The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-06

Notwithstanding the roars Of laughter. the pos4
eon,hnsd its soIg. l say the post, for tho
night was so dark the Judge could not be-
seDi aid q ose al owe who looked out OF their
wipd0ws, tlsushs surely the post itseH
was stme Yankee contrivance, rolling OUT
there teuids, disturbing the droysy ear %
hight" Which some might call melodioaa
AreT while, when TIE Judge began TO pro-
pere bimfelf for " smiles acknowled gments and
lorqueie," o man appeared at ihe door and
said he was waking up the babies with hiO
naise" AT this be was Donplussed, and cub
short lis serenade. At this moment Jack said
that he was an imi,ator of the French horn.
81 d often ,oiDe0 Ia serenades, and would give
q tune BE nade the atts mpt and was really
exc.ll, Mt; but laughter had too great Q hold
u}6n all to allow him to proceed. The firse
note as drowned in The merrimcnt Of tina
compcny, and FIR relief they all rush,
ed to their bedrooms, and there roll>
ed aid laughed till physical strength
was quite exhausted The scene of the Judge
against the posr haunted them all night and
al agreed that all spo, hereafter would BE- In
sipid betide such an exhibition. 1t was tho
with Of all that The belle fnr whom theserenad0
was interdsd might know nothing of it, or Il
She did, she might take the will tor the deed.
aid excuse the noisy mjrih." If each should
I've thousand years they never could forget
that lights serenade
Ilc ueXL morning NJ VciocA, Out nctVoU
bid good bye 10 Scholey g and right glad were
th, ! to get away. They knew the sercnade Of
tie night Leiore twas going" az Jack said -
little TOO far and each one disliked to meet
the Captain, for fear his good nafured COUNTIES
Ma, &C might look rsproOf. The Captainis vigt-
liant f the comfort Vi his company and allows
no "Doey Ievelry" on the premises The
above affair. however, was purely accidcnfals
ard 10 keeniy ridiculous was it, that the par
Elephants, when orce into it, conld not have
STOPPED had the penalty been death. The Capt.
was not seen that morning, but when H. xt ha ID
net, George. Jack aid Ned all expect elbow
ing up" May he come down lightly.
must say in closing INV account OF the Coz
reer Of G. j. a ~, that from them no unfavora-
bic impress ion must be formed Of Schooley'a
Mountains. THIS il one Of the most delightful
places in he world ard its visiters are among
the elite OF tte Union, of New York and Phna-
2t)pba Tie company row staying with Capt.
DtGIOot is composed Of the most Illus tr.0us and
fashionable OF The land, ranking this retreat
with Niagara, Saratoga, or Newport. As said
in the opening of my letter, G. j. y y. went t0
Schoolgirls Mountain to enjoy themselves to the
fullest extern, and they did so !; coming away,
they left behind them their best regards for the
"noble host" and their heartfelt Affection fbr
the OLD COLONY.
BELMONT HOUSE, ,
ooLEY's MOUNTAIN, August 1884,
The Journey from Jersey Cs'y-.4scent Of The
.Mountains-Ihe Hotels and their 1fanage>
ment-Lady Tisiters-A Saturday Trip
from .Nesp York-The Route.
Thinking little recreation would be benefi.
cial to my health took the cars from Jersey
city at 40 P. N. on the 9th ultmo, FOE
Schooley's Mountain, and arrived safe e
Hackettstown, ut 7l5 P. NJ, where stages were
ready to convey passengers to the mountain
On leaving the cars you are at loss to find
where the mountains are. A ridge Of hills APP
pear at the east and west eide; but they do not
appear to be worthy to be called mountains, a.
they look to be but few hundred feet high.
After riding over an exceedingly rough and
unpleasant road, we begin to ascend. and it -
nothing but walk, pull, tug and sweat for the
poor horses till you reach the top Of the noun,
tain, which is about one and . quater mile Th0
road being also very rough on the mountains
three of us got out aud walked about half the
way up, and reached tue Heath H0us ten nil
nutes before the stages and baggage wagons
came up We found every room occupied at
the Heath, and my friends concluded to 60 ON
to the Belmont when the stages came up,
having engaged room at the Belmont several
days before, by letter.
On arriving at the Belmont, there was but
ons room vacant, which was the on had en-
gagged. Ny friends were now in pretty pre-
dicament, there being no room at the Belmonts
but to our surprise.we found that there was
still another house, called the Forest House.
where they found ample accommodations I
After tea, found my way to the dining room,
where were a number Of gents and ladies DANG
ing, the tables, ETC., having been cleared away.
There was excellent music. by four good per-
formers on the flute, clsrionet, harp and violin.
Dancing and chatting till halfpast ten, when ALI
retired, and by eleven not o soul was mp in th0
whole house but myself The next morning I
found great many new faces that had not
seen on the preceding evening, and Of the
ladies there were many pretty ones, AMONGST
whom were Miss W, Of Newark; Miss
T., o. Brooklyn; the Misses C-'s Of
baltimore; Miss o. and Miss S., of
New York, representing our city with the usual
last. but not least, the lovely Mrs D, of
Philadelphia, niece to the Hon Geo. NJ. Dallas,
late Vice-Presidtnt, aud many other beautiful
ladies'
At the Heath, understand that there are
many very handsome young ladies, but wa
gentlemen bOarders of the Belmont fatter our
selves that our young ladies excel those
Of the Heath In point of beauty. There
Is one very pretty LADY at the Heath whom
oil Of our young gentlemen think much Of,
and when / think even equals the beauty of
the Beln ont girls, or, rather, ladies, should
have said. will give her name, trusting she
will pai don ne. She is the charming Miss
A., Of Newark.
At the Forest House, I understand there are
many boarders; but as it has just been opened
as hotel, lit being formerly used rs water
cure establishments there are few who knows
OF such house.
Our host, Mr.. Crowell, cannot speak ton
highly of: every thing that the guests wish, or
possibly want, is Immediately placed ut their
disposal ii it is within his power. lie is ex-
ceedingly particular about his table. His witt
ers are very polite and respectful, and, indeed,
every one connected with the Belmont ara