Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-10-08
THE ADIRoNDAC LAKES.

h''e''C 's'' " iiio.i'i '''e-' i"' iiuihc-
| rous portion of our readers, who have been
| into the woods of Northern New York, 70.
.;.,, A.. al,
7''' i''' ''''' NV ,'',''' y
been but who mean to 20, yet cannot fail to
be interested in il.
Ino three oaranac ickeS are part of'that
curious connection o. IoKes that ioIm the
great attraction ~ thls northern Wilderness,
ana ny which IL ~ al'on traVarslolo. IneY
are deen, niuH HArel' o' Wlter. lhVariANT
s.unned with hoHvv wooaen lsIands' ana
,ne'r SHORES are 'r93' 50 rtnF ana unnro-
ken that Tor days thn V'y1I 'ur sh's n,t q
Slng,c cin,rinT siVe tlat IN rlA nv inc whlrI-
wina' inc h'tI, 'nn1H or pft"u; tiat
c,'rr'eS C"Sar am MS lr'uhe' ur''''', ny
.ne STOUT AIMS ottN' hanPV' ferfleSS g''lI''
en'' 'SaS mncn n,rt "l t'' I'reS' Ms inc
.io '-nn"Ks t''"o pu'I" IN ". l'hrs' @o'S ",-
ing a'onG inc ShoroS' hhl'inT ira h'Ght
encn'"P'nent' ana n,'rsuinE us Winning way
"" V"c "nnrroW' 'A't'T t'e ''N' Is cr''Se" ~
enters ,lttIH river tNat WIniS among rank
grnSS ana r,nS' Ul'" "n.o yer HtNG oPhs
'e'"r, H. neN t'r river Is NJ 'N'n nv S'M'
or'"',nG rlni'S' or ~ moro ORION uR',phNS'
"''h u comes I''Inn@ ''"n tTlu"n "1lnN
rcKS o''r@rn"h W''n moss ana t'.HS, Wn'lr
'"c pines ana ''"arS nave H'''n Ia t'n@iel
''''SS in'o tnr ca''r'ct p'nr'!'' tne n''t-
man taxes th' Itue crlit on ms SlonlHerS'
supported by n yoke Ike that witch the
fn,lsiln Water-car!nrs employ ID carry thclr
nalis'and carrying II around Launches 1t INTO
the current aNovo' Inc gnld' whIe peTilr-
ming TINS duty resembles a huge turtle with
ms SHELL slowly craving beneath the oId
rorest' ana whnn ms nark IS lannched he
goes pacK tor the travellers luggage ana the
camp equipments. IhcSe portnSes, or car
ties, MS they are termed, form the great de-
lay to quick or easy travelling in this coun-
try, and are the barrier that dame Nature
has placed to protect her invorite fawns
from universal destruction. Where they oc-
cur. there usually are to be found the re-
mains of former camp fires, antlers Of deer,
bits of rope, or broken bottles, indicating
the passage of other travellers ; they, SUI
pose, are "the footprints on the sands of
time." and lest they ba overlooked, the
forerunners have enshrined their names on
some hlazed tree. Curious records of mems
taste for solitude and freedom There are
to he found Governor Sovmours name, the
poet Lowell. the artist Coleman: and lew
oil tne inevitable Browns ana Jonesrs. who
would he unknown to fame, even 1t heroes,
~ buried is their individuality in the specios.
1t the traveller chos's' he can dlvcrge on the
Of the four noints Of heaven and travel
fifty miles in any direction. Should he pre-
ter broad. onnn waters, he HIS Racquottc,
Long, Forknd, and the Saranac lakes.
Does utter solitude WOO him t. saclusion, his
guioe can lead HIM narrow little creeks.
Sides into t;ny 1oobs :, soc,rdod tbo, th.
deer aro tamn and 81 silent that thc voice Of
the loon olone owoLens their echoes This
abundance NJ lal,es is occounted for hv tho
s, ,ct tbot tb;s soc,;nn or .Lo o,rntrv cIpsti-
tutes tbe watershed whcra arc rar1erad nm
bv tho craot Roinrirar thoe, c;sterns of
water that s,n,Iv nnt op,v tho Moh,wk and
Hudson. but also the Black and Racunattc
rivers. and m,nv lttl, streams. which cmn.
ty into the basin of Lake Champlain and
George. With all this beauty OF wltcr and
wood land can be had. littr,IIv Shaking,
dirt cbcap. Two dollars an acre Is the stan.
dard price. although some surveyors I met
offered me unc for f,rtv cents an ocre Ii
wos here onr rriand C;,rr;t smith triad an
much to make his cnInrrI br1thrcn stc,dv
agriculturaI nc,rin hy [.iyi,,, thn,n Ir,I ',,..
cessible onlv to The mo- So ond me- brn,rr
There was n lime within tho memory ng
vour friend when tl,i. nl,c. was unyi..ifod
excent bv the trainer when ca,nc, snch rs
deer and ducks ,ytr, mara n5nndnnt t'l,n in
the fields Of n Pennsy,ylnia Grmor' Whom
tr,,t wcr, +, h, had H. tl,o tIc.li,', ,nd
mos, for the w1trhn.r ur n'nd with -
;nck k.Iirbt. wb.n +, l.. p -7nn.,ir,J r,i.irL Inv
Tho bvc we ~, GreIlrrlIy inrl,nlG f., hn nI1
nm h2rc in thn vo,js tlis 49, wIs r,Icc ~
''-'' - '''N '''''''' ''''' i'-''
Where unheedod spreads the blossomel bud
Its milky bosom to the bee,
Unheeded falls along the hood
lhe desoiate ana aged tree
p,..,,,, ....-cc-
nu' nilck ana ''-'"y IN lho 'raih oi uoV-
etnor io"l-'iiu WHO Touiuil I1lloW Il
uoteiilGi '-Galie ION anu ~ b'cN "lt' poulleS