Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-07-15
ORCEsTER eDAILY.

larger houses and lis location is one of the mos,
attractive portions Of the entire range.
At this house. the tedium of past-twiliekt
hours is dispelled by the exhibition Of "menae.
erie," consisting Of live philosopher named
/ Merrill, OF the cratic genus, who devotes his
days to padding his own canoe around the walls
of the "Pool, in which he transports travellers
literally and also by his learned geological And
phiosophic dispositions upon matters and things
in general. Professor M is also a collector of
speeimens-geological and monetary, the latter
afording him' perhaps, as much comfort as de-
light His principal labor is the formation OF
philanthropc and philosophic societies, OF which
the advertising medium is the following, which
will afford the reader an idea of his object, quite
as clear as any we were enabled to obtain verbally
''oIRCU LAR
This Society takes the name OF AIDE TO TIKI POOR.
All Males and females can gon this society by gveing
Annoy or More may form into a society and BY a
voat OF The society may Connect with other oher
all funds Collected by annoy society shall say how
it shall be disposed.
ALIAS and BY laws shall be made by MAJORITY of
All Members Male and female shan have an equal right
to a yoat
In the evening the Professor INDUCED such as
desired to 'see the elephant" with an unob
structed view of that remark able ouadruped
which he captured while travelling in SIAM and
In whose locomotion it was suspected the Siam
ese or some other human twins had a foot or
two The ''tal' of this animal. although Gas
Mrs. harrington might allege) somewhat Tex.
tenuated," afforded much edi6cation to the
crowd, who had been assembled tc listen to a
"lecture" from the Professor, illustrated by sun
dry curiosities in the shape Of diagrams" Sc
ries Of artistic productions Of the Professors
pencil, which he or any might. safely wor-
ship without fear of breach of the ecsl que, as
they resemoied nothing upon tbis earth, even IN
the faintes degree. The Professor is also an
thusiastic fisherman, his principal catch being
front, quarters, and colds; the second item,
however is the only one be SALTS" 1t may be
true that be is only "hali-witted," but it is for
tunate for him that the missing moiety is not
that which usually attends to the fiscal affairs of
their owners II is but justice, however, to the |
Professor to say, that be persstentlY refused all
gratuities from his editorial visitors, thereby |
evincing very nice appreciation of their ordina-,
~ condition, well as of the 'eternal fitness Of |
things" Long may he wave
Leaving the Flume on the morning of the 10Th, |
the majority Of the party visited Center Harbor, |
crossing Lake Wnnipisiogee, one of the most |
beautiful sheets of water in New England. il not
in the world There, being Hospitality entertain
ed, they returned in season take the middle down
train at Wers, reaching Boston, Lowell, and |
worcester, the same night. Your correspondent |
left the Flume at A. NJ, five hours after the
lake party started, reached Plymouth at noon,
after delightful ride, whence, after one Of Burn.
hams dinner at the Pemigewasset House,
(which is all the praise these dinners NEEDY he
proceeded to Weirs, en- route for home, safely
reached at P. NJ.
In closing this hasty sketch Of the journey he
has only to reterate that the excursion was hap
PLY conceived and admirably condu cited, afford
ing unmixed satisfaction to the large number of
participants, and rejecting the greatest credit
upon Messrs. Gilmore, Lyon, Coffin, Richardson,
and all others concerned.
At thissseason OF the year nothing can be more
delightful than trip to the mountains, and he
who travels for amusement or health without see
ing them, may safely rely upon our assurance,
that he has seen only one side Of 1.-THE world = and
that the tamest and least wonderful. Again re-
turning his thanks TO all concerned for the cour-
tesies so literally extended to him, your cores
pondeDt bids adieu to the White Hills, and the
hospitable hosts who abide upon them.