Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-09-10
VOL. XII.
Written for the Delaware Gazette.
L AK K NJ AF1OPA c.
By PELEe sxooxs.


day seersed pieasanter Than its predecessor.
Mrs. Snooks and |, as l related in the eem-
municaton referred to, are quiet people, and
have not seen much of the world. We de-
rermIned, therefore, To visit one of the FASH
ionablc places of summer resort, and see
something of it. Having beard of lake
Mahopac, in Putnam county, N. Y, quiet
sheet of no great magnitude, but Of very
considerable beauty, we determined to direct
our steps thither. One bright morning, then,
few days ago, we found ourselves en- the
Harlem Railway road which is as accom-
snodating as a western steamboat, stopping at
nearly every house Oh the way. From Gre
ton Falls, one of the stations on the Rail-
way, drive of six nfles brought Us to the
Lake.
Being plain people, as the reader has been
informed, we thought a modest boarding
house would suit Us. better than the splendors
of a fashionable hosel-provIded it was near
enough the latter for uA to observe the man
ners and ways of the same-albelt 1t would
be cheaper; no small consideration to Mrs.
Snooks and myself, who are not miliionaires
Such place was found, and rooms procured
for US, ut house of most excellent rePuta-
ton, by friend of ours at one of the hotels.
Our way, therefore, seemed all plaif and
pleasant. The stage drove up to the front
of the house It was certainly as modest
and as rustic place as we could have desir-
ed-at least as rusty a one, for everything
seemed going to decay. Many stats were
wanting in the window blinds-the floors
were uneven-aAd the carpets and oil cloths
could boast of having seea- better days, Tor
they were exceedingly fragmentary in their
character.
1t was managed by lady, whom, at the
moment of our arrival, we could not find.-
However, by The politeness of servant, we
were shown to our rooms. There were two
of them, adjoining. on the second foor-ene
for Mrs. Snooks and myself, and the other
for the baby's nurse. They were about the
size of respectable closets, coming in ire
quent contact with the wall, therefore, was
matter Of unavoidable necessity, aud as
they had recently been whitewashed, We
found ourselves Frequently osaamened With
lime at every point Of contact The hour
for dinner was fixed at one, but as puncluali
ty was matter of little consequence in this
es.abgshmen we did not get it till half-oast
Two. We were shown into rather contract
ed apartment with low ceilings, and table
extending the whole length of it. As the
number OF boarders was greater than the
tabts was calculated to- oaccomodate, the chairs
were crowded together in manner anything
but agreeable. GSv seat was between Mrs.
Snooks and another lady, the former with
modest hoop OF reasonable dimensions, bsf
the latter with an enormous circumference
of crinoline. Between them | could only
get ny head out, and Occasionally my right
hand, by composing the expNaslon on
either side of me. Tue diuner itself, buth in
quantity and quality, presented a strange con.
trast with the excellent fare we had had in
COME eticst-and II was a poor consolation
to think that The only offse. to this was that
we were at more fashionable place. q
iise tea cannot speuk in particular, except
10 say that we were clch presented with
many black berresas wou4d pirtia lly cover
sweelneat plate oi inch in diameter,
supposng the berries 10 be arranged at res-
pectluI distances from each other.
The sleeping arrangements were no better
than the commissiarat. The bed in our room
was constructed on the old fashioned steep
ruofed plan, high in the centre, and the de-
cliviiies on each side 50 steep that 10 retain
ones position while sleeping seemed quite
out If the question. judge the straw with
which it was filed came out OF the ark, and
being somewhat solidifed by the dampness
of that long raia spell, has never been soft
since. Whether Ham used the sheets on
that occasion or not, cannot say. bot GER
taiuly they were verv black. The bolster
was al imaginary puff, whicis dissolved into
| nothingness on the application Gf the head,
and the pillows we had to stuff under the
edges of the bed to raise them up to a level
with the ridges in the centre. The room,
by 8 had only one window and 70 yentilator
over The door, SO we had ait in Homeopathic
doses only. The mice, animal to which
Mrs. Snooks has the dreadest aversion, kept
up their reyels all night in the walls.
At home the baby reposes in her little crib,
and in Connecticut the place of that useful
| article was supplied by the ingenuity Of her
great grandmother, suggesting large clothes
basket placed on a bench, out noo we were
completely at loss for couch for our little
darling. Necessity is said to be the mother
of invention, and Mrs. Snooks in happy
moment bethought herself of our large trunk.
in the lower one, and at more cozy or COM
Portable baby bed could not well be imagin-
ed Thus baby Snooks was comfortable,
bit not SO her parents. Some change must
! bemade, and that at once. Gregory's Hotel,
| the best in the place--a large four story
building of graceful proportons-was crow
ed, but by interesting the proprietor through
one of his BEST friends, very comfortable
room was procured for US, with three win
dows in it. This house is lit with gas, man.
| factured on the premises and is one of the
best managed summer hotels in the State
Here the fare is abundant, varied and ex-
cellenl, and the attendance by female waters
all that could be desired. Having been built
only two years since, it has every modern
! improvement. Water is forced by a pump
into large tank in the Cupola from whence
il is distributed by pipes through the house.
The ceilings are all high and some of the
rooms very spacious. The proprietor is not
too much of gentleman to attend to his
guests, but is daily seen carving for them ar.
raYedi in his linen jacket and blue apron
Thus he knows that their wants are properly
supplied. Our host is no ordinary man-t
, deplist by profession, and no mean performer
either-an excellent carpenter and builder
several prominent edi6ces besides this HOUSE
testlying to his skill--and now one of tht
most popular hotel Proprietors that | have
ever known-the head of an orderly and wei
, arranged house.
The Luke itself is fine sheet of water
Without the grandeur of Lake George. witt
its everlasting hills towering TO heaven,
yet possesses quiet beauty Of its own that i
q very attractive. 1t is distant from New
' York about so miles--and occupies an ele
!, waited position, surrounded with gentle emin
& ences, which slope down to the waters edge