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 ASOiJ'S 
 
 iMM4 h4knk ?f fe???l 
 
 TO 
 
 Saratoga, Lakes George and Champlain, the Adirondacks, 
 
 Niagara Falls, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay 
 
 River, the White Mountains, Lakes Mem- 
 
 phremagog and Winnlpiseogee. 
 
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 IlEVISEO EI>ITIOr«r, 1874. 
 
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 BOSTON : 
 rUBIJSHED BY C. A. FAXON, 
 
 82 WA»lII>OTOM STBEET. 
 
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 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. 
 
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 Pntt of lUnd, Avtr/, » Co, Borton. 
 
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 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 
 
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 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- 
 
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 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 . 
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 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 . • ■ ■ ' 
 
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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 
 
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 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 
 
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 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. 
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I 
 
 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^^^^^^^^ .^ ^^ 
 
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 in 
 
TOUniSTS' HASDDOOK. 
 
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 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. 
 
 It 
 
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. 
 
 9 
 
 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 
 
10 
 
 TOURISTS' HANDBOOK. 
 
 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. 
 
 11 
 
 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 
 
>'\ 
 
 12 
 
 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. 
 
 18 
 
 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. 
 
ii 
 
 c: 
 
 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' 
 
p 
 
TOURISTS' UAXDnOOK. 
 
 15 
 
 (•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 
 
le 
 
 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 
 
it 
 
 18 
 
 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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 19 
 
 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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 TOURISTS' HANDBOOK. 
 
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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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 ins. Like the Grand 
 3, covering all the space 
 iets. Tiiere is a piazza 
 le IJroadway front, afTord- 
 iree promenades are built 
 h provide delightful rest- 
 and give a splendid view 
 :ge ball-room beautifully 
 lie assemblies' that gather 
 led in 1869. An elevator 
 Congress Hj^ll occupies 
 me name, which was con- 
 Union, is the 
 otel, 
 
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 in the continuance of the 
 opened by Mr. John B. 
 
 int Hotel family. 
 
 we come to another of the 
 
 lis house is one of the most 
 ao well Icnown to require 
 
 another class of houses, of 
 , in their pretensions, more 
 1 more moderate in their 
 class of health or pleasure 
 cannot afford, to pay the 
 , and are willing to forego 
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 21 
 
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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, 
 
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 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 
 3 waters which bubble up 
 „..„tain-head of a neigh- 
 ^orld in its hygienic ad- 
 tyof its mineral «prings. 
 ity of this valley, the first 
 
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 pitixa. 
 
 [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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24 
 
 TOURISTS' HANDUi'OK. 
 
 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. 
 
 26 
 
 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. 
 
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 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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 27 
 
 " 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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 COSGHESS PARK. 
 
lOVIilST.f IIAShliOOK. 
 
 29 
 
 4 UK. 
 
 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. 
 
 81 
 
 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. 
 
32 
 
 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 
 
84 
 
 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 
 
CO 
 
 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. 
 
 07 
 
 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 
 
 ^1 
 
 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. 
 
40 
 
 '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. 
 
 41 
 
 !<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 
 
 1 
 
 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 
 
43 
 
 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. 
 
 48 
 
 •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. 
 
44 
 
 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 
 
 ft 
 
 
 
 ^.^■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 
 
 43 
 
 (!>'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. 
 
46 
 
 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. 
 
 47 
 
 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 
 
48 
 
 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 
 
 r, 
 
 liive European tour lor 
 id has brouglit to his 
 liitecture, horticulture, 
 ) elegant botanical gar- 
 Continent. From his 
 t cottages are growing 
 
 TounrsTS' haxdbook. 
 
 49 
 
 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. 
 
 61 
 
 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- 
 
62 
 
 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. 
 
 53 
 
 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 " 
 
m 
 
 m 
 
 H 
 
 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, 
 
 55 
 
 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 
 
66 
 
 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. 
 
 T 
 
 A 
 
 Tl 
 
TOU/ltSTS' HANDIIOOK. 
 
 57 
 
 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. 
 
 a: 
 
 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 
 
 58 
 
 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 
 
60 
 
 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 
 
K. 
 
 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. 
 
 61 
 
 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 
 
62 
 
 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. 
 
 63 
 
 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 
 
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 fort i« 
 of th« 
 high i 
 marbl 
 
 from t 
 
 is in 8 
 
 evor.vi 
 
 platt. ( 
 
 than a 
 
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 times 1 
 
 in thi* 
 
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 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. 
 
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 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 
 
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 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 
 
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 forms lee 
 Fort Ge 
 once coi 
 rare on i 
 visitors, 
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 been foii 
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 epidote 
 
TOURISTS' HANDBOOK. 
 
 67 
 
 li 
 
 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 
 
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 68 
 
 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- 
 
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 ,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 
 
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 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. 
 
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 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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 upoo the arrival of 
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 ig oocasional views 
 lyr finds himself at 
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 uroga will soon bo 
 s already been sur- 
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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. 
 
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 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! 
 
76 
 
 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, 
 
 1 
 
78 
 
 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. 
 
 79 
 
 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. 
 
 81 
 
 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 > 
 
83 
 
 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-. 
 
 83 
 
 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. 
 
 85 
 
 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'.' ^ 
 
 >? 
 
 o. 
 
 i 
 
 \'*f 
 
 Tounrsrs' handbook. 
 
 87 
 
 1 
 
 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. 
 
 SO 
 
 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 
 
90 
 
 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. 
 
 91 
 
 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 
 
02 
 
 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. 
 
 93 
 
 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. 
 
m 
 
 
 SOCK. 
 
 TOURISTS' ll.lSnilOOK. 
 
 95 
 
 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." 
 
 J 
 
T 
 
 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 
 
 T 
 
 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. 
 
 97 
 
 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 
 
98 
 
 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. 
 
 99 
 
 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 
 
n 
 
 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 
 
 r 
 
 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 
 
 Mi 
 
 I 
 
 ^» 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 :- 
 
K. 
 
 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 
 
lU 
 
 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, 
 
UG 
 
 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.' 
 
 f 
 
 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 
 
r 
 
 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 
 
 TOUIUSTS' IlANOnoOK. 
 
 U\ 
 
 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- 
 
132 
 
 TOUiusTs • ii.isnnooK. 
 
 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 
 
 TounrsTs' HAsnnooK. 
 
 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." 
 
T 
 
 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 
 
aK 
 
 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 
 
 TOunisTS' iiANnnnoK. 
 
 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 
 
136 
 
 TOUniSTS' HANDBOOK. 
 
 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 
 
 TO"ifr.«TS' HANDBOOK. 
 
 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, 
 
^gg TOURISTS' HANDBOOK. 
 
 „„ 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 
 
TOVIilSTS' HANDliOOK. 
 
 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. 
 
142 
 
 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 
 
 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 
 
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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 
 
 TO irniSTS • IIASDBOOK. 
 
 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. 
 
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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 
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 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- 
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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. 
 
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 and I 
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 hund 
 Georj 
 vicini 
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 bund 
 Ila 
 the tt 
 Plym 
 retr.K 
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 bank 
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 Moun 
 linctl; 
 above 
 additi 
 demai 
 house! 
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 Amon 
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 cascac 
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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' 
 
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 The 1 
 a 8,)Ui-l 
 uxten>ic 
 field, IJ< 
 P.M. ; 
 here at 
 the mor 
 ton, or J 
 tlie proj 
 croquet 
 
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 " horses 
 fcr part 
 or " auti 
 larm'i- r 
 
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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. 
 
 Si 
 
 gi 
 
> 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 
 
 J? 
 
r 
 
 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 ( 
 
 Fr 
 
 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 
 
K. 
 
 ) 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«, 
 
 t" 
 
 
 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( 
 
 hous( 
 
 anil I 
 
 as fo 
 
 tnnt, 
 
 lake 
 
 nap, 
 
 peak 
 
 " Tu 
 
 moui 
 
 Ft 
 
 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. 
 
 
 To 
 
 Miles. To 
 
 MilCB. 
 
 Belmont, 
 
 6 West Acton, 
 
 27 
 
 Waverly, 
 
 7 Littleton, 
 
 81 
 
 VVakham, 
 
 10 Ayers Junction, 
 
 86 
 
 Weston, 
 
 13 Shirley, 
 
 40 
 
 Lincoln, 
 
 1 7 Lunenburg, 
 
 42 
 
 Concord, 
 
 20 Leominster, 
 
 46 
 
 South Acton, 
 
 25 Fitchburg, 
 Vi. and Mass, Dlvmon. 
 
 60 
 
 West Fitchbiir?, 
 
 62 Wendell, 
 
 90 
 
 Wachusett, 
 
 53 Ervin>i, 
 
 93 
 
 Westminster, 
 
 65 Grout's Corner, 
 
 98 
 
 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 
 
 no 
 
 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 
 
 1 
 
 
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, 
 
 1, 
 
 296 
 299 
 324 
 
 •» 
 
 420 
 
 nnelaer ami Saratoga 
 
 ward, 
 orts, 
 
 1. 
 
 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, 
 
 13 
 
 W,st Pi rt. 
 
 50 
 
 Orwvll, 
 
 20 
 
 Kssc.\, 
 
 60 
 
 'rii'OMiIeroga, 
 
 24 
 
 Hiirliiifitoii, 
 
 78 
 
 T 1 
 
 l-a 'iibecs. 
 
 2(i 
 
 Port K.iit, 
 
 90 
 
 Crown Point, 
 
 33 
 
 PlattslmrjT, 
 
 100 
 
 Port Henry, 
 
 41 
 
 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 
 
 82 
 
 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, 
 
 6 
 
 nilos 
 
 b> r iiriace 
 
 18 
 
 " 
 
 '^'stni'roirail 
 
 172 
 
 ifc 
 
 ,1 u u I, 
 
 50 
 
 (( 
 
 It. rail 
 
 »!) 
 
 u 
 
 u ** 
 
 lOG 
 
 't 
 
 " rail & sta<!0 
 
 208 
 
 (, 
 
 ,i .( u •* 
 
 2'J<> 
 
 u 
 
 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 
 
 by 
 
 carriiige. 
 
 
 8 
 
 kt 
 
 tt 
 
 it. 
 
 
 10 
 
 U 
 
 U 
 
 i> 
 
 
 13 
 
 a 
 
 il 
 
 li 
 
 
 13 
 
 a 
 
 u 
 
 a 
 
 
 5 
 
 4( 
 
 (4 
 
 ptuauier. 
 
 
 er) 
 
 4( 
 
 u 
 
 Ik 
 
 
 125 
 
 (• 
 
 u 
 
 u 
 
 
 132 
 
 a 
 
 ti 
 
 fck 
 
 
 150 
 
 u 
 
 (t 
 
 k( 
 
 
 210 
 
 u 
 
 (( 
 
 &t 
 
 ' 
 
 KM 
 
 14 
 
 4& 
 
 rail 
 
 liile 
 
 2ti2 
 
 tl 
 
 fci 
 
 rail & stage 
 
 ntaiu9, 
 
 272 
 
 (( 
 
 ii 
 
 U ii *« 
 
 
 408 
 
 a 
 
 n 
 
 (( 
 
 
 a«tG 
 
 a 
 
 4i 
 
 n 
 
 
 317 
 
 ((. 
 
 tb 
 
 u 
 
 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. 
 
 
 4( 
 
 » pteauier. 
 
 
 it 
 
 u ^ 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 > 
 
 
 u " 
 
 ") 
 
 U 
 
 il " 
 
 i 
 
 14 
 
 " rail 
 
 9, 
 
 a 
 
 " rail & stage 
 
 9 
 
 ii 
 
 11 U 11 •» 
 
 
 
 
 H 
 
 a 
 
 11 «1 
 
 (', 
 
 u 
 
 u t' 
 
 7 
 
 (t 
 
 U 11 
 
 30ST0N. 
 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 87 
 
 _ ^ 
 
 . 
 
 9'1 
 
 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 
 
 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. 
 
 Si 
 
 — Ki 
 
 i:i II 
 
 totiil, 
 
 8v 
 40 II 
 
 Keen 
 
 walei 
 
 inileH 
 
 .11 » 
 
 Su 
 
 Up 
 
 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 
 
 H 
 
 llllll 
 
 total 
 I( 
 
 tola 
 
 S 
 
 liiilc 
 mil. 
 
 IV 
 lira 
 Hot 
 
 N 
 
 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 
 
 s. 
 
 Mount 
 
 Mount 
 
 Mount 
 
 Mount 
 
 Motuit 
 
 Mount 
 
 Mount 
 
 Mount 
 
 Mount 
 
 Mount 
 
 Mount 
 
 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 " 
 
 
 5,400 " 
 
 
 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 " 
 
 A. 
 
 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 ■#.«(> 
 
 RO 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 RO 
 
 ROi 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 RUi 
 
 ROi 
 
 1 
 t 
 
 ROI 
 
 ROl 
 
 1 
 
 V 
 
 ROl 
 
 I 
 I 
 
 1: 
 
 ROl 
 
 ROl 
 
 h 
 I 
 
 ROl 
 
 'J 
 
 t 
 
 ROl 
 ROl 
 
 8 
 I 
 
 RO' 
 
 J 
 
 H 
 
 ROl 
 
 s 
 e 
 t 
 
 i 
 
)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 
 
 i. 
 
 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 
 
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 ttOi 
 
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 KOI 
 
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 ItOl 
 
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 nor 
 
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 Ni 
 
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 norr 
 
 sai 
 
 ItOV, 
 
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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 
 
 1 
 
r 
 
 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) -#• *» 
 
 c 
 c 
 I 
 
 I 
 c 
 
 s 
 
 B 
 
 \^ 
 G 
 B 
 B 
 B 
 B 
 B< 
 S. 
 H 
 Qi 
 J. 
 C. 
 
 w 
 
 Je 
 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 
 
 la 
 
 12 
 13 
 18 
 14 
 14 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 ■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 
 
 ^l,oi'tc,4t, l2•li^Uc^4t ?it,d >lo?it ©cf^irable l<itic 
 
 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 
 
 CI 
 
 Passe 
 
 J'LIJ 
 X 
 
 THR 
 
 Ticket 
 
 WAR 
 GEO 
 
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estein Railways, 
 
 DN 
 
 B 
 
 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. 
 
 i 
 
,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, 
 
 i 
 
 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. 
 
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 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. 
 
 X 
 
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 
 
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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. 
 
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 the 
 St. , 
 
 STI 
 
:4 
 
 3 USE, 
 
 p. Q- 
 
 ho Elegnnt Steamer 
 
 LAKE," 
 
 •ii*» STA.OB LiMK to Sher- 
 
 OUSE, 
 
 ,i'DUBN, one the best kept 
 
 I. 
 
 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, 
 
 f\EAL INSTATE ©ROKERS, 
 
 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. 
 
 10 
 
 ,-.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. 
 
 y 
 
 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. 
 
 12 
 
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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 en( 
 pa 
 
,y Globe. 
 
 )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 
 
 a 
 
 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. 
 
 14 
 
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. 
 
 15 
 
 :!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. 
 
 
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THK 0«EAT 
 
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 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 
 
 TO 
 
 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. 
 
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 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 
 
 I 
 
 ,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. 
 
 U 
 
 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, 
 
 ,^ontreal and ©oston Sir L( 
 
 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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