The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-13
The White Mountains.

ALPINE HOUSE, GoRHAM STATIoN,l
WHITE MOUNTAINS, Aug. 6, 1853.
The Way to get here-7Ae Egg" 1fain-Bar-
barism at Stomingtom-A Strong Call on the
Postmaster misunderstanding State of Affairs
at Portldnd-Arrival at the White Mountains.
The modes Of conveyance from New York to this
solitary retreat are various as are the routes. My
route, through New Haven, New London, Stoning-
Ion, Providence, Boston and Portland, has been in
the main pleasant, though somewhat tardy, in con-
sequence Of (by Academy taking the egg train
from Stonington to Boston. The denizens along the
line understand the movements of this egg train
perfectly; but lest your readers should not be as
well informed will endeavor to explain. This train
starts at CT A. M; hens early risers old ladies'
sometimes wish to send dozen or two eggs to mar
ket and should they lack two or three to make even
dozens this train waits till they are laid. That Ston
ington road is one Of them, and that Stonington
railroad directory is several; and Stonington itself
would be host if it was located on some road where
mail and the papers could reach it occasionally
But to be serious it is an outrage that the New York
mails for Stonngton must be toted all the way round
to Springfield, or Worcester, to Boston, and per
haps Bangor, forty-eight hours, when in truth
there ore two reliable lines within eight hours OF
the particular request Of prominent citizens Of
Bloomington, who are In great tribulation because
they cant get their letters and many complain that
they are civiLy dead because they can't get the
HERALD. Do let fly Paixhan shot into Washing.
ton for the benefit o. patriotic Stonington. Provf-
dence s unusually quiet; politicians are laying pipe
for coming contests; merchants have little to do,
and iders are down at the islands Prudence or Pa
tience, baking clans in sea weed, or, perhaps, at
Newport, violating the Maine burning fluid law. AT
Boston some considerable excitement was up on the
occasion of the Meagher and his companion in exes
dinner, a full report of which you are, no doubt in
receipt OF. 1t was indeed, o splendid affair. We
are now in the cars dashing away for Portland at
snoring pace. Portland Is rapidly improving.
She already feels the quckening influence of her
railroad enterprise to the St. Lawrence and Montreal
She must command o large share of western and
northern traffic, however much Boston may oppose
her Therefore, go i'm Portland, you have the in
side track and better one there il NOT in INV iudo
ment any where thus far (ninety-one miiesI in this
county. But there is one necessary stem which
Portland must take to hasten her Importance. She
must erect, and that forthwith frstcIa "a hotel.
and after 1t is completed she must have a man 10
keep II that has got sense and enterprise: and no
must have 1t upon such terms that he win not he
financially fayed alive the first year. The opening
asa grand one. The present one.boler affairs are
altogether behind the times. Not New York
HERALD could be found at the largest hotel in Port.
land; Only think Of it, No HERALD! Travelling
people want the news-travellers don't want to be
piled too thick in or out of bed-travellers don 7
want their ribs poked at the dinner table by their
neignbors elbows or anything else, for they have 70
pay iuii principally in cash, for all their accommo.
dauoD, and If they cannot obtain the necessaes al
Injuries in one place, they are quite ant t. seek il in
~n0toer' nave Just arrived at this "Apine house, !"