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 OF 
 
 NORTHERN 
 
 ^y Pleasure Travel 
 
 TO THE 
 
 l^fOSTO^ WHITE AND PEAITCONIA ^SH 
 
 MOUNTAINS 
 
 MI@>iNTAm-S: 
 
 ERN LAKES 
 
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LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE. 
 
 SENTER HOUSE, 
 
 eENTRE HARBQR. 
 
 SWITZERLAND OF AMERICA, 
 
 Lake and Mountain Region of New Hampshire, 
 
 ♦♦♦ 
 
 This large and well-known Summer House stands on a slight emi- 
 nence at the head of the Winnipesaiikee, and from its broad piazzas 
 (alone of all the hotels in this region) commands a clear and un- 
 obstnicted view of the entire length of this wonderful lake. Its 
 situation for picturesque beauty is unequalled in New England, while 
 the charming walks and drives in all directions, winding am<'ng the 
 hills and skirting the shores of the lake, introduce the tourist to the 
 mai-velous scenery of the surrounding country, sung by the poet 
 Whittier, " The Heart of the Highlands." 
 
 First-class Orchestra in constant attendance during the summer 
 montlis. New Billiard Rooms and Bowling Alleys have lately been 
 added, while accommodations for boating, fishing, and bathing, are 
 excelk'oir 
 
 Large Livery Stable, thoroughly equipped in all its details, con- 
 nected with the H(Mel. 
 
 Wishing to induce travelers to visit this region during the pleapant 
 months of the year, liberal discount will be made <l^t^g JlilM».|uid 
 September. ^ 
 
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 Routes f rum New York and South. 
 
 Passengers taking Sound steamers at 5.00 p.m. arrive at Centre 
 Harbor at 1.00 P.M. tlie next day— Pullman Drawing Room Cars, I 
 without change, from Sound steamers to WiMaipesaukee. ' 
 
 Routes frt)m Boston. 
 
 Trains twice daily over three distinct routes, without change of 
 cars, from 
 
 Boston & Maine R.R. Station, - - . Haymarket square. 
 Boston & LoweU R.R. Station, - - - Causeway street 
 Eastern R.R. Station, .... «< «« 
 
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 Northern Pleasure Travel: 
 
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 Hiolory 
 WHITE AND FRAKCONIA MOUNTAINS, 
 
 THE GREEN MOUNTAINS, THE NORTHERN LAKES, 
 
 MONTREAL AND QUEBEC. 
 
 HOW TO REACH THEM BY PLEASURE ROUTES, VIA THE 
 
 MERRIMACK AND CONNECTICUT VALLEYS, AND 
 
 DIVERGING LINES OF TRAVEL. 
 
 " Tlie mountain valley is a vase, 
 Wliioh God has brinrme<l with rarest grace; 
 And, kneeling in the taintless air, 
 I drink celestial blessings there." 
 
 — Alger, 
 
 BOSTON: 
 GEO. L. KEYES, PRINTER, 4 WILLIAMS COURT. 
 
 1873. 
 
Entered according to act of Congress. In the year 1873, by Geo. L. Ketes, 
 in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Wasliington, 
 
 JAu 1 1 1S74 
 
 
IK"DEX. 
 
 PAO« 
 
 Alburgh Springs IVJ 
 
 AlhHi Bay, N. H 40 
 
 Aininonurtu ; Iliver 76 
 
 Artist's FalU l«7 
 
 AMcent of Moiitit Lifayette 70 
 
 '• Bald Mountain 69 
 
 '« Red Hill ....37 
 
 •• C>>pi»!e Crown 38 
 
 " Mount Prospect 45 
 
 " Mowil.iuk 43 
 
 " Mr. Wiishington..03,0ft,98 
 " Mt. Washington by rail. .78 
 " Mt. Wash, by carrl. rM. . 98 
 " •• " brldlepatb.iW 
 
 « «'OwlsHead" 137 
 
 Ascutney Mountain 159 
 
 Ashland, N. H 44 
 
 Bartlett 92 
 
 Basin ....71 
 
 B.,C. & M. R. R 35 
 
 Beecber's Falls Cascatle 86 
 
 Bellows Falls. Vt . . 157 
 
 Bethlehem, N. H 52 
 
 Bjston, routes from 26, 28 
 
 Biwton & Maine R.E 28 
 
 Boston to Canada^ routes 26, 28 
 
 Boston to Mountains, routes. .26, 23 
 
 Boston to Mt. Wash. Summit route, 
 
 via Wins road & Mountain R.R. 53 
 
 Bra4iford,Vt 160 
 
 Bratnleboro', Vt 157 
 
 Brooks House 157 
 
 Burlington, Vt 147 
 
 Camel's Hump Mountain 146 
 
 Cannon Mountain 68 
 
 Cascades, Franconia Mountains .72 
 
 Cathedral, (^ueb jc 122 
 
 Cathedral of Notre Dame 113 
 
 Centre Harbor, N. H 37 
 
 Cherry Mountain 59 
 
 Chu u}rua .107 
 
 Claremont, N. H 158 
 
 Colebrook, N. H 59 
 
 Concord, N. H 30 
 
 Concord to the Mountains, route.. 34 
 
 Conway, N. H 102 
 
 Conway, North 103 
 
 Conway through the Notch 91 
 
 Copple Crown Mountain 38 
 
 Crawford House 85 
 
 Crawford Notch 86 
 
 Crawfords, The 65 
 
 Crystal Cascade 96 
 
 Dartmouth College, N. H 159 
 
 Devil's Den 106 
 
 Diana's Bath 106 
 
 Distancas 9 
 
 Dixville Notch 59 
 
 Down the St. Lawrence 114 
 
 Eagle Clitf. 67 
 
 Eagle Hotel 31 
 
 Eastern Railroad 103 
 
 Bast River 13 
 
 Echo Lake, Franconia 68 
 
 Echo Lake, North Couway .105 
 
 rxon 
 
 Elevations 7 
 
 Emerald Pool 06 
 
 F/ihvan House •• 77 
 
 Fail River 20 
 
 Falls, Montmorencl 124 
 
 " Qlen Ellis 07 
 
 " Atnmonusuc •.••77 
 
 " Harvard.... T3 
 
 " Qibbs 85 
 
 " Artist's 107 
 
 '• on Vvalanche Brook 89 
 
 Flume, Franconia Notch 72 
 
 •' Crawford " 39 
 
 " Dixville " 60 
 
 " House, Franconia 72 
 
 Framlngham, M iss 19 
 
 Franconia Mountains 63 
 
 Franconia, N. H 61 
 
 Franconia Notch ^ 
 
 Fryeburg. Me 107 
 
 Girnet Pojls 96 
 
 Glen House and Olon 91 
 
 Crorham, N. H. and vicinity.. .00, 99 
 
 Gorham to the Notch 101 
 
 Grand Trunk Railway 59 
 
 Great Gulf Oi 
 
 Greenfleld, Mass 1-56 
 
 Hartford, Conn H 
 
 Hell Gate 13 
 
 Hermit Lake 97 
 
 Historical and Descriptive 64 
 
 Holyoke, Mass 154 
 
 Hotel Tablet H 
 
 Imp Mountain 99 
 
 Island House 158 
 
 Islands of Winnipesaukee 41 
 
 Jackson Falls 93 
 
 Jackson, N. H. 92 
 
 Jay's Peak 139 
 
 Jefferson Hills 57 
 
 Jeffer*K)n, N. H 101 
 
 Lachine Rapids. 114 
 
 Laconia, N. H 35 
 
 " Lady of the Lake" boat 42 
 
 Lake Champlain 148 
 
 Lake Mempnremaj?og, trip on.. . .136 
 
 Lake Village, N. H 36 
 
 Lake Winnipesaukee 41 
 
 Lancaster House 56 
 
 Lancaster, N. H 54 
 
 Lawrence, Mass. r .28 
 
 Littleton, N. H 50 
 
 " " Hotels 50 
 
 Lonsj Island Sound 14 
 
 Lowell, Mass 26 
 
 Magog, Lake Memphremagog . . . 141 
 
 Manchester, N. H 26 
 
 Memphremagog Lake 1.35 
 
 ]Mere<iIth Village 44 
 
 Merrimack River 29 
 
 Montcalm House 124 
 
 Montpelier, Vt 142 
 
 Montreal 108 
 
 Montreal House 108 
 
 Moosehillock Mouataln ^iS 
 
INDEX. 
 
 PAOI 
 
 Mount A«lnin^ 1»1 
 
 •• li«l ktiMi» House 3<J 
 
 •• Clay 101 
 
 '* }< aves 101 
 
 «• JurterHon KM 
 
 •' M iMliHon 101 
 
 •• MansJleUI M4 
 
 <« MiiiiHtleM liuuHO 143 
 
 •• Moriah H»l 
 
 " IVabody 77 
 
 " IVuiijjewauBct 74 
 
 *• Suritiirtc 100 
 
 Moui't WiiBliiiigtun 61 
 
 »' •' carriage road.. I'X 
 
 " " H(>u>o 8-' 
 
 «« '« In winter 84 
 
 M •• Kail way 78 
 
 «« *• Steamer 40 
 
 " . •' Summit view.. 82 
 
 •' " the descent.... K') 
 
 Mt. Willanl, drive to summit of..8>' 
 
 New llavfii, Conn '-•> 
 
 New Lori(i<)ii, Conn l'"> 
 
 Newi)ort, It. 1 3i' 
 
 Newport, Vt 133 
 
 New York City 13 
 
 New York, routes from. .15, 17, 19, '2A 
 
 NortlitinilHjrlaud Junction 5!) 
 
 Norlliamiilun, MaM l.')4 
 
 North Conway, N. H 103 
 
 " " routes to and from 103 
 
 Nortliern N. H. K.R 153 
 
 Noi wich, Conn 10 
 
 Notch, Dixville 51) 
 
 Notrli, gates of. b6 
 
 Notcli, pafsa^e of 80 
 
 Uake'tiCuif. 90 
 
 Owls Head Mountain 137 
 
 I'a^sumiKsic Kiver Kuilroud 130 
 
 I'eabody Kiver !»5 
 
 Pemigewasset House 45 
 
 Pemigewasset Kiver and Valley ..47 
 
 I'titjuaket MountMin 104 
 
 Plienix House 32 
 
 Pilot Hills 100 
 
 Pinkham Notch 93 
 
 Plains of Abraham IL'7 
 
 Plattsburg, N. Y 149 
 
 Plymouth, N. H 44 
 
 Pool, Franconia Notcli 73 
 
 Portland & Ogdei.sburg R.R 131 
 
 Potter Place 159 
 
 Preface 5 
 
 Piotile House andvicinitv 66 
 
 Profile Mountain and Lake 70 
 
 Profile (stone face) 63, 69 
 
 Providence, R. 1 21 
 
 Quebec 118 
 
 Randolph Hill 99 
 
 KedHiil 37 
 
 Richmond, P. Q 117 
 
 Rocky Point, R. 1 22 
 
 Routes, all rail 21, 24, 26, 28 
 
 Routes, boat aud rail 15, 17 
 
 Rutlnnd, Vt KVl 
 
 Saco HIver 86 
 
 Saco Valley 92 
 
 Sngncnny River 12H 
 
 Sawyer's Hock 92 
 
 Bebiigo Liike 109 
 
 Sent cr I louHe 37 
 
 Silver Caocaile 89 
 
 Snj uggler's Notch 146 
 
 Sounifsteamers 13 
 
 South Eastern Railway 141 
 
 South Vernon 156 
 
 S|iringtie1d, Masf> 24 
 
 S<|uam Lake 47 
 
 Starr King Mountain 59 
 
 St. Albans, Vt 150 
 
 Steamer " I^Jidy (»f the Lake" 42 
 
 St. .lohnhbury, Vt 131 
 
 St. Lawrence River 114 
 
 Stowe, Vt 143 
 
 Sugar River Railroad 158 
 
 Suniniit House 82 
 
 Sunnvside House 57 
 
 Thompson's Falls 06 
 
 Tip-Top Hou«e 82 
 
 Trotter House, Bradford, Vt 160 
 
 Tmkerman's Ravine 96 
 
 Twin Mountain House 75 
 
 Vernumt Central Railroad 142 
 
 Victoria Bridge Ill 
 
 Views from Moosehillock Summit 48 
 
 " Mount Relknnp 36 
 
 " Mount Washington. , .'.82 
 
 " Mount Pcquaket 105 
 
 " Pro8i)ect Hill 45 
 
 " Red Hill 37 
 
 View of the pi otile 69 
 
 AValker'8 Falls 71 
 
 Warren, N. H 48 
 
 Waterbury, Vt Hg 
 
 Waterbury House 143 
 
 Waumbek House 57 
 
 Weirs (Lake Station) 37 
 
 Welden House. St. Albans 151 
 
 Wells River. Vt 160 
 
 Whitetield, N. H 53 
 
 White IVIountains, general view. ...61 
 
 White Mountain House 76 
 
 White Mountain Le«lges 105 
 
 White Mountain Notch 86 
 
 White River Junction 159 
 
 Willev House 88 
 
 AVilloughby l.ake 132 
 
 Winds(»r, Vt 159 
 
 Wing Railway 52 
 
 Winnipesaukee Lake 41 
 
 Winooski, Vt 147 
 
 AV inter above the Clouds 84 
 
 Wolf borough 38 
 
 Wolfborough Hotels 39 
 
 Wolfe, General 127 
 
 Worcester 26 
 
 Your Outfit 6 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 The object of this Hand-Book Is to give the traveler or tourist, 
 who wisely spends his summer vacation among the grand old 
 hills and gleaming lakes of northern New England, such 
 description of attractive routes to the mountains, the lakes and 
 the Canadian cities, and information regarding important points 
 and localities, either of trade, of picturesque scenery, or of 
 historic interest, as will insure the preservation of this volume, 
 for its plain merits as a guide, and invite perusal for its brief and 
 truthful pictures of the romantic region, where thousands seek 
 and find a blessing in the calm repose of great hills and the song 
 and laughter of mountain streams. 
 
 Not seeking or expecting to supplant the peculiar excellence 
 and rare merit of the elaborate works of predecessors, we admit, 
 with special pleasure, the value of Eastman's "White Mountain 
 Guide Book," the rare literary merit and truthful and poetic 
 description in Starr King's "White Hills," Willey's "Sketches of 
 White Mountain History," and Burt's "Connecticut Valley 
 Guide." The valuable aid of these and other works is gratefully 
 acknowledged. 
 
 'o* 
 
 Boston, Jane 1873. 
 
TOUE OUTFIT. 
 
 If you are a genuine pedestrian, and intent on near personal 
 contact with nature in the nooks and by-ways, or on crags and 
 ledges, through forests, along the channels of streams or on wind- 
 swept summits, or if you are inclined to sporting, be first sub- 
 stantially and firmly shod, and make ample provision against the 
 cold of high altitudes and dashing mountain showers, by ap- 
 propriate clothing in reserve, the quality and quantity of which 
 your own good sense will regulate. Reduce the bulk of your 
 baggage as near as may be to the necessities of the tour, avoid 
 patent-leather and broad-brims, and "take money in thy purse," 
 for there is rare recompense for its expenditure among the hills. 
 
ELEVATIONS ABOVE SEA LEVEL: 
 
 FRANCONIA MOUNTAINS. 
 
 Mount Lafayette, 5,000 feeU 
 
 Mount Cannon, or Profile Mountain, - - - 3,500 ** 
 
 MoosUauk, 4,636 " 
 
 THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. 
 
 Mount Washington, 6,285 feet. 
 
 Mount Jefferson, 5,700 '* 
 
 Mount Adams, -.----- 5,800 
 
 Mount Munroe, ------- 6,400 
 
 Iklount Madison, ------- 5,400 
 
 Mount Clay, 5,400 
 
 Mount Franklin, 4,900 
 
 Mount Pleasant, 4,800 
 
 Mount Clinton, ----*--- 4,200 
 
 Mount Jackson, ------- 4,100 
 
 Mount Webster, 4,000 
 
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 Mount Carter, 5,000 feet. 
 
 Mount Moriah, - ------ 4,700 
 
 Mount Hayes, -------- 2,500 
 
 Pequaket or Kiarsarge (at North Conway), - - 3,367 
 
 Chucorua, -------- 3,358 
 
 Mount Prospect (near Plymouth), - - - - 2,968 
 
 Eed Hill (near Centre Harbor), - - . - 2,500 
 
 Copple Crown Mount (near Wolfborough), - - 2,100 
 
 Alpine House — Gorham, ----- 802 
 
 Bethlehem, -------- 1,450 
 
 Crawford House, 1,920 
 
 Fabyan House, - - - - - - - 1,551 
 
 Flume House, - 1,431 
 
 Glen House, 1,632 
 
 Profile House, — Franconia Notch, - - - - 1,974 
 
 Willey House,— White Mountain Notch, - - 1,3:35 
 
 Wiuuipesaukee Lake, - - -. - - - 496 
 
8 ELETATIONS. 
 
 Pinkham Notch, (highest point), - - - - 2,018 feet. 
 
 Fraiiconia Notch, (highest point), - - - - 2,014 " 
 
 Plyinoutli, 473 " 
 
 Lancaster, ' - - - 8(>0 " 
 
 Littleton, 817 " 
 
 Conway Intervales, - - - - - - 171" 
 
 Concord, N. H., Depot, - 230 " 
 
 MOUNTAINS IN VERMONT. 
 
 Mount M'ansfleld, 4,348 feet. 
 
 Camel's Hump, 4,083 '' 
 
 Jay Peak, 4,018 " 
 
 Mount Willoughby, 3,800 " 
 
 Ascutney, (near Windsor), ----- 3,320 " 
 
 MOUNTAINS IN CANADA. . 
 
 Owl's Head, near Lake Memphremagog, - - 2,740 feet. 
 
 Mount Orford, - - - - '- - - 3,300 " 
 
 Lake Cliamplain, - - - - - - - ' 90 '* 
 
 Lake Meraphremagog, ----._ ^34 <» 
 
 Lake Willoughby, - - - - - 1 1G2 " 
 
DISTANCES 
 
 VIA BOSTON, CONCORD AND MONTREAL RAILROAD. 
 
 From Concord. FromBoeton. 
 
 To MileH. Milei* 
 
 Northfleld, :Nr. H., 13 87 
 
 Tilton, N. II., 18 92 
 
 Laconia, N. H., 27 101 
 
 Lake Village, N H., 29 103 
 
 Weirs — Lake Winnipesaukee Station, - - 34 108 
 
 Centre Harbor — 10 miles bv boat, - - 44 118 
 
 Wollboroiigh— 17 miles by boat, - - - 51 119 
 North Conway — via Centre Harbor, by boat, 
 
 stage and rail, ----- 75 149 
 
 Meredith Village, N. H., - - - - 38 112 
 
 Ashland, N.H., 46 120 
 
 Plymonth, N". H., 51 125 
 
 Rumney, N. H., 59 133 
 
 West Rumney, N. H., - . - - e>2 136 
 
 Wentworth, N. H., 67 141 
 
 Warren, N.H., ------ 70 144 
 
 Haverhill, X. H., 85 159 
 
 Woodsville, - r. H , 93 167 
 
 Wells River, Vermont (junction with Pas- 
 
 " sumpsic and Montpelier Railways), - 93^ 167^ 
 
 Bath, N. H„ - - - - - - 98 172 
 
 Lisbon, N. H., 104 178 
 
 Littleton — 1 1 miles staging from this point to 
 
 Profile House, 113 ^Sl 
 
 Wing Road (diverges from Main line), - 119 193 
 Bethlehem (on Wing Railroad;, - - 125 199 
 Twin Mountain House Station, (present ter- 
 minus Wing Road), - - - - 129 203 
 
 Whitefield, X. H., 125 199 
 
 Dalton, N. H., 129 * 203 
 
 Lancaster, N. H., 135 209 
 
 Northumberland, N. H. (junction with Grand 
 
 Trunk Railway), 1 - - - - 145 219 
 North Stratford, N. H., (on Grand Trunk 
 
 line), 158 232 
 
10 DISTANCE TABLE, 
 
 To. Milef. Milei. 
 
 Sherbrooke, P. Q. (on Grand Trunk junctiou 
 
 with Passumpsic), 219 293 
 
 Riclnnond, P. Q. (on Grand Trunk junction 
 
 witli Quebec division), - - - - 244 318 
 
 Montreal, 320 394 
 
 Quebec, via Northumberland, - - - 340 414 
 
 Montpelier, Vt., (via Wells River and new 
 
 line to Montpelier, nearly completed), 132 206 
 
 Waterbury, Vt, (via Wells lliver, stage 
 
 for Stowe, Vt.,) 140 214 
 
 Stowe, VL, (10 miles staging from Water- 
 bury), 150 224 
 
 Newport, Vt., (via Passumpsic Railroad from 
 
 Wells River), 158 232 
 
 Lake Meinphremagog, ----- 158 232 
 
 Essex Junction, Vt., 1G2 236 
 
 Burlington, Vt., 108 242 
 
HOTEL TABLET. 
 
 Ploce. 
 
 Andover. Mass., 
 Athol Depor, Maw*., 
 Alhiirgb Springs, Vt., 
 Boston, INIjt^B.. 
 Bellows Falls, Vt., 
 liurlington, Vt., 
 Bradford, Vr., 
 Brandon, Vt., 
 lirattinboro, Vt., 
 Biddeford, Me., 
 Centre Harbor, N. H. 
 Castleton, Vt., 
 Concc-d, N. H., 
 
 Clarendon Springs, Vt., 
 
 Caldwell, N. Y., 
 
 East Providence, R. I., 
 
 Fort Edward, N. Y., 
 
 Fitihburg, Mass., 
 
 Fitzwilliams. N. H., 
 
 Great Fall?, N. H., 
 
 Hoo.«ac Tunr.el, Mass., 
 
 Hampton, N. H., 
 
 Lvndonville, Vt., 
 
 Lake Village, Vt., 
 
 Lawrence, Mass., 
 
 Laconia, N. H,, 
 
 Lennoxville, P. Q., 
 
 Manchester, N. H., 
 
 Montreal, P. Q., 
 
 Meredith, N. H., 
 
 Milford, Mass., 
 
 Middleboro, Vt., 
 
 Montpelier, Vt., 
 
 Newport, Vt., 
 
 North Adams, Mass., 
 
 Newport, N. H., 
 
 Newbury port, Maw., 
 
 New Bedford, IVi ass., 
 
 Pittstield, N. H., 
 
 Plattsburg, N. Y., 
 
 Providence, K. I., 
 
 Portsmouth, N. H., 
 
 Peteiboro, N. H., 
 
 Pittbford, Vt., 
 
 Quebec, P. Q., 
 .• (i 
 
 Rochester, N. R., 
 Rutland, Vt. 
 Kocky Point, R, I., 
 
 Name. 
 
 Mansion House, 
 Peaquoig House, 
 Alburgh Springs House, 
 Clarendon Hotel, 
 Island House, 
 American House, 
 Trotter House, 
 Brandon House, 
 Brooks House, 
 Biddefonl House, 
 Senter House, 
 Lake Bomoseen House, 
 Phenlx Hotel, 
 Eagle Hotel, 
 Clarendon House, 
 Ft. Wm. Henry Hotel, 
 Riverside Hotel. 
 St. James Hotel, 
 American House, 
 Cheshire House, 
 Granite State Hotel, 
 Hoosac House, 
 Union House, 
 Walker House, 
 Mount Belknap House, 
 Franklin House, 
 Laconia House, 
 Buck's Hotel, 
 National Hotel, 
 Montreal House, 
 Prospect House, 
 Milford House, 
 Addison House, 
 Pavilion Hotel, 
 Memphremagog House, 
 Ballou House, 
 Phenix Hotel, 
 Merrimac House, 
 Parker House, 
 Washington House, 
 Fouq net's Hotel, 
 City Hotel, 
 Rockingham House, 
 French's Hotel, 
 Otter Creek House, 
 St. Louis Hotel. 
 Clarendon Hotel, 
 Dodge's Hotel, 
 Berwick House, 
 Rocky Point Hotel, 
 
 Prop, and Man. 
 
 Charles L. Carter. 
 A. Bangs. 
 H. H. Howe. 
 J. Pickering Draper. 
 S. C.Fleming. 
 Crane »Sc Stacy. 
 H. E. Harris. 
 R. Deming. 
 Charles G. Lawrence. 
 J. C. Fobbins. 
 J. L. Huntress. 
 L. Collins. 
 J. R. Crocker. 
 John A.White. 
 B. Murray. 
 J. Rocssle & Son. 
 Hopkins & Sears. 
 J, N. Moore. 
 W. F. Day & Co. 
 O. K. Wlieelock, 
 R. H. Hussey. 
 r. E. Locke. 
 Smith & Whittier. 
 G. B. Walker. 
 D. B. Story. 
 T. W. Huse. 
 W. C. Wylie. 
 
 F. P. Buck. 
 A. C. Wallace. 
 Decker & Co. 
 
 G. M. Burleigh. 
 Hapgood Brothers. 
 Darwin Ryder. 
 
 R. T. Aldricli. 
 W. F. Bowman. 
 M. Ballou & Sons. 
 J. H, Brown. 
 Geo. Montgomery. 
 Bullock & Brownell. 
 T. B. Tucker. 
 L. M. Fouquet. 
 L. H. Hnmphrev. 
 G. W. & J. S. Pierce. 
 C. E. Robinson. 
 S. S. Scotield. 
 Willis Russell. 
 
 J. T. Dodge. 
 
 M. K. Hotchkiss, 
 
 L. H. Humpluey. 
 
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 HOTEL TABLET. 
 
 Place. 
 SftllBburv. Vt., 
 Samly U\\, N. Y., 
 Stowe.Vt., 
 South Vernon, Vt., 
 Slt©rbn>oke, I*. Q., 
 
 
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 SpringfieM, Mass., 
 Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 
 
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 Winooaki, 
 
 "VNolfboro, 
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 II 
 
 Vt., 
 
 vt., 
 
 N. H., 
 II 
 
 
 ■Williamsfown, Mags., 
 "NVincbendm, Mass., 
 Wells River, Vt., 
 WoonscK'ket, R. I., 
 White River June, Vt., 
 West Rutland, Vt., 
 
 Nome. 
 
 Lake Diinniore Hotel, 
 Cottee H<>iu*e, 
 Mt. Maiif-tteld Hotel, 
 South Vernon House, 
 Continental Hotel, 
 Clark'h Hotel, 
 Sherl>rot)ke House, 
 Magog House, 
 Massasoit House, 
 Congress ILill, 
 American Hole!, 
 Arlington House, 
 Columbian Hotel, 
 Continental Hotel, 
 Grand Hotel, 
 Union Hotel, 
 Clarendon Hotel, 
 Stevens House, 
 Stevens House, 
 Pavilion Hotel, 
 Glenden Hotel, 
 Belvue House, 
 Greylock Hall, 
 Moiiadnock House, 
 
 Monument House, 
 Junction House, 
 Barnes House, 
 
 Prop, and Mon. 
 
 E. P. Hitiluock. 
 N. W.Clark. 
 N. P. Keeler. 
 D. L. Priest. 
 P. A. Cam i rand. 
 Stephen Clark. 
 W. Chamberlain. 
 H. S. Helpburn. 
 
 Hathorn & SouthirHte. 
 BnJimeti& McCaftVey. 
 Campbell & Shaw. 
 1). O. I)o<lge. 
 Adams & Mason. 
 Col. W. W. Inland & Co. 
 Breslin, Card tier & Co. 
 Charles E. Iceland, 
 C. T. & C. O. Stfevens. 
 A. R. Pike. 
 E.Stanton. 
 J. L. Peavey. 
 Daniel Horn. 
 Streeter& Swift. 
 H. A. Crocker. 
 M. G. Slack. 
 L. W. Klliot. 
 A. T. & O. F. Barron. 
 J. H. Hazelton. 
 
 WHITE MOUNTAIN HOTELS. 
 
 Bethlehem, N. H., 
 Carroll, N. H., 
 
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 Franconia Notch, N. H 
 Jefterson, N. H., 
 
 Lanca.««tor, X. H., 
 Littleton, N. H., 
 
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 Plymouth, N. H., 
 West Ossipe^. N. H., 
 Warren, N.H. 
 GorLam, N. H. 
 
 Sinclair House, 
 
 Fabyan House, 
 
 White Mountain House 
 Twin Mountain House, 
 
 Crawford House, 
 
 Conway House, 
 
 Pequaket House, 
 , Profile House, 
 
 Wauml>ek House, 
 
 Jeflt'erson Hill House, 
 
 Lancaster House, 
 
 Oak Hill House, 
 
 LTnion House, 
 
 Mason's Hotel, 
 
 Randall House, 
 
 Intervale House 
 
 McMillan House, 
 
 Sunset Pavilion, 
 
 Pemigewasset House, 
 
 Banks House, 
 
 Moosilauk, House, 
 
 Gleu House, 
 
 D. W. Ranlet. 
 
 Walcott, Lindsay «& French 
 
 , RounsTel & Co. 
 
 A. T. & O. F. Barron. 
 
 L. H. Eastman. 
 I>. E. Pendexter. 
 Taft & Greeiileaf. 
 Merrill & Plaisted. 
 Roby & Bedell. 
 
 B. H. Corning. 
 
 C. C. Knapp. 
 W. Jenniij'On. 
 F. H. Mason. 
 J. T. Randall. 
 Mudgeit & Eastman, 
 Jolm McMillan. 
 
 M. L. Mason. 
 
 C. M. Morse. 
 
 J. L. Plummer, 
 
 D. G. Mai-sh. 
 
 J. ?L Thompson & Co. 
 
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 THE STAET FROM NEW YORK. 
 
 Leaving New York city by either line of tlie ina^iflcent 
 Sound steamei-s, from Nortli River, glancing dov, n the grind 
 harbor, and rounding the southern extremity of Manhattan. Is- 
 land, the once fashionable and central locality of the Battery" 
 and Castle Garden attract attention, with the circular swell 
 ot Governor's Island, once, no doubt, a portion of Long Is- 
 land, the frowning guns of Ciistle William, the South Battery, 
 and the waters of Buttermilk Channel, all of noticeable hnport- 
 ance, in the growth and life of the great metropolis, or fi'om his- 
 torical associations claiming attention as you proceed. 
 
 Passing along East River the track of the steamer crosses the 
 line of the Brooklyn ferries and between the piers of the im- 
 mense bridge, now constructing, to unite the City of Churches 
 with New York. Upon the left, in full view, is the great city. 
 60 changed since the days when good Heinrich Hudson founded 
 the Dutch town of "Nieuw Amsterdam," — the embryo New 
 York, — and the Dutch Commodore Van Cortland sailed through 
 this same river into the perils of Hell Gate. Along the city's 
 water front are acres of sailing craft from every quarter, with 
 the products of the soil, of mines, and the industries of the 
 world; to the right, the heights and elegant residences of 
 Brooklyn, where, also, are the United States Docks and Navy 
 Yard of this the great naval station of the country. Black- 
 well's Island, a long, narrow strip of land, lying along the 
 centre of the river, attracts attention, as the spot where are 
 located the reformatory, charitable, and corrective institutions of 
 
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 the metropolis. 
 
 Hell Gate is a narrow and tortuous passage, six miles from 
 New York, where, during the rise and fall ol tides, the waters 
 
U THE START FROM NEW YORK. 
 
 from the Sound arc lashed Into seething commotion. The rocks 
 and whirlpools are designated by the musical names of " The 
 Gridiron," **The Frying Pan," "Pot Rock," "Pot Cove," "Ilog's 
 Back," etc. Passing Ward's and Randall's Island, Port Morris 
 and Flushing, at " Throgg's Neck," thirteen miles from New 
 York, on which is Fort Schuyler, with three hundred guns, we 
 enter the waters of 
 
 LONG ISLAND SOUND, 
 
 This iflland highway for navigation between New England and 
 the great centre of national commerce and trade, is about one 
 hundred and ten miles in length, from twenty to thirty miles 
 wide in its central and broadest waters, and is navigable lor the 
 largest vessels. The northern shore has an irregular coast line, 
 giving harbor facilities which are the sure nurseries of thriving 
 towns, and naturally leading to commercial activity. 
 
 We are now fairly launched upon our way, and, if the night is 
 fine, a jovial, happy crowd, who have left their cares behind, and 
 with them the restraints of metropolitan life, promenade the 
 decks. Soft strains of music, nowhere so sweet as out upon the 
 waters, on some of these fine boats, cheer the admiring passen- 
 gers, and 
 
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 "All goes merry as a marriage bell." 
 
 But, one by one, the crowd drop off for needed rest. At waking 
 we will take a comprehensive view of the routes by which we are 
 to proceed. 
 
ROUTE. 
 
 From New York to Concord, N. It. 
 
 By Boat and Rail from New York by tub Norwich 
 Line of Sveamers, via Worcester and Nashua. 
 
 These fine boats, "City of New York" and "City of Boston," 
 
16 TIA NORWICH. 
 
 leave Pier N"©. 40, North Klver, at 5 o'clock p. M. Tlir ^ '"»ve a. 
 the appointments and conveniencies to be found upou ^'t .U 
 
 of any inland waters, passing in full view of the great city, me 
 surrounding objects of interest and tne suburban towns along 
 the Long Island shore, more fully described in the opening 
 pages. Passengers by this route incur little risk from storms or 
 inconvenience from rough weather, arriving at New London at 
 4.00 A. M., thence by the Norwich and Worcester Railway, with 
 eleput parlor cars, which are not excelled, if equalled, on any 
 
 •*UiTY OF WuKCJiHTKR." 
 
 railway line, to Worcester, the heart of the Commonwoalth, 
 (receiving at this point the travel centreing here from converg- 
 ing roads), and, after taking time for breakfast, proceed, via 
 AYtR's JuKCTioN, (coDLccliug there with train from Fitchburg,) 
 to Nashua and Manchester along the valley of the Mernmac 
 Kiver, (receiving at Manchester passengers from Portsmouth 
 and the East) ; thence to Concord, N. H., from which point the 
 route to the mountains is fully described in the following pages. 
 
 Note. — New London, tbree miles from the mouth of the Thames River, 
 has become of late years a fashionable summer resort. The surrounding 
 scenery is attractive and picturesque, and the harbor the best on the Sound, 
 and one of the best in the country, enclosed by hills and guarded at the en- 
 trance by grim Fort Trumbull. In the palmy days of whale Ashing this 
 was second only to New Bedford in that interest. The Custom House and 
 City Buildings are substantial structures. Banking facilities and manu- 
 facturing interests are important, and the e&rly history of the town is of 
 rare interest. 
 
 Norwich is at the head of navigation on the Thames Hirer, thirteen 
 miles from New London. The location is commanding, built upon the 
 steep hillside, lying between the lirers which unite to form the Thames. 
 The manufacturing portion of the town is in a valley enclosed by hills. 
 Cottons, woolens, paper and machinery are the chief products. The terri- 
 tory comprised in the town was purchased of Uncas and his sons for the 
 sum of seventy pounds. A large banking and insurance business is car- 
 ried on at this place. The ** Falls of the Yantic " are about a mile from its 
 outlet, and should be visited by those who tarry here. 
 
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 r.OUTE. 
 
 From New York to Concord ^ N, FT. 
 
 By Boat and Rail From Nkw Yokk via Fall River 
 
 Line of Steamfhs. • 
 
 Startini? at 5 o'clock r.M. from Now York, Piers No. 28 nin\ 30, 
 jlonh River, these iJaliUial boats— the fluest that float upon iii- 
 
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 BOUTE FROM NEW YORK TO CONCORD, N. H. 
 
 laiKl waters— the "Bhihtoi" and "Providenck," each fur- 
 rjij«he(l with an excellent hand of music durlug tht; 8ea.son 
 of summer travel, with large Btuterooins li;?hted by gan, will 
 
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 proceed through the whole length of the Sound and Nanagan- 
 sett Bay, affording the fine views of the metropolis and surround- 
 ings described in the preceding pages, giving a longer sail and 
 less distance by rail, with same time and fare, as other routes, 
 and arrive at Fall River — the champion manufacturing oity ot 
 New England— on Mount Hope Bay, an arm of Narragansett 
 
VIA FALL RIVER. 
 
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 liay, at the confluence of Tuunton and Fall Rivers, at alniut 
 4 o'clock A.M. 
 
 Passengers are called for breakfjist at 5 J o*clock; after lircak- 
 lusting, take the line parlor car 
 
 *Tl,ymoutu" or "Newport," 
 
 or the elegant monitor top cars of this line, and proceed by 
 express train, stopping only at important points, to Concord, 
 Lake Winnipesaukee, Plymouth, Littleton, (from here to ProtUe 
 House by stage), Bethlehem, Twin MounUiin Station (nearest to 
 Mount Washington and Crawford House at the Notch,) the 
 new Fabyan Place, Crawford House and Mount Washington 
 House on summit of Mount Washington, or to Lancaster (stage 
 from here to Jefferson Hill) and Northumberland — -junction with 
 Graud Trunk Railway for Montreal or Quebec. 
 
 Note.— This train receives at Taunton passengers from New Bedford and 
 Cape Cod Railroads; at Mansfield connects witli train from Provitlence 
 and Shore Line from New York; at Framinoham with train from New 
 York, via Hartford and Springfield; tlience over the Framingham and 
 Lowell Railroad to Acton, and from thence to Nashua by the New Nashua 
 and Acton railway just opened to public travel. This new road is built in 
 the most thorough manner ; the cars are new, and built with all the modern 
 improvements and conveniences with reference to the comfort and safety 
 of patrons. The road passes through a series of thriving interior towns, 
 and is an important link in the through line from New York and Provi- 
 dence to Northern New England, connecting at Nashua with the through 
 express trains for the north, (no change of cars), proceeding through Man- 
 chester (receiving at Manchester passengers from Portsmouth and the east), 
 and continuing through the valley of the Merrimack to Concord, N. H., 
 
20 ROUTE FKOM NEW YORK TO CONCORD, N. H. 
 
 from which point the route to the lake and mountains is fully described in 
 ]>age8 following. 
 
 Passengers who stop for any length of time at Fall Rive r will not lose the 
 fine view ftrom the hill near the city. Looking across the Bay, Mt. Hope is 
 seen, memorable as the home of King Pliillip. This city is fast becoming, 
 if it is not already, the leading manufacturing city of X«w England. Steam 
 power has taken the place- of water. Granite quarries in the vicinity are 
 valuable, and the quarrying of building stone is an imi)ortant interest. 
 The famous Dighton Rock is not far distant, with its mysterious inscripiious 
 yet unsolved. 
 
EOUTE. 
 
 From New York to Concord, N. H, 
 All Rail Route from New York to the Mountains. 
 
 Leave New York via Shore Line from the Grand Central 
 Station Forty-Second street, at 8 o'clock p. m., via New York and 
 New Haven Railroad, proceeding by express train, in Wagner's 
 Sleeping Cars, via Bridgeport, New Haven, New London, 
 Stonington and Providence, along the shore of Long Island 
 Sound and Narragansett Bay, an exceedingly pleasant route, with 
 no vexatious delays, and superior accommodations for comfort, 
 through a net work of thriving towns and cities (of which the 
 space of our hand-book does not permit description). The route 
 is noticeable for its coolness and freedom from dust. 
 
 Taking ample time for rest in the fine reception rooms, and for 
 breakfast in the depot dining rooms at Providence, leave that 
 point by the express train at 0.15 A. m., via Mansfield, Framing- 
 ham, (connecting with train from New York via Springfield,) 
 Lowell (uniting here with train from Boston and Salem, no change 
 of cars,) or 6.05 a. m., via Providence and Worcester Railroad, 
 via Worcester and Clinton; thence to Nashua, Manchester, and 
 along the Merrimack Valley to Concord, N. H., from which 
 point the route to the Lake and Mountains is described in the 
 succeeding pages. 
 
 Note.— Providence is the principal port of entry and one of the capital 
 cities of Rliode Island, and is the second city in population and wealth in 
 New England. The location is upon both sides of Providence river, which is 
 crossed by wide and commodions bridges. Its first settlement in 1636, by 
 Roger Williams— exiled from Mass. for religious heresies— is too familiar to 
 need repetition. The rock on which he landed on the bank of Seconk river 
 is still pointed out. The City Hotel is a first class house where every com- 
 fort is pro\ided, L. H. Humphreys, proprietor. 
 
 Brown University is one of the noted Colleges of the country, and the 
 Educational and Charitable Institutions of the city are numerous, and 
 liberally endowed. An extensive network of railroads terminate here, hav- 
 ing a ceuti-al station in the heart of the city, and steamers run to Bristol, 
 
22 ROUTE FROM NEW YORK TO CONCORD, N. H. 
 
 Newport, Fall River, Warwick, Rocky Point and various places on Narra- 
 ganeett Bay. A sail down the bay, or at least to 
 
 Rocky Point, 
 
 should not be omitted. This point, owned by the American Steamboat 
 Company, has a national fame as the place of all others in this vicinity for 
 attractiveness to pleasure seekers. It is visited by thousands each year, and 
 the combination of unequalled natural features, of wild and massive rocks, 
 caves and passages, with facilities for furnishing all creature comforts 
 and desirable amusements, make it the favorite point for escape from the 
 heat and turmoil of the city. Rocky Point Hotel, under the management 
 of L. H. Humphreys, Esq., and competent assistants, it is calculated will 
 accommodate seven hundred persons, seat at once in its dining-room fifteen, 
 hundred people, thus enabling the proprietor to provide dinners for any 
 number of thousands. Connected with the Hotel is a farm of fifty acres 
 under high cultivation, supplying the milk, vegetables and poultry for the 
 table. The extensive stables, fiee menagerie, the educated bear, and ele- 
 vated railway; the view ft-om the tower, the natural curiosities hereabout, 
 with the wonders all along the bay, make the trip to Rocky Point something 
 to be remembered. 
 
 Newport is the most elegant and fashionable of New England watering 
 places. A century ago it was a rival of New York in its foreign commerce. 
 The tcfWn was virtually destroyed by the British in 1779 and two-thirds of 
 the population deserted the place. Of late many elegant residences have 
 been erected upon the elevations overlooking the sea. The town is rich in 
 historical associations and localities and objects of rare interest. There is 
 an inner and outer harbor forming one of the finest in the country, each 
 surrounding point and headland fraught with historic interest. The older 
 |)ortion of the city is crowded and ancient in appearance; the new town is 
 built with liberal breadth of streets and display of architectural taste and 
 elegance. The fleets of the world could ride at anchor in the deep and spa- 
 cious harbor; the Forts, ancient and modem, the mysterious " Old Stone 
 Mill," the c»Tef«lly prepared printing press on which Ben. Franklin worked 
 in 1772 are important among the many sights not to be overlooked during 
 your stay. J. - • . 
 
 Narragansett Pier is another popular resort at the southwestern 
 shore of the bay, celebrated for the extensive ocean and inland views from 
 Tower Hill and the good hotel accommodations and facilities for fishing, 
 rowing or sailing, affyrded at the Toicer Hill House. 
 
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 KOUTE. 
 
 From Ntw York to Concord^ N. R. 
 All Rail Day Route from New York to the Mountains. 
 
 Leave New York by express train via Springfie!.!, Worcester 
 and Nashua, from the Grand Central Depot, Forty second street, 
 at 8 A.M., by New York & New HaVen Railroad via New Haven 
 & Hartford, and arriving at Springfield at 1 o'clock, in time for 
 dinner at that excellent hotel the Massasoit House, tlience pro- 
 ceeding via Worcester (receiving travel from connecting roads), 
 Nashua, connecting with evening express from Boston for Ply- 
 mouth, Manchester and along the Merrimac Valley to Concord, 
 and, from that point, continue by the Boston, Concord «fe Montreal 
 Railroad, reaching Plymouth, N. H., the same evening, stopping 
 at the famous Peinigewasset House for the night and continu- 
 ing the journey to the Mountains in the morning. There is also 
 an evening train leaving New York at 8 p.m., and making con- 
 nections same as Shore Line Route on preceding page. 
 
 Note.— This route, taking the morning train, conveys the passenger 
 through the interesting portion of Connecticut and Massachusetts, the fair 
 capital city of New Haven, appropriately called the " Elm City," held in 
 memory by the many graduates of famed and ancient Yale College, founded 
 in 1700. From New Haven to the twin capital city of Hartford, calling up 
 remembrances of the " Convention" and Charter Oak, and noted for the 
 elaborate architecture of its elegant and permanent buildings, the wealth 
 of its people and thecollossal and substantial growth of its Life and Fire 
 Insurance Companies ; the manufactures are extensive, including Colt's im- 
 mense pistol works, covering 125 acres, Sharpe's rifle factory and a wide 
 variety of other interests. Central Park contains 46 acres and is an attrac- 
 tive spot. The splendid railroad station will attract your attention and 
 you pass on to Springfield through the finest portion of the Connecticut 
 Valley. Henceforth Hartford is to be the sole capital of the State. 
 
 Spkingfielp, located on the east bank of the Connecticut, is an important 
 railroad centre, noted for the beauty of its location, and chiefly for the 
 United States armory, the only considerable government manufactory of 
 small arms in the country there located. The buildings of the armory 
 
VIA SPRINGriELD. 
 
 25 
 
 liave an elevated location In the easterly portion of the city, and are well 
 worth a visit; here also are theextenftive car works of the Mason Manufae- 
 turing Co,, an<I Smith and Wesson's pistol works, both noted manufacturers. 
 Worcester, the heart of the Commonwealth, is an important railroad 
 and trade centre, as a glance at the map will show you, and one of the most 
 important inland cities in New P3ngland, manufacturing iron goods, tools 
 and machinerj' in wide variety. The people have a large average of wealth 
 and are an eiit»'ri»rijiiig, live and liberal community. The manufacture of 
 wire of all kinds is extensively carried on here. 
 
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ROUTE. 
 
 From Boston to the Mountains, Montreal and Quebec, 
 
 Via Lowell. 
 
 Leave Boston by the Boston and Lowell Rnilioad, from the 
 magnificent new passenger station, Cau?ewcy street, at 8 o'clock 
 A.M., and, in the new improved parlor and fine monitor top cars 
 of the line, proceed by express train directly for the mountains 
 with no delays, excepting the necessary stoppages and for dinner. 
 On leaving Boston, if a stranger, you look to the right upon 
 historic ground in Charlestown, with the plain shaft on Bunker 
 Hill rising now and then into view; the McLean Asylum for the 
 Insane at Somerville will also be noticed, and you pass on to 
 Lowell over one of the oldest lines of railway in the country. At 
 Lowell the Concord river unites with the Merrimack furnishing the 
 extensive water-power of this great manufacturing site. Fifteen 
 millions of cai)ital are invested and fifteen thousand people are here 
 employed in the extensive mills. From Lowell, after receiving 
 travel from Salem over the Salem and Lowell railroad, continue 
 along the Merrimack to Nashua, another of the thriving cities de- 
 veloped on the water-powers of the Merrimack, where we find the 
 productions of the mills and shops not confined to the specialty of 
 cotton fabrics, but ranging over a wide list of the useful and orna- 
 mental, the massive and U^ mijiute. 
 
 From Nashua there is little of special interest until Manches- 
 ter is reached — the largest city of the old Granite State. Though 
 cotton manufacture may be considered the special feature of the 
 products of Manchester, yet the locomotive works are of great 
 importance. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company have three 
 millions of dollars in their business of manufacturing steam fire 
 engines, machinery, and a wide diversity of products. Some ten 
 miles west of Manchester are the two considerable peaks known 
 as the " Twin Uncanoonucks," said to be the first elevations seen 
 by mariners approaching tlie coast. 
 
 The substantial Dam at Amoskeag Falls will be seen upon the 
 
VIA LOWELL. 27 
 
 left as the train passes out of the city over the smooth grade of 
 the Hiiely manajied and Important trunk line of the Concord 
 Hailroad, northward to Concord, through the pleasant valley of 
 the Merrimack, and pass the improved water powers at Hooksett 
 (observe the sharp, rocky "Pinnacle "to the left,) and Suncook. 
 The route from Concord northward will be found fully described 
 in succeeding pages. 
 
 The train leaving Boston at 12 o'clock noon, connects with the 
 boat on Lake Wirinipesaukee, at Weirs, for Centre Harbor and 
 Woltborough, and continues to Plymouth; also, (excepting in 
 mid-winter,) a night accommodation train over the Boston, Con- 
 cord and Montreal connects at Concord with the o'clock trains 
 from Boston, runnitig through to Plymouth, N. H., the same 
 night, and continuing to the mountains next morning. 
 
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EOIJTE. 
 
 From Boston to the Mountains, Montreal and Qncbec, 
 
 Via Lawrence. 
 
 Leave the station of the Boston and Maine Tinilroad, in ITay. 
 market square, at 7.30 a. m. As on the Lowell route, the view 
 from the car windows, to the right as you leave the city, looks 
 upon the Heights in Charlestown, and the shaft of Bunker Hill 
 Monument rising into view attracts the gaze of every stranger. 
 
 This route for the first twelve miles passes through the net 
 work of fine suburban towns and villages that have spriing up 
 along the line of all important railways centreinsr in the New 
 England metropolis, and extending wider and in new localities 
 as the years roll .on. Somerville, Maiden, Melrose, Wakefield, 
 and Reading are fine towns. The union of this road with the 
 Salem and Lowell is at Wilmington Junction. Twenty-three 
 miles from Boston the fine old town of Andover is reached. Here 
 is the Theological Seminary founded in 1807, for the purpose of 
 providing a " learned, orthodox, and pious ministry." It is under 
 Congregational auspices, but not closed to others. The Abbott 
 Female Seminary, Phillips' Academy (founded nearly a century 
 ago), and the new Memorial Hall, which will accommodate a free 
 library, are of noticeable importance. 
 
 Reaching the Merrimack, twenty-six miles from Boston, the 
 fine buildings ot the great cotton and woolen mills of Lawrence 
 attract attention. Younger in years than most of the cities of 
 New England, Lawrence holds an important place in the pro- 
 duction of cotton, woolen, and worsted fabrics, and the man- 
 ufacture of paper. Nearly thirteen thousand operatives are 
 •employed, and twelve million dollars of capital ar# invested. 
 The Boston and Maine Railroad here diverges to the eastward 
 on its way to Portland, and we continue by way of the Manchester 
 and Lawrence Railroad to Manchester, and from thence to Con- 
 cord, as described in the route via Lowell. 
 
 There is also over this route the 12 o'clock noon train from 
 Boston for Plymouth, N. H., connecting at Weirs, on Lake Win- 
 nipesaukee, with boat for Centre Harbor and Wolfborouuh ; and 
 5 o'clock night train from Boston running through to Plymouth 
 (excepting in mid-winter), same as by Lowell route, and continu- 
 ing from Plymouth to the mountains the following morning. 
 
NORTHERN 
 
 PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 THE MERRIMACK RIVER. 
 
 We have come now, from various ways, to the tlioroughfare to 
 be used by all iu common. Our progress thus far has been to 
 many of us^ by ways familiar as desciiption can make them, and 
 the limito of a pocket guide-book will not permit of an extended 
 account of all objects of interest from the threshold of home to 
 the journey's end. Our approach to the capital city of New 
 Hampshire has been along the valley of the MKitiUMACK River, 
 which, in its course, furnishes the motive power to more manu- 
 factories, frets in the harness of more exacting masters than any 
 water-course of its extent in the world. Having its source in 
 the pure lakes and leaping streams from the everlasting hills, its 
 waters force into motion the vast machinery of the great mills at 
 Manchester, Nashua, Lowell and Lawrence, and nearer its source, 
 and upon its many branches, lends its power in aid of lesser but 
 important industries ; the latent power of its pure current finds 
 abundant opportunity for application in its course to the sea, 
 which it reaches only after being lashed into foam over many 
 rapids, whirled in revolving wheels, and dashed from artificial 
 obstructions. Rising in sources more ^an five thousand feet 
 above sea level, the Pemigewasset ana Wiunipesaukee rivers 
 unite at Franklin, forming the Merrimack. The Wiunipesaukee is 
 the outlet of tne great lake, and the water power companies of 
 the great cities below have wisely provided artificial means to 
 retain in this great natural reservoir a reserve of power to supply 
 
30 NOKTIIERN TLEASUBR TBAVEL. 
 
 the lack in long continued seasons of (Irouglit. Along the banlci 
 of this fair stream we are now whirled. As its sources are ni»;re 
 varied, so are its uses more manifold tiian any stream of its extent 
 and volume in the world. Gathered from infant streams, born in 
 the placid ponds of the Franconia Valley, and high up on the 
 summit of Mount Willey in the Crawford Notch, and receiving 
 waters from the outlets of Winnipesaukee, S<iuam and Newfound 
 lakes, from the slopes of distant Monadiiock an<l Kearsarge, 
 through the Contocook, Black water and tribtitaries, and 
 fartlier down, from the outlet of Massabesic, the JSuncook, 
 Souhegan, Nashua, Concord, Spicket and IShawshcen rivers, it 
 discharges into the Atlantic aller its broken and busy flow of 2(K) 
 miles by its course. 
 
 The tine imagination of Whittier thus invokes the fiiir stream 
 at a merry gathering upon the river bank : — 
 
 *' Bring un the airs of tlie ItiilH aud forests, 
 The 8Weet aroma of birch and pine, 
 Give U9 a waft of tlie nortli wind laden 
 With sweet brier o<lor8 and breatli of kino! 
 
 Bring us the purple of northern 8unH€t«, 
 
 SluulowH of clouds tliat rake the hillu, r 
 
 The green repose of the Plymouth meadows, 
 
 The gleam and ripple of Campton rills. 
 
 Lead us away in shades and sunshine, 
 Slaves of fancy, through all thy miles, 
 The winding ways of the Pendgewasset, 
 And Winnipesaukee' s hundred ieles." 
 
 It was said, in the quaint language of the early discoverers, to 
 be a "faire, large river, well replenished with fruitful isles; the 
 country pleasant, full of goodly forests and faire vallies," a de- 
 scription that answers well for the present, though made when its 
 waters ran unvexed to the sea. 
 
 eONCORD, N. H. 
 
 Concord, the capital city of the granite commonwealth, upon 
 the west bank of the Merrimack, seems a natural political centre, 
 for here, before the pale faces sat in council in the valley, the 
 home of the tawny chieftains and the seat of savage authority 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 31 
 
 was located at Peniiacook, the Indian village. The Pennacooks 
 were a powntVil tribe, and Pa»j*aconnawuy, their jjreat JSaiiKamon 
 was a s.ivajje ruler, and counsellor of acknowledged wisdom una 
 undisputed power, to whom the lesser tribes were tributary. 
 
 It was ln('or|K)rated as a town by the government of Massa- 
 chusetts in n:y.\ under the name of Kuinford. The massacre of 
 !!ve citizens of the town by Indians in 174H, is a matter of history 
 well known to all familiar with local records. A plain granite 
 iMonument on the Ilopkintou road marks the vicinity of the 
 tragedy. 
 
 Granite from the hills, not far from the city proper, Is sent to all 
 parts of the adjacent country, and from it have been built the 
 11 nest structures of eastern cities, being noted for its beauty. And 
 wherever you ride in coaches, whether over the rough White 
 Mountain roads, upon the wide reaches of the western lx)rder, on 
 the plains of Mexico or the steppes of South America, you will 
 doubtless find the trade mark ol Concord makers upon the vehicle 
 that conveys you. 
 
 The State Asylum for the insane, with its extensive buildings and 
 grounds, is upon a gradual swell of land on the western limits of 
 the city proper. The State Prison is somewhat ancient in its 
 appearance and may be wanting in some of the " modern improve- 
 ments" of model corrective establishments, but serves its purpose 
 well. 
 
 The St. Paul School, for boys, is a flourishing institution at 
 Millville, some two miles from the city proper on the Hopkinton 
 road and Turkey river. There are tasty buildings in a pretty 
 location in the quiet valley. The institution is under the patron- 
 age of the Episcopal denomination and is liberally patronized. 
 
 The State House is finely situated in the heart of the city, 
 between Maine and State streets, and the enclosed grounds, some 
 two acres in extent, are laid out in pleasant walks. Fronting the 
 State House is the well known and popular 
 
 EAGLE HOTEL, 
 
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 where the traveler who may, from choice or compulsion, tarry 
 at this stage of the journey, will find excellent fare and accom- 
 modations with mine host, John A. White, whose capabilities 
 
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 NORTIIKRN PLEASURE TRAVEI^ 
 
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 have been tested on many occasions, and never found wanting. 
 All tlie appointmouts of tlie liouse will be found to l)e llrst-class 
 and the fare and attendance such as to insure the cotnfort of all 
 patrons. Carriages convey guests to and from the depot free of 
 expense. 
 
 THE PHENIX HOTEL . 
 
 is widely and favorably known to the traveling public for the flrst- 
 class accommodations afforded. The ease and comfort of all who 
 may make this house their temporary or permanent home, is not a 
 matter of speculation, but is positively assured. The location is 
 near the railroad station in the centre of business. Guests 
 conveyed to and from the depot free of chaige. J. R. Crocker, 
 Esq., is the popular landlord. 
 
84 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 FROM CONCORD NORTHWARD. 
 
 Leaving Concord, if you so will it, via the Boston, Concord and 
 Montreal railroad, with no unnecessary delay, we are now fairly 
 bound mountainward. It is the season of pleasure trave!, and, as 
 we are whirled along the valley of the Merrimack, it is but natural 
 to scan the faces of our traveling companions who thread a common 
 thoroughfare having the common object of near communion 
 with nature — 
 
 " A motLer kind alike to all." 
 
 The merchant has left his counting house, sacrificing profit for 
 pleasure for the time being; the retired sea captain from the 
 south shore, leaves behind the uncertainties of his floating home 
 for the solidity and beauty of the rolling billows of mountain land ; 
 the over worked pastor, with leave of absence and the bronchitis, 
 will read " sermons in stones" and gather strength for a season in 
 the pure mountain air; the quiet authoress of note is seeking 
 rest and inspiration where the Highland rivers 
 
 " Sing us the songs of peace and home," 
 
 while the actress has left the glare of the foot-lights and the 
 illusions of the stage for the pure breezes and grand realities of 
 the hills ; the legislator has put oflT the cares of State and escaped 
 the perils of political life to ponder by the side of mountain 
 streams ; our friend with the rifle and rods is on sporting interest 
 and will flnd ampl° scope for his skill; the young man with 
 luxuriant side whiskers and voluminous portfolios is an artist 
 bound for the quiet scenes of Campton or the vales 8f North 
 Conway ; in him, the fair widow and marriageable daughters, all 
 of whom have an eye for pleasing outlines, be they mountainous 
 or masculine, takes a deep interest ; while Miss Flora McFlimsey, 
 of Madison Square, also aboard, with the " nothing she wears" 
 in s X sizable trunks, is on intimate terras with the gentleman of 
 foreigi air and accent; the pale mvalid wisely seeks relief in the 
 breath of woodlands and savage vigor of hills, and our recon- 
 structed southern brother anticipates pleasure in viewing " the 
 grand uprisings of the North." A group of children— mnocents 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 35 
 
 abroad — hare crude but deliglitful visions of wonders to come in 
 the hill country where their fathers were l)orn and reared; for 
 them ** the cradle song of the hill side fountains" is music indeed. 
 Our happy and expectant company enjoy the facilities for travel 
 on the line of the 
 
 BOSTON, CONCORD AND MONTREAL RAILROAD. 
 
 Tliis route by way of the Merrimack Yalley, the Lake Shore 
 and valley of Baker's River and tiie Connecticut and Ammonusue 
 Valleys, is one of the favorite pleasure routes of New England, 
 noticeable for the safety and comfort with which the trains are 
 run and for all tlie modern appliances for the convenience of pas- 
 sengers which rapid improvements have of late years provided. J. 
 E. Lyon, Esq., of Boston, is the efficient president and controlling 
 spirit of the road, J. A. Dodge, Esq., of Plymouth, is the gentle- 
 manly and industrious Superintendent, with a corps of conductors 
 who know and do their business with faithfulness to their employ- 
 ers and regard for passengers' comfort. Parlor cars are run on all 
 through trains in the season of pleasure travel. The General 
 Agency of the road where tickets may be purchased, information 
 obtained and valuable directions given is at No. 5 State street, 
 Boston, W. W. Berg, General Passenger Agent. 
 
 LACONIA. 
 
 While we have studied the faces and characters of our travel- 
 ing companions, the fast exress train has borne us on, through, 
 the valley of the Merrimack, with little to excite our curiosity, 
 unless at Tilton, the buildings of the New Hamsphire Conference 
 Seminary and Female College, on the left, should be noticed. 
 Crossing the Winnipesaukee River, shortly after leaving Tilton, the 
 placid waters of Sanbornton Bay and Great Bay, or Lake Win- 
 nesquam appear on the left and give warning that we are 
 approaching the Central Lake so far famed for its beauty and 
 variety of its scenery and purity of its waters. 
 
 The town of Laconia is a large and thriving village which has 
 evidently caught the spirit of progress and outrun the limit which 
 seems to have been set upon the expansion of many of the older 
 
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 36 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 towns. The station is 27 miles from Concord. Here are the ex- 
 tensive works of the Riinlet Car Manufacturing Co., the Belknap 
 Mills, Iron Foundry and Machine yiiop, several Hosiery Mills and 
 other important industries, a Bank of Discount and two Savings 
 Banks, with an extensive country trade. Laconia was the name 
 originally given to the wide region lying about the lake and 
 mountain!^. 
 
 The Laconia Bouse, kept by mine host, W. C. Wylie, a new and 
 commodious house, will aflord visitors substantial comlbrts and all 
 needed requisites for a pleasant temporary home. A stage line 
 runs from here to Alton Bay. The drive to Ckntre Habbob is one 
 of rare interest, and the Belknap and Gunstock Mountains 
 are ollen visited from this point ; the view from the highest summit 
 gives the eye a wide range of the whole extent of the lake from a 
 central point. Good teams for drives cau be had at the above 
 named hotel. The pleasant residences and tasty church build- 
 higs of the village attract attention as the through passenger is 
 hurried ou to 
 
 LAKE VILLAGE. 
 
 the next railway station, important as the place where are 
 located the construction and repair shops of the Boston, Concord 
 and Montreal Railroad line, with manufactories of machinery and 
 mill castings (B. J.Cole & Co., proprietors). Hosiery mills and 
 other mills of importance for makmg of knitting machines, 
 needles, <&c. 
 
 THE MOUNT BELKNAP HOUSE 
 
 is a commodious brick structure, near the railway station ; David 
 B. Story, Esq., is the obliging lar'l'ord, and those who may tarry 
 here for a time will And no ^k of pleasant drives in the 
 surrounding region, and no one should fail to make the trip to the 
 summit of Belknap. For these trips Mr. S. will furnisli good 
 teams. 
 
 From Lake "Village the railway skirts the shores of Long Bay, 
 lying to the right, an outlying portion of the lake proper. The 
 lake itself now comes in view as you reach the small and unpre- 
 tending station standing in solitary importance, and known as the 
 
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 NOBTHERN PLEA8DRE TRAVEL. 37 
 
 WEIRS, * 
 
 tlie steamboat landing on Lake Winnipesaukee, where passen- 
 gers can leave by the commodious lake steamer " Lady of the 
 liake," Capt. Bickford, and enjoy the delightful sail, of ten miles^ 
 through the finest portion of the lake, to the quiet and picturesque 
 village, at the head of the central northern bay, so loved by artists 
 for its quiet beauty. • 
 
 CENTRE HARBOR. 
 
 Here the tourist may tarry with comfort and take luxurious ease 
 and rest at the fine hotel, row or sail in boats to be had for the 
 purpose, watch the play of the shadows upon the mirror of waters 
 and the surrounding hills, or make the " not to be omitted excur- 
 sion" to Red Hill. During your stay at this place the comforts 
 ; afforded by the Senter House, J. L. Huntress, proprietor, will 
 be found in all respects flrst-class. The hotel building is one of 
 the finest in the vicinity near the shore of the lake, has pleasant 
 and ample grounds and broad piazzas, with the most substantial 
 provision for the comfort and enjoyment of guests. The extensive 
 livery stables enable the guests to take trips in any direction, or 
 to proceed on their journey by private conveyance if they prefer 
 it to the public routes. 
 
 Fine drives may be taken from this point, and excellent teams 
 are furnished at the hotels. Many may choose, as they can do 
 each day, to leave by the steamer for Wolfborough, on the eastern 
 shore of the lake, but the larger numl^er who continue their jour- 
 ney from this point, will take the stage and rail route to North 
 Conway, but all, before leaving this quiet retreat, will wish to 
 make the ascent of 
 
 RED HILL, i|p 
 
 which is distant from Centre Harbor some five miles to the sum- 
 mit. From this elevation (of 2500 feet), a view is had equalled 
 in beauty by none other in this immediate vicinity. The wide 
 reach of that cluster of silver bays, which, with the lake proper, 
 give unrivalled variety and beauty to Winnipesaukee, lying like a 
 mirror in its framework of rounded swelling hills, pre-eminent in 
 
38 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL, 
 
 placid beauty, is here spread beneath the eye. Starr King beauti- 
 fully says of the lake view from this summit : " Here is the place 
 to study its borders, to admire the fleet of islands that ride at 
 anchor upon its bosom, from the little shallops to the grand three- 
 deckers, and to enjoy the exquisite lines by which its bays are 
 enfolded, and in which its coves retreat, and with which its low 
 capes cut the azure and hang over it in emerald fringe." The 
 hill takes its name from a shrub covering its sides, the leaves 
 changing to brilliant red in the fading autumn. The splendor of 
 a sunrise view from this elevation on a summer morning is«aid 
 to be beautiful beyond description. 
 
 The route from Centre Harbor to North Conway and the Glen 
 House is by stage line running along the base of Red Hill through 
 Moultonborough, touching the shores of Sc^uam Lake, and afford- 
 ing a grand panoramic view of the mountains at that distance, 
 which lends enchantment to their rugged outlines. There are 
 occasional sharp and tiresome hills on the route. Ossipee Moun- 
 tain will haunt you during the drive. It is one of the summits 
 thought worthy to give a name to one of the great United States 
 naval vessels. The Sandwich range of mountains are to the west 
 and north, terminating in the peaks of Chucorua, with their mas- 
 sive symmetrical and precipitous ledges, 3,400 feet in height, deso- 
 late with the legendary curse of the dying chief whose name it 
 bears. You reach the railway at West Ossipee, and proceed by 
 rail to North Conway, of which, with its secluded charms set 
 about with circling majesty of distant mountains, we will give 
 full account elsewhere. The distance from Centre Harbor is 33 
 miles, about one-half by stage line. 
 
 .* 
 WOLFBOROUGH, 
 
 upon tl^ eastern shore of the lake, is also reached by boat from 
 Centre Harbor and Weirs. Around this romantic village are 
 many pleasant drives, but the chief attraction is the ascent of 
 Copple Crown Mountain (2100 feet elevation), about five miles 
 distant from the hotels. The ascent is not difficult, cai-riages 
 conveying you to within a mile of the summit. The view takes 
 in nearly the whole extent of the lake, the ragged spurs of Chu- 
 corua and the overtopping dome of Mount Washington. Some- 
 
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 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 39 
 
 times, in the far distance, the blue ocean can be seen, and the. 
 wide landscape is dotted with more than a score of ponds of 
 various dimensions. There is also a favorite view to be had from 
 the lesser elevation of " Tumble -Down-Dick." Smith's Pond is 
 a place of resort for sportsmen and others, and moonlight excur- 
 sions on Lake Winnipesaukee from this point are often made to 
 the lasting pleasure of all. A poetic writer has described the 
 waters as lying in the soft moonlight, " burnished into liquid acres 
 of a faint and golden splendor." Wollborough has direct railroad 
 communicalion with Boston and the east, and with Conway, by 
 the Wolfborough branch of the Great Falls and Conway line, 
 while the daily boat trips to Weirs, on the Concord and Montreal 
 line, and to Alton Bay, give unusual facilities for visitors to choose 
 among rival routes. 
 
 WOLFBOROUGH PAVILION 
 
 is a fine and commodious hotel, E. Stanton, Esq., proprietor, with 
 all the i*equisites of a first-class travelers' home, a fine livery for 
 the charming drives hereabout. The house is located in the 
 immediate vicinity of the landing, with facilities for boating. 
 
 / -- , THE QLENDEN HOUSE, 
 
 J. L. Peavey, proprietor, is attractive in its exterior and style, 
 new, airy and pleasant, on the shore of the lake near the station 
 
40 
 
 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 
 he Eastern Railway, and every eflbrt will be made to make it 
 a desirable place for recreation and rest. Livery stables con- 
 nected, and boats may be had for lake excursions. Billiard rooms 
 connected, lighted throughout with gas, electric bell arrangement 
 
 THE BELVUE HOUSE, 
 
 Daniel Horn, proprietor. The grounds are beautifully located in 
 the most attractive spot on the shore of the lake a few rods 
 distant from the landing and railroad station. The proprietor 
 is well known and second to none in his endeavors to please and 
 entertain his guests. Connected with the house are boarding and 
 livery stable, laundry, and bath'ng, and a large supply of boats for 
 rowing and sailing, at moderate charges. The added pleasure of 
 yachting can be enjoyed by the patrons of this house the coming 
 summer. A fine new yacht having been launched the pre- 
 sent season. 
 
 ALTON BAY, 
 
 at the foot of Merrymeeting Bay, at the lower end of the lake, is 
 the point of railroad communication with Boston and the east, 
 via the Dover and Winaipesaukee and Boston and Maine rail- 
 roiids. Connecting with trains over these roads the new, staunch 
 and commodious steamer, " Mount Waahiugton," Capt. Wiggin, 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 41 
 
 • 
 
 plies to "Woin)oroiigli and Centre Harbor through the entire length 
 of the lake proper. This place has become noted for the immense 
 gatherings of the Adventists and Spiritualists of New England in 
 yearly cauiivmeetings, which are attended by thousands, and for 
 whose accommodation extra trains and boat trips are run. Of 
 the hotel accommodations at this point little can be said, unless 
 late changes have been made. The railroad and hotel buildings 
 constitute nearly all of the village, which is shut in by hills. 
 Drives from this point to Mount Belknap, ten miles, to Sharpe's 
 Hill, and fisliing excursions to Lougee Pond, six miles, will amply 
 reward the taking. 
 
 LAKE WIimiPESAUKEE. 
 
 Having briefly sketched the surrounding points and ways of 
 approach to this gem of the lakes, the reader will pardon a page 
 or two regarding the lake itself. If it be not sacrilege to apply 
 measurement to the molten surface, or impossible to compute in 
 miles so irregular a form, we may say, in general terms, that the 
 length of the lake is some twenty-flve miles, varying in width 
 from less than one to seven miles in its greatest breadth. Its 
 elevation above sea level is 496 feet. The waters are of a deep, 
 clear and transparent green. The islands have clearly defined, 
 and, with some exceptions, low, rocky shores, and are covered 
 with greenest foliage. The shores recede to the mountains ia 
 sweeping lines and slopes of green. On Diamond Island, which 
 is a sort of half-way station for the boats from the lake landings, 
 and at which the " Lady of the Lake " makes a short stop in its 
 trip from Woltborough to Weirs, is a comfortable hotel, accom- 
 modating some fifty guests, and is a place of resort for pic-nic, 
 pleasure and fishing parties, and a favorite dining station for ex- 
 cursionists. Bear Island, of considerable extent, is also resorted 
 to by excursion parties. Long Island, Governor's Island, Rattle- 
 snake Island, and Cow Island are the larger of the more than 
 three hundred isles which dot the lake; some have cultivated 
 farms, others are used solely for pasturage, others are sacred to 
 pic-nic and pleasure parties, while the small, low isles, with their 
 tangled growth, are the paradise of ungainly waterfowl. 
 
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NORTHERN PLEA8DBE TRAVEL. 43 
 
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 " The Broada." The outlet is through the waters of Great Bay 
 and the swift Winnipesaukee river, which joius the Merrimack at 
 Franklin. Its source of supply is a matter of speculation ; no 
 large streams ♦ind their way into it and much of the surrounding 
 water-shed is drained into other lakes and rivers having other 
 outlets; many small brooks enter from the shores Ijut the outlet 
 is an important and rapid stream, and the wide surface is exposed 
 to evaporation ; yet, with such apparent lack of supply, its banks 
 are always full^ forcing the conclusion that its volume is supplied 
 largely by invisible springs of great number and force fed by the 
 surrounding mountains. 
 
 The Indian tribes who gave to tlie lake its musical name, found 
 in Its waters and on its shores inexhaustible supplies for their 
 rude subsistence. Their frail canoes were thick upon its waters 
 long before the artist sketched its outlines ; their ahquedankenSf 
 or " flsh-weirs," furnished supply of food without limit, and the 
 fertile shores provided the growth of corn. Around its waters 
 they congregated in large numbers, making it the centre from 
 which they took their journeys for trade, or made their plunder- 
 ing forays. Old inhabitants tell of a tree once standing near at 
 hand, on which was carved the legends of the Osslpee tribe la 
 quaint Indian characters. Fishing in the waters of the lake 
 rarely fails to be amply rewarded. The trout in deep waters, 
 and pickerel in shallow places among the reeds and lilies are the 
 most sought. The cusk, perch, and toothsome but inelegant and 
 unpopular " pout," are also easily taken in abundance. 
 
 The loveliness which invests with "charms artistic and in- 
 linlte" the cluster of baj^s which combine in the lake proper, is 
 not easily described by words or transmitted by brush or pencil. 
 The combination of summits, slopes and forests, green lines of 
 shore winding in charming curves of symmetrical beauty, and 
 sometimes, not often, the whole blending system of hills, forests, 
 shores and islands reproduced in the still waters — a hanging 
 shadow picture of wondrous beauty, beyond the reach of art to 
 transcribe. .. ; . ' ^ ^^ - ^;'-- . . .v 
 
 Moving over the lake in the steamer from Weirs to Centre 
 Harbor, an ever-changing succession of pictures is presented. 
 The Sandwich and Ossipee mountains to the right, with glimpses 
 of old Chucorua far to the north, and slopes of forest, green hill- 
 
44 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 • 
 
 sides, and fertile pastures, with tlie nearer view of Red IIllI and 
 the surrounding elevations fVonting your course, the twin peaks 
 of Belknap or Gun.stock mountains behind you, and the wondrous 
 beauty of island-germed surface and constantly changhig out- 
 lines of the grander shores, all blending in a scene not to be for- 
 gotten. In llnrst weather you have for a few moments a view of 
 the crown of Mount Washington — the Mecca of the mountain 
 tourists — dim, distant and golden. 
 
 But while we have digressed and become oblivious of all else 
 In the quiet loveliness of the lake, the larger part of the company 
 have kept steadily onward by rail along the western shore of 
 Northwest Cove, in sight of its cool, sparkling waters, through 
 
 MEREDITH VILLAGE. 
 
 Tliis fine village has become a place of resort for those seeking 
 a quiet and attractive summer retreat. The Elm House, by G. 
 M. Burleigh, is a good hotel, and the Prospect Uouse, by 
 the same proprietor, one and a half miles from the village, and 
 three miles from Centre Harbor, is one of the pleasantest country 
 hotels in the vicinity. A fine forest lies in the Immediate vicinity 
 to the rear of the house. The location is elevated, commanding 
 an extensive view of the lake and the country surrounding. 
 There are thirty large and airy rooms, pure breezes from the 
 lake and hills, good stables connected, and everything new and 
 comfortable. To those who appreciate quiet, rest, and rural 
 sports, with reasonable charges, this will become a favorite 
 resort Thence to Ashland Station, a thriving village, becom- 
 ing important for the extensive production of paper, leather board 
 and straw board, woollen goods and hosiery, reaching in time for 
 early dinner the romantic and pleasant village of 
 
 PLYMOUTH, 
 
 fifty-one miles fi'om Concord and one hundred and twenty-four 
 from Boston. This is the dining station for the morning trains 
 from Boston, and the night station for the later trains, which con- 
 tinue north from this point in the morning. You step from 
 the train directly upon the threshold of the famed 
 
MOKTUIKN PLEASURE TUATEL. Ǥ 
 
 PEMI0EWAJB8ET UUUHE, 
 
 • 
 
 managed by C. M. Morse, Eaq. Ascendlni; the broad staircaso, if 
 it be in the season of plcjisure travel, you will be saluted with 
 music from a line (quadrille band, and, enterin;^ one of tlie linest 
 dining halls in New England, you llnd that plenty reigns at this 
 liospitablti board, wliere, if discomfort linds entrance, it must 
 be in the mental alienation or clironic physical disabiiity of 
 the guest. {Scrupulous neatness, excellent cookery and quiet, 
 lady-like attendance, the purest of water and the freshest of 
 viands are the features of tnis hotel, which serve to convince the 
 most skeptical that there is at least one ^'dining station" in the 
 country where a meal can be eiyoyed, though such may be the 
 exception and not the rule. 
 
 This I'avorite house was erected in 180^3. The railroad 
 i^assenger station is in the basement. The building has a 
 Jroutage of 23U feet, is four stories in lieight, with a wide, pro 
 jecting wing. There are 150 sleeping rooms, large, airy, well 
 lurnished, lighted with gas and with ample bathing tacilities. 
 iSuites ot rooms can be had for families. The parlor is spacious, 
 with elegant furnishing and a line frontage to the south. The 
 building is crowned with au observatory from wL nil you have 
 a wide outlook over the surrounding country. JSo guest, however 
 fastidious, can fail to appreciate the genuine comfort and sub- 
 stantial plenty of this one of the largest and most complete 
 hotels of the State. Good teams may be had at the first-class 
 Uvery stable near at hand, with skilliul drivers familiar with sur- 
 rounding scenery. 
 
 Pleasant drives in the vicinity of Plymouth are numerous to 
 points of interest within reasonable distance, viz.: around Smith's 
 bridge, 6 miles, to Livermore Falls, 2 miles ; Plymouih Mountain, 
 10 miles ; Loon Pond, 5 miles ; Squam Lake, miles ; Centre 
 Harbor, 12 miles. 
 
 Prospect Hill or Mount Prospect, in Holderness, should be 
 visited by all who tarry at this place. The distance is about four 
 miles from the hotel, the ascent not ditlicult and the view from 
 the summit (2,908 feet elevation) takes in the wide reaches of 
 valley, lake, stream and mountain with the vili^'ges, larms and 
 intervales that sleep in the fair valley of the Pemigewasset and 
 
NORTIIKR^i PLEASURE TRWRL. 47 
 
 |l)jikpr'.s River, while, far to the north the ^rrat ranges of the 
 White and Fraiiconia MoiintainA thrust their ragged in^aks and 
 
 Uwclling ina.ssi'8 upon the horl/on; the vU*w of Mount Lafayette 
 
 {and Cannon Mountain are particularly grand from this Hununit, 
 and Chucorua, GiuiNtock, lielknap Mountains, Monadnock and 
 Koarsarge greet the vision as the eye sweeps the circuit from 
 
 llhe eaNt to the west, and to the northwest Moosohlllock swells 
 nobly into view, while Wukawan or(S(iuam) and Wlnnipesaukee 
 Lakes lie in their quiet and silvery beauty in the unrivalled land- 
 scape which includes some portion of nearly every county in 
 the State. 
 
 To make this trip you will necessarily be absent from tlie hotel 
 only about four hours. The road is safe and Arm, atlording a con- 
 tinual change of view as the ascent is made. 
 
 Livermore Falls, on the Pemigewasset Ulver, about two miles 
 northerly from the village will not fail to prove an object of interest. 
 The view is from the bridge some ^xty feet above the fall ; there 
 are indications of volcanic disturbances in the rocky bed, and no 
 tourist will regret the visit; while, for a limited view, if you have 
 not the time or inclination for a more extensive one, that from 
 Walker's Hill or from bouth Mountain is pleasing In the extreme. 
 If a day or two Is spent at Plymouth at this favorite hotel, it is 
 quite likely on your return, the coming year, your stay will be 
 one of weeks, for, of the thousands who gather annually at its 
 hospitable board, few depart with other than feelings of pleasure. 
 There is wholesome stimulus in the mountain air and purity in 
 the waters, activity and bustle at the hotel and railway station, 
 three trains each day, to and from Boston, Irom wiiich a step, 
 almost, will take you to undisturbed quiet. 
 
 Belore leaving Plymouth you will pay a visit to the small four- 
 roofed building, now used as a wheelwright shop, in which Daniel 
 Webster made his debut as a practising attorney. The old build* 
 ing Is preserved in Its ancient condition and is looked upon with 
 great interest by strangers and admirers of the great statesman. 
 
 PEMIGEWASSET VALLEY ROUTE. 
 
 The route from Plymouth to the Profile and Flume Houses 
 and the Frauconia fiiils, 25 miles to the Flume House and 30 miles 
 
48 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 to the Profile Houses, through the Pemigewasset valley is acknowl- 
 edged to be oue of the finest rides iu the whole mountain district. 
 
 The way leads up this lair valley through the towns of Camp- 
 ton, Thornton, Woodstock, and Lincoln. The Campton inter- 
 vales, through which the river winds and turns as if reluctantly 
 leaving the peaceful retreat — the graceful sweeps of the great 
 elms, the rich beauty of the views, which open with every mile 
 of progress, have made this mountain town the favorite resort of 
 artists seeking the picturesque in landscape, and perfection in 
 shade and outline. 
 
 On the way the road is somewhat rugged, but the fine views, the 
 gradual swelling and towering up of the great hills as you 
 approach their base, and the lessening of the streams as you near 
 their source, the entrance into the immediate presence of the 
 solemn and majestic mountains in the evening twilight, the 
 wonders of Francouia Notch, and the comforts provided at the 
 journey's end will all linger in memory long after the journey has 
 become a thing of the past. 
 
 Many will not be tempted even by this fine stage route to 
 leave the line of rail but will continue by rail northward from 
 Plymouth, following the valley of Baker's Kiver to the Connecti- 
 cut. Before reaching Wentworth, Kattlesnake Mountain will be 
 seen on the right and (Jarr Mountain and Mount Kinneo on the 
 right after passing that point, and the train halts at 
 
 WARREN. 
 
 Moosilauk Mountain is visited from this point, being distant 
 from the station some five miles to the base. The ascent is by a 
 new turnpike recently opened to the summit, some four miles. 
 There are hotel accommodations at the summit, giving substantial 
 comfort to those remaining. 
 
 The view from this isolated crest (4,636 foet altitude) high above 
 all immediate surroundings is one of the grandest and most 
 extensive in New England ; the eye falls directly upon the White 
 and Franconia ranges, the larger portion of the State of Vermont 
 with the Green Mountain range, the wide stretch of hills and 
 imbedded lakes to the east, including nearly all of eastern and 
 southern New Hampshire, the mountains around North'Conway 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 49 
 
 and glimpses of distant Maine, while, far away to the northwei . 
 the view extends into the Canadas. The tourist will be amply 
 rewarded for the trouble of making this ascent in looking upon 
 the whole lake and mountain picture spread before him, the view 
 unbioken by intervening summits. The Moosilauk Ilouae, D. 
 G. Marsh, proprietor, is a commodious and well kept hotel with 
 first class livery stables. 
 
 From Warren the course of the railroad is northward, passing 
 " Owl's Head" lying off to the right, and the villages of Haverhill 
 and North Haverhill upon the left The elevated line of the road 
 at this place overlooks the wide valley and the great bend or 
 " Ox-bow" in the Connecticut, with the pleasant villages on 
 either side of the river. Including the fine towns of Bradford and 
 Newbury on the Vermont side, with Mount Pulaski in the back- 
 ground. The express train in the pleasure season does not cross 
 to Wells River, but sweeps to the right by the " cut-off," leaving 
 the thriving and populous village of Woodsville, a railroad town of 
 recent but vigorous growth, to the left. 
 
 The mail train, following the express, stops at ^11 stations, and, 
 at Wells River, fornis junction with the Passumpsic River Rail- 
 road for Lakes Willoughby and Memphremagog. The Wells River 
 and Montpelier Railroad, when completed, will take passengers 
 Irom this point to Montpelier, Mounts Mansfield and Camel's 
 Hump, Burlington, Lake Champlain, Lake George, Saratoga 
 Springs, St. Albans and Ogdensburg. Until the completion of 
 this rout^, tourists from this point go southward to White River 
 Junction, uniting with the Vermont Central line at that point. 
 
 NORTHWARD TO LITTETON. 
 
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 The line of road from this pomt, the White Mountain Division, 
 
 passes along the yalley of the Wild Ammonusuc River, which, 
 
 from its sources on the slopes of the great mountains, abounds in 
 
 rapids and falls, and is the most variable and wild of the New 
 
 England streams, descending five thousand feet from its source to 
 
 its union with the Connecticut 
 
 Passing through Bath, Lisbon (the gold mines of this town 
 
 have not proved of inexhaustible richness, but the village is a 
 4 
 
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 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 thriving and pleasant station), and Nortli Lisbon, you reaca tlie 
 important town of 
 
 LITTLETON. 
 
 This point is reached by the morning express train from Boston, 
 at 3.30 P.M. This place is 113 miles from Concord, and 187 from 
 Boston, and is one of the most important of the mountain railway 
 stations, nearest to the Profile House (distant 11 miles). Rough 
 and manufactured lumber, agricultural implements, starch and 
 woolen goods are here made, with many other productions. 
 There is a bank of discount and savings bank, good hotel and 
 boarding accommodations, a live, enterprising people, quiet and 
 seclusion for those who choose it, with near railroad facilities. 
 An easy day's ride will carry one to any of the points of interest 
 in the mountains and return. Extensive views of the mountains 
 can be had from the elevations in the immediate vicinity. 
 
 Stages leave for the Franco nia Hills immediately on arrival 
 of the trains, and, if you withstand the temptation to tarry here 
 for a time, or for the night, you can proceed directly on your way 
 to the Profile House. Visitors who wisely choose to stay for a 
 time at Littleton, will find superior boarding accommodations at 
 the 
 
 ***stx~,ta \tsnnt 
 
 OAK HILL HOUSE, 
 
 finely located on an elevation. It is a favorite resort for tourists, 
 commanding as it does extensive views of the White Mountains. 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 51 
 
 The grounds, five acres, are fitted up with a view of fiimisiiing 
 all tlie out-door exercise and amusements desired by patrons. 
 The house is supplied with the purest of running water from a 
 never falling spriag. Secluded walks and retreats abound within 
 a short distance of the house. A good billiard and bowling saloon 
 is also connected v/ith the premises. Five minutes walk from 
 railroad station. The tables are supplied with all the luxuries of 
 the season, and are not excelled. Charles C. Knapp & Co., pro- 
 prietors. 
 
 At the Union Hotels near the railroad station, travelers can 
 be faitiifully dred for ^nd liberally served with little of parade 
 or pretension. This house is one of the old hotels of the section, 
 where you will be sure of faithful attendance and substantial 
 plenty. Teams also furnished when desired. 
 
 During your stay at this place, a visit should be made to the 
 photographic rooms of the Kilbum Brothers, These artists 
 have the finest collection of stereoscopic views of mountain 
 scenery and picturesque localities to be found in New England. 
 They are not excelled as artists, or equalled in their specialty of 
 view-taking in the open air, being themselves enthusiastic moun- 
 taineers. Few visitors leave the mountains without a collection 
 of their fine views of notable localities and scenes, as souvenirs 
 of their journey. 
 
 FROM LITTLETON TO FRANCONIA 
 
 the stage route is a winding way over hills and through 
 valleys, and the journey, in fine weather, is one to be remem- 
 bered with pleasure. Passing through the village of Franconia 
 (reputed to be the coldest spot in the United States in winter,) 
 you seem, in some stages of the journey, to have found a region 
 of complete desolation ; but, in the sombre stillness of the fading 
 day the shadows ascend slowly to the mountain summits, whose 
 tops are gilded by the setting sun, and you sometimes have a 
 succession of sunsets as you move toward the journey's end. 
 The bare and grim outlines of the range stand out against the 
 sky as you near a hospitable welcome at the 
 
52 
 
 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 PROFILE HOUSE, 
 
 situated in near vicinity of the many natural wonders of this 
 mountain-range and shadowed pass, of which, and of the hou^s 
 itselt, you will be more fully informed in succeeding pages. 
 
 NORTHWARD FROM LITTLETON. 
 
 If your destination is the Crawford House (at White Mountain 
 Notch), Jkthlehem, the Twin Mountain House, Fabyan Place, 
 White Mountain House or Mount Washington Summit, you will 
 continue on from Littleton by the "Wing Road," or mountain 
 branch (diverging from the main line above Littleton) to the 
 Twin Mountain House, the present terminus of this branch. 
 
 BETHLEHEM, 
 
 on this branch, is a favorite resort during the summer months, 
 and from its location and high altitude must become the favorite 
 residence of those seeking rest, quiet and renewal of health. It 
 is the highest table-land (1,500 feet elevation) accessible or 
 desirable as a residence in the Eastern States ; and the pure air, 
 wide prospect, picturesque scenes and surroundings make your 
 stay a pleasant one. The "street" '> a long line of scattered 
 
KOBTIIERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 53 
 
 houses at some distance from the railway station, and from this 
 grand plateau and favorable distance, the outlook upon the 
 mountains is grand and impressive. With little travel and 
 fatigue the Franconia Hills may be seen to advantage. Many 
 invalids are sent to this place by advice of physicians, and in its 
 pure and dry atmosphere, find that relief which those who seek 
 mild but enervating climates fail to find. The Sinclair House is 
 a hotel of good repute, large, commodious ^d complete in its 
 provision for the comfort of patrons, where all can And the best 
 attendance and fullest facilities for enjoying their stay in this 
 mountain town. 
 
 The Twin Mountain House, hereafter fully described, in Carroll 
 township near the Twin Mountains, is the present terminus 
 of the Wing Road to the mountains. From this point stages 
 convey you without delay to the Faby»,a, White Mountain or 
 Crawford Houses, or to Amnionusuc Station at Marshfleld, 
 where cars of the Mount Washington Railway are taken for the 
 summit. Piissengers by the morning express from Boston, Fall 
 River, Providence, New London and intermediate points may 
 complete their journey to the highest summit in a single day, 
 without inconvenience, by the line described. But many will 
 end the day's journey in sumptuous ease beneath the roof of this 
 extensive mountain home and continue their trip more at leisure. 
 , Those who do not leave for the mountains at Littleton, or by 
 the Wing Road, pass directly on to 
 
 WHITEFILD. 
 
 This is an important station, with its extensive steam lumber 
 mills, established by those genuine Yankee lumbermen, the Brown 
 Brothers and their associates. They have all the appliances for 
 extensive manufacture, including a forest railway of several 
 miles in length, with ample rolling stock, extending to their great 
 lumber tracts around Pondicherry. These mills are well worth 
 a visit, being among the most complete in the state, and should 
 the genial "Doctor," whose brains and cash make him tlie all 
 important " Co." of the firm, be present, you will be sure of a 
 welcome in which the suavity and energy, which combine in 
 equal proportions in this character, are both apparent ; success 
 
54 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 • 
 
 to him and his enterprising associates In their extensive opera- 
 tions. They also have important mills three miles from Went- 
 worth Station, on the railroad below. 
 
 Whenever permanent hotel accommodations are provided here 
 It must become a favorite point for approach to the mountains, 
 being distant from the Twin Mountain House but 8 miles, and from 
 the Crawford House, 17 miles. Kimball Hill, a mile and a half 
 from the village is a favorite point for extensive views, and here 
 the curious have found what appears to be moccasin tracks In the 
 solid granite. This is becoming a favorite place of resoit for 
 summer boarders, and, from its heavy lumber trade, is one of the 
 most important Ireight stations on the line. The Portland and 
 Ogdensburg Railroad will intersect the Boston, Concord and 
 Montreal Railroad at this point, bringing Increase of traivel frcn! 
 *iieW localities, and adding to the importance of the station, 
 
 LANCASTER, 
 
 distant from Concord 135 miles, from Boston 208 miles — the 
 most important town of Coos County, and located among the 
 finest of scenery, is the destination of mauy of our number. The 
 intervales of the Connecticut, at this point, are not surpassed 
 by any upon its whole course, while rare views are had of the 
 distant Franconia Mountains, the great White Mountain range, 
 the Percy Peaks and Pilot Range, and the Lunenburg Hills 
 in Vermont. Here the tourist in high health, who has the secret 
 learned 
 
 " To mix his blood with sunshine, and to take 
 The winds into his pulses," 
 
 can have unequalled facility for sporting' and the enjoyment of 
 savage vigor. It is also a place of resort for invalids, especially 
 for those troubled with asthmatic and lung difficulties and " hay 
 fever" ; for such, relief is said to come with certainty in the genial 
 air of the village ; Cc;rtainly, few lovelier spots could be chosen in 
 which to recuperate wasted energies and correct the injurious 
 effects of exposure to enervating influences of crowded cities or 
 injurious climate. The winter views from this point are spoken 
 of with admiration by those whose artistic tastes are admitted to 
 be above contradiction. 
 
KOKTUKRN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 55 
 
 Lancaster was chartered in 1763. **A11 pine trees witliin said 
 township fit for masting our Royal Navy to be carefully preserved 
 for that use, and none to be cut or felled without special 
 license." The grant was to David Page and others, covering 
 23,040 acres. The original settlers were from Petersham and 
 Rutland, Mass., and were a hardy and self-reliant race. There 
 were no highways for several years after settlement, and the 
 nearest mills were at Charlestown and Plymouth. Th»iir frugal 
 fare is thus described by a facile writer: 
 
 "Emmons Stock well kept a huge mortar, which held about two 
 bushels ; into this they put their corn, beans and rye ; then they 
 pounded it with a great wooden pestle, as none but them could 
 .pound. With this they mixed potatoes, well baked and peeled, 
 and the vegetables their tsistes might select ; the whole was baked 
 together into magnificent Thump. Seasoned with good appetites, 
 it was found a delicious dish by the early inhabitants of our 
 glorious old town. 
 
 "The tables of these hardy pioneers had other dainties. The 
 rivers and streams were full of fish, and the forest of moose and 
 game ; and our ancestors of both sexes could use the rifle and 
 the rod with astonishing skill. 
 
 « « « * 
 
 "It was many years before wheelwrights or wheels were found 
 in Lancaster. The early settlers transported their merchandise 
 upon two long poles, fastened by a cross-piece. One end 
 answered for shafts, to which the horse was attached, the other 
 dragged upon the ground." 
 
 Harrassed by Indians, dispirited by failures, and cheered by no 
 bright future, the settlement was at one time to be abandoned ; 
 but one dauntless spirit clung to the fair valley "for belter or for 
 worse," and, by force of heroic example, saved the colony, and 
 permanently founded this noble town, set in the loveliest of valleys, 
 and circled by distant peaks and mountains. 
 
 The tourist will travel far to find a lovelier village, surrounded 
 with more of the varied and romantic in natural scenery, or of 
 neatness and advantage in the accommodations for pleasant resi- 
 dence. The waters are pure in their fresh escape from the bosom 
 of great hills; and the summer winds are cooled by contact with 
 the bald summits of the mountains. 
 
56 
 
 NOBTHERN PLEA8UBE TRAVEL. 
 
 This Is the shire town of the highland county of Coos, and here 
 centres much of tlie professional, mechanical, and agricultural 
 business of northern New Hampshire. Church-going people of 
 every denomination can here select their favorite form of wor- 
 ship, including an Episcopal Parish recently organized. There 
 is an Academy, established a half century since, a Grade school, 
 and the various branches of trade are carried on in stores which 
 would be attractive beside many in the large cities. 
 
 The visitor at this place will find in the elegant and commodious 
 
 LANCASTER HOUSE, 
 
 B. H. Corning, Manager, as fine a hotel as the mountain region 
 can boast. Fish, game and fruits, fresh from the surrounding 
 region, commodious rooms, and liberal accommodations in every 
 department give assurance of personal comfort. Drives in the 
 surrounding country and to noted points in the mountains from 
 this point will reveal unsurpassed diversity and charm in land- 
 scape, while the railroad connections are such as to afford the 
 greatest facility to travelers and business men. The sidewalks 
 and crossings of the village streets are superior to those of many 
 larger towns, adding greatly to the comfort and pleasure of citi- 
 zens and visitors. 
 Trains connect with the Grand Trunk Railway daily for the 
 
NOBTIIKRN PLEASURE TBAVEL. 
 
 57 
 
 Cunadas, and the eastern approaches to the mountains at Gorham 
 and the Glen, and by the Montreal road for the White and Fran- 
 conia Mountains, the Mount Washington Uailway, Lake Winnl- 
 pesauivee, Boston, tlie lower cities and New Yorlv. Stajje leaves 
 Lancaster on arrival of the train from Boss ton about 5 o'clock P. 
 M. for the ^ 
 
 WAUMBKK HOUSE, JEFFERSON HILLS, 
 
 distant seven miles, and located at the foot of Starr King Moun- 
 tain. Speaking of the view from these hills, Mr. King says: 
 " They may, without exaggeration, be called the ultima ihule of 
 grandeur, in an artistic pilgrimage among the New Hampshire 
 mountains." Here the mountains, marshalled in a vast arc of 
 circling summits, present a wide sweep of landscape of a magni- 
 tude rarely met even in this land of bold and startling prospects. 
 This favorite hotel, kept by Merrill & Plaisted, is supplied with 
 the freshest of country products from the neighboring pastures 
 and streams, and the accommodations are such as must please 
 those who give the agreeable landlords their patronage, while the 
 view from its piazzas is a changing picture of majestic outline, 
 bathed in sunlight and swept by moving shadows and changing 
 hues. In the immediate vicinity of this hotel the pleasant moun- 
 tain boarding house, the 
 
 SUNNYSIDE HOUSE, 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 59 
 
 by Cliarlos L. Plalstod, Is a new, neat and cheerful home for 
 thwe who seek for quiet and comfort among the uneijualled pros- 
 pects and attractions of this beautiAiI mountain town. Destroyed 
 by fire the past winter, it has risen phcrnix-lilve from tlie a-shes 
 with a promptness indicating the needful energy in the proprietor. 
 A foot-path leads to tlie summit of Starr King Mountain, and one 
 of the finest summit views in the whole mountain range. A good 
 livery stalile accommodates guests. The outlook Is upon the 
 White, Franconia, Green, Cherry and Starr King mountains. 
 
 NORTHUMBERLAND JUNCTION, 
 
 uniting here with the Grand Trunk Railway. A thriving settle- 
 ment has sprung up at this point since It became important as a 
 railroad town. The trains connect at this point with all trains 
 over Grand Trunk to and from Lancaster. 
 
 Without delay passengers may proceed in fine parlor cars, if 
 desired, to the great Canadian cities over the line of the 
 
 Grand Trunk Railway, 
 
 fast becoming one of the safest lines of travel in the country. 
 The great Improvements In progress on this line by change of 
 grade, renewal of rolling stock, and the substitution of steel rails, 
 will greatly add to the comfort of patrons of this line and accom- 
 modate the increasing travel to Canadian cities and places of 
 attraction. Many tourists leave the cars of this line at North 
 Stratford and take stage from thence to Colkbrook, where 
 at the Parson's House, Remick, proprietor, conveyance and all 
 needful help will be furnished for visiting that northern moun- 
 tain pass, 
 
 DIXVILLE NOTCH, 
 
 the most northern of the great natural wonders that crowd 
 the White Mountain region. It Is a dreary, forbidding and 
 desolate pass, between vast decaying ledges and pillars ot rock, 
 threading the narrow roadway, which is maintained with some 
 difficulty at the expense of the State. There Is no hotel at the 
 Notch, but it is fast becoming a place of resort from Colebrook, 
 
60 KORTIIERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 And many pass on tlirouj^h the Notch to camp llf<', hy the three 
 lakes at tho head watrrs of the Connecticut, and trouti'j? by the 
 wild wat*Ts of the Ma^alloway river. Within and about the 
 Notch are many objects of Interent The Silver Cjwcade is a 
 wild wat(;rfall at the northern outlet of the Notch. Ladders 
 descend the rocky bed leading to the best point for a full view, 
 and seats are arranged for the convenience of vhltors. The 
 Flume Is a waterway well worth Inspection, the bare walla 
 standing 8<|uarely uprlj?ht as though hewn by the hand of an 
 aillsan. The Pulpit Is a bold buttress of stone, more like the 
 elaborate pulpit of " ye olden times" than the modern ^tyle. Here 
 also is a veritable " Old Man of the Mountain," of diminutive size 
 when compared with the grand " Profile" of the Franconla range, 
 but i)erfect In Its resemblance to the facial outline. These lind 
 other points are Indicated by signboards liberally scattered along 
 the way by the owner of the lands. The ascent to Table Hock 
 (800 feet perpendicular height), the hi^liest pinnacle, may now be 
 easily made by rude steps cut to facilitate climbing. The view 
 from this dizzy height is one to l)e sought and remembered. 
 
 If you return to Northumberland, or, before leaving there 
 for tlie north, you may proceed southward some twenty-five 
 miles by Grand Trunk Railway to • 
 
 GORHAM, 
 
 • 
 
 in the Androscoggin* Valley, at the mouth of Peabody River, 
 distant from the eastern base of Mount Washington, only eight 
 miles, and a favorite point from which to make the ascent by 
 carnage or on horseback, the roads leading to the summit from 
 this point being in excellent condition and teams are always 
 obtainable. Before its destruction by fire the Alpine House was 
 a favorite hotel, and travel from the east and from Portland 
 naturally made this one of the favorite points of approach. The 
 scenery to be viewed from the village is bold and peculiar. 
 Mount Moriah (4,80() feet high); Mount Carter (5,00() feet), the 
 lesser " Imp " and the Pilot range of hills, with Mount Hayes, are 
 in the immediate vicinity. Mount Madison of the White Moun- 
 tain range is visible, and by taking a stroll of no great distance, 
 the whole range may be brought in view. Stages run from this 
 
NOBTIIERN rLEA8UB£ TBAVEL. 61 
 
 point to the Glen House, where the aacent of Mount Wn^hington 
 conitnencuM, tind coiiveyuuce muy be had here tor ull the niuuu- 
 taiii h()Uhe» uiui pohitM ut hitereHt in tlie mouuluintt; wliiie visitors 
 at GurliHUi or tlic Glen ilouHe, or ft'oin any ]Miint on tlie line of 
 tlie Grand Trunk iCuilway, can proceed to Nortiiunjl)erland, 
 and, from tliat point, reach by rail any station on tlie lioaton, 
 Concord and Montreal liailroad and its '' W ing" or niountalii 
 branch. Lanca.>U.'r being i })oint attracting many from thitt 
 direction by its varied charms. The " Wing" road diverges to 
 reach the Crawford Notch and Mount Washington llailway, and 
 Littleton in the point of approach to the Franconia Kange. 
 Wells Kiver is the point of union with the Passumpsic Uiver and 
 Connecticut Ulver lines. 
 
 Kind reader we have now brought you along the western view 
 of the hills, past the bright waters of the lakes, along uie northern 
 outline of the mountains, and have swept around u|K>n tlieir 
 eastern limits and up to the most northern pass with oidy such 
 digressions as seemed necessary to a complete description of the 
 route and outlying scenery with facilities lor reaching interesting 
 points. We will now take a general view of the mountain region 
 and tlien proceed to nioi-e minute notice of particulai* localities. 
 
 THE WHITE MOUNTAIN RANGE. 
 
 A modern writer has, in poetic and expressive language, 
 described the mountains as **outbursts of the globe's passion" — 
 "witnesses of a pent up fury" — "upspringing wedges of rock, 
 f inging the garment of soil away, tilting and separating the 
 strata through whicli they break, and standing bare for the 
 scrutiny of science." 
 
 Terrible must have been tlie throes of nature which upheaved 
 the masses of the granite hills — known in common language as 
 the White Mountains — given as a general name for the whole 
 mountain region of northern New Hampshire, but properly 
 belonging to the eastern and more extensive range, of which 
 Mount Washington (6,285 feet in height) is the crowuing glory. 
 They are called White ftom the tact that, during the larger 
 pait of the year tlie snow remains upon the towering summits, 
 yielding only to the intense heat of mid-summer, and are the 
 
62 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 highest peaks east of the Mississippi, excepting the high suni« 
 mits of tlie Black Mountains in North Carollnr^ 
 
 The "White Mountain Notch" Is the frowning pass peculiar to 
 this range, also the pjiss known as Plnkham Notch, and, away 
 to the north, Dixville Notch. The range covers some forty 
 miles square of country, and lies In the counties of Coos and 
 Grafton. 
 
 The principal summits are Mount Webster, (4,000 feet eleva- 
 tion); Mount Jackson, (4,000 feet); Mount Clinton, (4,200 feet); 
 Mount Pleasant, (4,800 feet); Mount Franklin, (4,900 feet); 
 Mount Monroe, (5,300 feet); Mount Jefferson, (5,710 feet); 
 Mount Adams, (5,800 feet) ; and Mount Washington, (6,285 
 leet.) On the top of Mount Jefferson is a pond of considerable 
 extent, with no visible outlet, but with waters clear as crystal 
 and cold as ice. The ascent of this summit is seldom made so 
 rugged Is the way. 
 
 Within the central cluster of the highest peaks of this range, 
 In near proximity, are the sources of the Ammonusuc, the Saco, 
 the Peabody, Ellis and Moose Rivers ; the waters of one reaching 
 Long Island Sound through the winding Connecticut, the others, 
 by western slopes, reach the Atlantic on the uastern coast 
 Along these rivers, and on the swift mountain streams which 
 feed them, are the cascades and fallSj which relieve the rugged- 
 ness of the slopes and gorges as laughter lightens the hum- 
 drum realities of every day business. In the swales around the 
 mountains are the great forests whence the lumbermen supply 
 the demand of the older towns. There is a story of a pine in the 
 old primeval forests towards Lancaster, 264 feet In height, long 
 since put to use. 
 
 The Notch, only twenty-two feet wide at Its entrance, next to 
 Mount Washington, and the view from its summit Is the great 
 natural feature of tlie range. It Is three miles In length, the 
 towering cliffs reaching In some places 2,000 feet In height. The 
 Crawford House is near its northern entrance, and is the point 
 from which to visit Its wonders. The headwaters of the Saco 
 flow through the pass, which Is the thoroughfare for travel from 
 Littleton, Bethlehem, and localities on the Connecticut and Am- 
 monusuc to Conway and the Saco Valley, or the reverse ; though, 
 since the completion of the 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 63 
 
 MOUNT WASHINGTON RAILWAY 
 
 much of the pleasure travel goes over Mount Washington, as- 
 cending by rail for three miles from the lower station to the 
 Mount Washington House, recently erected on the summit. 
 This road, rising in some portions 2,000 feet to the mile, and an 
 average rise of one foot in four, offers a mode of ascent which has 
 become the great sensation of the mountain trip, and done away 
 with the fatigue attending the journey on horseback. Descending 
 on the east side to the Glen House, by the carriage roadway, the 
 excursionist has a delightful and novel experience of mountain 
 staging, with little of fatigue or exhausting effort. This journey 
 of a day is one not to be forgotten. Well might Whittier sing : 
 
 " With smoking axle hot with speed, with steeds of fire and st«am, 
 Wide-waked to-day, leaves yesterday behind him like a dream." 
 
 THE FRANCONIA EANGE 
 
 is the group of hills of a lesser elevation than the WTiite Moun- 
 tains proper, and wanting, perhaps, in the sublime and overpow- 
 ering grand uer that marks their rugged ascents and terrific and 
 desolate walls, but abounding in beautiful and enchanting objects 
 of interest. Lafayette is the crowning peak, being 5,585 feet 
 above sea level. The ascent is made from the Flume House. 
 
 Franconia Notch is a pass with close and precipitous walls, 
 of about five miles in extent, between Mount Lafayette and Mount 
 Cannon. The valley is about half a mile in width, and is a huge 
 receptacle of the curious, the wild, and the beautiful in mountain 
 scenery. ^ 
 
 THE GREAT STONE PORTRAIT. 
 
 " Full human profile, nose and chin distinct, 
 Mouth muttering rhythms of silence up the sky, 
 And fed at evening with the blood of suns." 
 
 A wonderful copy of the human features, coUossal in propor- 
 tions, yet faithful and clear in its lines, is the great natural attrac- 
 tion sought by strangers. The length of the face has been ascer- 
 tained to be not less than eighty feet. It looks from the southern 
 
64 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 face of Cannon or Trofile Mountain " awful but benignant," en- 
 chaining the interest of every beholder. 
 
 Echo Lake, Tue liAsiN, The Pool, The Flume, with its 
 fcuspended boulder and cascades, and the ascent of Mount La- 
 layette are leatures ol the Franconia Kange fully described in 
 tucceeding pages, and seen by excursions tiom the Prolile and 
 Flume Houses. 
 
 The Frohle House, at the northern entrance to the Notch, and 
 in near vicinity of Eagle (Jlitl", Echo Lake and the Frohle, is the 
 great resort of travelers and tourists, while the smaller but ex- 
 cellently kept and located I'iume House, at the southern entrance 
 and near the Flume, the Fool and other attractions, is a place of 
 much resort. The facility with which these houses may be 
 reached from Littleton or from Plymouth by stage route up the 
 valley, and the varied beauty and attractiveness of the range 
 brings a yearly increasing tide of Pilgrims to enjoy the wealth of 
 beauiy here to be found. 
 
 HISTOlllCAL AND DESCKIPTIVE. 
 
 In sober matter of fact New England, the wild region of the 
 mountains is peculiarly bare of that histoiical interest and 
 legendary lore which has given to every crag and ravine of Scot- 
 land and Switzerland a name and fame in romance and story ; the 
 names, even, of the grandest peaks and gorges, excepting the 
 lew musical ones of Indian origin, lack the merest suggestion of 
 romantic beauty. 
 
 One Haiby J? ield appears^'to have been the first white man who 
 looked from the highest summit upon the wild and rugged country 
 below. His account, hke that of most early discoverers, was 
 garnished with account of shining stones and riches in prospect. 
 Vines and Gorges, magistrates of Sir Fernando Gorges, went 
 thither in the fail of the same year (1642), ascending the Saco 
 in canoes; they appear to have ascended one of the highest 
 summits and made report not remarkable tor accuracy. An 
 eaily chronicler has described the country to the north of the 
 principal summit as *' daunting terrible, being full of rocky hills 
 and cloathed with iutiuite thick woods," and as a proof of his 
 theory that the mountains were hollow, cites the " resounding 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRATEL. 65 
 
 of the rain" upon the rocky summits. The Great White Moun- 
 tain Notch was discovered in 1791 by two hunters — Nash and 
 Sawyer. In 1816, a pany of scientiflc gentlemen made extensive 
 botanical collections, and determined altitudes. In 1820, the 
 whole range was explored by a party from Lancaster, altitudes 
 of the highest summits were established and the mountains 
 received the names by which they have since been known. 
 
 With the early settlement of this rugged and forbidding region 
 the name of the Crawfords is inseparably connected, as opening 
 the first ways of ascent to the mountain summits and preserving 
 a thorough knowledge of the hills. The tragic story of the 
 Willey family is told in succeeding pages, and is, perhaps so 
 lamiliar as to need no repetition. The desolate experiences and 
 hardships of the isolated pioneers whose names even are forgotten, 
 who first established their rude homes in this rugged and forbid- 
 ding land, die out with the grey heads of the venerable actors, 
 but perseverence so marked and sufferings so unselfish should 
 have been preserved by the genius of some American Scott, or 
 live in the songs of a Whittier, through the passing years. 
 
 In climbing the highest summits, the tourist passes first 
 through the dense woods around their bases, lessening in height 
 and thinning to the hardier varieties as the path enters the region 
 of dwarfed shrubs and clinging mosses, and, finally, emerges upon 
 the bare and desolate rocks of the higher summits bearing no 
 mark of the action of waves or of drift, clothed only with 
 lichens, mosses, and such plants as are peculiar to Polar regions. 
 Many of the lesser mountains are beautifully wooded over their 
 entire summits. ' L i 
 
 • The mountains in winter present to the appreciative observer 
 tlie rarest beauty. Until within the last few years few travelers 
 have had the hardihood to inspect its scenery when clothed in 
 the snowy mantle which veils the summits for so many months. 
 For the last three winters parties have resided through the entire 
 season upon the summit of Mount Washington, in the interest of 
 science, and have made valuable observations regarding the 
 strength of the winds, the temperature and phenomena of these 
 high altitudes, and witnessed the sublime and novel scenes pre- 
 sented from this elevation through the inclement months. 
 
66 VORXnSBN PLEASURE TRAVIL. 
 
 Traces of the Indians once inhabiting the mountain region are 
 frequently found near the rivers and the ponds — about Conway, 
 Fryeburg and Ossipee their implements, mounds and encamp- 
 ments are seen, and their musical tongue is preserved in the 
 names of Chucorua, the Pemigewasset, Ammonusuc, Winnipe- 
 saukee, Androscoggin and other streams. 
 
 In the cold waters of the mountain streams is the home of the 
 shy and beautiful trout, and the delicate art of coaxing these shy 
 dwellers from their emerald pools and shaded nooks, is enthusi- 
 astically practiced by those who, each summer, make their home 
 for a time among the hills. The mineral wealth of the mountain 
 region is not great. The gold excitement at Lisbon was of short 
 duration. Plumbago and iron are found in superior quality in 
 the valley of the Pemigewasset ; iron near Franconia, and iron 
 and tin on the eastern slope of the White Mountain Range near 
 jT,ckson. 
 
 THE FRANCONIA NOTCH. • . 
 
 In curious rocky shapes and forms, and the wild sublimity with 
 which crags and forests, lakes and waterfalls combine in startling 
 pictures, this mountain-shadowed pass of some five mUes in length 
 is unrivalled in the whole mountain tour. With less of towering 
 majesty, vastness of outline and desolate grandeur than the White 
 Mountain Notch, there is more of grace in tlie sweeping curves 
 and frowning scenery of this shadowed valley, more of variety in 
 form and combination, and of permanent attractiveness iu its 
 general characteristics and contrasts. Visitors to this mountain- 
 walled museum of nature will find in the fine location, the excel- 
 lent arrangements and spacious design of the Profile House, 
 promise ot that generous entertainment and faithful attendance 
 which is fulfilled in all the details of management. Situated on a 
 level plateau of a few acres, nearly two thousand feet above sea 
 level, and enclosed by the great hills, it is near to " The Great 
 Stone Face" on Cannon Mountain, "Eagle Clifi;" *' Profile Lake" 
 and "Mount Lafayette," and but five miles from "The Flume," 
 ** The Pool " and the Flume House, and seven miles to " Harvard 
 Falls." 
 
 For several years the Profile House has had a crowd of patrons. 
 
NOBTHERN PLEASrRE TRAVEL. 67 
 
 The accommodations are for four hundred guests, and are on the 
 most liberal and extensive scale. The ample grounds, command- 
 ing, wide and beautiful views, are crowded during the pleasure 
 season with a happy company gathered from all parts of the land, 
 who find here that cleanliness and attention, with th'tt ample and 
 substantial profusion oi viands, which mountain air and exercise 
 make more than elsewhere, a necessity. 
 
 The parlor and dining hall are spacious and elegant (about 100 
 by 50 feet area), and are lighted with gas. The telegraph runs 
 to this point, and the man of business may receive his mails wiih 
 regularity, and send his commands along the wires, while he 
 gathers strength in the mountain air, and marvels among the 
 mysteries of the hills. 
 
 Stages, twice each day^ leave for Plymouth, via the Pemige- 
 wasset valley, and for Littleton, connecting with express trains 
 on the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad ; also stages each 
 day for the Fabyau Place, Twin Mountain House, Crawford 
 House and Mount Washington Railway. 
 
 Perhaps the first prominent object to attract the stranger's eye 
 will be the precipitous crag fronting the hotel, and seen to advan- 
 tage from its grounds, towering some fifteen hundred feet above 
 the road, known as 
 
 EAGLE CLIFF, 
 
 A pair of mountain eagles once had their eyry high up in the 
 rocky caverns near the summit, hence the name. The cliff" is 
 seen to best advantage from Profile Lake, especially through the 
 fogs and mists that hang about it at times, to rise and melt in the 
 bm'uing sunlight, or when gilded by the lights of morning or 
 fading tints of evening. A short ascent up the side of Cannon 
 Mountain gives a point of view from which ail the boldness of 
 the cliff' will be seen standing out in impressive majesty. 
 
 To the rear of the hotel, reached by footpath through the woods, 
 a small brook plunges in a succession of falls down the rugged 
 ledges of the hillside, giving you, if you are fortunate to see it 
 after its volume has been swelled by rains, a most plea^ng and 
 attractive sight which will prove a fitting introduction to 
 
68 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 greater wonders yet unseen. The pleasing picture spread before 
 you of tlie quiet lake below, the mountains, valleys and foreste, 
 which you here overlook, will amply repay you for the climbing. 
 Beneath " Eagle Clill," northward from the hotel a short dis- 
 tance from the Franconia road, locked within a circle of hills and 
 embosomed in green forest is the wonderful and widely famed 
 little sheet of water known as 
 
 ECHO LAKE. 
 
 Floating upon its silvery surface in the boat provided for 
 visitors, you may wake resounding and multiplying echoes from 
 the circling mountains. Your halloo comes back from many hills 
 as though a mocking circle of sentinels caught up the sound ia 
 succession, lessening in volume and force until it takes its flight 
 far away in the fastnessess of the ravines. The blast of a bugle 
 or horn comes back in softened repetition of musical echoes and 
 re-echoes dying out in waves of sound among distant summits. 
 Do not omit to visit this weird spot at the quiet morning or still 
 evening Lour, when all nature conspires to enhance its loveliness 
 and heighten its charms, and the changes of color are no less 
 wonderful than the reverberations of sound. Horns, bugles, a 
 cannon and other instruments for waking echoes, pleasing and 
 terrific, are here to be had for the use of visitors. 
 
 CANNON MOUNTAIN, 
 
 is so called from a rock or combination of rocks near the summit 
 resembling a huge cannon seeming to command the passage of 
 the Notch from its high position. It is also called Profile 
 Mountain from the renowned "Profile" on its southern wall. 
 The summit is about 2,000 feet above the road and 3,500 feet 
 above sea level, and its steep sides covered with a thick growth 
 of deciduous trees, stand facing the slopes of Mount Lafayette 
 and form the western side of the Notch. 
 
 The ascent of this mountain by footpath is one of the 
 pleasures of a visit to Franconia, though, possibly there may 
 be more pleasure in the outlook th^i the climbing. 
 
 The top is a surface of bald rock, not reached without vigorous 
 
NOKTHEKN PLEASUBE TRAVEL, 69 
 
 exerclje, requiring some two hours of climbing. But, the height 
 gained, you look upon that towering cluster of peaks — the 
 White Mountains proper — down the broad valley of the 
 Pemigewasset, and upon all the varied contrasts of mountain 
 and meadow, lake and village, river and brooklet that combine 
 in the wide landscape seen from the high outlook of this summit. 
 The ascent of "Bald Mountain" in another less tiresome trip, 
 made by carriages if you wish, nearly to the summit, but easily 
 made by pedestrians. The view is wide in extent, looking 
 down into the Notch and its wondere, northward upon the 
 distant broken line of hills, and "Lafayette" swells high above 
 you to the eastward, while the sweeping shadows or trailing 
 vapora roll along the rugged slopes, and through the broad 
 valleys, in a moving scene of beauty which will fade only with 
 the failure of memory. 
 
 THE PROFILE. 
 
 This bold combination of rocky masses, forming that wonder- 
 ful imitation of the outlines of the human face, perhaps, more 
 than any other natural feature of the mountains, excites the 
 curiosity of visitors. It is a bold combination of rocks forming 
 the granite portrait only when viewed from the proper location, 
 change the point of view for any considerable distance and the 
 features become a shapeless mass of rocks and crags. The 
 rocks which form this wonderful outline are not in perpendic- 
 ular line, but, appearing so, are combined perfectly in a sharp, 
 angular and unmistakable imitation of the human face. 
 
 The proper point of view is only about a quarter of a mile 
 from the Profile House on the road leading down the Notch. 
 The granite face stands out from the southern crest of Cannon 
 Mountain, In majestic repose, fifteen hundred feet above the 
 surface of Profile Lake, unmoved by the mad fury of tempests 
 and storais or the golden touch of morning sunlight, looking 
 out from its rocky throne insensible to passion, pleasure or 
 pain, with the sharp and stony lines of the immobile face set 
 in unchangable grandeur, solemn and awe-inspiring with its 
 ages of exposure to the storms and tempests, the ivdmiration of 
 
70 ' NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 thousands who look upon it with bated breath. Other shapes 
 have been conjured out of the rocky outlines of the cliff, but 
 they draw so strongly on the imagination beside the reality of 
 the profile that the attempt excites but little of interest. 
 
 PROFILE LAKE. 
 
 At the base of Cannon Mountain, directly beneath the over* 
 hanging portrait of the "Old Man," is a beautiful sheet of 
 water a quarter of a mile long by one-eighth of a mile wide, sleep- 
 ing in the green forests which enclose it and hang in shadow in 
 its pure depths. The quiet beauty of the scene will excite the 
 dmiration of the coldest nature. Fanciful names have been 
 bestowed upon it such as the **01d Man's Mirror" and **01d 
 Man's Washbowl," but however named, or if nameless, it is 
 one of the gems in the gallery of mountain pictures seen in 
 Franconia. It is the home of that lover of cool mountain 
 streams and lakes, the beautiful trout, for which you must 
 angle ^v^ith skill for no careless hand secures this wary beauty. 
 
 THE ASCENT OF MOUNT LAFAYETTE. 
 
 The climbing of this, the highest peak of the Franconia 
 range, (height 5,100 feet), is considered second only in interest 
 to the ascent of Mount Washington. A half day's absence from 
 the hotel is necessary for the trip, and horses with the neces- 
 sary conveniences for the ascent are kept at the base, with 
 competent guides for the accommodation of tourists. 
 
 The path leaves the highway about two and a half miles 
 south of the Profile House. Passing through the thick woods, 
 around the base and the lesser gi'owth of the middle region, 
 you emerge upon the bare rock near the summit, affording an 
 unobstructed outlook to the northward where all the varied 
 phases of the landscape combine in a magnificent picture. 
 
 A shelter has been provided upon the summit for the protec- 
 tion of visitors, 'and the prospect is one of the widest which 
 invites the eye in the whole mountain region ; looking away 
 over the great intervening reach of hills and valleys to distant 
 Katahdin on the very eastern outpost of the army of hills ; upon 
 
NORTHERN PLBASUBE TRAVEL. 71 
 
 the great cluster of mountain monarclis of which Wasliington 
 is the peerless centre ; upon the northern peaks away beyond 
 Lancaster; across the Connecticut Valley upon the hills of 
 Vermont and the swelling crests of the Green Mountains, the 
 valley of the Connecticut and the villages on either side, the 
 wild ** Ammonusuc" and the villages of Littleton and Bethle- 
 hem. The southern view is down the fair valley of the 
 Pemigewasset, while great Moosilauk swells nobly into view 
 and Monadnock and Kearsarge bound the vision. 
 
 walker's falls. 
 
 These falls are a half mile from the roadway down the 
 Notch. The path diverges from the main way, some three 
 miles below the Profile House, following a small brook, which 
 here crosses the road from the west, a succession of picturescjue 
 waterfalls are reached, leaping over the rocky shelves or sliding 
 over the mountain slopes which form the bed of the little 
 torrent broken into foam by impeding masses of rock. A half 
 day's climbing along the course of this brook will afford you a 
 succession of plepsant surprises as you follow its worn channel 
 in the rock, its gliding course over the water-worn granite, its 
 successive leaps over the ledges, mingling its waters with those 
 of the fair Pemigewasset, which soon pours its limpid flood 
 over the granite rim of the 
 
 BABiN, 
 
 some five miles south of the Profile House. This granite 
 reservoir is a worn and curious cavity in the solid rocks, close 
 by the roadway ; evidently made by the whirling of rocks in 
 the eddying currents ; the waters sweep the circle several times 
 in swift rotation before making their exit at the opposite side. 
 The circular walls are very smooth and regular, the water 
 falling within it in a pretty cascade over the brim and making 
 its exit by a channel worn into a fancied resemblance to the 
 human leg and foot, hence the outlet is sometimes known as 
 the " Old Man's Leg." 
 The diameter of the Basin is about forty feet, the depth to 
 
73 NOETIIERK PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 the lK)ttom twenty-eigbt feet, with a usual depth of twelve 
 feet of water. 
 
 A small stream, among the hills to the left of the Basin, 
 flows over the granite ledges on the mountain slope in pictur- 
 esque and musical descent forming a succession of the most 
 lovely cascades which may be followed up with pleasure to the 
 upper fall where the stream plunges in a leap of some twenty- 
 five feet. 
 
 THE FLUME HOUSE. 
 
 This house is a small and well kept hotel very pleasantly 
 located, facing Mount Liberty in the vicinity of the Flume, the 
 Basin, the Pool, and other natural objects of interest, affording 
 from its very doors a view of the three great peaks of this 
 range, Lafayette, Liberty and Pleasant, their harsh outlines 
 somewhat softened by the distance, and of thb wide valley of 
 the Peraigewasset, in all its picturesque and quiet beauty. 
 
 This house is kept by the proprietors of the Profile House, 
 and visitors will find it a pleasant spot in which to speud their 
 season of leisure, be it short or protracted. 
 
 THE CASCADES 
 
 are below the Flume and drop in gi'adual descent of several 
 hundred feet in musical silver lines and gliding sheets of pure 
 emerald watei-s over the wide, smooth, granite inclining plane, 
 fretted more and more, as you ascend to the Flume by the help' 
 of rustic bridges, with many charming basins and pools of 
 transparent water. You reach these wonders from the road 
 by a pleasant path among the great rocks. 
 
 THE FLUME. 
 
 This central wonder of this part of the valley is a narrow, 
 rocky ravine or worn channel, with perpendicular walls on 
 either side of 50 to 60 feet in height and some 20 feet apart. 
 Within these regular and moss-covered rocks, evidently rent 
 asunder by some throe of niture, a small stieam threads its 
 way, in lovely confusion and perplexing disturbance along the 
 
NORTUEUM PLEASURE TRAVEL, 73 
 
 broken bod. The visitor can ascend through this shadowed 
 and wonderful glen which extends some 80() feet between walls 
 apparently the work of Titans in the olden time; a rude path- 
 way of planks and ne».dful artificial helps protecting him from 
 all disagreeable contJict with the murmuring stream. 
 
 At one point the grand fissure contracts to a span of some 
 twelve feet and holds suspended, apparently with slightest 
 security, *' The Great Stone Wedge" — an enormous egg-shaped 
 boulder of many tons weight, an object of active speculation 
 and lively curiosity, causing an involuntary tremor as you pass 
 beneath. You reach these wonders from the road by a fern- 
 scented path among the great rocks. 
 
 THE POOL. 
 
 After viewing the wonders of the Flume you take the path 
 leading through the forest ; leaving the road near the hotel and 
 following it for half a mile you reach the Pool, a vast natural 
 well, regular in torm and outline, excavated or worn in the 
 solid granite bed. A small stream flows over the brim from 
 the north, and through a narrow fissure opi)osite, the amber 
 waters find exit. * • 
 
 The span of the rim of this gloomy natural reservoir ?s 
 about 150 feet, the depth is about 190 feet, with 40 feet of 
 water in its sullen depths. The beauty of the cascades, the 
 Basin and the Flume does not pertain to the Pool, but as a 
 curiosity not to be omitted in the tour of mountain wonders, 
 it will amply repay your visit. A clumsy boat sails upon the 
 gloomy and circumscribed circuit of its waters. There is a 
 foot path from this point to the Flume but it is somewhat 
 rough and hardly desirable for those not schooled in moun- 
 tain travel. 
 
 HARVARD FALLS. 
 
 Taking directions at the farm house some two miles below 
 the Flume Hotel, you shortly reach a brook leaping down the 
 hillside, west of the roadway, in cascades which are among the 
 very finest of the valley. 
 
74 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVKL. 
 
 The little Htroam at ono point t.ikos a proat leap of ciglity 
 feet ov(>r the ledjje to bound off in another of ni'aily e^jual fall, 
 fl:iHhiiij( a lino of Hilver sheen throuj^h the arching; fringe 
 of shriibU'ry that Herves to hci;;liten its beauty. Down a 
 rupged, broken descent of three fourths of a mile tin; waters 
 leaj) to meet the (juiot river below. Lookinj; upwanls along 
 the bed of the stream as you ascend, the sight is ono of rare 
 beauty; each staj^e of elevation developes new attractions in 
 the fall itself and the views of tho valley below, 'ca-ight in 
 broken vistas between tho forest trees; while from the summit 
 of tho ri(l<fe you have an outlook not to be forjj:otten in 
 memories of your journey .among the hills. Miniature busing 
 of tho purest water, here and there along its course, excite the 
 admiration of tiie observing. 
 
 These latter wonders are in tho romantic town of Lincoln, 
 the first named, around the Profile House, are in Franconia. 
 The stage route from tho Profile passes down th»Pemij;owasset 
 Valley, previously descnbed iu the apinoach by this rou^e 
 from Plymouth. 
 
 MOUNT PEMIGKW ASSET, 
 
 in the rear of the Flume House, maybe ascended with no great 
 difficulty by visitors of either sex, and the view, especially at 
 sunset, is one of the rare delights of the journey, the setting 
 sun bathing the grand outlines of tho wide landscape in a 
 blaze of glory and si)lcndor and gilding the gorges and peaks 
 "with subdued and waving lights. 
 
 Only those whose limited time and means prevent further 
 progress will leave the Franconia region without pushing on 
 to the still more grand and impressive, though not more 
 beautiful or varied scenery around Mount Washington and 
 the White Mountain Notch. 
 
 This journey may be made by the stage line leaving the 
 Profile House earh day at 8 o'clock, A. m. 
 
 Distance to the Twin Mountain House, 17 miles, to the Fab- 
 y.an Place and White Mountain House, 21 miles, and to the 
 Crawford House, near the Gates of the Notch, 27 miles, or, 
 retracing your route to Littleton, you can join the travel going 
 
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76 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 Ammoniisuc River, commanding a full view of the Franconia 
 and Wliite Mountains and extensively patronized as a con- 
 venient point of rest from the fatigue of railway travel before 
 attempting the rugged ascents, and, also, as a delightful place 
 of rest after returning from the somewhat exhausting tour of 
 the summits. 
 
 From this house there is but 11 miles of staging to the 
 Crawford House, 10 miles to the depot of the Mount Washing- 
 ton Railway, where cars are taken for a trip over the famed 
 rail Une to the crowning summit, 11 miles to the Waumbek 
 House in Jefferson, 30 miles to the Glen House, and 28 miles 
 to Gorham by the Cheny Mountain road. 
 
 Starting from this sta1;ion, either for the mountain railway 
 or the Crawford House at the Notch, a ride of about 4 miles 
 will bring you to 
 
 THE WHITE MOUNTAJLN HOUSE. 
 
 • 
 
 Near this hotel are moderate elevations, ascended with no 
 gi'eat effort, from which grand views may be obtained. The 
 tourist here finds all needful attention and provision for 
 enjoying the rare sights of this wild region. A good livery 
 enables patrons to enjoy the fine drives at will. It is on the 
 regular line of staging for the mountain railway, Notch and 
 all important points. Rounsvel A Co. are the proprietors. 
 
 The short excursions taken from this point will prove to be 
 full of interest, and among the attractions for patrons of this 
 house and of the new Fabyan Place an attractive one will be 
 the wild stream of the 
 
 AMMONUSUC RIVER, 
 
 one of the principal branches of the " willow-fringed Connec- 
 ticut." Receiving its supply from the dome of Mount Wash- 
 ington and the ponds near the summit of Mount Monroe, it 
 rushes its wild course from the " Lakes of the Clouds" to its 
 outlet, descending more than five thousand feet in its lawless 
 race of thirty miles through shadowing forests, in leaps over 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 77 
 
 shelving ledges, through intricate labyrinths of rocky ob- 
 structions and curious winding channels to the quiet calm 
 of the greater stream below. Near these mountain houses are 
 some of the wildest falls of this mountain stream, the course 
 of which no iourist should fail to explore in this vicinity. 
 
 MOUNT PEABODY, 
 
 formerly Mount Prospect, easily ascended from these points 
 by carriage road, affords from the summit a beautiful view of the 
 western slope of the mountains. 
 
 The " Giant's Grave," formerly a noted mound on which Abel 
 Crawford once lived a solitary life, and on which was erected, in 
 1803, the first rude public house for mountain visitors, and which 
 has figured in all the Guide Books as a grand point from which 
 to view the mountain heights, has been destroyed by the unre- 
 lenting hand of progress and levelled in the grounds of the new 
 "Fabyan House." 
 
 THE FABYAN HOUSE 
 
 is about one-half mile from the White^ountain House and near 
 the junction of the Mount Washington Turnpike and the road to 
 the Crawford House. This new, commodious and elegant hotel 
 has been lately erected and will be opened to guests tlie present 
 season, near the site of the old building destroyed by fire in 1858, 
 the proprietors not being deterred from rebuilding by the tradi- 
 tion of the red m m's curse in the olden time, or the fiery ordeal 
 of the past. 
 
 All that has been said of the views from the elevations in this 
 vicinity, and the delightful excursions in the near neighborhood, 
 will be endorsed by the patrons of these hotels, and the nearness 
 to the central summit, and to the Notch, with the pleasant sur- 
 roundings, make it a desirable point for all wishing to fully eiyoy 
 the journey. 
 
 Elaborate provision has been made for the comfort and pleasure 
 of pations by a liberal outlay. It is four miles from Twin Moun- 
 tain House, four f om the Notch, seven from Willey House, thirty 
 from North Conwaj'^, seventeen from Glen House, and twenty-two 
 mil«s to the Profile. 
 
78 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 A large farm is connected, supplying milk and other luxuries. 
 Mr. Walcott, late ot* the Crawlbrd House, Mr. Lindsay, formerly 
 of the Eagle Hotel, Concord, and Mr. J. M. French, formerly of 
 the Pemigewasset House, Plymouth, N. H., will do honor to 
 their position as proprietors, and their past experience is a 
 guarantee of future success. The Fabyau has been built by 
 a company, who saw the need of a better house in this 
 section to accommodate the greatly increasing travel. Two 
 hundred thousand dollars have been invested in buildings and 
 farm, and it is the design of the proprietors to keep it in the 
 best possible manner. The accommodations are for 500 guests. 
 Spacious and high studded rooms, telegraph olflce, first-class 
 livery, billiard room, bath room, band of music, etc. Coaches to 
 each train up the Mount Washington Railroad. The eleva- 
 tion is 2,000 feet above sea level. No hay fever or asthmatic 
 difficulties. Horace Fabyan, the original builder of the first 
 hotel on this site, is one of the lions of this place, and his 
 memories of the olden times are of great interest. 
 
 THE MOUNT \^ASH1NGT0N RAILWAY. 
 
 As previously stated, the Mount Washington turnpike diverges 
 from the road, through the Notch, near the Fabyan Place, and the 
 tourist can choose his route either to pass directly on to the 
 Crawford House and ascend by the bridle-path, or go by turnpike 
 and connect with the Mountain Railway. As the ascent by rail 
 is the most expeditious way of reaching the grand object to 
 many — the climbing of the highest summit — you will, if the 
 hospitalities of the noted inns which we have described do not 
 tempt you to tarry for awhile in luxurious comfort, press imme- 
 diately Oil to the railway station by the turnpike. Advancing by 
 this road into the immediate neighborhood of the great hills, you 
 pass in your trip the upper falls on the Ammonusuc. Here the 
 river flows in a narrow, winding channel in the rocks, lashed into 
 foam by its wild rush between waUs of granite and among im- 
 peding boulders. These lalls extend for the distance of some three 
 hundred feet, and have a descent of about fifty feet. The tourist 
 finds in the rugged beauty of the massive walls, the cui'ioos hoi- 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 7f 
 
 • 
 
 lowing and shaping of the rocks by the continual action of the 
 musical waters, in the surrounding scenery and peculiar charm 
 of the rapids, a feature not to be omitted in the chain of moun- 
 tain pictures, which are to live in memory when this land of the 
 wild and picturesque is left again to the calm of winter. 
 
 Winding along the base of Mount Washington and up to the 
 station of the railway, you are made sensible of your approach to 
 the great central attraction of the mountains. The burly forms of 
 the surrounding peaks swell up on every hand, seeming at times 
 to stand as an impenetrable barrier to your further progress, but, 
 continuing on, Ammonusuc Station, at Marshlleld, the lower 
 terminus of the Mountain Railway, 2,088 feet above sea level, la 
 reached. Here are commodious railroad buildings, and a hotel 
 affording comfortable entertainment for fifty guests. 
 
 This renowned mountain railway was chartered by the State 
 Legislature (as one of the members remarked,) on the same 
 principle that one might have been chartered to the moon ; the 
 one being, to the ordinary mind, as practical as the other; but 
 the energy and practical ingenuity, and persistence under dis- 
 couragem(?nt and ridicule of Sylvester Marsh, Esq., the projector 
 and inventor, with the efficient aid of J. E. Lyon, Esq., President 
 of the Boston, Concord & Montreal Radroad, and Waller Aiken, 
 Esq., of Franklin, who built the engines and cars, and the finan- 
 cial aid of rail\yays and individuals, accomplished the feat and 
 established the practical working of the enterprise, which abol- 
 ishes in great measure the hardships of mountain climbing. 
 
 The length of the railway is about three miles. The total rise 
 from the lower station to Mount Washington House, on the sum- 
 mit, is 3,625 feet ; the steepest grade is 1,980 feet to the mile, 
 about one foot in three, but averaging through the entire course 
 one foot in four. 
 
 The road bed is constructed with special reference to safety 
 and durability, of heavy timber, clamped to the rocks of the 
 mountain slope, and braced and secured in the strongest manner. 
 The track is of the usual guage, with side rails of the usual rail- 
 way pattern, and a central safety rail, constructed of two paral- 
 lel bars of angle iron, with cross bolts of 1^ inch round iron, at 
 intervals of about four inches ; between these bolts play the cogs 
 
80 
 
 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 of a central wheel of the locomotive. In addition to ordinary 
 brakes the atmospheric brakes, instantaneous in their action, are 
 in use, atid, loUowing and dropping into the notch-rim of the 
 driving-wheel, is a lirm iron support which would efl'ectuuUy 
 prevent the descent of the train 'n case of injury to the ma- 
 chinery. Hollers running under the angle iron prevent jumping 
 or slipping from the track. With these arrangements for safety, 
 the passenger need feel no alarm or apprehension of danger, the 
 trip being as safe as ordinary rail transit, no accident having oc- 
 curred in the four years the road has been in operation, nor 
 damage of a penny to life, limb or material during the time of 
 construction or since its operation as a line of travel. 
 
 The locomotive is of novel construction, being made with es- 
 pecial reference to the steep inclination of the road, and, when 
 btanding upon the level track, appears sadly out of balance. 
 Safety and power are attained in the construction at the expense 
 of speed, which is not sought. The locomotive is always below 
 the train, pushing the coaches upwaid as you ascend and pro- 
 ceeding them in the return down the slope. The cars have seats 
 hung at an angle, facing toward the base. 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 81 
 
 The superintendent is Capt J. W. Dodge, whose interest in 
 this novel line of travel is equalled only by his wil!in;;ness to 
 satisfy the many inquiries of the thousands who for the llrst time 
 ascend the mountain side by the " Sensation Route." 
 
 Single fares either way are $3, or for both ways $5. Trunks 
 and heavy baggage involve an extra charge according to space 
 occupied; but ordinary hand baggage is carried free of expense. 
 Th** baggage of parties returning from this point will be checked 
 through to their destination, if upon the routes previously 
 described. 
 
 The ascent is made in an hour and a quarter, including the 
 stoppages for water, and somewhat less in the downward trip 
 which is made by force of giavity alone, regulated by the brakes. 
 The telegraph wires extend to the summit. 
 
 No three miles of railway in the world afford sucli a successioa 
 of wild and startling views as the passenger has on his mountaia 
 ride on this iron line up the steep inclination of Mount Washing- 
 ton. Glimpses of the valley below, through which winds the 
 turnpike, the wide broken view of valley and mountain, the 
 Great Gulf to the left, into the depths of which you look with 
 shrinking and trepidation, and, uearing the summit, an eastward, 
 view down into the Glen, with the white buildings of the Glen 
 House, a speck in the valley below. 
 
 The monument of stones near the summit marks the spot where, 
 in 1855, Lizzie Bourne, of Maine, died from exposure, further 
 described in the ascent Irom the Glen House by carriage road. 
 The water stations on the way are called by appropriate names, 
 such as Gulf Station, Waumbek Station, etc. 
 
 The passenger who in the morning left the crowded streets and 
 hot pavements of Boston for ** the wealth of the vales, the pomp 
 of mountains," and who all day long has been whirled along the 
 valleys of New England's fairest rivers, through a panorama of 
 green fields and by sparkling lakes, with glimpses of distant hills 
 and mountains, may end the day in the delightful stage ride and 
 sensational climbing by rail, leaving behind the vegetation of the 
 plains and the luxuriant forests around the mountain's base, pass 
 the belt where thrive only the hardier shrubs, and the fir tree is 
 dwarfed to the span of a lady's hand, into the region of Alpine 
 6 
 
82 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 I)lant3 and tlic lichens and mosses peculiar to the icy regions 
 around the pole, till on the bare rocks of the nearly level plateau, 
 on this highest northern outlook east of the Rocky Mountuius, 
 
 TOE MOUNT WASHINGTON HOUSE, 
 
 the new hotel at the summit just opened for visitors, and serving 
 the double purpose of depot building and hotel, receives the tired 
 traveler within its hospitable doors for a nhjht among the clouds, 
 Thi:s new house at the summit, erected in 1872, and furnished and 
 opened for visitors the present season, has accommodations for 
 one hundred and fifty guests. It is conveniently furnished, 
 and telegraphic and other facilities are afforded the guests who 
 spend the night beneath its hospitable roof. All the substan- 
 tials and luxuries furnished at the mountain houses are provided 
 for the tables, and the furnishing and management is such as to 
 please all who may be so fortunate as to enjoy them. Captain 
 Dodge, the manager of the Mount Washington Railway, is the 
 manager of this new hotel, a sure guarantee of attention to the 
 travelers' wants. All the necessary provisions for comfort and 
 ease are provided, and, in case the house should be overcrowded, 
 the older and well known Tip-Top &nd Summit houses will receive 
 you within their more primitive doors. From this high altitude 
 of a mile and a quarter above sea level, we can now look down 
 along the grand incline, up which in vast billows of land the 
 hills have advanced from the level sea beach to this peerless 
 height, and around upon mountains " named, nameless and num 
 berless," over the vast extent of view which the mountain, per- 
 sonified by Emerson, thus tersely describes: 
 
 " Every mom I lift ray Iiead, 
 Gaze o'er New England underspread, 
 South from St. Lawrence to the sound, 
 From Catskill east to the sea bound." 
 
 VIEW FROM MOUNT WASHINGTON SUMMIT. 
 
 The magnitude of the wide stretch of country seen from this 
 high altitude, when first swept by the eye, is overpowering and 
 confusing from its extent and combinations. You imagine that 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 the crust of earth has been tossed on a boiling caldron, and, at 
 tlie touch of some mighty power, been congealed at the moment 
 of wildest ebullition — a sea of sweeping ranges and isolated 
 peaks, broad valleys and forests, sparkling lakes and sinuous 
 streams. The wild and rocky, but somewhat regular plateau of 
 the summit, appears as an island surrounded by a petrilied sea of 
 hills. The jagged and bare peaks of the adjacent moiuitains, 
 separated by ravines and gulfs of vast depth and outline, are tho 
 most impressive feature of the wide panorama. 
 
 If }ou are fortunate to gain an unobstructed view through the 
 wide circle, you v\ ill look northward over the billowy laud to 
 the plains of Canada; to the northeast on tlie far di?*tant forests of 
 Maine, with the dim outline of Katahdin just visible in the 
 distance, while near at hand the great attendant mountains of 
 this group — Jetferson, Adams and Madison — tower in the fore- 
 ground, a grand cluster of dark and rugged summits. Mount 
 Jackson is on the southeast, close at hand, with the symmetrical, 
 lone summit of Pequaket (Klarsai'ge at North Conway) in the 
 distance, and S«bago Lake and the suiTounding country in 
 Maine, and, sometimes, the faint blue line of the ocean, 
 scarcely to be separated from the sky in the far distance. South- 
 ward is the valley of the Saco with its villages, the sharp pyra- 
 mids of Chucorua and the gleam of fair Winnipesaukee. South- 
 westerly the remaining mountains of this range, Mount Monroe 
 with its rocky peak and the Twin ponds, Mount Pleasant with 
 its regular outline. Mount Fianklin with a more level surface, 
 Mount Willey and the further range of wooded hills. West- 
 ward, the valley of the Ammonusuc, the village of Bethlehem, 
 the naked summit of Mount Lafayette in Franconia, the broken 
 silver line of rivers, and in the dim distance the Green Moun- . 
 tains, with Mount Manstield and Camel's Hump. Northwest, 
 the picturesque town of Jefterson, Pondicherry in the embrace 
 of forests, and, further distant, the village of Lancaster. 
 
 Viewed in the light of the setting sun, or when morning lights 
 burn off the vapors from the face of the wide landscape, the scene 
 is one which pen cannot describe or pencil portray, but which 
 memory will not fail to cherish as the choicest revelation of nature 
 to be seen in a lifetime. Fortune does not always favor the 
 
84 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 tourist, and he may sometimes stand upon this lofty liel;j;ht, veiled 
 in impcn'-trahle mist, and the gloom of clouds, hiding tlie grand 
 outlines which lie knows lie beneath and around him. 
 
 If the rare privilege is given you to look through the clear and 
 unobstructed light of early summer, or later autumn, on this 
 blending scene of complex and overpowering grandeur and 
 beauty, over which tlie contrasts of light and shade play upon a 
 scale wider than human eye is often privileged to view; the 
 grand sweep of masses of clouds and the attendant trailing 
 shadov/8 beneath; the scrolls of mist that ride upon the winds 
 and the shadows of great summits throwing their sombre veil over 
 whole townships as the sun declines, all inspire you with the feel- 
 ing that you have been admitted in near and familiar contact 
 with scenes in nt.-ure heretofore unknown to you, and perhaps, 
 to crown all, while you are dreaming, a roaring storm gathers on 
 the unsheltered cone and you shrink to nothingness in the midst 
 of its resistless fury. The storm, the lightning, and the clouds are 
 not from above, but you are in the midst of or above them. 
 
 WINTER ABOVE THE CLOUDS. 
 
 Since the completion of the new ways,of access to the summit, 
 observers from the Meteorological corps of the regular army have 
 passed several winters i ^ comparatives comfort at this high 
 altitude, swept sometimes by the terrific force of winter winds, 
 unobstructed in their wild course by higher or equal elevations. 
 Valuable statistics have been gained regarding the force of the 
 winds, the temperature and peculiar phenomena of this highest 
 northern elevation. The novel experiences of these hardy moun- 
 taineers in their alpine retreat and perfect solitude has been pub- 
 lished in book form and is of the greatest interest. Frequent 
 communication is maintained with the world below, and the pecu- 
 liar beauty and novelty of the scenes witnessed in mid-winter are 
 such as men are seldom privileged to see ; oceans of clouds pierced 
 by snow-capped peaks, all below being hidden in impenetrable 
 frost-clouds ; the swift; growth of clouds and storms and almost 
 irresistable force of the winds, with the lonely lack of all animate 
 life, make it a peculiar experience for those who so courageously 
 brave the exposure. , 
 
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 THE DESCENT. 
 
 Nothing butwj.nt of time will prevent the traveler who has 
 hurried through his journey to this high summit from returning 
 either hy railway and stage, or by the bridle-path to the Crawford 
 House, at the Notch, and an inspection of the wonders of that 
 far-fumed mountain pass. You can also descend on the east sUle 
 by carriage road to the Glen House. This was the favorite way 
 of ascending previous to opening the railway, and is still and 
 must remain the choice of many. (See description hereafter.) 
 
 THE CRAWFORD HOUSE 
 
 is situated at the gate of the White Mountain or Crawford Notch. 
 It is one of the finest in its plan of the mountain houses, the 
 piazzas, of ample width, extending the entire length of the build- 
 ing. It ?tands upon a small plain 2,000 feet above sea level. A 
 small lake near by is the source of the Saco, and the Ammonusuc 
 is also supplied from springs on the same plain. Near by, towards 
 the entrance to the Notch, are the ruins of the old Notch House, 
 built by the Crawfords, and patronized by the pioneers in moua- 
 tain travel. A. T. & O. F. Barron are the proprietors. 
 In the near vicinity of the Crawford House are 
 
 GIBBS' FALLS, 
 
 so named for a former landlord of the hotel. They are reached 
 by a walk of a ] ilf hour from the hotel. Here the brook makes 
 a leap of nearly forty feet, in two sheets of white foam, separated 
 by a small islet, on which a lone pine tree stands guard. A suc- 
 cession of lesser falls on the same stream will tempt you to 
 further exploration. 
 
86 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEI^ 
 
 VKECII Eli's FALLH CASCADE, 
 
 only about a half mile from the hotel, Is upon the little moun- 
 tain hrook whlcli Hows down the slope to the rij;ht ol' the road, 
 reached by a shaded pathway. In one of the pools of this .stream 
 the eminent divine whose name they bear was " Innnersed," not 
 intentionally, but, like otlnT men, he *' fell." He describes the 
 brook aj«, at one point, "whirlin;iC Itself into a plexus of cords," 
 or a " pulsating braid of water." For more than a fourth of a 
 mile the stream sweeps down over rocks hun;j; with moi^s, and 
 through channels worn in beautiful contour, arched w ith green 
 leaves and luxuriant trees. 
 
 THE WHITE MOUNTAIN OR "CRAWFOKD" NOTCH. 
 
 Next to the ascent of Mount Washington, and previous to that 
 if you do not return, you will wish to explore the attractions of 
 this wid(dy-famed pass in the mountains. The peculiar grandeur 
 of this vast and awful gorge cannot be described in words, and 
 llie artist transmits the grand outlines but imperfectly. On 
 either hand the forbidding line of precipices tower above you in 
 imposing grandeur, and you halt and turn to admire its savage 
 ruggedness. It extends for a distance of about three miles, run- 
 ning from northwest to southeast. 
 
 The "Gate of the Notch" is in the near vicinity of the Crawford 
 House, and is a chasm between perpendicular rocks, distant 
 from each other but 22 feet; the diminutive stream flowing at 
 one side is the commencement of the Saco River, which flows 
 with ranid course and increasing volume through tlie fairest of 
 valleys to the sea. 
 
 Riding down the Notch from the Crawford House through the 
 "gates," you pass within the wild gorge, and, if you have a 
 guide or companion versed in the localite^ of the great ravine, 
 your eye and mind will be intent upon a series of views and 
 objects, of which it were foolish to attempt minute description 
 other than by name and general outline. 
 
 *' Piili)it Rock" is a great overhanging column of stone, the form 
 of which is best indicated by its name, a bold buttress or column 
 more after the fashion of "ye ancient" than the modern pulpit 
 
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 87 
 
 ^ . 
 
 WUITE MOUNTAIN NOTCH. 
 
 The " Infant" and the " Youn": Man" will be pointed out and the 
 " Old Maid" — a most venerable siuiciinen of the anxious and aim- 
 less class, with features ravaj;ed by time, long since become indif- 
 ferent to either the admiration or the contempt of men. The 
 " Elephant's Head" is elephantine at least in its proportions, and, 
 high up on the rocks of Mount Willard is the dark and inaccessible 
 entrance to the " Devils Den," which is some two miles from the 
 hotel, and is simply a dark cave in the rocks of limited extent 
 and void of peculiar interest or charm, tliough once reputed to I e 
 a sort of aerial charnel house and haunt of wild beasts ; it was 
 shorn of its terrors by investigation. 
 
 At a bend in the road, nearly a mile from the gateway, is one 
 of the most impressive scenes in the Notch, where the great out- 
 lines of Mounts Webster, Willey and Willard crowd in concen- 
 trated sweeping lines upon the narrow way. Further on at the 
 Willey House the pass is more open and the long range of walls 
 
88 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 • 
 
 on either hand have more of regularity, and the gorge is more 
 open. The widely famed Willey House was built in 1793, and is 
 distant from the Crawford House about three miles. In 1825 
 Samuel Willey, jr., a kind hearted and hospitable man tenanted 
 the house with his family. The house is located under the steep 
 acclivity of Mount Willey, w^uch rises some 2,000 feet behind the 
 house, and opposite is the forbidding front of Mount Webster, the 
 little Saco river flowing near by. 
 
 On the night of Monday, the 28th of August, 1826, occurred that 
 terrible storm which fed the mountain branches of the Saco and 
 the Ammonusuc, and changed the limpid current from a gentle 
 running stream to a mad rush of whirling waters, breaking old 
 bounds and roaring in lawless torrents, freighted with the 
 loosened soil and trees swept from the steep sides of the over- 
 hanging hills ; during this terrible night the tragic disaster of the 
 Willey House occurred; the house itself »"eceived no injury, but 
 the frightened inmates who sought safety by flight from the mad 
 fury of the crashing slides, were found buried in the debris below. 
 The faithful house dog escaping unhurt, appeared at Conway, 
 and, by all the resources of brute intellect, sought to give tidings 
 of the calamity, failing in which he disappeared at the top of his 
 speed, and afterwards, though occasionally seen, was missing. 
 The father, mother, five children, and two hired men perished; 
 the bodies of two sons and a daughter were never found. 
 
 The burial service of these victims of tragic death, as per- 
 formed on the spot, are described as singularly impressive. The 
 words I i be solemn prayer of the good elder, offered with dis- 
 tinct a\.l measured utterance, came back in slow and solemn 
 echoes from the seamed walls of the circling mountains. 
 
 The slopes of Mount Willey are quite bar'^, having only enough 
 of soil to furnish root-hold for the scanty crop of dwarfed birches 
 that somewhat relieve the desolation ol the scarred walls. 
 
 DRIVE TO THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT WILLAKD. 
 
 This safe and easy shaded ascent of about two miles may be 
 made in carriages from the hotel, or without diflBculty by pedes- 
 trians. Looking from the level, flower-carpeted shelf under the 
 sharp summit of the mounttan, you take in with one sweeping 
 
NOKTHEKN PLEASURE TRAVEL. , 89 
 
 glance the grand outlines of the gorge, the winding road through 
 the whole extent, the traces of slides upon the bold sides of the 
 mountains, and the sparkling line of the mountain brooks leaping 
 in gleaming and sinuous falls down the rugged slopes ; perhaps, 
 over all, a floating roof ot clouds changing and unfolding in the 
 soft sunlight. The stillness of the great height and the grand 
 sublimity of the landscape can but impress the beholder with 
 admiration and awe. 
 
 THE FLUME, 
 
 a brook pouring through the worn chasm or rent in the solid 
 rock, on the side of Mount Webster, is noted as one of the 
 beauties of tlio Notch, leaping through the curious channel of 
 stone in noisy and picturesque distuibauce on its way to join the 
 waters of the fiiir Saco. 
 
 THE SILVER CASCADE, 
 
 above the Flume, and a sort of continuation of the same, slides 
 down the mountain side for a mile, in windings, leapings and 
 turnings innumerable ; now in a broad sheet of whitened foam, 
 again divided in several streams, narrowing to a swift current 
 through the worn and narrow channel. The view from the rude 
 bridge, or from a point at the base of the fall, is of unrivalled 
 interest and beauty, and from all points this mountain cascade is 
 one of the attractions by no means to be _>assed by. You will 
 linger by its whitened torrent with increasing admiration. 
 Parties from the Crawford House can visit these falls at a very 
 trivial expense. 
 
 FALLS ON AVALANCHE BROOK. 
 
 These ftills are about six miles from the Crawford House, on 
 Mount Willey, upon a stream which flows down the slope ot the 
 mountain, near the track of the memorable land slide, and joins 
 the Saco below the Willey House. Following this brook, now 
 known as Ripley's or Avalanche brook, nearly two miles up the 
 mountain, a grand cascade bursts upon the view falling between 
 granite walls of picturesque forms and wonderful shaping, hung 
 
90 NORTHERN PLEABCRE TRAVEL. 
 
 with lichens and mosses, through a wild ravine overhung and en- 
 closed by the spruce forests. 
 
 The commencement of these falls is a succession of rocky steps 
 some fifty feet wide, continuing in a widening incline, broken 
 into sweeping curves, through the solid rock into the reservoir at 
 the foot. These falls are now christened the *' Sylvan Glade 
 Cataract." A mile further up the brook is a lesser series of falls 
 called the " Sparkling Cascade," worthy of a visit. 
 
 UP MOUNT WASHINGTON BY BRIDLEPATH. 
 
 Notwithstanding the tempting ease of railway and carriage road 
 ascents, some muscular tourists prefer the climbing by bridlepath, 
 as giving great variety of view and a journey combining variety 
 of prospect and experience. The route diverges into the forest 
 on the slope of Mount Clinton, shortly after leaving the hotel, and 
 in the rugged passage of eight and a half miles, passes over some 
 portion of Mounts Clinton, Pleasant, Franklin and Munroe, 
 giving the peculiar views obtained from a succession of bold out- 
 looks. You ascend at times a worn channel of the mountain 
 slope, pass through the heavy forests, dwarfed and thinned to the 
 hardier evergreens as you advance, and passing the dead-wood 
 region, where the shrubs and dwarfed trees stand spectral and 
 white on the bleak slopes, you come out on bare granite ledges 
 and wide views of deep valleys below. Mount Pleasant is so 
 named fnim the pleasing outline of its mass, as viewed from a 
 distance, but the ride along its southern slope is a rugged one, as 
 is also the winding way along the rocky slopes of Mount Frank- 
 lin, but from a point in the way nearest to the latter summit a 
 glorious view to the southward is obtained. 
 
 You overlook the great abyss of "Oake's Gulf" as you follow 
 along the side of Mount Monroe, and here catch a view of the 
 towering pyramid of Mount Washington, rising a thousand feet 
 above the high altitude from which you look. Winding down 
 upon the great elevated plain, among the huge bouldeis, to the 
 "Lake of the Woods," Adhere the wild Ammonusuc has its 
 source, the last stage of the ride along the brown and apparently 
 inaccessible slopes of Mount Washington, up into the region of 
 bare and forbidding rock, is along a p;ith among great boulders, 
 
NOKTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. W 
 
 (displaced to admit of passage), and quite likely the few rods of foot 
 travel from the rendezvous to the summit may not be made on 
 the "double quick," but rather with evidences of demoralization; 
 but the grand point is gained by this line of bold ascents and 
 noble outlooks, and from this elevated acre you may take the 
 wide sweep of view previously described. 
 
 The same choice of routes for descending, before described, is 
 now open to you, either by railway, carriage road to Glen House 
 on the east side, or if you are equal to the effort, by retracing 
 your steps with fresh horse over the rugged bridlepath. 
 
 THROUGH THE NOTCH TO CONWAY OR THE GLEN. 
 
 Journeying down the Notch to North Conway, or to the Glen 
 House, you pass out by a considerable ascent upon the road, onco 
 proach for pleasure seekers. Looking back, as you emerge into the 
 the great highway of travel, now principally an avenue of ap- 
 open country, you get a grand view of Mount »Vebster and 
 Mount Willey, with the rounded outline of Mount Willard 
 between and further on. The road now leads for a time through 
 a forest of birches, and to the left, in their order, you see the 
 mountains known as Giant's Stairs, (3,500 feet), Mouut Resolu- 
 tion, (3,400 feet), and Mount Crawford, (3,200 feet). 
 
 The old Mount Crawford House is next reached, once an im- 
 portant rendezvous for tourists, hunters aud anglers, now kept as 
 a boarding house. Mount Washington is sometimes ascended 
 from this point by a route not of late much patronized, but offer- 
 ing great attractions to the genuine lover of nature. This spot is 
 of interest as being the former residence of old Abel Crawford, 
 and is six miles distant from the Willey House. The amount of 
 teaming past this place through the Notch in the early days, 
 before the day of railroads, was immense ; an old resident tells of 
 counting for a single day the teams passing from above and 
 below at this point reaching the number of three hundred, only 
 two or three of which were single teams. 
 
 About a half mile further on is Naxcy's Brook, from its 
 associations a place of sad interest. It was here in 1778 that an 
 unfortunate girl, deserted by her lover, perished from exposure, 
 in the vain attempt to overtake the recreant deserter by a foot 
 
92 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 journey throiij;!^this, then, almost impassahle route. A stone, 
 known as "Nancy's Rock" is pointtid out as a mark of the 
 tragedy. Further on is a great bend in the road and river around 
 Hart's Ledge, and you shortly reach 
 
 sawyeb's rock. 
 
 Here is the present terminus of the Portland and Ogdensburg 
 Railroad, opened to this point for travel the present season, and 
 to be extended on through the Notch in the fiiture. One Nash 
 was the discoverer of the pass known as the Notch, associated 
 with Sawyer in the first transportation of a horse through the rough 
 gorge, then a work of diiUculty. When the last obstruction was 
 overcome, their emptied rum bottle was dashed against this high 
 rock, and Sawyer's Rock has been the name it has since borne. 
 Sawyer's River is the ^mall stream here crossed. The building 
 of the road through to the Notch was an undertaking of great 
 importance in the days when it was attempted, with the limited 
 means for carrying out the project 
 
 BARTLETT 
 
 is a scattered settlement, lying along the valley of the Saco, and 
 the Bartlett House is the half way or halting station on the route 
 from the Crawford to the Glen House, distant 15 miles irom the 
 former, and 20 miles from the latter. 
 
 TO THE GLEN HOUSE, 
 
 from Bartlett, the passenger from the Crawford House, by 
 stage, or by rail over the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad 
 from the east, passes northward along the valley of the Ellis 
 River through Pinltham Notch. A short drive from Bartlett, 
 crossing the bridge over the Ellis River, brings you to 
 
 GOODRICH FALLS, 
 
 worthy of your notice for their picturesque appearance. 
 
 THE TOWN OF JACKSON 
 
 is now becoming popular as a place of summer resort. It is rich 
 m mineral resources and romantic scenery. Iron Mountain is 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 93 
 
 • 
 
 nearly 3,000 feet high, and with Thom Mountain is rich in veins 
 of iron ore. Tin (the first found in the United States,) and cop- 
 per ores are also found with other valuable minerals. The towa 
 was formerly called Adams, afterwards changed to Jackson, to 
 better suit the political proclivities of the inhabitants. The town 
 is noted for its fine pastures, the green hillsides affording grazing 
 for great numbers of cattle from the surrounding country. The 
 way from Goodrich Falls to Jackson is through a broad valley, 
 the great hills clothed in thick forests lying in curving lines at 
 some distance on either hand. At one point in this portion of 
 the way a grand view of the great mountains of the White 
 Mountain range is had, noted for the grandeur and beauty of the 
 picture. 
 
 The Jackson Falls Hotel is close by the falls, which give the 
 house its name. It is a favorite retreat for anglers. " Wild Cat 
 Brook" here joins the Ellis river — the rapids on the same are near 
 at hand and are worthy of attention. There is another small but 
 comfortable hotel at this place, 
 
 Jackson City is the pretentious name of a little village resorted 
 to by those wishing the quiet which is here obtained. There are 
 two comfortable hotels here located and boarding accommodations 
 to be had in families. 
 
 PINKHAM NOTCH, 
 
 or Pinkham Pass, takes its name from the family of early settlers 
 of that name who, in April 1790, tenanted a log house, previ- 
 ously erected, which they found buried in the deep snows of that 
 inclement season. The ingenuity of one of the boys in harness- 
 ing the pig (their only live stock), to the hand-sled, containing 
 the entire outfit of the family, is narrated by Wi lley in his " Inci- 
 dents of White Mountain History ;" he also relates the incidents 
 of the fearful tornado of 1821, which sVept the town. 
 
 Passing the ways leading from the road to Glen Ellis Falls and 
 the Crystal Cascade, which we shall visit from the Glen House, 
 by the contiguous sources of the Ellis and Peabody Rivers, and 
 along the increasing and musical line of the latter stream. Mount 
 Carter being occasionally seen to the right, you ride through 
 forests, charmingly festooned with mosses, cross the bridge on 
 
94 
 
 NORTH ERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 the Peabody River, pass the carriage road to Mount Washinjijton 
 to the left, and ascend to the hospitable shelter ttiid the enjoyment 
 of the startling views so peculiar to the 
 
 GLEN HOUSE, 
 
 conducted by W. & C. R Milliken, with S. H. Cummings, under 
 the firm name of J. M. Thompson & Co. This house is situated 
 within the vast hollow, bounded by a rim of mountain peaks, and 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 95 
 
 is located more than 1,000 feet above the sea level. Mount 
 Washington is in view from its ground?. Adams, Jefferson, Clay 
 and Madison circle away to the northeast in impressive grandeur, 
 seamed with the scars of many a terrilic slide and desolating tor- 
 rent. Mount Adams appears from this point the highest, but les8 
 burly and majestic than Washington. 
 
 Mount Carter is in the rear of the Glen Ilouse, and from its 
 side the tourist who take" the trouble to climb through the forests 
 to a favorite point of view, will gain an unobstructed outlook 
 upon the five great peaks of the mountain range from Washing- 
 ton northward — Clay, Jetferson, Adams and Madison. The 
 traveler who makes his stay at this house for a time will be at no 
 loss for lack of the wonderful and the beautiful to excite and 
 charm away the hours. The house itself is one of the largest 
 and most commodious in the mountains, in appearance like two 
 buildings, connected by a central one, giving a long front of piazza, 
 and overlooking the Peabody River and the great mountain range. 
 Stage lines connect with Eastern Railway trains at North Con- 
 way, and with Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad at North 
 Conway and Bartlett, also stage line through Bartlett to Craw- 
 ford House. This line receives less patronage since the opening ' 
 of the railway on the western slope of the mountain. Autumnal 
 catarrh and hay fever are unknown troubles with the patrons of 
 this house. 
 
 The house was opened June 12th, for visitors, and an excellent 
 band of music is in attendance for promenading and dancing in 
 its spacious halls. 
 
 Visitors to the Notch may ascend to the summit by the carriage 
 road, and descend by the Mountain Riiilway to the Fabyan 
 Place or White Mountain House, and from thence to the Craw- 
 ford House at the Notch. But there are numerous objects of 
 interest in and around the Glen which will be visited before 
 making the ascent. 
 
 PEABODY RIVER. 
 
 This river runs in front of the hotel, and distant about a mile 
 from the hotel on the same^re those curious proofs of the effects 
 of continued action of running water upon solid rock, known as 
 
96 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 the "Garnet Pools," wliere the soIiJ g-anlte bed is worn for some 
 distance into curious and peculiar for ais, which can but interest 
 you. 
 
 On the road to Conway, over which you have come from Bart- 
 lett, a more leisurely visit will enable you to see those curiosities 
 iu nature which so greatly add to the attractioiis at this point. 
 
 THE EMERALD POOL, 
 
 near the roadway, is a charming reservoir of water from the 
 river, in delightlul quiet, and should not be omitted iu the sights 
 of the region. About two miles from the hotel are 
 
 THOMPSON'S FALLS, 
 
 on a brook of no great rise, leading into the Peabody River, ex- 
 tending for nearly three- fourths of a mile in a succession of lovely, 
 broken falls, ot easy descent, without presenting any startling 
 features, but with much of picturesque beauty, and the climb 
 along the wild stream brings you to points from which you gain 
 glorious mountain views. The falls are reached by a walk of 
 * about a fourth of a mile from the road. 
 
 CRYSTAL CASCADE. 
 
 These cascades are reached by a path diverging from the road 
 about three and one-half miles south ol the hotel, and leading up 
 the side of the great mountain; following this for half a mile, 
 you reach the top of a jutting spur overhanging a water-chiseled 
 chasm, through which a bright stream gurgles with hoarse 
 murmuring, while, from far up on the mountain side, the crystal 
 cascade comes gliding down ; light, feathery and white as the 
 snow, come the pure waters of the stream, descending from the 
 side of Mount Washington, under the walls of Tuckerman's 
 Ravine — a long, sheer descent of successive leaps and turns. 
 Over a rough slope of rock, in a descent of seventy-five feet, the 
 waters are tossed in widening folds, like gossamer drapery ani- 
 mated by the movements of an invisible fairy form beneath, con- 
 trasting strongly with the old an* seamed rocks of the cliff. 
 Tuckerman's Ravine may be reached by climbing directly up 
 
NORTUERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 97 
 
 this stream from the Cascade by a path known as Thompson's 
 path, which leaves the carriage road some two miles from the 
 base of Mount Washington, but is perhaps oftener explored by 
 descending into it from the summit. This long, deep ravine, 
 in the southern slope of the mountain, is filled to great deptli by 
 the accumulated snows of winter; the summer heats usually dis- 
 pel the immense snow bank during the month of August. In 
 the process of melting, the gradual wear of the streams some- 
 times lorm a grand arch of snow, of magnificent proportions, 
 and worn by melting processes into beautiful forms and out- 
 'mes. 
 
 Hermit Lake is a small sheet of water, so overhung and belit- 
 tled by the great southerly walls of the ravine, as to be passed by 
 with comparatively little attention. Climbing up through the 
 centre of this great gulf the walls of the great "Mountain Am- 
 phitheatre" rise on either hand and in advance; a vast enclosure, 
 to*the great proportions of which the eye ac^usts itself to full 
 comprehension but slowly, the outlines growing more and more 
 in force and power as the ability to comprehend it comes with 
 gazing. 
 
 GLEN ELLIS FALLS, 
 
 are about four miles from the Glen House — reached by taking a 
 footpath leading from the main road through a pine thicket, which 
 speedily brings you to the brink of a rocky precipice, above a nar- 
 row gorge overhung with dark masses of foliage. Descending 
 this cliff by the irregular natural steps and rude artificial helps, 
 you reach the bottom of a dark chasm and stand upon the brink 
 of a foaming caldron of emerald water, and glancing upwards, 
 you can see the stream leaping seventy feet at a single bound from 
 a worn channel of the rock. The scenery around this water-fall 
 combiner all the elements of beauty, wildness and startling con- 
 trast, which the most romantic could expect or desire ; a visit to 
 its wonders is one of the features of the stay at the Glen, from 
 which regular trips are made to this wild spot, affording grand 
 views of Mount Washington on the way. 
 T 
 
98 KORTIllBN PLEASURE TRAVIL. 
 
 Ur MOUNT WA8UIKUTON BY CABIUAQE BOAD. 
 
 This is still a favorite way of scaling tlie side of the central 
 suminil of the mountains. The road winds along the mountain 
 side a distance of eight miles from the hotel to the Mount Wash- 
 ington Hou»e,and is both safe and easy of ascent. This road was 
 llni^ilL'd in 1801, after six years of labor, and has an average grade 
 of a little less than one foot in eight, from which it varies in no 
 great degree. The time occupied in making the ascent is 
 about thiee hours. The lower half of the journey is by a winding 
 way through forests, emerging at the "Ledge" upon the bare wall 
 of the mouutiun, and winding along the brink of the Great Gulf, 
 across which you look upon the entire slopes of Mounts Jellerson, 
 Adauis and Madison, and continuing on it overlooks the Glen 
 and the valley through Pinkham Pass, and up the valley of the 
 Pealjody hiver toward Gorham. 
 
 The views widen and increase in scope and grandeur as yOu 
 approach the summit, which seems to develope itself anew as 
 you continue to rise over successive ridges. There is neither 
 danger or inconvenience in this way of ascent. Baggage wagons 
 accompany the passenger carriages, enabling parties to descend 
 on the other side by railway to the Fayban, White Mountain, Twin 
 Mountain or Crawtord House, as their inclination may lead. 
 
 The view from the summit has been previously described, as 
 have also the accommodations for a night upon the summit, or a 
 longer stay if you are enamored with the novel experience of 
 life at an elevation of 6,300 feet above sea level. 
 
 Before the building of the carriage road the ascent was tire- 
 some and attended with danger. 4 
 
 Near the summit, on the road, is the Lizzie Bourne monument, 
 previously noticed. It is a pyramid of rough stones surmounted 
 by a slab. Miss Bourne perished from exposure on this spot in 
 1655. In company with two male relatives they attempted the 
 ascent of the mountain without a guide, and, bewildered and 
 chilled, perished from exposure in the immediate vicinity of tlio 
 sunuuit houses. The following year a gentleman from the South, 
 who attempted the journey alone in August, was overtaken by a 
 storm and perished in the near vicinity, under the shelter of a 
 
KORTIIERK PLEASURE TRAVEL. 99 
 
 shelving rock; liIs remains were found the following season. 
 Near by, but lower down, I>i'. Hull of Boston survived exposure to 
 a furious snow storm, late in the season, and was rescued when 
 about to perish. 
 
 We have again brought you to the summit and again leave you 
 to choice of ways, no longer wanting, by which to descend and 
 retrace our steps to the Glen House, from which point many will 
 wish to take the pleasant trip to Gorham, on the Grand Trunk 
 Railway, in the Androscoggin v^.lley, and distant from the Glen 
 some eight miles. Stages from the Glen House connect with all 
 trains over the Grand Trunk liailway at this poiuL 
 
 AROUND GORHAM. 
 
 The scenery around Gorham is the noblest and wildest to be 
 seen in the immediate vicinity of any railroad town. The An- 
 droscoggin valley and the hills that enclose it, the distant view of 
 the great mountains of the central group, and the noble outlook 
 from neighboring hills, make a visit here a pleasure to live in 
 memory. 
 
 The many patrons of that fine and well kept hotel, the Alpine 
 House, learned with regret of its destruction by lire during the 
 winter of 1872-3 ; butj,he attractions at this point will not long 
 admit of the want of a tirst-class house remaining unsupplied. 
 Meanwhile, the tourist or traveler will tind comfortable enter- 
 tainment at the smaller hotels of the town. 
 
 Mount Carter, Mount Moriah, and the lesser and central 
 "Imp," are three prominent features in the landscape to the 
 south; the first 5,000 feet in height, the second 4,700 feet, and the 
 three forming the eastern slope of the Glen. The outline of 
 Mount Moriah is a series of curves and flowing lines, softened by 
 the luxuriant forests which clothe its waving slopes. Mount 
 Carter is rugged, scarred, and seamed, in the long slope which it 
 presents to view at tliis point. 
 
 BANDOLPH HILL, 
 
 five miles from the village, is an elevation from which the finest 
 imaginable view of the surrounding mountains may be had, and 
 
100 NORTHERN PLEASURE TUaVEL, 
 
 is a favorable point from which to study the rare combinations of 
 the wild and rugged landscape. 
 
 THE PILOT HILLS, 
 
 to the northwest, are grand in outline, and in a deep cleft of the 
 range the ice and snow, among the immense granite blocks in the 
 cold shadows of the ravine, defy the extreme heat of the warmest 
 summer. The Androscoggin Hills lie along to the eastward. 
 The noble outline of Mount Hayes to the northeast being the 
 most prominent peak. 
 
 DRIVES. 
 
 A stay of a few days at this point enables the tourist to enjoy 
 the fine drives in this vicinity. The drive to the Lead Mine 
 Bridge, four miles from the village, near the abandoned lead mine, 
 and noted as a favorable site from which to view the valley of the 
 Androscoggin, with its chain of green isles and background of 
 noble mountains, and the great White Mountains, robbed by the 
 distance of their forbidding aspects, but standing out in noble 
 outline in the vast picture here presented. There is also the 
 drive to Shelburne, six miles below, and the view from Bald Cap 
 Mountain ; to Berlin Falls, six miles above the village — a series 
 of rapids, where, for nearly a mile, the Androscoggin sweeps in a 
 long, rapid descent, much admired for its wild beauty and fascinat- 
 ing power. A bridge crosses the river at the narrowest part, from 
 which a fine view of the sweeping current may be had. These 
 falls will be judged by many to be among the grandest of the 
 mountain tour, and the scenery along the way is continuous in 
 its charm. From the falls the drive should be continued some 
 four miles to Milan, a trip elaborately described by Starr King. 
 
 - ASCENT or MOUNTAIN SUMMITS. -* 
 
 The climbing of Mount Surprise (1,200 feet elevation,) by bridle- 
 path requires no undue exertions, and the view commands an un- 
 obstructed sight of the great mountain range, and looks directly 
 upon the wildest and most rugged scenery of the hills and the 
 Androscoggin valley. The distance is two and one-hall* miles, 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 101 
 
 and the ascent occupies about one and one-half hours. No summit 
 so easily reached commands so wide and charming a view as this. 
 Mount Hayes (so named in honor of a former landlady of the 
 Alpine House,) may also be ascended by bridlepath, aftV>rding a 
 view in which Mount Washington stands out in all its majesty 
 and grandeur, and the winding valley of the Androscoggin, with 
 its clean banks, many islands and noble, enclosing hills, is seen for 
 a score of miles. 
 
 Mount Moriah may be now ascended by footpath. Formerly the 
 bridlepath was largely used and kept in safe and fine condition, 
 but of late it has been neglected. From this summit of 4,700 feet 
 elevation, reached by a path through thick forests and over bare 
 ledges of the mountain side, the outlook is upon the sea of sum- 
 mits in a circle broken only upon the southwest by the open 
 country of Maine. 
 
 Athletic tourists sometimes ascend Mount Madison from Gor- 
 ham, riding to the foot of Randolph Hill and following a blazed 
 path. A competent guide should be engaged for the excursion, 
 which may, under competent guidance, be prolonged over Mounts 
 Jefferson, Adams and Clay, to Mount Washington summit, but 
 no one should undertake this trip who is not equal to a vigorous 
 and exhausting tramp, or who will not find, in the savage gorges 
 and great ravines into which the path enables the traveler to 
 look, and in the succession of views had along the way of pro- 
 gress, from points not often trodden by foot of man, an ample 
 recompense for the hardships of the journey. 
 
 FROM GOBHAM TO THE NOTCH. 
 
 The route to the Notch from Gorham by the Cherry Mountain 
 road, a distance of thirty-two miles, affords a series of glorious 
 views during the entire journey, enabling the traveler to avail 
 himself of the extensive prospect from Randolph Hill, before 
 mentioned, and a changing succession of panoramic pictures of 
 the great range seen from this northern line of travel ; especially 
 is the view from the road in Jefferson one to be forever remem- 
 bered, sweeping, as it does, a wide line of summits standing in a 
 vast arc of circling majesty. At the point where the Waumbek 
 House is located, at the base of Starr King Mountain (3,80C feet 
 
102 KORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 elevation), the finest view is had. At this house many halt for 
 dinner, and for the enjoyment ot the view from its piazzas. A 
 path leads up the mountain from this house, and a prolonged stay 
 cannot iiiil to be a pleasant one. In the valley fronting the hotel 
 is the peculiar mound, sometimes called the " Sleeping Giant," 
 from a seeming resemblance to a giant human form lying upon 
 his back. To the southwest, in clear weather. Mount Washington 
 and the attendant peaks appear to be in near proximity. The 
 Franconia range is to the west, and the Pilot Mountains to the 
 north. This house is distant 17 miles from the Notch, 13 miles 
 from the Fabyan Place, and 28 miles from the Profile. The route 
 from this point to the Profile House is through the growing and 
 enterprising town of Whitefield, and over the hills of Bethlehem. 
 The road to the Crawford House or the Fabyan Place is along 
 the valley towards the source of Israel's River, and the valley of 
 the Ammonusuc, passing through the town of Carroll and along 
 the base of Cherry Mountain (3,219 feet elevation), beautifully 
 wooded to the summit, with the peak of " Owl's Head" at its 
 northern extremity. 
 
 CONWAY, N. H. 
 
 This quiet valley town on the banks of the Saco, though for- 
 gotten and overshadowed by the places of more general resort, 
 has great charms for those who have learned to enjoy its quiet 
 
 nd the beauty of the surrounding landscape. The Conway 
 House, L. H. Eastman, proprietor, is one of the largest and best 
 of the hotels of this region, providing for guests all substantial 
 comforts. The livery stable is one of the best connected with 
 any of the country hotels. Patrons are taken to all points of 
 interest in the mountain region, and the many drives are unsur- 
 passed in their attractions. Anglers find this a favorite plac^at 
 which to spend a few days or weeks, and those seeking quiet 
 retirement in near vicinity to the attractions of the mountains 
 can but be pleased with a few weeks or months of rest in this 
 intervale town. The PequaJcet House is a smaller but commo- 
 dious and well kept hotel. 
 
NOETHERX PLEASURE TRAVEL. 103 
 
 NORTH CONWAY. 
 
 This charming village is reached by the route by boat, stage 
 and rail from Weirs and Centre Harbor, previously described, 
 also directly from Boston over the Eastern and Great Falls and 
 Conway Railroad, two trains each day, arriving soon after noon 
 and in the early evening, the time by fa?t trains being about five 
 houi*s from Boston. The Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad iilso 
 connects with Portland (three trains each day) in the season of 
 pleasure travel. This line is now advanced beyond this point to 
 Sawyer's Rock, beyond Bartlett, some ten miles from the Craw- 
 ford House, and the management intend to push it vigorously to 
 completion through the Notch. Elegant cars are run through 
 from Boston over the Boston and Maine and Portland and Og- 
 densburg roads, without change, and the route is pleading and 
 attractive, noted for the smoothness and safety with which trains 
 are run, and ample time for dinner on the shores of the beautiful 
 Sebago Lake. 
 
 HOTELS. 
 
 Of these there is no lack, and the visitor may suit his tastes as 
 to locality and style of entertainment. In the immediai^e vicinity 
 of the new Eastern Railroad station is the new, large and com- 
 modious first-class hotel, the Kiarsarge House^ kept by Messrs. 
 Thompson & Andrews. It will accommodate three hundred 
 guests, and is built and furnisLsd >.. n a scale of liberality which 
 is sustained in the details of management. The building is 
 lighted with gas, and the nearness to the station is a convenience 
 to business men. 
 
 The Intervale ffousCf kept by Mudgett & Eastman, is located ^ 
 under the slope of Mount Pequaket, or Kiarsarge, and is within 
 a beautiful enclosure of hills and surrounded by attractive points, 
 Qiisily reached by short walks from the Hotel. The buildings are 
 comparatively new, and it will be found to be a centre of attrac- 
 tions for those who tarry at this point. The Sunset Pavilion^ 
 by the Masons, is ejjtensively patronized, and the managers and 
 employees evidently intend that there shall be no lack of attention 
 on their part to the wants of their patrons. The McMillan 
 House is to the southward, in the direction of Artists' Falls, and 
 
104 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 the North Conway House, by N. R. Mason, the Washington 
 House and the Randall Ilouse all receive extensive patronage in 
 the summer month». 
 
 The Mason Ilouse is a new and elegant hotel, complete in its 
 furnishing, kept by the senior Mason, formerly of the Sunset 
 Pavilion, so long and favorably known to the traveling public. 
 It is the most convenient house to the depot of the Eastern 
 Kailroad, and here travelers and tourists will find all needed 
 comforts and attention. 
 
 The liandall House is a commodious and well furnished hotel, 
 greatly enlarged the present season, kept by J. T. Randall, Esq., 
 well known to frequenters of this fair village for several years. 
 Carriages connect with the railroad trains from all the hotels. 
 
 This romantic village is the centre of resort in the Saco valley, 
 and the key to the mountain region from the southeast. The 
 village lies upon a plain of some four or five miles long by three 
 wide, overlooking the intervales of the Saco, which is here a 
 stream of several rods in width, fordable in many places and flow- 
 ing over a bed of the purest stones and pebbles, worn and washed 
 to smoothness and whiteness by the pure waters. The stream is 
 liable to rapid rising at times, to the great danger of those having 
 property upon its banks ; at the lime of the Willey disaster it rose 
 twenty-four feet in a single night. 
 
 The smiling intervales or meadows are noted for their beauty, 
 and the distant view of the giant peaks of the White Mountains 
 to the northward, looking up the Saco valley, is considered one 
 of the finest in the state, the distance softening all harsh and 
 rugged outlines into beautiful curves and combinations. The 
 sunsets at this point are of peculiar beauty, gilding and fading on 
 the range of bold summits, before advancing shadows — a vast 
 picture of soft and flowing outline, over which the rolling vapors 
 sweep and clouds hover, contending with the struggling light 
 upon the peaks of bold summits and in the wild mountain gorges. 
 
 To the nortlieast of the village, 
 
 PEQUAKET, 
 
 or Kiarsarge Mountain rises, a lone, swelling summit, symmetrical 
 in outline, surmounted by the hotel clamped to the rocks of the 
 
NORTHEilN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 105 
 
 very summit. The elevation is 3,367 feet, and it stands like an 
 immovable sentinel upon the outpost of the grim host of hills. 
 The ascent can be made with horses, or by pedestrians, without 
 dithculty, to the very summit. From this hijjjhest southern eleva- 
 tion there is a magnificent view of the whole army of hills to the 
 north and west, including the whole White Mountain Range, and 
 of tlie central dome Mount Washington, and Mount Lafayette of 
 the Franconia group. The fair valley of the Saco can be 
 followed from near its source in the mountain fastnesses far on 
 its course to the sea. To the east lie the reaches of level country 
 in Maine and the waters of fair Sebago and the lesser likes. 
 
 There is a range of rugged hills to the east called " Rattlesnake 
 Ridge," and " Mote Mountain" to the southwest, with the sharp 
 pyramids of old Chucorua in the same direction, but in the far 
 distance. 
 
 Starr King says " we hav3 seen no other region of New England 
 so swathed in dreamy charm," — that at times "the spiritual heights, 
 from which nature issues, unseal their opulance, and send the 
 freshet of bloom — times when the finer ' light in light ' will break 
 its bounds, and the whole valley will turn into a goblet brimming 
 with beauty too liberal to be contained by the mountain walls 
 that are tinted with its wierd waves." 
 
 THE WHITE HOBSE LEDGES, 
 
 upon the face of Mote Mountain, rise almost perpendicularly in 
 a rocky face of several miles extent, reaching at some points a 
 height of eight hundred feet. In the ride to these ledges from 
 the village by the road, through the fields and plains, the sparkling 
 waters of the Saco are twice forded; but it may require the aid 
 of the imagination to discern the outlines of the " White Horse" 
 upon the frowning wall ; but thert is no lack of real attractions, 
 among which is the beautiful 
 
 ^-iS- 
 
 ECHO LAKE, 
 
 a gem among the mountain lakes, unruffled by the slightest 
 breeze, sleeping beneath the rocky walls and reflecting the bold 
 outline of overhanging cliffs. The blast of a horn and the sound 
 
106 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 of the voice Is clearly and sharply echoed from the cliffs, some- 
 times, Willi a sfiglit re-echo, but wanting the resounding rex)etitlon 
 ot the lilie named wonder at Franconia. 
 
 THE CATHEDRAL. 
 
 In the wall of the great ledges next visited, is a cave of forty 
 feet in depth by some sixty feet in height ; you stand within it, as 
 within a wide, rough granite alcove in the face of the wall, the 
 forest trees standing in audience before you and shading the light 
 which falls within. Along the seamed walls the work of the 
 silent forces of the frost are seen at the base ; great flakes and 
 blocks pried off the granite tace of the walls by freezing wedges 
 of ice lie in confusion, and others seem hanging only by the 
 slightest hold, which the next frost wedge will loosen and hurl 
 below. 
 
 devil's den. 
 
 In the debris at the foot of the ledge, not far from the Cathe- 
 dral, formed by a huge scale of granite, sliding over a mass of 
 loose blocks, is the " Devil's Den," an enclosed space in tlie fallen 
 mass entered by creeping through a tortuous passage. By light- 
 ing a fire in this cave you can take a lunch, with no fear of dis- 
 turbance from his Santanic majesty, and to the great delight of 
 the juveniles. 
 
 Thompson's Falls must not be forgotten in the visit, and 
 
 DIANA'S BATHS 
 
 are another wonder which should be seen by all. Another way, 
 through pastures and forests, and you reach a small mill, above 
 which the stream from the forest flows over a bed of the whitest 
 granite, flecked with crystals. Ordinarily the flow of water is 
 not large, but the solid granite bed is worn in every conceivable 
 form, dropping in steps at irregular intervals, and filled with wells 
 worn in the solid surface by whirling eddies and revolving bould- 
 ers, seamed by the swift and continual flow of ceaseless currents 
 into curious and fantastic grooves. Sometimes the limpid current 
 flows through a single worn channel In its plunge over the rocky 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 107 
 
 step, then follows an oblique seam in the rock in its well worn 
 way until it plunges through a series of oi)enings on the brink of 
 the next descent, or drops into the spiuklhig wells in the solid 
 bed, to overflow in bubbling purity and take its next leap in a 
 wide sheet of transparent beauty. Unless swollen by unusual 
 rains you need not look for startling or overwhelming features; 
 but for curious and beautiful combinations it is worthy of a visit, 
 and will impress itself indelibly on the memory. 
 
 artist's falls. 
 
 These charming falls are to the south of the village, and are 
 widely known in prints and photographic representations. All 
 will wish to look upon the beautiful ttill among the wild combi- 
 nation of rocks and shading trees ; but here, as in nearly all the 
 charms around North Conway, look rather for the quietly beauti- 
 ful than the overpowering and forbidding aspects presented in 
 the immediate vicinity of the mountains. 
 
 DRIVES. 
 
 Though you may remain for weeks at North Conway, you may 
 have a new drive or walk of absorbing interest each day of your 
 stay, to points of interest through a country which can but interest 
 you. Excursions to Chucorua Lake and Gould's Pond, to Con- 
 way Corner, to Fryeburg, once a very important village, built on 
 a broad plain within a wide sweep of the Saco. At this place 
 Daniel Webster once taught the village academy, and here and 
 at Ossipee are many Indian relics. Near by is Lovewell's Pond, 
 with thickly wooded shores, near which was fought that desperate 
 battle with the Indians, so terrible in the slaughter of both the 
 whites and savages — one of the most fierce and obstinate of the 
 encounters with the Pequaket Indians. The commander, Capt. 
 Lovewell, and more than a quarter of the whole white force, fell 
 at the first onset, but the fight continued for ten hours, when the 
 savages retired. An excursion to Jackson and the Cascades, on 
 the branch of the Ellis River, should not be omitted. 
 
 CHUCORUA. 
 
 That "rocky mass of bare granite spires and shafts," the 
 
108 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL, 
 
 sharpest pinnacle of the entire region, excepting Mount Adams, 
 reaches an elevation of 3,360 feet. The scaling of its upright 
 ledges is esteemed a test of courage and strength. It may be 
 reached from Conway. 
 
 The Baukft IIouHe, at West Ossipee, a favorite poli.t of de- 
 parture under Its former management, which will be sustained 
 and improved by the present proprietors. A fine view of the 
 mountain and the surrounding country is had from this point, 
 and teams are furnished for excursionists, sportsmen and others. 
 J. H. Plummer, Esq., is the present proprietor. 
 
 MONTREAL. 
 
 Reaching tills Canadian metropolis, by either of the ways of 
 approach described under the heads of routes, your first question 
 will no doubt be for a place at which to tarry during your stay. 
 At the 
 
 MONTREAL HOUSE, 
 
 Custom House Square, Montreal, Decker & Co., proprietors, re- 
 cently remodeled and refitted throughout, you will find all the 
 requisites for making your stay both comfortable and pleasant. 
 Located in full view of the great Victoria Bridge, near the land- 
 ing of the foreign steamers and river boats, and convenient to all 
 points of Interest. Decker & Co., the proprietors, have had long 
 experience in the keeping of first-class houses, and patrons will 
 not be disappointed. Carriages furnished at the hotel for drives 
 to all part« of the city and the surroundings. The rooms are not 
 suqjassed by any hotel in the city, and no requisite of a first-class 
 hotel will be found wanting. The large, airy rooms, healthful 
 breeze from the river, supplemented by faithful attendance, and 
 reasonable charges, will recommend the house to your renewed 
 patronage should you once make it your home. 
 
 This commercial and financial metropolis of the Canadas is 
 also the most populous of Canadian cities — some 140,000 souls. 
 It is situated at the head of river navigation proper, 540 miles 
 from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, on the Island of Montreal, which 
 lies between the broad St. Lawrence and the rapid Otiawa — the two 
 
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 miles in length and ten in width, and is considered the garden of 
 the Provinces. The surlace is generally level, excepting the 
 eminence of Monnt lioyal in the background, rining 550 feet 
 above river level, and from which the city talviis its name, 
 Montreal being a shortening or modittcation of Mount ItoyaL 
 
 The settlement of the town was determined upon by the flrst 
 explorer, Jaques Cartier, in IS^^o, the site being that of the old 
 Indian village of "llochelaga," but tlie permanent founding of 
 the city did not take place till 1042, and in one hundred years of 
 growth it gathered a population ot only 4,000 souls ; since then 
 the growth has been rapid. 
 
 It was under French rule till 1700, when it passed into the 
 hands of tlw' English. In 1775 Ethan Allen made his mad attack 
 upon the city with a handful of men, and was defeated and cap- 
 tured; but shortly after, in the same year, Montgomery entered 
 the city in triumph. The water communication with the city is 
 said to be the most extensive of any city in the world so far in- 
 land. 
 
 Here, as at Quebec, are the lower and the upper town, though 
 not so plainly separated by unmisUikable natural elevations as in 
 tlie more northern capital. The lower town is somewhat cramped 
 and gloomy in the laying out of the narrow streets and style of 
 the buildings in the old French order, while the upper town has 
 wide streets and squares, with large, imposing structures, built 
 mostly of the greyish limestone of the region. 
 
 The broad quays of solid limestone are unsurpassed by any on 
 the continent, and, to accommodate the growing commerce of 
 this thriving inland port, the docks and basins are continually 
 being improved and enlarged. Vessels from all parts of the 
 world lie at its wharves ; ocean steamers of three thousand tons, 
 and sailing vessels of twelve hundred tons can reach the city and 
 be accommodated in the harbor. A wide terrace, faced with 
 grey limestone, crowned on the parapet by a durable iron rail- 
 ing, divides the city from the river. 
 
 • VIEW OF THE CTTT. 
 
 Approached by^the rivtr, by steamer from Lacliine, the sight 
 
NORTDEKN PLEASURE TRAVEL. Ill 
 
 presented to the stranger is one of rare Interest and beauty ; the 
 glittering sj.*. ;8 and great domes and towers combine iii royal 
 proportions; tlie enduring structures of cut stone stretch in a 
 long line upon tlie river Iront. Mount Koyal h in tlie background, 
 and you pass beneath that great triumph of modern uuterpriso 
 and engiueeriugi 
 
 THE VICTORIA BRIDOK, 
 
 which serves the important purpose of giving uninterrupted rail 
 conununicution between tlie Eastern Stales and Canadas and the 
 Great West. It is used only for railway tran^it and gives to the 
 Grand Trunk Railway full control of railway approaches fiom 
 the Eiist. This great work, sometimes cliissed as the eighth arti- 
 ficial wonder of the world, was completed in 18()0, under the 
 superintendence of Kobert IStephenson and his associates, and is 
 one and a quarter miles iu length, or two miles including the 
 extensions. It is supported on twenty-four piers, the central 
 span being three bundled and thirty feet, the remaining ones two 
 hundred and forty-two feet, with massive abutments; the bridge 
 tube is of iron, twenty-two feet high by sixteen wide, slightly les- 
 sening at tlie ends. It was erected at a cost of ^(),;>00,000. The 
 height of the centre spau above ordinary river level is sixty leet. 
 Three million cubic feet of masonry and ten thousand tons of irou 
 enter into the constructiou of the gigantic work. There is au 
 opening in the centre affording a magnificent river view. No 
 railroad train is allowed to enter this bridge without a written 
 permit from the proper officer, thus insuring exemption from col- 
 lision or accident; the passage is somewhat cheerless, occupying 
 some six minutes, though seeming much longer to the passenger. 
 By obtaining a permit, at tlie office of the Grand Trunk liailway, 
 tourists can inspect a portion of the interior of the bridge. The 
 river beneath the bridge has a swift current and the piers are 
 calculated to witiistaud immense pressure ft'oin descending masses 
 of ice. ■■■- . • - . .. : : 
 
 PLACES OF INTEREST. 
 
 Of massive bnildings, combining show of stren^'t'i and perma- 
 nence witli architectural beauty, there is no lack in oilontreaL On 
 
112 NORTH KBN PLEASUBE TRAVEL, 
 
 Groat St. James street the Post Oftlce is a beaut ifiil building of 
 cut stone; adjoining, and of more elal)orute artliitccture, is the 
 Banlc of British Norlli America; on the same street is the build- 
 ing couHtructed of f^uudslone, and perhaps the finest in the city, 
 known as Molson's Bank, and the fine building in the Italian 
 style, with an elaborately decorated lecture room, known as the 
 Mechanics' Institute. 
 
 On Notre Dame street, built in tlie Grecian, Ionic style, Is the 
 New Court House, of elegant proportions and material. The 
 Old Government House is on tlie same street. 
 
 Tlie Nelson Monument, at the head of Jaques Cartler Square, 
 is a column of grey limestone crowned with the ligure of tlie hero 
 of Trafalgar. 
 
 The Champ de Mars is the parade ground for the garrison 
 regiments and volunteer soldiery; three thousand troops may be 
 reviewed upon it, and it is a favorite promenade for citizens. Here 
 the fine bands of the regiments often discourse sweet music 
 during the summer evenings. Facing this 8(iuare is the Geologi- 
 cal Museum with its extensive collection of specimens. 
 
 Viger Square, near the Champ de Mars, is beautifully laid out 
 as a garden, with conservatory, fountains, etc. 
 
 On St. Catherine street is the English Cathedral, the most 
 perfect specimen of Gothic architectre in America, surrounded by 
 a cluster of lofty spires. 
 
 Bonsecours Market is a magnificent edifice, the dome of which 
 attracts attention as you land from the boat. Tlie upper stories 
 contain the city offices, a magnificent hall or concert room which 
 will seat 4,( 00 persons, and the rooms of the City Council most 
 elegantly ornamented and arranged. The location is at the 
 corner of Water and St. Paul's streets. 
 
 The McGill College, so called from Hon. James McGill, who 
 liberally endowed the institution, has extensive buildings and 
 museum. : r "■ • ; • ->5. 
 
 St. Patrick's Hall was a fine building on Victoria square, but 
 was destroyed by fire in 1872. The dry goods and hardware 
 trade centres are on St. Paul street, which presents a fine line of 
 warehouses. But the great centre of interest lor strangers is the 
 French 
 
NORTHERN PLBV3UBB TRAVEL. 113 
 
 OATUEDUAL OF NOTBB DAME, 
 
 repute*! to be the largest church edifice In N'orth America, holdiag 
 withia its walls 10,000 people. The building la two hundred and 
 sixty feet long by oue huadred and lorty feet broad, and the two 
 massive towers, flanking the front upon the square, rise two 
 hundred and twenty feet. There Is a famous peal of bells In the 
 left tower, one of whicli is the fainou^ "Gros Bourdon," weigliing 
 fifteen tons and having a deep bass intonation. Tlu prosiiect 
 from the right tower, which can be ascended by payment of a 
 Blight fee, is wonderfully wide, looking out upon tlie broad waters, 
 the islands and sliipping of the St. Lawrence, the rai)ids of 
 Lachine, the distant Vermont hills and the suburban villages. 
 The seminary ol St. Sulpice adjoins the Catliedral and is sur- 
 rounded by spacious gardens and court yards. In near vicinity, 
 around this fine square, are the noble buildings of the Important 
 Banking and Insurance Companies of the Dominion. 
 
 DRIVE3. 
 
 The Canadian carriage is kept with scrupulous neatness, the 
 drivers are your willing and obliging servants, knowing every 
 inch of the routes by which they convey you, and the prices, un- 
 like American coaching fares, do not spoil the fairest prospects 
 by threatening total ruin to your finances. A vehicle drawn by 
 two horses may be had at a charge of one dollar for first hour, 
 and seventy-five cents for additional hours ; for carriage with one 
 horse for one or two persons, fifty cents first hour, and forty cents 
 for additional hours is about the usual charge ; and, for trips to 
 the suburbs, charges vary with the number of the party and dis- 
 tance. Carriages will be found at the Railway station, and the 
 tourist can proceed immediately on his ride through the city if 
 pressed for time. 
 
 The drive of nine miles around the mountain, visiting the 
 Mount Royal Cemetery, two miles from the city, on the northern 
 slope of Mount Royal, approached by a broad avenue, and of itself 
 well worth a visit, is a trip which should by no means be omitted, 
 afibrding as it does commanding and attractive views of the Ca- 
 nadian metropolis and the great river of the North, which no 
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114 NORTHEKN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 lover of the beautiful and the grand in land8cape should fail to 
 enjoy. 
 
 The Tiews obtained from the Water Works Reservoir, a mile 
 from the city, cut in the solid rock, are extensive and interesting. 
 A drive down the river bank to Lougue "Point is in great favor 
 Willi the people of the city, and will prove of interest to visitors. 
 
 The drive which, perhaps, will prove of greatest interest, is 
 that of nine miles to the village of Lachine. The Lachine road 
 leads aloTig the banks of the St. Lawrence, and during this drive, 
 by selecting the proper time, the descent of the steamer through 
 the Rapids may be witnessed. The Rapids, below Lachine, have 
 a fall of forty-four and a half feet, and the descent of these by 
 steamer is one of the sensations of your visit. Every morning 
 1(iu suijimer) a train leaves the railroad station on Bona venture 
 street, at 7 o'clock a.m., for Lachine, connecting with the small 
 steamer at the railroad wharf, for the trip down the Rapids. 
 Caughnawaga, the Indian village opposite, is the point from 
 which Baptiste, the renowed Indian pilot, comes out in his bark 
 canoe to pilot the boats of the Canadian Navigation Company 
 through the Rapids. These Rapids offer the greatest obstacle to 
 navigation of any on the river, and that immense work, the La- 
 chine Canal, eight and one-half miles in length, was constructed 
 to avoid this obstruction. Improvements about to be made will 
 enable all descending steam craft to keep the river, leaving the 
 canals exclusively to sailinj^ vessels and ascending boats. 
 
 The morning trip to Lachine, with the return by steamer 
 through the Rapids, and beneath the largest and most noted 
 bridge in the world, givinar the favorite view of the city, and 
 landing you again at the wharf by 9 o'clock A.M., will prove a 
 wonderful appetizer and a lasting pleasure. 
 
 DOWN THE ST. LAWBENCE. 
 
 From Montreal to Quebec passage may be made, during the 
 season of navigation— usually from April to December— on one 
 of the staunch and commodious steamers owned by the Richelieu 
 Company, and called the "Montreal" and the "Quebec." Leaving 
 Montreal in the evening, (excepting Sunday evening), passing 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 115 
 
 • 
 
 the fort on the island in the harbor, leaving Lonouetl to the 
 right, and passing the group of islands below the city and the 
 mouth of the Ottawa river, you are fairly on the way to the old 
 capital. Bflceil Mountain attracts attention to the eastward, and 
 you cannot fail to be interested in the general appearance of the 
 novel landscape, a 'sort of "Northern Holland," appearing in 
 many instances from the boat to be below water level ; in other 
 places, as you progress, the shores slope in terraces, or wide 
 steps, terminating in a ridge. 
 
 SoREL or William Henry, forty-five miles below Montreal, 
 is the first station where a halt is made by the steamer. This 
 Canadian town is built around a central square at ihe confiuence 
 of the St Johns (otherwise known as the Richelieu or Sorel 
 river) and the St. Lawrence. The St. Johns or Richelieu River is 
 peculiar in the fact that, at its outlet, it is narrower than at its 
 source or through its course, being the northern outlet of Lake 
 Champlain. There is immense transportation of lumber along 
 its course. 
 
 Some fifty miles below Montreal, and five miles below Sorel, 
 the broad river expands into a wide lake nearly twenty-five miles 
 in length, and (at its widest) nine miles width, known as "Lake 
 St. Peter," and interspersed with islands at its upper entrance; 
 though the wide expansion produces a shallow depth, the channel 
 followed by shipping admits the passage of vessels of the larger 
 class. The River St. Francis here enters the lake from the 
 south. 
 
 The scenery along the route may not prove of sufficient variety 
 and interest to keep the traveler from needed rest through the 
 long night hours, though the mighty river, draining through the 
 lakes that immense valley, will never be without its suggestions 
 of power; and, when the moon, breaking from rolling curtains 
 of cloud tints the broad expanse, till it glitters like a vast surface 
 of silver sparkling with diamond points of light, which fade and 
 renew in the wake of the dancing silver waves which mark your 
 progress, the wakeful traveler will find no lack of suggestive 
 sights in his midnight watch. 
 
 A great amount of shipping of every class will be passed, and 
 immense timber rails will be observed in the descent, floating 
 
116 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 down to the gr^at lumber mart at Quebec, sometimes in single 
 rails and sometimes in many combined in a floating timber town, 
 populous with hardy lumbermen, whose songs enliven the monot- 
 ony of their voyage. 
 
 The town of " Three Rivers," midway between Montreal and 
 Quebec, is one of the oldest settlements in Canada, has convent 
 buildings and church edifices of considerable architectural pre- 
 tensions. The town was first settled in 1618, and has a popula- 
 tion of nearly 6,000 souls. The Kiver St. Maurice here joins the 
 St. Lawrence and is divided at his mouth by islands into three 
 distinct channels, (hence the name of the town "Three Rivers.") 
 Immense quantities of logs and manufactured lumber come down 
 the St. Maurice, to this lumber centre, where are located several 
 extensive saw mills and foundries. A branch of the Grand 
 Trunk Railway diverging from the Quebec division at Arthabaska 
 has its terminus at Doucet's Landing opposite this point 
 
 A canoe voyage up the St. Maurice for thirty miles to the 
 "Falls of the Shawenegan" is sometimes made. Just above the 
 mouth of the Shawenegan river the broad stream plunges in a 
 sheer descent of one hundred and fifty feet — a natural wonder, 
 which, if easily reached, would be one of the chief attractions of 
 Canadian travel. 
 
 Some fifty miles before reaching Quebec the rapids of Richelieu, 
 where the river contracts into narrow space, and the current 
 flows over a rocky bed, was, in the olden time, considered quite 
 an impediment to navigation; below these rapids the banks 
 become gradually elevated. From the red banks of Cape Rouge 
 (seven miles above Quebec), the shores of the river rise into hills 
 and precipices. The Chaudiere River enters six miles above the 
 city, the precipitous banks increase in height and the eager 
 stranger catches a distant view of the towers and battlements of 
 the grand old northern city. 
 
 Before reaching the town, "Wolfe's Cove" will be pointed out 
 to the left — that memorable spot where the brave commander 
 landed his forces under cover of darkness, and scaling the preci- 
 pice, fought the memorable battle which changed the destiny of 
 the western empire. The round Martello Towers, in advance of 
 the defences of the city, on the plains of Abraham, first attract 
 
NORTHKKN PLEASURE TRAVEL, 117 
 
 attention, and you sweep in full view of the defiant battlements 
 and towers which crown the natural walls of Old Quebec — the 
 seat of ancient dominion — where jealous nations contended for 
 supremacy and shook its rocky throne with the roar and clash of 
 contending armies. As you approach the point of landing the 
 grim battlements of the city are upon the left; the growing settle- 
 ment of Point Levi, the railway terminus at this point, is to the 
 right, the fair island of Orleans is just below you, while about you, 
 in one of the grandest inland harbors of the world, capable of 
 floating at the same time one hundred ships of the line, are vessels 
 of every class ; the largest ever constructed can float under the 
 yery walls of the citadel. 
 
 MONTREAL TO QUEBEC BY RAIL. 
 
 Those who prefer the rail route to a night trip by boat can 
 leave the station, Bonaventure street, pass through the " Victoria 
 Bridge," before described, through St Lambert's, Beloeil, St. 
 Hillaire, St. Hyacinthe, with its extensive nunneries and church 
 buildings, Brittania Mills, Upton, and New Durham, to Richmond 
 Junction, seventy-six miles from Montreal, where cars are taken 
 over the Quebec division, ninety-five miles to Quebec. Along 
 this line the scenery will b» somewhat bare of interest to a major- 
 ity of travelers, and, in a sleeping car, the traveler may perhaps 
 with great propriety take his ease and gather strength for his 
 tour of Quebec. The stations are Danville, Warwick, Arthabaska 
 (branch from this point to Three Rivers), Stanfold, Somerset, 
 Becancour, Lyster, Methot's Mills, Black River, Craig's Road, 
 C^audiere Junction and Point Levi, ("the Quebec station. ) The 
 country passed through on this line has a sameness of aspect, and 
 the stations are not points of particular importance other than as 
 freight and trade centres for the adjacent country. A railway 
 along the north shore of the St. Lawrence is projected to unite 
 the two great Canadian cities, but its early construction is not 
 assured. You cross from Point Levi by ferry, encircled with 
 points and objects of interests on either bank, on the island below 
 and upon the surface of the broad harbor, and are landed beneath 
 the frowning walls of 
 
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 >^OBTU£RN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 
 o 
 
 QUEBEC. 
 
 On your arrival your inquiry for a flrst-class hotel will be ans • 
 wered by your being directed to that long known and popular 
 Louse, the 
 
NOETHIRN PLEASURE TRAVEL 
 
 .<• • 119 
 
 ST. LOUIS HOTEL, 
 
 on St. Louis street. 
 
 This is a long established and favorite house, complete in all its 
 arrangements, efficient and liberal in its management, affording 
 to its guests all wished for accommodations. The location is cen- 
 tral, near the delightful a. id fashionable promenades and terraces 
 of this grand old city. The management is the best, and substan- 
 tial plenty and commendable neatness in every department are 
 characteristics of the house. The accommodations are for five 
 hundred guests, and, with the recent enlargements and improve- 
 ments, the most exacting cannot fail of satisfaction. Carriages 
 at reasonable rates for the tour of the city and surroundings 
 may be had at the hotel, and valuable information regarding the 
 attractions within and around the city. 
 
 THE CLARENDON HOUSE, 
 
 corner of Ann and Garden streets, is kept as an auxiliary of the 
 St. Louis, and offers especial accommodations to commercial 
 t|;avelers, business men, and all others who may temporarily or 
 permanently locate here. 
 
 Quebec is the capital of French dominion in America — the 
 western Gibralter and key to the great St. Lawrence valley. When 
 
120 # «?ORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 CLABEITDON HOUSE. 
 
 approached by rail the city is seen in the first promise of ita unique 
 beauty from Point Levi. From the ferry passage, or by the river 
 approach from above or below, the view is no less beautiful and 
 novel. The upper and lower town are here no imaginary divi- 
 sions, but separate and distinct, the former crowning the lofty 
 promontory of Cape Diamond, with its line of massive fortifica- 
 tions, and containing the fine residences and public buildings, 
 is the quarter of fashion ; the latter extends along the narrow 
 strip of land beneath the clifls and under the overhanging walls 
 to the suburb of St Koche. St Peter street is the principal 
 street of this section, and along its line and branches and upon 
 the wharfs, the banks, insurance compames, offices of merchants 
 and the smaller hotels are located. The city is one of the largest 
 lumber ports on the continent, the great rafts of timber lying by 
 acres along the river banks and in the coves. The city is sup- 
 plied with water from Lake St. Charles, nine miles distant, above 
 the falls of Lorette. 
 
 GENERAL VIEW OF THE CITY. 
 
 No city on the continent so impresses the tourist, by the start- 
 ling peculiarities of the site and novelty of its general aspect, as 
 this "ancient capital," or stamps its impress so indelibly in eye 
 
NOKTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. ' 121 
 
 and memory. It was founded by Samuel de Champlalgn, the 
 French geograplier, In 1608, on the site of the Indian village of 
 "Stadlcona," at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and St. 
 Charles rivers, three hundred and sixty miles from the mouth of 
 the St. Lawrence, and one hundred and eighty miles below 
 Montreal. It is said, with show of truth, that the line of many 
 of the streets follows the old footpaths of the Indian village. 
 
 The view from the ramparts and terraces of the upper town 
 looks down upon a curious scene of activity upon the wide 
 wooden quays and winding, narrow streets of the lower town, 
 crowded with vehicles and the busy populace, dwarfed to lilipu- 
 tian proportions as viewed from the height, while you look into 
 blackened throats of the chimneys and upon the moss-grown 
 roofs of the time-browned buildings. 
 
 A massive wall of hewn stone, of nearly three miles in length, 
 and varying, but everywhere of forbidding height and thickness, 
 with projecting bastions and frowning cannon, communicating 
 with the outward world by five massive gates, encloses the better 
 portion of the upper town. Prescott gate, by which you enter 
 the walls from the landing, has been or is to be demolished, on 
 account of impeding travel. This gate, and Palace and Hope 
 gates, communicated with the lower town ; St. Louis gate with 
 the suburbs in the direction of the plains of Abraham; St. Johns 
 gate with the suburbs of St. Roche and Beauport, and is the gate 
 through which you pass in the drive to Montmorenci. The prin- 
 cipal street of the lower town is St. Peter street. In the upper 
 town St. Louis street and St. Johns street communicate with 
 the gates of same name, and are the main avenues of union with 
 the suburbs. The St. Foy and St. Louis roads are the principal 
 outside ways of travc', and are lined with the residences of the 
 gentry. Driving out trough St. Johns gate over the St Foy 
 road, and returning by the St. Louis road, you pass a net work of 
 country seats, each enclosing grounds of wide extent ; noble old 
 manor houses, surrounded with luxuriant forest trees ; elegant 
 mansions and spacious cottages, shaded avenues, wide views, and 
 numerous points made historical by the remarkable and tragic 
 events which have enwrapped with historic interest nearly every 
 rood of soil in and about this wonderful city, where the rival 
 
122 NORTHF.BN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 nations of the earth contended for western supremacy, and the 
 pioneers of civilization and heroes in warfare won deatliless 
 names for courage and daring. Mount llermon Cemetery, 
 beautifully laid out, enclosing thirty-two acres, is three miles out 
 on the St. Louis road. 
 
 The form of the city is tliat of a triangle, the base towards the 
 Plains of Abraham, and the St Lawrence and St. Cliarles upon 
 either side. In and about it all seems distinctively quauit, curious 
 and old, giving the impression that you have in some way been 
 set back a century in the path of progress, and are looking upon 
 scenes of long ago. The harbor is the noblest on inland waters. 
 A fleet of the largest vessels ever constructed can manouvre in 
 its waters, and craft of every description, from the ocean steam- 
 ship and monster merchantman to the shell-like canoe and tiny 
 sail boat, are found upon its waters. 
 
 THE CITADEL 
 
 will, perhaps, prove the point of greatest interest to many, from 
 the historic associations connected therewith, and from the fact 
 that, judged by the older systems of gunnery and defence, it was 
 considered an impregnable fortress. It covers some forty acres 
 of enclosed area, and is some threa hundred and forty feet above 
 the river level. A few years ago a loosened rock fell from this 
 frowning wall into the street below, causing the loss of five lives 
 and destruction of dwellings. The zigzag passage through 
 which you enter the fortress, between high and massive granite 
 walls, is swept at every turn by formidable batteries of heavy 
 guns. Within is the slightly rising parade ground, the bomb- 
 proof quarters, storehouses and hospital buildings, the numerous 
 magazines, implements, stores, guns cf every calibre, supplies 
 and ammun'tion, and the various combinations and material for 
 defense, which your military attendant can best describe, and the 
 inspection of which can but prove of lasting interest to all vis- 
 itors. On the ftjrbidding river walls, and at each angle or pos- 
 sible commanding point, guns ot heavy calibre sweep every 
 avenue of approach by the river; ditches, breastworks and 
 frowning batteries command the approaches by land from the 
 famed " Plains of Abraham." The precipitous bluffs, rising al- 
 
NORTHERN PLFASURE TRATEL. 123 
 
 mo8t perpendicularly from tho river, three hundred and forty 
 feet, present a natural barrier which may he swept with murder- 
 ous Are, and the covered waya of approach and retreat, the 
 various kinds and calibre of guns, mortars, howitzers and mu- 
 nitions of war will be viewed with eager interest. 
 
 The wide outlook from the river wall of the citadel will also 
 enchain the attention of the iisitor who is tortunate enough to 
 look, in the soft light of the declining sun, upon the bold promon- 
 tories, smiling fields, picturesque villages, glittering roofs and 
 spires, wide tran(|uil waters ai:d distant plains and forests which 
 combine in the wide and charming landscape. 
 
 Across the river the view is directly upon the settlement ol 
 Point Levi, where, in 1775, the little army of Arnold rendez- 
 voused, after that memorable march through the wilderness, and 
 made the mad attempt to dislodge the English forces within the 
 city. Modern fortifications of great strength are being erected 
 at tills point. The identical spot where the brave Montgomery 
 fell, in a winding sheet of snow in the cold December storm, is 
 pointed out to you from the ciiadel walls, and, in your ride about 
 the city, the low-roofed building to which his remains were con- 
 veyed will be pointed out, as also the street where Arnold's forces 
 were defeated and captured. Looking down the river the fair 
 Island of Orleans, nineteen uiiles long and five and a half miles 
 wide, swells in flowing curves from the river — a fruitful, popu- 
 lous and beautiful land* 
 
 To the west you look upon the Plains of Abraham and the 
 brink of the precipitous bluffs scaled by the dauntless Wolfe and 
 his brave soldiery in that memorable surprise and victory in 1759, 
 immediately following the humiliating defeat at Montmorenci. 
 Upon the spot where the brave commander fell, a granite shaft 
 briefly tells the story of his victory and death, at the early age of 
 thu:ty-three years. 
 
 DRIVES. ' i:L 
 
 \ 
 
 There would lesm to be no end to the points of interest to 
 which the tourist may be taken in and around this ancient city, 
 but one of the principal, and ;>ften the first, is the eight mile drive 
 through St. Johns gate, over an excellent paved road, supported 
 
12i NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 by tolls, through the suburb of St. Roche and Bcauport, to the 
 falU at the mouth of the small but rapid Moutmureucl River, 
 kuowo as the 
 
 FALLS OF MONTMORENCL 
 
 As you cross the St Charles River, In leaving the city, the 
 vessels In process of construction attract attention. In the build- 
 ing of substantial and durable vessels Quebec has gained envia- 
 ble fajne. 
 
 The scene along this drive is entirely French, the women per- 
 form the labor in the gardens and are seen going to and returning 
 from market, In the odd market wagons drawn by Canadian 
 ponies. The conversation of the native is In French. 
 
 A few miles out you will be shown the unique and ancient 
 cottage, where Montcalm had his headquarters at the time of 
 tlie celebrated battle with Wolfe, and near which was fought 
 the first and unsucssessful battle for the possession of the key to 
 the Canadas. It Is allowed to remain in its ancient condition, 
 and Is eagerly viewed by the thousands who pass it during the 
 season of summer travel. 
 
 On either side of the road from this point, in close proximity 
 to the street, are the quaint little Canadian cottages set at every 
 imaginable angle with the road, white as the snow in their sum- 
 mer coating of whitewash, with steep roofs, odd stone chimneys, 
 and out-door ovens, all with a look of neatness and thrift. We 
 do not remember seeing even an approach to the squalid or filthy 
 in the whole line of humble cottages. Reaching the little Mont- 
 morencl River you look about you on historic ground, for here 
 was fought the unsuccessful and nearly disastrous battle of Mont- 
 morenci, which immediately preceded Wolfe's final victory on 
 the Plains of Abraham. 
 
 Registering your name at a little hotel, the landlady of which 
 is entirely competent to the management of the establishment, 
 and paying the small fee exacted as owners or lessees of the land 
 through which you pass, you follow a path through the fields 
 around a cove of the St. Lawrence, and look across the iu^er- 
 veuiug gulf upon the beautiful fall of the Moutmorenci, two 
 
NORTHERN PLEASUEE TRAVEL. 125 
 
 hundred and forty feet descent, Into the St. Lawrence, over the 
 ftiinost perpendicular wall of the bluff. 
 
 If you huve come expecting to look upon a mighty cataract, 
 falling with deHl'ening roar and mighty force along trembling 
 descents, you will be disappointed; but it* a delicate ribbon of 
 snowy whiteness, rolling over the blul!" and melting into the 
 waters below, ai)pearing as white, pure and gossamer-like as the 
 folds of a bridal veil, has charms for you, then this delicate leap 
 of the feathery foam over the worn rocks of the almost perpen- 
 dicular blutr, will live in your memory a rare scene ot picture8<iue 
 and dreamy beauty. The width ot the main stream is al)out 
 fifty feet, widening at high water to sixty or seventy feet On 
 either side of the main descent small streams creep down the 
 seams of the rocky wall in serpentine lines of white or silvery 
 brightness. Another view is to approach directly to Ihe brinlc 
 of the fall, descend a tiight of steps built down the steep wail of 
 rock, and stand where the feathery lines of foam rush past you 
 into the white mass below. 
 
 On either side of the fall stand the towers of the Suspension 
 Bridge, erected several years ago, and which, from some imper- 
 fection, gave way, precipitating a laborer and his family, who 
 were crossing in a rude cart at the time, into the seething mass 
 below. The bridge was never rebuilt, and the towers stand 
 solitary upon the banks. 
 
 The falls are a favorite place of resort in winter for the Cana- 
 dians, the spray freezing in a huge icy cone, down which a daring 
 coasting feat is performed, known in local phrase as "toboggin- 
 ing." The " Natural Steps," three quarters of a mile above the 
 falls, extend tor half a mile along Uie limestone banks of the 
 river, and have the regularity of the work of human skill. 
 
 Returning to tlie city by the same or a ditTerent route you 
 will be interested by the view presented from the different 
 points. The tin roofs of the larger buildings and spires 
 of the churches here, as at Montreal, St. Hyacinthe and the 
 larger villages, preserve all the' ; dazzling brilliancy, and, as the 
 sun falls upon the domes, spires and roois of the city, it needs no 
 poetical imagination to remind you of the brilliant pictures 
 of oriental cities. How this lasting brightness is retained, 
 
126 WORTH KRS PLEASIRE TRATF.L. 
 
 whether by the pepullarlty of climate or non-corrosive qimllty of 
 the nieUil, we have nut seen expluiued. Once mure williin the 
 city, 
 
 DURHAM TERRACE, 
 
 widely famed as affurding a view, considered by many as 
 second to none in the world, obtained from within settled town 
 limits, will detuin you for a time as you overlook the broad land- 
 scape spread below and described in tlie outlook liuui the citadel 
 walls. 
 
 THE GOVERNOR'S GARDEN, 
 
 or garden of the Fortress, is a point of interest chiefly for the 
 monument (05 feet in height), erected to the memory of those two 
 brave commanders, Wolfe and Montcalm, who, though in life 
 brought in deadly enmity, are united in the memories and honors 
 of the future. 
 
 The Grand Battery, the Esplanade, the English Cathedral, the 
 Ursuline Convent, founded early in the seventeenth century, with 
 its flne paintings, the University of Quebec, the Jail and Quebec 
 Music Hall, with the Custom House and Exchange in the lower 
 town, and the ship yards, river docks and manufactories on the 
 St Charles river, will repay a visit it your stay admits. 
 
 8 AVAL UNIVERSITY 
 
 Wfts established under Catholic auspices, but is open to students 
 of all creeds and nations, and a visit thereto is of great Interest 
 to people of culture. In the provision of apparatus and diagrams, 
 and in securing the highest talent in its instructors in the wide 
 range of sciences which the student may study with best assist- 
 ance, and in facilities afforded to acquire superior instruction in 
 the learned professions, this institution is probably second to 
 none in the States or Canadas. The laboratories, lecture rooms, 
 cabinets and library are superior in accommodation and unusual 
 in extent. In the Seminary Chapel, attached to this University, 
 are the celebrated paintings by Champagne and others, and in 
 the French Cathedral are fine productions of Vandyke and 
 others, and tlie interior of this old church is of rare beauty. 
 
NOnTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 127 
 
 TUB PLAINS OF AISRAUAM 
 
 will recoivo an early visit, Invested as tliey are with historic In- 
 terest ami tragic k'gends, which lapse of time Neenis only to 
 heigliten and intensity — the scene of the nioMt during nnlitary 
 uianouvrcH and signal victory of the time. On the spot where 
 ho tell, on this noted plain, is seen the modest monument to the 
 memory of Wolfe, and the distance to Uie path b> which the 
 famed ascent of hiaarmy was made Is not great. It is somewhat 
 shorn of Its rugged character by the leveling effects of time and 
 the elementis, but still precipitous and forbidding. 
 
 ISLE OF ORLEAFS. 
 
 Do not omit during your stay to cross by the ferry boat to this 
 fair Island, and take the drive around it, wliich offers that con- 
 tinuous and varying circuit of outlying scenery wliich you can ill 
 atford to miss, including views of the Falls of Montmorencl, the 
 Laurentlan Mountains, Cap-Tourment, (1,100 feet In height), the 
 villages upon either side In picturesque surroundings, and the 
 beauty ot the fair isle itself, wllh the broad encircling river and 
 the craft upon Its bosom, and the grand old city ot the north la 
 the distance — all memorable points In the history of the olden 
 times. 
 
 CHAUDIXRE FALLS, 
 
 visited via Point Levi, on the river of the same name, nine miles 
 below Quebec, have a descent of one hundred and thirty feet, the 
 river being four hundred feet wide at this point. 
 
 '' FisBiNO. ; ' 
 
 Those making Quebec their headquarters for excursions for 
 sporting, can easily reach, by steamer down the river, in the 
 branches of the St. Lawrence, or in the Lakes at no great distance 
 from the city, unequalled opportunity for the exercise of their 
 skill with sure promise of reward. 
 
128 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 TO THE SAGUENAT. 
 
 Many tourists and excursionists, after Tiewing the old northern 
 capital and its romantic and beautilul surroundings, will pursue 
 the journey still further down the great Su Lawrence to that 
 wonderful river, the Sagueuay, which enters the St. Lawrence 
 one hundred and twenty niiles below Quebec. The boats of the 
 Royal Mail Line leave lor this trip three times each week, com- 
 mencing about the 10th of July. 
 
 On the way down the River the mouth of the River St. Anne 
 will be passed, oti* the lower extremity of the Island of Orleans. 
 This river enters the larger stream through a bold ravine, and 
 many ascend ihe stream for a short distance to the Falls of St. 
 Anne, which, with the surroundings, are pleasing and attractive. 
 
 Thirty-six miles below Quebec is a group of six small islands, 
 alive with geese, ducks and teal, who make this a breeding place. 
 
 The Quarantine Station at ** Grosse Isle," deserves a passing 
 notice — a lovely spot of itself, quietly sleeping in the great river, 
 but a very charnel house in the piist, receiving, in the time of the 
 famine in Ireland, six thousand emigrants in one huge grave. 
 
 The river widens broader and broader below this point to ten 
 and twenty miles as you sail on, as upon a shoreless sea, losing 
 sight ot either shore. Malbaie, ninety miles below Quebec on 
 the north shore, is a hailing station and place of pleasure resort, 
 Murray Bay being a fashionable watering place, and the fine 
 fishing in Murray River much patronized. The river here is 
 about twenty miles wide, and, steaming across to " Riviere da 
 Loup," on the south shore, passengers are landed within six 
 miles of Cacouna, where are hotel accommodations of the 
 first class, and lacilities for enjoyment either ol luxurious ease or 
 active sporting. The Grand Trunk Railway extends fi-om 
 Quebec to this point and passengers can choose either the boat 
 or rail route. 
 
 Continuing down the St Lawrence, on the northern shore, 
 Tadousac is reached at the mouth of the Saguenay. Here is a 
 fine hotel and famed facilities for bathing, for seal hunting and 
 for fishing in the tributaries of the Saguenay. Here was built 
 the first permanent stone building erected on the continent. 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 129 
 
 But, if your time is limited, your interest will 'centre upon 
 your trip through the solitudes of the dreary defile through which 
 flow the fathomles a floods of 
 
 THE SAGUENAT. 
 
 This is the largest affluent of the St. Lawrence, having its 
 source in Lake St. John, and a straight course of one hundred 
 and thirty miles from the lake to the St. Lawrence. The upper 
 half of its course is a series of fulls and rapids, navigable only by 
 canoes, and flowing through a dense and almost unknown wilder- 
 ness. 
 
 The navigable portion of the river will float the largest vessels 
 of the world, from its mouth some sixty miles to the head of 
 navigation, and has been described as a perfectly straight, yawn- 
 ing gulf, torn for the whole distance in the grey mica schist 
 rising on either hand in precipitous cliffs whose bases rest in 
 unknown depths — a panorama of rocky walls and precipices — 
 ** no sheltered nooks or coves, no fertile beaches, no cheering 
 animal life, only the cold blooded seal and the salmon, his prey — 
 a region dark, desolate, cheerless and cold." 
 
 The ascent terminates in Ha-Ha Bay, a quiet and lovely bay 
 receding from the river several miles, a cheerful village, animal 
 life, and facilities for amusement are here found, a change most 
 welcome from the sombre desolation of the ascent Lake St John, 
 in which the river has its source, receives the waters of eleven 
 large rivers, and innumerable smaller streams, from the vast 
 water-shed surrounding it, but discharges all its waters through 
 this wonderful stream. 
 
 Statue Point is a noted gem of scenery on the river, a per- 
 pendicular rock below Ha-Ha Bay, at the termination of a 
 great plateau, three hundred feet wide and six hundred feet in 
 height, with sides smooth as though polished by a skillful work- 
 man. Six miles above the Bay of St Johns are the great ^nsinU 
 of attraction on the river^ 
 
 CAPE ETERNITY AND TRINrrY%OCK, 
 
 collossal promontories of sheer descent, at whose very base the 
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 largest ships may ride in the immense depth of waters ; sights 
 never to be forgotten — bold, barren, forbidding and awful. The 
 discharge of a cannon on shipboard between these bare walls of 
 rock, is said to crash back in echoes which no one could wish to 
 have repeated, one such sensation sufficing for a lifetime. 
 
 Reluming to Tadousac, you can return by boat to Quebec, or 
 by rail from Riviere du Loup to Point Levi, there connecting 
 with the system of railways threading every portion of the Can- 
 adas and New England. 
 
 THE SCENERY OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VER- 
 MONT, WITH ROUTES OF TJtAVEL. 
 
 The tourist may well supplement his visit to the mountains and 
 the Canadian cities — or profitably make a separate trip^by 
 visiting the wholesome and enchanting region of central and 
 northern Vermont, Lakes Memphremagog and Willoughby and 
 their surroundings being points which none should omit seeing. . 
 
 The contrast between the hills of Vermont and New Hampshire 
 are plainly noticeable to the most careless observer ; the name of 
 the Green Mountains is no misnomer, and applies with equal 
 propriety to the green hills on every hand. You look up their 
 verdant slopes, green to the summits, furnishing rich pasturage 
 on the steep sides. 
 
 The streams and rivers also differ* the mountain cascades, 
 great rivers and many lakes are wanting, but the hillsides are 
 verdant from innumerable springs and diminutive streams. The 
 mountainous State boasts no great river within its bounds — the 
 lakes are mostly upon its borders — but is green with the gentle 
 sweating springs on a thousand hillsides, the murmur of brooks 
 innumerable, and the smaller rivers that thread the defile' . its 
 broken surface. 
 
 A writer has aptly said that he knew not "whether to wonder 
 most that so broken a country is so fertile, or so fertile a country 
 is so broken." 
 
 From Wells R|p:B northward the route of the Fassumpsic 
 River Railroad is up the valley of the Connecticut River, which 
 it leaves at Babk<t j thence following the valley of the winding 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 131 
 
 and rapid Passumpsic which, with the adjacent country, all who 
 have an eye for the picturesque and pastoral, iu a succession of 
 flying landscapes, will view with continual pleasure. Pullmaa 
 palace sleeping cars are run, and one can sup in Boston, take a 
 berth in a sleeping car, and rise to a breakfast of lake trout at 
 Newport in the morning. 
 
 St. Johnsbury, twenty miles -srom Wells River, is one of the 
 finest of Vermont towns, noted for its thrift, enterprise, romantic 
 situation, and importance as a manufacturing centre. At this 
 point the Portland and Ogdensburg Railroad intersects the 
 Passumpsic line. The Vermont division of this new line is 
 already running westward and eastward, and passengers may leave 
 St. Johnsbury for Mount Mansfield by this new route, going by 
 rail to Morrisville, thence by stage or conveyance to Stowe and 
 Mount Mansfield. The views along the line in some portions are 
 strikingly bold and beautiful, the profile of "Old Mansfield" being 
 peculiarly striking in its resemblance to the facial outline as seen 
 from this road — a colossal portrait, rivaling in its lines, not of 
 inches but of miles in extent, all other representations of the 
 human face on the broad earth. 
 
 A stay of a day at St. Johnsbury will be a day well spent, and 
 the Scale Works of the Messrs. Fairbanks are the feature of the 
 town. The extensive manufactfire of every class of scales, from 
 the immense dock and railroad scale to the tiny balance of the 
 banker, all equally nice in adjustment, and correct in plan of 
 construction, is here carried on by skilled workmen, directed by 
 indomitable energy, and true business tact and honor. It would 
 seem strange that the iron of Missouri and Pennsylvania should 
 be sent to this point, far up among the hills, to be fashioned for 
 use by Yankee workmen, and returned to weigh the virgin ore ; 
 but such is the case, and it is one of the curious facts in manu- 
 facture and exchange. This is the shire town of Caledonia 
 county, it is the important centre of northwestern Vermont, has 
 fine county and school building.% beautiful natural surroundings, 
 and an industrious and fast increasing population. The prospec- 
 tive increase of railroad facilities by the assured completion of 
 the railway to Portland, through the heart of the White Moun- 
 tains, cannot fail to add to its prosperity and importance. 
 
132 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 Continuing nortliward from St Jolinsbury, just before reaching 
 Lyndon, you will notice one of tliose cliai-ming waterfalls which 
 so often break the flow of the rapid Passumpsic River. At Lyn- 
 don ville are the repair and construction shops of tliis important 
 railway line, and a growing country town. West Burke, thirty- 
 seven miles from Wells River, is the station from which passen- 
 gers leave by stage line for Lake Willoughby. Burke Mountain, 
 a bold elevation of 2,000 feet, will be observed to the right as you 
 approuch this station, and a good view of the eastern wall of 
 Lake Willougliby is had as you near this point. 
 
 WILLOUGHBY LAKE. 
 
 The hotel at this lake is six miles distant from the West Burke 
 Station; conveyance may be had at the hotel at this point for the 
 lake, and no doubt a regular stage line will be run in the season 
 of pleasure travel. This wonderful sheet of water lies between 
 two lofty mountain walls, evidently once united, but torn asunder 
 by some terrible convulsion of nature in remote ages. The sur- 
 face of the lake is nearly twelve hundred feet above sea level, and 
 the mountain walls tower on either side to the height of nearly 
 two thousand feet above the lake; under these frowning walls on 
 the narrow bank threads the roadway. The lake lies in the town 
 of Westmore, iu the form of a crescent, is from a half mile to two 
 miles wide and six miles long, in some portions of unknown 
 depth, soundings of six hundred feet reaching no bottom. It 
 discharges through the outlet into the St. Francis Rivei*, and 
 thence to the St. Lawrence, yet lies so near the dividing ridge 
 between the St. Lawrence and Long Island Sound, that small 
 ponds and streams near by flow into the Connecticut and down 
 the long slope of that valley to the sound. 
 
 Mount Willoughby or Annanance, the eastern wall is nearly 
 two thousand feet in height and Mount Hor, on the western side, 
 is of somewhat less elevation. The sides of Mount Willoughby 
 rise in steep ascent from the carriage roadway a thousand feet, 
 a mass of huge irregular rocks crowned by an upright wall of 
 granite, six hundred feet high, and extending thus for nearly two 
 miles along the shore ; from the summit of this height you may 
 look to the southeast upon the White and Franconia mountains, 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 133 
 
 westward to the bold peaks and ranges of the Green Mountains, 
 northward into the Canadas, and southward along the wide valley 
 between the great mountain ranges. 
 
 At one point from this height you can look down, a sheer 
 descent of 2,500 feet, upon the pure, transparent waters of tlie 
 lake below, visible in its every outline and feature. The ascent 
 is a two-mile climb through the forest from the hotel ; but the 
 lover of nature will be amply repaid for the toil. 
 
 The Willoughby Lake House Is a commodious hotel accom- 
 modating a hundred guests, finely situated, overlooking the lake 
 to the northward. Teams may be* had at this hotel for the grand 
 excursions in the vicinity. The drive to Newark Hill, a favor- 
 ite point of lookout, and visits to the "Flower Garden," the 
 delight of botanists, the " Devil's Den," '* The Cascade," " Crys- 
 tal Lake" and "The Flumes," are j^mong the noticeable attrac- 
 tions of this wild spot. Trout flshlug in the mount lin streams 
 and ponds of the vicinity, and boating and fishing ou the lake, 
 will be indulged in by all whose time admits. No visitor to this 
 shadowed lake will regret the time or expense of his trip. Par- 
 don this digression, reader. We will now continue by rail from 
 West Burke northward. 
 
 Irasburg, a favorite resort for those loving the quiet of the 
 pretty village, near the Lowell Mountains, is reached by staging 
 from Barton's Landing, three and one-half miles, and, continuing 
 on, at sixty five miles north of Wells River the pretty village of 
 Newport comes into view, the inviting exterior of the Memphre- 
 magog House, close by the railroad station gladdens, the eyes of 
 tired travelers, and the calm waters of Lake Memphremagog, 
 with the fine steamer at the landing, give promise of enjoyment 
 and comfort in prospect. 
 
 --:-t'.r ':, NEWPORT ^ / L-"^t ■ ''■'''' 
 
 is the station from which the attractions of the lake are reached, 
 and is a cheery, pleasant village in the midst of grand and varied 
 scenery, where the summer heats are tempered by the cool breeze 
 from the placid lake. Its older inhabitants may perhaps " a tale 
 unfold " of smuggling in the oldeu time, but, since the yiliage 
 
134 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRATEL, 
 
 has become important as a railway and business centre the old 
 order of things has passed awa* and " ways that are vain " no 
 longer engage the attention of tne busy populace. 
 
 From the slight eminence, to the south of the village, known 
 as Prospect Hill, you may overlook the country for miles in every 
 direction. In the early morning or at close of day the view of 
 the lake with its irregular outline, many islands and the changing 
 hues imparted by the rising or setting sun, is peculiarly fine from 
 this elevation. Jay's Peak, Willoughby Mountain and the high 
 summits of Mount Orford, Mount Elephantis and Owl's Head are 
 all seen to advantage. 
 
 THB MEMPFBEMAGOG H0U8S 
 
 Is a fine, spacious and well kept hotel, within a stone's throw of 
 the railway station and the steamboat landing, on the shores of 
 the lake. It is of five stories, will accommodate four hundred 
 guests, and the outlook from its extensive balconies towards the 
 lake, upon the peak of Owl's Head, which looms into view, and 
 the surrounding scenery, is attractive to the visitor from the 
 dust, heat and noise of the crowded city, and a promenade in 
 the quiet evening hour along its ample verandas is one of the 
 delights of summer travel. The attractive exterior of the house 
 is well represented in the engraving, and all the details of 
 furnishing and management are such as to secure sub- 
 stantial comfort and pleasure to guests. Billiard and bowling 
 alleys for ladies and gentlemen are connected with the house, 
 which is managed by W. F. Bowman, Esq., a gentlemanly and 
 experienced landlord. Sail and row-boats are furnished by the 
 landlord at any timo to suit the wants and tastes of excursionists 
 or sportsmen, and for the fine drives hereabouts good teams may 
 be had. The drive to the summit of Jay's Peak, in the towns of 
 Westfleld and Jay, thirteen miles distant, is one which all should 
 take. There is a carriage road to the summit, and from the lofty 
 peak a combination of scenery, the most extensive and varied to 
 be had in this whole section. A list of drives, with distances, is 
 conspicuously placed in the hotel. The village of Stanstead, 
 just over the Canada line, is often visited, and Clyde and Coven- 
 
KORTUERN PLEA8UBE TRAVEL. 
 
 135 
 
 try Falls are within e<asy driving distance. Despite all other 
 attractions your greatest interest will centre in the . 
 
 BOAT TRIP DOWN THB LAKE, 
 
 Lake Memphremagog, two-thirds of which lies in Canadian 
 Dominions, is the charming rival of Lake George, which it 
 resembles In conformation. Its length is thirty miles, the breadth 
 about two miles, widening in some portions to six miles. The 
 bold, rockbound shores, numerous wooded islands, the shadowing 
 
136 irOKTHlRN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 peaks of lofty mountains, rising, In some cases, to 3,000 feet in 
 height, with slopes of luxurious forest and greenest verdure, serve 
 but to heighten the charm of this " Beautiful Water," supplied 
 from the pure cold strea.ws of the surrounding mountains. 
 
 The new staunch iron steamer '* Lady of the Lake," one 
 hundred and seventy feet In length, and a model of neatness and 
 convenience, leaves the landing near the hotel and railway depot 
 each morning at about eight o'clock, also after dinner for the 
 second trip, the run being made in three hours each way. 
 Her commander, Capt. Fogg, has for a lifetime known every 
 point upon these waters, and can give valuable information -or 
 amuse you with stories and legends innumerable, pertaining to 
 the old time history of this wild and secluded region. The zigzag 
 course of the steamer gives you a trip of nearly fifty miles sailing 
 Irom Newport to the village at the northern outlet — Magog — a 
 Canadian hamlet with a background of forest extending to Mount 
 Orford. 
 
 Space will forbid the attempt even to notice all the places and 
 objects of interest around this lovely sheet of water, lying in its 
 narrow, deep and shadowed basin ; but the most prominent can- 
 not be passed by without mention, and all are worthy of elaborate 
 notice. Passing " Indian Point," an old camping gronnd of the 
 red man, the " Twin Sisters" — two wooded islands — " Province 
 Island," intersected by the boundary line between Canada and 
 the United States, the largest of some twenty islands of the lake, 
 is passed, containing about one hundred acres, and aflfording rich 
 pasturage for stock. From near this island you have a view of 
 Willoughby Gorge In the far distance. 
 
 It will be observed that the eastern shores are fertile and 
 sparsely populated with a farming community; the western shore 
 is more bold and abrupt, rising, in many places in frowning bluffs 
 of several hundred feet elevation. Yankees observe with pleasure 
 the contrast between the American and Canadian portions of the 
 shores, with inferences in favor of republican government as a 
 stimulus to thrift. The small Canadian village of Cedarville, in 
 Stanstead, is on the eastern side, so named from the surrounding 
 cedar groves, and beyond is Fitch's Bay with the island at its 
 euti'ance. You now approach the bold peak of 
 
MORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 187 
 
 OWL*8 HEAD, 
 
 a name applied to many sunnmits in the mountains, with what 
 show of propriety you must judge. This is a regular coae-like 
 summit Leaving: 
 
 BOUND ISLAND, 
 
138 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 a cedar crowned swell of rock-bound land, rising from the lako 
 about a half mile from the base of Owl's Head, which yon are 
 now approaching, tlu; boat lands you in r. few minutes at the 
 wharf of that land-locked and mountain-shadowed hotel, the 
 Nountain Tloune. The view of the lake from this hotel Is 
 splendid, and the facilities for fishing and sporting attract that 
 class of tourists in largo numbers. In the deep waters of the 
 lake, lying about this secluded retreat, are caught those monster 
 lake trout which fishermen delight to entice from their cool 
 retreats. We will not speak of the size and weight of the fish, 
 lest you be Incredulous ; but try for yourself and your reward 
 will be ample. Should you, either now or on your return, tarry 
 here to make the ascent of Owl's Head, by climbing tlie wooded 
 path from the hotel, you will find yourself alone with nature, the 
 birds and the brooks on this wild mountain slope; but the guide 
 will point out prominent way marks in "Shelter Rock," "Heigh 
 Rock," "Fern Hollow," "Fern Rock," "Birch Rock," and you 
 will pass through the narrow "Toll-gate," between two great 
 rocks, and from "Chair Rock" will get an outlook upon the great 
 lake below. Climbing " Breakneck Stairs " and ascending the 
 *• Winding Staircase," a short pull carries you to the summit, 
 two thousand seven hundred and filty feet above sea level. The 
 prospect is grand and extensive, extending with favorable 
 weather to Montreal and the great St. Lawrence River, over the 
 whole extent of the lake and the cluster of lakes, ponds and 
 system of rivers, with the ranges, peaks and villages around the 
 wide sweep of view. The Freemasons from Stanstead hold 
 lodge meeting on the 24th day of June each year among the 
 peaks of this summit. 
 
 Eastward from the Mountain House, near the eastern shore. Is 
 Skinner's Island, and on Its northeastern shore Is Skinner's 
 Cave, a narrow den In the rock, some thirty feet deep. The 
 
 legend of Uriah Sklniier, the bold " Smuggler of Magog," 
 
 « 
 
 " With whiskers remarkably bushy and black, 
 
 With fists which might give a moat terrible thwack, * 
 
 • « * « * * « • • * *' 
 
 With a huge dagger stuck in the belt round his waist, 
 And five or six pistols beside it placed/' 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVSIi. 
 
 139 
 
 8KIXI7£B'S cave, 
 
 is too long for our pages, but 'tis said he took refuge from pursuit 
 in tills cave and there perished, hence the name of " Skinnel**8 
 C&ve" and grave, . • 
 
 Steaming northward from this point the great mountains rear 
 their huge masses into view. Owl's Head, Sugar Loaf, or Mount 
 Elephantis, the Hog's Hack, and, away in the distance. Jay's 
 Peak. Meanwhile, Long Island, with its bold shores, has been 
 passed, and on its southern line is the famous 
 
 BALANCE BOCK, 
 
 a huge granite mass, balanced upon a pomt close to the water's 
 edge, as shown in the engraving, an object of interest to the 
 learned and the curious. The eastern shores are now abrupt, 
 and residences of wealthy Canadians crown the heights. Molson, 
 the Montreal banker, has here his summer residence, and is 
 the proprietor of an island near the eastern shore. 
 
 Georgeville is a place of some importance, where stop Is made 
 for the mails, and you steam across to the western shore to 
 Knowlton's Landing. Stages run from this point to Waterloo, 
 on the Stanstead and Chambly Hailroad, where cars are taken for 
 
140 
 
 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 BALANCK BOCK. 
 
 Montreal and intermediate points. Steaming on from tliis land- 
 ing, and rounding tiie bold, rocky promontory of Gibraltar Point, 
 you have a wide view, with 
 
 MOUNT OBFOBD 
 
MORTUEUN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 141 
 
 in the distance — the hlj^hest summit of Lower Cunathi, 3,300 feet 
 elevation, distant live miles from tlie vilia^e of Magog, and may 
 tH) ascuuUuU by caii iugo roadway to Lh« summit. 
 
 MAGOG. 
 
 or Outlet Village, is the terminal point of the trip — a true 
 Canadian settliunent. The Parkas lloiise will allbnl you en- 
 tertairunent, but good dinners may be obtained on the boat. 
 Passengers can here take the stage line to Sherbrooke, on the 
 Grand Trunk Kailway, (a ride of sixteen miles around Mount 
 Orford,) or to Waterloo, (tweuty-one miles,) ou the bUuUbrd aud 
 Cbambly liailroad. 
 
 But most of those who came with us will make the return trio 
 to Newport, viewing the fine scenery along the shores in reverse 
 order, and when once again sheltered at the Meniphremagog 
 House, with spirit soothed and fancy charmed, you feel that it has 
 been a red-letter day in your life. 
 
 Many private parties have boats and yachts on the lake ; that of 
 Sir Hugli Allan was accidentally sunk some six miles from New- 
 port a few months since. Sail and row boats are provided at 
 New^jort lor all wishing to take excursions u[)ou the lake. 
 
 From Newport diverges the Southeastern Railroad line to Mon- 
 treal, oi)ened for travel during thfe winter of 1872-3, affording to 
 through passengers from the Connecticut valley, especially from 
 it<« northern portion and from the White Mountains, a short and 
 direct route to the Canadian metropolis. This route is along the 
 "Valley of the Clyde River via Richford, West Farnham and St. 
 Johns to Montreal, through the Victoria Bridge. Trains are 
 now run in connection with the Connecticut and Passumpsic 
 Express Line (no change of cars), and afford all the accommoda- 
 tions and improvements demanded by first-class through travel. 
 The old Passumpsic line northward runs along the Massawippi 
 valley, by the shores of Massawippi Lake, uniting at Sherbrooke 
 with the Grand Trunk line for Montreal, Quebec and interme- 
 diate points. 
 
 The localities and scenes most viaited by tourists and parties in 
 pursuit oi health and pleasure, lying along the line of 
 
142 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 THE VERMONT CENTRAL RAILWAY, 
 
 will be opened to easy and direct communication with the moun- 
 tain region by the new line of road, now nearly completed, and 
 which it is contemplated to open for travel the present summer, 
 extending from ^ 
 
 WELLS RIVER TO MONTPELIEB, \ 
 
 a distance of thirty-eiglit miles. This route gives railway facili- 
 ties to a section of country heretofore destitute, passes through 
 a fertile region rich in agricultural products and lumber, landing 
 the passenger in the heart of the State, at the old capital town of 
 Moutpelier. 
 
 On this new route the town of Marshfleld is one of import- 
 ance, the village being distant about a mile from the station. 
 Here are valuable water-powers utilized for lumber manufacture. 
 Many fine trout ponds are within short distances, and " Molly's 
 Falls," a short distance from the village, is a fine descent of water 
 of some two hundred feet fall, with attractive surrounding scen- 
 ery. It will be a place ot resort in the warm season. 
 
 MONTPELIER. 
 
 Tliis fine old New England capital, with its substantial public 
 buildings, fine location in the valley of the Winooski River, sur- 
 rounded by hills, from which you look upon wide landscapes 
 peculiar to the Mountain Commonwealth, should be visited by 
 all. The Capitol building is a fine granite structure of elaborMe 
 architecture and pleasing design. The rooms where are col- 
 lected the geological specimens from every section of the State, 
 and documents and articles, ancient, curious and rare, relating to 
 the history of the State, should be visited by all whose time ad- 
 mits. There are three insurance companies, two national banks, 
 manufacturing in considerable variety, and the church edifices 
 are among the finest in the state. The Vermont Central Rail- 
 road does not enter the village, but is reached by a branch road 
 of one and one-half miles in length. At the Pavilion Rouse^ 
 the sojourner will find good cheer and entertainment, G, R. 
 Aldrich, Esq., being the competent and obUging landlord. 
 
NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 143 
 
 The drives in the vicinity are charming. From one point of 
 view, some five miles from tlie villa'^e, the line of the Winoaski 
 valley opens a fine picture of mountain ranges and smiling val- 
 leys, the charm of which time only will dispel. 'Leaving the 
 capital and passing northward the central line runs along the 
 
 valley of the Winooski and 
 
 * ' * 
 
 WATERBURY, 
 
 the Mount Mansfield stage station of this road is reached — a 
 fine summer resort in the wide valley, lying among the great hills 
 and mountains. Drives from here to the natural bridge at Bolton 
 Falls, three miles, and to Camel's Hump, eight miles, are 
 attractive. 
 
 The Waterbury Hotel is an " hostelrie " of good repute and 
 deserved popularity, over which the proprietor presides by right 
 of his ability to do what many cannot, that is to " keep a hotel." 
 The accommodations are for one hundred guests and the house 
 afl'ord? a fine place of resort for pleasure seekers. 
 
 The trip from Waterbury to the pleasant village of 
 
 STOWE, 
 
 ten miles distant, at the base of Mount Mansfield, is made by 
 staging in the royal style of the olden time, in coaches drawn by 
 six white horses. This pleasant village is flanked by mountains, 
 and here visitors are provided with teams, guides and all needful 
 help tor the ascent. {Situated in this pleasant locality is 
 
 THE MOUNT MANSFIELD HOUSE, 
 
 calculated to accommo'^ate four hundred guests, it is spacious 
 and commodious in all its arrangements and appointments and 
 the stables and alleys connected are on a liberal scale. The 
 proprietors are not to" be outdone in their attentions to guests. 
 N. P. Keeler, Esq., is the experienced and popular manager. 
 
 The walks and drives cannot be surpassed. A short distance 
 from the hotel, Sunset Hill commands a fine view of the surround- 
 ing country. The drives to " Smuggler's Notch, " the most wild 
 
144 
 
 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 THE MOUNT MANSFIELD HOUSE. 
 
 and romantic mountain gorge in New England, eight miles ; Bing- 
 ham's Falls, five miles ; Moss Glen Falls, three and one-half miles ; 
 Gold Brook, three miles ; West Hill, two miles ; Morrisville Falls 
 and Johnson's Falls, eight and twelve miles respectively, are a 
 series of excursions which can but afibrd pleasure to patrons of 
 this house. A carriage road has been constructed to the summit 
 of Mount Mansfield, eight miles distant, on which is an excellent 
 hotel, making the most delightful mountain trip possible. ;. 
 
 The trip, with its pleasmg and profitable ascent of 
 
 MOUNT MANSFIELD, . , . 
 
 is no doubt the feature and main object of your visit here. The 
 bold summits of this noble eminence are thought to represent in 
 their peculiar outline the features of the human face, looking up- 
 ward forever from the firm base of the "everlasting hills. The 
 "forehead," "nose" and "chin" being represented by separate 
 elevations of the great mass. The chin is the most prominent, 
 being 4,350 feet above sea level, the forehead only 3,83D feet, 
 while the nose rises one hundred and sixty feet above the fore- 
 
CIIKST OF MOUNT MA^'8FIELD. 
 
146 NORTHEUN TLEASURK TRAVEL. 
 
 liead, perhaps the only nose upon which an " extra" inch would 
 be hardly noticeable. 
 
 The road to the base of the mountain is along a valley, follow- 
 ing a small stream, and for the first half of the ascdnt winds 
 through a thick, shading forest, finally emerging into the open 
 space, formerly the terminus of the carriage road at the half-way 
 house. A spring here gives out, from sources of supply in the 
 heart of the great mountain, a bountiful flow of the purest water. 
 The outlook from this point gives a charming view of the great 
 valley; but you press on to the summit, stopping to look into 
 the depths of that wild and serpentine mountain gorge, "Smug- 
 glers Notch," once frequented by that ent^Tprlsing but peculiar 
 class, formerly active along the border, remarkable for their love 
 of seclusion. The Summit House is the hotel, under the western 
 side of the nose, affording substantial comfort to one hundred 
 gue?ts. Clirabing to the point of the nose, a rocky knob of 
 Cromwellian proportions in this immense portrait, you overlook 
 a reach of view scarcely surpassed in grandeur and sublimity. 
 Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks, the St. Lawrence valley, 
 Montreal and the mountains of Canada, and around Lake Mem- 
 phremagog, the White and Fraconia mountains to the eastward, 
 and the broken ranges of hills and mountains and silver lines of 
 rivers within the State. Your guide will duly explain to you the 
 many localities, and the scientific will be interested in the " tes- 
 timony of the rocks " on these high peaks, giving evidence of 
 former submergence. 
 
 Reluctantly leaving this magnificent prospect and returning to 
 the comforts of the Mansfield House, at Stowe, and from theuce, 
 alter resting, to the railroad at Waterbury, you continue the jour- 
 ney northward. Cars may be left at Ridley's station, where convey- 
 ance can be had for " Camel's Hump," only six miles distant, so 
 named from the peculiar outline of its form seen from a distance ; 
 and, next to Mansfield, is the noticeable summit of the State, the 
 more so from its lone position, not dwarfed or belittled by sur- 
 rounding heights. Passing through the wild scenery from this 
 point yon reach a more level country as you near the junction at 
 Essex, catching on the way glimpses of the great mountains in 
 the distance and fair valleys and green slopes on either hand. 
 
NORTHERS PLB\SURE: TRAVEL. 147 
 
 AT ESSEX JU.VCTION, 
 
 you may diverge, by branch railway of eight miles, along the 
 Winooski valley, through the brisk Winooski Village, at the 
 Falls of the same name, through the "tunnel" of nearly four 
 hundred feet length, piercing a high blufl", to the fair city of 
 
 BURLINGTON, 
 
 the queen city of the mountain commonwealth, on the eastern 
 slope of Lake Champlain, which, at this point is ten miles wide. 
 This is one of the great lumber ports of the country, and manu- 
 factories of iron, steel and wooden wares and woolen fabrics, are 
 numerous and important. From favorable points of observation, 
 you look across the smiling waters of the lake and the Islajuls 
 upon the wild outline of tlie Adirtfndacks to the west, its profiii- 
 nent peaks arising to more than 5,^X)0 feet in height. The great 
 lake extends northward and southward beyond the line of vision, 
 dotted with islands and bordered by towns and points memorable 
 with historical and legendary associations. Ethan Allen's monu- 
 ment, High Bridge, Rock Point Institute, Howard's Summit and 
 other places of interest will be visited. " Rock Dunder," front- 
 ing the city, three miles out in the dark waters of the lake, remains 
 unchanged by the cursing or cannonading of the British Admiral 
 who mistook it for the frowning walls of a fort ; south of it are the 
 " Four Brothers," little green isles of peculiar beauty. " Fort 
 Kent," at the mouth of the Ausable River, is directly opposite on 
 the western shore, and away to the north Plattsburg is some- 
 times seen in favorable weather. A steamer runs from this point 
 to Plattsburg in the summer months. ' 
 
 THE AMERICAN HOTEL 
 
 is the largest and most complete hotel in the city, and in its 
 management and provision for the wante and comforts of 
 patrons, is second to none in the whole range of pleasure travel. 
 Crane & Stacy are the proprietors, the first named being the 
 manager of the house. After enjoying the comforts of this fine 
 hotel for the night, you will wish to visit the buildings of the 
 
148 
 
 NORTHERN rLEABLRE TRAVEL. 
 
 University of Vermont, here located, founded in 
 witli ample funds and grants, with agricultural 
 institutes connected, and from the observatory of 
 building enjoy the wide prospect overlooking 
 western view described, with the fair city itself 
 «weep of broken country landward, with the great 
 Into view. 
 
 LAKE CHAMPLAIN 
 
 1701, endowed 
 and medical 
 
 the University 
 the lake and 
 and the wide 
 
 peaks looming 
 
 is one hundred and forty miles extreme length, covers an area of 
 «ix hundred square miles, connects at its southern base with 
 the Hudson, by canal from Whitehall, receives the surplus waters 
 of Lake George, and discharges through the Richelieu Kiver into 
 the St. Lawrence. Burlington, St. Albans and Vergennes, on 
 the eastern shore, have flne harbors, and Plattsburg, Ticonder- 
 oga and Crown Point, on the New York side, are places of great 
 historic interest and noted associations. The scenery on the 
 Ausable River, reached Ironi Port Kent or Plattsburg, is the most 
 remarkable of any4nland stream in the Eastern States. Here the 
 riv^i dashes for a mile through a narrow passage in the sand- 
 stone, between walls of two hundred feet perpendicular height, 
 forming a chasm wild, romantic and grand in the extreme, dis- 
 tant twelve miles from Plattsburg. 
 
NORTHIRN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 149 
 
 Lake Cbamplaia was discovered in the year 1009 by Samuel de 
 Champlain, the noted and indomitable Frencli geographer. Of 
 its islands, promontories, ports, landings, and the surroundings 
 and charms, natural and historical, of Lake Champlain and 
 Lake George, the Adirondacks, and the military and naval en- 
 gagements hereabouts, you will have full account in Faxon's- 
 GuiDB TO Saratoga Springs and this whole lake region, just 
 issued from the press, and obtainable at all important points in 
 this region. 
 
 STEAMERS 
 
 of the Lake Champlain Transportation Company run A*om 
 Rouse's Point, the evening boat stopping at Plattsburg, and re- 
 maining at Burlington for the night, leaving that point at 10.45 
 A.M. n4xt day,* giving full time for viewing *the attractions of 
 Burlington, and a day trip over the lake to Whitehall. At Platts- 
 burg you connect with trains for the hunting and fishing grounds 
 of the Adirondack wilderness, at St. Alban's Bay with the village 
 of St. Albans, at Burlington with the Rutland and Vermont Cen- 
 tral railways, at Ticonderoga with the stages (four miles) for the 
 steamer on Lake George, which takes you over ihli wonderful 
 lake, surrounded by so much that is of historic interest and na- 
 tural beauty, to Caldwell, at the upper end of the Lake, where 
 are the ruins of old Fort William Henry, and the elegant and 
 commodious Fort William Henry Hotel, one of the largest 
 and most complete hotels in the country, T. Roessle & Son, 
 proprietors, and affording to frequenters of the lake and vicinity 
 all the comforts and luxuries which liberality and enterprise can 
 provide. Stages leave from this point and connect at Glens Falls 
 with trains of superb passei)<5er curs on the Renssalaer and Sara- 
 toga Railroad for Saratoga Springs. 
 
 AT GLEN^S FALLS 
 
 the Rockvirell Honae is a commodious home for the tourist and 
 traveler, kept by the Rockwell Brothers, and,* 
 
 AT PLATTSBURG, 
 
 the well known house known as FouqueVs Hotel is a retreat 
 
150 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVBL. 
 
 for the traveling class, of wide reputation and acknowledged ex- 
 cellence. 
 
 FROM BURLINGTON 
 
 the passenger may reacli Rutland over the Rutland Railroad, 
 thence over the Cheshire Road to Bellows Falls, Fitchburg or 
 Boston, or l)y way of Harlem Branch to Manchester, one of the 
 finest of New England villages, with flue promenades, marble 
 paving, near facilities lor sporting, tlr.<t-class entertainment at the 
 Equinox House, in the shadow of Mount Equinox, and other 
 hotels of good repute. 
 
 ST. ALBANS. 
 
 Thirty-two miles from Burlington, twenty-four from Essex 
 Junction, and sixty-five miles from Montreal is the thriving vil- 
 lage of St. Albans. The town has a population of 8,000, and the 
 increase in wealth, mechanical pursuits and population is very 
 rnpid. The village is finely situated on the wide slope overlook- 
 ing the waters of Lake Cham plain. Main street is the principal 
 and most attractive street. The railway station of the Vermont 
 Central line is a spacious and commodious brick structure, and 
 adjoining are the offices of this important line. The extensive 
 construction and repair shops of the company are near by, where 
 locomotives and cars of all descriptions are constructed and re- 
 paired in a superior manner. The village is prettily laid out, has 
 a fine common centrally located, and many tasty residences, that 
 of Ex Governor Smith being particularly noticeable for its fine 
 grounds and tasty arrangements. 
 
 From Aldis Hill, a short distance to the rear of Gov. Smith's 
 fine residence, and easily reached by a stroll of a half hour, you 
 have one of the finest views to be found in a wide range of 
 travel, overlooking as it does, the great Lake and its islands, the 
 distant Adirondacks, the wild counties of New York to the 
 west, the fair village at your feet, and the wide valley and charm- 
 ing plains stretching southward and northward. Bellevue Hill, 
 farther to the east, reached by a short drive, affords a still finer 
 view, from the observatory, of the lake and surroundings, and also 
 a wide outlook towards the interior of the State. 
 
NORTHERN FLEA8URE TRAVEL. 151 
 
 Much of the business of Northwestern Vermont centres here. 
 As a butter and cheese market it is quoted as the market of ail 
 otliers in those commodities. Waterworks are nearly completed 
 on a scale to supply the village with pure water for domestic use 
 and business purposes. A rolling mill for the manufacture of 
 railroad iron has lately been put in active operation. A court 
 house of creditable proportions and design is in process of build- 
 ing, and all the necessities; and adornments of a nourishing town 
 are here combined. It is the shire town of Franklin county, the 
 llnest agricultural county of the state. From St Albans the 
 traveler can proceed directly north to Montreal or diverge west- 
 ward by the Ogdensburg line, or by either route continue to any 
 section of the great west. 
 
 The Weldon House has been opened for the last eight years, af- 
 fording to the traveling public accommodations every way desir- 
 able. The name is in honor of Jesse Weldon, the pioneer white 
 settler of the town. Waters from the springs at Ilighgate, Sheldon, 
 and the nearer vicinity are furnished guests at this hotel. The en- 
 tire construction and management of the house is on a liberal scale. 
 Duriiig your stay at this, or one of the smaller hotels, you will 
 naturally learn many particulars regarding the famous St. Albans 
 raid in October 1864, when pretended confederates swept into 
 the unsuspecting qui»it of the village, robbed its banks, murdered 
 a citizen and wounded others, creating general excitement and 
 widespread terror. . 
 
 Diverging from the main line of the Vermont Central, just 
 above St. Albans, is the Missisquoi Railroad, leading along the 
 valley of the Missisquoi river, to the famous 
 
 MISSISQUOI SPRINGS, • 
 
 of high reputvi for curative properties. 
 
 SHELDON SPRINGS 
 
 is a noble fountain of mineral waters, clear, transparent, and 
 without offensive odor, in high repute for its beneficial effects 
 on those afflicted with kidney diseases, rheumatism and skin 
 diseases. These springs are but nine miles from St. Albans. 
 
152 
 
 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL 
 
 HIGHOATE SPRINGS 
 
 are twelve miles from St. Albans, on the direct line to Mon- 
 treal, iu the town of the same name, immediately adjoining the 
 railway, in a fertile ami attractive country, with fine facilities 
 for sporting, recreation or rest. 
 
 ALBURGH SPRINGS. 
 
 Situated on the railway to Rouse's Point, sixteen miles from 
 St. Albans, reached by crossing the great railroad bridge, 
 three-fourths cf a mile in length, over that portion of the lake 
 connecting with Missisquoi Bay. The 
 
 ALBUKGH SPRINGS HOUSE, 
 
 H. II. Howe, manager, is on the banks of Missisquoi Bay, one 
 mile from the raikoad ; is opened early in May for reception 
 of guests ; is elegantly furnished and efficiently managed. 
 
MORTHBRN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 153 
 
 The Spniif^s have a reputation, extending back for nearly a 
 century, for the cure of rheumatic, Bcrofulous and kidney com- 
 phiintH, liver difticulties, humors, etc. The grand and attract* 
 ive scenery and superior facilities for boating, driving and 
 sp4»rting, make it an attractive retreat in which to recuperate 
 wasted energies and regain lost health, while it is no less a 
 pleasing retreat for the vigorous seeking rest and pleasure. 
 
 UP TIIK CONNKCTICUr VALLBY. 
 
 The route from New York City to the mountains and Can- 
 adas, via Springfield, and thence up the Connecticut valley, 
 has been already outlined to Springfield in the description of 
 routes at the beginning of this book. Leaving Springfield 
 and coming northward, junction is formed at Northampton 
 with the New Haven and Northampton R. R. ; at Greenfield 
 with the Vermont and Massachusetts R R. ; at So. Vernon, 
 at the State line, with the New London Northern R. R. ; rit 
 Bellows Falls with the I^utland and the Cheshiie R. R. lints; 
 at White River Junction with the Vennont Central and 
 Northern N. H. R. R. ; at Wells River .Junction with the Pas- 
 sumpsic and Massawippi Valley line, for Lake Meniphreni- 
 agog and the Canadas, and at the same point with the Boston, 
 Concord and Montreal line for the White Mountains and 
 Canadas. 
 
 Leaving New York by the New York and New Haven line, 
 the observing stranger will be repaid for any stay he may find 
 time to make at either of the capital cities of New Haven or 
 Ifartfind, both among the most substantial and elegant of 
 New England cities. 
 
 SPRINGFIELD 
 
 has many points of interest, not only to strangers but to all 
 unfamiliar with the beautiful location, varied industries and 
 important railroad connections peculiar to this live and grow- 
 ing city. It is the trade centre of a circle of thriving towns, 
 ynd the importance of the long lines of railway, here centreing, 
 HI giving permanent prosperity and importance to the city can 
 scarcely be over-estimated. The noble buildings and grounds 
 
154 NOHTIfKRS PI KASIRE IRATKL. 
 
 of the U. S. Arsenal are the flr^t to uttruct attention, and the 
 view from the cupola of the amenal building Ih ho wide and 
 charming aM to win ext!avagant praiHo from all dintinguiMlu'd 
 Ibrelj^n travrlcrs who li:iv« l(M)ke(l out over thin fair New Eujj- 
 land scene. The view from liOng Hill Ih alwoof peculiar int»«reht 
 and wide; extent; the diHtunt mountain summitH, far to the 
 west, blending in the wi<l« landscape, and the graceful sweep 
 of the river giving added charm to the broad and fertile valley. 
 
 CIIICOPKE. 
 
 Four miles north of SprlngHold is (-'hicopee, a lino manufac- 
 turing town, and t e extensive buildings of the Dwight Mills 
 are seen from the railway. But space forbids elaborate descrip- 
 tion and you are hurried on through Willimansett, and 
 crossing the Connecticut to the west bank, you reach 
 
 UOLYUKE, 
 
 ten miles from Springfield. The water power at this place is 
 second to none in New England or the whole country, the dam 
 across the Connecticut being 1,017 feet in length. The location 
 of the village is upon the hillside, with an eastern slope. The 
 water power is largely utilized, the Lyman Mills being an ex- 
 tensive manufactory, the Hampton tickings and ginghams of 
 deserved popularity, while the making of paper of many grades, 
 largely writing, collar and manilla papers, is a noted item in 
 the business of the town. The several woolen mills are im- 
 portant, being operated by wealthy private and corporate 
 owners. 
 
 MT. IIOLYOKE SEMINARY, 
 
 in Hadley, fifteen miles from Springfield, is commandingly lo- 
 cated. The school is peculiar in its plan. Patrons of the 
 institution communicate with the railway at Smith's Ferry. 
 
 NORTHAMPTON , 
 
 is eighteen miles north of Springfield, and one hundred and 
 fifty-three miles from New York. The approach to this old 
 
NORTHKBN PLEASURE TRAVEL. ITli 
 
 and important town by rail is the most attractive in its sur- 
 ruundirijjs of any on the wholn route. Mt. Ilolyoke is to tlu» 
 northeast, crowned by the ProHpect llousr, a tbouHand feet 
 above river level. It U three miles from Northampton Village 
 to the summit, steam [)ower takinf^ you up an inclining; plane 
 to the summit from the terminus of the carraigo road. Thou- 
 sands visit this uni(|ue hotel each season. The view from it Is 
 upon a scene almost unlimited in Its extent and variety, look- 
 ing upon half a hundred villages, the elevations on the 
 shores of the Sound, away to the Green Mountains and distant 
 Monndnock; on the noble sunnnit of grim (Jreylock, and the 
 rounded outlines of the Wachuset Hills. Mt. Tom (1,2.")() feet 
 elevation) lies on the left, the railway passing between them. 
 Persons who tarry in this line old town will liml in its early 
 history and many localities of interest much to interest and 
 charm them. It is a i)lace of much resort, and its broad, open 
 streets are a charniing and noticeable feature. The Round 
 Hill Water Cure, with extensive buildings, and the State 
 Lunatic Asylum, are important institutions, while the Man- 
 sion House and Warner lloiise give excelh'ut accommodations 
 to patrons. The live village of Flouence, so known from 
 that mechanical mai vel, the Florence Sewinff Machine, here 
 manufactured, is about two miles distant by rail, and beyond 
 are Haydenville and Williamsburg, two other important out- 
 lying villages in the town of Williamsburg. 
 
 Passing on through Easthampton, four miles further north, 
 an enterprising town, with extensive manufacturing interests, 
 and catching a glimpse of 
 
 OLD HADLEY, 
 
 some three miles distant to the right, memorable as the se- 
 cluded home for a time of Goffe and Whalley, the renegades 
 whose story all know. This is a curious old town, lying in a 
 curve of the Connecticut, with streets twenty rods in width, 
 and on its eastern limit bordered by the important town of 
 Amherst with its colleges and extensive cabinets. 
 
 From Northampton to the state line the railway line is some 
 distance to the west of the Connecticut, not approaching the 
 
156 NOKTHERN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 
 
 near vicinity of the river excepting where the gi-eai loop of 
 the river encircles the village of Hadlky, passing through 
 Hatfield, Whatley, Deerfield, Greenfield, Bernardstown and 
 Xorthfield. This line of old towns are all rich in their histor- 
 ical associations, and picturesque in location and surrounding 
 scenery, and the outlying towns and villages are important. 
 
 GREENFIELD 
 
 is the point where this railway line intersects with the Ver- 
 mont and Massachusetts or Hoosac Tunnel line, soon to 
 become one of the gi'eat routes to the west, and the town 
 itself is an important point for trade and manufactures, and 
 attractive for residence. 
 
 TURNER'S FALLS, 
 
 on the Connecticut, four miles from Greenlield, is one of 
 the most thriving of the manufacturing towns of western 
 Massachusetts — a modern manufacturing town, bidding fair 
 to become populous and important, or perhaps it may better 
 be said that it has already become so. 
 The red cone of 
 
 SUGAR LOAF MOUNTAIN 
 
 is seen to the right, soon after leaving Whatley station, and 
 the station at South Deerfield is but one and a half miles from 
 the "Summit, or Mountain House," to which a passable road 
 now leads. The view from this point of the Connecticut 
 basin looks southward to Mounts Holyoke and Tom ; northward 
 to the peaks near the state line ; the bold ranges on either 
 hand and the smiling pastoral scene lying in quiet beauty 
 along the broad valley. 
 
 SOUTH YERVON, 
 
 ju«it over the state line in Vermont, is the point where the 
 Ashuelot road diverges to Keene, N. H., and the New Lon- 
 
NOKTHKRN PLEASURE TRAVEL. 157 
 
 don Northern joins from tho eastward. Lookinj? up the 
 valley of the Ashuelot, as you near the Vernon station, Grand 
 Monadnock is seen in the far distance. The line of approach 
 from this point to Brattleboro' is one of peculiar beauty and 
 interest; passing along the west bank of tlie Connecticut you 
 look upon the wooded islands of the river and up the valley to 
 the line of bHie hills in the distance. 
 
 BRATTLEBORO' 
 
 is one of the most beautiful of Connecticut valley towns, lying 
 on a broken site, encircled by hills and mountains. The loca- 
 tion is admired by all who appreciate bold variety and quiet 
 beauty combined in landscape. From the terraces of the 
 town, and especially to the south from Cemetery Hill, the 
 prospect is peculiarly varied, bold and charming; the wide 
 sweep of the river and the abrupt slope of Mt. Wautastiquet 
 to the east, with the bold and graceful outlines of more distant 
 hills in the background, the shaded and broken lines of the 
 village street, combine in a rare and charming picture. 
 
 The Brooks Uouse, Charles G. Lawrence, proprietor, may 
 be best described by stating that it is one of the finest and 
 most complete hotels in the state, excelled by few if any in 
 New England; in every respect complete and first-class and 
 worthy of patronage. 
 
 From Brattleboro' the railroad closely follows the west bank 
 of the Connecticut, through the old towns of Dummerstown, 
 Putney and Westminster, to 
 
 BELLOWS FALLS. 
 
 Here is an extensive water-power, the rapid course of the 
 Connecticut in this vicinity affording great facilities for the 
 creation of valuable power, and this power has of late been ex- 
 tensively utilized, with prospect of establishing here a manu- 
 facturing centre of great importance. Extensive manufac- 
 tories of paper have of late been established here. The 
 terraces along the valley of the Connecticut are here distinctly 
 marked, and on these tenaces and in the beds of ancient 
 
158 
 
 NORTHERN PLEASURE TRATEL. 
 
 lakes, here apparent, the geologist finds evidences of great 
 natural changes in the past. The place has of late become 
 popular as a resort for the summer, and 
 
 THE ISLAND HOUSE 
 
 is commodious in its plan, and finely situated, giving a good 
 view of the falls or rapids. The windows and verandas com- 
 mand fine views and catch the purest breezes. S. C. Fleming 
 is the gentlemanly and efiicient proprietor, who will leave 
 nothing to be desired in his provisions for your comfort. 
 
 From this point the traveler may take the Rutland line to 
 Rutland, Burlington and all points north and west, or the 
 Cheshire line for Fitchburg and Boston, or continue northward 
 along the Connecticut valley on the east side, within the 
 limits of New Hampshire, through the Charlestown Stations. 
 This is a long township stretching for fifteen miles along the 
 east bank of the river. A line of stages run from Charlestown 
 to Springfield, Yt., a picturesque town six miles from the 
 
 station, 
 
 • 
 
 CLAREMONT, N. H., 
 
 fourteen miles from Bellows Falls, is the champion agricul- 
 tural town of the Granite State, desirable as a residence and 
 important for its manufactures and business enterprise. Here 
 the Sugar River Railroad reaches the Connecticut valley from 
 
NORTHERX PLEASURE TRATEL. 159 
 
 Concord, via Bradford and Newport, and intemiediate towns. 
 Twelve miles above Claremont is 
 
 WINDSOR, VT., 
 
 where the railway crosses to the west bank of the river and 
 continues from this point within the state of Vermont. On 
 the way to Windsor from Claremont the prominent and rocky 
 summit of Ascutney Mountain haunts your course. It can be 
 ascended from the hotel at Windsor— distance, about tive miles 
 from carriage road to summit. The Vermont State Prison is 
 located here, and considerable manufacturing is carried on. 
 Fourteen miles further north, 
 
 WHITE RIVER JUNCTION 
 
 in the town of Hartford, Vt., and opposite the large and 
 enterprising town of Lebanon, N. H., which lies just across the 
 river is reached. This is one of the most important sta- 
 tions on the line. The through northern line to the west, via 
 the New Hampshire, Northern and Vermont Central Railway 
 Line, here intersects with the Connecticut valley route, and 
 passengers can diverge westward to Montpelier, Mt. Mans- 
 field, Burlington, St. Albans, Montreal or the west ; or east- 
 ward to Concord, Boston or intermediate points — Mt. Kiar- 
 sarge being but four miles distant from Potter Place Station 
 on this line. Here are commodious depot buildings, and at 
 so ne hours of the day a busy scene of exchange from train to 
 train may be witnessed, as the several roads converge with their 
 human, and less precious freight. The extensive and excellent 
 depot dining station at this point, and the Junction House near 
 by, are both well managed oy the Barrens, who also cater so 
 successfully to the wants of the traveling public at the Twin 
 ^[ountain and Crawford Houses at the White Mountains. 
 
 Going northward from this Junction, Norwich, once im- 
 portant as the location of the Vermont Military Institute, is 
 shortly reached, a tine place still for residence or temporary 
 sojourn. Opposite, on the New Hampshire side of the river, 
 Hanover is located, where Dartmouth College, the only col- 
 
160 NORTHERN TLEASLRE TRAVEL. 
 
 lege in New Hampsliire, has a fame which reaches every part 
 of the laud. The college buildings are at no grent distance 
 from the railway, and the village is a quiet, pleasant retreat 
 for those who choose to make it their permanent or temporary 
 home. 
 
 The college has had a century of life, and its graduates are 
 in every part of the land in every department of professional 
 and mercantile life. Many of them have struggled through 
 the course of study against all the drawbacks of poverty, but 
 seldom have they failed to do honor to themselves and the 
 institution. 
 
 Continuing northward the Thetford and Lyme and Fairlee 
 and Orford stations are passed, and Bradford and Newbury 
 are important and finely located towns. The Trotter Bourse, 
 at Bradford, H. E. Harris, proprietor, is a good hotel, with 
 livery connected. North of Newbury you overloook the grand 
 loop or bow of the Connecticut to the right, and the wide and 
 beautiful valley lying about it. On the line of approach to 
 this point you catch an occasional glimpse of Moosilauk Moun- 
 tain, away to the eastward, {4,600 feet elevation), and nearer 
 and lesser summits in the same direction. At forty miles from 
 White River Junction you reach 
 
 WELLS RIVER, 
 
 from which point you can continue north w^ard along the 
 Connecticut and Passumpsic valley to Lake Meniphremagog 
 and the Canadas, or connect with the Boston, Concord and 
 Montreal for the White Mountains, and with the (yet unfin- 
 ished) line from Wells River to Montpelier. These connecting 
 lines have all been previously described under appropriate 
 heads in other portions of this book, as also has the scenery 
 along the line. In the early summer no finer railway trip can 
 be taken tlian than this along the valley of the upper Con- 
 necticut and beside the winding Passumpsic rivers. 
 
IHEt. inTashington Railmray. 
 
 SUMMER ARRANGEMENT, - - 1873. 
 
 XTPVrARD. 
 
 Leave Ammonusuc Station 10.30 A.M., 5.30 P.M. 
 
 DOWlTWiLRD. 
 Leave Tip-Top Station 8 A.M., 2 P.M. 
 
 EXTRA TRAIXS will be ruR for a ro.isonal>1e number of passengerH 
 uiK)ii suitable notice by Mail or Telegraph. 
 
 COACHES to and from the Kailroads and lIoteH connect with all regu- 
 lar trains, iioth at the base and Summit. 
 
 JOHN W. DODGE. Manager. 
 
 LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE. 
 
 THE NEVA/ STEAMER, 
 
 Connecting at Weirs with the 
 
 BOSTON, CONCORD & MONTRFAL RAILROAD, 
 
 > It 
 
 Leaves Weirs for 
 
 CENTEE nARBOB, CONiVAY, NOETH CONWAY, • 
 WHITE and FE AN CON I A MOUNTAINS, 
 
 At 11,50 A.M., and 4.40 P.M., or on arrival of the trains from Boston. Pas- 
 8t;iiger.-« leaving Boston by the 7.30 A.M. irain, via JJoston & >rMine, or 8.0D 
 A.M. Express, viaUuston & Lowvll, arrive at Centre Harbor (^ailing over the 
 
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 RETURNING. 
 
 Leaves Wolfboro' daily, at 5.30 A.^r., and 10.15 A.M., touching at Dia- 
 mond l.*land tour times a day, to c mnect at Weirs with trains going Nortli 
 and South. Leaves Centre Harbor at 7.30 A.M. and 1.00 P.M. lor Boston 
 and Is'ew York. 
 
 Passengers leaving Conway, North Conway, Centre Harbor, or Wolfboro' 
 in the morning, aiiive in Boblon or New York 1^ hours earlier than by 
 any other route, 
 
 11 E. BICKFORD, Captain. 
 
Boston, Concord, Montreal & White Mountains 
 
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 4.53 " 
 7.00 " 
 8.11 " 
 5.30 " 
 6.00 " 
 5.45 " 
 6.30 " 
 
 6.45 " 
 8.00 " 
 5.27 " 
 5.40 " 
 
 5.46 " 
 
 Ex. Train. 
 
 9.42 " 
 
 10.05 " 
 lO.OO " 
 10.20 " 
 10.51 " 
 
 11.06 " 
 yll.15 " 
 
 1.00 I'M. 
 
 A.-. 'lYalP. 
 
 
 
 
 W«<^«^»»e Leave.'.' 
 
 
 
 Wells River 
 
 
 
 Bath 
 
 
 
 Lisbon •• 
 
 
 
 North Lisbon 
 
 
 
 Littleton, arrive 
 
 3.22 
 6.J0 
 3.37 
 3.50 
 4.25 
 4.07 
 4.30 
 4.45 
 6.00 
 4.00 
 
 
 
 Profile House, arrive 
 
 
 WingRoa<l, " 
 
 yll.34 A.M. 
 f7ll.57 " 
 12.30 P.M. 
 12.15 " 
 12.45 " 
 1.00 " 
 2.00 " 
 11.60 A.M. 
 12.03 P.M. 
 
 
 Bethleliem, •' 
 
 Sinclair House, " 
 
 Twin Mt. Station, arrive. 
 
 
 White Mt. House, " . 
 
 
 Crawford House, "... 
 Dalton, "... 
 
 ...•...>.... 
 
 • ••■•••■■• • 
 
 So. Lancaster. *• . . . 
 
 
 12.08 " 
 
 
 Lanca,.„....{A™«.:- 
 Waumbeck House, arr... 
 
 4.32 
 6.00 
 6.00 
 6.18 
 6.30 
 
 <• 
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 6.00 " 
 8.00 " 
 6.18 " 
 6.30 " 
 
 012.21 " 
 2.00 " 
 1236 " 
 12.45 •* 
 4.15 " 
 5.00 " 
 1.55 " 
 2.15 " 
 6.00 " 
 5.30 " 
 8.45 " 
 9.20 " 
 
 i7.20 A.M. 
 
 Northumberland Falls. . 
 Northumberland, arrive.. 
 Gorhani. arrive 
 
 t7..3S " 
 
 i7.50 " 
 
 ilO 30 " 
 
 Glen Hou^e. arrive 
 
 
 
 ill.30 " 
 
 Island Pond.... ^^V^e^; 
 
 ^iohmoi^d {'^l^;i- 
 
 Montreal, arrive 
 
 9.00 
 1.00 
 2.05 
 3.30 
 6.50 
 7.40 
 
 ,t 
 (« 
 
 A.M. 
 
 t< 
 
 <( 
 
 11 
 
 9.00 " 
 10.00 " 
 2.05 A .M. 
 2-30 " 
 6.50 " 
 7.40 " 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Quebec, " ....... 
 
 
 
 aThirty minu'es for dinner at the Pemigewasset House. Plymouth, Hnd 
 arrive at Littleton, Lancaster, Profile House (Franconia Mountains), Fa- 
 byan, Sinclair, Waunibek, Crawford, Twin Mountain and White Mountain 
 Houses early the fame afternoon, and Mount Waslungton House (sunnnit 
 cf Mount Washington) before sunset. Passengers for Montreal and Quebec 
 have two hours for tea at Lancaster. 
 fcVia Haverhill and Lawrence. 
 
 cVia Concord and Portsiuouth R. R. from Newmarket Junction. 
 rfSteamboat for Woltboro', Centre Harbor stages to West Ossipee, rail to 
 North Conway, one hour at Senter House, Centre Harbor, for diinier. 
 
 e Passengers by the accommodation and afternoon express trains Kwige at 
 Plymouth, and proct sd at 7.35 the following morning arriving at Littleton, 
 Lancaster, and Profile, Crawford, Twin Mountain, Fabyan, Sinclair, Waum- 
 bek and White Mountain Houses in time to dine; connecting at Northum- 
 berland with the 12.45 P.M. train, Grand Trunk Railway, for Island Pond, 
 Montreal and Quebec, Gorham and Glen House, arriving early same evening. 
 /Supper. 
 
 ^Passengers by this train, leaving the Mountain Houses after usual 
 breakfast hours, connect at Northumberland Junction with G. T. R. R., 
 for Glen House, Montreal and Quebec, arriving early the same evening. 
 
 iMorning train, for accommodation of passengers, from Lancaster for Glen 
 House, connects at Northumberland Junction withG. T. R. R. for Gorham. 
 Elegant Parlor Cars run through from New London, via Worcester and 
 Nashua; from Newport and FallRiver, ria Nashua and Acton; from Bos- 
 ton to all stations on Boston, Concord, Montreal and White Mountains 
 R. R., connecting at Northumberland Junction with through express train 
 (with Pullman cars) for Sherbrooke, Montreal and Quebec. 
 
 Conductors B. C. & M.,and White Mountains li.tf.'s.—J. S. Russ, Davi<l 
 Ferguson, W. H. Rollins, G. W. Eastman, L. V. Moulton, T. Roby, O. M. 
 Hinds, E. F. Mann, Geo. V. Moulton. 
 
 W. W. BERG, Gen. Passenger Agent, 
 
 5 State Street, Boston. 
 
Boston, Concord, Montreal & White Mountains 
 
 :e^7vii_.r.o7^id. 
 
 TRAINS SOUTH- LEAVE 
 
 iKx. Train 
 
 Ml. Traill 
 
 LIO P.M. 
 
 1.45 •' 
 5..30 " 
 5.45 " 
 9.00 •' 
 
 Kx. TfRln 
 
 1 A<\ Train 
 
 (inebuc 
 
 Montreal 
 
 8.30 p M. 
 
 10.00 " 
 L.^OA.M. 
 2.15 •• 
 fi.OO •' 
 7.45 " 
 
 C7.00 
 
 r7.00 
 
 C10..30 
 
 clO.45 
 
 c 12.05 
 
 c2.00 
 
 A.M. 
 
 
 A.M. 
 
 
 i.ia.,.iromi,...ji^;i;:^; 
 
 (iCt Icn IIouHe 
 
 
 << 
 P.M. 
 
 
 
 
 M0.25 A.M. 
 
 Uorham 
 
 
 
 * 'y.'oo ' 
 
 3.12 
 
 i.;m) 
 
 .3.27 
 
 3.41 
 
 3.47 
 
 4.00 
 
 2.00 
 
 3 00 
 
 .3.15 
 
 3.45 
 
 3.45 
 
 4.05 
 
 4.20 
 
 3.00 
 
 4.48 
 
 5.03 • 
 
 5.18 
 
 5..33 
 
 5.45 
 
 5.46 
 
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 611.25 '• 
 
 Nortliumberland June. 
 
 9.00 " 
 9.09 " 
 8.00 " 
 9.25 " 
 
 ftl.15 •• 
 
 " FjilKs... 
 
 
 M.35 ** 
 
 Waninbek 1 louse 
 
 0.00 A.M. 
 7.45 " 
 7..')0 " 
 8.05 " 
 8.18 '• 
 
 0.00 " 
 
 7.1.-) '« 
 
 7..30 " 
 
 8.00 " 
 
 8.00 " 
 
 8.18 " 
 
 8..35 " 
 
 7.00 " 
 
 9.00 •« 
 
 9.13 " 
 
 9.26 " 
 
 9.41 " 
 
 9 55 " 
 
 10.17 " 
 
 10.12 " 
 
 10.44 '' 
 
 10.59 " 
 
 11.27 " 
 
 11. .38 *< 
 
 11. iW " 
 
 12.00 M. 
 
 
 Lanr'Jister 
 
 62.00 P.M. 
 
 So. Lancaster 
 
 
 DaUnii 
 
 
 
 Whitefield 
 
 7.30 " 
 845 " 
 9.00 " 
 9.30 " 
 9..30 " 
 9.47 " 
 
 10.10 " 
 8.30 " 
 
 10.30 " 
 
 
 Crawford House 
 
 
 Fabvan Hou.se 
 
 
 White Mountain House . 
 
 
 Twin Mt. Station... 
 
 
 Sinclair House .. 
 
 B'^tlileliem 
 
 
 Wine Road 
 
 
 I'rolile House 
 
 Littleton 
 
 
 No. Lisbon 
 
 
 Lisbon 
 
 
 
 Bith 
 
 
 
 •\\T „i -ii Arrive.... 
 
 
 
 woodviiie.... Lea/e;.;; 
 
 
 
 Wells River 
 
 
 
 Haverhill and Newbury.. 
 
 
 6.11 
 6.25 
 650 
 7.00 
 7.12 
 7.20 
 
 is 
 <( 
 « 
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 East Haverhill 
 
 
 
 Warren 
 
 12.03 P.M. 
 
 
 Wentworth 
 
 
 West Rumney 
 
 
 
 llumney , 
 
 
 
 Quincy 
 
 
 
 P''-™"' {Leav"e.V 
 
 Bridgewater 
 
 A12.45 " 
 1 15 " 
 
 /« 12.22 P.M. 
 1.03 •' 
 
 (17.45 " 
 7.30 a.m. 
 
 
 5.10 AM.. 
 
 Ashland 
 
 
 1.17 •' 
 1.J7 " 
 10.15 A.M. 
 7.20 " 
 8.00 " 
 
 i!48"p.M. 
 
 2.00 " 
 2.05 " 
 2.19 " 
 2.28 " 
 2.40 " 
 2.48 " 
 
 7.45 
 
 8.08 
 5.30 
 
 
 5.24 •• 
 
 Meredith Village 
 
 
 5.47 " 
 
 Woliboro' 
 
 10.15 A.M. 
 7.20 " 
 8.00 " 
 1.00 P.M. 
 2.00 «' 
 2.14 " 
 2.19 " 
 
 
 No. Conway 
 
 West Opsipee 
 
 
 
 
 Centre Harbor 
 
 7.30 
 8.25 
 8.39 
 8.44 
 8.57 
 9.07 
 9.25 
 9.35 
 
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 <( 
 
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 Weirs, (steamboat) 
 
 Lake Village 
 
 5.58 '« 
 6.09 " 
 
 Laconia 
 
 6.13 "' 
 
 EastTilton 
 
 6.27 " 
 
 Tilton 
 
 2.40 " 
 
 6.36 " 
 
 Northfield , ... 
 
 6.51 " 
 
 Canterbury. 
 
 
 7.01 '• 
 
 Nort h Concord 
 
 
 
 East Concord 
 
 
 3.20 ♦• 
 3.27 " 
 
 9.58 
 10.05 
 10.15 
 
 « i 
 
 " 1 
 
 7.20 '• 
 
 ( Arrive.. 
 
 Concord^ j Leave. . 
 
 ( Leave.. 
 
 .3.20 '« 
 
 ^3.25 '' 
 
 3.40 '• 
 
 7.25 '• 
 T.30 •• 
 
 *3.40 *•• 
 
 
Trains south -if avf liKx.TrHiuT 
 
 !^f ;inr,lieHter, ii-ave. 
 
 Lawrence 
 
 Nashua 
 
 Lowell 
 
 Haverliill 
 
 l)ovor 
 
 Portsmouth .. 
 
 Newburyport 
 
 Salem. 
 
 So. Framiii^hiim 
 
 THiinton 
 
 Fall Klver 
 
 Newport, K. I 
 
 Provifloncft. 
 
 Xow Bedford 
 
 Wort!»^st«'r 
 
 Ntnv London 
 
 Sprliistield 
 
 Ha t ford 
 
 New Haven. 
 
 l^)ston, 11. & M. Depot. . 
 
 Boston, Lowell Depot 
 
 New York, all rail 
 
 via Norwich Line 
 
 Sfrs., Pier 40 N. Klver. 
 JI. Y., via Fall River Strs., 
 
 Pier 28 North River 
 
 n.80 
 
 4.30 
 5.30 
 «.2« 
 
 <).I5 
 «.55 
 7.(H) 
 (}.15 
 7.40 
 8.20 
 8.10 
 8.20 
 8.25 
 fi.fK) 
 10. If) 
 8.15 
 1.20 
 2.40 
 6.29 
 6.2.-3 
 5.25 A.M 
 
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 Noa lit Minn lUnroa il— Conoluh'.L 
 
 H. X. TiHiii I ^c. TrHlii' 
 
 10.58 •' 
 12.15 P.M. 
 11.45 A.M. 
 
 Ml. I rani 
 
 4.20 
 5.30 
 4.58 
 5.30 
 6.26 
 6.17 
 6.15 
 6.55 
 7 00 
 6.15 
 7.40 
 8.20 
 8.10 
 8.20 
 8.25 
 7.10 
 10.15 
 
 A.M.I 
 
 " I 
 
 P.M.! 
 
 1.26 A.M. 
 2.40 '• 
 6,20 P.M. 
 6.2;j " 
 6.25 A.M. 
 
 N. Y., 
 
 5.00 
 5.00 
 
 5.00 
 
 6.00 
 
 8.15 
 
 12.15 
 
 i.;w 
 /.{.oO 
 
 • ■ • • ( 
 
 2.15 
 1.45 
 l..{5 
 ;J.I8 
 4.46 
 5.25 
 
 ;j..io 
 
 4.08 
 2.00 
 
 P.M. 
 
 (4 
 
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 l< 
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 0.00 
 0.30 
 
 10.10 
 
 6.15 
 7.20 
 S.M 
 1.15 
 1.15 
 11.12 
 
 « 
 
 << 
 
 << 
 
 10.35 
 
 rtAlso leave Glen House at 5.00 P.M., Oorhara 6.05 p.m. via Northumber- 
 land Junction, arrivittfjat Lancaster 8.15 p.m. 
 
 ^Passengers from Glen House and Portland by this train, havean hour for 
 dinner at Lancaster House, Lanca.ster, before leavinj; on the afternoon ex- 
 press f(»r Crawford, Pabyan. Tvvin Mountain, White Mountain, Profile and 
 Pemigewasset Houses, Bethhiliem, Littleton and Plymouth. 
 
 cCJ'iebec and Montreal Day Express via Northumberland Junction arriv- 
 ing at principal White Mountain Houses, inclu'Ung the Mount Washington 
 House in time for tea. 
 
 f/Pa-sengers arriving by the train lodge at Pemigewasset House and can 
 proceed at 5.10 a.m. and 7.30 a.m. the following morning. 
 
 cNew York Expres.s via Nashua— Passengers for Worcester, Springfield, 
 Hartford, New Haven, Norwicli. New London, South Framingham, 
 Providence, Taunton, New Bedford, Fall River and Newport take this train. 
 
 /Via Lawrence. 
 
 _r/Via Concord and Portsmouth Railroad. 
 
 /tThirty minutes for dinner at Pemigewasset House. 
 
 iPassengers by this train can leave Lancaster, Littleton, and the Moun* 
 tain liouses after the usual breakfast liour, and arrive in Manchester, Law- 
 rence, Dover, Torfsmouth, Hampton Beach, Nashua, Worcester, Provi- 
 dence, Taunton, New Bedford, Fall River, Salem, and Boston in time for 
 supper. 
 
 /Passengers for Dover, Portsmouth, and Hampton Beach, changes care at 
 ^iancheste^ for Concord aud Portsmouth Railroad. 
 
 Passengers for Salem change cars at Lowell. 
 
 Passengers for Fitchburg change cars at Ayer's Junction. 
 
 Elegant Parlor Cars run through from all stations on Boston, Concord, 
 Montreal and White Mountain Railroad, to Boston via Lowell. New 
 London via Worcester, Fall River and Newport via Nashua and Acton 
 Railroad. 
 
 OFFICERS* 
 
 J. E. LYON, President'; *BOST0N. 
 
 J. A. DODGE, Supt. C. M. WHITTIER, Cashier, PLYMOUTH, N. H. 
 
 W. R. BRACKETT, G.T.A. ; J. L. ROGERS, G.F.A. 
 
OOMDSXrSED TIME TABX<XI 
 
 Passumx^sic Railroad . 
 
 SUMMER SEA SO J^, 1873. 
 
 A J»" 
 
 '•■m. 
 
 Leave New York, all rail, Graml Central 
 Depot, 
 
 New York, New Haven 
 boat, 
 
 New York, New London boat 
 
 Mall. 
 
 8.00 p.ni 
 
 Boston. Ivowfll Depot, 
 do. B. & M. do. . 
 
 Arrive 
 Leave 
 
 Arrive 
 
 Leave 
 
 Arrive 
 
 Leave 
 
 Arrive 
 
 Leave 
 
 Arrive 
 
 Leave 
 Arrive 
 
 Arrive 
 
 do. Fitchburg do 
 
 Bridgeport, , 
 
 New Haven, 
 
 Hartford, 
 
 Springfield, 
 
 do. 
 
 New London, 
 
 Palmer, • . 
 
 Greenfield, 
 
 Brattleboro, 
 
 New Bedford, 
 
 Providence, 
 
 Newport, R. I., 
 
 Fail River, 
 
 Fitchburg, 
 
 Keene, 
 
 Bellows Falls, 
 
 Lowell 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 Salem, 
 
 Nashua, 
 
 Great Falls, 
 
 Portsmouth, 
 
 Lawrence, 
 
 Manchester, 
 
 Concord, 
 
 White River Junction 
 
 do. do. 
 
 Wells River, 
 
 Wells River, 
 
 Newport, 
 
 do 
 
 Sherbrooke, < 
 
 Richmond, 
 
 do 
 
 Montreal, via Grand Trunk 
 
 Railway, 
 
 Quebec, via Grand Trunk 
 
 Railway, 
 
 Montreal, via South Eastern 
 
 Railway, , 
 
 3.15 
 
 6.(M) 
 
 8.00 
 
 730 
 
 7.30 
 
 10.30 
 
 11.1.') 
 
 12.40 
 
 *1.40 
 
 8.00 
 
 5.00 
 
 t8.25 
 
 9.35 
 
 10.30 
 
 5.50 
 
 6.15 
 
 5.00 
 
 5.45 
 
 9.15 
 
 10.40 
 
 11.45 
 
 8.48 
 
 7.30 
 
 7.00 
 
 9.19 
 
 7.,35 
 
 7.55 
 
 8.25 
 
 9.52 
 
 10..% 
 
 tl.l5 
 
 1..55 
 
 3.30 
 
 3.45 
 
 7.00 
 9.04 
 2.00 
 2.45 
 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 am 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 
 Nt. Ex. 
 
 3.00 p.m 
 
 6.00 
 5.00 
 5.30 
 4.58 
 6.45 
 7.02 
 7.45 
 8.20 
 2-45 
 6.20 
 9.a5 
 10.20 
 3.40 
 4.15 
 
 7.35 
 9.20 
 
 11.20 
 6.51 
 4.20 
 5.00 
 7.30 
 5.05 
 5.10 
 6.05 
 8.05 
 8.50 
 
 12.10 
 1.00 
 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 
 5.15 a.m 
 
 7.10 a.m 
 
 f8.20 a.m 
 
 8.50 a.m 
 
 I 
 
 6.50 a.m 12.30 p.m 
 
 Day Kx. 
 
 8.20 a.m 
 
 10.00 a.m 
 
 10.15 a.m 
 
 tl.03 p.m 
 
 1.45 p.m 
 
 3.50 p.m 
 
 5.10 p.m 
 
 5.30 p.m 
 
 8.45 p.m 
 
 8.00 a.m ; 3.00 p.m 9.20 p.m 
 
 I ' 
 
 I 10.30 a.m ' 7.00 p.m 
 
 ♦Lodge. 
 
 tStop for mealB. 
 
Passumpsic Railroad Time Table — Qm. 
 
 Mail. 
 
 Leave Motitrejil, via South EaHteni 
 
 liiiilway...... 
 
 Montreal, via Grand Trunk 
 Kailway, 
 
 Quebec, via Grand Trunk 
 
 Railway, 
 
 Arrive Richmond 
 
 Leave Kichnjond, 
 
 Sljerbr(M)ke, 
 
 Arrive New j»ort;, 
 
 Leave Newport, 
 
 Arrive WelJH Klver, 
 
 Leave Wellg River, 
 
 Arrive White River Jtinetion 
 
 Leave White River Junction 
 
 Arrive Conconi, 
 
 Manchegter, 
 
 Lawrence, 
 
 Portsinoutlj, 
 
 Great Falls 
 
 Nashua, 
 
 Salem, • 
 
 Worcester, 
 
 Lowell, 
 
 Bellows Falls, 
 
 Kcene, 
 
 Fit(;hburg, 
 
 Fall River, 
 
 Newi)ort, R. I., 
 
 Providence, 
 
 New Bedford, 
 
 Brattleboro', 
 
 Greentteld, 
 
 Palmer, 
 
 New London, 
 
 Spriiigtield, 
 
 Leave Springtield, 
 
 Arrive Harttonl, 
 
 New Haven, • 
 
 Bridgeport, 
 
 Boston, Lowell Depot 
 
 do B. &M. do 
 
 do Fitchburg do 
 
 New York, via New London 
 boat, 
 
 New York, via New Haven boat.. . 
 
 New York, all rail, Grand Central 
 depot, 
 
 10.00 p.ni 
 
 8.00 
 2.00 
 2..10 
 4..V) 
 
 •«.30 
 7.06 
 
 lO.(H) 
 
 10.15 
 •II.W 
 
 12.20 
 3.25 
 4.18 
 5..30 
 6.15 
 6.32 
 6.00 
 7.00 
 6.. 30 
 5.35 
 2..'W) 
 3.2,3 
 4..'S5 
 8.34 
 9.10 
 8.10 
 9.30 
 3.30 
 4.30 
 5.48 
 9.a5 
 
 *6.05 
 6.30 
 7.-.'0 
 8..30 
 9.05 
 6.20 
 6.29 
 7.10 
 
 p.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.Mi 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 I>.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 i>.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 p.m 
 
 5.00 a.m 
 5.00 a.m 
 
 11 20 p.m 
 
 Nt. Ex. 
 
 3.15 p.m 
 
 1.45 p.m 
 
 12..30 p.m 
 •5.15 p.m 
 5 45 p.m 
 7.10 p.m 
 8.40 p.m 
 8.55 p.m 
 
 11.40 
 124 
 1..30 
 5.20 
 6.10 
 7..M) 
 10.10 
 10..33 
 7.00 
 8..'50 
 9.20 
 7.40 
 3.30 
 4.51 
 6.30 
 2.08 
 
 12.00 
 1.20 
 4.22 
 6.14 
 8.10 
 
 11 15 
 
 ♦6..30 
 7.00 
 8.10 
 9.45 
 
 10.25 
 8.30 
 8.35 
 8.35 
 
 p.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 a.m 
 p.m 
 
 m. 
 
 p.m 
 
 ii.ni 
 
 a.m 
 
 a.m 
 
 a.m 
 
 a.m 
 
 a.m 
 
 a.m 
 
 a.m 
 
 a.m 
 
 a.m 
 
 a.m 
 
 a.m 
 
 12.45 p.m 
 
 IMyEx. 
 
 7.30 a.m 
 
 7.00 H.m 
 
 6.30 a.m 
 10..35 a.m 
 10 45 a.m 
 11.40 a.m 
 
 1.25 p.m 
 3..')0 p.m 
 3.45 p.m 
 •5.22 p.m 
 5.30 p.m 
 8.07 p.m 
 8.49 p.m 
 
 9.25 p.m 
 
 9.65 p.m 
 9.50 p.m 
 
 10.50 p.m 
 
 •Stop for meals. 
 
 W. M. PARKER, Superintendent. 
 
 N. P. LOVERING, Jk. W. M. CLARK, A«E>T, 
 
 Gen. Ticket Agent. 87 Washington St., Boston, 
 
JEFFEE 
 
 HILL HOOSE. 
 
 Th\n HoU'l Ir vt'iy iiloiiHimtly loruttMl on JflVcrson llitl, one-fourtli mile 
 wcittui ly from thu WaumlHjk 1Iuuh«, coiuummltf thu IIiichI viuwit of tUu 
 
 White Mountains, Franconia Mcuntain:, Jefferson Meadows, 
 
 Bandolph Hills, Whitefield Hills, Starr-King 
 
 ^Mountain, Cherry Mountain, &c. 
 
 of any ill the vicinity. 
 
 It is entirely new, tliree utorlcn liiyli, mu\ contHliis ample aciuminuMliilion 
 for about onu lmii<lre<l gueHt;'. The rooms are clean and spaclouH, and are 
 all Hupplied with new furniture. Wo employ experienced and attentive 
 waiters. The Table is always well supplied wllli the bust the market 
 atlurdf). Plenty of berries, iivw milk, good butter, fresh vegetables. A 
 g<KMl Livery Stable is kept by the proprietors, near by. Wo will meet 
 families or parties at the cars, who engage rooms at our House, whenever 
 desired. 
 
 Kspccial attention is called to the fact that Jt fferson Hill has become 
 Justly celebrated a.s » resort for invalids during the hot months. A short 
 residence here at!ords an absolute cure to those suffering from asthma, rose 
 cold or hay fever. We refer to Dr. Wynmn's late work on the subject Of 
 Autun.nal Catarrh, in proof of our assertions. 
 
 We respectfully assure all thoeo who favor ug with their i)atronage, that 
 o efforts will be spared to render their stay both agreeable and comfortable. 
 
 Those designing to take roomw at the Jefferson Hill House will do well to 
 corresi)ond with the proprietors as to rooms and prices, which are as low a> 
 any first-clasa boarding-house. 
 
 The House will be open July 1st, 1873. 
 
 * m m »-»- 
 
 ADDRESS, 
 
 LANCASTER, N. H. 
 
Eocky Point Hotel 
 
 RHODE ISLAND. 
 
 ON 
 
 H 
 
 UROPEAN PLAN 
 
 This well known and popular Sinniner Itesort situated on Nar- 
 ragaiisett Bay, l)etween the cities of Providence and Newport, 
 will be open for the reception of guests June 2r)th. To meet the 
 ^Mowing demands of the public, the capacity of the House has 
 been increased since last season, by the aildilion of a number of 
 rooms, all large, airy, and newly furnished. A new hestauraut 
 of an increased seating capacity has also been atlded. Eight 
 Steamboats a day from Providence and Newport. 
 
 For information in regard to terms, etc., address 
 
 li. H. 'aOWtWItMMWB 
 
 City Hotel, Providence, E. I 
 
 PROVIDENCE, R. I. 
 
 L. H. HUMPHREYS, 
 
 PROPRIETOR. 
 
EAST PROVIDENCE, R. I. 
 
 HOPKINS & SEARS, Proprietors. 
 
 This new and elegant Hotel is situated on the Muff near Ceder Grove^ 
 and commands a most delightful view of the beautiful Nai ragansett Bay, 
 while the City of Providence, only live miles away, is in full sight. 
 
 The DINING ROOMS are large and commoiiious, on the European plan, 
 and will seat two hundred people. The Halls are wide and airy, and the- 
 rooms are large, well ventilated, lighted throughout with gas, and supplied 
 with hot, cold and ice water. 
 
 PUBLIC STABLES are located but a short distance from the Hotels 
 where good accommodations are provided for private teams. 
 
 This beautiful and attractive summer resort cannot be excelled on Nar- 
 ragansett Bay, combining as it does every advantage to be desired for a 
 summer residence, easy of access, only one half hour's sail from Provi- 
 dence, with excellent facilities for batu..ig, lishing, boating or drivings 
 All these combine to make this one of the ii-ost delightful watering places 
 in the world. 
 
 A new and substantial Wharf has been constructed, projecting 1,125 feet 
 into the Bay, at which all the steamers stop. It is within one minute's 
 walk of the hotel, and affords a delightful promenade on summer even- 
 ings, and is a capital place for fishing. 
 
 Cars leave Provide ce for Riverside at 7.30, 9.42 A. M., 1.00, 2.55, 4.30 and 
 r..20 P. M. ; leave Riverside for Providence at 6.17, 8.02, 9.42 a. m., 1.48, 3.27 
 and 5.18 p. m.; cars leave Fall River for Riverside at 7.10, 8.50 A. M., 1.00, 
 4.30 and 6.20 P. M. ; leave Riverside for Fall River at 7 50, 10.05 A. M., 1.20,. 
 3.15, 4.50 and 6.40 P. M. The Station is less than three minutes' walk from 
 the hotel. All the steamboats on the Bay will stop at the Riverside wharf^ 
 affording hourly communication with Providence. - 
 
 For rooms, apply personally or by letter to 
 
 HOPKINS & SEAES, 
 
 rvoprielors of theSjtntral Uot»I, Providencp, R. I, 
 
otter Creek House, 
 
 L. F. SCOFIELD, Proprietor. 
 
 This House has just been completed, and furnished in a style 
 and manner especially adapted to the comfort and convenience ot 
 its occupants. Its rooms are spacious and airy. Its two lower 
 stories are surrounded by over five hundred feet of verandas in 
 length and ten feet in width, looking out upon pictures of the 
 greatest natural beauty, where may be inhaled pure and health- 
 giving air, as it descends from its uncontaminated mountain 
 home, while the murmurings of the beautiful Otter Creek fill 
 every room in the house v*^ith soothing melody. 
 
 CHESHIRE HOTEL, 
 
 FinWILLIAM, N. H. 
 
 0. K. WHEELOCK, - - Proprietor. 
 
 High land, pure air, beautiful scenery, pleasant drives; Mt. 
 Monadnock, only four miles distant, in full view; good livery; 
 pure spring water ; first-class table. 
 
 TEEMS TROM $10 TO $20 PEE WEEK. 
 
 Three Ilours^ Rid« from Boston. 
 
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ROCKWELL HOUSE, 
 
 GLENS FALLS, N. 1\ 
 
 This fine new hotel, pleasantly and desirably located in the 
 beautiful village of Glens Falls, N. Y., is now open for the 
 Summer season. Visitors will enjoy all the comforts and 
 luxuries of a 
 
 riRST-OLASS AND FINELY APPOINTED HOTEL, 
 
 and also the beautiful and romantic scenery in the vicinity, 
 including the celebrated Falls, the drives to Lake George, 
 etc. 
 
 ROCKWELL BROTHERS. Proprietors. 
 
 LAKE DUNMORE HOUSE, 
 
 SALISBUEY, VT. 
 
 This fine summer hotel on the borders of the clear andbeautiiul 
 
 LAKE DUNMORE, 
 
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 Eight miles from Middlebury and nine from Brandon, Yt., 
 affords the most complete and satisfactory 
 
 ACCOMMODATION TOE GUESTS DUEING THE SEASON. 
 
 E. P HITCHCOCK, Proprietor. 
 
THE 
 
 CLARENDOiN HOTEL, 
 
 321 ^ 5i3 Fremont BUp 
 
 IS KOW OPEV AS A 
 
 FIRST CLASS TEANSIENT HOUSE, 
 
 Offering to the traveling public attrPctionB, facilltfes and comforts not infe- 
 rior to the beft and most noted hotels in tbe city. The location of the house 
 is fine and ccutral, hi uated as it is on one of the* widest, pleasantest, and most 
 traveled avenues in the city, and at tlie junction ot feveral prominent thor- 
 oughfares. Horse cars pass the door to all parti of the city day and evening; 
 and the proximity of the hotel to the Common and Public Garden, the chief 
 churches of the city, its noted public building?, and all places of interest and 
 amusement, gives it unusual lecommendation to all classes ot guests. Its 
 rooms, both ungle and en suite, are large and airy, the furiiisLiiig and appoint- 
 ments of the best, and tho table of already well esiablished excellence, while 
 ©very convenience of a modern, tirst-class hotel pertains to the house. 
 
 As a FAMILY HOTEL it has coiitiuuously maintained the highest popn- 
 larity. 
 
 THE WESTEEN UNION TELEGRAPH 00. 
 
 Has a Branch Office in the honse, so that its guests bare the advantage of quick 
 communication to all parts of the city and country. 
 
 BY THE DAY, WEEK, MONTH OR YEAR, 
 
 TRANSIENT BOARD, $3.50 ANO $4.50 PER DAY. 
 
 J. PIOKEEING DRAPER, - - Proprietor. 
 
 12 
 
Se^Msigliam B®as®< 
 
 By G. W. & J. S. PIERCE. 
 
 PORTSMOUTH, N. H. 
 
 Not excelled by any hotel in New England for elegance and 
 completeness in every department. This house is becoming 
 popular among summer travelers as headquarters while visit- 
 ing Kye, Hampton, York or Wells Beaches, either of which is 
 within a pleasant drive. Yachts, with experienced skippers, 
 to take guests to the Isles of IShoals, the Harbor, or up the 
 riscataqua. Direct communication by railroad to the moun- 
 tains and lakes of New Hampshire and Maine. 5^" 
 
 THE rraEST BILLIAKD HALL IN THE STATE. 
 
 Coaches at Eastern and Concord Depots. 
 
BwW 
 
 oil nil 
 
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 $ 
 
 OPPOSITE THE DEPOTS, 
 
 ORTH ADAMS, MASS 
 
 A NEW AND FIEST CLASS HOUSE. 
 
 M. BALLOU & SON, 
 
 Proprietors. 
 
 Hoosac Tunnel Stages leave this House at 4.30 and 10 A.M. 
 Arrive at 3 and 8.30 P.M. 
 
MANSION HOUSE, 
 
 CHARLES L. CARTER, - - - - Proprietor. 
 
 COACfl AT DEPOT ON ARRIVAL OF EACH TttilN. 
 
 A large and first-class LIVERY connected with 
 
 the House. 
 
 This house is located in one of the pleasantest villai;es of Now England. 
 First-class in all its apyoiutmcnts. Drives in this vicinity are unsurx>a88»d. 
 
 Twenty-three milod from Boston on Boston & Maine R. R. 
 
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 TAUNTON, MASS. 
 
 A. L. FIiISS, - - - Proprietor. 
 
 OBXTTBAZiZiir ZaO GATED. 
 
 EOOMS LAEGE A'ND AIEY. 
 
 FIRST-CLASS IN ALL ITS ARRANGEMENTS. 
 
Books and Stationery, 
 
 In every department, Wholesale and Setai!, 
 
 SUPPLIED BY 
 
 NOTES, HOLMES & Co. 
 
 AT THEIR NEW WARE ROOMS, 
 
 219 Washington and 10 Bromfield Streets, 
 
 BOSTON, MASS. 
 
 A PEEPEOT AETIOLE TOR OFFICE AND FAMILY USE. 
 
 THE 
 
 Congress Iia[ucilage 
 
 Manufactuvd onltf by Xoyts, Ilolmtt A Co. 
 
 It is Ruperior to all others, becvuso it is always sure to sfick, is always 
 ready for use, the liquid is always clear aii<' sweet, best matoriHls only art 
 used, taken to hot climates it will keep, no otlier will endure this test, 
 other makers have tried to discov« r the secret *ind faded. This is the 
 ONLV MITCILAOK that will not lerniont, lU' uld, or become fo'ir. The new 
 CONGKES.S IJOTTLE is very attractive and cmivenient. Se-rurely packed 
 for Export or for Domestic Lse, and sold wholesale and retail at 
 
 NOYES, HOLMES & CO.'S. 
 
 STANDARD INK. 
 
 .7JS?T HIJACK UVK— Flows freely and a permanent JET BLACK 
 color. 
 
 JtAILJiOAJD COPYING INK—\V)ll give from six to tw«lve 
 legible copies. 
 
 C-J i2J»/JA"^ JA^iS: — Of the most brilliant color. 
 
 VIOLET iA'/f— Th« very best of the kind. Very haadeome color, 
 flows freely. a»d copies ijerftctiy. 
 
 2JX UJE lA'K — III various attractive styles. 
 
 Ask for INK and MUCII1A.GE manufactured by NOYES, 
 HOIiMEo & CO., and you will QJET THE BEST. 
 
 NOYES, HOLME-S $e CO., 
 
 219 Washington Street, and 10 Bromfield Street, 
 TBOSTOKT- 
 
TH E 
 
 FABTAN HOUSE 
 
 WHITE MOUNTAINS, N. H. 
 
 This new and flrst-class hotel just opened to the public, is 
 situated near the junction of tli e Mount Washington Turnpiko 
 and the road to the White Mountain Notch. It is almost 
 identical in location with the old building, destroyed in 1858. 
 Its location and the delightful ex cursions in its near vicinity 
 make it especially desirable to those wishing to enjoy the finest 
 views of the mountains, the 
 
 AND TUE DRIVK TIinOUGH THE 
 
 WORLD FAMOUS NOTCH. 
 
 All provisions for the comfort of guests have been made and* 
 a large farm connected with the house supplies milk, produce 
 and other seasonable luxuries. 
 
 The proprietors, Mr. Walcott, late of the Crawford House, 
 Mr. Lindsay, late of the Eagle Hotel, Concord, and Mr. J. M. 
 French, late of the Pemigewasset House, Plymouth, confidently 
 invite the attention of their frien ds and former guests to their 
 new and delightful hotel. 
 
 Address 
 
 White Mountains, N. H. 
 
aimjim HOUSE, 
 
 WOLFBOROUGH, N. H. 
 
 J.L.PEAVEY, - - Proprietor. 
 
 -♦♦♦- 
 
 This new, commodious and attractive liotel, 
 
 On the Shores of Lake Winnipesaukee, 
 
 is finely located in this picturesque lake town, is lighted with gaa 
 
 throughout, has 
 
 BILLIARD ROOMS CONNECTED, 
 
 Electric Bell arrangement, and all the requisites for the comfort 
 
 and pleasure of guests. 
 
 Livery Stable Connected with the House, 
 
 giving facilities for the fine drives in the vicinity. 
 
 SAIL. AND ROW BOATS 
 
 for those enjoying boating and fishing. And steamers Mouirr 
 
 Washington and Lady of the Lakk, connecting 
 
 for Centre Harbor, Weirs and Alton Bay. 
 
 Eastern Railroad Station directly opposite the house, giving 
 
 unusual facilities for communication with 
 
 Boston and the East 
 
MANCHESTER, N. H. 
 
 A. C. WALLACE, 
 
 Proprietor. 
 
 H@liB 
 
 BllATTLEBORO, VT. 
 
 CHAS. G. LAWRENCE, 
 
 PROPRIETOR. 
 
 BUCK'S MOTI^£i» 
 
 LENNOXVILLE, P. Q. 
 
 F. P. BUCK. - - - Proprietor. 
 
 JiraOTIOir OF GEAND TEUNK & P. & 0. E. S. 
 Thu Hotel hu beeu lUOtted aad Kerumiihed la flrst-clasi style. 
 
MERRIMAC HOUSE, 
 
 (a:oi:ui: mont(;( 3iii;t, r oirii-'nr, 
 
 No. 100 STATE STREET, NEWBURYPORT, MASS. 
 
 
 3000 
 
 ^j^¥^k^s^' 
 
 10,000 IVoriU and irieaiiiu{[s uot in other Dicll«narieM. 
 
 3,000 Engravings. 1,840 Pages Quarto. Price, $12.00. 
 
 ALSO, 
 
 Webster's National Pictorial Dictionary. Price, $5.00. 
 
 VUBLISUED BY 
 
 G. &. O. MERRIAM, 
 
 ' ' SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 
 
 Sold by all t^>ok8elie^8. Either of the above sent, charges paid, on receipt 
 
 of price by express. 
 
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 Purchase Street, Corner Uiddle and Elm, 
 
 BULLOCK & BROWNELL, 
 
 p. BULLOCK. 
 
 Proprietors. 
 
 H. M. BROWXELL. 
 
 First Door North of Congress Hall, 
 
 SxlRATQ GA SPRI NGS, N.Y. 
 
 VAN PORN & WHEELER, Agents. 
 
 Through Tickets to all Principal Points, North, East, South 2i West. 
 Information cheerfully given. 
 
 DUSSAULT & ROBINSON, 
 AND CLOTHIERS, 
 
LYIs'DONVILLE, YT. - 
 
 %»» iiiiwE rxj —-.— 
 
 GEORGE B. WALKER, Proprietor. 
 
 This liouse is new, well furnished, and kept open for night trains. Bil- 
 liard Tables, Bowling Alley, Hot and Cold Baths, and a good Livery con- 
 J ected with the House. Within a minute's wallc of Station. 
 
 fm ^miMM. 
 
 TB^B LARGEST! 
 
 TU E iJHEA.1* t. » T ! 
 
 THE BEST t 
 
 WORCESTER'S ROYAL QUARTO DICTIONARY, 
 
 (Illustrated,) is a massive volume of 1854 pages, and contains considcTA- 
 bly more than one hundred ihoiisand words in its vocabulary, with their 
 pronunciati-m. definition and etymology. Neweditionsof Worcester'* 
 Conipreh«np>lT« Dicilonnry. Price $2.0<>,and Primnrf Die • 
 tioiiary, (illustrated,) Price t»a centn. have l>een recently issued. 
 *• Worcester's Pocket Dictionary," just publithed. For sale by bookaell^rs 
 generally. 
 
 BBEWEB A TILESTON, No. 17 MILK STREET, BOSTOH. 
 
Iitl411i 
 
 WINCHENDON, MASS. 
 
 H. A. CROCKER, Proprietor, 
 
 Opposite Boston & Maine, Eastern, Lowell, 
 and Northern Depois. 
 
 FKANKLIN HOUSE, 
 
 T. W. HUSE, Proprietor. 
 
 ImAWM 
 
 iZim 
 
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 m 
 
 Corner of King and Wellington Streets, SIIERBROOKE, P. q. 
 
 p. A. CAMIRAND, - - : . Proprietor. 
 
GeNSTBUeTlflN MB BALLAST 
 
 Designed for Ballasting, Pilling Trestle Work, Dailding New Boadii, 
 
 and Drairing Coal, 
 
 is as long and wide as common platform cars, and can be used 
 as sdch with entire safety. Any one that can wind up a brake 
 
 can operate them, and one man can dump a whole train. The 
 
 ballast is left betwee~> and outside the rails, but not on them ; 
 
 thus leaving it just where it is wanted without shoveling. They 
 
 are simple, effective and cheap, and not liable to get out of 
 
 repair. To those who wish to build tbcir own cars, we will send 
 
 working plans, specifications and patterns, or send a man to 
 
 superintend the building of the first car. 
 
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 SSND FOR (^g30EI&PTIVe OIROyi,AR^ 
 
 Wiswell, Sons & Co 
 
 Beebe Plains, Orleans Co., Vermont, 
 
 Ob, Lennoxville, Pbovince of Quebec, Cajtada- 
 
Tlroil Fast ^ss TraiDS ! 
 
 THE MOsT DIRECT ROUTE 
 
 TO AND FROM 
 
 New York, Providence and^Worcester, 
 
 AXD THE 
 
 WHlSTi RIOyP8T4()P8S 
 
 SURE CONNECTIONS! 
 
 EXCELLENT ROAD BED! 
 
 SPEED, SAFETY <£ C031L0RT! 
 
 Through Express Trains by this line, via PRO VIDRXCE & WORCES- 
 TER and WORCESTER f& NASHUA RAILROADS, conr.ecling at 
 Kaslma vrith Through Express Trains to and from the WHITE MOUN- 
 TAINS. 
 
 TEES ZSIiEGJLZrT Fi^SI<OR CAB. 
 
 Made expressly for this route, wiih all the elegancies dtmanf.ed Ly first- 
 class travel. ^ 
 
 Passengers for the Mountains, from New York, should [ fecnre tickets via 
 
 PROVIDENCE 6c WORCESTER. 
 
 WM. D. HILTON, Superintendentri 
 WM. M. DUEFEE, Gen'l Pass. Agt. 
 
:XOTICE . 
 
 Passengers en- route for the West, who tnavel by way of the 
 
 Great Pennsylvania Railroad 
 
 have the privilege of visiting and stopping over, for any length of 
 time in the cities of New York and Philadeiphia, 
 
 WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE. 
 
 Tickets good until used. Baggage checked through. Heavy 
 Steel Rails. Suspension Joints. Double Track. Koad ballasted 
 with a bed of broken limestone twenty inches deep. Cars lighted 
 by gas and heated by steam. Freedom from Dust and the action of 
 Frost. Ironor Stone Bridges. No Trestle-work. Trains run by 
 Telegraph. Perfect Signal Service. VVestingliouse Air Brakes 
 Pullman Day and Sleeping Cars to Chicago, Cincinnati, Indian- 
 apolis, Louisville, St. Louis, and intermediate points 
 
 WITHOUT CHANGE, 
 
 and to Quincy, Kansas City, Sioux City, Omaha, Cleveland 
 Milwaukee, St. Paul, Memphis, Mobile, New Orleans, and Den- 
 nison, Texas, with 
 
 BUT ONE CHANGE 
 
 of Cars. Continuous Trains— no connections to miss. No Mid- 
 night changes. No Detention from Snow. Courteous Employees 
 Un-isual facilities for superior Meals at suitable hours. 
 
 UNEQUALLED in Structure, Equipment, Speed, Comfort, 
 and Security. Unrivalled in beauty and variety of Scenery. 
 Kates always as Low as by any other route. 
 
 TO ALL POII^TS IN THE 
 
 WESTERN AND SOUTHERN STATES 
 
 FOR SALE AT 
 
 77 and 79 Washington Street, Boston, 
 
 And principal Ticket Offices m New England. 
 
 CYEUS S. HALDEMAN, New England Agent. 
 
9fABn^J^f ACTO^ 
 
 — AND — 
 
 Boston Railroad. 
 
 Tlie ino.<t direct Line between 
 
 WITHOUT CHANGE OF CARS! 
 
 WHl'J^E MOUNTAIN LmE. 
 
 Tills Il'^ad Ih the connf rting link between the Concord R. R. at Nashua, 
 and the Framingliam and Lowell K. U. at Concord Junction, making the 
 most direct route from 
 
 Newport, Fall Kiver, New Bedford, Taunton, Ston- 
 
 ington and Providence 
 
 XO THE Vt^IIIXE 310UINTAINN. 
 
 Paasengors from New York by thtyl'ail River Line pass over this route in 
 the 
 
 SFIiENDZD X'iLRI.OR OARS 
 
 provided for tliis route, and new and elegant pnppcnger Coaches, making 
 the trip from Fall River to the White Mountains Wiihont Ckanj|«. f» 
 Leave Fall River on arrival of Boat from New York. Papsengers from 
 Boston leave from Fitchburg Depot, connecting at Concord Junction with 
 trains north, reaching Profile, Ci^awford or Twin Mountain Hou^e6 same 
 afternoon. 
 
 PETER B. BRIGHAH, 
 ED. H. SPALDING, . 
 STANLEY MANSFIELD, 
 
 P^sident. 
 
 . . . Vice-President. 
 
 '} .... Superintendent. 
 
 A. P. BUG BEE, General Freight Arent. 
 
 B. X. BOWEN General Ticket Agent. 
 
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