Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-08-23

ternally but mere heap Of loose gray stones.
Inside, however, was a warm fire and a cheerful
party Of tenants, including stereoscopic artist,
who has taken his quarters here for some weeks,
and who makes a good thing Of 1t by taking
Photographic groups with the stony rubbish Of
the summit as a background. Two of these rude
structures have been erected upon the summit.
designated respectively "The Summit Houses
and the "Tip-Top House," and originally started
as rival houses Of entertainment, but finding this
did not pay, the interests Of the two establish
ments have been merged, and the one is now
used as the sleeping department and the other az
the eating department. Forty or fifty persons can
be lodged here after a fashion. As everything
has to be brought up by pack horses, prices rule
high-s1 for luncheon meals, 81 for lodgings, 25
cents per drink for whisky, and so on. BY IL
O'Clock, a. m, the cavalcade from the Glen
House had arrived, and also a mounted party
from the Crawford House (nine miles) on the
other side. The facility Of reaching the imme-
diats vicinity Of the mountains by rail induces
the larger number Of tourists to approach them
by the way of Gorham. Thus, seventy five per-
sons made the ascent from the Gorham side the
preceding day to twenty-three from Crawford's
With the accessions, we mustered strong around
the big stove Of the Summit House. 1t had
ceased raining. but the mountain top was yelled
In driving clouds, which rolled up the SOUTH
western activity with surprising celebrity and
passed off to the northeast, lifting they trav-
eled in that direction. and giving transient views
of wonderful breadth, including in the nearer
plane of landscape the barren rock-crowned
cones Of Mount Jefferson. Adams, and Madison.
To the southeast line Of silvery fog indicated
the windings of the Androscoggin down Is
beautiful valley, and yet south, old ocean was
outlined in dim haze. In other directions the
view was provokingly obscured, an eclipse the
more tantalizing because my timetable required
me to be at Gorham fifteen miles distant in
to take the afternoon down train.
Apparently the grim old mountain was in a
huff at my disposition to q do" her wonders with
such of. hand celebrity, but relenting about mid
day, she unveiled momentarily, and, az IL by
touch Of magician's wand, a scene was displayed
to be remembered for lifetime The cloud lifted
from north to south, disclosing in turn the warm
tinted Green Mountains, lovely hint of the Con-
necticut, then the southwestern range Of the
White Mountains, dotted with glittering specks
Of Alpine ponds, and south of all the picturesquely
outlined mirror Of Winnipiseogee The clouds
now shut down again, and with less reluctance
on that account made my parting adieus The
programme time for making the descent is two
and a half hours. / dislike excessively to brag,
but truth is mighty and must prelaVt. BY dint Of
long legs, thick-s shoes, short cuts down the
mountain side, and the prospect of dinner ahead,
| made the distance In one hour and forty minutes
reached the Glen House by the dinner hour two
p. m, and Gorham by coach in abundant time for
the train.
How | reached Newport will not particular
,ly interest the reader / fad here the very
Ia NJ fasbI MI,
but, for the most part, they do not frequent the
hotels at most Of the sea-shore resorts 1t being
the card at Newport to own or rent a cottage
Nothing astonishes the new conner here more than
the Infinite number of these charming residences,
EMPOWERED in the surprising wealth of foliage for
which Newport is remarkable, and which pre-
sumo IL attributable to the moist, bland atmos-
phere. small fortune is not unfreq uently ex-
pended on these summer residences used for per-
haps two months Of the year and shut up the
remainder. Thus, Bareda's (the guano mans)
new villa, with its surroundings, has already cost
Sl75, 900, and will run mp to S225 900 ere IL !,
completed Land, when it can be bought, about
Newport brings So 500 an acre, whether ledge or
soil
1 have been disappointed with the bathing here
1t is safer-less undertow-I am told, than on the
New Jersey coast, but after one has luxuriated in
the clear brine of Cape May, the surf a Newport
seems positively nasty, infused, as the water is,
with PARTICLES Of decayed animal and vegetable
marine matter. Among the illus,rissimi who make
Newport their headquarters this season, are the
youthful Patti and the Strakosches; the French
minister Mercier; Miss Hosmer, the sculptor; Miss
Cuthman, the actress; Belmonte. the banker, to-
gether with most Of the country's notabilites who
make shorter visits to the place. CSN