New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-24

| talns, and the TWO woctcn wIndOws OF Tue door.
! Il was not cool INSIDE ,hat stage but without.
the wind was in high frolic with the rain, and
through the sightsS; creygce the willy witch
dashed US with her missiles, cool hus very wet
! Then the showers swept along liiils. and we
threw UP the curtains srd bresthed fresh air, AMI
! about thrse miles from the Mcpniaiu House,
where the steep ascent commences. Ode and
Swansdowne and Jumped gu, Of tAe stage. and
walked The road is very Srmly bulk, ard Is
fortunate in Its material of slaiy rock, and IN
the luxuriance Of foliage. for the TANGLED tree
roots hold the soil together Il climbs 9, frs. N
easy zig-zsgs and presently pushes strayh, on
| through the woods, aud upon the side Of Is steep
ravine the evel-branched foliage ,heering regu.
/ larry down. sheeilng the mountain side with
leafy terraces Between the trunks and down
the gorges we looked over i wide but moan.
famous landscape, and as we ascfnd,d. the ur
became more inylSOrailng with the grt ster hight
and the GOODNESS Of the shower. Two hours be-
fore sunset we stood upon the plateau before the
| Mountain House. $500 feet above the see.
There" said Ode. "you see, no eNtasies
You've been IN Switzerland. on the RIghi, ani OF
course you knew what TO expect. | ssy Of
course YOU did But you're not disappointed ?"
No. and for the very reason You mention,
knew what TO expect All mountain views over
plain are precisely the same thing
Good replied Ode. lets take It ove'
cigar"
You stand on the piazza of the mcunianhouse
and look directly down into the valley OF the
Hudson, with only foreground. deep beneath
YOU. of lower LAYER and precipice of pine AMI
hemlock than that on which you stand The
rest stretches then. smooth surface to the eve,
but billy emo TO the feet when YOU are there.
to an unconhned horizon at the North and South
and eastery to the Berkshire hills Through
this expanse les the Hudson not very sInuous.
but hrs of hight dividing the PLAIN. Through
the yaporouS atmosphere of the twilight It WAS
very effective Sometimes the mist bloted gu,
individual outlines. and the whole scene was but
an ABYSS with visible silver grey atmosphere
and the hither line Of the river was the horizon,
and the stream itself white CLEAN of sky bc-
yond Then the distance and the foreground
were mingled IN the haze. shining opaque we'd
and the rver was rent through which beamed
a brightness beyond. Or the yapors clustered
toward the South and the stream flowed into
them. flashing and far, as into terrene cloud
land And all the country was checqucred with
yellow patches of ripe gram ard marked family
with walls and fences, and looked rather a vast
domain than a mountain ruled landscape
Whoever is familiar with mountain scenery
will know what TO anticipate IN the Catskll
view The whole thing Is graceful and generous
(Which am not) shrugs his shoulder at the
shoulders Of mountains soaring other thousands
of feet above him and still shaggy with forest
He draws a long breath over tho spacious plain.
but he feels The want of that true mountain sub.
Unity, the presence OF lonely peaks
when | was on the Faulhorn," said Ohe
Swansdowne and |, all IN one breath
II beg PARDON" we all exclaimed together
and then remained silent, each knowing that both
the others had something to say.
when | was on the Faulhorn, the highest
point upon which a dwelling Rouse is placed IN
Europe, and that inhabited for ,hrce months only
in the year, stepped out IN the middle Of the
night, and as | looked across the valley OF Grin-
delvald and saw tho snow fields and ice-precl-
pieces OF all the HONS, never Todden AID mover
to be trodden by man. shining cold IN the moon
light my heart stood still a. | felt that those
awful peaks and were alone IN that solemn sol
tude Then felt the significance OF Swtzer-
and and knew the sublmity of mountains"
Precisely" said Swansdowne.
And do you remember" said Ode, dropping
his cigar, chow deIcatoly the dawn touched
those SUBMITS with cool bright fingers, and how
their austerlty burned and blashed under thatca-
ressing until the sunrise oyerwhclme lthem with
rosy flame, and taey flashed perfect Gay far over
Switzerland, and hours alterward when day
vas old upon the mountain tops hoysgentlemon-
travellers turned In their beds in the valley mus
and said hollo, Tom, tho sun is using Oh
course you remember. Lots go TO ga"
The Mounta T. House Is really unseremonops
You are not required to appear at dinner m ball
costume, and i you choose, you nay scramble
% the falls in eOwhide boots and not IN ysInlsh-
ed pumps Novelty makes thls arrangement
pleasant. Tse house hss long and not hippo
portioned CoIlnthlan 1lOnade ,wo Sden OF course,
and glaring white. The last port is a sGtsiac-
ton from biow, for Us vivid contrast with tho
dark green forest reveals the holse from great
distance upon the river. The able is veil sup
piled, but Ode and Swansdow 40 were ioIced b
throw themselves upon the coDpasslon ,oi ae
chambemaId, q would say femms-ds- Chan'',,
if single eye, sloPplng shoes and thies coaon
handkerchief pinned night-cap wlss over The
head. would possibly permit that suggestive
word) and TO submit that a .owel OF the Inagn
tude of small ssouchoir, 0aey did aci say "'u
ehov,) vas not large Allowance ter Two fun
grown men.
Gentlemen low can | give ,op what we
have 1oti"
Ode and Swansdown0 tumbhed over each