New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-09-12

NoErHAxrros, Ausua -, 1c65.
here am, rasticating in ths ns1t ho1u1flii
village in Nsv England, having ruihSa m
the crowd, and hsa&s and ~ ~ H e ~
York, 70 snjcy for ~ as3p - 1nIfI66rk,
and coolness, and v1Eiuo = = y -
country. The town u NJ y1fux
contains about six thossaa1 -
churches, several schools, M = ~ -
or three railroads, STRETCHES - ~ =
the Connections for diseases = IS 80
miles Being completely ensirsis1 ~
mountains, there Is chaxnfnE ynSzc11 x ~
surrounding scenery, mover = y g. - =
the most beautiful country WheR~11u 91rrrna n
level. Mountains, valleys, wcodls1l = -.
fields and streams, all spread out " - -
at once, forming picture which tran1no1m1np
with sort Of delight entirely diGmSlt hun
anything have ever before expexienco1 ~
haps, indeed, in my case, the enjoymsnf1wafsh
naturally arises from the contempls@{cn a
natural scenery may be enhanced By II ~
city but, be that as It may, the pleasuzs nust
me to remaining nearly avsek IN Aplseo Wksro
there are no besux; the male pop1lstfon 60
slsting Of schoolboys, married - - "a
bachelors. ] mention this fne4 ~ -
mantle young lady, carried svsr - ~ -
scription Of the beauty II ~ plnes. i1S1< s.
tempted to visit il, with ths i1{sn&i56 = -
ing the summer. e V "A s{lE y
in the vicinity and % you nay netkot66VrIy
clear idea Of how time Is spent ct 80 - 3{
shall favor you with slight sketch x ~ -
dus oper0ndi. In the first pIacs, It il ne>oalry
for one who is about to undergo the t1ont
to Danish every thing like thought Dea1inr.
writing, or anything which might lead % "a
least mental exertion, is strictly prohibited
Nothing but bathing, exercise and digestion
must engage the attention. About fbur6td2oek
in the morning the patient is roused hy fho -
trance of the attendant, bearing hssxy. Han
net and wet sheet. The searchsr sftef hnGTfh
is then turned out Of bed, while the blhnk1t and
wet sheet are spread on it. After bofnG
swathed in the latter like mummy, uhirk
operation is called packing, he i I'm lbr an;
hour, unable to move hand or iooe un1n -
return of the nurse, who relieves hin fk1 liz
damp envelop, and substituting dry blanIet,
conducts him to the bathing room Tkere he
is plunged into cold water, briskly rubbed dxy,
compelled to make hasty toilet, and then 70
take walk Of an hour and half bef0Re 1Roak-
fast. After short respite for digestion, The
bathing, with semi-swathing and walk, unst
be repeated The same occurs after dinuer and
tea; so that there is no TINA for snythipe tlss.
Strangely enough, the patients grow ht 1nder
| this treatment and become YER 1onA u 49,
On Friday last we assembled Mount Hs1y6ke.
an elevation in the neighborhood, he 11sirrrIif
of which is said to afford the finest pro6poff Is
New England. There is carriage road vhich
takes you within 144 rods Of the summit; the
rest of the journey must be performed on fbot,
and very fatiguing it is. There is . pleasure,
obtained from the Observatory Of Prespect
House amply repays one for the toll of reach
ing it. There is book kept at the houss.
| wherein visitors register their names and
places of residence One old lady, proud Of hsr
agility, thought proper to register her ago slso,
which was ninety; precedent which, 4 am
happy to say, visitors in general are not ex-
pected to follow.
The mountain, which is nearly o thousand
feet high, commands prospect Of thirty nix
towns, and mountains in four adjacent States.
In my opinion, however, the Catskill Mountains.
which are said to be discernible through tho tel
escope, are only visible to the eye of faith. If
the view could be said to have fault, it vas
the lack Of water; the Connecticut, beautiful
as it is, being nothing but q rivulet compared
to the imperial Mississippi, with its thousand
tributaries; and to my eye broad expsnse Of
water is indispensable to the perfection Of natu-
raj scenery
might dwell much longer on the beauties Of
this place without doing Justice to the subject,
but prefer to tell you an anecote illustrntfxso II
negro character which amused me, ard nav
have the same effect on some of your readers
The gentleman with whom we are skayinx,
who was formerly resident Of Mobile, vhsn ks
came here to reside brought negro boy with
him When Cuffee had been here long enough
to be entitled to vote, he was beset by the free-
soilers, who urged their claims on him. and
tried to influence his vote. II appears that here
they enclose the ticket, or did at that time, in .
self sealing envelope; and the negro, after the
election, triumphantly informed his quondam
master that though he could not ref1se the
solicitations Of the free-soilers, as he disap-
proved of their doctrines, he took care to slip
tohig ticket into the same envelope.
Tomorrow l return to New York, inyiroratetl
by my short experience of country life, and pre-
pared to resume city pleasures with renewed
zest. LAURA LEA