Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1850-07-19
For the Free Press.
Lake DunmOre.
Nix. EDITOR

Mr. Editor:
With your permission. we wish
TO say word, through the columns of the Free
Press, for Lake Dunmore. On the first inst.
we started from Darlington for that picturesque
spot, where (afer taking with Us few more
of the same sort from MidIIcbur!) we arriv-
ed the same day.
We "put up" at TIE LAX DuNMoRE HOUSE
the only Public House thcre--kept b.
Messrs. N. & w. r. Pray. The House is not
large but we found it sufficiently capacious for
our accommodation But iii kept (what there
is of il) in fine style by its proprictors. The
Messrs Pray are untirng and incessant in their
exertions for the ease, comfort and pleasure Of
their guests. They set an excellent table which
is always supplied "wth the best the market
Affords And everything about the House
wears such an air of neatness and cleanliness
that we all made up our minds that our last visit
to Lake Dunmorc, was, like the dog, in his run
with the wolf, ee-tc-aie4d Attached to the
House, is a Bowling Alley and Dancing Hall.
But to return to the point Of digression. Lake
Dunmore is delightful and charming place as
one would wish to see. The Lake itself is a
b,autiiul sheet of water, situated about nine
miles south east from Mddle5ury and is about
five miles in length and one mile in width and
i, quite surrounded by hills Floating on its
peaceful bosom, the Messrs. Pray keep fine
craft of Lake Boats, among which are the Sail
ing Boat-LADY OF THE LAKE-TnE PALAN-
KEEN, covered row-buat and THE Cookie
SHELL, a light open sklT. You should have
been there to see the SKIFrEE Of our company
take the helm Of the Sal Boat and upse,-nut
the Boat by any means-but the Kings Eng
lish in true n u'icai style. The EMPEROR was
there, and, for waut OF Slaves to sing for him
he sang for himself and the company also, as
we glided over the swelling waves, in his iayo-
rite boat-the Palankeen. The GOVERNOR was
there too, whom none of US wished politically to
see Governor of our worthy State, but we were
willing to acknowledge him to be such of ou
good company And also in our mdsts were
the CHEvAIGER aud the CoUYsELoR, and i
would have delighted you to have heard then
strike up
Let every old Bachelor fill up his glass" etc.
And to have appreciated it, you should have seeI
them carry out the doctrine of the song. Blu
! might go on, nd minimum, " showing up" thu
peculiar merits of the respective members of gu
company--how the Emperor and Chevalie
would while away our evenings, occasionally
by their oion peculiarly original performance
of any thing and every thing from the tragadie
of Shakespeare and the Italian Opera down t.
Low Comedy-but my time and your limit
forbid. But must say one word Of the CoUN
sELoR. lie, you know, pretends to be some
at the shook and line" And from all hav
seen, am inclined to think he is right. liz
stoutly insists that no true sportsman (you
spoon fishing in the Saranac Lakes to the con
trary Notwithstanding can be satisfied will
anything short of the Fly and brook trout-fsh
ing Though the Counselor does acknowledge
that he has an inclining weakness for trolling
for Black Bass, and is in high glee when h
gets four-pounder hooked, at the end of tw
hundred feet line. And there is no end 10 hi