New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-11
Lake George.
TO ~ FNITOTN q ~ y 7 ITI7IIF
We left the caravaasera of the United

To The Editors q re y TrbrHs-
We left the caravaasera of the United
States Hotel at Saratoga early IN the morning ola
glorious August day. We were fresh and vgor-
Gus with rest-we We're animated with hope. and
we saw the hills gradually rising before us" a
scene to the full as beautiful that which glad
dencd the ewes Of Aoiah the son of Aoensera."
The trout and woodcock of d" Gil. Goose" (oh
those shaved potatoes, fined , atthe Lake House,
and the sailing on the clear blue Saratoga, were al
" memory" only were The fitting forms OF the
ballroom votares along the pazzas the night be-
fore nothing remaining wildly IN the recollection.
save the sparsely-coyered table and sparser atten
dance. the next morning q principal figure being
FREDERiKA BREWER, out of all patience, and, no
longer lion" gong twice down The table TO help
herself TO bread and couple Of eggs, one Of which
kept promise to the eye which 5roke 10 the hope
all these Wereoi ne " things which were Weroiet
swiftly on 10 the MOrean Station, where We took the
pank-road and BLANCHARDS pleasant coaches, for
Lake George. that most beautiful OF all the many
beautiful spots OF noble State. In an hour and
half Of delightful riding during which the dim-DInf
Green Mountains OF Vermont and the undulatmg
halls OF Washington County were all the while IN
sight, We dllghted A SHERRILLS Lake-HOuse,' 50
greatly improved and renovated. that We dld not
know the place. Byethe-by, gentlemen, the time Is
not distant think. when he communication with
Lake George VIII be much shorter and more direct
For ! cal not conceive 1t possible that OF the i~o
routes agItated for the Northern Railroad 10 connect
with Montreal. the one through tins region VIII not
be chosen. instead of the along the sinuouS Lake
Champlaln, running tar from the section which Il Is
proposed TO benefit by the SIDE too, of naNleaOle
water the boats which abundant for It's freight
for large portion Ofthe year The line the Lake
George route Is OF level or easy grade Will connect
IN a straight line with the road soon to be finished 10
keesevIle viii go INTO The heart of the vast iron
region, instead Of fifty miles away from # and Will
secure the large business lumber. produce, non,
etc, with which that section so richly abounds be
SIDES offering line, direct and rapid, which VIII
bring 10 city the immense trade that ~lll other
wise find rs way To Boston and other New England
cities In bref, this Is line which VIII richly repay
the enterprise of capitalists. But enough of Rail
roads
Your graphic correspondent IIowADU" may per
haps satisfy the sentiment" touching Lake George
but # he Is like me- he could hardly help keep talk
Ing about its beauties. The superb parlor and new
rooms erected by the proprietor Of the Lake
House" leave nothing 10 De desired IN that un'ur-
passed establishment unsurpassed, mean tor true
comfort, for abundant and luxurious living. and for
the maichless scenery of sllvery water and noun
talns near and far, whose braided and commmged
shadows change INTO different beauty with every
hour of the day sailed III the fleet GaVi0rd tiark.
bearing the colOrS OF Your friend "Old knlck
/ caught bass and perch by the fftIeS ! myelged
the shy trout from the streams that pour their silver
volume INTO the lake ! visited Fort George and
" Bloody Pond and dwelt III a long revere upon
the sangulnary scenes OF by-gone time. Nav they
never come again For,
Too long at clash Of arms amid her bowers
And pools II blood. the earth hath stood asast
The fair earth. that should only blush with flowers
And rudy fruits
saw "Cir LUm' Inc Rati Saalr from Ting
Mounting, and held the red hatribbons of fair and
gentle lady over the glass cover. which provoked
them 10 coil. and emit from Their ratiles that sound
which is so much Ike that made by locusts and
presently with aattened heads, and tongues blue
quiyenng they threw back their jaws, and struck
up At the offensive crimson The whole under sur
face OF the glass was covered with spots OF their
poison thus emitted. Wake snakes" and then get
out of thelTway
But must stop. Only say, # you want All kinds
OF peasurabe enjoyment, that nature, grand beautl
fu and sublime can afford. with creaturecomiortS'
unsurpassed, and not few 60 10 Lake HORIZON
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