. Nothing can
easily surpass the elegance that is displayed on every hand,
when the ^lile of Anieri-.-an wealth, fashion, and culture assem-
ble here in the height of the season, to rest from the toil and
tumult of action, business, or wearing study, and join in the
exhilarating festivities that make this place, of all the fashiona-
ble watcring-phices in the country, the highest representative
of American society.

To people who have been conversant with Saratoga hereto-
fore, and have seen its hotels of well-deserved, world-wide
renown, — palaces, iu fact, into which evary thing that can

TOVBiaTS' ii.4snnnoK.

inlnliter to tbe comfort or Joiivoiilonce, or enlmn( e .iic \Amt-
iiris of llielr i>atn>«iii liiw Iw. n \>rmf^hU — '' "••"l'' »"•'"• ^'"""^
in viiin to Ktt.inpt the conttiiu-tlon of an .ililito wliUli ih.mlil
a» far Hurpaii nil olhfrt in Its apiH.intinoiilt aixl i.iirro.indiii«i
(in it towuri nlMvc them in »i««. Thi* ta^k, .IKIi.ult a» It may
«ec.n, has neverthtliM b.-en aicoinpiinh.-il. I'h.i-nix-like, from
the aiihi'i of the ohl •tructurc, ban arU.Mi iho «ranJe»i build-
ing of it! kind in the world.

Tha Haw Vnitad Btatai.

At a co«t of oTcr a nillllnn dollar*, Moaw. I'erry, Toinp-
kin«, Ainu worth, & Co. have erected upon the »ite of the old
United States — around whl.h no many pleasant meuiorios
clii«teri<l, and which was unfortunately destroyed by fire a few
yeara ago - this Inimenso structure. It is situated on Broadway
and Division Streets, extending on the latter fully back to the
ilepot, with which it coinmunl< aUs by a lofty arched passage
for the convenience of guests who arrive in rainy weather.

To say that the building is immense, conveys no Idea of its
proportions; that its internal arrangements are unequalled,
will n )t describe them to the comfort-loving paler/umilian ;
that lis park, promenades, ball-room, and wide verandas are
beautiful, lovely, e-x.iuisite, and delightful, cannot picture them
even to our romantic young la-ly friend>i. The building covers
seven acres of ground, and is arranged in the form of an
irregular penta^m. having a frontage of two hundied and
thirty-two feet on Jroailway, five hundred and three on Divis-
ion Street, and or.v nundred and fifty-three on Railroad Place,
extending back through all its length fifty-four feet. At the
Bouth end of the " main front " commences the " Cottage
Wing," and extends back at right angles to the main building
five hundred and sixty-sU feet. This wing is one of the
prominent and peculiar features of the building, being intended
to give famiUes and parties the same quiet and leclusion which

nnoK.

ee, or onlmin e inu jiIimk-
, — it would Rucin almost
an t'llilicu wliU'li ihoiiid
iiiuiiU aixl Niirroiindiiixi
I tank, dliri>'ult a« it iimy
lu'd. I'hd-nix-likt', from
«un thu {|{rind«9iit build-

tatat.

r», Mi'«*r«. Ponry, Toinp-
upon tlie site of the old
oany pleaiant ineinorlo!)
ly destroyed by firo a fovr
It i» nituatcd on Hroa<lwny
ic latter fully back to tho
ly a lofty arched passage
irrive in rainy weather.
JO, conveys no Idea of its
igemonts are unequalled,
ifort-loving paterfamilias ;
m, and wide verandas are
htful, cannot picture them
ndst. Tho building covers
angcd in the form of an
»ge of two bundled and
ndred and three on Divis-
y-ihree on Railroad Place,
;th fifty-four feet. At the
jomniencea the " Cottage
ngles to the main building
This wing is one of the
le building, being intended
s quiet and leclusion which

TOURISTS' HANDBOOK.

tliey could get in a private cottage, with tlie addition of the
attention and eonvenienoes belonging to a tirst-class hotel.
In this wing the rooms are arranged in suUes, containing from
one to seven bcdi-ooms, with parlor, bath- room, and water-
closet attached to each suite. Here fatnilies can dine at their
own tables if they clioose, and be in every way as much iso-
lated as if in a private villa of their own. In the main front,
on Broadway, is tiie grand drawing-room, eighty-six feet in
length by fifty iu breadth, furnished in blue, with the finest
Axminster carpets, carved black walnut and marble furniture,
superb curtains and chandeliers. The chandeliers in this
room cost each one thousand ciollars.

North of the entrance hall is the ladies' parlor, furnished
with exquisite taste. Aladdin would have '•ubbed his potent
lamp in vain if the genie which it summoned had been com-
manded to construct its like.

Next comes the gentlemen's reading-room, on the corner of
Broadway and Division Streets, coniiectLd with the business
offices, in which is the largest telegraphic annunciator in the
world, sixteen feet square. West of this is the grand diuing-
hall, fifty by two hundred and twelve feet, also the private din-
iag-parlors, offices, wine-room, &e.

Tiie grand ballroom is situated in the second story of the
Division-street wing, and is without doubt the finest room of
its kind in the world. Connected with it is a quiet and se-
cluded veranda overlooking the lawn. This retreat, dimly
lighted, and secure from inquiring eyes as it is, where the
strains of music from the ballroom are faintly heard, mingled
with the plashing of the fountain beneath, and the murmur of
the wind in the tree-tops vhich bend above it, must all con-
spire to make this a pe . feet elysium for that large class of
people who have " some thmg sweet to say " to each other, and
perhaps, perhaps, a gentle caress to bestow if no one is peep-
ing. It is to be i'eared that the lovely surroundings of this
place will have to be blessed or blamed, ere the season closes,
for the capture of many a susceptible heart.

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s, with tlie addition of the
;ing to a tirat-clasH hotel.
i in su'.tes, containing from
or, bath- room, and water-
i families can dinu at their
n every way as much ieo-
• own. In the main front,
iig-room, eighty-sis feet in
d in blue, with the finest
ilnut and marble furniture,
The chandeliers in this
ars.

le ladies' parlor, furnished
d have '•ubbed his potent
suintnoned had been com-

iing-room, on the corner of
innectcd with the business
;raphic annunciator in the
3f this is the grand diuing-
kre feet, also the private din-
in the second story of the
It doubt the finest room of
I with it is a quiet and se-
lawn. This retreat, dimly
ig eyes as it is, where the
1 are faintly heard, mingled
beneath, and the murmur of
end above it, must all con-
ium for that large class of
t to say " to each other, and
bestow if no one is peep-
lovely surroundings of this
imcd, ere the season closes,
)le heart.

All the various rooms throughout the house are furnished in
•he richrtst and most tasteful style, with running water in each,
— an advantage wliich only those who have heretofore mourned
its absence in Saratoga hotels can appreciate. The elevators,
two in number, are of the Otis Bros', manufacture. One is
intended solely for the use of arriving and the other for de-
parting guests.

It would be not only superfluous hut impossible, to give any
thing like an accurate description of this palace among hotels
in a work like this. To be appreciated it must be seen ; and
before tlie close of the season many hundreds of the seekers
after pleasure, who annually visit Saratoga, will have had oc-
casion to own that the New United States is the finest hotel in
the world. The management is in the hands of Mr. J. M.
Marvin, the long-time proprietor of the old hotel. His return
to the business will be hailed with joy by scores of his former
guests.

There are many other fim hotels in Saratoga; but they will
not require a detailed description, for they have been long and
favorably known to the travelling public. Each has some
special point of attraction ; but these have been so often en-
larged upon, that the tourist feels perfectly acquainted with
them. Prominent among them is the

Grand Union,

on Broadway, a short distance south of the United States,
this season under the control of Messrs. Breslin, Purceli, and
Acker. It accommodates twelve hundred guests.
Across the street, directly opposite the Giand Union, is

Congress Hall.

This structure is four hundred and sixteen feet in length,
and is supplied with every thing that can give pleasure, and
add to the comfort of guests. At each extremity there are

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two large wings that extend back three hundred feet, and
greatly enlarge the accommodations. Like the Grand
Union, it occupies an entire square, covering all the space
between Spring and Congress Streets. There is a piazza
twenty feet in width running along the Broadway front, afford-
ing ample. space for promenades. Three promenades are built
upon the roof of Congress Hall, which provide delightful restr
ing-places in the cool of the evening, and give a splendid view
of the neighboring localities. A large ball-room beautifully
frescoed and fitted in every way for the assemblies- that gather
there, is one of the improvements added in 1869. An elevator
transports gueste from story to story. Congress llj^ll occupies
the site of a former house of the same name, which was con-
sumed by fire in May, 1866.

On Broadway, south of the Grand Union, is the

Grand Central Hotel,

which was last year leased by Major VV. W. Leland. Its suc-
cess was not such as to warrant him in the continuance of the
lease ; and this season it has been opened by Mr. John B.
Cozzen!<, one of the famous West Point Hotel family.

Still south of the Grand Central, we come to another of the
older Saratoga hotels, the

Clarendon,

Mr. Charles Leland, proprietor. This house is one of the most
aristocratic at the Spring;*, and is too well known to require
other than this passing mention.

Let us now turn our attention to another class of houses, of
which there are many, more modest in their pretensions, more
homelike in their appointments, and more moderate in their
charges, hence better suited to that class of health or pleasure
seekers who either do not choose, or cannot afford, to pay the
highest prices of the largest houses, and are willing to forego
the nightly hop, the weakly grand balls, the music, and other

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iets. Tiiere is a piazza
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iree promenades are built
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Union, is the
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in the continuance of the
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lis house is one of the most
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, and are willing to forego
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.nducements, at the places above mentioned. There are many
of the«e „.„„r hotels, and ver, good ones too ; but we cl only
mention a few of the most prominent. ^

The Waverly Home,
Roberts & Riggs, proprietors, situated on Broadway a a-w
rod. north of the town hall. It accommodates no ill
wuhout over-crowding, and is as well arranged as any of ttj
arge hotels in the place. The parlors and dinin™,n 1
^e and air „d furnished ia excellent taste. The Zpi„;-
vTence-o/f "? ""'T "^ ""^""^^"^ in suites for the'con-

cateThlr;'"^'"'^^'°'■^'"^'^' ""^^ ^^^ <^— -

cate with the balconies, which extend around the house and
afford some of .he loveliest views of the surrounding coun^rto
Ij obtained ,n this place. Among the chief attractions which
h.s exceUent house has for those who pilfer health, quiet, and
eomfor to heat, dust, noise, and discomfort, are i» hrge, airy,

rate^rtr"' '""' ^ '"''" '''^^"'^^ ^ >'« ^°^-
The Holdon Home

Iholifr'^^'^' ' ?T ''"^^ """'' "^ '^^ United States. Al-
^ough this is one of the smaller hotels, yet every thing is com-

clean, and furnished in an excellent manner. Its prices are
low; and, what is of far greater interest to the trav Her Z
proprietor. Major VV. J. Rigg«, i« « „,„ ^^om the vis uTr wi
be glad to meet An old soldier, all one has to do to draw
h.m out IS to alhide to the late « onpleasantness ; " and he wiU

"S'-wZf ''" TT^'*'' *«>- «f wkthesawt
uix\e, when he wore the shoulder-straps.

The Kineral Waten.
The medicinal springs within its precincts have given a
celebrity to the town of Saratoga, which f.. othef ^aces

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IK)88e88. Wonder at its growth and long-contini ed pronpei ity,
as smaller watering-places may seem to do, its citizens have
something mbstantial on wliicH they may pin their faith in its
increasing prosperity, namely, its matchless mineral watrrs
and it8 natural attractions.

The valley famous for its healing waters is crescent-shaped,
extending from Ballston Spa to Quaker Springs, some seven-
teen miles. In the very centre of this valley, the village of
Saratoga Springs is situated ; and the waters which bubble up
in its irecincts come from the very ♦i.-ntain-head of a neigh-
borhood which surpasses the known •t.orld in its hygienic ad
vantages, and in the value and variety of its mineral springs.

Beginning at the northern extremity of this valley, the first
which will claim our attention is

THE STAR srnma.

located on Spring Avenue, near the termination of Circular
Street. Star Spring Co., proprietors; Melvin Wright, super-
intendent. Under the name of President Spring, and after-
ward Iodine Spring, the fountain now called the Star has been

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i,g-contimed prosperity,
to do, its citizens bave
ay pin their faith in its
latchless mineral waters

-aters is crescent-shaped,
ker Springs, some seven-
his valU-y, the village of
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^orld in its hygienic ad-
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ity of this valley, the first

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[he termination of Circular
,r9-, Melvin Wright, super-
.'resident Spring, and after-
low called the Star has bccB

known for nearly a century, — lonu enoiijrh to test its merits,
and lon^ enoii;ih to sink it in oblivion if it possessed no merits.
Its I'istre is undimmed ; and it promises to be a star that shall
ne'»er set. During tht-sc many years a goodly proportion of
tottering humanity have found in this spring an amendment to
their several crippled constitutions. It was first tubed in 18.'?5.
In lS(i5 the Star Spring Co. was formed ; and in the following
year tlie spring was reinbed under.; ir direction. In 1870
they erected the finest hottlin<;-house in Sarntoaa. Great care
is taken to preserve the spring in a pure condition and perfect
repair. The water has become immen.sely popular in New
England, where it is " the spring," and throughout the United
States and Canada. The proprietors of this spring, feelin;; the
need of some method of transportins; the water in bulk, to
avoid the heavy cost of bottling, anrl the heavy freights upon
the same. commen(!ed in 1860 to send the water in barrels
made of r-ck maple. This method proved a failure, as it was
impossible to confine the gases in wood, and impossible to pre-
pare the wood in a manner not to impart to the water its
peculiar taste. They thi'n prepared the tin-lined barrels
(ptitent dated November, 1867), which proved a su<'ces3.
These barrels are used to convey the water to all parts of the
country. It is then drawn into fountains, and charged li}.'htly
with gas to restore it to its original condition, and is dispensed
by tlie glass, and is as palatable and effective as at the natural
fountain. This mt^thod has become very popular where
known.

For commercial use. the water is sold in cases of quarts and
pints ; and besides, owing to the large amount of gas which is
finely incorporated with the water, the company are enabled
to supply families ■with it in kegs of fifteen gallons, in which
the water keeps a^ well as in battles, and at one-fourth to one-
si.Kth the cost. This method seems to give entire satisfaction,
and is fast coming info general use. This is the only spring
that supplies the water in bulk to families. The price to drug-

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gisU, in bulk, is twenty cents pet gallon ; to familii-s, four dol-
lars per half barrel ; to the trade, in cases, at twtnty-one dollars
per gros. for pint^ , snd thirty dollars per gross for (juiirts. The
large and pleasant office in the bottling-house is adorned with
flowers and shrubs, rare exotics of great beauty. Visitors
will find here ample accommodations for rest and recreation,
as the office is open to all.

The Star water is mildly cathartic ; has a pleasant, slifihtly
aci<l taste, gentle and ht-althy in its action, and yet powerful
in its effect!). It is far more desirable for j;enera! use as a ca-
thartic, than the preparations of the apothecary. Rev. Dr.
Cuyler, in one of his pecuUarly charining letters, gives the
Star water preference over all others as an active and efficient
cathar.ic. While the immediate effects of the Star Spring are
cathartic, its remote effects are alterative ; and these, after all,
should be considered the most important, as the water thus
reaches and changes the morbid condition of the whole .system.
In this part of the village, and near the St*r, i" the famous
High Rock Spring. It is the oldest, in point of dis.overy, of
any of the Saratoga si)rings. It takes its nam^ from the dome-
shaped rock,— the de{)osit which the wat«r, flowing for centu-
ries, has thrown down, — which covers it. and through which
the gas-charged water still bubbles up Until recently, the
water did not overflow the ro<;k, but escaped underneath it.
In 1866, the present proprietors, however, removed the rock
from its bed by the aid of a powerful derrick, tubed the spring,
and, replacing the rock, fi.\ed it in its present position.

There were numerous reasons assigned in the traditions of
the Indians, why the Great Spii it was displeased and the
water ceased to overflow. In our researches about Saratoga,
we found a legand, that, far back when the deer made this their
resort, and were shot bylmnters while regaling themrelves at
the fountain, an Indian maiden who was impure bathed in the
spring, since which time the water did not rise to the top of
the mound. As a bit of fantasy, we present the legend as
thus narrated : —

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TOURISTS' HANDBOOK.

Hon ; to familii's, four dol-
jasen, at twtiity-one dollars
per grogs for (iu;irt8. The
ng-bouse is adorneil with
; great beauty. Visitors
IS for rest and recreation,

i ; ha8 a pleasant, slipihtly
action, and yet powerful
Ic for j^eneral use as a ca-
ho apothecary. Rev. Dr.
[.arming letters, gives the
1 as an active and efficient
ects of tbe Star Spring are
ativo ; and these, afier all,
lortant, as the water thus
dition of the whole .system,
ear the St«r, is the famous
, in point of disiovery, of
L'S its name, from the dome-
c water, flowing for centu-
vers it, and through which
I up Until recently, the
lut escaped underneath it.
lowever, removed the rock
1 derrick, tubed the spring.
Is present position,
signed in the traditions of
it was displeased and the
researches about Saratoga,
len the deer made this their
liile regaling themrelves at
) was impure bathed in the
did not rise to the top of
we present the legend as

" Knr In tho forest's deep recess,

Dark, hidden, and iilone,
'Mid mnrMhy ferns and tangled wopds,

Tlioro rose a rocky cone.
It WB8 a BtriinRO, mysterious spotj

And near no mortal dwelled ;
But there, retired, tlie sorcerer priont

His snored orgies held.

There the fierce teimnts of tho wood

On one another preyed ;
And, thongh the timid deer were slnin,

Yet fondly round thi,y strayed.
Their natures craved the saline draught;

Kor that they eager sought ;
And oft one single hasty sip

Was with their life-blood bought.

Within that rocky cone a spring

Of healing water rose;
And o'er the top it glittering spreads;

And down the sides it flows ;
It looked as if with brilliant gepis

That curtained rock .vas bonud,
As sparkling hung the niry stream,

Like floating drapery round.

From forth the forest's deepest gloom,

There moved with stealthy pace
A female form of lovely mould

And beauty's witching face;
Upon her brow the summer sun

And the free desert air
Had cast a mellow auburn tint,

With love to revel there.

She come to bathe in that pure spring.

As forth the waters boiled ;
Her hand she raised to touch the fount:

Back ! back ! the stream' recoiled.

TOURIHTS' nANDItnOK.

Deep printed on that beating tieiut,

Forever to remain,
In npite (if tears ami el«aii»lng foui't»,

There was » guilty stain.

Down in the bosom of the rook,

The gurgling fountain fell ;
There still it Hows; anil its lone lonn.i

As notes of warning swell.
Thiit guilty one In frantic fear

Kleil with desponding shiiniB-,
Nor was she ever beard of more;

And none recalled her name.

The Saratoga "A" Spring.
In th^ same vicinity and under the same proprietorship is
the Saratoga " A " Spring. The memory of man nmneth not
to the time when mineral water was not to be found some-
where in this immediate vicinity. In 186.5 Messrs. Western
& Co. purchased the property, and at once in.st.tutcd plans lor
seonring the fountain; and a shaft twelve feet s.pmre was
gunk to the depth of sixteen feet. Ti.e surface above the
rock consists of bluish marl, similar to that foun.l all alon,'
this mineral valley. A tube, in the usual form, was place 1
over the spring; and cUy was used as packing around it. n
the spring of the next year the fountain was more perfectly
secured by a new tubing; and the water wa3 bottled, and
shipped all over the country.

An ill wind seemed to be blowing; and in 1867 the botthng-
house was nearly destroyed by fire. And the spring was agmn
re-tubed to the .lepth of thiriytwo feet, going down to the
solid rock, where one of the most perfect veins of water was
found flowing in all its original purity, which was secured with
the greatest care, in o.-der to prevent the mixture of sulphur-
ous or other waters, and carried to the surface through a tube
made of maple.

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" Spring.

the same proprietorship is
;mory of man runneth not
as not to be found 8ome-
In 186.J Messrs. Western
It once in.stitute(l plans for
I twelve feet wpiare was
, The surface above the
r to that found all alon,'
ic usual form, was place 1
I as packing around it. In
(untain was more perfectly
le water was bottled, and

;; and in 1867 the bottling-
And the spring was again
feet, going down to the
perfect veins of water was
ity, which was secured with
ent the mixture of sulphur-
j the surface through a tube

At pmwnt the spring itoelf is protected by a temporary
ctruuture, while the water is tottlcd in a portion of the origi-
nal building which was not destroyed by tiro. The spring is
at some little distance from the business part of Saratoga; and,
since the bottling-house was destroyed, no sfiecial etVorts have
been made to attract a crowd of visitor', though many who
know the virtues of tlio water take the pains and trouble to
go out of their way to obtain it fresh from the spring in all
its purity, aa it is held in the highest esthnation by all who have
used it.

The officers of the present company are John F. II >,
President ; U. S. Barrett, Secretary ; and Eilwin F. Stevens,
Treasurer.

In this locality are also to be found the Red and Empire
Springs, and some others of lesser note.

The Pavilion Spring.

Coming down the valley we reach the Pavilion Spring,
which for more than thirty years has been favorably known.
It is central in position, and with the neat park around it is
a pleasant place of resort. Church Street bound.i the p.ark on
the north. Spring Avenue e.xtcjnds northward, from about tLo
middle of the park.

The Congreii Spring.

Proceeding still a little farther south on Broadway, we come
to the beautiful Congress Park, and the far-famed Congress
Spring. Tl)e oblong pavilion that eovers it stands on East
Congress Street, near Broadway. This spring was discovered
in 1 792 by a party of men who were hunting in the neighbor-
hood. The Hon. J. T. Gilinan, who was at that time an ex-
member of Congress from Exeter, N.H., was in the party ; and
in honor of him it was named Congress Spring. Bottling of this
water began in 182.3, since which time immense quantities of
it have been carried to every part of the globe. This spring.

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lOVIilST.f IIAShliOOK.

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jind nl«o tho Kmpi«> Spritij?, arc owiic"! liy an inrorporntoil
coiiinany, wliich «l»oown» Conj^n-.tn Park, on the cilgn dI" which
th.' Congrcaa Spring; pavilion staiidB.

When taken hclon- hri'i.kfaNt th« water in a pleanant and
very effective catharlii'. Drank in moderate tpiaiitieN throu<{h-
out the day, it b a delightliil, wholcsunte bevera^'e, itx aU'ect.-*
bein^ alterative and Kli)>litly tonic. It '\» KUceeMxfidly hhciI
in atrectionH of the liver and kidneys ; and for chronic coimti-
pation, dyg|>ep8ia, and gout it is hi^rldy valued. It has l>cen
employed in cases of renal calculi with decidedly bineficial
results. Invali('s have been otlen surprised ami delighted,
after using the watem a few weeks, to lind then)selve» rupiiliy
gaining flesh and strength ; the real fleeret of their improve-
ment being in the oHect of tli»j water, which greatly increases
the power of assimilation, tlicreby securing a larger proportion
of the nutrition contained in (bod, much of which is lost
when the digestive functions have become impaired. In cases
of chronic dyspepsia, a persevering use of the water, with
proper dietetic restrictions, and suitable attention to the ordi-
nary rules of health, ;;ives the sufferer a speedy sense of re-
lief, and in the end is certain to eradicate the disease with its
attendant miseries. Aj a general renovator and preserver of
health, as a homo remedy at once innocent and ellicient. Con-
gress water is of incalculable value. It is prescribed by the
faculty in certain diseases with as much confidence as any
preparation known to the apothecary.

Where there is a debilitated condition of the stomach and
bowels, resulting in chronic diarrhoea, the water produces
fr«e dejections, without languor or debility, thus removing the
fcEtid and irritatin:^ accumulations induced by the intlated
state of the system, and which provoke the disease; and it
also acts as a gentle stimulant, by which the digestive functions
are improved, and such additional strength imparted to the
body as enables nature successfully to combat with the disease.
The U80 of the water as a cathartic is also be«eficial in jaun-

TOURISTS' HAS /'HOOK.

diet', the vnriii'iH furmt of iK'urnI|{iu, «nlarK«'iiiPnt of the liver
ami "pli'en, rl I'liiimtif nITcctioiiH, (Mitiiiifoiiii illHt'i\Ken, ami in
iK'iirly nil (liionlfii oc'caiiiiiiicil by llun nmiid of fiiiiliiuiiHl>iu
iniliilufnced >ri'iifriilly tiTiiiHtl "lii(jli living;.'' Iimtcntl of cauii-
\nii naiiMuu or (llHturlmiicc of llm Hloinat-li, iim Ik tiie I'lloct of
oniiiinry cathariicM, tlin wntrr, while it |>rotliireM ei(|iiiiiig
('vni-u<ilion!<, (eemi at the name tiiiio to inviuoralu the whuin
H\>teiii, jfivlii;; a n>\M\ for the coiirxest ami most common
artieleit of food. The frrcdoin from (;ri|iinK [mins, whiih i*
noticeable in the cnthitrtie operations ol' the water, U owing
to the mdaiivc etleclH ol' the carbonic acid jfiiN, which hIho
ti'ii(l« to prevent that Hcime of lan;juor usual!)' accompaii3inj»
ln' operation of ordinary medicines of thi-< {■[%»». I'ltif C. F.
('handler, of the Now York Hoanl of Health, says that the
peculiar excellence of Conj;reK8 water ie due to the fact that
it contains, in the ni )»t desiralile jiroportiouM, thone Hubsiancei
which produce Uh ajjreeable flavor, and BatiM*'.4i;tory medicinal
I'tlects ; neither lioidin<; them in excess, mir lacking any con-
stituent to bo desired in this class of waii ; " and he recom-
inendit this water an a aitlmrlic above all others, on account of
its almost entire freedom from iron, which is freijuently irriiat-
iiij; and constipating, an. I when largely present in mineral
waters reijuires more of I he saline properties in order to {live
tlieni a cathartic etlect. Most of the Saratoga waters generally
contain a larger jjcrcentage of iron. In submitting a new
analysis (which appears elsewhere), IVof Chandler writes,
" A comparison of this with the analysis made by Dr. John II.
Steel in 1832, proves that Congress water still retains its
original strength, and all the virtues which established its well-
merited reputation." It should be remembered that the water
of this spring is sold in bottles only. What purports to be
Conjjress water, for sale on draught in various places through-
out the country, is not genuine. Tlie artificial preparations thus
imposed upon the public may have a certain resemblance in
taste and appearance, but are frecpiently worse than worthless
for medicinal purposes.

TOURISTS' BANDBOOK.

The Columbian Spring,
In Congress Park, under the Grecian Dom^, near the Con-
ess ^ , CoJg^ss and Empire Spring Co propnetors
This spring was opened in 1806 by Gideon Pntnam The
ia r Luel from the natural reek, about seven ^et below the
rurface of the ground, and is protected by heavy wooden tubmg.
his the most popular spring among the residents of baratoga^
The escaping bubbles of free earbonie acd gas give to the
fountain a Wling motion. Large quantities of the gas can
S be eoUceted at the mouth of the spring a any Ume^
L i/atine chalybeate or iron water, possessing strong tone
nronerties It iso has a diuretic action, a.ul is extensively
S rLt purpose. The water is recomnjended to be drank
in small quantities duving the day, generally ^ 'ded bj the
use of the cathartic water: taken belore breakfast.

The Empire Spring,
Situated on Spring Avenue, at the head of Circular Street, and
„ a? h bLe of a\igh limestone bluff, in the northerly part
of The village, a few rods above the Star Spring, and about
aUe fourth! of a mile from the Congress. Owned by the Con-
™ and Empire Spring Company. O. H. Cromwell, Super-
h endent. Mineral water was kno.n to tnckle down the
bank at this point ever since the land was cleared of ^^ prum-
Jwe shrubs. It was not till the year 1846 that the fountain
was taken i„ charge. The tubing is eleven feet, and fits
rioely t the rock. Messrs. Weston & Co., the early proprxe-
tlmade extensive improvements in the grounds surround-
C'it ptnHng Bl^ade-trees, &e. ; and during the past year the
^ n! of SDrin-r Avepue has rendered the place more
rSve iC watt o'f thi. spring has a general resem-
b ance to hat of the Congress. In the cathartic ellect« of the
two Iters the difference is scarcely appreciable aHhoug.
from the presence of a larger quantity ot magnesia in the Con-

DliOOK.

pring,

ian Doiuj, near the Con-
e Spring Co., proprietors.
jy Giileon Putnam. The
about seven feet below the
id by heavy wooden tubing,
the residents of Saratoga.
)onic acid gas give to the

quantities of the gas can
Df the spring at any time.
,er, possessing strong tonic

action, and is extensively
3 recommended to be drank
r, generally pr. 'ded by the
lelbre breakfast.

pring,

head of Circular Street, and
blntr, in the northerly part
le Star Spring, and about
igress. Owned by the Con-
y. O. H. Cromwell, Super-
nown to trickle down the
and was cleared of its primi-
year 1846 that the fountain
ing is eleven feet, and fits
;on & Co., the early proprie-
t8 in the grounds surround-
aind during the past year the
I rendered the place more
pring has a general resem-
[n the cathartic etl'ects of the
ircely appreciable, although,
atity ot magnesia in the Con-

|c!,r(jnic diseases requiring aa. rati vi- and diureuc rtim.di. s.
3

TOURISTS' HANDBOOK.

It is also recommemled a. a preventive cr remedy for the

di»ease^T,a.«ral to ^varm cl.mates, e.,n-ially .ntenm.tent, g .-

e and bilious .ever, dy.enteri.. and '>-rders of the

er Tl>e direction, for using are tbc BU.ne as for he Co„

g e". It cannot I. ..r.-diefd with .er.ainty -n ->• -ta e

cutaneous diseases, Nc. it acis iic<-i; „.,„_,i

prXein. th. dei.ility, pain, and nausea, that usually at er.1
Kf ; "of cathartie drugs; gives vi.ov to t„e c.reu^^^^^^^^^^
removes c-onstipation. ereates an app.t.te, and F"™"';* »
heaUhy condition of ail th» «.-rcuons and excrcous ol the

system.

The Excelsior P&rk.

FoUov^ine l.ake Avenue for ai-out a n.ile from Broadway, we
find ourlh'. In a most romantic and l^antiful valL-y. known

THE EXCELSIOR SPRIiTG.

as Excelsior Park. Although but recently projected, there

are indications that the unusuaUy fine natural features of this

OK.

vc cr remetly for the
•ially intermittent, g<B-
and disorders of the
,; same as for the Con-
rtainty in any instance,
ost eife.tive; and, atler
txith wait rs the pref.r-
hf watiT is esptcially
iheiiinatisni and gout,
as a cathartic, without
isea, that usually attend
i>oi- to tlie circulation,
[^■tite, and promotes a
and excrtjtious of the

mile from Broadway, we
1 Iwautiful valley, known

SPRIlfO.

recently projected, there
ine natural features of this

TOt-nlSTS' tIAXIil'.OOK.

• 1 .ade, and nicely graded ■ and -,. -^ -;»-'' '
hHV. been laid out, many of >vlu. . comnu..ul '« ■•: 7^^«; ;'
..ounUins in Ver„.ont, and tl.e l^^l^^ ^^^ ' ^u, it.

i,.„ediate suvroundin^e, .b.y overlook the vley^
.buntains of invi^oratin, — ^ 7^;^ „^^^. Lr Lake.

of Saratogii.

The Excelsior Spring.

°' r, UU Avont; .bout bill- a mtl, e... of Cir,«l» S.r..,.
IS on Lal-e Avenuc, »"" „.,o hv wliich we pass a ma-

Another .cute is ..uSpnng ^J^j^^^^J^lg, J^y water-
jority of ^\^^l^''S\'^:'Z taU.,: Spr7ng. with
.ork. wb.ch B^P ^^^«j;^^ ,,, ,,i.brated liolly .v«.en>.
r ;r t'--U a poiL where the avenue™ to.

TopnisTS' iiAsnnooK.

hat many if il«^ c'*''
yi\ tliiiter ?B a very
e>iileice9. The park
,rin|i8 Ibrmcrly known
," viih the ailji'ceiit
Broad avfiuit'8 have

H- and Finnll ^''l'» l'^*'**
niaml iir.e view>« ct Uic

:iwrge Uilli", wl''l''. ^"'^
k the valley with its
vxi. Some of (he lots
„T8 of Kxci Wior Lake,
lis many tl.aiminjx i't:*
land8(Ml)e of hills and
1 and deiiduouB trees.
E foi the summer homes
d noise of the city, ami
water?, without entering

amonu' the throngs that
celsior Park is reached

Spring Avenues, while
ath leading through the
known to llie Irequeulers

:ing.

i>y, amid most romantic
\ uaU,and near the centre
I entrance to this spring
.leeastof Oireular Street,
by which we pass a ma-
o the Loughberry water-
,f Saiatoga Springs with
,e celebrated lioUy system,
vherc the avenue turnn to-

ward tlie Fxcelsior, is tlie fine summer hotel known Jis the
Mai..4ion Houfp, and the pntty eoltage residence of Mr. Henry
Lawnnce. The Excelsior Spring has been appreciated for its
valuable (pialitiea by soaie of the oldest visitors of Sarato;^!
for at Ic;i8t h ilf a century. Tlie w?ter, however, w,.8 not gir.-
erally known to the public until in 18.59, when Mr. II. II.
L iwrence, tic former owner, and father of the present propri-
etor.-". retuliod tlie spring at a ('onsiderable expense, having
excavated it to a depth of lifly-six feet, eleven of which are
in the solid roek. IJy this improvement the water (lows with
all its properties undeteridrated, retaining from source to out-
let its original purity and strength. Since then, the present
proprietois, under the firm of A. R Lawrence & Co., by a
new an! improved method of bottling and barrelling tiie Ex-
celsior M-ater under its own hydrostatic pressure, have given it
an ineieased deputation ; and it is rapidly at'aining a wide-
spread popularity. The, water of this spring is a pleasant en-
thnrHe, and lias also alterative and tonic properties, and is,
moreover, a very delightful beverage. Two or three glasst s in
the morning is the dose as a cathartic. As an alterative and
diuretic, it should be taken in small quan'.iti'is during the day.
We have seen stronger pommendations of this water from the
bighest medical authorities than of any other. After a re-
freshing draught from this sparkling and delicious fountain, let
us not fail to exivraine the proprietors' peculiar and very per-
fect nietliod of bottling and barrelling the Excelsior water by
its own hydrostatic prefsure. Entering their handsome brick
bottling house, we find our way to a capacious and weli-liglited
cellar, in which we discover a perpendicular opening some ten
feet in diame'er. In this subterranean chamber the process of
tilling is perlbrmed at a point tw< Ive feet below the surface of
the spring.

To this point the Excelsior water is conveyed from tha
spring by means of a block-tin pipe, through which it runs into
resei Vviiri lowered into the ihamber for that purpose. ITiese

gg TOUniSTS' HANDBOOK.

rcervoirs are strong oakb .rreU lined witl. p^re hock-' in in
ul. Tanner a. to be perfectly 8a.-.i«ht, and -J'f^J^- ^^
two tube., one quite .hort, and the other exttn.lmg from the
tTp to th. bottom of the reservoir. By filling the nserv «
Trough the long tube by the simple weight of t»- jater^Ue
.ir is exeluded, while the gas i.not allowed '° «- f " J^^re
wld on draught, it is only necessary to connict the long tune
:?hthedratght-t«be.andthe short tube with - - P-P'
when the water can be forced out by the pr.^sure of the a.r
and will flow forth .rankling and dehc.ous as ^^J^ W
without being recharged with gas. l^e Borr. no ocse of^
the Excebior Spring is one oi the most '^"'"P .''^^^i: ''' 'f^'^t
cents of any at Saratoga. One of .ts pecuhar '««'«-;"
underground vaults outside of, but connected by -" "^-"J^ ^^^
the m7n cellar. In these vaults is stored »^« ^ "' "^^^^^^^^
secure alike from winter's fn^st or sumtner's heatf unt.l packeU

'"^tt concluded our investigation, and --ed to notice
the UNION, M.NNKHAHA,and Other springs wh.ch bubble up
l^th-s immediate vicinity, .e have now ^^^f^^^^^Z^

between Excelsior Sprmg and the village. ^''J" =
.here is a wide and »hady path, well known to ^«'J«" "^
lovTtbe picturesque, and along its winding way .s found the
shortest walk to the centre of the village.
" Nor is the stately scene without

Its sweet secluded trensmes,
Where hearts that shun the crowd nisy find
Their own exclusive pleasures, —
• Deep charming shades for pensive thought

The hours to wear away in,
And vaulted aisles of whispering pines
For lovers' feet to stray in."

tOiC.

ritli pire hock-' in in
lit, and turnished wi h
Br extending from the
f filling the rcservoirt
•ight of the water, the
wed to escape. When
conni'ct tlie long tube
ube with an air pump,
le proMure of t'le air,
•ions as at the spring,
B Bottling IIodse of
complete in its appoint-
peculiar leatures is the
L'cted by iron doors with,
;or2d the bottled water,
Dcr's heatf until packed

I, and tarried to notiee
ptings which bubble up
»w the choice of continu-
■am to the Eureka and
ling by the way cf Lake
leallhful exercise of walk-
id stroll into those mag-
ad valley for half a mile
village. Through them
I known to visitors who
winding way is found the
lage.
bout

irowd nmy find

ares, —
insive thounht

Bring pines

the Congrei'g bottling-house is the most famous, a description
of it will sutiice for the whole.

'lOVniSTS- II AN y ROOK.

For the following «o arc indebted to Mr. C C. Dawmn of
New York: —

"Probably not on.-lifih part of the vi^xWy* of th«f« si.iin;:.^
which i.ro used mo.ii.'iuivlly are .Ir.M.k in Sarato-a. A ..1-
litudi.s it is true, lloek here .hiriu- the «utim. r month. ; but
ihfir stay b usually limited to a lew brief weci<s, - a iii.ie. in
„>anv caseH, too M.ort for th.'se mild natural renedns to ae-
c-on.i.li h their pe.f.rt work. Thousands o' vbitorg, ll,erel..re,
find it necessary to continue the use of the waters atierleavin-
ihe spriuTs; ami great numbers cf othir sullercrs irom tl.e
varioan ills which lIe^h is heir to, who aie not able to vi-it Sar-
atoga, htill find the waters a source of comfort and health.
Thus, while the benefit of these springs is enjoyed at baratogu
only by a co.ni.;iralively limited number of pcr.sons, and prm-
cipaliy <lu.=ng a brief bea>.on, their blesjingn are carried, by
nuMiisof the bottled waters, all over the world, and are dl^-
ponscd to mull ii.li.d thousands, without regard to seascu or
climate. A large and important bi anch of .onnuerce has thus
si>run.r into existence, involving a hberal expenditure ol cap-
ital, and furnishing employment, directly or imlirectly, to a
great number of persons.

"Tlie bottling and packing is carried on throughout the,
year; and, except during the height of the visiting season,
when so much is lonsumed at the springs as materially to de-
irease the supply for bottling, the work is prosecuted n.ght
and day. The arrangemenis lor this purpose are the most
complete of any thing ol the kind in the country, and all ti,e
various operations are carried on with a care, skill, and perlee-

tion unsurpassed. .

"In order to inerease their facilities, the Congiess bpimg
Compi ny have erected a 'glass-factory near the village, where
they not only make all the bottles required in their own im-
„.ense business, bat fill large orders for all kinds of bottles to-
other purposes. Some eighteen or twenty neat cottages in the

whi
To
mea
ihoi

nooK.

10 Mr. C C. Uawfoii of

walcr.-' of ilma s\mu<i»
nk in S,ir.ito;.'ii. Ivliil-
he suiimi r moniln ; biii
brief wfcix.s — a time, in
iiiilural re utiJii h to ac-
iiils o' vuiit.>rg, tlierffort-,
if iho waters afierli;aviii!;

othir suflercrs from tin-
1 lue not able to vi-it f^ar-
1 of comi'oit and hi-alili.
igB is enjoyed at Sarat'ifra
iber of persons, and iirin-
jU'Biingn are carried, by
r the world, and are di^-
lout rejrard to seaseu or
nub of lonnuerce has thus
jeral expenditure o( eap-
irectly or indin-ctly, to a

irrietl on throughout tbr,
ht of the visiting season,
rinj^s as materially to de-
work is prosecuted niglit
Ills purpose are the mm'^i
I the country, and all tiie
ih a care, skill, and pcriec-

ilies, the Coni^iess Spiing
iry near the village, where
required in their own iui-
fur all kinds of bottles for
twenty neat cottages in the

rOUltlSTS' IlAXDnOOK.

!<anie j)art cf thf villnpe have been erected by the company
for the use of ihe'r factory operatives.

" Each bottle, bifore being (llled, is thoroughly wa.slied nnd
linsed with botli warm and cold water, a stream v.. each of

which is constantly pouring into the tanks belbre the washers.
To detai'h any im]>uri(ieB that cannot be removed by other
means, a smrll bras:< chain is droj>j)ed into each bottle, , nd
thoroughly shaken al out. The sulstitulion of this simple and

TOVItlSTS' IIANOttnOK.

eft-ctive metliful of cleauiinR for tlio uw of .hot or pebble ii
an improvement which miKht well be a.lopt. d by every hou«o
wife.

"None but the finest corks are ured: the brandfl used f-ir
brandin- them are »et into a wnall table, their lettered la. es
>,eing nearly level with its surface. They are kept hoi V... a
iet of jzas turned on tl.em from below ; and the corks receive
"their brand by being rolled over the heated types, — an expert
boy performing the simple operation with great ra[.idity.

4, '

tJTI fl

whic

reivj

natii

untii

drive

»i«e 1

stnin

bi'inj

cult I

from

"v!

their

two ]

four (

by th

may I

thin 8

and i

sharp

pagnt

' teslin

ing,

mean I

and ei

Allle

direct

to the

and c

possib

sequel

"\\

tested

formei

work.

OOK.

TovnisTa' iiasdhook.

•e of »liot or pebble i«
«lopt» (1 by every hous-

ed: the brands used fur
table, their lettered lin fts
Tlicy are kept hoi !•. a
>w ; and the corka receive
heated types, — an expert
with great rajiidity.

" Tlie water is piim[H>d from thti sprinjf tlin)Ugh pur« block-
tin pi|KW into n receiver holding; from five to six gallons, from
which it is drawn into the iKittlcs; the pipes, pump, and re-
ceiver being so constructed as to firevent any cscaiMi of the
natural gases. The corks, after being soaked in warm water
iiMtii they I jcome so soft as to be easily compressed, arc
ilriven into ihe Ijottles by machinery, the process reducing their
size before entering the bottles about one-third. It requires a
Ktnmg bottle to stand the pressure of their expansion after
bein-i driven in ; and even strong men sometimes fmd it dilli-
cult to pull them out. A single workman will fill and cork
from fifteen to twenty dozen Iwttles per hour.

" After being fdled and corked, the bottles are liiiil upon
their sides in large bins holtUn,^ from one hundred iind fifty to
two hundred dozen each, -yh'sre they are allowcil to remain
four or five days, or longer, to test the strength of tlie botMcs
hy the expansion of the gas, and also to detect any corks that
may be leaky or otherwise imiHrfeet. The breakage, while in
this situation, is about five percent of the whole number filled,
and sometimes more. Tiie bottle- frequently bi^rst with a
sharp report, like the firing of a pistol or the cracking of cham-
pagne l)ot*'es. Every bottle that breaks, either while in the
testing-bins or in any of the various processes of washing, lill-
ing, or packing, is registered in the office of the company, by
means of wires going from ditl'erent parts of the establishment,
and centring there in an apparatus arranged for the puqiose.
Ail leaky corks are drawn, and the bottles refilled with water
direct from the spring. While all these precautions add largely
to the expense of putting up the waters, they render a leaky,
and consequently a bad bottle of Saratoga water almost im-
possible ; and they also render the breakage of bottles in sub-
sequent handling a matter of rare occurrence.

" When the bottles and corks have been thus thoroughly
tested, the corks are securely wired, this operation being per-
formed with great rapidity by employees long trained to the
work.

TorillSTS' IIASDIIOOK

" Tbo nuxt r.r..cfr« is tlu' \m'V\xvf in fan,.-, wl.irli i« alx..
done with unat .iire nn.i loninrival)!.- .l.'M.'riiy. 'IMm- n.'.-lt <.l
,.,,,1, l,„i,l,. Ik llrn.ly w.."n.i willi .•l»-.»n now nlnm; Hn.l tlu, l...|.
tie. an. pliuT.i on th.ir kLU-h in ti.T. ol .■-lu.il number, u piirl-

ing strip of .trnwl^einglai.l between each bottle and it. neigl-
boron eitl^erside. A layer of Btraw is al80 placed between
the tier, of bottles, as well a8 at the top and bottom ol the
box. When the box is filled, the paeker walks ever the hot-

lli'H To

|ila"en
put in
Thr
in Siir
the 8111
ihc wl

V, '4

^.^■j,^^^~*m-*f^fM-'

)()K.

in i-wvo, wl.ich ia also
■xtfi'i'y. Tilt' ""'•'I' •''
icw hiriiw, Hiiil lilt! I>'>i-
I l'(|Uul iiuiiilifi-, ii !>!»''' ■

each bottle and its neigli-
w in also plactd betwi'tii
le top and bottom of the
jL-ker walks ever the bot-

TOUR/STS' /n.XfifinnK

(!>'H Cur till! ilijii'ilf ptirpotie of Heltiin^ thcin pi- pcrly in tlinir
pla •(•«, (111. I II- a I'lirihiT UM oC ihidr HtriMijith. In'tbro tlio lid in
lit in its place. m\i\ niiiic I down."

'i'luri' arc a iiuiiilii>r <>t pnl.lic inMitiiiionH of rarious kind*
in Sanitn;rn, wliiih inr palnu.izrd l.y vixifoi-^, not only diirin;;
llic siimuiRr noiHoii, Imt also, to a ;;riMttT or Ichn cxtfnt, during
ilif wlio'c oC ihc Mill-. One oC tli( in i-t

Strong's Semerliiil Inititnte.

TOURISTS' HANDBOOK.

on Circular Street, a she t disUnce from Broad wny an l all the
principal hoteU and .prints. D.s. S. S. and S E Strong,
rejrular physicians, graduates of the UniTcr^.ty of ^ew York,
are the proprietors.

The Institute was estal.lished several years ago, and has
enjoyed a superior reputation for its treatment of iuvalid., as
well as for its hotel and boar.ling accommodations. During
the sprin- of 1871 the building was greatly enlarged, and now
alfords accommodations for two hundred guests. Its parlors,
dinin-'-halls, and Uth-.oou . are fitted up in the most modern
and elegant stvle; and tho general appointments are ot ti.e
first order. Being somewhat ren.oved from the bustle and
confusion of the larger liotels, it aflbrds a delighiiul re-.reat for
persons of imp.ii'-ed health ; while refined and cultivated peo-
ple will find its society more congenial than that of the more
public houses. Among its annual patrons are Rev Theodore
I Cuyler D.D.; EvGov. Wells of Virginia ; Mr. Robert
Carter, of the fir.u of Carter Brother3, publishers, of New
York ; and many others of like position in society, fhe Insti-
tution is supplied with new and the most improved app lances
now known to inedi.al science, among which are the Electro-
thermal, Sulphir, Air, Turkish, and Russian Baths; Swedish
Movement Cure; the E.jualizer or Vacuum Treatme.it; Oxy-
gen Inhdations Cxymn«8tic8; and other varieties of hydro-
pathy and meditine. .

Temple Grove Seminary.

This institution is beautifully situated in a grove, on what was
formerlv called Temple Hill : hence the name. The grounds oc-
cupy the whole 8(i'iare ofl Spring Street, between Circulai and
Re.Tent Streets. All the noted springs of Saratoga are witlim
a ."w minutes' walk of the Seminary, while Congress Tark is
but one blok distant. The institution lor .he last five yea.^.
has Icon under the elB'-ieut management of Charles F. Dowd,

OOK.

tn Broadway anl all tbe
i. S. and S E. Strong,
Jniverjity of New Yoik,

■ral years ago, and has
;reatmt'nt of iavalids", as
coramodations. During
fcatly enlarged, and now
red guests. Its parlors,
up in ihc most modem
appointments are of t lie
Bd from the bustle and
is a delighliul retreat for
Pmed and cultivated peo-
1 than that of the more
trons are Rev. Theodore
)f Virginia ; Mr. Roliert,
her3, publishers, of Ne>Y
in in society. The Insti-
nost improved appliances
; which are the Electro-
Hussian Baths ; Swedish
acuum Treatment ; Oxy-
otlier varieties of hydro-

unary.

L'd in a grove, on what was
he name. The grounds ol-
■eet, between Circular and
igs of Saratoga are within
•y, while Congress Tark is
lion for I he last five years
iient of Charles F. Dowd,

TOVniSTS' BAyOBOOK.

A.M., a graduate of Yale College ; and it affords the beit of
advantages for a complete solid and ornamental education.
The " regular graduating course " occupies a period of four
years, and embractw the principal studies pursued in our best

colleges for young men ; while much liberty is allowed to
" optional studies," which aiford facilities for the more modern
and artistic accomplishments. Not only is every advantage

TOURISTS' IIASDROOK.

aflb-.U.l for intellectual improvement; bat the rel.pious an,l
moral cult.ue of the students is conscientiously cared lor la a
liber d and f ilthful Chrlstii^n spirit. Amon., the patrons ol th.
Sen.inary nre some ol the best families of .^ 1-1'"^' ^ '^ "^
the country. These superior advantages are allordc.l a very
e:sonahle'ehar,..s.as Ly be K-arned from O.e annual eaa-
I0..U.. The terms are lower than couhi be ofiered w.-c ,c not
that, during the sum iier months, the Seminary rcrones a prac-
S endowment through the nse of its building tor b..ardu,g
purposes. From .Tuns to September, its spacious and well-
Lnished rooms ani -yeU-supplied tables dispense to its pa-
Zl the comforts and luxuries of a first-class bote . Porters
are at the depot to meet all trains. With its eh.h.lul grove
Z\ ground,, a few steps remove.l from the bustle and eo,:-
lon of the great hotels, and its aceessibili y to ad the springs
n Saratoga, this Semiaa.yis particularly dosn.d,le to lovers
Tf health ^nd comfort. It is designed, specially, lor the Cl.r,-
tlim and literary public. .

Tuere are many other institutions of both a public and pri-
vate character, which our space forbids our noticing. He
visitor will, without <loubt, find them himself d so inchned

Prominent among the professions represented in ^^^'^^
is th..t of architecture. In ad.lition to the large hotels, whi.h
are famous the world over, some of the finest villas cottages.
,nd private residences in the country are to t e found here.

Mr G B Crotr the • -ell-known architect, whose works on
architectural design have been extensively sold in all parts
rAmeriea. is locked here ; and a visit to his reeept.on-rooms
is .mite equal to a visit to an art gallery.

ir. CrJtVhas recently made an ex ensive European tour .0.
the purpose of professional, stu.ly. and has brougl.t to his
hbra^y many beautiful studies in architecture, horticulture,
and floral decoration, gle.ned from the elegant botanical gar-
dens and p:d le s of England and the Continent. From his
dcsi..nsmf,vb.'autiful villas and quct cottages are growing

it the rclipious ami
Ai,\is\y cared tor iu a
i:! the p.itrons of th^'
tjie le:\ilin;j cities of
arc atVordetl at very
rom tlie iiniiual cata-
)C offered were ic not
inary receives aprac-
liuilding tor boarding
L-i spiieious and well-
js dispense to its pa-
t-class hotel. Porters
li its deli^liil'ol grove
the bustle and eot:-
,ili y to ail the spring-*
ly desirable to lovers
lecially, for the Cliri-

both a public and pri-
Is our noticing. Tl e
Dself if so inclined,
ireseiited in Saratoga,
the large hotels, which
■ finest villas, cottage.".
e to I e found here,
iiiteet, whose works on
ively sold in all parts
to his reception-rooms

liive European tour lor
id has brouglit to his
liitecture, horticulture,
) elegant botanical gar-
Continent. From his
t cottages are growing

TounrsTS' haxdbook.

Among the most beautiful of the

up in various localities

residences recently

ereeted by him is the

fine villa of Frank

Leslie, of which a

view is given. It

will be well worth

the visitor's while to

pay a visit to his

rooms.

At this point let us

make a brief mention

of some of the busi-
ness men of Sara-
toga, whose adver-
tisements appear
elsewhere. Although

there are many of FiuxK Leslie's villa.

different trades and professions in the place, and all, or nearly
all, good, we have endeavored to select A few of the bext for the
convenience of our readers.

AV illiam M. Searing & Son are real-estate brokers, and insui-
ance and collecting agents; are recommended to all who need
their services. Office on Broadway.

Dexter's stable. Dexter Bros., proprietors, is situated on
Division Street, opposite the United States Hotel, and is an ex-
cellent place to get teams for the unrivalled drives which Sara-
toga offers.

If one wants a good cigar, a thing which is extremely rare
here, g:ve Clapp, on Division Street, a call. Or, if any tiling is
needed in the line of drugs or medicines, we would advise a
call at Gates's drug-store on Broadway, where will be found
every thing needed.
4

CHAPTER in.
Th* lake Drive.

REAT improvement has been made within the
last few ) tars in the roads in the vicinity of
Saratoga; and the drives in every direciion are
yearly becoming more convenient and attractive.
One of the most fashionable drives is over Union
Avenue «o Saratoga Lake, distant six miles.
The drive is a continuation of East Congress Street, and has a
row of trees each side and one in the middle. A most gay
and brilliant scene is presented on a bright August morning
or afternoon, as the long procession of carriages in all the rich-
est styles pass down on one side of the drive and back on the
other. The lake itself is nine miles long and five miles wide.
On a high bluff near the outlet is Moon's Lake House, kept
for the accommodation of the many visitors who every fine
day ride down from the Springs. A mile beyond the Lake
House is Chapman's Hill, which rises 180 feet alwve the sur-
face of the lake; and three miles farther on is Wagner's Hill,
240 feet high.

The Legend of Saratoga Lake.
That charming author, N. P. Willis, relates in his own
eharming styJe the following tradition of Saratoga Lake : —
" There in," he says, " an Indian superstition attached to
60

this la
lini'ss
nesj ■^
uttert'
would
the ea
this I
warnc
breatb
the lal
centre
of the
countc
After
tions, i
over tl
up the
' The (
'he kn

IS a mi
the bei
hi'ight
There
they ci
borhoo
the fini
and he
grooms
ing, tr«

wuere
took pi

been made within the
)ads in the vicinity of
in every direciion are
venient and attractive,
le drives is over Union
ke, distant six miles.
gress Street, and has a
middle. A most gay
)right August morning
irriages in all the rich-
drive and back on the
ag and five miles wide,
wn'a Lake House, kept
isifors who every fine
mile beyond the Lake
80 feet aljove the sur-
er on is Wagner's Hill,

Lake.

s, relates in his own
f Saratoga Lake : —
iperstition attached to

TOUniSTS' HASDnOOK.

this lake, which probably has its source in its rciijarkable lone-
lin.-8s and tranquillity. The Mahawks believed that its gtlll-
nesj was s icred to the Great Spirit, and that, if a human voice
uttered a sound upon its waters, the c moo of the oflTender
would iiistiintly sink. A story is told of an Englishwoman in
the early days of the first settlers, who had occasion to cross
this lake with a party of Indians, who, before embarking,
warned her most impressively of the spell. It was a silent
breathless day ; and the canoe shot over the smooth surface of
the lake like an arrow. About a mile from the shore, neai i le
centre of the lake, the woman, willing to convince the savages
of the weakness of theii* superstition, uttered a loud crv. The
countenances of the Indians fell instantly to the deepest gloom.
After a moment's pause, however, they redoubled their exer-
tions, and in frowning silence drove the light bark like an arrow
over the waters. They reached the shore in safety, and drew
up the canoe ; and the woman rallied thu chief on his credulity.
' The Great Spirit is mer •iful,' answered the scornful Mohawk :
'he knows that a white woman cannot hold her tongue.'"

The Saratoga Baoe-Course
is a mile from Broa<lway, near Union Avenue. It is kept in
the best order; and at the annual races, which occur in the
height of the season, there is always a crowded attendance.
There is ample shelter for a great number of spectators, where
they can command a view of the entire track. In the neigh-
borhood of the race-course are several stables, where some of
the finest horses in the country are kept through the winter,
and held in readiness for the summer races. The drivers and
grooms may often be seen upon the coarse early in the morn-
ing, training the racers.

Bemis'i Heights,
where the decisive engagement between Burgoyne and Gates
took place in 1777, a:? fifteen miles distant over a good car-

TGVUI8TS' HAKIjBOOK.

riage-road, and may bo visited iu a day from tl.o S,.U,g.^
Small parlies may easily be made up for the purpose. Th re
i, a chimin, walk out to the Exc.lsior Spring, through tl^
grove at the eastern extremity of York Street, and one neve
Ls of strolling in Congress Park. Tl>e number of v.^tors
increases every year; but the accommodation, are e.p.al to the

'";;rian's Hill iB about a mile beyond the Lake llouse,
and one hundred and eighty feet above the leve ot t he 1 k<
A charming view is aflorded. Immediately bebw, the lake
presents a mirrored surface of several square mdcs ; wh.ie the
'meadows and table-landsonit«wes..rn.shore may .traced
with all their simple beauty, until they merge mU. the Kaya
derossern. range of mountains. Wagman s l^" ' -'^^^^^
about three miles beyoud, aflbrds a st.d more extended v^w.
This hill is two hundre<l and forty feet above the lake.
Hagerty Ildl, six miles north of the village, toward Lu^erne
Sgs t'o vie; a fine landscape. But the -o^' -'-"'^'^.-^J^
and the boldest landscape may be seen from Wearing H.l^ on
the Mount Pleasant road, and about fifteen nuk-s Irom Sara-
oga Springs. Saratoga, Ballston, Schenectady Waterfor.,
MShanicavHle, Schuylerville, Saratoga Lake Hound Lake,
Itby the aid of the glass can all be discerned from tins hdl.

Lake Lovely.
This is the euphonious name of an interesting little sheet of
wa^^ not far from the village, on the boulevard to Saratog
Lake. Though not of very great extent, it has many points
of considerable attraction, one of which is a glen ou the east-
em bank of the lake, which forms an echo said to be almost
as distinct and powerful as the celebrated one m the rumed
bastion of the old French fortress at Crown Point.

" Many a laugh and many a shout
The busy echoes toss about."

The

are not
nature
here tl
upon b
the Spi
has cla:
and, to
elite of
bibe tbi
gating

Intel
the woi
toga.

Won]
flutterir
of socia
wreckei
en siste
sample-
througti
of weal

Of n
chantini
dangero
charms,
fair pro]
these ?

r from tlio Sjiringfl.
he pupose. There
Spring, through tlie
:reet ; and one never
» number of visitors
tiona are e(iual to the

id the Lake House,
Ijc level of the lake,
tely below, the lake
iiare miUs ; while the
liore may be traced,
jerge into the Kaya-
nan'g Hill, wl'iil' »»
more extended view,
feet aV)ove the lake.
lage, toward Luzerne,
e most extended view
rom Wearing Hill, on
,ein miles from Sara-
lieneetady, Waterfonl,
I Lake, liound Lake,
iscerned from this hill.

iteresting little sheet of
boulevard to Saratoga
nt, it has many points
h is a glen on the east-
cho, said to be almost
ttted one in the ruined
rown Point.

El shout
ut."

TOURISTS' IlAHnnOOK.

Social Life at Saratoga.

The delights of Saratoga, which have given it world-fame,
are not wholly natural : indeed, no watering-place exists where
nature alone is relied upon to make existence desirable. But
here the resalts of human improvements are mainly relied
upon by the guests for their enjoyment; and the social life at
the Springs U to most visitors its chief attraction. Some one
has classified S;irato;;a amusements as dancing and drinking ;
and, to a certain extent, these are the prominent features ; the
title of society gathering in the morning at the springs to im-
bibe their one, two, or six glasses apiece, and at night congre-
gating in the

"great hotels nblaze with light;
Where youth and beauty, wenltli and rank,
Hold revel through the night."

Whom we meet at Saratoga.

Intellectual men, stylish men, the beaux of society, men of
the world, and occasionally fast men, are to be seen at Sara-
toga.

Women, — blondes and bninettes of either extreme, — the
flutterinf^ bee of fashion ; the gentler bird of beauty; the lady
of social rank, who has enjoyed prerogatives that would have
wrecked more than one cooing pair ; and her less rotund maid-
en sister, — thesic make uj) some of the people found in this
sample-room of American society flourisliing at Saratoga ; and
througtjout, almost the.whole there runs the pervading leaven
of wealth.

Of maiden ladies who still struggle and twist to look en-
chanting in spite of Time's effacing fing-irs, and of widows
dangerous and desperate, as they endeavor to recall their early
charms, there are not a few. Of dazzling beauty there is a
fair proportion ; but where are the young men, beaux for all
these ? Where, oh, where ? Echo answers, '' Nowhere 1 "

TOVHIsra' IIASODOOK.

The absence of young men h» been commencod upon for sever-
al seasons. , on.Vipai.ps a balf

peep at sucU a world "

Boatine for a Lady.

Else and dress; go down to the spring; drink to the music
mseanauiew, B gentlemon;

of the band; walk around tlie park, uow lu j,

?. ll» v»\m «»■! «>»» •» » "»B Ir^- "">e S""' ; «» '° b'J-
V.ri'd'b, croqu... Ml..' bo.li»g-*ir, I-»» »^P' ^«
„1,»,J .pring"6™nd b,ll. t>.i« a »«k. «•»««■". »•- •°''
the races.

The I
take pL
of the li
a matte
those tr
at tlie s

Balls
ety of
amusinj
as he I
a charn
corded
of pink
with sa
curls, H
a f /mired
Brown,

Hut, t
the lak
though
order of

yet, but
all othei
even life
at the CI
the '• hoi
pored w<
in comps

TOVJIJUTS' HANOBOOK,

lied upon for sevor-

t embrace H a balf
L't." One realm Is
T motliiT. There is
r Sartxtojra for the
those wlio?c para-
sdly, comes more or

lawyers, politiiians
Coming from Cuba,
ling from the South,
II New England, irith
ere gathers here a
)le,- each «w£ generis,
study of human na-
i-hoU'S of retreat, to

; drink to the music
bow to gentkimon ;
! who comi'S in on the
; bow to gentlemen ;
sn; have some gossip
jr an hour and a half;
th'! band ; ride to the
bain ; dress for tea ;
le hop; chat a while
gome guest ; go to bed.
ey, Indian camp, the
reek, concerts, &c., and

Tha Balli and Hopi.

Tlie three l;ir;;('st hotels Imvo elegant ball rooms, where hops
fake plate evi-ry evening. Halls are held every week at each
of the hoiise.1. Upon the latter occasion, the dressing becomes
a matter of lile and death, and explains why such numbers of
those travi'lling arks known as " Saratoga trunks " are docked
at the station every summer.

Balls are reported in the papers far and near ; and the anxi-
ety of some to secure a good report of their costume is
amusing. Brown's dismay at the bills is somewhat appeased,

as he reads in the uioriiing |)aper, " Miss Brown of ,

a charminj:, graceful blonde, was attired in a rich white
corded silk, long train, with ruffles of the same, overdress
of pink gros-grain, looped en panier, coreage low, (hcolletU,
with satin bows anil point lace ; hair a la Pompadour, with
curls, white feathers, poarls, and diamonds. She was much
admired. Miss Brown is tlie accomplished daughter of Mr.
Brown, one of the leading citizens of the nietropol:s."

Romtnoe and Flirtation.

But, though Saratoga has its specialties, — the race-track,
the lake. Moon's, Congress Park, and the springs, — and
though the gay crowd of visitors year by year reverses the
order of things at Newport, as Saxe witiily. remarks, —

" At tha one you go into the water;
At the other it goes into you, " —

yet, but for that delight of all summer resorts, before which
all others go for nothing, — flirtation in its varied phases, —
even life in Saratoga would lose its chiefest charm. The hops
at the Clarendon, the Congress, the Union, or the Central ;
the '• holding hands " on the benches in the park ; the whis-
pered words at the spring, when the morning glass is quaffed
in company ; the drive by moonlight to the lake, — these give

TOURISTS' riAsnnnoK.

the «.t to »oci.ty at tho Spring., nn.l prove neTor-falling at-
trHOtion.. \n an in.tan.o of what n Ihrtatu-n may do to
upwt a vouMg and impn-..ible n>an> Hen., wo .luote the lol-
lowing ^.^Hc.H•ul and apt vem.. by Mr. J. Cl.eever (.oodwin,
n talented yoiinj^ wrltur of I*o»ton : —

It wn» op at Siiratogn tlmt 1 met her,

Wliere I went to drink the water, for my lienlth;

And lier etylUh w«y (I never ithalJ forgot her)
Scoined to me a «ure oonooniitant of wealth.

In her flgure and her fnce^^he was a Venu»:
Like the evBiie»cont lightning "hone lier oyos!

In the dininB-room one table wan before u»;
But tove «uoh paltry dirtancen defies.

I umiled my adorntion o'er ray coffee,

Drank deep of tender imimion with my tea:

As tho waiter took my trout untaiitiMl off, he
Little thought it wa» »o typical of me.

I was caught as fast as ever were the fishes ;

And the hook went deei>er In with every meal:
But ray hopoa were all as empty as the dishes;

And my sorrow cut as deep as knife of steel.

'Twa» in vain 1 promenaded the plazxa:
She was never in the parlor night or day;

And I thought, " She is an invalid, and has a-
N injunction in her room to always stay.

«' For I never find her drinking at the Hathom;

To the hops or balls 1 never see her go ;
She is never betting Belmont or MoGrath on,

At the races where so many beauties show."

My suspicions were, alas! substantiated;

For excepting at our meals we never met :
You'd have surely thought I was a man she hated,

Excepting for the smiles I used to get.

TOU/ltSTS' HANDIIOOK.

ive neTor-falUng at-
irtBlli-n may do to
!«, wo <iuote tlie fol-
, Clieever Goodwin,

my lieaUht

at Uur)
weiilth.

" D(>«« iiha ever think of m«? " i unJIy woixleri
" \VI)«ii ulie'ii •etiiml at lier breakfiwl or li«j ten,
Tliroi^h the iiinny mllas that kee|> ua now Hnuiuler,
Do** her merooiy ever send a thought to meV "

And I (Hilly fpiir I'm utterly for({otton,

Tlmt my presence would not c«u«6 lier heiirt to »tlr,
That ihoM givi) to loe me not » nhiKle liutton,
Thonf,'li I'd gliidly give r doston to see her.

;nu«:
lier oyos :
6 ua;

ly ten :

)fr, he

Hi>hes ;
very meal :
e diahea;
of stoel.

dny;
d has a-
stny.

Hikthom;

go;

rath on,
es show."

ited;

er met ;

lan she hiited,

get.

CIlAI'TEli ir.

Th« Hooiao-Tunnel Eoute B«tt.

FTKR leavirpt Saratojjn, the trnv.lKr who
han only a limited amount of tinio at hi8

will in all prol.abiUty do ho l.y the way
of Troy, North Adanw, and Hoo»ac Tuii-
nul. Arriving at North Adam-, in tho
afternoon, he will stop over at the Ballon
Ilou.-e, where he will find eve.y thing ho
..Quld wish in the nhape of entertainment,
— large, airy rooms. Rood cookcty, prompt
nttendanco, and gentlemanly and ol.Hging
men in the proprietors, liallou and Sons.
Leaving North Adams the following morni..g at ten by it age,
Ihe to'ist crosses the famous Hoosac Mountain, the tur.„.l
through whi.h is now nearly completed, and. d'-ng at W
arrives in Boston via Vermont & Mas.achuH-tt. and H.chburg
Railroad,, at ten minuU-s past seven in the evening.

Buttho.evi8ito.-s at Saratoga who are year.ang for green
field., high mountains, and waterfalls, and the fragranv breath

t wildwoods, or the moi.t b,•ee^e. that fan t ;. lake. w.U

1 their faces northward. A few hour.' rule wdl take them

tllKlllgl

the niQ
tiarato^

Thi:i laki
con, fifty
two mile
of Bcencr
in the A
being a I
one islan(
or eight '.
miles frot
diculur fa

East.

[)i;n, the trnvilKr who
mount of time at hii
to n-turn to Hoston,
ty do HO l)y the wny
nw, and Hoo»ac Tun-
Sorth Adaint in tho
op over at the Ballon
11 find every tlunK ho
lape of eiitLMtainiiient,
, pood cookcTy, prompt
itlemiiuly and ol.liging
tors, Hallou and Soni.
,rnill^' at ten, by ilagf,
Mountain, the tunnil
and, dining at lIooBaf,
chusotts and Fitchburg
the evening.
»re yearning for green
lud the fragranw breath
that fan the lakes, will
in' ride will take them

tOVniHTS' IIASItlWOK.

61)

llimiiRh pla.01 that vie in Rrand.ur and wild heniity with
the n>o«t rcniareic wenery of Switiorlnnd. Kx. 1.1*1 na from
Saratoga an- fre.|uent over ihf Adirondack U ilrond to

THE DALLOU HOUSE.

tohroon lake.

This lake ia situated in the townships of Sehroon and Ilori.
con, fifty miles north of Saratoga. It is ten miles long, by
two miles wide. It presents some of the finest co.nbination.
of scenery in lake, river, mountain, and valley, to be found
m the Adirondack region. It is higher than Lake (korge,
being a thousand feet above the sea level. TLeie is only
one island in it. The mountains around it are .i-ven hindred
or eight hundred feet high. At Jessup's Landing, seventeen
miles from Saratoga, the Hudson River passai over a pt-rpen-
ditular fall of seventy feet: the rapids extend half a mile

TOVntSTS' HANDBOOK.

above th'< falls. Here the mountain region of the Adirondacks
prope' oegins. The present termiixis of the road ii North
Creol, nay-ceven miles from Saratoga. North of Jessup's
Landing, the road follows the Hudson River. The SaiondaRa
River is twenty-two miles from Saratoga : it is t panned by a
bridge four hundred and fifty feet long, and ninety-six liaet
above the bed of the river. Just beyond this bridge is the
Hadley Station, the stopping-place for viritors to Lake Lu-
zerne. There is a well-furnished hotel near the lake. The
hills rise on each side of the village to the height of about six
hundred feet, and the walls of the Hudson are compressed into
a narrow gorge, forming severr.i boisterous rapids.

Thirty miles from Saratoga, the railroad ciosses Stony Creek,
over a bridge of a hundred and twenty-five feet span. Six
miles further up is Thurmaii, the stopping-place for travellers
who take this route to Lake George, which is connected with
Thurman by a regular lin*: of coaches. The station at which
tourists stop for Schroon Lake is Riverside, fifty miles from
Saratoga. Ihence the pass\ge is over a good road, in four-
horse coaches, six miles to the foot of Schroon Lake. A new
steamer pliesf upon the lake, and takes the stage-load of pas-
sengers, on their arrival, over the lake to Schroon Lake Vil-
lage. Several first-class hotels have in former seasons 8U|)plied
all the wants of guests at reasonable rates ; $2.00 to $2.50 per
day, and $10.00 to $16.00 per week, being the rales the last

season. . , ^ u

> railroad is now building, connecting Glen's Falls with Cald-
well at the head of Lake (George. But for the present, travel-
lers must avail themselves of the excellent carriages that give
easy conveyances. One can epgage a private team, and thus
get leisure to examine some of the objects that will interest
him on the way. Mount Pharaoh and Lake Peabody are noted
places near Schroon Lake.

The Adirondack road, when completed, will run north of
Indian Luke, just south of Racket Lake, and along the north-

ern edg
merce t
been ur
visitors
in the v
spring',
woods a

Takin

ward, ai

twenty i

Hudson

stratum (

in placet

dicular 8

Tlie acti

a few at

kind of i

the write

seventy

clouds of

river has

rises in

surface o

rests on i

thiii poin

bridge, o

Cave and

from one

concealm<

ing-maste

novels. ]

of a broad

a of the Atiirondacks
f the road ii North

North of Jessup's
rer. The Satondaga
: it is t panned by a

and ninety-six iiaet
id this bridge is the
visitors to Lake Lu-
near the lake. The
e height of about six
1 are compressed into
:S rapids.

I ciosses Stony Creek,
-five feet span. Six
ig-plaee for travellers
ich is connected with
The statioa at which
■side, fifty miles from
a good road, in four-
ihroon Lake. A new
be stage-load of pas-
to Schroon Lake Vil-
brmer seasons supplied
I'S ; S2.00 to $2.50 per
>eing the ra'ces the last

[Jlen's Falls with Cald-
for tUe present, travel-
nt carriages that give
irivate team, and thus
jects that will interest
,ake Peabodyare noted

ted, will run north of
e, and along the north-

TOUIilSTS- HANDBOOK.

em edge of the Fulton chain of lakes, thus opening up to com-
merce the vast lumber and mineral districts that have so lone
been undeveloped. This road is already much in favor with
visitors at Saratoga, who wish to make a sojourn of a few days
in the wilderness. Many who bid a permanent good-by to the
spring?, for the sake of giving considerable time to lakes and
woods and mountains, bend their course, to Lake Geor<.e.

The Bonte to lake George.

Taking the Rensselaer and Snrato-a Railroad to Fort Ed-
ward, and then passing over the Glen's Falls Brc.nch, a ride of
twenty nunutos brings you to Glen's Falls, which are on the
Hudson R,ver, two hundred miles from its mouth. The sub-
slralum of this region is black liuiestone, which is crystallized
in p aces, and which is in flat .strala, so regular that a perpen-
dicular section looks like hewn .tones in the wall of a building,
nie action of the water has worn some of these strata away,
a few at the top, and more farther down the falls ; .o that a •
kind of irregular senes of steps has been formed, over which
the waters of the river go thundering down a descent of over
seventy feet. .Seen in the sunlight, rainbows appe.ir in the
clouds of spray that are to.'sed into the air just belov7. The
river has worn its way deep into the black limestone, which
rises in some places to the hei}.ht of seventy feet above the
surface of the river. A bridge six hundred feet Iopr, which
rests on a marble Uland in the centre, crosses the Hudson at
this point. By a private stairway that goes down near the
bridge, one may reach two obj.cts of interest, viz., Indian
Cave and Big Snake. The cave runs through a small is'.-nd,
from one channel to another. 'ITiis is said to be the plac of
conceahnent of Cora and Alice, xMajor Ilayward a-id the ing-
mg-master, characters familiar to the readers of Cooj cr's
novejp. Big Snake resembles a petrified snake on the su ^ace
of a broad flat rock. Thin veins of satin spar have been found

TOURISTS' HANDBOOK.

in tbe fallen rocks below the bririge; an.l also tnlob.te. occur-
frequently, imlwsddcd in the rocks. Caldwell, at the head of
Lake George, is nine miles distant from Glen's Falls, by a road
that runs through a wild and picturesque district.

WiUiams Book.
Five miles from Glen's Falls, on the right-hand side of the
load is a hu<rc bowlder, known as AViUiams Rock, from the fact
that Col. Williams was killed here on the 8th of September,
1765. Gen. Johnson was at this time at the head of Lake
George, with a number of provincial troops, and a force ot
Indians who were commanded by their sacbeu., the famous
K^ndrich. Baron Dieskau was on the march from the neigh-
borhood of St. Edward, with a body of French and Indians, to
attack the camp of Johnson. William., wiih one thousand
men (among whom were Israel Putnam, and the sachem Hen-
drich commanding two hundred warriors of the Six Nations),
met Dieskau at IWky Brook, four miles from Lake George;
"and a most bloody engagement at once took place. Hendnch,
who alone was on horseback, was killed on the spot. Col.
Williams was killed near the rock that bears his naiue. I he
English were forced to retreat to Lake George. Near V> il-
liams l^k is a small pond about three hundred feet in diame-
ter, thickly covered in summer with pond lilies, known as

Bloody Pond.
This name is given to it from the fact that the French tlirew
the Englishmen slain in the engagement into the pond. There
is a tradition that, for years afterwards, the water had a bloody
tint. The mountain near by is called French Mountain, from
the fact that upon it the French first made their sudden ap-

^^Two miles to the north of Williams Rock, the brow of the
highlands is reached ; and here one may weU stop and take in

10 trilobite* occur-
bU, at the head of
fi's Falls, by a road
strict.

it-hand side of the
Hock, from the fact
8th of September,

the head of Lake
jps, and a force of
acheu., the famous
ch from the neigh-
mch and Indians, to
wiih one thousand
id the sachem Hen-
f the Six Nations),
from Lake George;
k place. Hendrich,

on the spot. Col.
ars his name. The
George. Near Wil-
ndred feet in diame-
lilies, known as

it the French threw
ito the pond. There
e water had a bloody
ench Mountain, from
ide their sudden ap-

lock, the brow of the
well stop and take in

TOURISTS' HANDBOOK.

the broad view of the lake that lies before him. It is at the
township of Cdldwell that the first complete view is presented
of the southern extremity of Lake George.

Our First Viev of lake George.

This beautiful sheet of water lies wholly in the State of New
York. The Indian name was Horicon (a silver water) ; some-
times, also, they called it Caniderivoit, or Tail of the Lake, on
account of its situation in relation to Lake Chainplain. The
village of Caldwell is near the site of Fort William Henry,
which was erected by Gen. Johnson in 1755, after the battle
near Bloody Pond already referred to. It was at this fort, in
1757, that the Indian allies of the French marquis, Montcalm,
fell upon the English who had surrendered themselves to the
French as prisoners of war, and murdered in cold blood or
carried away captive fifteen hundred men. The ravine in
which the slaughter took place is called Bloody Defile, and lies
between French Mountain and the road from Glen's Falls to
the lake. Men and women had their throats cut : the miser-
able pri.soner8 were tomahawked without mercy ; and as many
as sixty, certainly, were murdered in cold blood.

Near the ruins of Fort William Henry stands the Fort Wil-
liam Henry Hotel, — a spacious and beautiful house, containing
accommodations for nine hundred guests. The grounds are laid
out with great elegance and taste, and slope down to the edge
of the waters of the lake, and afford fine views of the southern
end of the lake. Broad promenades running the whole length
of the house fronting the lake, a sparkling fountain constantly
playing in the grounds, thrifty and well-arranged shrubbery,
are «ome of the external poin's that first catch the eye ; and all
the appointments of the interior fully correspond with the im-
pression given by this outward view.

The ruins of Fort George are about a mile south-east from
|the Fort William Henry Hotel. All that is now left of the old

:i •

fort i«
of th«
high i
marbl

from t

is in 8

evor.vi

platt. (

than a

Canad

times 1

in thi*

and b€

who ai

the pli

invade

much I

as for (

on an i

tain an

place t

hind it

of the

or, belt

time th

there a

here.

caught

dance.

than il

readily

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TOURISTS' HAKDDOOK.

fort .8 the rums of the rectangular citadel that was built inside
of the breastworfes. A part of the old wall nearly twcntv fret
high 18 standing. It was built on a foundation of solid black
marble, of the same kind that is found at Glen's Falk.

c. a;

j)l;l

loTely and Diversiflad Scenery.

Lake George is thirty-six miles long, and varies in width
irom three-quarters of a mi e to three or four miles. The watt r
IS in some places nrore than four hundred feet deep, and is
evor.vwhere remarkably dear, so much so that a white earthen
plati. can be seen at a depth of more than thirty feet. .More
than a hundred years ago, the French who can.'e down from
Canada gave it the nams of Lake Sacrament, and used some-
times to transport the waters, on account of tluir purity, to use
m their churches as ho'y water. The lovers of the subliu.e
and beautiful visit L.ke George for its scenery; patriotic men
who are interested in the history of the country, to stand iu
the place where their fathers fought bravely, and baffled the
invaders; and the epi.ure turns his face hitherward, not so
much for the tender and soul-slirring associations of the place
as for the more practical motive of a good digestion that wails
on an appetite gratified by the choicest dainties of the moun-
tain and lake. This lake holds in America much the same
place that Loch Katrine does in Scotland, and hardly f;,ll^ be-
hind it in witching beauty. Let any one read Scott's " Lady
of the Lake " just-before making the trip across Lake Geor r,'
or, belter still, take it along with him if he is to spend aT>y
time there, and he will tc surprised to see how many points
there are common to Scotch scenery and what he witnesses
here. Salmon trout weighing from five to twenty pounds are
caught here, and also fine perch and pickerel in great abun-
dance. Scarcely any thing can be i-nngined more beautiful
than the scenery along the banks of the lake; and «e can
readily believe the statements of travellers who sry, that in

I||^ci| I

pom in t

that m

the pre

differcr

these tl

as threi

lar^e a

from th

and shr

the side

wild fo

It is t\

ChampI

ofRattl

leaves (

pai'Ses a

this patl

and the

trees.

good ou

A few

may not
forms lee
Fort Ge
once coi
rare on i
visitors,
of clear
thit wer<
been foii
moiintait
on the ^
epidote

TOURISTS' HANDBOOK.

pomintic beauty, there is no natural scenery in Switzerland
that f-urpasses the views in this neighborhood. The charm of
the prospect is greatly increase.! by the number of islands of
different forms and sliea that are seen in every direction. Of
these there are more than three hundred; some say as many
as three hundred and sixty-five. Several of these are quite
large and are cultivated ; others rise in steep rocky ledges
from the water, with tuOs of grass and bushes upon their tops,
and shrubs striking their roots into the cracks and crannies of
the sides. Some are mere bare rocks, affording a place for the
wild fowl which formerly resorted hither in great numbers.
It IS two huudred and thirty feet above the level of Like
Champlain. A fine view of the lake is obtained from the top
of Rattlesnake Hill, just south of Caldwell. A mountain path
leaves the highway opposite the Wiiiiara Henry ,Hotel, ami
parses around the base of a mountain through a wood. Ov r
tb.s path one can go half way to the top : the road is then left
and the summit reached by a hard climb over rocks and fallen
trees. There is an open space on top, from which there is a
good outlook on to the lake.
A few words about

The Minerals of Lake George

may not be out of place. Compact dove-colored limestone
forms ledges near the head of Lake George; and the walls of
I<ort George were largely made of it. Q„artz crystals were
once common on the islands of the lake, but are now more
rare on account of the numbers that have been carried off by
visitors. Diamond Island took its name from the abundance
of clear and limpid quartz that occurred there, and the geodes
Ihit were quite frequmt. Specimens of calcareous spar have
been found in the same vicinity. Vematiie abounds in the
mountains about the lake ; and eight miles from Ticcnderoea.
on the west side of the lake, flesh-red feldspar and compact
epidote have been found, -the feldspar in large plates in

TOURISTS' HANDBOOK.

granite, and the epidote in loce Btonc. P»"-\^^° '^^^^ "^^^
Ticonderoga, both ma«ive and .cattered, m b" »»ant ,.lat..
Other minerals more familiar, such an garnet and black tour
malin, arc obncrved on the western shore of the lake.

The Bail down tho lake
from Cal.lwell is now made in a few hour, in one of the elegant
^nT...ey B.ea.n.« that ply l^twcen Caldwell and T.conderoga.
B rirting, .ak3 a stand upon the high bank that ove^ook.
,he hoad of the lake. Fren:!. Mountain .« .n full y.ew, lUttle-
tue Hill rises to the height of fifteen ^^J^^^^
gn.at distance; and the enchunUng bo««m of the lake t Uf
Lms t,3 call jou to embark upon .t. and enjoy the hlu ious
ZZL. that come from the novelty and lM,auty of the ehan-
„ rpanorama. Pass down to the landing, and step on board
S,f steamer that is re.uly to receive you. and in cc^npany
wth I e" any tourists who are ready to share your dehght, wa.
Trth moment of starting. " All aboard for T.-nderoga !
The b>.ll rincrs, the shriek of the whistle reverberates aaong the
rrrounl n^°l »1B. and you are borne off on one of the most
dS t rexeurJions tl.at the world can f-n^l*; / J';^;
Mountain use. high and weU-wooded, on the east Bide of the
J CterminatingSn Plug's Point. A mile or so dow„
lake close by the shore on the west si.le, is Tea l^lan^, where
year's a°o a La-house was kept for the convenience of v.. or.
i mUe^nd a half farther on is Diamond IsKjd, named from
the crystals of quartz found here ; and of \« "f ^^^/^V .^^
east .ide of the l.ke, is Dunham's Bay. In 1777 the Bnt.s^
fieieral Bur^oyne had his stores here; and there w.s a hara
Slisl bet;een the British, ho held the «land, -d 'h« fj;
vincials* North of Dunham's Bay is Long Point, a long
ZSiof land running like.acau.ewayoutintoth.wa.^^^^^^^^^^^^

near the extremity of this point is Long Island. No.th
• See Bancroft's Hist. U.S., ix., 406.

Long P(

forms I]

Montcali

Twelve i

wooded,

Ueclusc

pretty en

a landing

out agair

Lland al

the Nam

Point is 8

north of

Mountair

five miles

into the li

Opposite

iog Rjck

th(! lake 1

some of

shore. K

Black Mc

hundred

cellar, ami

the Narro

so called r

abundant

from the s

upon a shf

North o;
Point. Tl
us that in

imbago occars nfinr
in brilliant jilatrs.
et an. I black tour-
r the lake.

n one of the elegant
11 anil Ticonileroga.
bank that overlook*
in full view, RiUtle-
Imnilred feet, at no
in of the lake itself
enjoy tlie dilii ious
Ijcauty of tlie chan-
r, and step on board
u, and in company
iro your delight, wait
d for Ticonderoga ! "
irerberates aivong the
' on one of the most
an furnish. French
the east side of the
nilo or so down the
is Tea Island, where
ttvenience of visitors.
i Isl -id, named from
oflF behind it, on the
In 1777 the British
md there w^s a hard
,e island, and the Pro-
Long Point, a long
)ut into thi water ; and
ong Island. North of

ix., 406.

TOUmSTS' HANDBOOK. gg

Long Point the water reaches „p under the mountain,, and
<on„« Ilarr.s's Jhy, the place where the French commander
Montcalm moored his transports and lan.led his troops in 1757.
1 we ve miles from Caldwell i. Dome IsUnd, large and heavily
woode,l, named from its appearance when seen from a distance. '
Kecluso Island, just west of Dome, may be identified by a
pretty cottage nentling among the trees. The steamer m .kes
a landing at Bolton on the west side of the lake, an.I, starting
out agam, when four miles from Boltoa reaehe. Fourteen Mile
Island at the foot of Shelving Rock, just at the entrance to
U.e Narrows. Befi.re reaching Fourteen Mile Island, Phelps's
Pornt IS seen on the right extending from the mainland; and
north of the point, nearly opposite the Island, is De-jr Pasture
Mountain. Just north of Bolton, North-west Bay runs inland
hve mdes. To the east of this bay. Tongue Mountain runs
nto the lake, and reveals the shape whence it derives its nime
Opposite this mountain, on the east side of th. lake, is Shelv-
•Qg Hock ; and here, as we travel north, we enter the part of
th.. hke known as the Narrows. Here we come in .ight of
some of the boldest and most rugged outlines of the lake
shore. North of Shelving Rock, on the east .i,Ie of the lake, is
Black Mountam, rising to the height of two thousand ei-rht
hundred feet, and covered with a thick ..rowth of sprure,
ce<lar, and pn.e. Three or four miles nor.h of the entrance to
the Narrows, on the west side of the lake, is Buck Mountain,
so called from the fact that yeara ago, when deer were more
abundant than they now are, a b,.ck pursued by dogs leaped
from the summit that overhangs the lake, and was spitted alive
upon a sharp-pointed trunk of a tree that was standing below.

Hiitorieal Loealitiea.

North of Buck Mountain is the cape known as Sabbath Day
i'oii.t. The origin of the name is doubtful. Siorv-writers tell
us that in July, 1758, the army of Abercrombi., Sixteen thou-

•^Q TOVniSTS' HANDBOOK.

,and men, larded hero. ThoyhHd embarked at thohcad of
the lake in one hundred and twenty-f.ve wl.ale.l.oat. an- In ne
hundred Meaux to attack Tlcond..n.ga and Crown 1 o.nt.
One Satunlay night the force landed on th« jvo.nt [or J^'^''^"
nun. ; and. «; they were not fairly away from .t u„ . the ^t
„.„r„ing. the low cape ha. nnee been called ^-^^^-^ ^l'^
Point. It i. a pity to .poll such a pretty .tory ; but a. Abor-
crombie landed h-re on Wednesday, and not on Sat«r.l..y nioht.
and a. the name ^vas applied to the point at lea«t one year
b..fore the time of hi. landing, the common .tory of *>'« "''K'°
of the name mu«t be set a«ide. Odcll Island Sc.Uch Bonnet
and Cook'. -Island are p>..sed afier leaving Sabbath Day Po nt
McDonald'. Bay i. .een upon the lefr "^f "" \'^V,"^ tt!
huge precipice, of Anthony'. No.e. t.n the west .ide of the
iake. nearly opposite Anthony's No.e. is a steep, bare, rocky
precipice, four hundred feet high. \--^ f^'^r^:
H.0 Jh descent of two hundred feet re.ebmg f«-" : «Vll;
Thi. ts known as Holers'. Slide. In the w.nter of 1 7..8 Major
Rogers, who commanded a company of Colonial .old.er.. wa
.coating near the outlet of the lake. -^^^ ^'^^f^f/;*
pursued by the Indians. He came to the high blufl^ near i^
Lmmit of the slide, and made hi. way down to the upper
edge of the inclined plane : here he unfastened h" f »'';^-« -^^'
turned about in them, and, with his toes toward, the heel, of
hi. shoe., walked awoy from .he rock t^k « -emt dow^ t
the ice. and made hi. ese^pe to Fort George. The Indian
came U^ the top of the rock ; and, seeing apparently the track
of two pen,oni directed toward, the lake, they supposed tha
L me^must have .lid down the rock: th.s behef wa.
,tren<^thened by the .ight of the major running across the ice
?he^ndians were filled with wonder that any >-« -"Id go
down this long and steep decent, and find himself alive after-
wa^- and they felt sure the major must have been under the
;;ot;tron of L Great Spi.it, and dared not further mole.t
one who had defied such danger.

Two
ill (he t
er* (al<(
with sh
Lord II
Day I'o
to the h
by are
fJeorge

d at tho head of
|L>-))OiitR and nine
d Crown Point.

jwint for refri'sh-
n it until tlie ncnt
led Sabbath Day
)ry ; but, as Abor-
)ii Satnrdiiy nii^lit,

at least one year
story of the oriRin
d, Scotch Boiiuet,
Jabbath Day Point.
1(1 on the rij^ht the
he west side of the
, steep, bare, rocky
ne place is seen a
g down to the lake,
inter of 1758 Major
ilonial soldiers, was
was discovered and
bigh bluff, near the
down to the upper
>ned his snow-shoes,
owards the heels of
ik a circuit down to
;orge. Tho Indians
pparently the tracks
!, they supposed that
ck: this belief was
nning across the ice.
it any man could go
d himself alive after-
have been under the
d not further molest

TOUIIISTH' /hlXDUOJK.

Two miles north of Hoijers's Slide is Prlnon.n.' Island, where,
in the time of the French war, tho Fremji confined dm prison-
er-' taken from the Kn^liMh. This island i:« nearly covered
with shrubbery. Ju-t we it of it is Lord Howe's Point, where
Lord Il>we la.idid with Abercrombie alter li-avii.g S,d)b(ith
Day I'oint. Shortly a«l<T luavii.j,' Primners' Island we come
to the landing-pliice, and take our leave of the ateaincr. Near
by are i)art of the rnpids over which the waters of Lake
fieorge are discharged i' ' jamplain.

CllAPTEli V.
To Tioanderoga, and down lake Champlaln.

[^AVINCJ fi'ttsted the tve and refrcshe 1 tlic wenry
body hy the Bail down Lake (JeorK-, lew vouristH
are williii.^ to return the way thuy -anui. Tliere
is Mill so much to bo neon tlmt U intvroiting
and attractive bo near at hmd, that tliey almost
without excp.ion push on to Ticondoroga, with its charms of
,c, n-ry nnd its historic assooialio.is, and generally do not
stop ^ho. t of a trip down Lake Champlain to Burlmgton and

riattsburg. „ ,„. ,

The distance from the lan<ling-place to Fort licondero3« h
four mile.. Carriajres will Im) found ready upon the arrival of
everv boat to convey us thither, ll.e road much of the way
(ollow* the outlet of Lake (ieorpo, affording occasional v.ews
„f the rapids: and in a short ti.ne the traveller finds himsel at
old Fort Ticon.leroRf.. The stage-ride from the steamboat
landing on 1 ake George io Fort T.co.ideroga will soon bo
among the things of the past. A route has already been sur-
veved for a railroad to connect these points ; and possibly before
these words are in print the p&ssage may Imj naade in a few
minutes from the wharf on Lake George to that on Lake
Cha nplain in a rail-car. This fort stands upon a point of laiid
that runs down between the outlet of Lake George an.lthe
bead of Lake Champlain. It therefore has water on three
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lyr finds himself at
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Bidt-s, an.l i8 a.lmirably silaated for defence. The whole pom
embraces fiv.- or six hundred acres, and is about one hundred
feet above the level of the lake. It was named Fort Car lion,
,>hen built in 1 750, bv the French. Bancroft refers to U bf this
name in his account of the French and Indian war ; Jut k
wivs afterwards re-christened Tieonderoga, the Indian name
bein.' pref.rred, especully by the Colonists who were opposed
to the French. The name is derived from an I..d,an word
Clu'on.lernga, which mems " sounding waters," and was fust
Tiven to the rnpids in tlie outlet of Lake George.
" As the sta-es reich the ruins of the old fort, the proprietor,
who alwavs accompanies tht-m, sif^nals all to stop; and, dts-
•monntin- 'himself, thus addresses the passengers : - _

"You will observe, if you plea.se, the ruins ot old tort
Tieonderoga, built in 1756 by the French; taken in 17o9by
the Eng'i,h, under Gen. Amherst; taken agam m UiO -)
the Americans, coom.anded by Col. Ethan Allen, one of the
grand old Revolutionary patriots [applause], whose arms were
rustj tlintlo ks, whose uniforms were unilbrmly rags without
hats or shoes, whose beds and blankets were Mother hartl,,
whose shelter tents were the canopy of heaven, whose marches
through the country could be traced by the blood from Hum.'
sore and Ueedi.ig feet [applause]; and yet this noble b.nd of
brothers struggled on, that they might give to our country the
independence which we now enjoy [applause]. God in ins
infinite menv grant that it may continue [great applause]
hold your hor;es, hold vonr horses ! [laughrer] till the elements
with fer^eQt heat shall melt, each in its turn; the genial moon
refuse her light; the snn to darkness turn! -Drive on,

^XsTacross the outlet, to the-north of the fort, is Mount De-
fiance, on which Burgoyne planted his cannon in ly ; o^er
on the Vermont shle. Mount Independence, on which m.htary
works n.ay still be seen. Mount Hope, a mile north of Tieon-
deroga, was also fortified by Burgoyne.

ft)

e. The who'x' point
s about one huii'lnil
lamed Fort Car lion,
oft refers to it by this
I Indian war ; but it
;i\, the Indian name
ts who were oppnsel
from an Indian word
aters," and was fust
George.

1 fort, the proprietor,
.11 to stop; and, dis-
engers : —

lie ruins of old i ort
ch; taken in 1759 by
sn again in 1775 by
lan Allen, one of the
ise], whose arms wero
iiilbrmly rags witliout
s were Mother Eartli,
leaven, whose marches
,' the blood from tlu'ir

yet this noble band t>i
rive to our country the
i|)lau-ie]. God in his
tinue [great applause]
;^hrer] till the elements

turn ; the genial moon
ss turn ! — Drive on.

f the fort, is Mount Du
cannon in 1777; over
ence, on which military
, a mile north of Ticon-

'. I 'i!

TOU JUSTS' HANDBOOK.

The ruins of old Fort Ticonderoga, standing on tlie liigb
point already mentioned, are visitud every year by thousands
who love to dwell on I'ae thrilling historical associations that
cluster about this spot. Many of the old walls remain ; and the
ori-inal plan of the fortifications can be distinctly made out.
Walking among the crumbling ruins, and recalling the past,
one may easily imigine how everything loolced hero a hundred
years ago, and almost hear the thumping of Ethan Allen s
sword as he rapped on the door for Da Laplaen, the com-
mander, to make his appearance, an<l demanded of him the
surrender in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Contin-
ental Congress.

It is somewhat remarkable that Ticonderoga was three
times captured without active resistance. — first by the English
in 1759; next by Ethan Allen in 1775; then by Burgoync in
1777. This was the place of rendezvous of the French under
Montcalm. Near the fort Lord Howe was killed, and Aber-
crombie was defeated with the loss of two thousand men, in
July, 1758 ; in 1759 Lord Amherst marched from Fort Edward
v.ith' eleven thousand men, and took the fort from the French,
who dismantlea it, and fled to Crown Point. Ethan Allen, at
the head of the Green Mountain Boys, received the surrender
of the fort on the 10th of May, 1775. From the capture by
Allen till the 5th of June, 1777, the Americans held it : then
:t was captured by Burgoyne, who planted his cannon on
Mount Defiance, and thus had the garrison completely at lr,s
mercy. Boats that run from AVhitehall to Plattsburg touch at
Ticonderoga.

The New York and Canada Bailroad.
This is the name of the road which is .o connect Ticonde-
roga with Plattsburg, and extend to Whitehall. It is already
partly built. From Ticonderoga to Port Henry, the road .s
completed; and the work is going briskly on between Ticon-
deroga and Whitehall. A tunnel seven hundred feet long

inding on tlie high
y year by thousands
:&] associations that
alls remain; and the
distinctly made out.
I recalling the pa^t,
oked hero a hundred
iir of Ethan Allen's
J Laplaen, the com-
emanded of him the
vah and the Contin-

onderoga was three
— first by the English
thiT. by Burgoyne in
of the French under
ms killed, and Aber-
,wo thousand mi'n, in
ed from Fort Edward
fort from the Fienih,
int. Ethan Allen, at
jceived the surrender
From the capture by
lericiins held it: then
mted his cannon on
son completely at his
to Plattsburg touch at

Railroad.

s .0 connect Ticonde-
litehall. It is already
irt Henry, the road is
:\y on between Ticon-
en hundred feet long

TOVn/STS' HANDBOOK. 77

through the oM fort grounds, an.l a bri.lge over a quarter of a
mile in length aeroBs the outlet of Lake (Jeo.ge, nre among the
lahor. to be done in the «ay of engineering. This road will
g.vo an alj-rail connection between I'iaitaburg and Boston or
Aew York. From Plattsburg curs have for some time been
running to the Ausable River.

Lake Champlain.

This lake, lying between the Slates of Vermont and Xe^
lork, has a length of one hundred and thirty miles (rom
>V hitehall at the s.mthern extremity, to its northern outlet. It
vanes in breadth from half a mile to ten miles, and in .lepth
from fifty to two hundred and eighty feet. Among the rivers
that flow into it are the Chazy, Sarnnac, Ausablc, and Bocjuet
on the west; the Winocski and Mis.-isf,uoi on the easC. The
ake .hscharges into the St. Lawrence River through a river
known by various names, as the Sorel, St. Johns, or more gen-
erally the Richelieu. ^

The ii,st forty miles of the passage northward from \Vhitc-
hall .8 more like a ride upon a river than u lake, as in this por-
tion It often narrows to less than h ilf a mile in wi.lth, and in
soma places to (ifry or sixty rod,. Tho boat glides over the
evensurlaee of the lake; the woods, hillsides, and farmhou.es
are in full view ; a fresh, balmy air floats from the pastures and
I'llltops to the waters of the lake ; there is none of the monot-
ony of a sea voyage, none of the pitching and tossin-r experi-
enced on the great western lakes, but perfect comfort, easy
i'">tion, reviving air, constant changes of view, and most en-
chanting scenery. All these make a sail from Whitehall to
liconderoga more like the motions of fairies wafted throu-h
realms of beauty, than the oi-dinary locomotion of mortd
men.

South Bay !8 on the west side of the lake, about one mile
Irom Whitehall Landing ; and near here, at a bend in the lake,

TOURISTS' HANDBOOK.

known as the " Elbow," is " Put's llock," where Major Putnnm
with a s.null body of men oi>eiie.l fire upon five hun.ire.l In-
dians who were in their canoes upon the hike, a few days bo-
fore Putnam was taken prisoner at Fort Ann. l-roin the
junction with F.:.ke George, the pa^sai.e is ntill northward
throurrh scenes of such beauty, that any description, or attempt
to convey to the reader the impressions they make upn the
beholder, would seem extravagant to one who has never sailed
on this lake. The green hills of Vermont, surmounted by the
lofty summit of Mount Mansfield, the glan.ing of the eu. tains
of foliMge that overhang the precipitous heights and the jutting
peaks of the Adirondaeks, constantly challenge the attention,
and add novelty to the scenery. At Tieonderoga the bo^.t
from WhiUhall takes on board passengers bound north, who
have arrived from Lake George.

Crown Point.

Twelve miles north of Tieonderoga, opposite the mouth of
Bulwa.n'a Bay, is Chimney Point, whore the French made a
sitMemTnt in 1731, the first they made in this neighborhood.
But in a few years the shock of battle disturbed their quiet
colony so much that the settlement was abandoned ; and the
colonists made their way to the northern extremity of the lake.
Years afterwards the eh'mneys of their abandoned dwellings,
remaining on the eastern shore long after the houses them-
selves had crumbled to dust, gave to the cape the name ot
Cliimney Point. The lake at this point is but half a mile wide.
On the west side, directly opposite Chimney Point, is Crown
Point, familiar as Tieonderoga itself, to all interested m early
American history. Bulwagga Bay runs in from the lake, west
of Crown Point. The first fortification erected here by the
French in 1731 was called Fort St. Frederick, the history of
which is much the same as that of Fort Tieonderoga; but the
works are much better preserved.

Just
mouth
seven 1
(or .'•hip
which I
north o
curiosit
runs ou
of half
lind by
this fissi
feet wi
broache
perfectl

At th
navigati
five mil
north o
whii.-h ri
some of
this rive
gave a ^
'luins, ai
Indians,
memora
Burke, ;
stiitesme
war.

After
east side
house 01
i^hipping

OK.

whoro Major Putnnm
pon five hnniired In-

hike, a few days bo-
ort Ann. From tlie
.e is Htill northwanl
[lescription, or nttenipt

thi'y inaki- upn the
> who has never sailed
)nt, ^urlnounted hy the
nncing of tlie cui tains
lieit;hls and the jutting
lallengc the attention,
Tieonderoga the boat
era bound north, who

opposite the mouth of
e the French made a
in this neighborliood.
e disturbed tlieir quiet
8 abandoned ; and the
n extremity of the laite.
r abandoned dwelUngs,
after the houses tliem-
the cape tlie name of
t is but half a mile wide,
imney Point, is Crown
) all interested in early
3 in from the lake, west
on erected here by the
Frederick, the history of
■t Ticonderoga; but the

TOURISTS' UANDDOOK.

Objeoti of Interait.

Just above WcBlport, on the east side of the lake, is the
mouth of Otter Cre.k, on which Vert'-ines, Vt., is situated,
seven mih's from its mouth. This town lias special adviintag.s
(I.r shipbuilding; and hire the flolilla was built and e<iuipp"d,
which captured the Hritish (leet at Plattsburg. Tliirty miles
north of Crown IVint, on the west of the lake, is a geological
curiosity known as .Split Kock. Near the light-house a point
runs out into the lake, at the end of which there is an island
of half an acre or more in extent, sejiarated from the main
lind by a fissure fifteen feet wiJ,-. TI.e water flows through
this fissure; and in it soundings liave lieen made five humlred
feet witho'it finding bottom. Several theories have been
broached to account for this formation ; but none of them are
perfectly conclusive.

At this point the lake grows wider, giving greater room for
navigation ; and eight or ten miles almve Spiit Hock the lake is
five miles wi le. At the town of Willsborough, eight miles
north of Sjilit Rock, is the mouth of Boquet lliver, a stream
which rises in the Adirondack Mountains, and is the outlet of
some of the most attractive ponds found in that range. On
this river, Uio ndles from the mouth, Hurgoyne encamped, and
gave a war feast to about four hundred Indians, Iroquois, Algon-
cinins, and Ottawa savages. Here he made the speech to'tlie
Indians, given in vol. ix. of Bancroft's History, — a speech
memorable as calling out the severe condemnation of Edmund
Burke, and a remonstrance from some of the ablest British
statesmen against emptying savages as the allies of Britons in
war.

The City of Burlington.
After passing Willsborough, Burlington soon appears, on the
east side of the lake, at the head of Burlington Bay. A light-
house on Juniper Island, and a breakwater that protects the
shipping in the harbor, are the objects that are passed in ap-

IX wir(

A 8t<1

From tl
and the
field (fo
lies ttre
Hump (
same di
tained a

!i '

tsad^'Jf

'tr^f^

i ' ; '

TOVniSTS' IIANltUOOK.

proacl.in;; Hie lan.liiig. At Bnrlin;?ton the Kronn.l 8ln|)es up
from thf like, an.l at the distancu of a uiile ruv» i(, the li..i^rlit
of three h.ii.dr.d and suvo.ity feet. At thu ^iiiinait ..f this iis-
cent arc (he building., of th.) Uiiivergity of Vermont. A
line panorama ix presented from the (bmo of ilie main hnii.linj;
of the university, Lake Cham|)lain, ihe mountains of Vermont,
and the Adircmdacks bein^ in si^rht, and ovo- Mxtv mountain
pi-aks distinctly visible. Heautlfid drives utretch away in
every direction; and tl,e billowy muunt.iin ridi,'es, swi.llin.^' into
countless pointed waves, an 1 Hcojprd into deep hollows, aCound
on e-ary side. Here i* tl-e (Jroen Mountain Cemetery, where
Ethan Allen was buried. His prave is marked by a granite
foundation suj.portiiig a plain marble slab which buais tids
inscription : —

TRa

COKPOUKAL VWVV

or
GEXERAL ETHAN ALLEN

RE3T9 BENKATII TItl.S STONK.
TUB 12TH DAY OI-' FKUUaAUY, 17^y,

aop:d m yea IIS,

"IS SPIUIT TUIKD TIIK MKKI'IE.S OK III.S GOD,
IX \V.rroM ALO.VK UK HELIEVKD AXD STIIONOLV TKUHTED.

A Statue of Allen was July 4, 1873, placed above the grave.
From this cemetery the Winoo^ki or Onion River may be seen,
and the roar of its cascades distinctly heard. .Mount Mans-
field (four thousand two hundred and seventy-nine feet hi di),
lies twenty miles to the north-east of Burlington ; an.l Cara'cl's
Hump (four thousand one hundred and eightv-threc feet), the
same distance to the south-east. Conveyances may be' ob-
tained at Burlington for both these mountains. Ili.rh Bridae,

1^ 6 >

TovHiars' iiAnnBOOK.

Howar.!'* Si.M.ii.U, nnU IV nt K«vk Inititute nn- ihc pli.rf* 'f
inlcieH wliicli all traviJU-rh who can ^l.Bl•e tliu lime wniit ' >
HIM-. For tl.is puiiHce inuny Ht.)|. cv.t niK'I't. nn.l ^'t•t n tt-w lioui ■♦
in lUe luornins^ to ilrive aljout lh« . ity iiimI tlm !iii1)miIh. Kx-
Ofllt-nt acroiniiv.<lati.)rM for Kii<'i.U arc fouml i>t ti.e AmrrMai.
Ilotfl, mi»..i»,'.ul i.y A. .1. Crnno. Tlii^ l^ tlm lar-f< ftn.l I) nt
l.x-ate.l hotel In the cliy. an-l i:» mi cxitUent and w.U kept

lioiige.

Lcavin- Hutlin-ton Ilarlx.r, to rroBS the lake to 1 l«tl»l)ur(r,
the boat pa KcHour mnrl ixlinds wl.i.-li are »wn .... tha I ff.

nn.l known m il.e I'-nr Mroth'Ti. 'I'lu-y are sev.n n.ih-* Ir.n
Murlin^ton, n>ii.kin;,' lu-a.ly ih.- p)liits of (JoinpaM. These wen.
nniiiea l.y the Freneh, Un ,/« f<|u i'>v IVm/... A p- ml . f haie
r..(k, twenly-r.ve leet hi^h. rising ;i'.r..ptly from (he wa rr.
„,.Mr !vt han.1. i» eaile.l K-xk TlnuHler. It i» a curiou. ol,)eet,
nn.l i^ s<ai.l to have exeite.l the Kunpieions of one of the Hnt.^h
rommHn.Ie,H so in.ieh, in (!..■ *v -r of IHIJ, th.U he ope-icl tuc
upon it, thinking it .night b. some .h-a<lly en-.ne of war. As
the boat p;,SMS out into the n.i.hUe of the lake, the view ..f the
CBteni «ho.e heco...... truly Kr.>".l. A view of U..rr,„j.,on ..

pn sentcd. 'J he eity it eo abundantly orname.ited with »l.ii.l.-
tnes, that it ban the apieara.ice almost of a (ity Imilt m a
for.gt Th.t surface of the water on all hhh s is broken by is-
land.-, peninsuUn, ami headlands. 'Ilio o..tline of the (i.een
Mountains completes .he ba.-kj;rnun.l. wi.h Lion M unta.n co„.
M.icuo«8 i.. front. Mount IVembleau i. »een on the wentern
bUo.c, ibrmi..}; a gracefid pn,a.ontory ; an.l the peaks e the
Adiromla.ks join toccmplete the pi. ture. South Nero .
ri.dit ahead ; and pa-ssin- west of this islan.l Valcon Island ap-
prars upon (he left. Just south of Valcon Islnn.l was the fi.n
naval ennageiront of the lUvolutionary war, on the lltl.ol
October, 1776, between the American fleet conmia:ulc.l by
r,enedict Ainol.l, and the British under <Jov. Carhton
and Capt. I'rirgle. North of Valcon Island, just at the en-
trance of Plattsburg Bay, is Battery Island, known also as

Cn.b

Amer
Hay i(
or rat
riinnit
the li
Piatlsl

IK.

nlp nri' I he \ihct» ((
10 till! liiiii; wniit I '
t, nml j;ft » tfw hours
I till! mibiirh-i. K\-
md Ht the Ainmiini
till) l!ir;;e*t and bent
client anil wi II kfpt

u' lake to I'liitlitlMirp,
^le goi'u im thtt I ft ,
nri! seven iiiili'i* IV in
oinpnm. Tlu-xi- wrni
/(/,•(. A [)' iiii I f l>aie
jilly Ironi tin,' wu rr,
It is a curious obji'i't,
of one of the Hriti^i
:, lliul lit" ()|ieiii)'l tiio
y on^^iiii! of war. Am
! lako, the \ifwof ilic
view of Uiirrnijj;ii>ii '\*
iiami'iiteil with »liiult'-
t of a < ity Imilt in a

hiili 8 is brolii-n by is-
iMitUnu of till! (Wein
h Lion M uiitain con-

Bi'i-n on llie western
anil tlie peak^ e*" tlie
I. South Nero i'
and Vulcon Island ap-
on Island was the fiist
y war, on the Htli of
fleet coninia;i(lcd by
inder (lov. Carhton
Island, just at the m-
[sland, known also as

TovinsTs • iiAShimoK-.

trl, Manii, on which a small ba.t.ry w„, po.(„d by ,ho
Anu.ricans i inn„« the naval cnKftKcment in 1M14. l.|att,h„r.
Itay m bounded by the «., inland on the west, and on the east
or ra.h.r nortU-ea.t. by C,unlH..,ht„d Head, a point of la„d
rnnn,n,^ far o,u. „ irh a li,h,-hou.o at the end of it. Leaving
«^|c l,;-ht-hou.so behind, .he boat N „.,,„ at ih. I,„,ili,„. h
1 laHsbiirir, "^

.^<Mi.

CHAPTER VI.
Plattsburg and its FamouB Battle.

t'- HIS town, the mnst important on tlu lake
north of Burliniitoii, is situated on both sides of
the Srtvanac River, at its niou .L. The place is
chiefly nifmorable in our history as the fccne
of the famous battle fought here in September,
1814 Lalce Champlain and Lake George
STe'n looked upon by the British as .he most favon,|)le
route, for the invasion of the Slates, both in the Revolution
and in the war of 1812. In the year 18U preparations were
Lade to struggle for the control of the lake on both sules.
There was the greatest .lespatch in getting vessels ready for
,l..fenee. " The Saratoga," which carried twenty-s,x guns, being
the '.arLH^t Amerie .n vessel on the lake, was built ..t Vergenm s,
and launched on the twentieth day after the first tree m her
Lme wae brought from ,he forest. By the 1st of September,
1314 the Biitish ha.l finished their preparations. With a pow-
erful' rteet, and an army of more than twelve thousand men,
thev mi"lit well expect to overwhelm by sheer force of numler.-.
Capt. McDonough, the commander of the American fleet
anchored in Tlattsburg Bay on the 3d of September, and
waited for the fleet of the enemy On the morning ot Sept.
84

m^*

I 1 , SO

tVo.n
f )r ac
land I
iwsitif
was sr
Tlie {
done.
van(ju
States
the Hi
Standi

a com

Wand,

The si

identifi

Fou(|

and ha

Xo per

have be

a parad

or conii

cool, fra

in the

From I

fiom th

terest in

fo the 1

family c

keeping,

and i)ro\

on the si

the pres(

Battle.

jortant on tlu lake
latedon botli sules of
mou,L. The place 13
r history as the fcene
bt here in September,
I and Lake George
as the most {avoni|)le
ith in the lluvoliition
Mi preparations were
e lake on both sides,
tting vessels ready for

twenty-six guns, being
vas built sM Vergennts,
ter the first tree in her
the l8t of September,
arations. With a pow-

twelve thousand men,
sheer force of numler.-.
(f the American fleet,

3d of September, and
n the morning ot Sept.

TOUIllSrs • IIASDIIUVK.

11, soon after sunrise, the British fleet was seen coming down
non t].e north; and Capt. MeDonough made full preparation

or a.tion The hostile ships came on, swung round Cumber-
land Head, on which the lighthouse now stands, took up their
position carefully, and the desperate fight began. The water
was smooth, the weather fine ; the ships were within easv range.
The guns w.re carefully uin.ed ; and fearful execution was
done. In three hours the Hritish squadron was completely
va...iu.s e,l; and no further effort was made to invade the
8la.;s_f,.om that quarter. A land attack was planned bv
tne Hni.sh, but was not pushed after the defeat on the lake,
standing on the piazza of

Fonquet'g Hotel.

a complete view is obtained of Cumberland Head, Cral>

Wand, and all the points connected with this great victory.

The s,tes of three forts, Scott, More.au, and Brown, can be
identrfied just south of the Saranac lliver

Fomp,et;s Hotel is Me feature. /,«,• .^c«//e„c., of Plattsbur..,
aiui has^riven U more celebrity th.n any other one featu,:.
Ao person v.s.tmg the Adirondacks -which in recent years
have become no less a fashionable re.ort than a sanitariun. and
a paradise for the sportsman _ fails to stop at Fou,,uet's goin<.
or commg, to test the wonders of its cuisine, the lu.xury of itl

00 fragrant bedrooms and sleeo-wooing beds, and to revel
in the balmy enchantments of its delightful flower-garden.

f^ZtbTn^^' ^'''"^'"'''"^'^ ^^" be had on application,

bom the stables, .,uht-seers are conveyed to all poiits of in-

cre-st .n and about Plattsburg. This house has been known

>o he travelling public for more than seventv years. The

keeping, having an appreciative sen.<e of what travellers want
and providing accordingly. I„ J,.ne, 18G4, the house .tandlnJ
on the site of the pre.sent beautiful structure was burned; and
the present hotel was erected a vear or two later

-^S-^=?aSTi^-*WSfi ■ -

I'.' ^

\'*f

Tounrsrs' handbook.

Tlie grouriils and fragrant flower {jarden alTord a most agi-ee-
al.le r.troat. 'ITie broad piazzas on two sides of the Louse,
and tlie piomcnade upoa tlie roof, give a wide \\^n of the
like, Lattle-jiroiind, the scene of the naval en;ra ement, tl.e
vilhge, the surrounding country, and the mountains on every
side. The house by its beautifal and spacious sromids fur-
nishes safe and pleasant accommodations for ladies and children
tiirough the summer. Tliere are large bri.k stables on the
grounds, intended for the accommodation of j.'iiests who brin^'
their own horses and carriages, »» well as to furnish teams for
li l(^s and excursions.

Tiiere are several deli-htful excursions which may be made
from PlatMmrg l)efore starting out into the wilderness for a
long tour, if one has time for them. One ofthese is to the town
of Dannemora, sixteen miles north-west of Plattsburg. in which
is situated the Clinton Prison, as it is called. Here is an
elevation 1700 feet high ; but the ascent is so gradual that in
riding up from Plattsburg it is scarcely observed to rise at all.
This is visite.l chiefly for the beautiful vi>w that is allbrderl of
tl.e surrounding country, — the Green Moun'ains in tl.e east,
Ldce Champlain stretching to the southiast, the winding
course of the Saranac to the south, and the high Adirondack
peaks to the westward.

Five miles beyond in the town of D.mnemora is Chazy
L ike, a little gem, set in the most picturesque and beautiful
si.nounding. This lake is about four miles long by two wide,
and is a favoi-ite resort of the sportsman, as well as the ad-
m.i-er of natural scenery. This lake is nowhere surpasse.l as
a place for fishing. Ti-out weighing twentv pounds h ive been
taken from it. The road t. the lake was built with great ca.-e,
at the expense of the State, and is in good condition. Near
Chazy Lake stands Lion iMjiintain, sometimes called on the
maps Lynn Mountain; Bradley Pond is t^o miles west of
Chazy Lake; and west of this Ihe.^e is a path running three
n.les farther to the Upper Chateaugay Lake. West^of the

Upp r I

half a r
to Chat
north-w
wool is (
Thl80 p

Ijiirg.
a kind c

On I

from Pi

Adirond

Kent, ni

riattsbu

of the d

chasm is

l>i' visitK

kind. 1

p'aco ;

a carriaj

Plattsbur

as Peru,

Keiisville

mik'S. 1

sonit; con

deep la^t

earthqiial

Near I\

to the hei

valley, pj

till It roa

i Hirsts intc

pier rc'Stii

TOURISTS' IIASDBOOK.

I pp r Clinteaugay Lake is Rngped Lake, ^ix miles long and
h..ir a mile Hide. Tlie.e iire t;ood paths from Uagi^e.] Lai?c
to Cl.atuaufray Lake, and also to Incrrai.ams Pond,"two mJI.-s
north-west. Carriages can proceed to Chazy ; and the noith.iti
woods can l,e penetrated in any direction from that point.
I'liise places may well be tiiken in an e.xeiir^ion from I'latts-
iMirg. Another favorite point often visited from Plattsburg, as
a kind of side attraction, is the world-renowned

An Sable Chasm.

On the west side of Lake Chnmplain, about twelve miles
from Plattsburg, tlie Au Sable River coinin;- down from the
Adn-ondack Mountains, finds iis way down to the lake. Port
Kent, near the mouth of the river, is only fifteen miles from
Plattsburg, and three miles from the chasm, .fust at the hea.i
of the deep defile the plank-rnad crosses the river, so that the
chasm is easy of aeeess throughout its whole extent, and m,ay
be vLsitcd easily by ladles without fatigue or annoyance of any
kind. There are several convenient lines of approach to the
p'ace ; one may cross the lake by boat from Burlington, or take
a carriage road of two miles from Plattsburg. or ••onie from
Plattsburg over the Whitehall and Plattsbur^r Kaihoad as fir
as Peru, and then get conveyance in carriages by the way of
Keesville to iho chasm, a distance of not more than seven
miles. The rushing torrent of the Au Sable, aided perhaps by
some convulsion of nature, has formed a channel through the
deep layers of sandstone, which looks as if rent asunder by an
earthquake, or furrowed by some giant's plough.

Near Keesville the bank's rise above the river on each side
to the height of fifty feet ; then the river glides along a low
valley, p<3,irs over a precipice, and surges away on a rockv bed
till It readies the village of Birmingham, when it suddenly
bursts into a dark chasm sixty feet deep. A bridge, with one
pier resting upon a rock that divides the sti earn, crosses the

TOURISTS' HANDBOOK.

rlxer at the head of this cataract; below tliis brld^io Uic wall
rises on each side to tlio lu'ii,'ht of from seventy-five lo one
hiiiidrcil and fifty fe>!t, and in places even hif^hei- th in thi.^.
The width in a few places is more than thirty f>et, and at
several points not mo-e than cij?ht or tin f-et. Deep rents
penetrate at rifrht nn^le'* into th.i lu,,'h hanks, throui,'h one of

AU HAULE C/IAHM.

which clefts the river-bed is reached by a stairway of two
hundred and twelve steps. The hanks are composed of sand-
stone laid so regularly as to prodnce much the effect of an
artificial wall. Cedars and pines strike their roots into the
crevices of the rock, and reach their branches over the dt pths
of the gorge.

1871, pri>
of natur

"A ri
precinctw
its porta
stocks, wi
ojicncd n
that the f
reached
Sable Ch
rariia aboi

" The f

side of wl

amber sh«

cataract tl

spray. Fi

level adani

of an imni

on eitiier s

were in th(

the middle

end to end,

si<le of th(

torrent bw

usual level

polishing il

army of sto

and is still

walls bear t

liis brl(l;:o Uip wall
seventy-five lo one
II lii>;hci- th in this,
tliiity fiet, and at
fVet. Deep rents
ks, thi'oui'h one of

f a stairw.iy of two
8 composed of saml-
loh the effect of an
their roots into tlie
iches over the dt pths

TOURISTS' n.ixnnooK.
A Graphic Description.

A {irai.hic and readable arti.le in " Seiil.ner'.s " H.r .Tune
11S<I, Kive, the (bllowing descriptions of a vi-it to this wonder
of nature : —

" A rido of one mile (from Ivetsvi I,.) l,roiif:lit ns to the
precinctH of Au Sable Chasm, and the ru8ti(! lod-e which t;u;.rds
Its portal. Enteiin^r it, and arming our.elv..s with alpen-
stocks, we were shown throu-h to the op,,„,,ite door, which
opened upon a slairway leiidini,' down the cliff, and informed
that the freedom of tlie chasm w.is ours. . . . The moment wo
reached the bottom. Birmia^diam Falls, the Niagara of Au
Sable Chism, an.l a cliarmin- pivlude to the grander pano-
rama about to be unfolded, flashed ujKjn our sight.

Birmingham Falls.

" The falls are twins, separat^^d by a rocky tower, on either
side of which the massive current pours down the abvf.s an
amber sheet of water. Just as we nearcd the base of the
cataract the sun painte.l a prismatic arc upon the up-leaping
spra,y. From tiiis point the tour began. \Ve stood upon the
level adamantine .hore of the Au Sable River, near the centre
of an immense ampl-itheatre, with lolty vertical walls of rock
on eitiier side, and a rocky pavement beneath our feet. We
were m the bowels of the earth, in a natural canal, threaded in
the middle only by a stream which careered through it from
emi to end, no particle of soil adhering to eiiher the' bottom or
side of the g,.rge. Every spring and autumn the swollen
torrent sweeps through it, often rising fifty feet above the
usua level, carrying every thing movable in its path, and
pohshmg the floor and walls of the chasm as thorou-hiy as an
anny of stone-masons could .\o it. Nature w:,s tlTe builder,
and .8 stdl the janitri.. of Au S ible Chasm. Its Cyclopean
walls bear the impress of her aahitcctural skill ; she laid ihe

TOUItlSTS' IlAXTjnOOK.

tcMellatfd door with variegated stones ; she dusts it wii'. tlw'
wind, wftters it with the rain, and cleans house always twiie a
year in good orthodox stjlf, and woe be to him «ho has the
temerity to lin^'er within doors en either of these grand oeea-
sions! . . . Tiirninfi a sharp an;j;le at this point, we were face
to face with a tralaxy of wonders. Foremost was the battle

BtllMISOnA.U FALLS.

of the waters, waged between the rival cascades, the Devil
presumably viewing it from his Oven opposite, and Jacob from
his Ladder, — we together forming a mixed throng of beholders.
The ceaseless conllict of those watery foes, every wave-crest

TovnisTs' UAsnnooK.

duBts it wil'. th.'
iu.»c always twico ;i
;o him \\ho has the

du'so grand occa-
(diiit, wo wi're I'licc
0!<t was tlic baltlf

cascades, the Uevil
•site, and Jacob from
I throng of beholders,
es, every wave-crest

1 icing a tongue and having a voire, I never can fbrget. One
(if our married lailica took a domestic view of it, and termed
it a dancing ealdron ; while the otlier saw in the spray sparkle
a setting of diamonds.

Jacob's Ladder, and the Devil's Oven.

" The scene, looking up the current from the foot of ♦he
Ladder, is inexpressibly lovely, wl ile that below, where .ho
gorge contracts, and assumes the appearance <if embattled ram-
parts, the ono side almost touching the other, is akin to the
sublime. Jacob's Ladder scales the iieiglita on the middle lino
between the two, and is well named, since it can on'y he
climbed in one's dreams; while the Devil's Oven is a deep,
dark hole, just like many another named for him the world
over. Why is it that tlio.''e who father th(!se chasnis and glens
cannot name their offsiiring with some regard to originality as
well as propriety 'i Go where he will, the traveller is met by the
siine stale nomenclature. ... A rustic bridge spaiis tiie river
opposite the Devil's Oven. Crossing by it, we scaled the lieights
beyond by an airy stairway. l'roci!eding along the cliH", we
speedily came to a descemling (light of steps, where we were
all charmed into a ei'enee which was only broken by exclama-
tions of surprise and wonder. Tlie reauh of view is stupen-
dous, both in len;jth and depth.

The Flttme,

" Through a gigantic buttressed aisle, for nearly a thousand
feet the flow of water is as straight as an arrow, moving with
such depth and calmness that its liquid pavement wears the
similitude of solid glass. The towering walls, with their f.'ug-
meptary ee" jCS all watei^worn, exhibit plaiidy the action of
freshet and flood. From no point is the view gr>\nder than
from the summit of this stairway. Cedars and pines brood
o\er the gorge, overspreading its gulf with an evergreen

rilK FLUME FltOM TABLE ROCK.

SOCK.

TOURISTS' ll.lSnilOOK.

cuiopy, He!ow, to thu lo.ir of llie itaim, otnbosonicd In .i
vft.t rooky (issiiro, miimmlj,.re.l f.Ti.i uns yDiijh-d, •■arpctin^
th.i favo Willi tlu.ir .1. li.a'.- fVondg, and com,.: 'mij,' ihh bow.r
( r Km ii.ry. If the fairios ham.t thi.i dell, tliH n. .k mii-t Ins
ihiMr prCH'n. c-chnn.hcr. .Movin;; Ironi tlu> nicNantci spot, tlio
vict.i to tilt! I i},'ht is as singidai'ly picinnss.iuo.

Tho Devil's Punoh-bowl.*
" On ii Icil.'(! l.e!ow, not apci-Miblo to man, but readily »o to
tlie Prince of Darkness, is ihr Devil's I'un.h.bowl. The story
^'oes that Satan, after eookini,' his dai y meal in the Oven.
resorts to tlio I'uueh-botvl to in iimirate his mulidj^ht debauch.
To us the basin seemed to hoM only peMueid wat.r. ]f any
other licjuoris brewed in it, it is done so niysleriously as t)
leave no aftoi-trace. . . . To adcfpiately drseribe ail the
fcaks of Nature here, would r.^quire a bo)k rather than th.?
l»ri.i coaipass of a m.iKazino article; and we must hurrv on,
merely namiuf Mystic Corj-e, a .leep Literal f.-sure extendii^t,'
on both sides of the riv.r; Cape Kternity. a beetling promon-
tory on the ,Mde oppaalo to the sp.etatcr; Hyde's Cave,
another riit in the ro( ks, formin;: a double cave ; Castle Ilork ;'
I'arpeinn Cillf; and DiuiJ llork."

CHAPTER VII.

The Adlrondkok Region.

I mS ri-nowniMl region Idconvonli-ntly reached from
I'lftttslHir;,' by scv.Tal routes. 'I'Ik- inonnUird
..xeiul fn.n/th.' north-east lomcr of N.'w-York
St^tc, in a soull. goiith-weslorly aireclion, occu-
pyin- i.ortion. of Clinton, Ewex, Fiiuililin, and

The ranL'o fnul^ it. preatest ekvat.ona .n the wost-rn part of
"s.ex County, which .ontainn the highent p.nk« of tin- Norti.-
c,n AppalaoLian Chain, Mt. Wa.hinKtou alone excepte.l.
Tl.ere is a platean running north and south one l.un- red and
fifty miles, and east and west one hundred miles, ti.e height „t
which i. about two thousand feet above the level ol the sc.a.
From this plateau the mountains rise in ranf-es, lormed, for
the most part, of granite rocks. They thercf.,ro do not have
the re.n.larity of outline that is found in straffied formations.
Thep^-aks are conical in form; the slopes of the mountam
li.les are abrupt, the scenery more wild and grand than u
found among the mountains of the sedimentary rocks; and
the valleys take their shape somewhat from the mountains
about Ih.uj. The system of mountain ranges and valleys
may be readily traced by observing the course of the nver»
tha have their source in the mountain region : the Boreas,
the Hudson, and the Cedar Hirers, which, farther south, unite
on

r?^^i

nicntly reiichtMl from
■s. 'I'lu' iiionntiiins
corner of Ni'w-York
Icrly ilircctidii, occii-
Kdsex, Frnnkliii, ami

II tlif wostt-rn i)art of
, pciikg of tilt' North-
on iiloiiu excepted,
th one liumlred iuiJ
1 miles, tlio hiij,'ht of
the level of the sea.
n ranixes, Ibniicil, for
lereforc do not have
stratified formations.
)pe8 of the mountain
d and grand than u
limentary rocks; and
, from the mountains
a ranges and valleys
1 course of the rivers
1 region : the IJoreas,
:h, farther south, unite

r*rt ffnwfttftn.

»r « «*rt M <^ yt »*

ichcd froM
mountaini
Ni'w-York
tion, occu*
iTiklin, and

cm part of
the Korth-

fxcepted.
ml red and
• height oSfj
of the je
tbriai8<l,*fM'
) net h8T«
Ibrmationtt
> mouctaia
nd than
rocks

mountaii
tnd valle;
■ the liv
he Boreae
south, unit*

~- ^^jf^:^-Sig*; JSSP

A-

■IS

•) i1

TounrsTS' iiandhook.

in the irt,d.on, define the position of (he vallevs in the 80"t'i-
crn .lope of this plateau. The drainage of th'is tableland "i.
toward Lake Champlain on the east, the Hudson on th» south
and t,ie St. Lawrence on the north-west. 'J^he sources of
some of the streams which flow indiflerent direoons are often
connected with each other, many of the lakes and ponds
ly.nj._ on tl,e same ,,lane. Most of the.e bodies of waier vary
in height above the sea-level f.ora one thousand five h.mdred
eet to one thousa.ul seven hundred and thirtvone feet, the
latter being the elevation of Racket Lake. The ^reat nu.n-
bers of these lakes and rivers, each navigable by the li.ht
canoe of the Ind.an, with occasional portages past the rapids
and falls, gave to the district in former times features of great
interest Lasily penetrate.! in every direction, the wild Soli-
tudes of the mountains afforded no sure protection to the deer
and moose, nor coul.i the beaver and otter find hidin.T-places
so remote as to get beyond the reach of the Indian's eanoc.
Ihese animals, together with the excellent fish of the lakes
and rivers, gave to the Indians their living. (Jame and fish
in abundance nre still found through all the dLs.riet; and the
number of adventurers who penetrate these ru^re-l wilds in
summer ,s every year on the increase. The n;buntains are
well covered with a growth of trees, - birch, bee.h, maple,
aBh hemlock, spruce, fir, cedar, and white-pine, in the hiAer
ands and along the courses of the streams almost impenetra-
ble thickets of tamarack, hemlock, and cedar. The pine
aflords the most valuable timber, which is run down the
various streams in the time of the spring freshets. Masses of
magnetic iron ore of enormous extent have been found, which
have led to the establishing of smelting- works, some of the
principal of which are in the village of Adirondack, in the
township ofNewcomb, on the western border of Essex Coun-
ty This vil age is situated on Lake Sandford, about fiftv miles
from i.ake C amplain. On the shor<.s of this lake, and" to the
north-west of ,t, are great beds of this magnetic iron ore

JOUniSTS' HANDBOOK.

thousands of feet in l.'iigth and hundreds in width. I. has
bten wrouglit for moro than foriy years ; l)ut so many dilliiul-
tiis haie bt-en encountered, that some of the works 'lave been
abandoned.

Boutes into the Adirondacks,

Of those thire are many. Rivers run in every direction
from the lAes and ponds that abound in the central portion;
and railroads run around the mountain district on evi-ry side
except the east, which is ax^cessiblc from Lake Cliamplain.
'We "ive by themselves tlie favorite loutes, as follows: —

I'^r^ous visiting the Adirondacks direct from Kostou would

pursue the course laid down for our Saratoga pilgrims as far

as Rutland, Vt.; but, instead of branching off from that point

to the south-wfst, over the Ren-selaer and Saratoga Railroad,

would continue on northward to Burlington, on the east sho.e

of La'-ie Cliamplain. Thence, by the elegant steamer '• Oakes

Ames " a speedy and easy transit i^ etlectcd to Tlatlsburg.

This \oyWn of the trip -from Rutland to Hatlsburg-is

■ one of the most beautiful on the entire journey, espe.ially it

taken in the afternoon and evening, and is thus glowingly

eulogized ly Mr. Kdward S Sears, a Boston journalist who

recently visited this region : —

»' One siene of I'lat ride will long live in the memory of the
two who viewed it trom the cab of the engine. Ihe sun was
iust -inking to his rest, and hall-veiled in an amber haze, while
warm beams lighted up the purple peaks with a tender
clory. We were running due west ; and the rays of the sun,
llancin- adown the raits before us, transmuted them as by
£ rrucible of an alchemist, to ribbons e*" molten gold stretch-
in-' away into the lan.l of enchantment. O-^'- too soon the
bif.'ht scene fa-ied : we turned to the northward, and were
soon on the dock at Burlington, where the beautiful, airy, and
fast boat, • Oakes Ames,' was waiting to receive us, and Lapt.
N B I'roctor, her popular commander, was smiling a welcome
at the gang-plank, ^'ifty minutes spanned the twenty miles
of lake^ninutesspent'in sounding the pr-.se of chanamg

Champli
waves, a
the lovel
lake, am

From

K'lilroad

miles he

St. Uegi

that m;iy

grouped

the ceiiti

Point of

resort of

wish to j2

there art

are well

the banl

mountain

which th

one of tl

precipice

high. F

mill of ni

wooded b

a precipic

valley of

bethtown

of one hu

plane of i

long an<I

village, ai

town is a

posed to 1

TOUniSTS' lIASDIiOOK.

in width. I. has
80 many dillii'iil-
works 'lave been

1 every direction
B central portiou ;
■ict on every side
Lalte Cliamplain.
s follows : —
ron» liostoii would
;a pilgrims as tar
3ir from that point
Saratoga Railroad,

on the east shoie
at steamer '• Oake.s
ted to i'latlsburg.
to riatlsburg — is
mrney, especially if

is thus glowingly
ston journalist who

the memory of the
;ine. The sun was
1 amber haze, while
iaks with a tender
»e rays of the sun,
iinuted them, as by
nolten gold stretch-

O"'- too Boon the
jrthward, and were

beautiful, airy, and
eeive us, and Capt.
s smiling a welcome
id the twenty miles

pr-ise of charming

Champlain. The mronl)eam8, shimmering on the tremulous
waves, and niakiii<T our wake a track olTros^ted i-ilver, rtvea'el
the lovely grcMi isles nestling in the bica.-t of i lie leauteous
lake, and made uji a seine ot beauty rarely equalled."

By Rail and Stage to the lakes.

From Piattsburg, we take the Whiiehall and Plattsburg
Railroad to Au Sable Station, on the An Sable River, twenty
miles below, where we find coaches in waiting to take us to the
St. Regis and Saranac Lakea. The various specific routes
that may bo taken to reach the different points will be Ibnnd
grouped together in their proper place. Klizabethtown. ia
the centre of Essex County, is easily reaclud by stage from
Point of Rucks on the Au Sable lii\ei-. This is a fkvorite
resort of quiet people, artists, ladies, and fami ies «ho do not
wish to get far from the base of ho ne supplies. The hoti-ls
(here are nmneious, elepant, and well-funiished, and naturally
are well filled in the summ.r. Klizabethtown ia situated on
the banks of the Borpiet River, and surrounded by lii^h
mountain peaks. 1'here are two high summits on the west, of
which the southernmost (called the (Jiaiit of the Valley) ia
one of the highest of t'le range, lluTe is a perpe.ulic ular
precipice on the north side of this, nearly seven hundred feet #
high. Five miles to the north-west is Ilunicane I'eak, a pyra-
mid of naked rocks, graceful in piiape, rising fiom a densely
wooded base. Cobble Hdl, one mile we.-t of the village, has
a precipice two hundred feet high on the east side of it." The
va'ley of the IJc quel runs eight miles south-west from Eiiza-
bethtown. At the head of this valley, the Rocp-et has a fall
of one hundred feet, through a narrow gorge, over an inclined
plane of rough and broken rocks. Black Pond is one mile
long an<l half a mile wide: it is six miles south-east of the
village, and well stored with fish. On the south-east of the
town is a hill two hundred feet 1 igh, covering forty acres, sup-
posed to be nearly a solid mass ( f iron ore. In the south-west

IDQ

TOvnisTS' itANnnooK.

of the town is New Tond, urroun.led by hijrl. mountain p.'»kH
and dense forests. The stage fron. S.hroon Lak. to K.esydlo,
runs through Klizidx-thtown. By travelling south iron. Li za-
bethtown towar.l8 Sd.roon Lake, a point is r.-aehed soul., ot
New Ku-sii, where a fine view is obtanicd of Dix's leak,
(liant of the Valley, MeComb's :Monntain, and Hald IVak.
Tin- town of North Hudson, joinin- Lli/.abethtown on the
south, contains larfre iron works an.l a little yiUagc Ibe
Schroo.i Kiver runs through the town, on whuh is "Roots
Vlace,'- from which Mud Pond, Boreas Lake, and Clam lond
may be visited.

The Au Sable Ponda

may be visited from Elizia.ethtown. These pon.ls, two in num-
ber -the Upper and Lower, -arc in the south part of the
town of Kee..e, in the mi.lst of scenery bold and wild. Hur-
ricane Mountain and Skylight are easily reached from
A.U Sable Ponds. Deep gorges, lovely little ponds, and wild
cascades are foun.l in .ho vicinity. About one-e.ghth of a
mile west of the road leading from Keenc Hats to Au Sable
Ponds, are the falls of the Au Sable Uiver, known as Russell s
Falls Here the water darts through a crooked passage one-
% third of a mile long, in which space it makes a des.ent of one
hundred and fifty feet, between rocky bank., (hat rise to the
height of two hundred feet. Two miles farther up the Au Sa-
ble, are. similar falls, known as Beaver Meadow tails, llam-
bow Falls are one-eighth of a mile north-west of the Lower
Au Sable Pond, and have one hundred and twenty-five feet ol
perpendicular descent. Roaring Brook Falls, four mdes east
of Rainbow, consist of two separate falls, -one over a verti-
cal precipice into a d.ep gorge; the other two hundred and
fifty feet along a groove worn into the solid rock. Chape
Pond, the source of Roaring Brook, is about a mile east of
Roaring Brook Falls, in a deep ravine between the Au Sable
and Boquet Rivers.

North
five niilc
Clear I'

viz ,1('

good pif
ton Xoti
Placid 1

the ascc
liis lecti
between
it'* nauK
west si (h
Hunimit i
horses tl
hotel on
there is i
in it tow;
Lawrtn<
can be
b-'vond ;
south,
naked e^

Tliia i
\n Sabl
the card
has been
\Ve quo!

" 'Hie
The can
Au Sabl

I'll niountnin pcnkH
Lake to Kcesvillo.
cr south i'roiii El za-
i rcafheil soutii of
cd of Dix's I'euk,
1, anil Bald IVak.
znl)ethtown on the
little village. The
I which is " Root's
;e, ami Clam Poiul

'. ponds, two in nuni-
B south part of the
)ld and wild. Ilur-
isily reached from
ttlc ponds, and wild
jut one-eighth of a
c Flats to Au Sable
p, known as Russell's
rooked passage one-
les a descent of one
nks that rise to the
arther up the Au Sa-
eadow Falls. Rain-
i-west of the Lower
nd twenty-five feet ol
^'alls, four miles east
, — one over a verti-
er two hundred and
; solid rock. Chapel
about a mile east of
letween the Au Sable

TounisTS' /ux/jnooK.

101

North Klhii, on the western side of Essex County, twonty-
five niiles by siajro from Point of Rocks, is only four n:iles from
CIt'ar P ml, which has four mountains refli ctcd in its waters,
viz Jclntyr.-, Cohlcn, Mount Maroy, and The Hear. Thi. is a
-rood place from which to visit Whitclace Mountain, Wiimin^'-
ton Xotih. Mount iMarcy, Indian Pass, John Brown's L'rave,an'd
Placid Lake.

Whiteface Mountain,

the ascent of which is beautifully describe<l by Mr. Murray in
his lecture on the Adirondacks, is north of Placid Lake,
between the towns of Wilmington and St. Armands. It takes
its name from a mark lefl by an avalanche that slid down the
west side seventy years ago. ITie distance from the l)ase to the
summit is seven miles. Carrinj-es go two and a half miles, and
horse j the rest of the way. The ^Vhiteface Mountain House, a
hotel on the West Au Sable River, stands near the base; and
there is also a small hotel at the top. The view from the sum-
mit towards the west and north reaches to Lake Ontario, the St.
Lawrence River, and in a clear day to .Montreal ; to the east
can be seen Lake Champlaiu, and tlie Green Mountains
b-yond; while Lake Placid lies close under the base at the
south. Sixty-four different bodies of water are visible to the
naked eye from the top of this mountain.

Wilmington Pass or Notch.

Tins is the local title of the narrow valley through which the
Au Sable pours the waters of its west fork, anil through which
the carriage-ro;.d from Wilmington to North Elba, twelve miles,
has been constructed with immense labor and at great expense.
We quote again from the graphic description of Mr. Sears: —

" 'ilie scenery in the pass is of wild and savage magnificence.
The carriage-road is cut into the bank on the riglit sddc of the
Au Sable River ; and above it tower, hundreds of feet, the rug-

«--rtlKjaJlMl«*«iMSi*

Tovnisrs' handbook.

108

^'■d and perpendioiilar rocks. AcroM the river looms up old
\Vliit('fj»f(', iU I'loiid-capped peak four tliousaiid two hundred
fc'ft above the gea, and its sides clothed witii everfirccn for a
meat i)art of its heijjht. Midway of the notch is the cele-
hratcd \Vilniin;;toii Falls, one hundred feet hiijh ; and below,
the Fliitne, — tlie whole foruiin;; a fjrand and wonlcrl'ul exhilil-
tion of nature s power. Eiueri;ini| from the pass, tlie peaceful,
broad, and fertile valley of the Au Sable gtretehes awa> for
miles in the distance ; and at our feet lies the little villa!,e of
Wiliniii<:ton."

Mount ]Marcy, or Tahassus, the "sky splitter," monarch of
this niountainous iej>ion, is partly in Keene and pirtly in the
south-east corner of North KIba. It is the hi{j;liest of the
.Vdiroiidacks, but may be readily ascended, provided there be
good courage and power of endurance.

Indian Pais,

known also as Adirondack Pnss, lies east of Wallface, but ho-
twei-n Wallface and Mclntyre. It is a deep porfje, cijiht to
ten rods wide, and more than a mile long. The steep sides of
\Vallface rise to different heights, from five huiulred to foiu--
teen hundred feet. The lloor ol the pass is covereil with enor-
mous rocks ; and there are big caverns on the sides in which ice
is found dui ing the entire year.

Lake Placid, in the north part of North lilba, is the prin-
cipal source of the West Au Sable lliver. It is five miles long,
:md has many islands in it, among which some of tlie lar;^est
are Buck, Moose, and Hawk Islands.

The Saranao Begion.

The lakes and forests about the Saranac waters are not
excelled by any part of the Adirondacks for fishing, gunning,
boating, and camping out. The Upper Lake section, in the
south part c' Franklin County, the south-east of St. Lawrence

('i)IIIltV,

t'H.v ill
fa>'li ml
>> iriiiint
(•/(I Hoiii

Lower
liinda.
lia.s beer
of'tlmixo
•'clio, wli

fo<Jt (Ittl

wlioNo ii:
lomlbrt (

so il8 to 1

the lowoi
111.- Mid,
Til.' LVi
loiij; and
its .sliorue

north of t
two porta
takitij,' p:
proper a
.S|)ii(ire 1
Rejiis aiK
in the ciiu
ponds /roi
tilt- nortli-
poiids, tlia
or a count
Paul Sinii
Smith, ciil

TOUniSTS- UAXnBOOK.

105

< oi.Mt^ a,Hl the north part of IlaMiilt.... ro„ntv,,.omu p,op-

^•rlv ... tl.., di^trir.. Tlu, pon.ls ar., n„«tly c".,,..........! with

^a-h ,.ih..r ; an.l tht- p„rt,.K,.H ar. .hurt. Tl,., Upper an.l [,owcr
.>.ra..ftc. Uk.« .in. co...,..He.l by the river of .h. .s...>.e ,w.,..e
^"« Hoi.n.l J.ak.,, ,1... thro, ponrin^ ,l,,ir watw-.n ,hrM„Kh the
Nt.a.,ac luver into Lalc« Cha-.-phun at I'lattxlmrtf. The
^..wer Sara..ac. ^ix hy tw„ ...iU-e in extrnt. ......ain. liOv !.-

.•n.l8. I ho la...l«,.apo on .o,.,e pan* oC tho honh-r of thi, laico
ha. beon m,„.ro.l ^onu-wha' l-viiu-s; b..t thm, i, «till no la-k
'" •'«-'-« <oro,st. In o..e pa.t of this h.ic.. tb..ro is a ro.narkable
.•eho. wHoh n.poats a soin..! as ,„a..y a, ,w. n.v ti.nos At .ho
foot o, th,s l.ko 1, .M,,tin-H Ho„.|. k..pt bv \V,lha.., V. Ma.tin,
«i.os.. n..ne ,s a s^nony,,.,. for ko.kI livi„., ,„„! at.e.,.io„ t„ ,ho
«o...lort ol g,u.«(H. II.H ho,.«« is newly fnr.n^h,,!. and ....lar.-ed

so a8 to a.ron..no,Iato one h.nulrci a.>,l fifty po„ple. \\\.i of
le lowor Sa, a.,a,. is U..,.n.l l.ako, o,-, „.s it i« .M,.,.etin>es calh.,1,
I •• .M.d.lle .Sa.ana., whi,-h is eight n.iies in ci.v,n..tero„co
lb.. Lpper ,Sa.-ana,-. .hj, la.-jrest of tho ^^rouj,, is oij-ht ..iUs

i'tr'shorl'''" ''"'"■ ^""'' ''''"* '"•■ "'""'^'"^ '"" '"'""' "1"'"

The St. Regis Lakes,
north of the Sarnnno Lak.s, a.e reached frotn the,,, l.vcrossi,-.,

wopor.a,.,sat,vhicb hor.es are always kept in Hun..„er for
takinfT part.es a.id their boats acrc«8. The St. Ke-is Lakes
proper are two in nu.uber, the Upper and Lower, tho,..-h
Sp.ll.re lo.Ki, which lies between the sou.h.rn or Ui.per St.
Ueiz.s and the norther., or Lower, is re.iily a consideral.Ie lake
in the cna.n ; while the connl.-y all aronnd is do.te.l with little
pon<Js ho.a ten to fifty ac.-es i., extent. Indeed, the region to
the ..orth-west of the Sara.iac is so broke.. „p by lakes and
ponds, that .t n.ay be .xgarded either as a lake A.ll of islan.ls,
or a cou..try fnll of lakes. TI.e St. Regis House is known as
lau Snuths, fro.n the na...e of its proprietor, Apollos A.
Sn..th, called - Paul " for short. Its location is at the foot of

10«

TOURISTS' n.isnnooK.

th" T-ow..r St. R».-U Li»k.-, In the cnlrc ..f tho huntii.R an.l
fi^l.i.^; n-nion. At lUlnb ,w Lake, the h.-ul of navlnat..m on
U,o north l.rnnch of the S;ir;m .r. mx ...Ih.. .'n^t ot "a-.l
SinithV lo h..nt(.(l the /?,//<.'.-«' //""•-'', 'v •"■w ""'I .•<-inii....l...iii.
h...ol k..pt I'V J.un.i M. Wanln.T. who ha« ha.l nrnt-teon

yo;.r«* .■NIHTlenr.. in tl N-.h W..,,!.." an.l prhh. h m.. t

on hU ability to care (or all tl... nccl. v( .|...rl8UUM,. It U only
,ov,.n n,il.-/to ni..nnun-.lale, wli.'n.'c viMlor. can be convy.'.l

in teams to the houn.'.

Big Clear Lake.

netwe..n the Upper St Reui« an-l the Upper Saran,.c i« W^
Cl.-ar T. .ke. a b.^antifnl ^h.^et ..f «,mrklinfi wat.T, tin. outlet ol
,vl.ioh i8 a narrow cT.ek. th.win^ into tlu- Upi-er Sarana.' an.l
forming part of the Saranao pys'^-'"- l''""' '*'" "^^ ^''f
chain, th., rivr of th« .«me name Ih.ws north-w..Hterly to h.-
St. Liwren,-.., into which it erapti.^H near the n,..nth of the
llacket. It ha« not been navi^atc.l for any conK.derable .lis-

Tuppev'i Lake,
.outh-wcHt of IW Sarana. I^.ken. is r..ache.l IV-.m them b;
boats, ov..r the tributaries of the lla.kel Kiv.r. 1 here are a
ew portag..s; but they are short an.l oa.y. There are futy-
two i-b»n's in this lake, of which niulf Wan.l .8 the n,o,t
note.l, an.l takes its name fron, a hii;h blutV at the uest eu.l,
known as Devil's I'ulpit. Tourists can pa-s from lupp.Ts
Lake up th.. river, with here an.l th.re a short carry, to Lent;
Lake, passin,' in sight of .'ount S.war.l an.l Mount Stan-
tanoni, which a,e on the east • may b.^ ascende.l lron> po.n.s
onthisnm.e. l-ong Lake,-,, the town of the s.n.e name, .s
thirteen miles long, an.l in th., broadest part one an.l a halt
miles wide. It has the app.-a.ance of a river n.ore than ol a
lake Good a.conuuo<la(i .ns f..r can.pin;.' are fo.ind on eve.>
side of it ; and thro.igbout .1..- nei«bbo, h -od there is a multi-
tude of ponds an.l l.kelets con,.c te.l with each other, through
which excursions may be ma.le indefinitely by boat.

Lak

ilian I'

and Ih

.'elehri

nei;{lib

lak I'M I

.livi.lin

lord nil

(piHrii'i

bijiiiiiju

At the

a streji

a port;

Lake

briliian

every l(

Ilaili'oa

Ilaek.'t

.Springs

Uieket

Like, a

waters.

.same to

miles W(

which a

pD.tJgCI

the Kigj
•■an go
Fifth an
Fifth, ar
is the la
The ."hoi
down to

■ ""^^WBSBBP^^^i*^^^^*^^'

of thi< hunting nml
<>(i(l of navl^'ation on

nillc'K cnft of " I'ii'il
new nnd ('(iiniiKxlioiifi
o liM lintl nint'teen
" null jtriilcd himmlf

H|I<II'I8IIU'II.

It U only

iiom can lie convt-jfl

U|.|ior Sariin.ic •« ''1>-'

\rr wntiT, till- (illtU't of

ic Upi"'!' Huniiai', nn'l
Vroiii the St. Ui'ci'
s norih-wfuterly to tin-
I'iir till' nioutli of tlie
• any connid«rublo tlis-

rcaclifd from lliem 1>;
ul Uivtr. 'riiiTC are a
asy. Tlicre are f>ity-
luir Wanil is ibc most
h l)lutV at the we^t i-uil,
an paxs from 'rii]ii)i'r'!<
L' a short carry, to Lon;,'
fard and Mount Stan-
di! ascended from poinls
n of the 8 inif name, is
i;gt part one ami a half
a river more than of a
ipin;; are found on every
borh jod there is a nnihi-
with eaeh oilier, through
litely by boat.

TOUm.SrS' IIASItROOK.

107

The Other LakM and Pondi.

Lake rrer.l.THon, whenc.. ..- (.I.iaimd a (air view r.f tlie In-
dian I'lws, lien to ll„. ,.aHl, eoniieri,.,! |,y wnter with Cohl Uiver,
and lhruu«h Cohl Uiver i.ceos«il)le from Loii;^ Lake. Tho
eelel.ruted poniU at the head of CoM River lire in the namo
n<'l;zhborho(H|. Lake Sin.lford Is another of tlione river-hhaped
l.ik.M luiinin;; ten miled throu^li the town of Neweomb, and
dividin;; it into eiu-t and wedt ilis-tiirtn. Between F-ake Sand-
lord nn.l I.„n,' Lake lie Lake Delia, two and a h;.lf bv ihree-
(pii.riet.ofu mile, and I/ike Catlin, (hree ndk'H long] on the
I'i'iiiidury between Neweomb and the town of Lon,,' Lake.
At the Houlbern end ct I,oni' Lake h South Pond, wln-neo
a Htre.m rnnd to Forked Lake, by whieh ill earn th.-ie is
a portajje of half a mile around the rnpids. Forked
Lake connects with Iti, ket Uke, well ki.o>M, from tho
brilliant description (,f Mr. Murray, and the tntliii.iasm of
every lover of nature that liiw visited it. Tin- Adirondiek
Railroad will goon be completed beyond the noutli part of
Racket Lake, and thus briii;; it wifliin a few b.iiirs of Sarato.'a
Sprinj,'9. The Kekfor.l Lakes are fre.pirntly visited IWui
R icket Lake. They lie to the ca.st in the township of In.li.m
L-ike, and possefi all the charms of the other A.liroiidnek
waters. Indian Lake, Chain Lake, ami " L " Lake in the
same township form tho head waters of the Ilmlson. A few
miles west of R.ieket Lake i.s the Fnllon chain of ei-ht lakes,
which are reached from Racket by boat, there bein« but fi'w
r.oitig.s. and these not long. From this direction one reaches
the Kighth Lake first, parses by porta-e to the Srventh, and
«an go directly by boating into the Si.xib. 'J'li,. Sixth and
Fifth arerpnte small ; and there is a porta-e between Sixth and
Fifth, and also one between Fifth and Fourth. Fonrtl; Lake
is the largest of the chain, and has a number of i.hmds in it.
The shores are high, and rise in rapid a.s.-ents. H nilock grows
down to the edge of tho water; and in the undisturbed repose

^» n li t — I ■i t mimmi i^ tim

108

TOURISTS' HANDBOOK,

of the wat.rs the fringes of foliage are clearly reflected. In
the centre of the lake is a beautiful group of rooks known as
Elba. There is a passage for boats into Third Lake, close l.y
which Bald Mountain frowns down; and the passage con-
tinues open to Second Lake. Second is hardly dist.nguishaWe
from First, there being a mere sand-bar separating them, ihe
Adirondack Railroad will pass just north of these lakes.

The John Brown Tract.

Tl.e western part of the Adirondack region is known as the
John Brown Tii.ct ; it reaches into Lewis and Hamilton Coun-
ties, but is mostly included in Ilerldmer County. In area it is
about twenty miles square, and is supposed by many to take
its name from the hero of North Elba, but such is not the fact.
More than fifty ) ears ago John Brown was a merchant of
Trovidence, ILL, and coming into this part of the State bought
this tract, upon which a large number of people from the sea-
board attempted a permanent settlement. But many discour-
agements appeare<l to thwart them ; work upon the tract was
abandoned; and the solitude of the unbroken wilderness
again resumed its sway.

Many volumes mi^ht be written on these regions without
exhaustin- the material for description. We trust enough has
been said "to guide the tourist into the wilderness, and whet
his appetite for the pleasures of the pathless woods.

Nearly every one has read Mr. Murray's " Adventures in the
Adlrondacks ; " but il is a good book to take along, nevertheless.
J T. lleadley wrote a book on the Adirondacks more than
twenty years ago, which, though not very accurate as to dis-
tances and dimensions, has many good descriptions.

No one need go into the Adirondack; expecting to get game
without the exercise of skill. Dee- will not come along and
wait for you to shoot them, nor wi!! trout crowd the streams all
a-rape for bait ; but the cunning angler and wise hunter will for

nianj
out. a
heigh
latest
ers :-

clearly reflected. In
jp of rooks known as

Third Lake, close Ijy
md the passage con-
hardly distinguishable
jcparating them. The
\ of these lakes.

ct.

region is known as the
is and Hamilton Coiin"
• County. In area it is
losed by many to take
but such is not the fact.
en was a merchant of
)art o£ the State bought
of people from the sea-
int. But many discour-
eork upon the tract was
a unbroken wilderness

n those regions without
We trust enough has
.e wilderness, and whet
thless woods,
ay's " Adventures in the
( take along, nevertheless.
Adirondacks more than
very accurate as to dis-
l descriptions,
r? expecting to get game
will not come along and
out crowd the streams all
r and wise hunter will for

TounisTS' HAxnnooK.

109

many years find objects for the exer.ise of their «kill throu.rh-
om, all the area of these woods and mountains. Wc give The
height of some of the principal mountains, according to the
latest estimates, which may be of some interest to our read-
ers : —

Tahawas (Marcy)

■ . 5,467 feet

Dix's Pek, . .

. 5,'iOO •'

Waliface, . .

. 2,000 "

Stantaiioni, . •.

. 5,000 ••

Whiteface, . . .

. 5,380 "

Mclntyre, . .

. 5,280 "

Seward, ...

. 5,000 "

Pharaoh, . . . .

. 5,000 '<

<iiM'T/:ii viir.

Through Vermont to Montreal.

->, /-^^^ol'UISTS whose titre is too linuted to t:iko in
C;A ^VZ-lil ■: the aUrac^tions of Xingara ami the A.liron-
<lacks inaj pr.Cor to priced direct on the
Canadian toi.r and to take the route from
Uutland to Montreal, which is very direct,
and carries one through several places of con-
siderable interest. The scenery all the way ,s
worti.y of the reputation of the Green Moun-

'"It'sutherland Fall, a splendid view is presented from the
car vimlows. A de.p gorge, curtained by tall trees winch aN
mos ol.c«re the vision of the falling waters, Aasb-ng through
Te rirts in the foliage as thebrunches are stayed .n the wind
cm", on the one .We; while to the other it spreads out uUo
a'wely intervale, wi.h smooth green meadows and snnhng
fa m« while an amphitheatre of majestic mounta.ns forms the
tTk irJund. As we journc. onward, we see all along green
'rd fJnile meadows, mirror-like .tream., and the grand array
of nmuuains. Sixteen miles north of Rutland .s Brandon.
Th " wn contains ^wo singular caverns in limestone, e.gh-
^"nflet square, entered by going down twenty feet from the

110

surface

of didei

Wonder

don M

made li

and otli

scales f

scales I

product

t'-y, hav

sold by

and tliu

them gr

Btaiioiis

At th

'','odatioi

and visi

buxinesi

tliemseiv

At Pi

located a

those of

is, beside

The driv

of Uutiai

Hence V

cially fan

weather

Creek Ho

in a style

conveiiici

its two ,

feet of ve

upon pict

haled pur

Uontreal.

too liniitoil to tnko in

rara and tho Adiroii-

jrocced direct on the

take tho route from

which is very direct,

several places of con-

! scenery all the way is

,n of the Green Moun-

? is presented from the
1 by tall trees which al-
watei-s, flashing llirouph
are swayed in the wind,
)tlier it spreads out into

meadows and smiling
aic mountains forms tlu;

wc see all alon^' green
ms, and the grand array
f Rutland is Brandon,
rerns in limestone, eigh-
wn twenty feet from the

^ \^-''4M-l'*^.

TOUniSTS' HANDBOOK. m

'";'T^.'- ''^^^!\ '■' * ""'-^'^ 1"«">' '" the place; and minerals
of diHercnt kinds al,ound. One of tho notable curiosities and
wonders ot Urandoi. i. to be foun.l in the works of the Bran-
don Manufacturing Company. Howe's standard scales are
made here, some with a caj.acity to weigh oHe hundred tons,
and others adapte.l to weigh tho smallest fraction of an ounce '
scaes for weighing out the materials used in cooking, and
scales lor weighing a heavy car-load of merchandise The
pro<lucts oftlnsco«.pany, now found in every part of the coun-
try have made their name familiar with all .lealers in .oo.is
so,d by we.ght. The constant improvements they are makin...
and the accuracy an.l durability they have attained, have w^n
lu.» great favor. Trucks for warehouses, mills, and railway
s.auons also form a specialty in their business.

At this place the Brandon House aflbrds ,.Ieasant accom-
'■.o<.at,ons to those desiring to spen.La few days in the vicinitv
and visit the numerous points of interest, or to those whose
business bnng. them hither, of whom many every year avail
themselves of .ts comfortable, homelike arran.rements

At Pittsfbrd, midway between Brandon and Rutland, is
located a (,ne medicinal spring, its qualities being similar to
hose of ,he famous Clarendon Spring at Saratoga , and there
.s besKlcs, the best of trout-fishing in the immediate vicinity.
Ihe Cnves are deUghtful ; an.l the marble quarrie., like those
o Uutlan.1 and Bramlon, are of great interest to Strang...
llencerusfordhas becon.e a favorite spot for p.rtie, .tpe-
callyfanuhcs. to spend several days or weeks i^n the waL
weather ,n quiet enjoyment. For their con.fort the Ouer
Creek House allords a pleasant stopping-place. It is furnished
m a style and manner especially adapted to the comfort and
onven.ence of its occupants. Its rooms are .p,acious and airy.

feet of verandas u. length and ten feet in width, lookin,. out
upon pictures of the greatest natural beauty, where may be in-
haled pure and health-giving air, as it descends from its uncon-

j|^2 TOURISTS- VAKDJiOOK.

taminated ino,.ntain home ; while the n.urmurinn;, of tie b.au-
tilul Otter Oreok fill every room in the house wUh 8<K)th...t;

™ Nile miles from Brandon by stage, and eight n.iW from
MiddU-bury, \. Lake Dunmore. a .he.t of ^at-r <ne ...iIcb lonj.
an.l thre- wide. It is surrounded by a pleasant vanctv of hiph
blulls, and green, sloping hillsides. The bracing mountam a.r
and .be fishing in the vicinity have made this qu.te a popular

'' iCe Lake Dunmore Home is fitted up with special reference
to the wants of visitors at the lake, and is ^M .1 adapted to its

^"Ediebury, fifteen miles north of Brandon, is .... the Otter
Cv..ek and bas on every side most beautiful wild mountain
geenery. White and variegated marble is found near by and
is exported in large -luantities. This place is the seat ot M.d-
dlebury College. Good fare and rest for travellers ,s furn.sl.e.
atlhe^<W.>". no<i»e, which has lately been remo.lelled and
furnished in the most modern style. From this centre the d.s-
tanceis short to Lakes George. Dunmore, and Cba.apla.n,
Grand View Mountain, and Belden Falls. The house has
fine livery stable connected with it, and furnishes careful,

attentive drivers. , ,

Soon the road approaches the shore of La^e Champla n,
and we catch fleeting glimpses, through .he openings ,n he
trees, of its glittering, sheeny surface. Stretehmg away in the
distance, its dancing waves, capped occasionally by a Ibtt.ng
sail, seem the embodiment of liquid life ; .hile ui the distance,
looming hazv and only half substantial in the.r purple bloom,
^e see the peaks of the Adirondacks, far beyond the clear ex-

^'^ WnTetfourteen miles north of Mi-ldlebnry, at the heal
of nav^alion on Otte. Creek, is the oldest city of % ermont^
There is an United States arsenal there; and much oi^ the
Bhip-building for Lake Chan.,.lain has been done at the place.

Otter

tor the

visitor

s:iil do

lightfu

Strrcm

of far

•' Curh

Henry

Ca.isin,

.lirect

it-eif {

With 1

the (in

Otter

affords

oiu^ a

Otter

stream

sides of

At I

the fore

to put r

picture

tagc of

N-ar

and a I

anrl we

very fc

bosom

in full v

sides, th

•Soon

and the

view, ail

so admi'

TocnrsTs' haxhiiook.

11.3

murin<is of tie lioau-
hou80 wiih soothing

nd oight niilt'B from
*at<T live miles Ion;;
■asaiit variety of hijili
l)rac!n<; mountain air
this quit!" a pojmlar

with siKcial riference
is woil ailapti'd to its

union, is t... tlie Otter
lutiful wild mountain
is found near by, and
ice is the seat of Mid-
travellers is furniidied
been remodelled and
jm this centre the dis-
lore, and Clmiaplain,
lis. The house has a
and furnishes careful,

8 of Lake Champlain,
J Jie openings in the
Stretching away in the
casionally by a Hitting
; while in the distance,
in their ptirple bloom,
ar beyond the clear ex-

liddlebury, at the heal
)ldest city of Vermont,
lere ; and much of the
aeen done at the place.

Otter Creek is h.-rc five hundred ft-et wide, and ia navigable
for the largest ships on the lake. At A'er,renn...s aNo, many
visitors stop for a few days to enjoy the view of the fills, the
siiil down Otter Creek and ufwn Lake Chanii)Iain, and the de-
lightful drives ir the n.'ighborhoo.!. F..r all sn.h tourists the
Sl.ve^ns House lAVwiU a desirable stopping-plaee, with the best
of fare, gootl rooms, and moderate charges. The steamer
•'Curlew." Capt. N. Crane, eonnect.s Vergennes with I'.irt
Henry on the west side of Lake Champlain, landing at Fort
Cassin. Hasin Harbor, and VVestport, thus givb:, one of the
direet routes to the .Adirondack Mountains. V.Tgennes is
itself a good place in whidi to sp.^nd the suni.n.r" months.
With Lake Chamjilain and the Adironda.ks on on ■ hand, and
the (ir.'en Mountains on the other, the scenerv is unsurpas.sed.
Otter Creek is well stocked with a large vaVieiv of fish. an<l
affords th.- best of boating, while the I'ort Henry iteamer gives
one a chance for daily excursions on her round trips, ^hc
Otter Creek Falls, at Vergennes, are at a point wh.'re the
stream is five h-mdred feet wide, divided by an island, on both
sides of which -he water makes a descent of thirtv-five feet.

At Ferrisburg a dam with its flashin- sheet of water forms
the foreground of as delightful a scene as a [lainter would wish
to put on canvas ; while to the left, across the meadows, opens a
picture of a cpiiet brook, and the neatly-kept grounds and cot-
tage of some thrifty farmer.

N-ar S elburne we get a lovely view of Lake Champlain :
and a little above, the cars pas^ very ne-^r to the water side,
and we see the fieUl of liipiid nzure stretching away from our
very feet, with its emerald isles nestled cosilv on the broid
bosom of the lake. The purple peaks of the Adirondiicks are
in full view ; and, .vith the soft haze which covers their rugged
sides, they seem the enchanted mountains of our dreams. '^^

Soon the bright picture fades; the shores of the lake recede;
and the train dashes through tracts of woodland obscuring the'
view, and giving only transient glimpses of the scenes we have
so admired. g

TOURISTS' BASDliOOK.

Twenty-one miks north of V.rg.nnes the road pafBo.
throuRh Binllngtor, which has betn previously relemd to,
crobses the Wiuooski River ju«t north of the < ity an.l ascen.Js
the river o.. the nor'V.ern bu, '. a* far a8 Kwex Junction.
North of this Junction, twenty-four miles from Burlington, m

St. Albani,
the great butU-r an.l cheese market of No.thern Vermont. It
was the starting p.int of a Fenian rr^i.l int.. Canada a few
years ago, and was .iltacked by robbers acting in syuM-athy «itl.
ihe Confederate government during the war. From ih.s ,,.ac.-
»tages run to Mis.is.,uoi Springs in the town ot ^I'^W^"-

In the town .,f A.burgh, «i.xtocn miles north of St. Abans,
are the Alburgh Spring;., m.ich in favor among invalids lor
their curative powers. The iK,wer and extent of the.r heal.ng
qualities are well establislied. ilighgate Springs are at ll.gh-
gate, the lat sUtion in Vermont before crossing the Ime :
These also are patronized quite extensively by invaV.ds. bo.ng
uorth Irom Ilighgate the road crossea the Riehel.eu at St.
Johns, and thence passes on to Montreal, from which pomt we
proceed to Quebec as previously described.

Across Vermont to the White Mountaint.
Others of our readers, having visited with us the wonderful
Adirondack region, may prefer to give the Canadian resorts
the go-by, and to proceed at once to the White Mountains.
Tley wUl cro« the lake from Plattsburg to Burl.ngton.
whence via Essex Junction they will cross the State of Ver-
mont to AVhite River Junction, thence up the Pa^sumpsic Road
to Wells River, Littleton, and the mountains. From Lssex
Junction the road follows the valley of the Winooski River as
far as Montpelier. This stream, which is oiteu in view In m
the car-windows, is a wild, dasling current with f.e.,uent falls
and rapids. Camel's Hump Mountain, between Duxbury and
Bolton, can be seen, sometimes barely showing itsalt beyond

interv
back;;

.■-*-<

(a4!i

At W
going tc
run from
summit c

a new ho

!» the roa.l pafsc*
vioui'ly retciTud to,
the ( ity anil ascends
as Essex Junction,
roin Burlington, i*

ithern Vermont. It
I into Citnada a few
ing in syn>i)athjr witli
rar. From this place
*n of Sheldon .
north of St. A bans,
auionj; invalids for
stent of thfir liealing
Springs are at lligh-
•e crossing the line :
y by invahds. Going
the Riehelieu at St.
from which point we
•d.

Mountaiua.

with us the wonderful
the Canadian resorts
he White Mountains.
Bburg to Burlington,
sross the Stute of Ver-
p the Patsunipsic Road
untains. From Essex
the Winooski River as
li isofttu in view fn m
unt with tie(iu(nt falls
between Duxbury and
showing itsalf beyond

TOU.'tlSTS' HANDBOOK.

intervening peaks, and sometimes forming the magnificent
background of a long and wide valley.

MOUNT MANSFIELD FltOM WATERBURY.

At W ate, bury is the stopping-place for travellers who are
going to Camel's Hump and Alount Mansfield. Stages ore
run from M aterbury to Stowe, which is eight miles from the
summit of Mount Mansfield. In this town is the

Xoont Kanifield Hotel,
a new house accommodating four hundred guests, with large,

Tou/iisrs' iiASLnooK.

a'ryroon,. in .ui.. or privato parlor., brilliantly l.iil'tod w.tl.
««/, ...ppliHl with livery nnbl..., b.mlin);! al cy^ croquet
LuM.lH, ,A.c,tl.eatr..,.in(l billiar.1 halls. A t. I.Brapl. ofl.ce
U n.ar l.v; nn.l tie t.M, i. -pre-,.l with th. .■h..,..e^t .l.-l.eac.e«

SUMMIT OF Mi)VST MAySFIKLD.

Of the season. A good road has b.-en built to ,l>e l..p of tlu.
.uounlaiu, over which vi^itors can be taken with saUty wuh-
out .hange of carriages. The trip is one of_ gr... .ntcre>
presenting at every turn new views of .no.nUain, valley, lake

and ri
in pra:
tain, li
the to|
your I
'J'he V
Camel
range
the in:
rania <
the

scrati'l
fact hi
gisto, V
Moil
River,
I'tivUk
nishcs
kept,
former
great
leaves
foUowt
to Whi

At t:

Manvh
Falls II
Uiilroa
Hurlin<
long I):
Sjieci d
C.mad:
at all I
stop,
and is i

IK.

irilliantly lijil'tod witli
vlin^r alleys, iroquet
1. A ti !»'(j;r:ipli oflicc
thi> th<>i<'0''t ilclicncies

-.i^fy

TAysFn:i-i).

I built to the lop of till'

taken with sality with-

is one of ^n-.d interot,

)f inoiinlHin, valley, lake,

Tou/nsrs ' iiAsr>iwoK.

117

nnil river geenery. Artists and forei^jii travellers speak liinh'y
in prai.-e of it. There is a good hotel on thi! 'op of tlic moun-
tain, live huiidreil feet above the 8sa level. Tlic views t'niin
the top arc ma^nlfii^oiit. The entire Champlain ^'alley is at
your feet; and the distant Adinmdncks appear in the west.
The view includes Owl's Head, Jay Peak, Kellin^'tc.n P.-ak,
Caiuers Iliinip, Ascutney, and the entire White Mrantaiii
ranjje in New Hampshire. A well-known divine, in view of
the marvellous revelation, has well exclaimed, " This pano-
rama . .eds any thing else on the continent." Deposits of
the .il period are found at the summit, the roiks and
scrat lies made by thcni being of frequent oceunenee : the
fact has given the place great interest in the eyes of geolo-
gists, who have vi8ite<l it from every part of the world,

Montpelier, the capital of the State, is on the ^Vinooski
River, standing on what was once the bed of the lake. 77(c
J'di'I'wn Hotel, in Montpelier, is pleasantly situated, fur-
nishi s excellent hccommodation, and is in every respect well
kept. At Northfield is the Vermont iHlitary Institute,
forsnerly the Norwich Univer.xity. Dark-colored slate of
great value is (juarried near here. At Iloxbury the road
leaves the Do;,' River, a branch of the Winooski which it Las
followed hitherto, and strikes the AVhite River, which it follows
to White River Junction.

At lliis Junction the Northern Railroad from Concord and
Man'■he^ter, t'lo Connecticut Valley Railroad from Bellows
Falls and places south, the Passump^^ic and Connecticut Rivers
Rulroad, and the road over which we have just passed Iroui
Rurlington. all centre. The Junction House at this place has
long been a favorite with the travelling public. It oilers
specid conveniences for those who are travelling between
C.inada and Boston or New York. Through trains arrive here
at all hours of the day and ni;>ht, making sometimes a lone
stop. This huus'.!, which is hut a (ew steps from the station,
and i.-i e\ery way a fi st-rate hotel, gives to all travelhrs needed

^'^^^res3»!!ayE^t^

118

TovnisTS' HAnnnooK.

rest ami fan-. There ia a larj?e ilining-liall in the itntlon. well
mipplii'd with all the best provisions of the market. TdSm'"-

pors by the first trail up from Boston, wliith arrives hero
about half-past one, have to wait liere long enough to take a

lomfo
kept I

Twin
Frii
exiiau
run n
HoNloi
and M

ki-pt I
place,
wit.li

opposl

p. AV.

attraci

J-^Uii^l^iS j3l^^.«

II in the itntlon, well
ho market. l'.i«8«'ii-

nt.'

II, whith arrives here
ong enougli to take a

TOVniSTS' HANDBOOK.

110

I omfortnble diniHT cither at tlic iliiiiiig-hiill or the hott-l. It ii
kfpt l)_v Muncrs. A. T. and O. F. liurruii, thu itniprietorH of the
Twin Miiiiiitaiii mid Crawford lloiiMt'!*.

From White Uver Junction, the Utur'st who findA hii time
j'xIiausU'd before making the tour of tiie White Mountaiiiii,
van re'urn direct to Ilo«ton, I'ia the Northern, Concord, and
Huston, Ix)well, and Nashua Kailroad, pngsin^ tlirou>,'ii Concord
and Mancliefter on the way. At Concord the

Ph«niz KouM,
kept by J. R. Crocker, will he found a moat attractive stopping-
place. The liouso IS spacious, well arranjied. and provided
with every motlern convenience and luxury. (See cut on
opposite page.) At Manchester the

Haialtina Hottl,

THE HASELTINK HOTEL.
P. AV. Ilaseliine, E^i., proprietor, is a new and elegant hotel,
attractive in its outward ap[)earance, as will bo seen by the

120

TOURISTS' IIASnnoOK.

cut, an.l wiiliin Huppll.-a with (.very luxury aii.l cohvimiu'iko to
be foUM.l in rttn m.tr..|...litan hotel. Fn.iu Mai..h.-Ht.T our
route takfh im tlut.ii;;!. N.iiliua, N.ll., a thriviIl^' inniuira.tiirin-
city on the Ni.il.ua Itiv.-r, a brrnich of thP M.rrliunck ; an.l
Lowell, the fmuous ■•(.'ity of Spindles," to \V,*\w\.

valley o
sij^ht. .
route b(
Creek, v
tant fro
thiough
tween ^
five thou
near this
a tie seen
pendicul

anil convoiiienct' to
1)111 Maiuhi'Htcr our
iviii^ inniiiiritcliirini;
II' Mtrrlranck ; nml

l{(l?<tUII.

CI/APTEli /.v.

Route to Niagara Falli.

<?") WW^ '^"'"^'^ '" ^^•'"'Htoi^ii (itlvn niiike a trip to
N'ifi),'irii I'iill.-, ('/(} Solii'iiectaily, over tlif NVw
Vork Cintral Railroad, anil return by one of
tiio Caiinilian routoH. From Snra(«>f;ii ,i riil«
ot' thrt'e-iiu .riers of an hour bririjr.i us t Sch,..
nectady, the seat oC Ifniou C(iilef{e, an iiicii-nt
town on ihu Mohawk River: then (he Iravi-ller
takes the cars over the New York Central l<)r
>."ia(;ara Fails, and goes weNtwiird throii<^li the
wealtiiy atid jwpulous State of New York. For
nearly one hundred miles the road follows the
valley of the Mohawk ; and mneh of the time the river is in
sight. At Rome the road rt-aches the highest foint on thu
route between the Hudson River and Lake Ontario Wood
Creek, wl|ich llowi into Lake Ontiirio, is Ie>8 than a mile dis-
tant from the Mohawk at this point. The road passes
thioujih Roehester, the largest and most inijwrtant city be-
tween Alhany and RuflTalo, having a population of seventy-
five thousand. The (Jenesee Falls, on the Gene.see River, are
near this place. The river, within a course of three miles, has
a descent of iwo hundred and twenty-six feet, with three per-
pendicular (alls of nini ty-five, tw^nly, and seventy-five feet.

121

122

TOURISTS' HANDBOOK.

From the highest of the^e. the not««l Sam Patch made the
fa...oa« leap .hat ended hie life. The river has worn a deep
channel into the date stone; and in some parts of .!» .•oi.r.e tJ.e
Bteep rock ri.es more than three hundred feet above the nver
bed. From lljchest^r one miy go by the southern rorte
through B.tavU and Butfalo, o,- by the northern through Lock-
port, the la. ter being the. more cirect. Eighty miles west from
Rochester, the roid omes to Suspension Bridge, two mi.es
below Niagara Fal s.

Hiagara Village and its Hotalt.
If we are to see the American side first, and the points ac-
cessible therelron. we will continue on to the station alme, in
the village directlv besi.le the Falls There are several hotel.
..ear the station. The Cataract Hou e is close by the bridge that
spans the narrow strip of w tter between the shore and Goat
Islan.l; and the International is hut a Jew .teps from it. ih.s
house, cf wl,ich Mr. J. T. Fulton, jun., is iha proprietor, is the
largest and finest hotel at the Falls, and v-ill compa ■ favor-
ably with any which the tourist will visit at any place. Ihe
rooms are large, airy, and handsomely furnlshe.l, many of them
overlooking the Rapids, Goat Island, ai,d th^ Falls; the table
is uaex.eptionable, being supplied with all the sub.tant.als
and luxuries of the season; the attendance i^ excellent, the
prhe, reasonable; and everything about the house is homelike
and enjoyible. Mr. Fulton, though a young man, has had
lon<r and valuable experience in the hotel business, and is emi-
nently qualified for his position. Thj pp,st season he has added
one of the- most delightful features possible to h.s establish-
ment. This is a building - in itself large enough for a small
watering-place hotel -ealled the "River Parlors," wh.ch is
built over and projecting directly into the gre^t Rapids, near
the bridge to Bath Island. The building is tasteful in outward
appearance; and within, on the second floor, are grand parlors
overlooking the seething rapils, and surrounded by balconies,

m Pati'h ma<le tlie
Br has worn a deep
artsof i!» course tlie
:eet above the river
the southern rorte
tliern through Loek-
glity mll«8 west from
J Bridge, two miies

>tali.

, and tlie points ac-
the stalion alwve, in
•rc are several hotels
ose by the bridge that
the shore and Goat
' steps from it. This
iha proprietor, is the
will compat" fivvor-
at any place. The
nlshcd, many of them
thi Falls; the table
all the substantials
ince i^ excellent, the
the house is himelike
voung man, has had
il business, and is emi-
it season he has added
sible to his establish-
are enough for a small
er Parlors," which is
the greit Rapids, near
T is tasteful in outward
floor, are grand parlors
rrouuded by balconies,

TOVniSTS' HANDBOOK

123

on which one may sit at evening and watch the ever-changin »
mood of the waters, while their roar resounds with mighty ca-
dence in his ears. These parlors are splendidly furnished, the
most exqui^te taste and the most costly fabrics and work-
manship being displayed. On the same floor, and that alwve,
are eingle rooms ami rooms en suite, also most elegantly ap-
pointed, which are by many degrees the most desirable aleef.ing
apartments to be found at the Falls. A week's stay with Mr.
Fulton will not be regretted by any visitor to Niagara.

The Tonr of the Iilandi.

The bridge to Bath Island has been mentioned. It is a sub-
stantial iron Btru'-ture, crossing from the International over
the Rapids to Bath Island, on which there is a paper mill and
several small buildings. A similar but smaller bridge crosses
to (Joat Island. The payment of fifty cents enables one to
make the entire tour of the islands, or one dollar pays for a '
season ticket. Goat Island is one of the wonders of Niagara.
It would be a most charming and picturesque island anywhere,
with its noble growth of forest trees, its sylvan dells, its fertile,'
sunny openings, and its delightful shade. But here, sur-
rounded by the mighty river rushing onward to its stupendous
plunge, the island seems to gain additional beauty ; and new
wonders develop themselves at every visit. At the upper end
is the vast expanse of the Rapids ; on either side the marvellous
Falls, separated by the island itself, which, on its lower end,
between the Falls, is a bare precipice of rock, rising sheer from
the bed of the river over a hundred and fiiV feet in height.
From Goat Island a small bridg.i "rosses over the Central Fall,
a lovely sheet of water, to Luna Islam!, — a tiny islet perched
on the very verge of the precipice, and laved on either side by
the Central and American Falls. At nearly, the opposite ex-
trepiity of Goat Island, a bridge is thrown across a small por-
tion of the Rapid-., to the first of three little islands, densely
wooded, and ki»own as the Three Sisters, other bri.lges cou-

J^SSSVrs-.S.'Jtf-

124

TounisTs- iiisinwoK.

nwti..- witl' tl"' tw'J >•'■»» •'"'"« '"'*'"'• ^'^'" *'*''"'' " *1''""''"'
view of the uil^lity rapi.ls down to tho c.l;,'e of tl.u ^'ivut
Ciinadiiiii Fall, and tlie omUne of iU bol.l nwee]., aro -aine.l.
At the idjc:! ;ilii> Mt of this tro nendom eatanict iinother 8ui:ill
foot-l)rid'U' is thiowii across ii slend.T clianm-l of water, to a
roeky prJiuiru-.i.e i,. the vory eduL. of the Fall itself. Here sto .d
Terrai)in I'ow.t, a eircuhxr otructure of stone forty-five t -it
hi'di. famous lor many years, from the top of wl.ieh visitois
could se.^ the entire Falls, and even peer into the depths of the
foaminji abyss l..-low. »ut last year, bein^r (^eemed uus ife. it
was blown up ; and a new and more s.ilHianti.-il sTucture is to
take its pla.e. Even the view of th.- llil.i Is from this point,
or, indeed, from any point o;i th« islands, would repay a visit.
The river, with its ini',,'htv volume of w.iter, pours over thi!
ro.ky bott.mi, whi. h h.»s a rapid .K-seent. - over fifty feet in
three-<piirters of a niile,-eausinu a suceession of sin ill ca-
ead.s, boiling whirlpools, and rushiuj- channels.

The Biddle Stairs, and Cave ol the Wirds.

On the face of the vertical preLipice between tho falls a
woodentower, enea^ing a spiral .staiica^e, leads down to the
bank of broken rofk and dChri^, which has evidenily ialUu
from the clilVs above, and forms a narrow dyke, sloping' to the
waters of the riv.r. At the foot of these " Biddle Stairs" «
person can emerge and walk for some distance beneath the
clili; almost ti, the fo .t of the great Cana-lian Fall, and, by a
sucession of woo<len foot-bridges guarded by railings, into the
" Cave of the Winds." as the space between th,. overhanging
pecipiee and the sheet of water forming the Central Fall h
called. In this cave the visitor, clad in rubber clothing, and
wearing canvas overshoes to i«-event slipping, is drenched
with the spray \vhich the currents of air, drawn in by the
motion of the water, and meeting in the centre, are eonstintly
wbirliii" in every direction, while the tremendous roar of the
vast body of water, beating on the ro.ks beb»v, makes every

-iJi^

•A'^a of till! [iivat
iweeji, aro ^'.lined.
■act iinother 8ui:ill
iiH'l of water, to a
I iisiilf Here sto 111
one forty-five f-it
I of wliicli visitois
,0 tbe di'ptlis of the
('ei'ined mis iff. ii
itial 8'riictiiri! is to
Is from this point,
tiiiM ri-jiay a visit.
:er, pours over thi;
— over fifty fcet in
ission of siiuil ca^-
ncls.

le Wii ds.

)etween the fallf, a
lends down to tbe
has evidi'iiily fallen
Jyke, sloping to the
e " Biddle Stairs" a
istance beneath the
ilian Fall, and, liy a
1 by railin;!?, into the
en th' ovirban<:ing
the Central Fall U
rubber olotiiing, and
,ip|)ing, is drenched
f>ir, drawn in by the
•entie, are eonstiiiUy
■mentions roar ol' the
i bebw, makes every

CEXTliAL FALLS. (Cave of the mmh.)

126

TOVniSTS' HAKDBOOK.

other sound inaudible, and nearly deafen* the touiisl. From !\
vi«it to the " Cave of the Winds " a person can gain an idea
of the immense volune of water eonstanlly pouiing over the
Falls, this Central Fall being bat a slender rivulet conipand
with the lofty American Fall, itself cniaU in con»parison with
the jireiit Canadian Fall. Near the Biddle Stairs is shovn the
spot where Sam Patch is said to have leaped from a projecting
staging, down into the deep water below the Fall, and to haxe
come out in safety. Goat Island \i visited by thousands t ve y
year, the circuit of the island being made by carnages, and an
opportunity given for the occupants to dismount at each point
of interest.

Prospect Park and iU Attraotiona.

Returning to the Amtrican there from the tour of the
islands, we proceed down the river bank a short distance to n.
lofty gateway inscribed " Product Park." Here twenty-five
cents admits a foot passengir. Of this Prospict Park much
nonsense has been written in the past year or two, about "fen-
cing in the Falls," &c., and much denunciation of the owners
of the land for their greed. No doubt the State of New Yorls,
years ago, ouj;ht to have re8er>ed the lands lying along tl e
Falb, f 8 a part of the public domain, and made (.f them a free
pleasure park ; but the State did nothing of the kind. It sold
grants of land to the settlers ; and they have had to do the
best they could. When Niagara first became a famous water-
ing place, there were no improvements. Goat Island was
almost inaccessible. There were no means of visiting the spots
where now the most enjoyment is found. By degrees the
islands have been opened to visitors, the ferry across the river
eslablifhed, the suspension bridges constructed. But Prospect
Point— the projection of land directly abreast the Ameiican
Fall, and from whit h one could toss a chip or even dip his hand
into the very caUract — lemalned unimproved. It was a rough,
rocky, scrubby cliff, covered with loose stones and gnarly trees,

with no

wary (ii

a bonds,

could ni

visitors

themseh

have ( m

edge of

visi'.ors,

the rush

safe and

rock) to

cleared i

&c. An

ce..;") ad

about " i

A simi

and the t

On this t

view of t

below tht

fact that

ada shore

scramble

stones ale

Fall, and

Rock, tht

Then, hav

walk dow

Bridge *' (

eighteen I

he can ret

Canadian

the Amerl

the toui i»l. From !x
I can gain an iilea
ly poui ing over the
sr rivulet coinpan-d
in comparison with
: Stairs is shov^ n the
Bd from a projecting
he Fall, and to ha\ e
by thousands «vey
by carnages, an<l an
nount at each point

stiona.

"om the tour of tlie
I short distance to a
" Here twenty-five
i'rosptct Park much
jr or two, about " fen-
iation of the owners
B State of New Yorls,
nds lying along tl e

made <-f them a free
of the kind. It sold

have had to do the
same a famous water-
8. Goat Island was
8 of visiting the spots
nd. By degrees the
ferry across the river
ructed. But Prospect
.breast the Ameiicau
p or even dip his hand
iroved. It was a rough,
ones and gnarly trees,

TOVniSTS' HANDBOOK.

127

with no wall or railing even at the brink, to prevent the un-
wary f.om fa/ling over; infested by peddlers, Indians, and vag-
abonds, and having no conveniences for the visiter. The land
could not le madv. productive to the owners ; for the hosts of
visitors would constantly overrun it. So the owners associated
themselves, and, at an ex|«n8e of several thousand dollars,
have inclosed the Point, built a solid and sate wall along the
edge of the piei.ipice and on the bi.je towards the Fall.eo that
visitors, even childnn, can tit with perfect safety directly over
the rushing torrent, and gaze into its foamy depths ; built a
safe ami rapid inclined railway (in a tunnel through the solid
rock) to the water's edj^e below the fall, built summer houses,
cleared and beautified the grounds, supplied them with scats,
&c. And because, for the enjoyment of all this, twent)-five
ce..ts adraissioM is charged, a howl has gone up, fbisootb,
about " fencing in the Falls."

Across the Elver to the Canadian Fall.

A similar fee pays for the descent of the inclined railway,
and the ferry passage across the river to the Caiadian shore.
On this trip, which is made in a barge, one has a magnificeut
view of the whole of the Falls at once, looking up from the river
below them, which is bete not broad but very deep, so deep in
fact that the water appears a dark green. liiaching the Can-
ada shore, one can ascend a road to the bank above, or can
scramble (if he be ^o minded, and have thick bcots) over the
stones alcnj; the water's edge to the loot of the great Canadian
Fall, and ascend the stone stairs which formerly led to Table
Rock, the giant remains of which we pass in our scrainb'-.
Then, having viewed the Falls from the Canadian ade,afchort
walk down the river brings us to the " New Suspension
Bridge •' (for carriages and foot passengers only) which crosses
eighteen hundred feet below the American Fall and by wl ich
he can return to this side. The towers of this bridge on the
Canadian side are one hundred and twenty feet high, and on
the American side one hundred and six feet.

j^28 TOUniSTS' HANMiOOK.

The Great fluipenslon Bridge, and the View Thenoe.

But tlie Suspension Bridge known the worM over as one of
the greatest achievements of engineering A\\\ is two mile,
below the Fails. Its length is eight hnn.lre.l feet, and its
height above the water two hundred and sixt v--ight feet. Tlie
tow^ers are sixty six feet high ; and each of the four main cables
Bupi)orting the britlge is nine in.hes in diameter, and oo:nposed
of tioht, thousand wires. There is a carriage and foot way
twentj-ei<'l.t feet below the railroad track. One mile oelow
the Su-prnsion Bridge the river widens, and gives a sud.len
turn, i,o that the waters are forced along in an immense seeth-
ing, heaving whirlpool. A mile below the Whirlpo:il is the
Devil's Hole, one hundred and fifty feet deep, and two acres m
extent. The carriage road runs right up to the margin of the
abyss, so that without leaving a carriage one may look down
into it. From the Suspension Bridge a splen.lid view ot th,!
entire Falls is gained. It is like a panorama or a bird's-eye
view, so complete, yet so reduced by distance ; and many think
it the finest view that can be anywhere gained of the great
wonder, Niagara. At the Suspension Bridge, the waters of
the river are compressed into a nari-ow gorge, with high per-
pendicular cliffs for banks. From thoir top one can look down
two hundred and forty feet to the surface of the water. Ihc
bottom of the stream is probably as much farther down -, at
any rate, the water, from its immense deiith, looks as darkly
•rreen as the ocean itself. Much denunciation has been wasted
on Niagara hatel-keepsrs, Niagara haek.nen, and Niagara
swindles generallv ; and it is mainly bTsud on ignorance or in-
justice. The hotel charges are no higlier than at any other
prominent summer resort; there are no more "extras;" the
f>es for seeing the wonders are — as we hive seen— very
reasonable, considering the attractions; and the charges of the
hack-drivers are (luite moderate, if one be not ovsr-tlush with
his money at the outset. The hackmen are all licensed by the

corpon

or incii

dollars

one arc

doMars

are pet

jewelry

obliged

the Fal

inemeni

same cl

dian sh

Prospec

are prei

" Bende

The r

with the

Lundy's

are noai

the rivei

tion on ]

one huni

Danie
1825, an
been ofte
producti(
changed

" Lake
Lake On
one perc(
the way i
below the
Lake £ri

ITiew Thence.

n'lil over as one of
skill is two railei*
ii'.red feet, and its
t,v-''i;;htfcct. Tlie
;hi' ('Diirmaincabli's
letcr, sintl ooinposod
ria^e and foot way
One mile oelow
inil pives a sudden
I an inmienae seeth-
e Whirlpool 13 the
ep, and two acres in

the margin of tbe
me may look down
pli-ndid view of th.!
•aina or a bird's-eye
ice ; and many think
rained of the gieat
•idge, the waters of
irge, with high per-
p one can look down
! of the water. The;
ch farther down -, at
pth, looks as darkly
ition lias been wasted
■kiucn, and Niagara

1 on ignorance or in-
er than at any other
) more " extras ; " the
,ve hive seen — very
and the charges of the
ic not ovar-tlush with
ire all licensed by the

TOUniSTS' IIAXDDOOK. ^ J

corporation of the village; and any complaint of over-ei.arge
or incivility will secure the revocation of a license. For two
dollars (and the gate-fees) a good carriage can b'. had to take
one aro.md the island, and through I'rosnect Park; for five
doHars two persons can ride all the forenoon. Of course there
are petty swin.lles in the httle shops fo. the .ale of" Tabl<vrock
jewelry," Indian head-work, feUher fans, etc.; but no one is
obliged to buy them. And excellent stereoscopic views of
the tails, which are decidedly the prettiest and most useful
inementoe. to bring away, can be bought as cheaply as the
same class of goods in New York or Boston. On the Cana-
dian shore the principal hotels are the Clifton Hjuse, the
I'rospect House, and the Pavilion. Varied views of the Falls
are presented on this «de ; an.l among ohcr attraction, are
■ Bender's Cave " an I the "Burning Spring."
• The neighborhood is full of historic associations connected
with the last war with (iieat Britain. Fort Erie, Chippewa,
Lundy s Lane, and many other scenes of hard-fou-ht battles,
arc near. Lewiston and QueenstoTrn are on opposite sides of
the nver, seven miles below the Falls, at the head of naviga-
tion on Lake Ontario. At Queenstown is Brock's monument,
one hundred and eighty-five feet high.

Daniel Webster's Famous Description.

,.?.''"''VJ'^''^'''' '^^«*="Pti°° of Niagara Falls, written in
1825, and found in vol. ii., p. 385, of his correspondenee, has
been often (juoted ; a.id some passages from it are worthy of re-
production here, though many things which he describes are
changed since 1825 : —

"Lake J]rie is three hundred and thirty feet higher than
Lake Ontario; but, in descending the river from Lake Erie,
one perceives no very great descent, although the current is all
the way rapid, till we get nearly down to the Falls. A little
below the village of Black Rock, perhaps about five miles from
Lake En^, the river divides into two channels, forming a large

J 30 TOVntSTS' HANDBOOK.

island in the centre eallea Grand hh, about, twelve n.i... iong
and n ...e pla.e. «i. or seven broad. This .sand ternu-
nates.and .h« two channels unite again, ju.t '^f the ead <.
what are calle.l the llapid., a mde or a ,mle an.l a 1 all above
the Kreat Falls. These rapids are a succession of .asuarie
spreading over the whole river, of different and vanous be ght^
a ul appearances, ren.lering the whole breadth of the stream
(which is here not less than two miles) wh..« w.th ioa.n. They
would fortn a fine object, if there were nothing n^"'- ^^ '^-»;»^;
attention another way. Midway of these .ap.-ls s C..a
Island, which divides the river into two unequal l«^rt8, about
one-third in brea.lth being on the eastern or A"~ J'^^'
an,l two-thirds en the Uritish. lids island runs down to he
very brink of the Falls, and there terminates m a perpen.hc-
uhu precipice (a «all of v.ck), which is part of the same
^eat declivity over which the river pours. Th.s island thus
divides the river, so that it falls over the prec.p.ee in two
sheets. The length of Uic fall on the American side is esti-
ited at three hundred.and eighty yards ; /l- distance aero,
the end of Goat Island three hundred and thtrty yards tit
Icncrth of the fall on the British side seven hundred yards.
The fall is thought to be the highest on the American s.de be-
ing there one hundred and sixty-live feet, and on the Bnt.sl
Je one hundred and fifty. Vastly the g'-fef port. on of
water (three-fourths, or even more) runs on the British s de

. I have seen no description which correctly represents U.e
line of these Falls. From the end of Lake Ene to Lewiston,
wWch i^^even miles below the Falls, the surface of the earth ..
uncommonly level; but here at Lewiston is a great descent
from the level of Lake Erie to that o Lake Ontario. A > ou
descend the river from Lake Erie'and approach the l" alls, the
Zr seems to fall away from your feet, and to p.^h ng
down into the earth. Many miles before you reach the I all
ylsee the mist or spray rising like a cloud ; but th.s does not
eem to be rising from the earth into the air as much .8 from

th'! cent
from thi
seven in
one huti(
pcr|jendi
that the
now are
away thi
si lion.

" In d<

l.ill, or w

one bund

makes in

<iown thii

head of t

I ween th

ured wit!

towards I

expected!

and seem

broken ri(

forward t(

see. The

stream cr

onward, a

water's ed

the bank ;

Going alor

thought th

can Fall

Island, am

farther to

which will

to look at

where it fa

welvo niiiui- iong
liig iBlaml termi-

at the head »t'
ind a liiilf alxjvo
jsion of cascades
J various bi-ights
ih cf the stream
with i'oain. They
ig near to call the
> lapids IB tioat
Miual parts, about
)r American side,
•una down to the
:s in a jHjriiendic-
part of the same

This island thus

precipice in two
rican side is esti-
ihe distance across

thirty yards; tlie
>n hundred yards.
American side, be-
nd on the IJritislk
rreatest iwrtion of
1 tlie British side,
ictly represents tlie

Erie to Lewiston,
rface of the earth is
is a great descent,
e Ontario. As you
•oach the Falls, the
and to pitch right
rou reach the Falls
d ; but this does not
lir as much p8 from

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th. centre of the earth to the surface : it appears to be con.ine
fro... the ^rroun.l. From the bottom of the Falls to Lewiston
seven m.lcs. tN. whole channel of the river is one ^reat. troi.«h
one hundred or one hundre.l and f.fVy feet deep, with sides of
per,^nd,cularn..k. This h.s piven .urrency to the opinion
that the tails were once seven miles lower down than they
now are, and that the force of the water in time has worn
away the rocks, and forced the Falls back to their present po-

"Inde.ce..di„gtoget a nearer view, we j;o -low,, a steep
Inil, or what may be called the upper part of the bank, about
one hund.ed .eet. This is about as much dencent as the river
makes .n the Itapids above the Falls; so that, having con.e
.io<»n this distance, we are on a level with the water at the
head of the Falls. There are several a.res of flat land be-
tween the foot of this hill and the wate.'s edge, thickly cov-
ered will, trees and shrubbery. A plank walk leads aloi.g
towards the river. The wate.- is seen rather suddenly and un
expectedly throuj;h a vista or avenue of trees. It is nearly
and seems to be quite, on your own level. Great and un-'
broken ri.ijres come hastening a..d boundin;,' along, and rush
forwar, to the precipice, which as yet the Poectator does not
see. The n.agn.tude, the strength, and the hurry of the n.ijrhty
stream create deep and instant consternation. Proceeding
onward, and turning a little down the stream, we come to the
water'.s edge at the top of the fall. The water is even with
the bank ; and we can wash our hands with safety in the river
Going along on die Table Rock, we have what is generally
thought the best view of the Falls; fronting us is the Ame-i-
can Pall and the little cascade; fa.ther to the right. Goat
island, and the commencement by it of the British Fall ■ and
farther to the right is the g.eat circular fall, or Horse Shoe
which will hardly allow the eyes to bo withdrawn long enough
to look at any thing else. You may stand by the water just
where .t falls off; and if your head does not swim you may pro-

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re.Ml tr, t1 brink ,.f T >l.l.) ILn-k, and look down into the pul
beacath. Tl.i. m all Irodi an.l foan, «ud 8,>ray : r.syou itand
here it lookH as if «J1 H.e watvr of .h. .l..!- w... coll .-tod
roun.l .hiH oircle, an.l pouring down I.er. into ih., lenl v, o«
the oiirih. As wo ntfxxl t..-diiy at notn, on tl.e proj. clinj?
point at Table lW;k, we l.H.k.d over into tl..^ aby^H ; an. , far
bM.eath our Icet, arcbe.l over tbi» lre.nendou« RK«.e^al« <>
water, we saw a perfect and .-adinnt rainbow. Thi. ornament
of hciiven do..8 not »ecni out of place in b.inj? l.all way ..p the
,hcctof M,«j.|..riou8 cataract: it looked a« if the nkles them-
«el7«s paid horaaKC to this stupen.lou. work ot nature.

" vLx Table llock, or a litMo farth -r down, a w.nd.ng
staircase is eonstru.tcd, ,lown whi.h we descend fn.m the level
of T Sk U.K-k, ninety five feet. 'Y\m brings us to the bottom
0' r., p,rpendicular rock' an.l from this place we descend
fifty or sixty feet fardur, over large fragments of ro.k and
other substanc'3, down to the e Ige of the river. 1. at the tot-
tom of the staircase (i.>stead of descending farther) we choose
to tur., to the ri;.hl a..d go up the s.ream, keeping close at the
foot of Table Uock or the perpe..dicular b u>k, we poon get to
the foot of the fall, an.l approiich the edge of the falling ma.s.
It is easy to go in behind lor a little distar.e between the fal-
ling water and a.c ro.k over whicU it is precipitated. Ih.s
cannot be done, however, without being entirely wet. I r. m
wilh:n this cavern there issues a wind, occasionally very strong
and brincnng with it such showers u.^d torrents of spray that
we are s^n as wet as if we had come over the Falls w,.h the
water. As near to the fali in this place as you can well come
is perhaps the spot on which t„e mind is most deeply unpresst-d
viih the whole scene. Over our h.ads hangs a iearful ro.|k,
projecting like an unsupported pia^a. Before us is a hurly-
Lly of waters too deep to be fathomed, too irregular to be
described, shromled in too much mist to be clearly seen: water,
vapor, foam, and atmosphere are all mixed uptogel-her m sub-
lime confusion. By our side, down comei this worhl of green

down into the pull'
ij.rny : !» you Maml
,\„\n' wim coll ctoil

into iht! iciil v, oJ'
I, on tht! pioj' Clint?

tl>'' aby»H; an>', far

Mulous RKJ?"«'}ialC of

)v». This ornament
ii\n^ Irillway up the
« if tiic »klu8 thcm-
•k of nature,
■"i- down, a winding
I'scend from the level
iigrt us to tiie bjttom
B place wo descend
i(j;inents of rock and
river, li at the lH)t-
ig farther) we diooae
, keeping close at the
b uik, we poon get to
;c of the falling nia-is.
ivi:e between the fal-
ls prtcipitated. This
r entirely wet. Fnni
!ca»ii.niil!y very strung,
torrents of spray, that
ver the Falls with the
as you can well come,
most deeply impressed
hangs a i'earful roik,
Before us is a hurly-
ed, too irregular to be
be clearly seen : water,
ted up together in sub-
163 this worhl of green

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133

and white waters ami pours info the invisible ahyw. A
steady, unvarying, low-toned ro;,r tluii.ders incc»!.a>.tly upon
(Mir ears. As we I<K)k -ip we think some 8u:!den disaster lias
..|)eM0d the scan, and that all their floo<ls arc ,.o„,ing down
i.jwn us at onco; l.nt we soon rocollect that what we m-e is not
a su.id.n or viol.nt exln .ition. l„.t the pcrnia-u-rt and uniform
character o( th(! object which we contemplate. There the
grand specta.k' has stoo<l for ( ent.iries, - from the . reation. as
fiir a.s w.. know, without .hinge. From the he -innin^r it has
.•^l.ake., as it now .Iocs fliccarlh and the air; an.l its u.rvarying
thunder existed before there were human ears to hear it. lie-
lleclions like thes,- on the durati.m and permaMcncv of .his
pnn.l ol.jeet naturally arise, and cmtribtte much to the d.'ep
(eei.ng whi.h the whole scene produces. We cannot help be-
ing struck with a sense of the iiisi.M,;*icance of man rnd all
his works compa-ed with what is before us."

CIIAPTUR X.
Acroa. Lak« Ontavio. and dowa the 8t. Lawrence to Moutr.al.
KAVIN(J Niagara, an onviabU- portion o{ our
. oun ..y i. tha? to Montreal, by tl.e St. Lawn-no.-
■ U r Two routes may ».o chosen. - .n. Uv ra.l
.. Kingston c,r lVe.H,.t, tU-noc by H.-an.er < own
U,e St. ! awrcnre; the other by boat a.-m.s I-akc
'tario. and down the river. Tho.e wl,o .U..ro
o.. are compelled by urgency of tune can nu

„n all-ran trip from Toronto to Mon.re,. 1 n t
tbey will lose the ehar-ning scen.ry ot iht . t.
Laurence and 'he Thousand I.lard. But ;:-:--

nunic view of the Lake and the St. Lawrence, wdl be foun
useful an.l valuable.

Dovm the Hlagara Slver.

• •* 'r.,,.r.ntn- mid to "Ct there take ii
T« nitlipr case we visit loronto, anu lu ^vu

the stream much oi im w»yi '" "

134

the h

weli-1

(Irod

ton, n

this I

lir.)k(

pram

the bi

Hrltii

|)rciiei

wnn I

'Hi.- ^

on th<

are |i

base <

ten fc

feet, 1

liond'

top ot'

ch;in<;

freest

whirh

wroujj

itat i.<

dred i

the to

Tal

we an

of whi

the " '

Unite

river''

iu<r as

part o

betwe

wreaoe to Montreal.

nhle portion "f oiir
by tlie St. Lawrt-ncc
c-lnscn, — (•">• '»y f'^''
inco by stcnmer down
by btmt in'io'^a I.aki'
r. Tliof^e wlio (k'siro.
i-y of time, can make
,to to Montreal ; Init
,g scenery of I ho St.
But, whiclii-vir wiiv
•1.11 on Col. E. HiirluT.
•funk Railway nixl tbf
irill be fomiil a ;;tnial
explaining tlif rouie.
irij), ineludinp a pane-
.awrence, will be found

Iver.

d to jict there take ii
(rara lliver, overlooking
on, which is eituated «t

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135

the head of navijxation on the lower Niannra, and in a picmant.
wt'Ii-biiill villa};!-. QiKt>n»ilown in a village of alioiit two liiin-
drod iidiabitantn, on the Canadian >idr, nearly opposite Luwin-
ton, anil wan ihn setne of a lialtlu in the war of l«l'.'. Near
this |)oiiit the river bcconifH more traiiipiil, tin- HJioreH 1c«h
iirjkcn anil wiM, and the Becnery clmnjjcs from rii^^ed
p-andi'iir to beauty. On Ciiieeimtown Heii;lilM, the «( one of
tli(^ liattle, sliinds Urock'n tnoniiim-nt, erected in honor of the
llritinh H''>'0''al who .sn gallantly defindcd the place. The
present structure weupien the »lte of the former one, which
waH Mown up by Home ndw'reant on thr 17th of April, IHIO.
'Ilic whole edifice is fom' hundred and ei;;hty-(ive fijet high:
on the Hul)-baMe, which \* forty feet wpiare and thirty feet high,
are pliicccl four lions, facing north, Houtli, cunt, and west; the
base of the |)cdcKtal i.i twenty-one and a half (i!ct .sipiare and
ten feet high ; the pedestal itself is ei.xtoen feet si)u>ire ami ton
feet higli, suruiounted with a heavy cornice, oruamcnte<l with
lion.s' lieatl.s, and wreaths, in alti>-reliei>u. In ascrcnding from tin
top of the pele!<tal to the U)p of the ba"e of the shaft, the form
changes from «piare to r.)und. The fhafl is a lluled column of
fri'cstone, seventy-live feet high and ti'n feet in diameter, on
which stands a Cjrintliian capital, ten feet high, whereon is
wrought, in relief, a statue of tiie goddess of War. On thi.s c;ip-
ital is tho dome nine feet high, which is reached by two hun-
dred and fifty spiral steps from tho base, on the inside. On
the top of tho dome is placed a colossal statue of (ion. Hr(x;k.
Taking the little steamer " City of Toronto " at Lewiston,
we are soon steaming down the Niagara Hiver, on both banks
of which are points of historic interest, dating Irom the days of
the " Old French War," as well as the last war between the
United States and Great Britain. Fort Niagara stands at tie
river's mouth, on the American side. There are many interest-
ing associations connected with the spot, as, duiing the earlie:*
part of the past century, it was a scene of many severe conflicts
between the whites and the Indians, and sub^ecpiently between

' J.t^U-l.if ll , FU llWfc w i

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the English and the French. The names of the hero,c La
Salle, the . ourtly De Nonville. and the gallant Pndeaux w.ll
lon.^ retain a place in the history of this country. The v, lage
adjacent to the fort is called Youn,;P^own, m honor of its
founder, the late John Young, Esq. Niagara .9 one r, the old-
est towns in Upper Canada, and wa. formerly the cap.tal of
the province. It is situated -.vhere the old town of Newark
Pt J, and is opposite to Young.to«n It faces the r.ver on
one 4lo, «nd Lai e Ontario on the other. The trade of this
nlace has b.en diverted to St. Catharines since the cou.plet.on
of the Welland Canal; and the other towns upon the Niagara
River have suff.red in common from the same cause.

Across the lake to Toronto.

Leavincr Nhigara, we steam across the western end of Lake
Ontario, and soon arrive at Toronto, the capital city m Upper
Canada, which is situated on an arm of Lake Ontario, thirty-
8i.K miles from the mouth of Niagara River. This city was
formerly called Little York. The first survey»wa9 made in
1793. Toronto Bay is a beautiful inlet separated from the
main body of Lake Ontario, except at its entrance, by a long,
narrow, sandy beach. The south-western extremity is called
Gibraltar Point. The population, in 1817, was twelve hun-
dred ; but at the present time it amounts to about sixty thou-
sand. With a similar progress fur a few years to come, the
ropulation of thlE city will be second to none in British Amer-
ica. Among the principal buildinjrs of Toronto are a uni-
versity and a cathedral. One of the ecclesiastical edifices
deserves especial notice, -the Church of the Holy Trinity, a
handsome structure, erected by i donation of five thousand
pounds from some liberal person from England, on condition
that the whole of the seats should be free. The Elgin A.so.ia-
tion,for improving the moral and religious condition of ine
co'ored population is amo'..g the most useful institutions of ihe

of the heroic La
lant Pruleaux, will
rnitry. The village
n, in honor of its
ra is one r.i" the old-
lerly the capital of
(1 town of Newark
, faces the river on

The trade of this
ilnce the completion
IS upon the Niagara
inie cause.

to.

estern end of Lake
apital city in Upper
,ake Ontario, thirty-
iver. This city was
lurvey^was made in
separated from the
entrance, by a long,
extremity is called
17, was twelve hun-
to about sixty thou-
V years to come, the
one in British Amer-
Toronto are a uni-
icclesiastical edifices
' the Holy Trinity, a
ion of five thousand
ngland, on condition
The Elgin Associa-
ious condition of I'ne
iful inBtituiions of ihe

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137

place. That stupendous undertaking, the Grand Trunk Rail-
way of Canada, passes through Toronto, and promises a splen-
did future for Toronto and its ^.'ster citii's.

Down Lake Ontario to the St. Lawrence.
From Toronto, where we transfer ourselves to a much lar-
ger and finer steamer, -the "Corinthian," " Athmian," or
" Abyssmian," of the Canadian Transportation Company, - we
proceed eastward, straight down Lake Ontario, keeping within
a few miles of the northern shore. On this s-ide. Port Hope,
a pretty town containing about twenty-two hundred inliabitan s,
IS located in the valley of a small stream emptying into the
lake, with a fine range of hills rising to the westward. Cobur/
hes seven miles below Port Hope. It contains four thou.ard
inhabitants, seven churches, two banks, and the largest cloth-
fiictcry in the province. It is also the seat of Victoria College
and a theological institute. One hundred and ten miles from
Coburg we reach Kingston, the original capital of Canada, at
the mouth of the Catar^iui Rivr, and just at the foot of Lake
Ontario, whence runs the St. Lawrence. As early as 16 72,
the Frtmch under De Courcelles began a settlement here, and
bu.lt a fort, which was r.amcd Foit Frontenae, in honor of the
French count of that n.me. Tin,, fort was alternately pos-
sessed l.y the French and Iiuiians, till it was destroyed in 17?4
by Col. Bradstreet. In 1762 the English took pc ssession, and
called the place Kingston. It is one of \M important miliary
posts of Canada, and has about eleven thousand inhabitants,
rne harbor is very fine. The land project* out on the east .ide
of the bay, forming Point Frederic or Navy Point, east of
which !s a deep basin called Haldiniand Cove, where are found
the royal dock yard, and much of the shipping of the navy.
The city is built chiefly of blue limestone; and wells of mine-
ral water have been found by boring to different depths, from
seventy-five to eleven hundred and forty-five feet. Anion-' the
noticeable buildings here, are the Roman Catholic Cathedral,

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„„ w,..,in^ of Q-"!' '^»''* f^s:::v"rr:.;:

c„,u.g. («°.™" ^MM;; ;-• '^ ,mT1«.=.. i..'<« "-

The extremity of the Knleau «.ana , .^ibutarlcs of the

Oswego, and Sackett's Harbor.

The Thousand Island*.
About ,ix ™il.. Wo» Kl.g.ton fc m»r -i.le™, .njl «^-

^.'it ,be ,o.ei... ^-pi^rirj::;^.- oft
f^^;r;;t^t::r.. T JtJ'or.: xbo„..,.a

^^^^^■" ., A fi,o rivpr this beautiful 8ccnc contin-

For forty miles down the r.ver, th^ Da ^^.

ues, the boat which l--\I^'7r.^™" emerald g.m^
.o less tha. ^.-f — tt r: til islet a^ew
in the n-ig of the wave covered with a heavy

,.„,. .„,.r. .0 ."^» " ;"f„:l'; .,«r,ng .be «•
growth of trees, ims gro"l' J ,,. , j .gg as

Ltlon of sportsmen and Pl--n!^;^:;,, 1 i" re e'v ery-
to make an.ling tiresome «f -^;^;^^^' ^'/J '' '^est here of
where abun.lant. President Grant ha. been a

Mr. George M. Pullman, ^'^l^f ^;VJ \f Ise islands.
Car Company, who owns - ^^^^^.o ^^t exciting r.
These ^^^^-^;^^^ Z::\:^ the labyrinth-like
mance. I'rom tluir ^re* admirable retreat for

channels among t^-'^^^^fj^lt r^.X. and for the
the insurgents in the la«t Canaa ^^^ ^^^

American sympathizers w.th *''«'".• J'^^^f^^ ^^ object of
man, who, from his daring and -^^l^^^i he found a
anxious pun,nit to the Canadian aubonU, an ^^^^^^^^^^
safe asylum iu these watery intricacies, throaga in

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139

^terian), Regiopo' '■<
rincial Penitentiary.
1 connects Lake On-
ic tributarit'8 of the
;h to the bu>ine88 of
lake are Charlotte,

ivcr widens, and em-
[naglnable, — the far-
an expansion of the
tario; and the broad
h of the character of
ake of tlic Thousand

vautiful scene contin-
al early dawn gliding
' these " emerald gems
, from the islet a few
covered with a heavy
ntly attracting the at-
ters. Fish so large as
I of all kinds, are every-
I been a guest here of
of the Pullman Palace
1 one of these islands,
le of most exciting ro

and the labyrinth-like
n admirable retreat for
nsurrection, and for the

Among these was one
;y, became an object of
orities; and he found a
, thro agh the devotedness

ami courage of his daughter, whose inimitable mana^'enient of
her canoe was such that, through hosts of pursuers, she baffled
their elforta at capture, while she supplied him with provisions
in these solitary ritreats, rowing him from one place of conceal-
ment to another, under shadow of the niLiht. Hut, in truth,
all the islands, which are so numerously studded through the
whole chain of those magnificent lakes, abound with materials
for romance and poetry. For instance, in the Manitoulin
Islands in Lake Huron, the Indians believe that the Manitou,
or Great Spirit, has forbidden his children to seek flir gold ;
and th"y tell you that a certain point, where it is reported to
exist in large quantities, has never been visited by the diso-
bedient Indian, without his canoe being overwhelmed in a
tempest.

Opposite the Thousand Isles, on the American side of the
river, is Clayton, well known as a lumber station. Here the
high rafts are made up for their long voyage down the St.
Lawrence, which look like tloating villages with the huts that
are built on them for the protection of the raftsmen. Alexan-
dria Bay is the next port after leaving Clayton. It is built
upon a massive pile of rocks ; and its situation is romantic
and highly pictures<jue. It is a place of resort for sportsmen.
Some two or three miles below the village, is a position from
whence one hundred islands can be seen at one view. This
place also is celebrated for its fishing and shooting. The
beauty of the islands in this vicinity, for several miles up and
down the river, can hardly be imagined without a personal
visit. Here many of those splendid fish, the niuscalonge, are
killed : they are of large size, many of them weighing forty
to fifty, and often as high as seventy, pounds each. They are
taken with troUing-lines ; and it requires a skilful angler to
land one safely. Sportsmen consider the taking of these fish
equal to salmon-fishing.

On the Canada side, fifteen miles below Alexandria, is
Brockville, one of the most attractive towns on the river.

14.0

TOURISTS' HANDBOOK.

named in honor of Gen. Brock, -»ho fell at Qaoenstown .n
1812. Here is the junction of the Grand Trunk RaUroa-l
with the Brockvillc and Ottawa Railroad, whuh extends
northward to the Ottawa River.

Ogdenrturg and its EaUway FaciUties.
On the American side of the river U 0?densburg, a town
of about nine thousand population. This is the westeri. ter-
minus of the Ogdensburg and Lake Chnmpla.n Railroad
(now under control of the Vermont Central), whuh conncis
O-rdensburgwith Rouse's Point on Lake Champlam and so
op;ns the 'route to Boston and New York. The Vermont
Cenlral Company has here a freight and passensier station
three hundred and five feet by eighty-four, and numerous
other buildings for business on a grand scale. Tl.e e. ens.ve
elevators of the Vermont Central line are locate.l hero, at wh>ch
vessels laden with grain on the lakes discharge ^f"^f^
Opposite Ogdensburg is Prescott ; and a m.le below ,s Windmdl
Point, where the ruins of an old windmill are seen, in wh.ch
Von Schultz took refuge with the Polish pat'iots in 183;.
Five miles below, at the first rapids of the St. ^aw-";!' -
Chimney Island, where the remains of an old French fort.fiea-
tion are seen.

Ezoursion to Ottawa.

At rre.oott, prv^eeng- can take the cars for O'*^^.^' ^'l
then descend the Ottawa River to Montreal. The d.s anee
from Prescott to Ottawa, over the St. Lawrence ar.d Ottawa
Railroad, is fifty-one miles. Ottawa is the capital ot the new
Dominion of Canada, and is situated on the Ottawa R.ver, a
stream .i,ht hundred miles long, which enters the St. Law-
rence on both sides of the island of Montreal, one hundred
and thirty miles below the eity of Ottawa. Tl.e city is
divided into three parts, - Lower, Central, and Upper Town.
The Government Buildings, wh-n completed, wdl be among

the fin<

the goi

three si

rises al

three 1

part of

far surf

of the

(" Tlie

two liur

falls cro

the cal

siioots, 1

a'.;d 8av(

objects <

than a L

find tliei

passage

down tl

banks ri

Ottawa

hundred

Twenty

Lievre,

near its

lower se

Falls, wl

These fa

At L'Ori

donia Sj

are expo

GreenviL

L'Origin,

TOUniSTS' HANDnOOK.

141

at Queenstown in
1 Trunk Railroad
d, whirh extends

iillties.

rrdcnsburg, a town
is the western ter-
lamplain Kailroad
il), width connfds
Champlain, and so
rk. The Vermont
d passenger station
four, and numerous
de. Tlie extensive
)cated hero, at which
harge their cargoes,
le below is Windmill
are scon, in which
sh pat'iots in 1837.
ho St. Lawrence, is
old French fortifica-

ars for Ottawa, and
treal. The distance
iwrence and Ottawa
e capital of the new
the Ottawa River, a
enters the St. Law-
[ontreal, one hundred
Ottawa. The city is
ral, and Upper Town,
deled, will be among

ihf finest on the American continent. Those huildin-'s, with
the government odlees and Queen's printin.-honse, "otx-upy
three sides of a square on the summit of Barrack Hill, which
rises almost porpondicularly from the river to the hii.rht of
three hundred and fi% feet. Rideau Falls, in the eastern
part of the city, two in number, are very attractive, but are
far surpassed by the Chaudiere Falls, in the western portion
of the city. The Indian name for then; falls was Kanejo
("The Bailing Pot"). They are forty feet high and over
two hundred feet wide. A suspension-bridge just below the
falls crosses the river, and gives a splendid view of the falls
the caldron below them, and the rapids. The lumber
shoots, which are built here for running down the lumber,
a-d save it from breaking to pieces i.i going over the falls, are
objects of exciting interest. Tourists ascend the Ottawa more
than a hundred miles, by portages around frequent falls, and
find their way at that distance into the unbroken forest. Tlie
passage miy be made from Ottawa to Montreal, by steamer,
down the Ottawa River. Picturesque and thickly-wooded
banks rise on each side much of the way. Two miles below
Ottawa is the mouth of the Gatineau, a stream more than four
hundred miles long, which drains a vast unexplored region.
Twenty miles lower down is the mouth of the Rivifere au
Lievre, a stream two hundred and fifty miles long, havina- .
near its mouth two waterfalls, the upper forty feet high, the
lower seventy. Twenty-five miles from the mouth are High
Falls, which descend one hundred and fitly feet at one bound
These falls may best be visited by stopj.ing at Buckingham.
At L'Original is the stopping-place for visitors to the Cale-
donia Springs, which have valuable medicinal qualities, and
are exported under the name of " Plantagenet Water." At
Greenville, fifty-eight miles from Ottawa, and six miles from
L'Original, there are rapids, which are avoided by locks.

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TOUniSTS' HANDBOOK.

The Kapidf of the St. Lawrence.
But a most exciting, as well as one of tl.e .nost deUgbtful
portions of our trip, is at hand, -tl,o passafre oi the rapids of
[he St. Lawrence. At Chimney Island, previously n.entione.l,
the first of these rapids, an.l one of .he smallest and mddest,
-the Galop Rapid -is reached. Next comes the Long
Sault, a continuous rapid of nine miles, divided in the centre
by an island. The usual passage for steamers is on the south
side . The channel on the north side was formerly considered
unsafe and dangerous; but examinations have been made,
and it is now descended with safety. The passage m th^
southern oJiannel is very narrow ; and such is the velocity of
the current, that a r.ifl, it is said, will d.it^ the nine m.les in
forty minutes. This is the most exciting part of the whole
passage of the St. Lawrence. The rapids of the » Long bault
rush along at the rate of something like twenty mdes an hour.
'Vh-n the vessel enters within their influence, the steam is
Jhut"ofr, an<i she is carried onwards by the force of the streata
alone. The surging waters present all the angry appearance
of the ocean in a storm; the noble boat strains and labors:
but unlike the ordinary pitching and tossing at sea, th.s going
down hill by water produces a highly novel sensation, and .s,
in tact, a service of some danger, .he imminence of which is en-
hanced to the imagination by the tremendous roar of the
headlong, boiling current. Great nerve and force and pre-
Sn a.^ here required in piloting, so as to keep the vessel's
head straight with the course of the rapid: for it .he diverges
in the least, presenting her side to the current, or "broached
to" as the nautical phrase is, she would be instantly run
aJround. Hence the necessity of enormous power over her
rudder; and for this purpore the mode of steermg affords
great facility ; for the wheel that governs the rudder .s placed
Lad, and by means of chain and pulley sways .t Bu m
descending the rapids, a tiller is placed astern to the rudder

itself, go

Some id

rapiij, wl

tiller to i

ing raf^si

aad skill

ijucntly \

minutes

Navigati(

this kind

Of ecu

so canals

the boats

did boats

of Lake

night. I

through a

Cornwii

dary line

St. Keg

Cornwall,

olic ehurc

building v

that a bei

they were

The furs f

the bell w:

which con

taken intc

for the

having hei

eral crusi

fitted out I

and procee

Ueerlield,

oe.

le most delightful
;e of the rapids of
viously iiieiilioned,
illest and mildest,
comes the Long
(led in the centre
ra is on the south
ormerly considered

have been made,
he passage in the;
is the velocity of
t the nine miles in
part of the whole
" the " Long Sault "
onty miles an hour,
uence, the steam is
force of the streain
i angry appearance
strains and labors:
ig at sea, this going
;1 sensation, and is,
lence of which is en-
indous roar of the
and force and pre-
to keep the vessel's
: for if the diverges
rrent, or " broached
lid be instantly run
3US power over her

of steering affords
the rudder is plated
iy sways it. But, in
jstern to the rudder

TOURISTS' HAHDHOOK.

148

itself, 80 that the tiller can be manned as well as the wheel.
Some idea may be entertained of the 'peril of descending a
rapid, when it requires four men at the wheel and two at "the
tiller to insure safe steering. Here is the region of tiie dar-
ing raftsmen, at whose hands are demanded infinite courage
aad skill. There is, however, but little danger to life, as it fre-
quently happens that a steamer strikes, and sinks; but a i^yy
minutes puts them safely in shoal water. The Canadian
Navigation Company has never lost any lives by accidents of
this kind in descending the rapids.

Of course it is impossible for steamers to ascend these rapids :
so canals are constructed around them, with locks, by which
the boats are enabled to make the return passage. The splen-
did boats of the Canadian Navigation Company leave the foot
of Lake Ontario in the morning, and reach Jloiitreal at
night. The Government is about to deepen the channel
through all the rapids to ten feet.

Cornwall, at the lower end of the rapids, is near the boun-
dary line between the United States and Canada.

St. Regis is an old Indian village, and lies a little below
Cornwall, on the opoosite side of the river. It contains a Cath-
olic church, which was built about the year 1700. While the
building was in progress, the Indians were told by their priest
that a bell was indispensable in their house of worship, and
they were ordered to collect furs sufHcient to purchase one.
The furs were collected ; the money was sent to France ; and
the bell was bought and shipped for Canada. But the vessel
which contained it was captured by an English cruiser, and
taken into Salem, Mass. The bell was afterwards purchased
for the church at Deerfield. The priest of St. Regis,
having heard of its destination, excited the Indians to a gen-
eral crusade for its recovery. They joined the expedit=on
fitted out by the governor against the New England Colonists,
and proceeded through the then long, trackless wilderness, to
Deerfield, which they attacked in the night. The inhabitants,

144

TOURISTS' IlASUnOOK.

unsuspicious 01 danger, were arou.cd fro.n sleep only to^-t
the to na':awk a..d scalping-knife of the savages. \ orty-«sx c „
tru;id,aud one hundred ana twelve taken c ,pt.ve; anujn,
whom were Mr. Williams the pastor, and h s famdy. Mr.
wX-r 'oin.. at .he tim. feeble, and not able to travel w.th
r':ndan.n-uuily, was killed by ,he Ind.aus. Mr W -
H*l Jd pa.tof his surviving fau.ily af.er.ar.ls returned to
C :(, • I but the others remained with the n.hans, and be-
^ected with .be tribe, 'll^e Indians, hav in. reeove e_
; bell, r .Hi it slung to a pole throu.^h the forest ; and .t
now hangs u. . >c chureh steeple at St. Uegis.
Lake Bt. Trancij
»„ *i... «*f T.iwrence for a distance of forty

:£::::rs.ra;::d^: -iu i--^- it Widen.

Tot derlblv, and is interspaced wich a large number ot
lir At'cotc-audu Lac the river ^^^^;^
and the Coteau Ripids (two mde. '""S)' ^^" ^"'^"7. ^^ "'i;
mdes), .be Split llock, and Cascade llapi.ls are passed the n
rescending eigbty-two and a half feet .n eleven m.le. Ik
i, a canaf eleven miles long around the.e rap.dx, at th. lower
end of which is the village of Beauhan»o.s.

In the expedition of Gen. Amherst, a detachment of th.ee
hundred .nen, that were sent to attack Montreal, were lo.t m
the rlpt.: nelr this pla.e. The passage through these r.^
is verv excitiQg. There is a peculiar motion of the ves«il,
:hS.; .lesee^ding se.m, like settling -i'-"- ^ « ^^-'^^f.
from one ledge to another. In p.sslng t ,e rap.ds of the Spbt
S a pe«on unacquainted with the nav.gat.on of these
Ss wlira"most involunta.-ily h,ld his breath u..t. th.s ledge
of^i.ks whLh is distinctly seen from the deck of the stea.ner.
is rsed A one time tha vessel seems to be ru..mng d.rectl
uTlt, and you feel certain that she will strike; but a skdfu
irndi atthe helm, and in an instant .nore it is passed x
S Near Be.uharnois, on the north bu.k, a branch ot

t!ic Oil

widens

had of

this iak

belongs

islaiid.s

nniineri

At L

Liiuhiue

the rive

eight m

anxious!

lon^-exij

rapids, (1

l):iiik of

nearly tc

.villi two

skinned

old liapti

steamers

rings the

men, ho

past the

throu^'h I

only a fi

whicli str

wc shoot

the niagn

The Ci
in Briti.sh
neuve, in
laga, and
protectres

sleep only lo meet
vago». J'orty-flevi'u
ken c qitive ; auion^
1 his family. Mr.-*.
, able to travel with

In<liuns. Mr Wil-
,T wards returned to
the Indians, and bc-
ins, liavini? lecovere I
rli the JbrcBt ; and it
igis.

r a distance of forty
Lac, where it widens

a largo number of
rows narrower again ;
g), the Cedars (three
Is are passed, the river
eleven miles. ITieie
se rapids, at the lower
)iH.

I detachment of three
Montreal, were loit in
, through these rapids

motiou of the vessel,
g down, as she glides
"e rapids of the Split
le navigation of these
1 breath until this ledge
ho deck of the steamer,
3 to be running directly
ill strike ; but a skilful
t more it is passed in
rth bmk, a branch of

rouiusTs' iiAXhiiooK. 145

the Ottawa enter, into (he St. Lawrcn.o. The river UMiin
w. .ns ,„,o a l.k,. ,. .lied St. Loul. From this place a vi.; in
had o Abntreal Maintain, nearly thirty n.iles .li.tant. In
this lake ,s Nun-. Island, whid, is h^nuithliy cuitivua-d, and
l.el..ngH to the (,r.y X„„„.Ty at Montreal. There are many
island.s_.„ tlu, v,ci.,ity of Alon.re,,! In.lon.ing to the dilK-rent
■nnmerios, an.l fron, which thoy ,|..rive lar«e revenues.

At Laolune n,ac miles ahove Montreal, the celebrated
Uchme 1 apuls, short, but ih. ron.^^hest and most .lang.-rous on
thenver beg,n The descent i. ib,ty-four and a h,df feet in
";,'ht m.l... Hero the passen^r,,,, ,,.„^d forward, and peer
anxiously ahead nnd on every .ilc, lur the (ir.t .|in,,,se o the
lon.-exp.ct..d, half.feared rapidn. Jnst at the head of tl. • e
rapulH, a httle Indian village, Uau,W.n.-uva,a, is ..een on the ri^ht
'H.k o, ,h, nver. Here stean, is .hut olf, and the boat come.,
■H;<i.-ly to a stand-sttll. A birch canoe put.s out fron. the shore,
"■.th two men .n it. It con.e. ab„g«ide ; and a brawny, dark-
suni.ed old .nan, in a pieturo.s,,ue ga.b, comes aboani. It is
old I.apt.«lo the Indian pilot, who has ibrover forty years piloted
steamers through these .-apids. He takes his place at the wheZ-l,
nngs the bell to go ahead, and, aided by Ibur o.-five powe.ful
men, ho steers the boat through the foaming, boiling surges, and
past the n,ly ledges that threaten to wreck her. As I. '^,
throu^di the uarrovvest part of the rapids, we see, on a ledge
o. ly a few feet d.sta,.t. the wreck of the steamer " Konaud>
wh.ch struck the.-e tv.o seaso.is ago. The rapids safely passed
we shoot under the Victoria IJ.idge, and are soon moored tJ
tlie magmiicent pier at Montreal.

The City of Montreal.

• 'f''^^;'^{.°^^^'°""•"«l i« the largest and most populous city
m lJ.at..h .North America. It was fbunded by M. de Mais ,„-
neuve, in 1G42, on the site of an Indian village named Iloche-
laga, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary as its jxitroness and its
protectress, and for a long period bore the name of VilU-

146

TOVIIISTS' llAXDIIOOK.

Marie. It U laid in the for.n of a p.ualU.lo.rani, »n.l contnlm

' r vo l.«n.ln..l .tret., with a po,.ul<Uio.> ..t over o.u, 1 -

\n,\ r,l>v thou9:i.Hl. The traveller, in approaohmt- tl.eciy

,„. .t„n,- buihlinrs which iVont ihi-. n.ajextu; U.vcr ht. l.aw
::r:„ ^; l: ^u.^. U^y are rearc.1, r..e.„blin, in the.r h.Iu

: ;:^ and cloganc. the huih.in.s of '^"-•;'.'-'; ;;^;- ^
1 u\ „f M„,treal i^ in fact, mm properly vi'i^ardcl h« tno

;",;:• c:::;: Th.city b.in«attheheaaor .bip nav.,a-

Uon.itH local a.lvantw's are unsurpassed.

A ploasant stoppi..g-plafe for the v.B.tor m the

Ottawa Hotel,

Ori'AWA HOTEL.

lloteUovers the entire .pace of ground running between St.
wl ani Notre Dame Street., and has two beautiful IrontB^
Se house has been -thoroughly refitted, and furmsbed with

cvory
wilh I
Miako

cxpei I

Aim

of reci

The

from t

.'oulh (

and \i

The c

gift of

The

opposil

Cirei'ia

a hiind

The

stone h

The

Street.

The

St. Jan

Italian

The :

Street.

The

opposite

Corinth

The
cut ston
Tlie]

TOUtt/STS- llAXDnnOK.

14;

am, nnil contains
(f over oni! l>ii'>-
)roaihin(5 Uiccity
mity of the liirgu
.! Kivcr St. Law-

bXwvx i" tl'i='"" ""''''
pean (•ities. 'I'lie
' ri't;ar<li;il as the
ail of ship naviga-

ithe

I, will now accom-
st9. The Ottiiwa

running between St.
two beautiful fronts.
, and furniahed with

cvory r..jrnr.l to r„mfort nn.l luxury; has hot ami cohl water
wilhhatli.s an.l cIu^Ih on eadi lloor. Thr aim l,a.s been to
iMikc tliH the most un.xcoptlonahle fir..t-class hole! in Mont-
real. Mc..sr«. Urowne & l\.rl..y, tiie propri-.torM, have had long
expfuenee in firsl-clai-s iioti-l. in tl.c United Sfiten and Can-
ada ; aud jruests can be sure of every attention and comfort.

Plaoei of Interest in the City.

Amon^r tiiu raany8ul)stantial nn.l e!e«aut wlifices in the city,
of recent completion, may bo mmtioned : —

The Statue of Ikr Majesty, _ 'nnt, admirable work of art,
Irom the studio of Mr. MarHliall Wood, was erected at the
.'oulh end of Vietoria Spiare, cm the 21st of November, 1872,
and presented to the City by II. K. the Governor General.
Ihe cost of the statue, including that of the pedestal, — the
gift of the Corporation, — was thirteen thou:*and dollars.

The new Court House, on Notre Dame Street, and directly
opposite to Nelson's Monument, is of elegant cut stone, in the
Greeian-Ionic style. The f^round plan is three hundred by
a hundred an.l twenty-five feet; heijiht, seventy-six feet.

The Post-Olfice, on St. James Street, is a beautiful cut-
stone building.

The Merchants' Exchange, situated on St. Sacrament
Street.

The Mechanics' Institute, a very fine building, situated on
St. James Street, of cut stone, three stories high, built in the
Italian style. The Lecture Room is tastefully decorated.

The Mercantile Library Association Building, Bonavonture
Street.

The Bank of Montreal, Place d'Armes, St. James Street,
opposite the Tathedral, an elegant cut-stone building of the
Corinthian order.

The City Bank, next to the above, in the Grecian stylo of
cut stone, and worthy of note.
The Bank of British North America, St. James Street, next

148

TOUUtSTS- IIAHimOOK.

t„ ,ho Po.t Oin,.... U . hau.Uomo buUain« of cut .tone, ond
l.nilt ill tlic CoiiiiiOHiU) htylo of iiirliilc.tiiro.

ln.>lt of Ohio Ha.ublonr. Tl.u fna-Bt in U.t- cay.

The !W.n..c.our^ Ma.kct, on St. I'aul m^ ^^ '^'^ /'^^'r;

^..:,;Wi 'red ,ho..an,i dollar. ;h.n^o„t.t,..

.iorl.H on \Vat.T Su ..t, and two Htoms on ht. l"""- ^"^
upp r ,mrt of the l,u,ldin« i. o.vuphd hy the var.oUH olh-er
oFt ,c Ty TUe Ci.y ^oun.il lloom i. titted up ... the njo.t
eL^l liyh-. m thJoa.t wing of the building « a largo h.ll

°^r^OrCo,le,e.-Th.Uanin.tit.aio.ofv.yl^^^
repute. It wa. (ounded by the Hon. dumes M<=« ■'>•;" ^J
peathod a vah.able en.ate and ten t '-"-^ J-J ^^_
..ulow.nent. The buildin«>< for the !• acuity of Aits a.c (ic
ui;;. llTHltuatcl at the kue of the u.ountuln, and co.n.nand

""rl:-:;nrU.eltyareun«ur...edbyanyo.^t^^

American continent. They are built of wo..l ; -;lj ' ^
>vilh the, locks and eul-stone .vlmrves ot Lach.ne, they p.osuU
r V .,..1 .iiiles a display of conti.u.ous whartajrc which has
r; ;ir'u:ike^h^evee.oftheOhioa.^^
no un4.d.tly warehouses di.fisuie the river s.de A broad
errace:rae'd with gr.y limestone, the parapets o wl.eb a
surmounted with a substantial iron railing, divides the city
from tlie river thi-oughout its wholr extent.

The remaining luil.lie buildin,-s worthy of notice are. the

()M Gov" nieiU iV.use, Notre Dame Street, now o.-upied .«

Ue Normal School; the Barracks; ^l.e Custom louse S-

Paul Street; the Bon Pasteur Nunnery; llot.*l-D.eu Hospital.

8b , took Street; Church of ,be Ge.u, Bleury Street.

Mount lloyal Cemetery is situated on t - east side 1 the
mountain, about two miles from the city. Judgment and taste
have been displayed in the selection and management ot the
irrounds: it is much visited by strangers.

The
fitizeii
(jrfiiuK
the Nil
regime

V'i^ft
out ii.t
d'Ari..(

•Tlllll(>H

roundel
planted
fi 111 n tail
The
was orli
been n
£1,2.50,1
iron, liii
twenty-
three h
side of
The e\l
feet. 'I
opening;
one in c
is 3,000,
8,000 to
through
two feet
feet higl;
The t(
hundred
Enp;lish r
The L
worthy o(
Tlie head

of cut itono, and

lul^omt' ilruclure,

•iiy.

,1 Wiiter StrcetH,
Doric Ktjle; coHt
M n front of thrte
n St. I'ttul. riu-
the varioiiH otVncin
tcil up ill tiie iiioKl
dinn irt a lar^(^ lii<"

tulion of vtTy h\gh
w Mcdill, wlio bc-
ind pounds for its
ilty of Arts arc de-
ituln, and command

ged by any on the
rowl ; and, nieeling
nhini!, they present
wharfage which has
)liio and Missisnippi,
ver side. A broad
rapets of which are
ng, divides the city

ly of notice are, the
•eet, now occupied as
) Custom House, St.
Ilotel-l>icu Hospital,
Bleury Street.
I tlie east side of tho
Judgment and taste
1 management of the

tovnisTs' iiANnnooK.

140

rbo Champ do Mnrs. - 'Rds I. a Tamons promcnad.- for
clti/eM. and HtranunT.. lK.in,r the frcneral parade and review
|rr.M.n.I of the n.ilitary, and is frciuently enlivened during
II..' "ununcr ovenL.gs hy ,„M,si.. fro„. ,he f.no ban.ls of the
re^'imcnts.

VVr S,p.are,near the Champ de Afars, is hrautif.div lai.l
'><> I...O ft j;„,.d..„, with conservatory, fountains, k,. Vhice
. Armes .« a handsome s.piare between Notre Dam., and St.
.(anu.. Streets, opponite the Fro.Hh Cathedral. It is sur-
rounded hy a neat iron railing;, and tastefullv laid o„f. .d
planted w.th shnde-treos. In the centre of 'the ..n.are is a
itaintain. '

The Victoria n.MlKO.- Tho cost of this pKantic structure
was or.K.„ally e,Hii„,Hted at £1,450,000; but this sum has since

57r.o n T"'; ""'' '^" f '"'""* <'alc.dation of itn co.t is about
il,2..0,000. In It 2.',0,000 tons of .tone and T,M^> tons of
.ro,., have W.-n used. Tl.e iron superstructure is supported hy
tw..„,y four p,ers and two ab..tmcnts. 'H.e centre span is
three hundred and thirty ftn-t: there are twelve spans each
suio of the centre, of two hundred and forty-two feet each.
Ihc cKtremn length, inchiding abutments, is seven thousand
feet. I he height above summer water level in tho c, ntro
openmg h .sixty feet, .lesceu.ling to either en.l at tho rate of
one ,n one hundre.l and thirty. The contents of the masonry
.s/X 0,000 cubi... fe.,t. The weight of iron in the tubes i^
8.000 tons. Tl,e following are the din.ensions of the tu!,es
hrough which the trains pa.ss in the middle span, viz., twenty-
two feet high sixteen fee' wide ; at the extreme en.ls, nineteen
feet high, and sixteen wide.

The total length from tho river bank is ton thousan.l two
mndre,i and eighty-four feet, or about fifty yards less timn iwo
L-nghsh mdes.

The Lachino Canal is among the public works particularly
wortliyo note, and of which the city may well feel proud
Ihe head of water on this canal has been rendered available

150 rOUItlSTS' HANDBOOK.

for the creation of water-power, wl/ch has been applkd ,nost
uce?s!ful y to the morements of very extensive macUn.ry
o^r a large extent of ground. Among the works here arc
L;,kieB%ngine .r.i boUer shops, ship-yard and n .nne works.
faw-mms, sa'sh, h'lnd, and door factories, flo.r-:n,lls, cotton-

around Mount Royal will attract the »'-;"- f^^^/^J^
The distance is nine mile., coamandmg one of the ^^^^^^^.^
of beautiful landscape to be found in ^o'th Amer.a a d n
returning, entering the city, a view of be S^' Lj-"«'- ««
of Montreal, both comprehensive and extended, that well

^^St'r^ll'Snound the mountain is that on the

L^ Mne road, leading to a village of that --;- j;^'
from the oity. The road is directly along the banks ot the
IZ tesen ting scenery of unsurpassed beauty and grandeur,
n raTovely dr!ve. If the proper hour is sekcted, a v.ew may
be had of the descent of the steamer over the rapids.

Another Svorite drive in the immediate vicinity .s toLongue
Pot" being in an opposite directi. . -om the last, and down
alone the banks of the rivin-. ,

It woul^ be useless to undertake an enumeration of all ht
plaelof interest in and about Montreal ; for we bel.ve tl a
£e Tre but few places on th. American cont.nent whe e
ctbe fund so much of interest to the traveller, whether
in pursuit of health or pleasure, as in this city.

,8 been appl'L'd most
xtensivo macliinery
the works here arc
d and n .rine works,
, flour-mills, cotton-

2 ride from the city
iveller at all times.
ne of the finest views
•th America ; and in
o St. Lawrence and
extended, that well

itain is that on the
iiat name nine miles
jng the banks of the
beauty and grandeur.
s selected, a view may
;r the rapids.
te vicinity is toLongue
om the last, and down

enumeration of all the
al ; for we believe that
irican continent where
the traveller, whether
Ills city.

CHAPTER XI.

c/^n^cvo

- - .-X Montreal to Quebec, and the Saiuenav.

>llh journey from Montreal to Quebec mn\
be taken by rail or boat. T.ike ihe cars
at the Ronaventuro station on the Grand
Trunk Railway, and after a ride of eight
hours you will reach Point Levi, opposite
Quebec. Or, taking either "The Mont-
real " or « Quebec," fine steamers owned
by the Richelieu Steamship Company, we
will continue down the riven the first place
passed being Longueil, a small village on the
,, , _ ^°"'^ bank of the river, three miles below

Montreal. Fifteen mile.s below Montreal s Varennes, situated
between the St. Lawrence and Richelieu Rivers. It is con-
nected with Montreal by a line of steamers, and is attractin-^
a tent.cn on account of mineral springs. The first stoppin."-
plaee ,s at Sorel, ibrty-five miles below Montreal, at tfe
mouth of the Richelieu, having in the vicinity good fishino
and sn.pe-shootino. Just below, the river expands into
Lake St. Peter, twenty-five miles long, and nine miles

T^; I-'"'''^ ^''''''" ^^'^'"'^''^^ ■•"■'J Quebec is the town
of Three Rivers, at the mouth of the St. Maurice. This

n T/^^: °'''''' '''^"^ '" Canada, is the residence of a
Catholic bishop, and has a cathedral and convent. Ironware

151

««J

152

TOUHISTS' IIAXnnOOK.

is manufactured at tbe St. Maurice forges, three miles r.istnnt.
The St. Maurice River, which empties at this point, has not
been thorou^hl;- explored ; but it is suppos.'d to be about four
hundred miles long, Tliirty miles from Three Rivers is the
.nouth of the Shawenejran River ; and a little above, on the
St. Maurice River, are the

Shawenegan Falls,

where the water loaps down one hundred and fifty feet perpen-
dicularly. Tlie head-wiiters of the St. Maurice are a perfect
net-work of lakes, aboun.ling in fish and game. The last place
at which steamers stop before reaching Quebec is Batiscan.

In passing down the St. Lawrence from Montreal, the
country upo". its banks presents a sameness in its general
scenery, until we approach the vicinity of Quebec, '^he
villages anc: hamlets are decidi^dly French in character, and
are generally mar 3 up of small buildings, the better class of
which are painted white, or whitewashed, with red roofs.
Prominenv in the distance appear th.' tile-covere.l spires of the
Catholic churches, which arc all constructe<l in that unique
style of architecture so peculiar to that Chur.h.

The rafts of timber afford a highly-interesting feature on
thciveras the travellers pass, s along. On each a shed is
built for the raftsmen, soi.ie of whom rig out their huge,
unwieldy craft with -ay streamers, which flutter from the tops
of poles. 'JTius, ^vhen several of these rafts are grappled
to-ether, forming, as it were, a floating island of timber, half a
mile wide and a mile long, ti.e sii-ht is extremely picturesque.
\nd when the voices of these hardy sons of the forest and the
stream join in some of their Canadian boat-songs, the wdd
mude, borne by the breeze along the water, has a charming
effect. Myriads of these rafts may be seen Ijing in the coves
at Quebe. , ready to be shipped to the different parts of the
world.

hree miles »"istnnt.
this point, has not
■d to be about four
hree Rivera is tlie
little above, on the

nd fifty feet perpen-
uTice are a perCeet
mo. The last place
?boc is Batiscan.
rem Montreal, the
iness in its general
• of Quebec, '^he
h in character, and

the better class of
?d, with red roofs,
covered spires of the
3ted in that unique
lunh.
teresting fi-afure on

On each a shed is
rig out their huge,
flutter from the tops
! rafts are grappled
ind of timber, half a
itremcly picturesque,
of the forest and the

boat-songs, the -wild
iter, has a charming
.■n l}ing in the coves
lilferent parts of the

TOURISTS' irANDIiOOK.

The City of ftuebec.

153

Quebec, by its historic fame and its unequnlled scenorv, is
no ordinary or com.nonplace city; for though, like other
large communities, it carries on trade, commerce, and manu-
factures ; cultivates arts, science, and literature; abounds in
chanties; and professes special regard to the amenities of
Focial life, -it claims particular attention as being a strikingly
uni.iue old place, the stronghold of Canada, and, in fact, the
key of the province. Viewed from any one of its approaches,
It impresses the stranger with the conviction of stren<rth and
permanency. The reader of American history, on entering
ifs gates, or wandering over its squares, ramparts, and hattl^
helds, puts himself at once in communion with the illustrious
dead The achievements of the daring mariners, the labors
of self-sacrificing missionaries of the cross, and the conflicts of
mihtary heroes, who ble.l and die<l in the assault and defence
of Its walls, are here re-read with ten-fold interest. Then the
lover of nature in her grandest an.l most rugged, as in her
gentle and most smiling form.-, will find in and around it an
aHiuenee of sublime and beautiful objects. Tlie man of science
too may be equally gratified ; for here the great forces of nature'
and her secret alchemy may be studied with advantnge.
Quebec can never be a tame or insipid place ; and, with mode-
rate opportunities for advan-'ement. it must become one of the
greatest cities of the New World in respect of learning, arts,
commerce, and manufactures.

The city of Quebec was founded by Si.muel Champlain,
1608. In 1C22 the population was rwluced to fifty souls. In
June, 1759, the English army under Gen. Wolfe landed upon
the Island of Orleans. On the 1 2th September took place the
eelebra.ed battle of the Plains of Abraham, which resulted in
the death of Wolfe, and the defeat of the French army. A
force of five thousand English tro<,ps under Gen. Murray was
left to garrison the fort. The city is very interesting to the

154

TOURISTS' HANDBOOK.

stranger, it being the only walletl city in Canada. The St.
(liarloB River empties into the St. Lawrence on the north side ,
and a high point of land is included between th.^ two river.x,
nannd originally Cape Diamond, from the large number of
quartz crystals found there. On the summit of this cap*',
three hundred and thirt) feet al)ove the river, stands ilu>
citad.d, covering with all its buildings about forty acres. The
city is divided into the Upper and Lower Towns; the former
bein<r enclosed by a massive wall of hewn stone, while the
latter is largely devoted to business. The Upper Town, con-
taining the Citadel and other fortifications, is the Quebec ot
history ; and from its wonderfully strong position, commandinfT,
by its great height and its water defences, the appro^che^
from every direction, was early chosen as the great military
position of the region. As such, its history has been bloody ;
and to this day the place is pointed out whereon gal'nnt
commanders have fallen, pierced with fbemen's bullets, and
breathed their last for the honor of the flag they serv-d. 'I ' r.
wall which surrounds this Upper Town, and divide.^ it f-
the Lower, is nearly three miles in length, with b:>f<t,ion8 ;r.n I
embrasures commanding every approach, and is pierced oy
several gates, through rhich visitors ])a9s from tl.,o Lc-er to.
the Upper Town and from the latter to the suburbs. Tavo of
these gates -the St. Louis, through which the road led our. to
the riains of Abraham, the scene of Wolfe's vi.tory a: ■ >' 'ath
in 1 T.-iO, and of Montgomery's death in 17'. ,.'id the c'o.s-
eott Gate, on the route from the landing to the citadel - have
been demoUshe.'- on acco ■■ ' of the impediment to travel whicti
they presented. Ab- .. : pot where Montgomery fell is now
an incVr-.i-l plane live hund- i feet long, used for conveying
articles ot great wei-'^: .[. .o the fortress.

The Lower Town lies around the base of Cape Diamond.
The solid rock has in many places been cut away to make room
for the houses. On the side of the city next to the St.
Charles River, the water at high tide in formei times reached

the ver;
whole s
anchor.
Conven
gardens
burstint
Cathedi
build in|
In th
obelisk,
found at
imposin
presenci
Tiiom[)s
interest
teer in i
and wat
it. Tli(
Seventy
Being si
river, ri
inscripti
its trutl

Proco
or Gran
gate is
stretch t
with the
ferently

TOURISTS' HANDBOOK.

155

Canada. The St.
■e on tlie north side ;
een i\\o two rivers,
le large number of
immlt of this cape,
le river, stands ihe
nt forty acres. The

Towns; the former
wn stone, while the
e Upper Town, con-
ns, is the Quebec of
osition, commandin}!,
nces, the approiche^
is the great military
:)ry has been bloody ;
out whereon gal'nnt
ibemen's bullets, and
ag tbey served. '1 ' ^
, and divides it t-
th, with b:\s*Jon8 f).'i 1
lb, and h pierced by
!8 from tlio Lc'vt'r to.
;ho suburbs. '\\\-o of
ch the road led oui' to
Ife's victory a: . iV.fatL

17' . ..hA the £*!-e3-
; to the citadel - Iiave
[liment to travel which
Hontgoraery fell is now
ig, used for conveying
s.

ise of Cape Diamond.
cut away to make room

city next to the St.
n formei times reached

the very foot of the rock; but wharves have be(-n built until
wiiolo streets extend over a space where once ships rode at
anchor. Among the noteworthy biuldings are the Ursuline
Convent, an(i Ch-rdi of St. Ursula, surrounded by i)li'asant
gardens. jMontcalm was buried here in a recess made by the
bursting of a shell. The Parliament House, Roman Catholic
Cathedral, and English Episcopal Church are all attractive
buildings.

In the governor's garden in the Upper Town is a striking
obelisk, known as die " Wolfe and Montcalm's Monument," the
foundation stone of which was laid by Lord Da'.liousie, with
imposing ceremonies, on Tliursday, Nov. 1,5, 1827. "The
presence on this occasion," says Hawkins, '-of Jlr. James
Tiiompson, then in his ninety-fifth year, added to tlie deep
interest, felt in the scene." Mr. Thompson had been a volun-
teer in the Seventy-ei<;hth Highlanders in Wolfe's cvjiedition,
and was consulted in Quebec as an oracle in connection with
it. The monument is from a design by Major Young of the
Seventy-Ninth, a»(l cost upwards of seven hundred pounds.
Being sixty-five feet in height, it is a striking object from the
river, rising as it does clear from the garden. It bears two
inscriptions ; one of them by Dr. -I. Charlton Fisher, noted ibr
its truth, and classical purity, and beauty, as follows : —

" Mortem Virtus Communem
r«innm Historin,
lilonumoiitum posteritns
Dewt."

The Plains of Abraham.

Proceeding through the Upper Town, by the St. Louis Road
or Grande Alice, about a mile distant from the city, the Toll-
gate is reached, where the Plains of Abraham expand and
stretch to the left. At the time of the great battle identified
with the name, the whole heights, or plains as they are indif-
ferently called, extended from the walls to the woods of Sillery

166

TounrsTS' iiAynnooK.

and St. Foy, and were bounded on one side by th< St. Law-
rence and on tlic other by the St. Cliarle.t. Tliey are de-
scribed as bein^T 'viilidiit any dividing fences, out are dotted
here and tliere v*i;li clntnps of trees; and the Grande Alice
passed through them, as it does now, as did also the St. Foy
road. Since then great encroachments have been made : the
suburbs of St. Louis and St. John occuj)y great portions; and
the name Plains has for a number of years been confined to
the (!ncIos( d space at which wc have now arrived, and which
has been used as a race-course, and tor reviews of the garrison.
P.nssing tlirough the Toll-gate, and immediately turning to
the left, there is a road which leads to Wolfe's Moniiro->nt, about
a hundred yiirds distant. The monument is a very jhaste cir-
cuUr column, rising from a square pcdei^tal, and surmounted by
a sword and helmet. On (he one side of the pedestal is an
inscription, as follows : —

IIKUK DIEO

■w o Xi :f IB

VICTORIOUS

Sept. 13

1759.

And on the other side i

"'i;S PILLAR
WAS ERECTKD liY THE

BRITISH ARMY

IN' CANADA, 1849.

HIS EXCELLENCY

LIEUTENANT GENERAL

SIB, BENJAMIN D'URBAIN

O. C. B., K. C. H., K. C. T. S., ETC.

COMMANDER flF TIIV, FORCES.

TO REPL.\CE THAT ERECTKI) 1!Y

fiOVERNOR GENERAL LORD AYLMER, G. C. 15.,

IN 1832,

WHICH WAS UROKEN AND DEFACED,

AND IS DEPOSITED BENEATH.

Anioi
most ex

on St. I
pleasure
and sun
cnades, -
the Plac
splendid
justly c(

world. '
lished, ail
and the
long and
sustained,

a large bi
Louis.
Castle

OK.

I side by thi. St. l.aw-
larles. Tiiey nre do-
fencoa, but are dotted
md iho Grande Alice
9 did also the St. Foy

have heen made : the
ly great portions ; and
rears been eonfined to
ow arrived, and wliieh
eviews of the garrison,
nomediately turnin<i; to
jlfe's Moniitmnt, about
nt is a very jhaste cir-
;al, and surmounted by

of the pedestal is an

11 K

JRBAIN

S., ETC.
ORCE8.

:tki) by
LMER, G. C. H.,

DEFACED,
fEATH.

TOUniSTS' IIANDnOOK.

157

Anionjj the many good hotels of Quebec, the principal and
most extensive is tlic

St. Louis Hotel,

on St. Louis Street. This hotel ia open through the year (or
pleasure and bunness travel. It is eii-ibly siTuated nuir to,
and surrounded by, the most delightful and fasliionable prom-
enades,— the governor's garden, the Citadel, the Ksplanade,
the Place D'Armes, and Durham Terrace, — which rurni.Mh the
splendid views antl magnificent scenery for which Quebec is
justly celebrattd, and which is unsurpassed in any part of tin!

1ST. L(fUIS HOTEL.

world. This hotel has been thoroughly renovated and embel-
lished, and can now accommodate about five hundred visitors ;
and the excellent reputation which it has gained, under the
long and successful management of Willis Kussell, is sure to be
sustained. Mr Kussell is also proprietor of the

Clarendoii House,
1 is conducted as t

Castle St. Louis, probably the first pubUc building in Que-

a large building, which is conducted as an auxiliary to the St.
Louis.

158

TOURISTS' IlANnnOOK.

bee, the forncr-stone of which was laid by Champlain, on thr
Uth of May, 1G21, was destroyetl by fire oi. "-e 23d of Jan-
uary, 1834. By the order of Lonl Durham, the site of this
castle was cleared of the ruins that covered it, Uvelletl, and
covered with wood, and an iron railing phvcod on the edge ot
the precipice, malcinj,' a very delightful promenade. The view
from it coairaands the Lower Town, the St. Lawrence as far
down as the Island of Orleans, the harbor with its ships, and
Point Levi on the opposite side of the river. Point Levi, op-
posite Ciuebec, will interest the stranger very much, immense
and Btupendous fortifications being now in progress of con-
struction. .

Seven miles below Quebec is the Fall of Montraorenci. The
road is very pleasant, passing through the French village of
Beauport. Those who expect to see a second Niagara will be
very much disappointed. The streams descend in silvery
threads, over a precipice two hundred and forty feet in height,
and, in connection with the surrounding scenery, is extremely
pictures(iue and beautiful, but inspires none of the awe felt at
Niagara.

The River Saguenay.
To the pleasure-seeker or to the man of science, there can
be nothing more refreshing and delightful, nothing aftbrding
more tbod for reflection or scientific observation, than a trip to
the most wonderful of rivers, the Saguenay. On the way
thither, the scenery of the Lower St. Lawrence is extraordi-
narily pictures<iue, — a broad expanse of water interspersed
with ru.'g".d solitary islets, highly cultivated islands, and is-
lands covered with trees to the water's edge, hemmed in by
lofty and precipitous mountains on the one side, and by a con-
tinuous street of houses, relieved by beautifully situated vil-
lages, the spu-is of whose tin-covered churches glitter m the
sunshine, aflbrding a prospect so enchanting, that, were nothing
else \a be seen, the tourist would be well repaid. But when m

a'liiitioi

uiisurpi

where j

single L

I lie faci

"lien h

gorge, -

iind tii8(

'I'he t

ing Iroi

aiicl iiwf

Imveriiii

lieavin,

a river \

asjtccts J

the Dea(

ami .siiiil

On li.hi

one tlioii

and this

to its SOI

The t

v.-liich lei

ol the riA

the Grail

going up

calle l;.

outlets o

hundred

towards

Water das

dred to o

Ila-ha

fi:st landi

rouiiisrs' UANDiiouK.

15t>

Champlain, on thr
01. '-e 23(1 of Jan-
,ni, thf site of this
•ed it, Icvellctl, and
vced on the eilge of
uicnadu. The view
5t. Lawrence as far
with its ships, and
er. Point Levi, op-
ifery much, immense
in progress of con-

Montmorenci. The
e French village of
ond Niagara will be

descend in silvery
1 forty feet in height,
cenery, is extremely
ne of the awe felt at

of science, there can
ul, nothing aftbrding
•vation, than a trip to
cnay. On the way
•iwrence is extiaordi-
if water interspersed
irated islands, and is-
edge, hemmed in by
ne side, and by a con-
jautifuUy situated vil-
hurches glitter in the
ing, that, were nothing
repaid. But when in

a.hhtion to all this the tourist suddenly passes from a landscape
n..su,pass.Ml for b..,u,y in.o a region of prin.itive grandeur,
where art has ,lo.,e nothing and nature every thing; when at a
s.ng e bound civilization is left behind, and Nature stares hnn in
I he (ace, .n naked u.ajesty ; when ho sees Alps on Alp. arise;
"hen he lloats over unlalhomabie depths, through a mountain
^'orge,- the sublimity entirely ove. whelms the sense ol si«ht
iiiiil lascinates the iinagination. '

The change j.rodueed upon the thinking part of man in pass-
nig Iron, the broad -St. Lawrenee into the seemingly narrow
and aulnlly deep «aguenay,, whose waters lave the sides of the
towering .uountaius, which almost shut out the very li.d.t of
heaven, is such as no pen can paint nor tongue describe ° It is
a nver which one should see it only to know what drea.lful
asjH.cts xVature can assume in her wil.l uiuods. Compared to it
the l>ead Sea is blooming, and the wildest ravines look rosy
-Hi .smilm,, : it is wild and grand apparently in spite of itself!
On eUuT s.ue rise dills varying in perj.endicular height from
one thousand two hundred to one thousand six hundred feet ;
and this ,s the character of the River Saguenay from its mouth
to Its source.

The trip may be taken from Quebec, either by steamer
v/h.ch leaves Qnebee twice a week fbr Tadousac at the mouth
o the river and also for the sail up the stream, or by taking
the Grand Irunk liailroad to the mouth of the river, and then
going up by steamer to Grand Bay (or Ila-ha Bay, as it is also
'•al e i;. Ihe Saguenay River is tbnned by a j iuction of two
outlets of the St. John Lake, a body of water coverin. five
mndred square miles, and lying in the wilderness one
hundred and twenty-five miles north-west of Tadousac. Up
towards the lake there are magnificent cascades, where the
water dashes along between banks of solid rock from one hun-
dred to one thousand feet high.

Ila-ha Bay, which is sixty miles from its mouth, affords the
tuM landing and anchorage. The name of this bay is said to

■" ^- * .^^s ^p' .?j? " y.' ? S '

160

TOCItlSTS- IIAM)H00K.

arUe from the cin.u.n.taneeB of .arly navigatow ,,.-oceed,n^ n.
sailing vmoU up a river ot ll.is kin.l lor mx. v nuK. w..h .tern.
,a.ucL« of feature, .ten. an.l hi«l. roeke on wh.-l. they .on U
not laud, and no bottou. H.r their anchors, at lant l.roko out into
lauuhiu-, 11a, hal when they found lan.hng and anehorago.

There are un.rc than thirty river« that en.pty into the Sag-
ueuay, which Ib very deep and switl and eold, and so dark
th«t the water iookn like ink. The hanks present a eontn.ual
succession of pictured rocks an.l towering prer.p.ces. "It h
as if the mountain range had heeu chit asunder, leaving a
l,on-id gulf sixty miles long and four thousand leet deep
through the gray mi.a selu^t." An.ong the po.nt« of greater,
note on the .Sagnenay, n.ay bo named Statue l>o.nt, an nnn.ense
,K.,.pendieular rock helow Ha-ha Bay, which ri.se« six hnndre.l
L, with sides as siuootl. as if polished by " •llu workman.
Hut the grandest and most majestic, those which fill the m.nds
of all beholders with admiration, are

C ipe» Trinity and Eternity,

«ix miles above ^.. John's Hay. They are immense promon-
tories of solid r.ek, projecting boldly into the -tn-am, and r.s-
i,,,, sheer from the almost fathomle.ss -.leptl'«»' th« "ver. M
thtir very base the largest ships may ride. A recent visitor
thus graphically describes the scene as you near these wonder-
£ul capes : —

» Approaching from the north, Cape Trinity appears first -
a sinXmountaTn of granite and syenite, f.t.een hundred leet

LinSl at thS tLe, completing the mighty work so htly called
^Cape IVlnity Cape Eternity is a vast rounded monn a.n,
eighteen hundred feet high, bleak and bare s. its neighbor

acro!
Iler«
one 1
oftb

St
cave
entrf
of 80
wind
dowi
the (
Beyo
ored
wide

Til
in tl
Jless
on S
are f
allbn

Re
and •
scene
pan8(
splen
Comj
Shed
Perct
alforr
Point
Picto
Nortl
throu,
A mo
imagi

)t»A'.

xvigatoM jiroceedinn in
•ixt V iiiiK'i, wiili ot(!rn:»l
ks on wLicli thi-y coiil.l
rs, at last broko out into
linj|{ ami ani'horago.
at iiii|'tv into the Saj;-
aiul cold, and bo dark
iikH prusont a continual
riii^ prciipiees. '■ It i*
Ml a«uniler, leaving a
u" thousand I'ect deep
1^ the points of {rreatest
statue I'oint, an ininieiiae
which rises six hundred
d by '■ ' 'd'ul workman,
lose which fill the nuuds

:ernlty,

ey are iiiiniehsti pronion-
into the -treain, and ris-
'teptlis of the river. At
vy ride. A recent visitor
s you near these wondei-

10 Trinity appears first, —
snite, fiticen hundred leel
It Btiurcase ; the j,'reat alti-
) steps or shoulders, each

eeutral one of which has
at the White Mountains,
hanges ; and one may now
e at tue lolty summit but
uighty work so fitly called
I vast rountled mountain,

and bare as its neighbor

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161

across llie way, but even more tremenrloun in I's umjesty.
Here, indeed, iho rock iiani^H so Ihreaienin^' oveiluad, that
on." (iliiidders and shrinks iiislinciiM-ly, whiU; the atiual dtptli
of the water is one mile ami a quaiier at its loot,"

Statue Point has a liu^c riolhic an-h, opening into a va>t
cave, wiiich, it is paid, the foot of man never trod. Hefor th )
entrance to this black a|>erture a gigantic rock, like the statue
of some dead Titan, once stood. A liaw years ago, during the
wintir, it gave way ; and the monKtrous figure came cia-hing
down through the ice of the Si> - .<! left bare to view

the entrance to the cavern it guaided perhaps fiir ages.

Beyond this U the vast 'J'ahleau Uock, a sheet of dirk-i ol-
oreil limestone, some six hundred feet high by three hundred
wide, as straight and almost as smooth as a mirror.

Tiie trip may be made fnmi (iuebee to (irand Hay and beck
in three days. The .Saguenay Line of steamers, of which
Messrs. Stevenson & I.eve are agents,- their oOice being
on St. Lcmis Street, directly opposite the Si. Louis Hotel,—
are famous fi.r ihcir speed, safety, and the comforts they
allbrd to p.issengers.

Returning to Quebec, wo may — if we desire a longer trip,
and one whieh will give us a view of the wild 'ind m.ijcstic
scenery of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and tlie boundless e.x-
panso of the North Atlantic— take passage by one of the
splendid steamships of the Quebec ami (iulf Ports Steamship
Company, — the " Secret," " Miramichi," or " Georgia," — for
Shediac, Pictou, or Charlottetown. On the trip we shall see
Perce, with its famous arched rock rising from tlie waters, and
affording a passage for the waves ; the Isle of Orleans ; Farther
Point; Chaleur, Miramichi, and Gaspd Bays. From Shediac or
Pictou we may return to Boston by Intercolonial, European and
North American, Maine Central, and Eastern Railways, pa.«!-in<'
through St. John, N.B., Bangor, Augusta, and Portland, Mt"
A more delightful winding up of a summer trip couM n.jt be
imagined.

CHAPTER XU.

Qtt«1>«o to the Whita Monntaiai.

HE tourist or pleasurc-seoker wbofe time will
pcrir.it gliould not return lionie witliout a vliit
to the Wliite Mountninn, which is easily ar-
ranged on the return from Montreal or Que-
bec, with only a slight detour. From tlio
former city, crossing the Victoria Bridge south-
ward, there arc three roiitos from which tn
choose: one by Orand Trunk Railway from St. Lambert via
Richmond Junction to Littleton or Bethlehem; the second,
via South-eastern and Connecticut and Passumpno Ilivers
Railroads from St. Johns, down through Newport to Wells
River Vt., an.l thence up to Littleton or BethUhem; the third
by the main line, through St. Albans to Essex Junction, thence
by Vermont Central down to White River Junction, then up
through Wells River to Littleton or Bethlehem. From Que-
bec we cross the St. Lawrence to Point Levi, and follow the
Grand Trunk through Richmond Junction down to Littleton
or Bethlehem. Arrived at the railway terminus, - whiohevtr
of the two laat-named stations we choose as our point of ap-
proach to the mountains, -we transfer ourselves to the six-
home stage-coach which conveys us to the Profile House, in the
162

eker wbofe time will
lionie wjtlicut a vitit
, which is easily ar-
oin Montreal or Que-
t detour. From tlie
Victoria Bridge south-
roiitos from which tn
from St. Lambert r/(i
ithleliem; the sicond,
d Passumpfio IliverH
rh Newport to Wells
Bethlihem; the third
sssex Junction, thence
VL't Junction, then up
sthkhem. From Que-
t Levi, and follow the
tion down to Littleton
terminus, — whichevt-r
ise as our point of ap-
er ourselves to the six-
le Profile House, in the

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very heart of the Franconia N^.h ^Us botel «t-d^ on a

and at the very foot »' *;*g^«;"^ ^^,,, .J,^„,, frcn the
to threaten the house below, '".'>^''/;' ^ j^, ^^de it
fact that a few years ago a P- "^ "P^«J'''^.,X^i,, ,ntinel
their home. '^^^^ 7!^ ^^^'VLd^nptinl Echo Lake is

bu. v.„ de,p P»»-^- ""-^J ™7^„„ „; .t, di.ol„rg, of .

r peated.

Profile or Cannon Mountain.
This mountain derives its names from the --^--e "^^^

,,I of reeks on Us -^^^ ^ ^ iTeS^ '"d
„bo^ 3 the road, douhk t^t height ,^^ ^^. ^,^^

direetly 0PP«f « ^,f ^,2' on Te'souti.ern extremi.y of its

Hawthorne, and familiar to all -'*-; ^ ^^"^^."^^i^ ,, ^he top
Mountain," is eighty feet f-™ J^^JJ^" J tet above the
of the forehead; and U is f^.'^^^^^^ %e, which is clearly

» Old Man's Wash Bowl. ^ ^^^^.^

Bald Mountain .s ascended «'".'" *''^°i„^./ Mount La-
-d,andfromits— taney^^^^^^^

fayette is the g.ant ofj^^^^f' l^.^^, ,, fo,„. lt«

hundred and ^^^J^ ^^^'^^^t'.evior bridle-path; bu. the

surroi
Falls,
leiipii

is five
is forn
which
ite. 1
the pel
feet b
eighte<
tmalle!
great d

TounrsTS' hanohook.

1C5

botel stands on a
of the great \xi\h,
ing crag, seeming
ts name from the
lid eagles made it
with its sentinel
ng. Echo Lake is
lotch, a diminutive
mountains. From
the discharge of a
echoes many timiss

he resemblance of a
1 cannon, 2,000 feet
3 the sea-level, and
western side of the
lern extremity of its
Uzed ia literature by
the"OidMjnoftbe
)f thrt chin to the top
1500 feet above the
•ofile, which is clearly
Lern forehead, promi-
chin. At the foot of
I Lake, called also the

> hotel by a carriage-
obtained. Mount La-
•ing ii^« thousand two
yramidal in form. Its
i bridle-path; but the
le mountain range and

surrounding country, compensates for the fatigue. Walker's
Falls, in the rear of the road, are a .series of mountain cascades,
leaping like ;i ribbon of silvtr down through a cntracttd gorge.

i'HOflLE MUUNTAiy, FIIASCOMA XUTCIl.

The Basia

is five miles south of the Notch, and lies near the road,-ide. It
is formed by the action of the wntir of thu Pemigewassa,
which pours over a rocky ledge into a hollow in the solid gran-
ite. This hollow, by the incessant whirling of the water" and
the pebbles which it carries with it, has been worn into a per-
fect bowl, nearly circular, forty-five feet in diameter, ar.d
eighteen feet deep. The clearness of the water is such that tl: e
smallest objects on the bottonj are clearly discerned, though iis
great depth gives it a bright green tint.

16G

TOVniSTS' HASPDOOK.

The Flame

is perhaps the most famous, an-l U certainly not the least won-
Lal.oti.e curiosities in tl.e Franconia Moun.a.ns. Imag c
a .olid mas, of,ranite, split to the depth of ....y f-t a.l the
pcpendi.ular walls separated twenty feet and >«" '-^^ a"
Lea of the Mume. Through it pours a l.ttle hrook . and .

THE FLUME. FRANCOS U.
nhtik walk alon.^side enables the visitor to nscend i s course
Sral hundred feet. Near the upper end a huge bowlder,
Ihich evidently lay on the surface when the rock was nveu,
has fallen into'the ch,sm, until the sides, g.n.ly sloping .n-
^ard, have caught and hold it suspende.l m mid air. The Las
cade below the Flume, is a waterfall of more than s.x hund ed

feet descent, gliding over the polished rock hke a .heet of

mollen silver.

1^ .".n
and I
from
of ih
hund
Georj
vicini
the n
bund
Ila
the tt
Plym
retr.K
toTv

Thi
in 181
bank
the \
Moun
linctl;
above
additi
demai
house!
can tI
Amon
lain 1
cascac
Litdel
it is b
stage)

TOUniSTS' HANDBOOK.

167

lot the least won-
miaiiis. Imagine
(Illy feet, and the
and )ou liave an
ittlo tifook ; and :i

:o ascend i s course
end a huge bowlder,
the rock was riven,
8, g^ ntly sloping in-
n mid air. The Cas-
orc than six hundred
•ock like a sheet of

The Fool

!■< .^.n enlarged edition of the Basin. It is about cue hundred
and fifty feet wide ; and the water is forty feet deep. It is cut
from the solid granite by the chisel of Nature. From the top
of the rocky wall which surrounds it, its depth is alwut one
hundred and fifty feet. The Harvard Falls, also called the
Georgianna Falls, are the most remaikable cascades in the
vicinity. For nearly a mile they follow each other down
the mountain ; and the uppermost makes a flying leap of one
hundred and fifty feet sheer.

Having thus " done " the wonders of the Franconia region,
the tourist may follow the valley of the Pemigewasset down to
Plymouth, and thence by rail to Lake VVinniiiiseogee, or may
retr.ice his steps to Littleton or Bethlehem, and thence by rail
to Twin-Mountain station, at the very door of the

Twin-Uonntain House.

This new and first-class hotel, with entire new furniture, built
in 1869-70, is pleasantly situated on a rise of ground on the
bank of the Ammonoosuc River, commanding a fine view of
the While and Franconia Mountains. To the right rises
Mount Laf yette in all its^-randeur; while to the left, and dis-
tinctly visible, is the White Mountain range; and towering
above all is Mount "Washington. Since last sea.«on extensive
additions have been made to meet the constantly increasing
demands of the public, making it one of the largest summer
houses among the mountains. Being centrally locited, parties
can visit many points of interest, and return the same day.
Among these are the Crawford House, with its Wiiite Moun-
tain Notch, Mount Willard, the Wiiley Hou.se, and numerous
cascades. Mount Washington and its railway, Profile House,
Littleton, Waumbek House, and Bethlehem. From this house
it is but ten miles to the Crawford House (five by rail, five by
stage) ; ten mihs to the depot of the Mount Washington Rail-

wiiy, wl
the CP(
twcnty-
Partica
cent of
tncchan
nually<
(brtablj
new obj
lakes, a
tlic sun
highest
Partit'8
I he can
Ilouao I
Moimta
and to t
7,30 in
ing, lea'

I-.M.

The 1
a 8,)Ui-l
uxten>ic
field, IJ<
P.M. ;
here at
the mor
ton, or J
tlie proj
croquet

Post
" horses
fcr part
or " auti
larm'i- r

•i>i

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1(59

way, whoro cara are taken for a trip over the famed rail lino to
the crowning gumrnit; tliirty miieii to tho (JIoii Iliui-e, and
twenty-eight miles to (Jorham, by the Cherry Mountain road.
Parties viuitinp the mountainn shoiiM not fail of making the as-
cent of Mount WiL-liington by its railway, wiiieh is a triumph of
mechanical ^-kill anil engineering. Thousands of persons are an-
nually carried up this road with perfect ease and .■tafety. Com-
fortably seated in their cars, rising at the rate of one foot in three,
new objects of interest come before the eye. Villages, rivers,
lakes, and mountains continually burst upon the view until
the summit is reached, when the beholder stands upon the
hij-hest point of land in this countiy east of the Mississippi.
Parties de-firing to descend the mountain on the east side, by
the carriage road, will find carriages in readiness for the Glen
riouso and Gorham. Coaches run to and from the Twin-
Mountain House to all important points about the mountains,
and to (he Mount Washington llailway. Leaving the house at
7.30 in the morning, you reach the summit at 12 m.; return-
ing, leave the suoamit at 3, p..m., and reach the hous3 at C.30,

l-.AI.

The Boston, Concord, and IVIontre.il Railroad has extended
a spur-track to this house, and the present season opens an
exten.-ion to the Fabyan House. Passengers leaving Spring-
field, Boston, or Buiiington, Vt., in the morning, arrive at 6.20,
P.M.; and those leaving Wells River in the morning arrive
here, at noon. Passengera can take the cars at this house in
the morning, and reach Boston, New York, Newport, Burling-
ton, or Montreal the same day. For the ph-asure of the guests
the proprietors have provided billiards, Iwwiing, pleasure-boats,
croquet grounds, and a gootl band during the season.

Post and telegraph offices are located in the house ; and
"horses and carriages, with experienced drivers, are furnished
for parties when desired." Those afHicted with "hay-fever,"
or " autumnal catarrh," will find comfort in the fact that the
larger number of those afHicted with thia disease, who have

170

TOVlllSTS' HANDBOOK.

been hm. in years pa«t. boar te..l».ony to partK. • an. n .^^^
ca«.H .nti-o, relief from tl.is diHtre«.intt malady. 1 1'^^ '''"^''f.
oxtra... from a l.tter fro.n this house to '• '1 he New V .rk Le.l'.-er,
by the llev. Honrv Ward Beecber, who has hren a ^reat
m.norer fn.ra tl,is disease, but has been exempt IVom .t dur.nR
,bo ,.a«t two reasons whieh he ha. .pent at this hou.e, mm
„oi,'t : " Meanwh.le another year warranto n>c m sayin;: tha
L vi.it hither in ahnr^t a certain relief; not one )>"--;;
patients failiMK to obtain essential if not ent.re rehet. We c
L out in the sun. stan.l in the mud morning and evenm?, and
Tn .pite of dust, rain, or c. ill we are well.-L'.u. />«. A-
T and O. 1-. Barron a-e the proprietors. One feature of tlu-
manaiiem.nt of -he Messrs. Hurron is worthy of note. A arm
of twtlvc hundred a.ros near White «-- '^"-"""'/^'^
old homestead farn, at Queechee, Vt., Hupply vegetablen, nnlk,
oK^B, an.i butter for their houses, and truests may be sure of a -
wtl Rettin. the Ireshest and best of farm and dairy products

at their table.

The same Brm are also propiictorB of the famous

(jrawlord House,
at the head of the White Mountain Notch, the headquarters of
the region. This sphn.Ud hotel, newly furn.hed, and provued
with .in the appliances of a moelern resort, is so placed as t
command f,om its spaeious piaz.as a grand v.s.a down the
wondrous White Mountain Noteh, and views of ^l-e -tnm.t o
Mount WiUard, which is reached by carnage road from th>s

point, and of the

Elephant's Head,

a singular mass of rock, projecting frcm the mountain side, and
so perfectly formed that no one needs to be told what .t is. A
.listening seam of white rock simulates th« tusk, wh.le he
massive head, pendulous trunk, an J huge ears are represented
by dark gr.iy crags.

> partiiil. and in nuK^t
ilady. 'llic Inllowiiid
leNewYnrkLetl'^'cr,"'

lo has »Mt'n '•* «"■'*'
c.inpt fioin it iluring
it at i\w liousi', is in
ntfl nio in sayin;; that
; not one ptr cent ot
iiiliru n-lief. We can
\\\^ anil I'veninji, and
\. — L<nts Deo!" A.
One leaturo of the
)rthy (if note. A farm
iviT Junction, ami 'he
njiply vegetables', milk,
ii'Sts may be sure of al-
i,rm and didry prodiicts

the famous

tch, the lu-adiinartcrs of
furnlbhed, and provided
■sort, is so placed as to
grand vista down the
views of the sunnnit of
carriage road from this

1 the mountain side, and
;o be told what it is. A
tea ihii tusk, while the
ige eai-s are represented

172

Touiusrs' iiASonooK.

From the Criiwfonl Iloumr one may aH.iMi.l Mount Washmjrton
»,y l.ri.ll.-|.*ll.. carriHH..-ro-Ml, or raihvav. ^p.-n^l iJu, i.inh' "t tlu|
Mount ^Va^l.inKt..n. Snmiuit, or Tip Top ll-.n^.-, ami .U*'.- .1
ni-xt d..)- ..„ the oth. r «i.l.- to lh« (Jlcn \hnm'\ -r 1... may lake

the Bta?e coach via Cherry Mountain road over ihe JcfTeri-on
Hills, from wl.icl. a wonderfully fine view of Mount \ aslnuii-
ton.from a new standpoint, is {rained. Starr King', most tn-
tUuBiastic desciipiions were of this lotality.

Mount Wahliin^'tim
ml [\w iiinhi ftt t\\''
liHiK', ami (li'Ci'f l
m> ; 111- lit- may taku

■» "5

'■4

\K'

til over the .TcfTeriion
w of Mount Vasliinj!-
Starr King'f most iii-
tv.

TOiffii.iTS' iiA\i>nnoK.

173

From JifTiT!. n n riiln of twenty milcn nrounl ilie hwo of
Mount MniliHon lirin>(« uh to tho (ilen ilou'<i' ; or, it' we prefer
to make the journey from the CiuwIomI IIoiim> l.y another
route, w(^ take tin' dtajj.'-coaeh at the door, anil nre soon raltlin"^
<lown thniiinh the wuild-lkmoun U'hitit Mountain Noteli.

The White Mountain Notch.

Thin U aporjrr, or rll>, through the mountaim, nlii( ha'fonlH
a wftter-i'our«e lor thu Saco Uiver. On either haml ilnt moun-

(lArn Of rut: sorcu.

tains tower to the height of two thousand Ibet ; and the carriage
road is c it from the very mountain side, clinging, as it were, to

j-^ TOUniSTS' HANDBOOK.

Ihe ver.. of the steep declivity, >vhi!c far below t:»e rivor

bll. T.n.l babbles over its Btony bed. In one pl«ce,calW

tie "Gateway ''the Notch i. but twenty-two le.t w.de O.

he way down the Notch v.e pa.s the Flun.e, a narrow bIu.co-

way wovn into the solid vock of the mountain .de, down wh eh

courses, with tl>e swiftness of ligl>t, a mountain stream A hit .

•all on we see the Silver Cascade. This is one of the most

h ming watcfldls imaginable, and may be t.aeel hke a

• S of .liver winding down over the glassy rock from e.ght

undVed feet ab.ve the road. Still farther down, between

Mount Webster and the WiUey Mountain, we see at the nght

of the road that historic building, the Willey House.

The Willev House, and its Historic Tragedy.
Here on the '.S.h of August, 1826, the %Yilley Fan.ily, nine
intmb r, alarmed by the noise and sight of a terr.fic ava-
Knche coraln.. straight down the mountain-s.de towards thu
Lmche cmT,m . ^^^aken and buried by the rushmg

:: ' 1;:; Tek bal-k of the house divided the earth-slide,
^nd saved the" house. It has been greatly enlarged, and is now
a Place of entertainment. Sparkling Cascade and Sylvan
r., rMX are pretty waterfalls below the Willey House,
r fyLtrLo VaC^^low Sawyer's Roek, we turn to^he
; a^d cress the Ellis Hive,-, getting a view of the Goodr^^h
li he most lofty aud imposing cataract m the mouctam.
A mile fir ,n Jackson is reached, where are some y ry
t^ cascades on ^-0^ -oo^^^ '^JIlll"

Piukham Notch, passing by th« way the beautiful

Olen £lUs Tall,
^hcre the water of the liver pours down over a precipice

fur below i'.it rivr
In one place, callnl
-two I'e^t wide. On
uinc, a narrow bIuico-
tain side, down which
tain stream. A liitlo
'his is one of the most
lay be trace 1 like a
;la8sy rock from eight.
irther down, betweiin
1, we see at the right
illey House.

)rio Tragedy,
c Willey Family, nine
igbt of a terrific ava-
itain-side towards the
uried by the rushing
Jivided the earth-slide,
ly enlarged, and is now
Cascade and Sylvan
low tbe AVilley House.
'a Roek, we turn to the
a view of the Goodrich
iract in the mountains,
where are some very
k. The views of the
int. From Jackson we
:iver, and through the
e beautiful

down over a precipice
;t arch of foamy spi ay ;
it the same height, and

176

TOURISTS' HAXmOOK.

aptly described ae an inverted plume; past the Enwrald rooi,
V/ • • . i.P,.ntv 'l-horoP'on's Falls, and the Gai.net Tools,

1&5-

Oi£JV ^TiiiS ii-ylitif.

At ,1.0 very foot of Mount AVashington, .nd look.ng np half
til . ly into bis face, mts tbe GU n, in whose green b.p nestles the
rb.n rouse On the no.tb stnt b away Ad«n s, Jeffemn,
cl:; I'd Madison, frownin, down upon the F.su.pt.ous httle

Glen I

days,

palin<>

its mil

cold a

brijjlit

pie at

you tc

Pools,

gloom

Mouni

Tlie
for tn
turnpi
There
than i
mount
have (
carriaj
summi
the W

Hav
mount
" Led^
the be!
tains, I
rificati
roa<l o
the Sa
road 1
last,
mit G,

Tocnisrs' handbook.

177

8t the Enwralrt Too!,
iiid the Garget Ttwls,
i is one of the largest
r liundrt'd rooms, and
lis in all departments.

Glen (larin<T to watch thfir moods. Rut ever in the summer
days, she sits there looking up at that still face. Hushing and
paling by turns, infinitely varying in its liglits and 'shadows,
its mists and clouds; and at the whole grand massive oui line,
cold and blue in the early morning, warm and golde>i in the
bright warm sunlight, and gorgeous with the crinison and pur-
ple at twilight. From this point teams are provided to take
you to the Crystal Cascade, Glen Ellis, Emerald and Garnet
Pools, the Imp Mountain, Tuckcrman's Ravine, — with its
gloomy depth and masses of eternal snow, — West IJraneh,
Mount Carter, and, grandest of all, the

;on, flnd looking up half

hose green h.p nestles the

away Adan e, Jefferson,

on the p. f sumptuous little

Assent of Hoant Washington.

The road, which was completed to the summit and opened
for travel in 1861, is a smooth and well-built macadamized
turnpike. The average grade is twelve feet in one hundred.
There is no difficulty in the ascent, and no more discomfort
than in the same amount of carriage-rid ng upon any of the
mountain roads. The carriages are easy and comfortable, and
have experienced drivers capable of giving information. Tlu-se
carriages are accompanied by baggage- w agons ; and at the
summit of the Mountain you may taJce the railroad down to
the White Mountain Notch.

Having passed through the forest that covers the base of the
mountain, the road emerges on the mountain side near the
" Ledge." Clay, Jefferson, Adams, and Madison are seen to
the best advantage froir here ; and Starr King calls these moun-
tains, seen from this point, "Nature's struggle against pet-
rification, the earth's cry for air ! " Rising from the Ledge the
road overlooks the valley of the Ellis and Peabody Rivers, and
the Saco Valley, famed in song. Plateau after plate lu does the
road reach, each one, as we look up to it, seeming to be the
last. Finally, afler abont threee hours' ride, we reach the sum-
mit G,300 feet above the level of the sea.
12

jyg TOUBJSTS' HANDBOOK.

u The first etlert upon standing on the summit of Monnt

'rEAmDT wrM /»-x> "OV^t wash.hotos.

p,«.is <!»•» •"'•* f ^''iJtS „d youa«.t the

Tlier
ribbo
tired
over
you (

Note;

long

tists,

ferrec

lies j

peaks

The

expai

River

Kiai'S

well-1

lioteh

accon

The

eeasoi

was j

etyle,

Song,

exact

of the

his loi

most i

tower

seen

Moun

massif

the le

) gummit of Monnt
3 at the extent and
igh we were looking
I tempest. But in a
bis, and \)egin to feel

T WASHINGTON.

ig a licrizon line that in
land." The diameter of
lies ; and you are at the
B, in every direction, are
, 'be kissed by the Bun.

TOURISTS' HANDBOOK.

179

There are lakes, rivers, villages, and roads no broader than a
ribbon, stretching away so many miles that it makes one
tired ; but the warm blue mountains, chain upon chain, are
over and above all. Upon these thin-js do you look down ; and
you can look up — only at httaven.

North Conway and its Beauties.
From the Glen House a pplendid dtive down the Pinkham
Notch and the Saco Valley brings you to North Conway,
long famed as a summer resort and a favorite haunt of arJ
tists, — the most gifted pencils in the country having trans-
ferred its charming scenes to their canvas. North Conway
lies just at the portal to the mountains, wiiose snow-capped
peaks form the back-ground for the most delightful views.
The Conway Intervale stretches away on either hand, a broad
expanse of richest green, threaded by the sparkling Saco
River. The beautiful village, nestled at the foot of grand old
Kiaisarge, is a pleasing feature, with its neat white houses,
well-kopt roads, and general air of thrift. The numerous
hotels and large boarding-houses are taxed to their utinc st to
accommodate their crowds of summer visitors from the cities.
The principal hotel is the Kiarsarge House, kept for many
feasons past by Thompson & Sons. ITiis long famous house
was greatly enlarged in 1872, and fitted up in unsurpassed
etyle, while its management, under the auspices of Thompson,
Sons, and Andrews, veteran hotel-keepers, is all that the most
exacting could demand. Mr. I. N. .Andrews, the new member
of the firm, is favorably known to all visitors to this section from
his long connection with the Profile House ; and he is one of the
most attentive as well as capable of landlords. From ;he lofty
tower of the Kiarsarge, to quote from a recent visitor, <' can bo
seen the grand old peaks of the White Mountain range —
Mount Washington, bathed in clouds and light, upheaving its
massive head in the distance ; to the right Kiarsarge ; and to
the left the Mote Range, Cathedral Peaks, and White Horse

180

TOUIIlsrS' UAUDBOOh.

;j:Xi„g :iu.o„ ...• t,... S... XX... n.. .pot h.« b..en pa.nt....

, Lundred times; but huuum brush and pen fad to do a moiety
; justice to its grandeur and beauty." The other hotels m the
vU ase are the North Conway House, M. B. Mason, proprietor ;
the Sunset Pavilion, kq.t by M. L. Mason ; Mason s Hotel, \ .

II. Ma

\Vashi
liiiuse,
ICiStiu;
many 1
tiful St
where
(ireat
land a\
one lui
The
above I

Diana's
Arii>ts'
Eeho I
Horse,'

vicinity

TC'/tlSTS' IlAUDliOOK.

ISl

y Conway T::tervalc
I't, ihieaded by the
lOt has been paintcfl

1 pen fail to do a moiety

Tlic other hotels in the

M. B. Iklason, proprietor ;

ason ; ^lason's Hotel, F.

11. Mason, proprietor; McMillan House, by J. MeMillan; the
Washington llmise, J. M. Gihgon, jjroprietor; the Iiitirvalo
House, of which Eiistnian and Mud;{ett, are proprietors; the
ICistman House, ke|)t by (J. E. JOvans. There are besides
many boiirdinfj-houscs for sunxmer -quests. Here is the beau-
tiful station of the Conway JJrapcii of the Eastern ll.iilroad,
where one may t;\ke an express train direct for liostoii, via
(ireat Falls and Portsmouth, with Pullman cars, 'i'lie Port-
land and Oj,(lensbur<i Road also has a station near by, whence
one may i>roeeed to Portland and the East.

The " Led^res," bold granite bluffs, nearly a thousand feet
above the Saco, with the deep chasm known as the Cathedral ;

THE KUJiSAJlGJi MOUM'AIX.

Diana's Bath, filled with limpid water, sparkling like crystal ;
Arii>ts' Falls, in a shadowy glen of picturesciue loveliness;
Echo Luke, at the foot of Mote I\Iountain; and the "White
Horse," — are a few of the objects of speeial interest in the
vicinity of North Conway. Tlie queenly Kiarsarge, a .iymmet-

182

TOURISTS' lUKDDOOIC.

rlcal pyraml.1 3,307 feet hl.l., 1. .een to the north-east^ and to
the west, M..te Mountain, with Choeorua's japged l>eak n ho
distance while the curves of Uattlesnake llulge and the .m-
perial d^.nes of Mount WaBhington and the adjacent moun-
Tlns, complete the framing of thU valley, the Mecca of
tbou>and9 of pilgrims every year.

north-enst, and to
apgod \>cak >n the
lliilgo, ami the im-
1)6 atljacont moun-
ey, Iho Mecca of

;tf*^s

CHAPTER XI I L

A Trip to the Northern Lakei.

KOM severnl points in our mountain wan(l«r-
ings, by short digressions w« may mnlce tours
to tlie celebrated laices of this region, Mera-
phreniagog ami Winnipiscogee. From Mont-
real we may proceed, viA South-eastern
Railway, direct to Newport, Vt., at the lower
end of the first-named lake ; or we may arrive
at the same point from Quebec, via Grand
Trunk through Richmond Junction and Sher-
brooke. From the Profile House we may
drive to Plymouth, N,II., and thence proceed
by rail to Weirs, at the head of I^ake Winnipiscogee ; and from
North Conway we may take the Eastern Railway to W^olfboro'
Junction, and thence by a branch to Wolf boro', at the lower
end of the same lake.

Plymouth is the location of the Pemigewasset House, long a
favorite resort of the travelling public, under the management
of C. M. Morse.

Lake Hemphremagog.

This magnificent body of water is situated partly in Vermont
and partly in Canada. It is thirty-five miles long ahd from two

183

184

TOURISTS' UASnnOOK.

to five miles wide. Its rocky chorea arc indentiil with l.eauti-
ful buys, while woodc.l hfa-Uandt jut boldly out, and pi.lnremiu.i-
islandt dot itH HurCace ht-re and there. Newport i- a .UUghtful
villnt'e upon a hilUide slopinj; down to the clear water; and in
one of ItB most sightly locations stands the

Xtmphremagog House.

This palatial house, one of the most spacious and host kept
in New Kn^land. is undi-r tlic management of W. V. Howman,
and hi.s been refitted with mo<lern conveniences. Its dchghtf.il
location and healthful surroundings make it a most de^rable
summer residence. It will acconmiodato about four hundred
persons. Water, gas, steam, bathing-ro<m.s, billiard-balls,
bowling alleys, a livery stable, pleasure boats, and a populous
village, with every thing that ministers to the traveller's oca-
sional necessities, contribute to make the Memi.hremago^ all
that can be desired. One who has ever enjoyed the gorgeouB
sunset views from the north piazzas, or sat on a moonlight
evening while the band played, and watched the .teamcrs and
boats on the lake; one who has climbed I'rospcet Hill, roan.o.l
along the Clyde and Coventry Falls, withiu easy drive ot
the house, and then with sharpened appetite feasted on the
speckled trout, the luscious berries, and other dainties of
the mountain and the lake with which the tables here are
loaded, — will need no urgency to bring him again to Lake

Memphremagog. .,,,,. .,

Jay Peak, in the towns of Jay and Westfield, thirteen miles
west of Newport, is visited from here ; and the ascent is effected
by a carriage road, -a magnificent view of the Green Moun-
tains, the Lake, the ^Vhite Mountains, Lake Champla.n, and
the Adirondacks repaying the tourist for the trip. Its height
is four thousand and eighteen feet.

Th
iimdi>
leave!
at till
Point
Islani
picnic
soon
metrii
water
fully I
alinos
Iloust
deep,
lake t
if one

Ski
the M
war o
of wh(
refuge
Moun
and v
famou
narroi
home
crown

comes
thirty-
h»mlei
Magof

(lentfil with l)«;auti-
unt, andp'ulnrcfiiimf
(vjidrt i- ft (UUghtfiil
clear water; and in

iciouH and l>est, kojit
t of W. V. Howman,
ancfs. Its delinlitf'ul
I it a most di"!'iral)le

about four Imiidred
oomsi, billiard-balls,
oats, and a populous
a tlie traveller's occa-
! Mi'ni[)liremagOj- all
enjoyed the gorgeous

Hat on a moonlight
lied the fteamcrs and
'rospuit Hill, ronniod
fithiii easy drive of
petite feasted on the
nd other dainties of

the tables here are
r him again to Lake

estfield, thirteen miles
J the ascent is effected
r of the Green Moun-
Lake Champlain, and
r the trip. Its height

TounisTS' handhook.

185

A Boat-Trip down the Lake.

This is one of the most delightful excursions that can bo
made. The "Lady of tlic Lake," .■ 'iiaulifiil iron stc:iiner,
leaves the village every niorning f jr Mago^ a Canadiiin villiige
at the northern outlet, and returns the gi.mu day. Tndinn
I'oint, till' j'wiu .Sisters (two lovely wood, ,', "-lets), Province
Island (the largest on the lake), Tea Table Island (a fiivorite
picnic spot), Fitch's Hay, and Whetstone Island are passed ; and
soon the steamer approadies "Owl's Head," a conical, sym-
metrical peak, fifing three thousand feet above the lake, whoso
waters lave its foot. A short sail past Round Island, a grace-
fully rounded anil densely woixlcd islet, brings you to a landing
almost at tiie foot of Owl's He;id, where is lociUed the Monultdn
Ifoiine. n I'umoms spot with those who delight in fishing; the
deep, cool waters of the lake abounding in inuscalonge and
lake trout, 'llie ascent of Owl's Head is made from this point,
if one t irries long onoii^'h.

Skinner's Island and Cave are near by, to the eastward of
the Mountnin Iloufe, and are famous as the haunt during the
war of IMI 2 of Uriah Skinner, " the bold smuggler of Magog,"
of whom a poetic; Icjiend exists. In the cave, it is said, he took
refuge from pursuit, and there died. Continuing northward.
Mount Elephantis (Sugar Loaf) and the Hog's Hack are seen;
and we pass Long Island, on whoso southern shore is the
famous " Balance Rock," a huge mass of granite, prised on a
narrow point at the water's edge. This island is the summer
home of several wealthy Canadians, whose beautiful residences
crown its wooded heights. Rounding the bold Gibraltar Point,

Mount Orford ,

comes in full view, —the loftietit peak of Lower Canada, rising
thirty-three hundred feet, and distant five miles from the little
h»mlet of Magog, where the boat stops a short time. From
Magog John Norton's stage-line conveys the visitor who desires

186

TounisTS' HAsnnooK.

, Sherbrooke. on tl.c Cran.l Trunk Railway. « rl-le "f i|l.xt.en
ik.» aroun.l tbo l.a.u of Mount Orlonl. At Sl.crl.rookc, the

Kagog Hoai«,

I 1 : aiiAi'iii^

N^^vs^aa?.

iiniliT til" mnnBRt uH'nt of
Mr. II. «. Ilclplmrn. will hf
found a very ili'KiriiliU' rt'oort.
It in ono of th«' li.Kt-k<l)t
houne* In Canml.i; nnd the
fiiu'!«t fmhinR can Iw had In
the vicinity. TIh' li'm"""
Liiki's MasBftwippi nnd Mo-
TnK MAOOO mvSE. Kunllc nrc but ft nhott dis-

tance from the hou,e.- IletnrninR vUX the !;»''« ^"•N-l-'; J
may. if we ,.bo,«o. procec.l. r.d lWn,p..c Iladroml through
X flouri>hin« villnie of St. .TobuHbury, Vt.. to Wcll« ll.ver,
thenoltbe H.Mon Con.-ord, & Montreal Railroad convey, u.
to Weir*, at the western side of

Lake Wlnnlplieogse,

^hi.h i8 here associated with Memphremagog, not fro.n any
contiguity, but from the Himilarity of its features. It .s situ-
ated In tL counties of C.rroU and Belknap. N.II.. and .s .;ery
irregular m form, spreading out into seven arge bays I^e
pretty little steamer " Lady of the Lake" plys up and down
between WolfLoro'. Alton Bay, Centre Harbor, andAN ..rs the
trip being one of the n.ost beautiful imng.nable. The water is
of womlerful purity and clearness; the wooded shores and green
islands give a pleading diversity to the scene; and the moun-
tains which encircle the lake' add the element of gvandeu.
Edward Everett wrote. "In Europe I have ««;'" f ^^f '^
most attractive, from the Highlands of Scot ami to the (, Iden
Horn of Constantinople, from the summit oi the Hart z Moun-
tains to the Fountain of Vaucluse ; but my eye has yet to rest

( n a

sail f

a g.M

iMciui

Sent I

lienci

of II

wbic

niHgi

leys I

hike,

past

light

room

a del

hous(

anil I

as fo

tnnt,

lake

nap,

peak

" Tu

moui

East
a ch
ton;
veys
Bosti
"Hu
easy
tain

iV. a ri(l« of wixti'en
At Sherljrookc, the

lie mrtiiapiiit'nt of
*.. Ilflpltnrn, will bo
ifi'iy ili'Kiriililt' r»'»ort.
10 of the »i.Kt-V<l)t
n CanmLi; nml tlio
ihinj; can l)o l>ivl In
inity. Till' fiimouH
HasHnwippi ivml Me-
irii but a »liort <U8-
li»kc to'Nowport, we
lie Itiilroml, through
Vt., to Wells Hiver,
I Railroad conveyj us

(magog, not from any
I features. It is situ-
nap. N.II., ami is very
ven large bays. The
e " plys up and down
Harbor, and AV.irs, the
finable. The water i«
ooded shores and green
scene; and the moun-

element of grandeur.
; have seen all that is
Sootlanil to tho (JoUlen
nit of the Ilariz Moun-

iny eye has yet to rest

Toi/HisTS' n.tsnnooK.

1ST

( n a lovplior srciio than that which siiiili's arouiul you an you
sail (nmi \V«irV l.iiniling to Centn' HailHir." At Alton Hiiy ii
a ;{iH)d hotrl, whcreo teiims are furniihtMl for (lie asrriit of
Mount Delkiinp, ten milts di^tnnt. At Ceiitie Ilaibor tlio
Senfer Iltiwui in a largo and wt'li-iuanHgi'd liotrl ; and from
hence learns are provided to convey the tourist to the fiK)t
of Red Hill, the higlie.^t peak in the viiinity, the iweent of
wliieh is elTeeted on horseback, and from tho to|> of which a
niHgiiificent view of the lake, the iiioniitidns, and the jirt'en val-
leys H|)reads hcfuro you. At Woiflioro', on tho east side of the
lake, is locited the GUmlon Ifovie, a new botol, opened tho
past seiison by Mr. .1. L. I'eavey, and which was found h de-
lightful stopping-place by many families last summer. Tho
rooms are largo and airy, with the most luxurious of beds, and
a deliijhtful outlook on the lake ; and the characteristics of the
house are its liomelike cuiiilbit and sociability. From this
house boats are furnished for sailin;.; and fiihing on th.i lake,
anil toams for the many beautiful and romiintic drives, us well
as for the ascent of C'opplo Crown Mountain, five miles dis-
tant, and twenty-one hundied feet high. From the summit the
lake is visible for nofu-ly its entire length, while Mounts Helk-
nap, Ossipeo, Chocorua, and Washington are the principal
peaks in sight. In a clear day a view of the ocean is obtaiiinl.
•' Tumble-down Dick " is a neighboring and somewhat smaller
mountain of singular formation, and is also often ascended.

Homeward Bound.
From Wolfboro' one can take tho Pullman cars on the
Eastern Railroad Branch, and speedily ho transported through
a charming country to Portsmouth, N.II., and thence to Bos-
ton ; from Alton Bay tho branch of the Boston and Maine con-
veys one to Dover and tlience to Boston. From AVcirs tho
Boston, Concord, and Montreal aiTords a speedy transit to the
" Hub ; " ana from either point railway cominunicntions afford
easy and direct transportation to the east or back to tho moun-
tain region.

188

TOURISTS' HANDBOOK.
In Conolasion.

Having thus taken our friends on the " grand rounds, -to
the centre of fashionable gayety at Saratoga; to the scenes
ofnuiet beauty and historic interest upon and around Lakes
George and Ch.mplain; to the grand and romantic wddnes
ofthe Adirondicks; to the majestic and magnificent cataract
of Nia..ara; to Montreal and Quebec-, with their fasc.nat.on of
locatio; and history ; to the Franconia and White Mountains
with their grand peaks, charming cascades, and marvels ot
nature; to Lakes Memphremagog and Winnipiseogee, with
their clear waters, verdant isles, and environing mountains, -
and safely brought them back to their starting pent, «« ^an but
express the hope that th3 trip will have proved so debghtful,
that it will always remain a pleasant memory, and will trc-
quently impel the tourist to try a repetition of a part, at leas,
of its enjoyments.

)K.

' grand rounds," — to
.ratoga ; to the scenes
)n and around Lakes
ind romantic wildness
d magnificent cataract
th their fascination of
and White Mountains,
:ades, and marvels of
1 Winnipiseogee, with
rironing mountains, —
irting point, we can but
e proved so deliglitful,
memory, and will fre-
ition of a part, at least.

OISTil^SfCE: TM.'B^Xm^,

«♦'

COMPILED rOR FAXON'S HANDBOOK,

- — ^w

PROM BOSTON.

Fiichbwg Railroad.

Miles. To

MilCB.

Belmont,

6 West Acton,

Waverly,

7 Littleton,

VVakham,

10 Ayers Junction,

Weston,

13 Shirley,

Lincoln,

1 7 Lunenburg,

Concord,

20 Leominster,

South Acton,

25 Fitchburg,
Vi. and Mass, Dlvmon.

West Fitchbiir?,

62 Wendell,

Wachusett,

53 Ervin>i,

Westminster,

65 Grout's Corner,

Ashburnhain,

61 Montague,

102

Gardner,

65 Greenfield,

106

Templeti n,

C9 Bardwell's,

114

189

190

To
B&ldwinville,
Uoyalston,
Athol,
Orange,

Winchendon,
State I^inc,
Fitzwilliain, •
Troy,
Marlboro,
South Keene,

DISTASCS TABLE.

MUc». To

71 Shelburne Falls,

77 Charlemont,

83 Zoar,

87 IlooBac Tunnel,

Cheshire PMilroad.

G8 Keene,

71 East Westmoreland,

77 Westmoreland,

82 Walpole,

86 Cold Uiver,

90 Bt'llows Falls,

Ventral Vt. Railroad — Rudand Dioision.

llockingham,

Bartonsville,

Chester,

Gassi Its,

Cavendish,

Proctorsviile,

Ludlow,

Healdville,

Summit,

Mount Holly,

East Wallingford,

Cuttingsville,

Clarendon, •

Rutland,

Sutherland Falls,

119 Pittsford,

123 Brandon,

127 Leicester Junction,

133 Salisbury,

136 Middlebury,

138 Brooksville,

141 New Haven,

147 Vergennes,

148 Ferrisbcrg,

1 5 1 North, Ferrisberg,

153 Charlotte,
157 Shelburne,
160 Burlington,
16G Essex Juni'tion,
173 St. Albans,

Swanton Junction,
Swan ton,
Alburjxh Springs,
Alburgh,
Rouse's Point,
Champlain,
Perry's Mills,
Moor's Junction,
Centreville,

Western Division

273

276

288

287-

289

295

298

303

306

(^uid Rutland).

Clinton Mills,

Chateaugay,

Burke,

Malone,

Bangor,

Brusli's Mills,

Moira,

Lawrence,

Brasher's Falls,

V;lc8.
119
128
132
i36

92
100
104
HO

lis

114

183

188

193

199

203

207

213

215

218

222

227

284

242

267

326
336
340
848
854
359
362
868
373

1
AVoc
AltO'
Ironi
Fore
Dam
EUc!

St. J
Higl
Prov

St. J
Moo

Bell(
Chai
Spri:
Clar:
Win
Hart
Nort
Whi
Woo
Wes
Shai
Soul
lloyi
Betl]

AVhi

Nor^
Pom
Thet
Nort
Ely,

DISTANCE TABLE.

M'-les.
119
128
132
136

92
100
104

US
114

183

188

193

199

203

207

213

215

218

222

227

284

242

267

326
336
340
348
354
359
362
368
373

To
Woods' Falls,
Altooiia,
Irona,
Forest,
Dannemora,
EUcnbui'gh,

MUm.
809
812
315
318
820
321

To
Knapp'g,
Potsdam,
Madrid,
Lisbon.
Ogdensburgh,

Northern Division {via Itutlaud').

St. Albans, 207

Highgate Springs, 280

Province Line, 284

St. Armand, 285

Moore's, 288

Stanbridge,
St. Alexander,
St. Johns,
Montreal,

Central Division {via White R. Junction).

Randolph,

Biaintree,

Iloxbnry,

Northfield,

Montpelier J '.nction,

Mont^iflier,

Middlesex,

Waterbury,

Bolton,

Jonesville,

Kiclimond,

Williston,

Essex Junction,

St. Albans,

Bellows Falb,

114

Charlestown,

122

Snringfield,
Clareuioiit,

125

132

Windsor,

140

Hartland,

144

North Hartland,

148

While River Junction,

15i

Woodstock,

157

West Hartibrd,

162

Sharon,

167

South Hoyalton,

172

Royalton,

174

Bethel,

179

Norwich,
Pompanoosuc,
Thetford,
North Thetford,
Ely,

881
884
892
400
409

293
801
810
887

186
192
200
207
217
218
223
228
286
288
214
246
2ft0
275

Conn, if Pass. Rivers R. R.

unction, 154 West Burke,
158 Summit,
164 South Barton,
168 Barton,

, 170 Barton Landing,
172 Coventry,

231
287
240
244
2S0
254

192

To
FalrUc,
ricrniont,
Kraillorl,
South Newbury,
Newbiirv,
Wt'lN UiviT,

^Iclniloes

Bunift,

Nonisville,

I'as-iuuipsic.

8t .Ii)bnsliury.

Lyniloii,

Lyn'lonviUe,

DISTANCE TABLE.

MIloB. To

1 75 Newport,

181 Norili Di-rbj',

1H2 Stanstead .lunetion,

IHl Smith'^^ Mills,

18!) I.tliby's Mill.-',

1!)4 Ayors' Fla's,

lll.S Massawipiii,

202 North llatley,

204 CapU'ton,

208 Leiinoxville,

212 ShcrbrooUc,

215 Uiihiiioiul,

222 Qiiebeo,
22:J

MllOH.

250

2(14

265

209

272

278

280

284

201

296

200

324

420

Delaware and Hwlnon

Centre llutland,
West Rutland,
Castleton,
llydevilU',
Fail haven,

Whitehall Junction,

Whiieh;dl.

Comstocks,

Fort Ann,

Smith's Basin,

Dunham Basin,

Cdwil Co. — Ren-tsclaer aiul Saratoga
Division.

168 Fort Edward,

170 Ganesvoorts,

176 J Saratof^a,

180 Uallston,

181. V Mechanici'villc.

lOO' Albany Junction,

192 Waterlord,

106 5 Green Island,

200i Troy,

20 li Alhany,

209 Sciienectady,

212.J

218i

229

235 1

249

255^

257

260J

261i

267i

252

Glens Falls Branch.

FROM CALDWELL (Lake George).
By Steamer.

218i
217^

Trent Pavilion (Queensbury),

Boltcn

Fourteen :Mill Island, i*

Ticunileroga, »°

Old Fort (by stajre 4 ms ), 40

To
Ben SI
Orwe
'rii'oii
Laal
Crow
Port

Seliiii

Anisti

Fond;

Fort I

llerki

Ilion,

Utiea,

Rome

Oneid

Cana.«

Syrac

Ilamil

Port I
Col)ur
Kingsl
Brock

HIlCB.

259

-\.y,

204

.Iiinction,

ills,
ills,

V'S,

t)i.

265
2G9
272
278
280

iley,

284
201

lie,

iC,

296
299
324

•»

420

nnelaer ami Saratoga

ward,
orts,

fsvillc,
.Junciioii.
rd,
stand,

tady,

Falls,)

212.J

21Hi

229

235 1

249

255. i

257

260i

26 li

267i

252

218i
217i

ake George).

leroga, ^^

ort (by stago 4 ms), 40

Disr.iMf: T.iniF.

195

FROM WHITEHALL (Lake Champlain).

'I'.l

Mill's.

Til

MIUh.

HcilSDll,

W,st Pi rt.

Orwvll,

Kssc.\,

'rii'OMiIeroga,

Hiirliiifitoii,

T 1

l-a 'iibecs.

2(i

Port K.iit,

Crown Point,

PlattslmrjT,

100

Port Henry,

Rouse's Point,

125

PROM BOSTON.

New YoiL- Ceiiinil Itniiroinl.

252

Auburn,

26H

(icricvM,

27l»

Clit'ion Sprinj^.s

29;)

C.mandaiiiua,

3KJ

Rochester.

318

Huffalo,

330

Hrockport,

314

All)i(jn,

357

Loekporl,

3G1

Niagara Falls,

383

Sclii'nec'a<ly,

.\nisterdaiii.

Fonda,

Fort I'laiiie,

Herkimer,

Ilioi),

Utioa,

Rome,

Oneida,

Canastnta,

Syracuse,

PROM SUSPENSION BRIDGE.

Great Wesleni Railroad.
Hamilton, 43 Toronto,

f>rand Trunk Railway.

Port Hope, 145 Pre.spott Junction.

Col)urg, 151 Montreal,

Kingston, 243 Richmond Junction,

Rrockville, 290 Quebec,
13

408
434
446
457
485
532
481
494
520
541

303
415
491
587

104

DISTASCE TABLE.

FROM MONTREAL.

Around th<' Mountain,
Liuliine Uapiils ami return,

Roum's Point,
T.akt' Mfuiphivinago-^,
PiofTle House,
Crawfvml llouw!,
Portlaml,

nilos

b> r iiriace

'^'stni'roirail

172

ifc

,1 u u I,

((

It. rail

»!)

u **

lOG

" rail & sta<!0

208

,i .( u •*

2'J<>

u «

FROM QUEBEC.

LorPtte (Imlian ViVajie),
Montnioicnci Falls,
I'liaudii'ie Falls,
J.jike St. Cliarks,
Lake Uwiuport,
bl:inil of Orleans,

Murray Hay,

lliT'.irc ilu Loup,

CiiconrKi,

Tad^iisiic,

Ila-Ha Bay (Sajim'nay R}

Lake Meuiphreniaj^o},',

Profile llou^e, 1 "

Crawford House, i Mou

Boston,

Ni'w York,
FcM'tlanil,

1 n miles

carriiige.

it.

ptuauier.

er)

125

(•

132

fck

150

210

((

rail

liile

2ti2

fci

rail & stage

ntaiu9,

272

((

U ii *«

408

((

a«tG

317

((.

DISTANCES FROM BOSTON.

Northfield, N.IL -■■-'[

Tilton. N.H. -"''...
Latonia. N.IL - - • ' ' .

I ake Village, N.H. - - " .
■vVcirs— Lake Winnipixeopee Station

Centre Harbor -10 miles l.y boat - -

87
92
101
103
108
118

ilo8

b; € .rriaiie.
'^ Blrn'ror rail.

a u u i»

II rail.

u **

" rail & stage.

miles by carriage.

» pteauier.

u ^

u "

il "

" rail

" rail & stage

11 U 11 •»

11 «1

(',

u t'

U 11

30ST0N.

_ ^

9'1

101

103

lOS

118

DISTANCE TAtlLE.

Wolfboroiifili— 17 niilcR by boat - - . .

Nortli Conway — rm Centre Harbor, hv boat, sta^e,

anci rail - - - . .". ..".

M-'redith VilWc, X.ll

Ashland. N.U.

I'ly mouth, N.II.

Uumtu-y, N'.II.

West limnnev. Nil. I

Wentworth, S'.ll.

WarnMi, N.II.

Haverhill, N.II.

Wood.sviile, N.II

Wells River, Vermont

Bath, N.II

Lisbon, N II.

Littleton — U miles stafjinf; to Profile House -
Wing Koail (diverges from Main line)

Bethlehem (on Wing Riilroad)

Twin-Mountain House Station - . . . .

Whitefield, N.II

Dalton, N.H.

Lancaster, N.H. - -

Northumberland, N.H. (junction with G.T. Railroad) -
North Stratford, N.H. (on Grand Trunk line) -
Sherbrooke, P.Q. (G. T. June, with Passumpsic)
Richmond, P.Q. (on G. T. June, with Quelwc Division)

Montreal, -.- '^

Quebec, via Northumberland - - - . .

Montpeiier, Vt. --.

Waterbury, Vt. (v/d Wells River Stage for Stowe, Vt.)
Stowe, Vt. (10 miles staging from Waterbury) - -
Newport, Vt. - - ° . . J^ .
Lake Memphremagog - - ....

Essex Junction, Vt.

Burlington --.....

196

119

149

112

120

125

183

136

141

144

159

107

16V J

172

178

187

193

199

203

199

203

209

219

232

203

318

394

414

20(>

214

224

232

236

242

DISTANCES FROM PLAHSBURG.

;» mill's; Maj i «'n<> ', ■ ;„,. .i ,,,iioM • St. Lawn'iice Co.

Hotel. Upper Saranac Lake via Bloommgdale
J Do\il Smith's — H'c)oimi)>:«lale, '•« miles, l.vui

^:^:?th-fTi Ssf ^.-el, llppcr^ Saranac Lake, lO nnlc,

iiartlett's, 10 miles, — tot il, TS miles.
Hotel Upper Saranac Lake, via Point of Rocks

an^BliomSale.-HloomingdaKvlS mdcs; stage, 15

miles, — total, «a miles. „, . j i„

Martin's via Point of Rocks an ^. Bloomingda e

_U^1 u^^oint of Hocks, -iO miles; stage to Martins, 31

miles, — total, 5» miles.
Bartlebfs via Point of Rocks a^d Martin s.--

^JJm^stL'^^MartinV, 57 miles; boat and pack to HaU

K.tfs, t« miU's. — total, 0» miles.

I'Jli

a»

^v%

f;?^

^<i^ 1^

nSBURG.

a iiiili'x.

I'ort Kent, la miles;

— Unil to Point of
ts. 3 niiltH ; Fiiinklin
; Siiiitli's, lO inik'»,

n tlie west branch of
iiuiiteil following the

wiiy of chain of five
)nd to Oilii-f Pond, 1

miles ; Fish Pond to
to liiiy I'on'l Ontlet,
alk Vt niiU's; Little
ps; St. Lawrence Co.
to Parishville Uoad, 3

via Bloomingdale
lie, 'IS miles; I'aul
anac Lake, lO miles,

•ia Point of Rocks
(.., 'IS miles ; stage, 15

an 1 Bloomingdale.
stage to Martin's, 37

:8 and Martin's. —
boat and pack to Hart-

DISTAXCB TABLK.

197

)i()rtane, I mile ; cros" t)ond. 51 miles ; thci
River to UiKiiiette Wiver, 3 miles: liv

Kellogg's Hotel, Long Lake, via Martin's, Bart^
lett's, and Mother Johnson's. — Hiil nnd ^ta^e to M;ir-
tiii's. .IT miles; thence liy Lower Snriinac l^ake, O mile:*;
river to Koiiiid I ake, 3 miles; cross lake to Iliirtli'tl's. 3 miles;
P<irta>;i' Iroin liart'elt's to IJpjier .SarMn:ic [<iike, I-l mile;
cioss lake to Corey's, 3 miles; to Stony Creek Pond, Iiidi;in

rnce liy Sidny Crvek
Ua(|iict.te liiver to
Mother Johnson's. 7 miles ; pi.rla^e, I I'^l miles; Ity Uai|iiette
River to Loni,' Lake, 7 miles; lake to Ivelloirji's, 10 mdcs. —
totol, lOI miles.

Kello;;j;'s, via Snnth'g, St. Ilcjris Lake, lOS milt s.

Boonville, via Martin's, Bartletfs, andKellogg's.
— liail and stajrtt to Martin's, .17 miles; boat and pack to Kd-
lo«}i'», 17 miles ; Kellojra's to head of F.on.' Lnke, 1 miles ;
river to Forked Lakt;, O miles (3 porta<{es of !-«, I- I, I "i
miles each); by like, 'I miles; by portage. I l-*i miles ; l>y
Uaqnette Lake and Creek, 10 iuiles ; porta-.'c to ■'^th F^ake,

I I-*i ndles; cro.^s lake, I 1-!J miles; T>orlii{.e to 7lh Lake.
3-1 milo; lake, 1 mile; porlatje to i;ih I. ake. I a mile , lake,
3-1 mile; jxirtajje to .'ith Lake, IS mile; like, 3-1 mile;
Creek to 4th Lake, •• miles ; lake, 1 miles ; tl.ence to Arnold's,
thronch :M L.ike and Creek, 7 miles; Arnold's to Avery's,

II mill's ; Avery's to Lyoiisd ile. Si \-*i milis ; L\ onsdale' to
Boonvil;e, 7 miles, — total, 1S» 3-3 miles.

Distance to Pioimville, via Paul Smith's and I'pper Sar.inac
Lake, 103 l-'i miles.

Lowville, via Martin's, Hartletfs, and Tupper's
Lako. — Martin's to Harilett's, water, I'i miles; .Sweeny's
carry, portaj^e, 3 miles (wau'Oii on said portaj;e), to Haiiiieite
River; river to Tapper's Lake, 13 miles; through lake to
"(irave's Lodue," W miles; to Roimd Pond by Creek. 3 1-3
miles, portage, 3 1-3 miles; across Uonnd Pond and Creek
to Little Tujijier's [..ake, 3 miles; through lake, miles; creek,
4 miles; pottage 1-3 mile to Cliarlev's Pond; across poml, ■
mile. Portage to Smith's Lake, 1 1-3 miles; lake, 1 miles;
creek, 1 mile ; portage, 1 mile, to Albany Lake ; thr. ugh lake,
3 miles, to BeMer River; from here can go t'venly-live miles
by river to Smith's Hotel or Stillwater, or can go by wagon
to Lowville, 1ft n.i!es.

Lf. f e George, via Martin's, Bartletfs, Kellogg's,
and Lower Adirondack. — lUil and stage to Martin's,

198

DISTASCK TAHIE.

C'lK..tor. « n.ile. ; n.-Kt.-r to ^V^vrn...l.u.uh. 1 i .1' «.>>«>•
rfnHt...r«l. to CaMw.-ll, « nnl.-s, - lotnl. ITI ""Us.
Via Sinith'H amir PIMM- Simumr. I7.->.

"■'Martin's. Saranac L^k^. «» «».'*^>,1,'- i'l'

l'on'l,l"nle; to Smith's, through p.ml nn.l .reek, 2 .n.lc«.

total. !*0 iiiilen. . , •

KeeseviUe -By carriage .iirect. 1 1 "" ;'^ ; V « T""'
toSflS la n.ilL ; thence by 8ta«c, » "nle«, - total. W

"^'^Uzabethtown. Via Keeseville and Poke O;^^^^^^^^^

shine. —Carriag*^ to Keesevilh-. It luiUs 'J*

S ,e » "^-l^'" ; Eli/-abethtown. 1 1 "uleB, - totul^W .".k..

Elizabethtown. via Au Sable Chasm. KeeseviUe.
and Poke O'Moonshine. - 3» mile"- „„^niA

Elizabethtown. via Au |able Chasm ^esevU^

town. 11 miles. - totiil. TO lu.les.

Wiln.inston to Eli/.i.beil.town, dircet. 82 mucs.
Schroon Lake, via KeeseviUe Poke OMm^^a^^

07 miles.

Lj
Bch

Sc
Poii

mile i<
total,
Sc
derr
S,.hn

Sc
Geo

— .S|

I III

bur jr.

— Ki

i:i II

totiil,

8v
40 II

Keen

walei

inileH

.11 »

Tri

II m

Ul
Indi

We.vt

iiiiliis
n'ili's
miles.

iiiilis

La
roint
ton. 1
miles.

niilP'*; Ke'.lojrjj'ii to
oii.liitk to MiiuTva,
leu; '■(itiiT'tvilU' to

iTI iiiili's.

ilmington Pass.
s to Wilminfifoii. I!l
[iirtinV, lO niilt'H, —

u Sable Chasm,
188. — (^iirria^"' to
ilmiii'.'ton, 'la milfH;
lO mill's,— t-ital,5«

nith'a, St. Regis
t ; river. '•» mi''* *"
liner SiiraiiiU! Kake ;
,P(.- iiy troi.d carrin)»i'
ponil. a miU'i'; r"!--
•ro«H Iftki' to Spitfire
and ireek, « tnilen.

I milt's; hy steamer
, 5 inilen, — t<ital, 17

Lnd Poke O'Moon-
nili's; l'ol«' O'Moo;;
— total, Jl* "lilt's-
haam, Keeseville,

Ihasm, Keeseville,
_ CliaMin. 1* "'"«*' ■'
lies; Notch. * miles;

II miles; Elizabeth-

99 miles.

[e, Poke O'Moon-
iroon River (lloofs
J'MoonBliine, > miles ;
■er (Roofs Hotel), ««
el), lO miles, — total.

hlHTAKiK TAIil.K.

too

LakeOeorRe, via Keeseville, Elizabethtown, and
Schroon Lake. — »W miU-M

Schroon Lake, via Lake Champlain and Crown

Point. — Steamer to Crown Toint ((iiiiinlNDii's llotil), <(1>
iiiilis; Hta;;*' to SclinMHi I^itke (Ondawa Hotel), 99 iiiiU-s, —
total, VI iiiilfM.

Schroon Lake, via Lake Champlain and Ticon-

deroga. — Sir.iuuM- to Tieoniiero);!!. MO miles; Nla},'e to
S^hro)ii Lake. 99 iiiilis, total, I09 miles.

Schroon Lake, via Lake Champlain, Lake
George. Warrensburg, Chester, and Potteraville.

— Steaiiier to riciiii(lero};a, WO iiules; stni^e to Like () •iir;te.
■i miles; ^<tl'alue^ to Cildwell, JIO lnile^ ; «tn;i« to Warreiis-
liiir^', O miles; Cliester, 19 miles; I'otternville. O iiiilis;
.Sc'liroon T^ake, 1> milet*, — total, l>'i!l miles.

Summit of Whiteface Mountain (Weston's Motel).

— Kail to I'oiiil ol U'le.ks, 90 miles; staije to Wilmington,
i:i miles; Itriillepaih to Summit (Lojj iiuuse), A miles, ^
total, !IM miles.

Summit of Mount Marcy. — Rail to Point of Ronk«,
90 mikis ; stajje to Lower tiny. O mill* ; Upptr .lay, 5J miles ;
Keene, !i miles; Iteder's, I miles; l.,ower Au S dile, '1 m les ;
water, 9 miles; |Hirtage, 51 I mile ; Upper An SaWIe, water, 9
miles ; p.iek to summit of .Mount Marey, !i miles, — total,
at :i-l miles.

Summit of Mount Man-y to Upper Adirondack, T miles.

I'plMsr Adir.Didack from Upper Au S ible Pond, trnil, H miles.

Trail fruiu Upper Au Sable Pond to Root's Hotel in Schroon,
II miles.

Upper Adirondack, via Wilmington Pass and
Indian Pass. — Kail to Point of RcKks, 90 miles ; sta(.;e to
Wi!>toa's Ho el. Wilmington. IS miles ; Wi'min<iton Notch. !i
miles; Scott's, North KIha, T miles; jiai'k to Indim Piiss, 7
n?iles; pass, I mile; Upper Adirondack. 7 miles, — total. Oft
luiles.

Mount Maroy. — From Upp"r Adirondack, base, 4
miles ; summit, !t miles, — total, 7 mile^.

Lake Placid (Ntsh's and Brewster's Hotels). - Riil to
Point of Rocks, 90 miles; stige to Weston's Hotel, Wilm'n^r-
ton. 13 nd'e< ; Wilminjjtoii No'ch. 4 nules ; Lake Pla'.i ', 15
miles, — total, 53 miles.

•i(M)

VISTAS! K T.tliLK.

Silver Lake, via Point of Rooks,
Silver l.iikf, r inili'c. total, :il miiI.'»

- Kail I'l I'oiin ' '

rnniK

nilVIT ••ilRI', • luinr, >

Silver Lake, via Saranac^ Fork*. - ^'"g! «».\"'
F °k". aa .Mil. H ; S.her L»ko, O n.ii.s - total. «» ""!>•'
Rainbow Lake (W.nl.nV "''''0. - S, ,b.. u, Sar.n.a.-

(ll.mier. ll...m.).10 ...iUm; lt.inbow Luke. » n.ilc«, - toial.

"skHoj;!" r.akf (I'aui SmilhV Uotol) 5^ I» '">'«" *'"'»" ''"'
•' Hunt<T*K lloinc." ,

Saranao Lake (M''^'.V''%.'''''''''-. .S"Tn.il .""Em^
Home. • M»«riill-vilU-. I mil.' ; ^ ennonlv. Ir > n.. .■., IH-'M' .

"u.la!e, :l n.ileH ; Mu.tinV N ..,iU-H. - total, IV m,.1. ..

Chazv Lake(M.-a.l.-.-H llo.el) -St,.«,. ''''i'v l" > ?''"'^-

„HU^a. I« inih-H ; p. iv«.t.- .onvyan. L- to M.a.l.T . Hotel, t ha/)

r.ak.', 5 mil«•^ — total, «! miU-H.

Chateaugay Lake. - K«il '!' V|'f ;r7;'I,i;:''''i';.tl
M.iU-i*; C:i.ateaui;ny Like (IUsIIowh. lit. 1), « uiU*, " i"'

6»iiiileH.
Burlington, via Port Kent. - S!<.;,...er. tl I m.lex.
Mount Mansfield via Port Kent Burlington
Rnd Waterbury. — Hi.aimr to BurliM};U)ii. « I ii'il< *• ' ■"
fo^wSu'^l? miU«; .tn,e to Mount '-";;', ,^^^'-
Stowe lO i.iiU'M ; Siimiuit lloiife, N milw., — total, »■» mine.

M. <unt Mansfield, via St. Albans Bay. Water-
bury, and 3towe.-S,...m.r t»/^ '^> '^" ' 'VV-.h.*
i,,ili«' Hia.'e to .St,. Albam Villi^'c, » iml.'^ ; rail to NVatir
",.r\..lV;mloH; «taj:e .« Sto.ve, 10 miles; rarna,.. to .um-
iiiit," M milec — total, «N ii'il<«. , „ , .i

Waterbury. via Jlouse's Point, all ra.l 10« .... e^^
Alburgh Springs via Rouse's Point, all «.!, A9

'"Alburah Springf. via St. Albans Bay. - St.-ni..er
,ot. AuSv lKtl^mll.«.; .ta.... to village, 3 .u.le. ; ra.l
to .Ml.uvKh Sprin-s. I« n.iU-H. - t^.tal, !«» mil.s.

Alburgh Springs, via North and South Hero
ani AlbSgh^Ton^e. - Stean.e.- ^:>^^^ » - 5;
tlu'iice l.y (l..|inl.ttul ean .age-<lnve. *i* i« tic*, to .\ii.ui^i.
Sjiiiiigs, — total, »0 uiilfs.

to S
lo I

llllll

total
I(

tola

liiilc
mil.

IV
lira
Hot

N
Toit
tota

iiorf
jMjrt

PtoI

Cra

Wli

I. — Kail I" I'oiiit ' »■
t luiltn ; t-arrium' i«>

1. — Stain' lo Si'raniif
- toliil. *it» '«il»''*

. St'.Cf lo Sannmi-

if, I.. Smith'H llfilt'l.
,!ik»', tt iiiili'C. ■ '"«"'■

[^ 17 iiiiUi* from tin-
, ft-om Hunter's

|villr.> inil«'K; lil>«)m-_
)tnl, IW lllll> H.
>(t.ii;f iliiilv i'> l>«iini'-
Vlf.nl.r'r' llottl, C'hnz)

,,trl),l>'ii:iU'i, — i't«l

l:(';\iiicr. til miles.
Kent, Burlington,
in-lU)!!. 'il iKil''"'- '">'l
omit Manttliilil ili.tel.
loR, — total, «:i mili'c.
oans Bay, Water-
St. Allians IJay. 'iO
I mile;' ; rail to Wator-
liluH ; tarria;j;« to Mim-

t, »U rail. lOa niilfd.
,'B Point, all rail, »»

)anB Bay. — Su-amer
> villa<.'f, 3 iniks ; rail
'i» iiiili'B.

and South Hero,
to Soiiili llfn>,5niilis;
*i5 II lies, to Albuinh

DIST.tS' K TAULK.

201

HiKh«att» SprintfH, via St. AlbanH Bay. — Htt-iimur
to St AIIniii'm Itii. . flO lllill^<: ftut,'!' 'o \ilLtL'«'. SI milrt; rail
lo lli);lit;alf .Spriri;;^, t<\ mi iii, - lol il. ilO miliH.

HiKhgate Spriiitfa, via BuilinKton. — St.aiiuT to
Itiiiiiniitiiii. til iiiiU'H; i-.til lo llinh/.iif .Spriii^n, 14 ii.iU'ii, —
total. <H) milfo

Iodine SprinwB, South Hero. — Sn-aim r to South
llttro, .1 iiiil<'i« ; Ht.i;.'!' to liiiiiiii' >|iriii<iH lIouM-. !! iiii'cH, —
total, M iiiili>^.

Sheldon Springs. Sioiiiur to St. AIImmk' Hay. 'iO
inilfs ; nU\)<\' to vill i^i'. :i milcx ; rail to Shi-liloii S|)riii(;i). IO
mill «. — total. !l!l milcH.

Massena Springs, via Brasher Falls. - All rail to
ItraNJu'r FuIIm, 71 iiiiIik ; h\\vk- U< ^l.l^!^^■lla S|)riiij.'< (IMtiiton^
Hotel), H iiiili'K, — t iial. 70 uiiliH.

Montreal, l>y rail ilit-cct, Ol inilcs.

Montreal, via Rouse's Point. • StfamtT to Hoiim>'«
Point. U I mien; rail Ih^iii tlu-iici! to Moiitrt'al, 10 iiillig, —
total, 7U iiiiles.

fS^ At ino.Ht of tlio important porta^-CH in tlii> aliovt; roiitrs,
liorcfj »rt\ kopt ilnriiin tliu sM'aHoii of p!('iui;;r -Ir.ivi'l. to Iraiw-
\wTi t)a;4j;ft;!e, &f.

WHITE MOUNTAIN - STA&E FAEES.

I'lolili' IIotgK to l.ittll'fOIl,

«2.00

" " Ciawllinl IIou>e,

l.iii)

" '• I'lvmoiitli,

4.00

" Ht'ihlcliL'in.

3.30

Crawford House to 'I'wiii-Moiintain,

l.AO

" " I'fotilc lidllM".

4.00

" N'oitli C'oii'vav,

8.60

" Marslifield,

8.00

" " Marshdi'ld and return.

4 00

" '< niniLs.

White-Mountain Ilotisiu to Biimi',

3.00

•' " " ami ceturii,

8.00

202

TOUHISTS' HANDBOOK.

Fabyan House to Base,

(( " " and return,

i< " Crawford Hous^e,

Glen Station to (JUn House,
Twin-Mountain House to Marfhfield,

„ ii <■ Marshfield and return,

Glen House to Alpine House,

u u I- North Conwarv',

North Conway to Centre Harbor,

Mount Wu.tiiimjton Railtcay.

Maishfield to TiivToj) House,

I. " Tip-Top House and return,

Tip- Top House to Glen Ho>iso,

" '• '• Glen House and return,

Hagjrage extra.

ti.OO
3,00
1 .00
2.50
3.00
4.00
1 60
3.00
3.50

8.00
4.00
3.00
j.OO

Elevations of UountainB, Mountain Houses, and Points of Interest

FUANCONIA MOUNTAINS

Mount Lafayette . • • . •
Mount Cannon, or Profile Mountain
Moosilauk

THE WIIITK MOUNTAIN

Mount

Motuit

Mount

Washington

JeiVtTSon

Adams

Maurice

Madis'Oii

Clay

Franklin

Pleasant

Clinton

Jaekson

Webster

Willard

5.280 feet.
4,000 "
4,036 "

6,285 feet.
5,700 "
5,800 "
5,400 "
5,400 '•
5,400 ''
4,900 "
4.800 "
4,200 "
4,010 •'
4,000 "
8,000 "

♦*

OK.

d return,

lihcay.

**.00
8,00
1 .00
2.50
3.00
4.00
1 50
3.00
3..50

3.00
4.00
3.00

Dt, and Foiats of Inteiest

rAiN

^'S.

5.280 feet.

4,000 "

• *

4,036 "

N8.

6,285 feet

5,700 "

5,800 "

5,400 "

4,900 "

4.800 "

4,200 "

4,010 "

4,000 "

3,000 "

TOUBISTS' HANDIWOK.

Mount Carter
Mount Moriah

Mount Hiiyi'8

PtMjua'.et or Kiarcarge (at North Conway)

Choco'-ua ....

Mount I'ro^ixH't (near Plymouth)

Rt!(l Hill (noar t'entre I'arl)or)

Cop|ile-Crown Mount (noar Wollborougl

AljiiiX! Houei; (Gorham) .

Betlileluuii ....

Crawtl)i-(1 House ....

FiiUyan House ....

Flume House ....

fflen House ....

Profili' House (Franconi;! Notch)

Willey House (White ^Mountain Notch)

Winnif)iseom>e I^ke

Pinkhani Notch (hizhcst point)

Francotiia Notch (highest point)

Plymouth

I.ancaeter

Littleton

Conway Intervales .

Concord (N.H. Dej i)

MOUNTAINS IN VERMONT.

Mount Man&fiela

Camel's Huiup

Jay Peak

Mou:«t Willoufjhiiy .

As^;utney (near Windsor)

MOUNTAINS IN CANADA.

Owl's Head, near Lake Meinjihrcmagog
Mount Orfbrd . . . •

Lake Champlain ....
Luke Mcinphreniagog
Lake Willoughby ....

203

5,000 feet.

4,7(10 '•

2..")00 "

3..1()7 "

3.;5.J8 "

2,9(!8 "

2,550 "

2,100 "

W2 "

1,45(1 "

1.920 "

l,.-).-.l "■

l.t.H "

l.'i:!2 «

1,!)74 "

1,335 "

4,9()S "

2.018 ''

2,014 "

4 73 "

8(10 "

817 "

171 "

236 "

NT.

4,348 feet.

4,(183 "

4.018 "

3.800 "

3,320 "

2,749 feet.

3,300 "

90 "

G34 "

1,162 "

GRAND

1874 INTERNATIONAL 1874

EA^CURSIOjV
ROUTES TABLE.

lUWrr: .t. Iltinlnu in Hir n/iltr Moiiiilninsainl Ifrtum. Hiifl;>ii
to WVIls lUv.M-. via It.Olows V:\\U. \\>n> l!iv.T I.. LiUlcton l.illl.-
ton l» VviMi' llmis.' l.y t^l.'ij.'.'. IMolilc tu I r.iwfcnl lloiisr by siiii.'.",
tTiiwf.ir.l to Ilialilrlii'iii l.y sliiue, ami retiirii t<i Uci»ti>ii, ^'" J; "",''
Uivui .liiiulioii ami HellowB Kalis J»^W.W" ^

noi'Ti: n. /»o«fo»i /» .Vfi.v.«i<. »7.. inni ««';"•" •,..V''r'",''. '"

Wl.ili- Itiver .IniH'ti via Kit.-hl.nri; a.i.l Brllows Kails. A\ Lite Kiver

.Jiiiiclioii 111 Newport, and roliirii saiin! imite I.*..»W

not'TK I. Ilimlnii lo Stirattif/n Sjiihtdmriiil lli'liirn. Via Fitih-
l.iiri:, I5.1II0WB FiillH and Hutlan«l, ilieii.-.. to SaralcKri, an.I J'^<<>"'

nOVTK 1 l-'i. Honlon to SnrntonH niitf llrliirn. Boft"" l'> Hoo-
Bai- Tmiiirl, Hoosiii' Tuiin.-l to North A.lainx l>y »ta»!t, Nortli -yl'uiia
to Trov. Trov to Saratoga, Saratoga to BoHtoii via Uiitliind ami IM-
low«l-*allH..." •• "••*"

Reeemv of Houte I 1-9 It.SO

ItOVTI-: !?. JioHtoii lo AiinMiihlr mill liitiiin. HoHlon to Aiisaulile
atati.Mi.vlaKitcIil.uru. IMlowd KallH, Kutlan.l, r!iirlini!loii,aii.l >'»"/-
liurg. niul ruturii by siimo route !«.«»

ROVTK 3 l-'i. Honton to Puiil Siiillh'H, Marliii'n. or fpiir'
Snraiinr l.,il,r Hotel, •iinl rrlinii. Same as route No. 2 to A.i-
(.aul.le. ih.Mir.. by .-tai!.' to Smiths, Martiirs, or I l>|>er Saraiiac Lake
llotwl, antl return same routo -#«.w«

ROVTK O'i. Hoitlotl to the AiHioiiiliirhn ami Hrlinii. lioston to
Itiiiliiitfioi. via Kutlaiid, BurlluKton lo V«r\ K.Mit by Hteamer. 1 ort
Kent to .Martiii'8 or Smitirs. ami return l.y same UMito .■i.lHl

ROVTK S. BoBtoii to H.wtou. via Fltiliburi.'. Hallows Kails. .•cii<l Ifui-
laml. thfliioe to Saratoga. Saratov'* to CViis KalLs. l.l.-us l'»ll'!"
Calilwell. ami return by UutlamI ami Hell iws balls I ■#.«(>

1
1

ROi

1
1

RUi

ROi

1
t

ROI

ROl

I
I

ROl

h
I

ROl

ROl
ROl

8
I

RO'

ROl

s
e
t

)NAL m

iiHiiiiif llrtiirii. H111.I1111

iVlT 111 I.itllctMll. I.illll-

niwfcinl llfMii»f l>.v ^»tlll^l^
urn t<i HcwUMi, viii AVliilt-
4»tfW.««

ml llftiirii. UiiBtoii t"
Jrllows Kiills, White Kiver
U- /.V.-JO

mil ItflHi-it. Via FUi'li-

to SiiriitoK". I""' rt't"'""
t1 .<*0

Ilrtiirii. ISoptoii ti) lli>0-
iim liv »Ui!t, North Adiuiia
Hon vh» Untliinil iinil HpI-
/!..>«

tl.JiO

urn. Hiwliin t" AiiKnulile
nil,nmlini;liin,!in<l riiilli'-
I HMO

I's, Marliti'H.nr r'/i/ic

inie as mute No. 2 tn All-
's, or I'nper Siinmac I..ikf
»«.W«

anil Urtiirn. Uoston ti-
nt KiMLt Iiy Hteauier. I'ort
, dame rouio ii'J.OO

" Hnllows Fall*, anil Kiii-
lilHiiH KalLs, lili-ns l■"Kll^ I"
woliilllii .I4.UU

KXCUKSION ROUTES FOU 1874.

200

ROVl'E 4. Rortlon In Saraloca, vl.) Bollnws Falls anil Uiillanil, Saiii-
li>Ka <o Alliaiiy, Albany to Nrw York. (Huilr'on lilvor ilav in- niKlit
boats,) Nuw Vork to UoHton, ^s<lunll f'teamere,) '. . . . t4.0U

KOVTK 4 1-g. Reveigi'Of Route No. 4 J4.U»

Horn: .1. Huston to Wliit.ih.iU, via IIhUowh F.hHh and Rutlaiul
Wliili'liall to liiirliiiglnii (I.aki- rlianipLiiii SleiiinuiH), Bniiinytnii to
ISo^loii, via ItmlanJ, or via Wliiti; Hivrr .Jiunlioii anil Jtollowa
I''""'* 14. 7S

novri: ,> J-'J. Hovurso of Routf No. fi 14.73

Horn: «. Boston to WliiteUall. SanioasXo.O. Wliituliall toPIiitts-
liurii (l„aki^ Cliaiiiplain Stfann'i-s), I'laltslniri;; to Burlington, tliinii'e
lo Bosiun via UullanU 10,7,1

JtOrri: O l-a. limersoof Houte No.0 16. 7S

ROI'TK T, Hoslon to Burlington via Bellows Falls anil Kutlanil, Bur-
lington to Whitehall (by steuiner), Wliitehall 10 Albany, Albany to
New Vork (Hudson Kiver ilay or niglit lioat). Now Vork to liusion,
(Sounil .Steamers) lU.OO

UOl'Ti: S, Bostor to .Saratoga via Bellows Falls ami l.'ullaml, .Sarji-
tojja to tileus Falls, (Jleiis Falls to Cakiwell liy stage, 1,'alilweli (o Ti
by steamer on hake (ieiujje, Ti to Old Fort by ttago, Old Fort to Bur-
lington by steamer, and return to Boston. Same as No. 5 10.4S

HO VTK U, Keverse oC Route No. 8 10.4S

UOVTh' to. .S.ime as No. II to Albany, Albany to AVhitoh.all. White-
hall via Saratoga, Saratoga to Burlington by steamer, aud return to
Boston by same routes an No. 19.10

ROUTK II. Boston to New York (Sound SteaiuersV New York to
Albany (Hudson River day or night boat.s). Albai-v to (jleiis Falls via
Saratog.i.iilens Falls to I'aldwell by singe, CaldwJU lo Ti by steamer,
Ti to (jld Fort l)y stage, Did Fort to Burlington by steamer, and re-
turn to Boston by tiie same routes iUi No. SH.OO

nOVTB IS, Revorrie of Route 11 22,00

nOVTE 13, Same as No. 8 to Old Fort, Old Fort to Itonse's Point by
Btoamer, Rouse's I'oiiil to Jlontreal, .Montreal to Boston, same as
No !iS,4S

aO^TE 14, SamensNo.n to Albany, Aib.any to Whitehall to Rouse's
i'olnt by hieamor, Rouse's I'oiut to Montre"iil, Montreal to I'-oston,
same lui No )i4.7S

ROTATE 13. Boston to Montreal via Bellows Falls, Rutland and St.
Albans, Montreal to Rouse's Point, Rouse's Point to Old Fort by
steamer. Old Fort to Tieonderoga by stage, Ti to Caldwell by steam-
er. Caldwell to Olens Falls by stage, Gleiis Falls to Saratoga, Saratoga
to Boston via Rutland flS.iS

issiettae«--teai»ifesbssii»sfe*iewSK»*i<»»9^^

L'OO

EXCURSION ROUTES FOR 1874.

ItftWK HI. IJ<wt»ii to Sniiitonn vi-i Bi'llowK l''ii'.Is Riiil IJiillftii.l, Siira-
Uc.M loCiiUlw;-!!. ralitiv.'ll 111 It. I'l to olil l''()it, (Hil 1''<h' ti> liiMi^.-'s
I'Kiut, Riiiiiii>"« I'oint to i»ail.'iu<lmii{, ((KilciistiuiK to .Moiilii'iil, Moii-
trt'iil |i> UwtiHi via SI. .Vilnius. Ikirliiiv'l.Hi. lliilhiiul and IJ.'IIowh
K.UIh, »«■ Whito ICivta-.Jiiii.'tioii luul Hollows KulU, 30. Sit

KOVTh: 17. ItoHton to Montrvnl ami '.I'furn, (Form <,'.> Bonton
to Moiilruiil via Kltclilmrg, BellowH l'*alli*, Kiitlumlniul St. AllmiiH,
and rolmii Uy saiiui r<MiU', ,'JO.OO

it'rVTK tS. HoHton to .ttoiitri'al mill Krdifii. (ForiTil>.l IVwtou
to Moiilnial via Ktulilmrt;, lt.>llows I'lills. Wliil" Hlwr JiiiutiiMi. ami
S<. .VlliuiiB, and return via Htirliimton and Uullaiid, VO.Ott

JtOVTE 19. (ForinR> HovtsrHO of Kotit«» W, i)O.Ut>

HOVTK 'itt. ttoHtoti to Xlontt\itt nnit "itiirii. (Form K.) Bos-
t<Mi tivMiMitri'iil via l''ti lilinrtt. ll.-llo»> 1', -. WliUts Kivor .Junction,
Nuw|)ort, and St. JoluiH, and i-eturn nanu' :is ro»iUj Xo. W, 'iO.OO

JtOVTE'il. TtiiHtott to Moiitrrnl tiiid Itrturn.. Form 11.) ]lo«loii
to M.Hilival via KitclilmrL', IVhHowh Kails. Knllaiid ami St. .lUI'ana,
luul r.'tiirn via lU)U.<.yrt Point, Plaltsburg, Itnrliuglou, luid Kullaiiil,

Htf.ttO

MOVIE S'i. (Form II > ItoviJ-so of llm\W No. il »«.«»

ItOI' I'E ti.t. (Form I.) Boston toOgdeiwlxirg. vUi Fllolibiirg, Bellows
Falls. Itutlai.il. and SI. .Vllians, UjjdDinbiirg to .Montreal liy steamer
or rail, .Montreal to Boston, same as route No. lb 'JH.tM

UOVTE 24. Boston to Miontrea), via Fltehburj;. ItoUows Falls, Knt-
lanil, iuiil St. Allians. .Montreal to BosUm via i'ortland. Eastern, or
Jioston & Maine K. K • • 'Jtt.OO

liO UTE SS. llcverso of roiit« No. M flO.OO

ItOVTK! !H(. Boston to Montreal, same as No. 21. Montreal to Quebec
by steamer or rail, IJuebee to Boston, via TorUand, and Kiuitern or
Bo«U>n & Maine li.. K »5f .<7 '.•

JtOUTJB 37. Roverse of route 2(> ...'JS-tttt

ROVTE SH. Boston toMontreal same as No. 24, Montreal to- Quebec
by ateamer or rail, return to Boston by Bttmo route S3 ,00

KOVTE 30. Boston to Montreal same as No. 18, Montreal to Quebec
aud return, Montreal to Boston siuue as No> 18 33,0tt

SOUTE SO. Boston to Montraal bwiuj as No. 29, Montreal to Quebec
bnd return by steamer or ralU Montreal to Boston same as No. 20.33 ,iiO

ROUTE 34. Boston toSaratoca, via Bellows Falls and llutlnnd. (Tlio
only line running Through Vullman Parlor Day Cars to Saratoga.)
Saratoga to Schenectady, Schenectady to Niagara Kails, Niagara Falls
to rdontreal, (X 12,) via steamer on l^ake Ontario and Ulver St.
Lawrence, (meals included on steamer,) or by Urand Trunlt Hallway,
Montreal to Boston via St. Albaus, Burlington, Uutlaud, and Bellows
Falls 94,30

ItO

ttOi

t
t

KOI

I
I

ItOl

nor

HOI

nor

tr
r<!

of
Pi

JtOV

nov

trc
M

(;c

norr

sai

ItOV,

tre
rai
Co
It.

R 18T4.

I''u'.ls mill IJiitliiii.l, Siira-

''Olt, (Jill 1''<H' tl> HllllW^'sf

islimK li> Mimli'i'iil, Moii-
Hi. Uiillaiiil ami Iti'llowH
!i KulU, 30.SO

>iirn. (Form (.'.> ikwtoit

Kullaiul niul St. AlbniiH,

?«.««»

tiii-H. (Fi>riiil>.> TVwtoii
Vliiti' Hlvvr JuiiitiiMi. aiiu
KiUliiiul, 'iU.OO

;f, HOMO

rtiirii, (Konn K.) Bos-
,-. WliUt! Kivor Junclifiu,

BriMiuiXoas, no.oa

turn,. Foriuli.) ]it)sli>ii
KuUaiul ami St. .iUI>aii!<,
Viirllugloii, luid Uullaiiil,

ffOsH

..90. on

irg, via Fltclibiirg, BellowH
g l<> .Muiitreul by Ktoaiiier
No. is 'J-J.OO

iburt;, BoUowrt l''aU«, lliit-
, via ["ortlaiiil, EiiHtiTii, or
'JO.OO

»o.oo

io. 'il, Montreal to Quebec
I'orUaiul, and Kiutturn or

...aa.oo

io. 24, Montreal to- Quebec
110 routo JiS.OO

<o. 18, Montreal to Quebec

o. 18 as.oo

No. 29, Montreal to Quebec
lOBto!! some as No. 'iO.SfS.OO

vs FaUa and Rutland. (Tlio
Uir Day Cars to Saratoga.)
Niagara PalU, Niagara Falls
,ke Onti.rio and lUver St.
r by Grand Trunk Kailway,
gton, Uutlaud, and UuUows
S4.30

KxcuHSioN Roi-rrs for i«7i.

207

""An^W'VrJ*""^','" '" ^''^^ '^■'"■'^' ^"""•' '^K-.im-rH,^ N.-w York to
An.,.un. (Itmlm.n K,vri- ,l„.v or nigl.lH l„„,i«i. Albany to Ni„gnra I'UU

No.^'."xii:' ..'"". '""'"""'• ^■'"«""' *"""" »" »^l"" '^■I'r '.-

ItniTK an P.,„t.,;. |„ N-i,i;riini I--il m ^mw as Ni>. .tl. NiiL':ira FilU
< l.aiirpl,-.,n. fturliugon, Kutlau.l. ami I1..11..w.h Falln. c\;iii) . Hii.

1»

""lVoT>fv"?,.*J, .'?'""" ""'!''";■" '" ^-'V'*-""-" FnlU. Niagara Falls to Mo„.

(KlrhelliM, Ktran,..™ id- .In.ml Trnnk li.alluav l^uebei- to »osl . iii
M.i'rl.r.H>ko. NowiKwt. ami Wl.ite Uiver Junb,. •, (.X KIT).. . ..vi(.)j«

KOVTi: 4n. Same .-u. No .111.. Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls to M„„
Ii.'al. isii'aiiierorrain. .MiHiiiral n. 15,,s(..n vi.i KoiiseV I'oiMi i ,k.
<iu.in!.lain, Uurlingt.Hi, Kutlai.d. .-.i.d BelUmVi-'u", (X "ti*! .ai';.!,!

""I'r'^'.f x"f''. S.i'i'o ~t X"> :» to Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls lo M<
tr.-al, MiMitreal to Ronton vnuie w No. 411. (X ;w) .:tP,.

""IIZa-,1'', **••'","'?.'' ^■"- •■"?<* ^^'''S-''"-'' F'lll^-- Niagara Falls to Mon-
treal. .Montreal to Mosion. via Uicb.mmd .iml l'uriland,(\ l.-,..^.-iV..70

"^IrlA.f-'' S;>i"';as Ni. flB to Niagara Falls. Niagara Fall.s to Mon-
treal, theme to Uoston vm Hi.hiMoiul ami I'.wtlaml, .X i,-„. . ..;{.-,,oo

k«

on-

JtOrTE 44. Sa.iii
tiral, i,()assi|ig lli
renc.) .Montreal to (^xhai

ifl No. .(4 to Niagara Falls. XL-tfara Falls to Mon-

lliou.samls Islamla ami Hapiils of the St. L.iw-

(i. T. U.. (ioiliam to (Jliii lions,, |,v

^ , - - .-,_-, Miiiiiit VV.iul.il. ....... i....:i I . . •'

of niiHiiitaln. Htagi- tn

"!■•'«'•• '".'■'! '"''.''I' '^""1' .ll'.'usi'. .Mount \V,i»liii,g|ou I{ailio:,;i I'oi.ase

of niiHiutain. stag., to Fabyan House, rail to B,.tbl-b,.|„: stages to
NCl.ua (XlWy.!'.'!' ^'"^'•""'- ^'"""•« '" ^'^'''t"" via Comora and

.T/..JM

ROVTE

same as

i'No.!4,'"xTMf'*'*^ ''^ Niagara Falls, and r.-turn to Roston

■"*'f';T.f\'l"\ S«";« »» No- •■» to Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls to Mon-
treal Montreal U> Jorliani, stage to vUen House and Tip Top Ho is.'
Ml. Wasliiiigt.^i Railroad, ami stage to Crawford Hous.. and S. rtl

(Conway, tliei.ie to Itostoi
R. U.)

liy Eastern Railro-.d, (X liMi amlK. R.
rr-i.BO

""sVimonf No 4(i"'^ "* **'**■ ^ *" Niagara Falls, and return t.) R.iston
•*'*4,00

■^*'-='''-' ^i ^' ^m>^ o f f^i^~.T^^^j/^-e,-^i^-^. -,

44,50

''-^J¥i^>5:»i^^d»1*i^»y*!V«««rtM#ii<i '^

20« EXCURSION KOUTES FOK 1874.

HOI li: 4U. Hnine lU. No. X- to NiaK.in. F..ll», NNcnt", FillU to l|'^toM
«.,'m «H No. 4H. (X 4iMu..l K. K. h.) ■"'•'"'

wily. III. n'o t.. HoBtoi, 1,, tCiL-ten. U. K. l.\ M um.1 £. U. It.). 40.r,0

Miorri: .71. San... ..h No. .f' to Ni'.«;'"' K»ll-'. Ni-'K"--" *'»"« "' ^j'.T!;!}',
winir Uf No. ,->«. (X .Ml mill K. It. lt.> •*-•"

BOf^'l-K ^^•. Sam« an No. :H to NlaRnra Kall.^ NiaKani FallH t" M''';t-
ivil Montr, ill to Q11.1..M'. t.Mi.-lM'.- to (iorlmin, (.oiliain to (11 -ii
H;!.,;. l.v Ht«g.'. (=ie.. to N...th fo.iway by slag-s tlieiioo to Bo.t.m l.>
Kaslciii'lt. K. (XiHin.l K. U.K.) f.f.ww

not <r .I.V. Sin.K. as No. :;-. to Niawaia KallH, Niagara KallB to liosloi,
«n."ii' a- No. .M'. (X !i tt.i.l K. K. K.) ^*»»

mH'l I- 14 Saino m No. :U 10 NlaKaf.i Falls, Niagara Kails to Moiit-

""ml Montreallo tJorhan. I,y ti. T. U.. (i...l.a>.. to U.-Uiu same as

No. >.■-'. ^X l.laiidE. K. n.) J« WW

JtO IJTi: an ■ Sa.ne as No. V, to Niagara Falls, Nlngar* Falls to Boston

sa'i'asNo.M. (X U aii.l K. U. K.) *'""

iinl II- to .Sam., as No. .■!4 to Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls to < lg,l«ns-

""'uv'; l,y st-aCr ..r U. T. U.. Hi-m'u to I!..sto„ vm Uous.'s »'"".;;;'^;J

.Si AlliaiiH. (X 17)

IIO rTfc B7. Saine as No. 38 to Ningarii FalU, Niagara Falls to IJost.^n
(.nuio ft» No. 50. ^X17) •"•""

uiilTF IH Samp as No. M to Niai^ara Falls, Niagara Falls to Moiit-
.L.,a M.^itroal U^ N.*«- York via llo»s,.'s roiii:.1.ako (l....ig.-<S»ta-
U,gu' and il».ls<T?. ltlv..r steamers, N.-.v Y..rk to IJoslou l.v S.^»ml
Stoameru. (.X 34)

KOVTK KO. Samo as No. 35 to Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls to "<«■■"';
same as No. 58. (X W) •"'•""

nOVTE no. Same as No. M to Niagara Falls. Niagara lf»"»*9„J^'''vi*M
real Montreal to Uous.'V Point, l(»iise-s I'oiiil to Wuitel alMa
LTlle Chanipiai.., Wl.ilelmll to Saratoga, tlienee to Boston via Kut-
land, Bellows Falls, mid Filcliburg. (X 'M)., JS.ou

BOlTTi: «/. Same as No. 36 to Ni.agara Falls, Niagara Falls to Boston
same as No, tiO. (X '.!(•)

nOVTK e-J. Same as No. M to Niagara Falls, Niagara falls to Mont-
reaKMontreal to Boston via Slierbrooke, New port, and \\ "'"« l^'^^^J
Junction. (.X 136.) •.•

HOVTE 63. Same as No. :J5 to Niagara Falls, Niagara Fallsto Mont-
realfMontreal to Boston s.une as No. 02. (X 13G) 3«..«0

ROVTi: r,4. Same as No. 34 to Nia^.ara Falls, Niagara FaJls to Mont-
real Moutreal totiuebcc, Quebec to Boston via Northumberland and
Concord. (X145) *^^**

lU. Ni-ii^'". KiiUg to »i i»ti>ii

'_ ■; -iitjHt

In. NMii«(ini KiillH I" OpU'iih-
iMir .liii I'tii'ii. Willi* Kiver.
liiuwe, K.uL'e ti> Nurtli t'l'ii-
^X mi 1111.1 E. H. li.) 40..'iO

\l». MiiKiiift KallH to HoHtoii
,;.... JV.«»

lis, MnK'nii l'"!'" '" M';"''
idilmiii, {imliiiin to (ilfii
• SlHL'll, tlifiico to BoKtoii liy
;.....;. 4H.OO

,11a, Nlnciini FiiUb to lioslon
........ 44,00

hUm, N'li>|j;nrii KhIIh to Moiit-
iorhiiiii to IliMloii siiuio iii«
40 00

,11s, Niagiira Falls to Itoston
4 i *iiO

lis, NlaiJiirii Fulls to ( Itiil.ins-
i.stoii via Uoiisu'n I'oinl anil

;to.r,o

vlls. Niauara Falls to liostoii
..,' 31.00

alls, Niagara Falls to Moiit-

s Toiii:. l.ako (icoiKeiSata-

YoiU to IJoslou liy Soiiuil

44.->0

alls, NinKBi-a Falls to Bos-.on
4ii.OO

-'alls. KinHara Falls to Jloiit-
.e"s I'oinl to Wiiiti-liaU via
. llieuce to Boston via Kut-
2i))... Stt.SO

'allB, Niagara Falls to Boston
......... T 30. 00

•'alls, Niagara Falls to Mont-
!, Newport, aiul White lUver
.; 35.BO

Falls, Niagara Falls to Moiit-
;. (X l^G) 3ii.OO

Falls, Niagara Falls to Jlont-
(ton via Nortlmniberlaml and
41.50

^ EXCUrWION ROUTK.S FOR 1874. 309

^•■'^ "■>! 43.00

UOtTTK 60. Boston to Montreal Hanu- as No. 17, MoMtrr:il to (.,„.|,..,.
n s u^,„B, ,„ rail (,;,„.l,o,. to lla lla Ba.s aMilVirti. nV,\i /s,,'' ., '^^
l-iiio Stiani.Ms, ami ivtiirn to Boston li.v sai,,., roiito ....!... tfi!oo

"''!ZtrL'u!Tt^:u "'**?"";•'"' "ji"""" N". I-*. Montreal to Qnel.oc.

ROtrTE rtS. Bo.mon to Monlrral sainn as No. 20. Monlroal to ira ir„
Ba.v anil n.tun, same as No. ,.;, ami return to Boston Hl.,,,oa«N,V.'J,[''

vo.o'o

Horn: «.V. Boston to Montreal sami' as No. \X Sfontreal to lli ri.,
Bay and return Hanie as No. CC, Montiv.il to hUo'i "',,»"«» NoI'l."

.'14. '40

ROVTK 70. Boston to Montrnal same as No. II, Montreal to ir,i 11..
Bay and return same tis No. fit!. .^to„tre.■,I to Bo..i;,„ .",,1,; ?/„ x,!.'',',;'.'''

itu.'io

Itorri: 71. Boston to AFontreal via Fit.lil.iirg. Bellows Fills Vu,
land. Burlington. St. All.ans and .St. .Tol.n, M. ntVa" ,, .m ii^;, '' 'C
rail or .steaniQr), (.iiieliec to I't. In, cIm.m.K . ,Vi V' i- o, ' ^ • ^''-X
I't. [.„ ridne to ,s't .lolin. (I.y Inter'olo;;!,;! '•,/ ''i, •i',;;^';'"';^':;;-;^
land. U.y Sleainor), I'ortland to Boston by Kastorn It.K. (i;.VM 1.'

3'y.r,o

ROVTi: 7'i. Bevorsoof Route 71. (BK.\' ...-, 3'* SO

■""r?.'''V~;l; Same as 71 to Quol.ee, Qaoliee to Point l)u ciiine d.y o
& (.. I'. Pt. steainer). Pt. I)n Chine to .St. John, (l.y rail^.st do m o
Annapolis (by seaniei). Annapolis to llalif:,.v Iv rail I h.Ufav t h "
ton (by Boston & Col. S. S. Co.) (MKX li) \ ....... !^. 40 oo

ROUri: 74. Rcvorso of Route 73. fBEX 8,) 40.00

noun: 7,7. Samo as 71 to Quebec, Qii«bec to 1 Jeton (O & fi I't

to St. John (by stoani-r) St. John to Boston (by rail), (MKXl"

41 .,-0

ItOlTTF. 77. Reverse of Route 7C. (BI':X 12.) 4 I liO

""jni!; i!*- ""f°" t? Flctou (by steamer), I'ictoii to 'u'uebe'e ((','&

tonO;vr,SrTKXB."^T)'^

""^BU-merf SI ^^o/?,"/" J'"'""";l C'V ■'ai"^. P"rtlaml to St. Johns (by
Bte.'in \ .St. John to Annapolis (bv Hteamei), Annapolis to Halifax
(by rail). Hahf.ix to I'ieton (i.y raill Pi,.tou to Mo "real by st -an o^
Montreal to Boston (by rail). (BKX 10) " . ...... ...39^s6

aio

EXCIIBSION BOUIR» FOR I8T4.

ROVTK HO. HoBton to Clinrlott.town (1..v Hoston * ( ol S. S. Co.)
(•li'iiloUeti>«-.i to Pictou (l.y ITliic.. K.lw«r.l lK.lun.1 N. (...) Plotou to
gm.l.w (l.v i). & (I. I't. St.'iim.TM). ^l<^i■\<,^v. to Mciitroal (by i»t«ij"";r).
M..iiti-.'iiltolJoHU>iul.y ri.ll). (HKX 17) He.aO

nOVTK HI, IloHton to yiielxw vi» KlltlilnirK, ItiillowH KiilU, Wlilto

Rlvor .luii.tloii hikI Nowport, WiibImm^ to I'ort <lii (Jliln.; (\>y dteaim-.r),

' Port .1.1 Cl.ino to St. .lolii. O'V rail), 8t . .I<.l.n to I'ortlw.d 0>y "'•'""'"fj;

PortlaiKl to Boston by Kantorn U.U. (tiKX 1) •tf.MW

BOVTE S3. Kovorso of Koute 81. (BEX 3) 39.00

nOVTK H3. Boston to Q.iebo.' Hnme a« No. 81, Qik-Imm- to Port ilu
Clilno (bv t;. & O. I't. Stt-amem), Port <iu Clilne to St. .lolin (by Intor-
.•oloi.liil UTU.) .SI lolin to AnnanollMby Htoanier), A.n.apoHH U)
Halifax (bv Windsor & A. K.ll.) Halifax to BoBtoi. (by B. & t; »■ ».

Co.) (tiki 2) •'«-^»

ROVTE 84, Ileverse of Uoute 83. (BEX 2) 3«.ffO

nOVIK Hli, BoHton to Q.Kibec Riiinii an No. 81, QMi>b<'<' to Plctmi (by
Btoamort Plctou to H.mfa.x (by mil), Halifax to Boston (by Htean.-
or). (QKX;i) **••"*

SIDE EXCURSIONS.

Montreal to QuetMC and Return. (Oood olUier by boat or rail)*;7.00
Quehec to Ila lln Half and Kef urn, via Sagiionay steamers. ..». WO

I'rescott to Ottawa and Ke«nrH, via St. L. &0. R. U 4.00

Plattshnra to Au^a„hl,- Chaxm ami Return. Steainer to Port Kont
thence to Chasm by omnibus and return same route, (tickets '"elude
entrance to Chasm) -#• *»

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c
I

I
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G
B
B
B
B
B<
S.
H
Qi
J.
C.

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Ini
Or
Mc
Ch

U IR74.

HoHton A Col S. S. To.)
(I iKliiml N. (•».) Plotou to
to Moiitrual (by »teaiiior),

:ie.ao

iirtf, ItdUowH KiilU, Whlto
•on (In (Jlilni' (\>y Hteaim-.r),
n to I'ortlniul (by i>t<'ain«r),
L 1) VO.OO

I) »».oo

fo. 81, QiH'btM- to Port ilu
bine U> St. .lobn (by Intor-
bv Htonnier), AiiiinpollH to
to Boston (by H. & 0. S. S.
: :i0.SO

2) 3«./50

fo. 81, Qui'boi' to mctoii (by
Utiix to Uoston (by Hteiini-
.•»».««

[ONS.

nllher by boat or rnil)$;7.00
Sagiionny Ktcamors ...O.ifO

L.&O.R. R 4.00

irn. Stoamer to Tort Kent,
snme route, (tickets include
SI.'-IB

LVDEX TO ADVEItriSEMENTS.

Gront Western and Michigan Central Line, ,

Chicago and North-Western Ualhvay, .

Lake Shore and Mlchi>ran Southern Railway,

International Hotel, .

Ottawa Hotel. .

Qnebec and Gnlf Ports Steainshii) Co.

Magog House, .

St. Lawrence and Saguenay Line,

Ballou House. .

Wm. Searing & Son,

G. B. Croft.

Boston Traveller,

Bates House,

Boston Daily Globe, .

B. F. Brown & Co., .
Boston Daily Advertiser, .
S. Goltman,

Harris, Jones & Shingleton,
Geo. O. Clapp, .
J. G. Cooke

C. E. & B. P. Gates,
W. E. & T. J. Dexter, .
Jenneys Brothers, .
International Line and G. T. R.
Grand Trunk Railway, .
Montreal and Boston Air Line,
Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy Railroad,

■w-%

. 1

. a

8
4

6
6
7
8
9
10
11

12
13
18
14
14
15

■r" -" 'i'»wi J ...i'""

Michigan Central and GteatlNesta Railways,

VIA

Buffalo. Suspension Bridge

ANI>

NIAGARA FALLS.

4 Through Sxpres? Trains Dally to Chicago.

,„,„„.« & Wa^ncr-s .„„.n.-.„ Drawing .^«n,. ^^"^^\;-;^^'^i;^'^""'
Cars run on a'l rhrotmli l.»l.res» 1 ra,.,» over tl..» l-n.e, will.

ONLY ONE CHANOE OP CA!IS FaOM_ BOSTON TO CHICAQO.

THlB W TIIK

IIETWBFN Till*

ilEW ENGI.AND STATES

AND

CHICAOO,

MIL-WAUKEE, _ ^ , ,,
ST. PAUL

AND THE PACIFIC COAST.

-♦■

u • „ ih^lr tickets by this route are allowed to stop off and
''"'=e^S^:n,::: :^:L:... ^^^r... ..>e„, an oppoj^nitv
of witnessing the Greatest Natural Wonder ,n An,en. .., the

FALLS AND SCENERY OF NIAGARA

BACOAOE CHECKED THROUGH TO ALL POINT8 WEST.

Be sure and ask for Tickels via

THE GREAT WESTERN AN.) M.CM.r.AN CKN .RA. RAILWAYS.
Which are sold at ah principal office, east of Su.pens.on V.r.dge.

• » BAMflATL A. J. HARLOW,

p. K. aANDALL, ^^^^^^^^ p^^,^„^„ ^^.,,,

^^" e^fiSton S.., B.s.on. 3*9 Broadway. New YorK.

Kr.
Ki.

Kn.
Ki-.i

Passe

J'LIJ
X

THR

Ticket

WAR
GEO

estein Railways,

RIDGE

LLLS.

Daily to Chicago.

Ilc.lpl anil Piil.ice Slce|iinK

BOSTON TO CHIOAQO.
ITATES

ST. PAUL

; COAST.

te are iillowect tJ stop iiff and
(linn llieni an npportunitv
[)ndcr in Anicrii a, the

■ OF NIAGARA

O ALL POINTS WEST.

:kels via

AN CKNiRAi. Railways,

St of Suapeiision F-ridge.

A. J. HARLOW,

•al Eastern Passenger Agent,
349 Broadway, New York.

Chicago & North-Wcstern Railway.

THE ROUTE DIRECT

Cliicao aDiI nS-'I esleri Eailway.

I'or Council Mluffs, Omaha and California

'I »i> tlirciugh Iraiii.i daily, '

For St. Paul and Minneapolis,

i'wo through trains d.iily.

For Green Bay and Lake Superior,

Two through iraiiii daily.

For Milwaukee,

Kour throu((h trains dally.

For Winona, and points in Minnesota,

One through train daily.

For Dubuque, via Frecport,

Two through trains daily.

For Dubuque and La Crosse, via Clinton,

Two through, trains daily.

For Sioux City and Yankton,

Two through trains daily.

Passenger Fares by this Route are always a. low as they are by ar,y other '

Mar.iuetto, .•o.,no<.tl,.tf at O.MAU.V with ^

THROUGH SLEEPING CARS FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
-^"^ Yorl^Tieket Office, 229 Broadway.

Ticket, over this Ro"'* «re ,old by ,11 Ticket A.ent, in all Coupon T.cket Offic;,
^e United States and the Canadas.

MARVIN HUGHITi;. l^, „. STENNE-, T, ~

UEO L. HAR-^ISON, New England Agent, S Sl.te St., Boston. Mast.

■«■

Lake Shore and Michuan Southern

RAIL.WAY. ^

The Great DoubleTrack Route

From BOSTON and NEW YORK

TO CHICAGO, via BUFFALO.

The only Line Connecling with the

]s(cw Yodv dentinal HnJ t^rie lyaiKv«0^^

Running Through Cars without Transfer of liaggage.

SIX EXPRESS TRAINS LEAVE BUFFALO

FOR

Cleveland, Toledo, Chicago and St, kuls,

WITHOUT CHANGE.

only one Cbrnge of C.rs'^eTn BUFFALO and ST JOSEPH.
AmS CITY. LEATENWOaTH, OMAHA, and all

points WEST and S0UTH^E5T^____

r-^Trr3:;^~^7'Wr^ favorite route.

S ECU R E T. C ^^f ;^^^^^^^_^,^„ ;„ U.. K»..

ZTZ ] * TTbURCH, Gen'l Eastern Ag't,

JAS. S. SMITH. Agent, J * ounv, j,„„„,„, y. r

CHAS PAINK. General Supt., Clevelam., O.
CHAS. ^^ ^ CROMWELL,

Uei-M TravelinR .\»tnl f"'. k-"'""
New Ktigland and Provinces.

W. W. RL'GGLI ..

GtnM Traveling ARent M Mas*.

and Northern New hngUind.

,AN Southern
rrackKoutc

MV YORK

A BUFFALO.

J with the
•nntlet of Uaggage.

.EAVE BUFFALO

|o and St. kuls,

ANOE.

UrFALO and ST. JOSEPH,
TH, OMAHA, and all
ITJTH-WEST.

S~FAVOBITE ROUTE.

ffices in tlie Ka»t. ^

iURCH, Gen'l Eastern Ag't,

Jliiffnio, A. 1'.

ui)t., Cleveland, O.

W A. CROMWELL,

Uen'l TravelmK AkciiI for Lwlern

New tngland and Provinces,

niernalionnl lofcl.

NIAGARA FALLS.

N. Y.

J 1 1 IS magnificent Hotel is the largest and most ple.isantly
situated of .uiy at Ni.igara. IJeing the nearest to the Falls, and
the only one containing ALL MODIiKN IMrKOVKMKNTS,
it offers inducements to the traveling public which are unexcelled.
A splendid atldition, extending

Ovei' 100 I*eet into ti<e ^ligi(ifi,

has just been completed, adding a large num! ■ r of Macnificfnt
Koo.MS, single and in suites, all of which DIRKCTLY OVER-
LOOK THE RIVER. Also,

THREE ELEGANT PARLORS,

which in point of beauty, and the sf^endid views of the Rapids
and Falls they afford, cannot be surpassed.

A VERY LIBERAL DEDUCTION IN RATES will be
made to parties wishing to remain two weeks or more.

Guests may rely upon receiving EVERY COMFORT AND
ATTENTION.

J. T. FULTON, Jr., Proprietor.

!»*";V «.Vl-*^T,TT.J...V ,->-

i!.*»'«;jiiM"4»*«i*t(i .l/qjj f- ¥»*_ 1

Ottawa Hotel,

MONTREAL.

C. S. BROWNl", J. Q. PERLEY, Proprietors.

f'mS well known and popular Hotel is situated on St. James
Street, the principal business street of the city, and is near
^ the Post Office, Banks, Theatre, and all the Public Buildings,
and has ample accommodation for 400 guests.

The Ottawa Hotel covers the entire space of ground run-
ning between St. James and Notre Dame Streets, and has two
beautiful fronts. The house has b.tn thoroughly REFITTiiD
and FURNISHED, with every regard to comf' t and luxury-
has hot and cold water, with baths and closets on each floor.
The aim has been to make this the most UNEXCEPTION-
ABLE FIRST-CLASS HOTEL IN MONTREAL.

The proprietors respectfully assure their patrons that no
exertions will be spared to make this Hotel

A Comfortable Home for the Traveling Public.

Carriages, with attentive drivers, may be had at all times
by application at the ofHce

Coaches will be fr-nd at the Railw.ay Depot and Steamboat
Landings, on the arrival of the several Trains and Steamers.

Montreal Telegraph Office in the house.

OTEL,

Proprietors.

s situated on St. James
if the city, and is near
ill the Public Buildings,
guests.

2 space of ground run-
iie Streets, and has two
:horoughly REFlTTiiD

conif' t and luxury —

1 closets on each floor,
iiost UNEXCEPTION-
lONTREAL.

i their patrons that no
lotel

raveling Public.

nav be had at all times

ay Depot and Steamboat
Trains and Steamers.

louse.

A GREAT ATTRACTION

To Tourists and Pleasure Travelers,
IS THE ROUTE OF THE

Quebec and Gulf Ports

STEAMSHIP CO.

Whose commodious Steamers proceed from Quebec down the
ivajestio River and Gulf of St. Lawrence, in sight of the grandest
scenery and many historical points, calling at numerous noted sea-
bathing resorts on the south shore of the Gulf, giving the sports-
man and angler a chance to visit the most far-famed rivers, bays
and inlets, which swarm with trout and salmon.

The Steamers connect at Point du Chene (Shediac) with the
Intercolonial Railroad for St. John, N. B., thence by cars and
steamers to

PORTLAND AND BOSTON,

and at Pictou with Intercolonial Railroad for Halifax, N. S.,
connecting there with Railroad or Steamer lines for St. John,
Portland and Boston. This is the route to CHARLOTTE-
TOWN and PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

EXCURSION TICKETS

Froni New York, Boston, or other points in New England, to
Montreal, Quebec, thence via Gulf Port Steamers to Shediac, N. B.,
Charlottetown, P. E. L, I.ctou, N. 3., St. John, N. B., Halifax'
N. S., passing through all points of interest in the maritime
provinces, and returning by either rail or steamer to Portland,
Boston and New Yor\; or vice versa.

For sale in New York, Boston, and principal points in New
England, AT ALL Offices selling Excursion Tickets.

Ask Ticket Agent for Gulf Ports Steamer circular, which will
give you all particular information, and map of route.

STEVENSON & LEVE, W. MOORE, Manager.

Passenger Agents,

GENERAL OFFICE, QUEBEC.
6

Magog ^ouse

SHERBROOKE, P. Q.

At Newport, Vt. the traveUer can take the Elegant Stoanior

"LADY OF THE LAKE,"

CArT. Fooo,
TO MaROR. and fro.n that point, John Norton'. Stage Link to Shor-
biooke, where they will llnUthe

Magog House,

Vwler

the managemant of Mr. H. S. Heu-uub-v, one the best kept
Houses lu Canada.

X:xoellent Flslilna In the Vlolnlty I

The far famed Lakes

MASSAW^PPI. AHD MEGANTIC

Are but a short distance from the Hou»o.
The Steamer, the Stage Line, and Uie House are under the control of
men who from long experience are weU qaallllcd to anticipate and
satisfy the wishes of travellers.

the
(.Sui
arri

the
St. ,

STI

3 USE,

p. Q-

ho Elegnnt Steamer

LAKE,"

•ii*» STA.OB LiMK to Sher-

OUSE,

,i'DUBN, one the best kept

he Vicinity 1

Megantic

m tlie HouBO.

)UHO ore under the control of
qaalittod to antidimte and

THE

7f^

jjT, jTAWRENCE & lAGUENAY

LINE OF STEAMERS,

I'LVIXO BETWEEN

Quebec, the i\iver ^aguenay,

AJfI> THE

WATESnrS PLACES OF THE LOWEB ST. LAWBENCE.

18 COMPOSED OF

The First-Class, Sea-Qoi.no Passenger Steameiis,

"Saguenay," "St. Lawrence" and "Union."

From and after the 20th of June, to the inth of Sept^'mlier, one of
the Bbovo lioatH will Umivo the AT. AXnitKHS' » It. ill I' .liiily
(Sinuliivs and Jlondays excepted) at 7 o'oloolc. A.. M:.,-«ii the
arrival of the Montreal boat.

DSr- ACCOMMODATIONS FIRST-CIiA8S..C5!

Charges Moderate.

TICKETS FOK SALK St all Principal Ticket Offices In
the States and Canada; and at the Office of the CoiiPAJtv, oppoxUe
St. Louis Hotel, Quebec, or St. Andrrwa' Wharf.

For further information apply to

STEVENSON & LEVE, A. CABOURY,

GeMEUAL AoE.NTS. SECRETABy.

Sallou Souse,

OPPOSITE THE DEPOTS,

North Adajvls, Mass.

A New and First- Class House,

M. BALLOU & SON, . . Proprietors.

Hoosac Tunnel Stages leave this House at 4.30 and 10.00 A.M.
Arrive at 3 and 8.30 P.M.

-. :-^ *,>= 5 -- HWSf*Vf*w -*"-?—-

iOUSE,

"4^%.

DEPOTS,

VIS, Mass.

Slass House,

. . Proprietors.

ouse at 4.30 and 10.00 A.M.
8.30 P.M.

WlM.IAM M. Skakixo,

Attorniy unit Counselor at I.nu>,

Bebkman II. kf.auino,
.\olary Public.

Wm. Searing & Son,

AUCTIONEERS,

INSURANCE AND COLLECTING AGENTS,

Broadway, Sabatooa Qpbinqs,
BUY, SELL, RENT, AND EXCHANGE

Furnished Cottages, Stores, Dwelling Houses,

OFFICES, AND COUNTRY llESIDENCES,

CITY and SUBURBAN LOTS,

FARMS, SHOPS, MILLS, FACTORIES,
STEAM and WATER POWERS.

BONDS, MORTGAGES and other

SECURITIES, Bought and Sold,

COLLECT RENTS, NOTES, ACCOUNTS and EVIDENCES of DEBT.
All Kind* of Insnranco Effected at the I.onreat Kates,

None but First-Class Companies Represented.

By iiromptnegg, IndHBtry and Fair Dealing, wo nini to merit the
conH<li!nire and give satiBfaction to those who may entrust tlu^ir Imsinesg
to our charge.

,-.S-**>,-!* s.-vHiitebVrt'fWS™^-

All of thetie ilt^Hlp"' nre
\ from the pencil of

• G.B. CROFT,

^RCHITtCT,

Ainswortli Y\m,

i Bro»4way, Saratoga Springs,
NEW YORK.

Vll

LA of F. C. KENNEDY. «t Hilrlinglnn, Vt.,
now liullt mill ociuplpd.

Villa of AUQISTIN CANTIN, at Montreal, Canada,
now being built.

rlaiiH niid DrttwiiiK", ''>
KlevBtloii anil Detail,
with SpeiitlcatioiiH and
llllliiof Mutorlal ol eT«jry
doMitirtlaa, 1^

Churches, Banking

Houses, SehoolB,7illas,

Cottages, etc.

KiiniiHlied on short
notii'e. Speiial attention
given to Cottage Aiehi-
tei'ime. Con»tni<aon
HUi)eriiiten«lC(l when ilo-
wiied. Villi 1*11!" detail
di-awintjH of every fea-
t.ire, exterior and inter-
ior, Kiven with every set
of lilans. reneil sketeh-
ea fiiniiHhed free, and
forwarded with disiiatch,
on receiiit of order with
ileseriplion of location,
to any imrt of the conn-
try to parties procuring
Working Drawings.
Business correspondence
promptly attended to.

ifcm,

All of t1io«e il<>Hl|iiii' nre
from tlu' pencil ot

G. B. CROFT,

ICHITtCT

Ainswortli Piac*.

Broalvay, Saratoga Spring!,
NEW YORK.

innda,

rlaiiH mill DrttwiiiKH, In
Kli'vnlloii anil Di'tnil,
with Spriitii'KtionH ami
lllllnof Material ol every

Churches, Banking

Houses, SehoolB,Vinas,

Cottages, etc.

FuniiHlieil on short
notiio. Spwial atti'iition
given to Cottage Ari'hi-
teciure. Con»tni<aon
Hupciintended when do-
shed. Villi M'-" detail
<li>\wiiit;» of every tea-
t.ire, exterior and inter-
ior, given with every set
of lilans. Peiieil sketeh-
ca funiished free, and
forwarded with dispatch,
on receiiit ot order with
description of location,
to any imrt of the conn-
try to parties procuring
W'oiking Drawings.
Business oorreapondenoe
promptly attended to.

; Daily, Semi-Weekly and Weeiiiy.
DAILY EVENING TRAVELLER,

IKsTAni.i.jiiEn IMS,]

The Largest Folio Evening Paper in New England.
$8.00 per annum (in advjinco) by mail.

BOSTON (SEMI-WEEKLY) TRAVELLER,

[ESTABMMIIKI) 1X24.]

$4,00 per annual in advance.

' AMERICAN (WEEKLY) TRAVELLER,

[ESTAIILIHIIED 1838.]

$2.00 per annum in advance.

WOBTEUfSTOlT, rLAKrBRS !i 00., Traveller Buildins, Boston.

BATES HOUSE,

Jutland, Vermont.

PAIGE & TOLHURST, - - Proprietors.

'pHlS House is located neaily opposite and within a few rods of the Rutland
Railroad Depot, in the most central part of the business portion of the
village, and commends itself to travelers and others on many accounts as a
public hostelry, with all the comforts of a home.

IT IS HEATED THROUGHOUT BY STEAM,
So that at any time of the day or night the guests can have warm rooms, for
which no extr^i charge is made. It contains one hundred rooms, many of
which are large and in suites, for traveling parties or families. All of these
are funiished in a style not to be found outside of the principal cities, and are
large light and roomy, and well ventilated.

The House is provided with warm and cold baths, is lighted by gas, and

as every modern improvement which genius could sugg»5t for the convenience

and comfort of guests, including the great desideratum o.' clean, comfortable

and thoroughly aired beds. The table is supplied at all t.Ties with all the

delicacies of the season, and viands to suit the palate of the guests,

A good livery in connection with the House.

THE Boston Daily Globe.

8 PAGES AND 56 COLUMNS.

¥lie oi\ly Moi'n^n^ Qu'ai'to ir\Bo^toi\.

INDEPENDENT,

UNSECTARIAN,

AND PROGRESSIVE.

THE BEST ,

Business, Literary and News Paper, for Home and Travel,

IN AMERICA.

By mail, $10 per annum, $S or six months,
or $1 per month.

REGULAR ADVERTISING RATES:
12 1-2 cents a line first insertion ; 6 1-4 cente for each continuance.

addrbss, globe publishing CO.

92 Washington St., Boston.

TO THE LADIES.

Brown's French Dressing

•>vm make ladies' and children's boots and shoes that have become rough and
red, and ladies' traveling bags that look so oH and rusty that they are ashamed
to carry them, look just as good as new. It will not rub off or smut when wet^
Softens the leather. No lady will be without it after one tnal. Beware o.
imitations and counterfeits. For sale everywhere.

B. F. BROWN & CO., Proprietors, BOSTON.
13

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)LUMNS.

bo ir\Bo^toi\.

FIOGRESSIVE.
3r Home and Travel,

or six months,
th.

RATES:

\ts for each continuance.

HING CO.

•4GTON St., Boston.

)IES.

Dressing

that have become rough and
I ru»ty that they are ashamed
ot rub off or smut when wet.
t after one trial. Beware of

,, Proprietors, BOSTON.

E OSTON

FOR 1874.
BEST

Familj t BuilBtii Fipir

In New Englind.

Try it and Srt
Price, 5i2 00.

SEMI -WEEKLY,

54.00.

WEEKLY,

52.50.

AiiiireM,

!!£. F. WATERS,

29 Court St.

^-Vai^f""'- BOSTON.

S. GOLTMAN,
American and Caiiacliaii Tailor,

No. 212 St. James Street,

MONTREAL.

Having a large American trade, we offer the highest possible
inducements to parties visiting Montreal, who wish to obtain First
Class G(J0DS at low prices. We keep constantly on hand a large
assortment of ready-made English Spring Overcoats, besides an
endless variety of English, French and German goods of the newct
patterns. Call and examine our stock before purchasing.

On tlic otlici' MJc of tl)c ^tlhntiii.

Harris, Jones & Shingleton,
AmavtccLTL cltkI IjOtixIojx

Court Tailors,

Nos, 319 Oxford and 60 New Bond Streets,
LONDON, ENGLAND.

HavinR an immense American trade, we offer the hiRhest [los-
Sible inducen.en.s to those who wish urst-clais goods ^t reasc>nal>le
p-ices Wc keep constantly on hand an endless variety of all the
I . cloths in this market of English, French and German manu-
/ . are. We are dally in reesipt of th« Utest Pari.. Londcm and
New York fashions, which enables us to make our garments m any
style to suit our a.stouiers. Our prices will be found to be less
than one-half what the same garments would cost in the Un>ted
States. Fur instance, we make superb West-of-England broad-
cloth suits complete for $35; exquisite overcoats for $.5, and
ulsters for about $17. Our establishments are well known through-
out the United Stales and Europe. Americans on visiting London
will find as centrally located, near al. the great Railway Stations,
Hotels, &c. We cordially invite all to call and examine our goods
and i>rices before they leave London.

We subjoin a few name, of our American cu.<om.r» to «!>""'«'<' "f" =

lJur..nt, Peter Scovill, >'• M. l"^y. ^- '','"' ' \>, c.-Iudge Kich.irtlson,
Tarn, lohn C.raham, Amos Kenda e. W'^^«J„''"^^■s Jven,, A. I. Ca.tell, J. J,

8lf«^M's:•/:r4^ H: A^m.ul'«rj^v':Tf^^i,u„ Com„ocU, M. Uenni, O
C Bradley, M. Kanlel, Selh Winters, &c., &c.

:!i8^>r;H^ '■^^***=*

m^'W

: ^tlivntiii.

HINGLETON,

Ijotk ion

LORS,

:w Bond Streets,

we offer the highest pos-
clais goods \A rcascMiabla
endless variety of all the
ench and German nianu-
latest Pari», London and
make our garments in any
will lie found to be less
would cost in the United
West-of-Kngland broad-
e overcoats for $15, and
s are well known through-
;ricans on visiting London
le great Railway Stations,
all and examine our goods

tomers to whom we refer :
Iciffman, I, P. DarlinRion, Dr.
Dix, P. SpolTord, Joliii laylor,
, J. Jaqiies, IJr. Caldwell, J. J.
iton, James M. Haswell, J.iciib
TON, )). C.-Judge Richardson,

H. Stevens, A. C. Cattell, J.J,

B. P. Curtis. Robert Spencer.

Mixter, G. G. Cooper, John G
1, Col. Allei, J. L Sprayle, Dr.
islines, F. G. Wilson, L. Carter,
B. Noble, H. Travis, W. Hilton,
I, T. Ihomas, Gtis Foster, AKin

A. Soles, 1.1. M. Chistee. New
iimicl Comstock, M. Dennis O

SARATOGA ADVERTISEMF.NTS.

GEO. O. CLAPP,
Imported and Domestic Cii^^ars,

All ffradps ai)d varielles of Tobacco aijd Smokers' Cood« generally.
No. 7 ARLINGTON BLOCK, OPPOSITE UNITED STATES HOTEL.

J. G. COOKE,

Fishing Tackle, Guns, Pistols,

POWDER, SHOT,

AND ALU KINDS OF SPORTING GOODS.

C. E. & B. P. GATES,

108 BROADWAY.

A COMPETINT PEESCRIPTtON GLEES IM ATTENDANCE LAY AMD NiaHT.

Tuft'i Arctic Soda with Delicious Fruit Syrups of our own manufacture. Choice

Ciinfrctionery fresh ev^iy day.

5)extei'>^' 1;. g. ftolel T^ivei'y gtkble,

W, E. & T. J, DEXTER, Proprietors.

Carriages at depots on arrival of trains. Orders promptly attended
to at af.y hour.

JENNEYS BROTHERS,

DRALRRS IN

Also Agents for Lazarus & Morris' Achromatic Spectacles.
108 BROADWAY.

■,..^,.™.«iw*a^i^g3B:*i^'

THK 0«EAT

International |reight |ine

—yfix-

BOSTON k ALBANY, NEW YORK CENTRAL, GRAND TRUNK

And MICHIGAN CENTRAL Railroads,

IIKTWKKl* IIIK

ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC

And Intermadlate Points.

NO TRANSFER, UNEQUALLED FACILITIES,
QUICK niHrXTClI XNI> r.OW ItXTEW.

Call at the Office of Uie Lino before making lontrn.tB.

J. WHITMOUK, Mimagiir,

Bufalo, N. Y.

JOHN HOCKINO, Agent,

134 Washinelon Si., Boston.

errand ^runk f{ailway

OF CANADA.

FREIGHT CONTRACTS

QUEBEC, MONTItEXI^, TOIIONU'O,

And all Cana.di4.jj Points.

No Trsniililpment between Bo«ton and Stotlon* on tho Grand Trunk
Hallway, and oil polnU \Ve»t and Northwest.

tr i^j^:ris: ca-oox)S o. t. ti. -^

AND 8IIIP BY DOSTON & MAlJiK B.K.

P. 8. STEVENSON, G. P. Agt., JOHN HOCKING, Agt,

Montreal, P.Q. 134 WatMngton St., Bo$ton.

a
ti

ni
T

at
be

2IGHT lINE

rRAL, GRAND TRUNK
Railroads,

PACIFIC

Points.

CD FACILITIES,

mnking contrnoU.

! HOCKINO, Agent,

VM ttashington Si., Boiton,

Railway

i^RACTS

L,, TOIIOIVX'O,

OI.NTS.

tloii* on tho Grand Trunk
nd Northwest.

a-. T. la. -"ES

AINE B.ll.

OHN HOCKING, Agt.,
134 Wathington St., Bo$toH,

IRAND

,RUNK |\AILWAY,

TIIK

GREAT INTERNATIONAL ROUTE

nETWKKJI

PORTLAND, BOSTON, NEW YORK,

Coiinucting tlioru with all roadi diverging

SASrr. AVEMT, PlonTII ana SOUTH.

The improviiil condition of the Grond Trnnk Ilnllway, Inrhidlng

lt» equipment of ^'^w Pnsatngir Can, Ntw Loeomnlivn,

SittI Track, Quitk Trnnait, ^e., Ift., now lirlng» It

prominently before tlio imhlle hh a Kihht-

CLA8D Link In every ruxpovt, and

pruferalile to tho majority

of IJneH between the

KiMt and Wuit.

PULLMAN PALACE and SLEEPING CABS

•re run on all day and night through tralni, wiUi but one change be-
tween I'orlliind or Bolton and Chicago,

The ainntl Trunk RalUray U tlte OnEAT VLKASVItE
BOVTK tt» well an tho cheapest Uoute between the Ka»t and West, and
now offers n choice seleotlon of Popular MixeurtUtn Uoute* to the
Touriat and Pleasure Seeker, via

NUOABA FALLS, TOBOHTO,

SIVEB ST. LAWBENOE with iti Bapldi ud Thouand Iilmndi,
MOITTBEAL, QUEBEO, BIVEB 810DESAT, ko.,
at Reduced Prices during the Sunnner Season; they have Issued a small
book containing a Ust of routes, rat«s of fare and other Information
wldch may be obtained, together with all Information, at the Boston
Agency,

134 'WASHOrOTON STREET.

W. WAIN WRIGHT,

Gin. Paiitngn Agtnt, Montrtal.

W. C. TALLMAN,
Ntir Sngland Patt. Agt., Botton.

THIS IS AN ADVERTISEMENT

AND IS PAID FOR AS SUCH,

RTTT^OTWjTHSTAN DING j

It i« literally true, as ihoutands can and wi'.l testify, that the

Cl\idli^o, Bm'lii\^toA ^i\tl QmT\(5y

RAILROAD

Has the SMOOTHEST AND BEST TRACK, and the BEST AND

MOST COMPLETE FQUIPW.NT of all Roads in the West,

and has NO SUPERIOR in any part of the country.

IT IS THE FAVORITE WITH THE TRAVELING PUBLIC.

IT IS THU ONLY LIXK TO

O.AJjI I'OH.^I I A.

banning the Justly Celebrated and Most Comfortable

Di N I isr a cA.li s

And offers the VERY BEST ROUTES to all points in

Kansas, Colorado, Hew Mexico,

Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, and

TEXAS.

No Passenger will ever regret having chosen this Route.

^^^laTthlslH^e^salTat all the Ticket Offices in the EMt.

Tickets

COMPANY'S OFFICES:

I3:^v^^~^lTCH^ocK; e. p. ripley

O .ne-,.l Passenger AG-t. General Eastern Pas«=nger Ag t

CHICAQO. BOSTON.

^i-sS-l iitS**'^^^*'?^

i' tu rf

■ISEMENT

SUCH,

rANDINGI

wi'.l testify, that the

^i\tl QtiiT\(5y

CK, and the BEST AND
all Roads in the West,
art of the country.

TRAVELING PUBLIC.

E TO

. Most Comfortable

CA.Il S

TES to all points in

aska, Missouri, and

^S.

nng chosen this Route.

Ticket Offices In the East.

FICES :

iTaBhington St., Boston.

E. P. RIPLEY,

leral Eastern Passenger Ag't,

BOSTON.

THE GREAT NORTHERN ROUTE FOR TOURISTS
AND PLEASURE SEEKERS.

THE NEW

ine,

COMl'OSKD OF TIIK

Boston, Conrord .t Montreal R. It., Concord to Vvllii Jiirer,
Pamtumimte It. It., Welln ItWer to Sewport, 17.,
S->nth-i:nstei-n ItaUwiti/, \cirpoi-t to .St, .Juhnu, r, Q.,

Will on and after June Ist, run

2 FAST EXPRESS TRAINS

Composed of NEW AND EI.K(iANT CARS pvoviiod with
all uiodorn improvements,

From BOSTON (Lowell Depot) to MONTREAL,

Where connection is made with Grand Trunk Railway for the West.

Entire Trains, with Pullnn3n Cars attached, pun from
Boston tT Montreal without change, and only one
change to Chicago. No Route from Boston pre-
sents such Magnificent Scenery, and Pas-
sengers by this Line travel through

¥l]e ?ki^h.di, ^e of tl) i^^ Cci|tiiiei|c.

A continuous and most charming Panoramn of River, Slountain
Valley and Lake Scenery will entertain the travelsr for a distance
of 250 miles, including the grand views of

Laiie Winnipesaukee, the White Mountain Range,

PASSTTMPSIO SIVSE VALLEY, CBYSTAL LAKE,

AND THE

ROMANTIC LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG.

Trainb stop 30 minutes for meals at the Pcmlgcwasselt Ilouse,
Plymouth, N. II., and the Memphremagog House, Newport, Vt. (See
descriptive matter on the two previous pages.)
Gknekal Office,
94 WASHINGTON STR£FT.

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