The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-08-17
Lake George and Old I'll.

nave recently Jdheh " UP W.
Lake Champlain and Lake George to
Caldwell. of which l wish to speak to
you with emphasis One has no right
to know all about the pleasures OF SO
delightful trip and to enjoy them to
the full, without letting the world
and the rest of mankind understand
that they can go and.do likewise.
l took the steamboat train at st.
Adams at S-45 A. NJ, and reached
Burlington wharf about 10 o'clock. L
found the Canada" Capt Flagg, in
waiting forpassengers bound to White
hall, Lake George and Saratoga. The
change from the dusty cars to the
clearly and splendidly appointed boat
was very grateful, assure YOU Hav-
ing enjoyed the SPLENDID scenery and
the most balmy breeze you can imag-
inc, and leisurely discussed one of the
dinners for which all the lake boats
are famous, and Capt Flagg's boat in
particular, our pleasant party landed
at Old Ti-took one of William G..
Baldwin's new conqrd coaches which
was driven in capitH style from Old
ii. to the steamboat landing on Lake
George, q distance Of four miles, pass
ing through the towns Of Ticonderoga
and the pretty village of Alexandria,
with their falls and their factories.
While on the battle field Mr.. Baldwin
points out to the passengers all the
points of local and historical interest,
and you must see him and hear his
oratory to know how earnest and loyal
he is in his devotion to his country.
He prides himself upon being proprie-
tor of good line of stages, and not
eloquence, but he tells good story
and makes a good speech, which is
not put in the bill; and is all clear
gain About O'Clock p. NJ, you find
yourself and party on the Minne-ha-ha
Steamer under the command of the
experienced and jolly Captain Elias S.
Harris, who knows the ropes not only
of his ship but of the vicinity Capt.
Harris, by his good sense, good hu-
NOR and intelligence, is master OF the
situation, and gives satisfaction to all
of the passengers who ask a thousand
and one questions about Lake George
and its history, which are readily and
well answeied
Our party were in raptures over the
hill, mountain and water scenery of
Lake Horizon, alias Lake George. 1t
is thirtysix miles long and every rod
furnishes good subject for painter.
This trip is, probably, the finest one
on the continent, and | am surprised
that so many OF our tourists and
pleasure travellers are ignorant Of its
surprising beauty, In fact / am as
tonished that our party, consisting OF
Judges, Captains of Police, Attorneys
at Law, L S Commissioners, and their
wives, do not make Lake Horizon a
visit every year after Commencement
Day, and stay a week thereabouts
After q beautiful sail we arrived at
Caldwell, at the Fort William Henry
Hotel, about 2 o'clock This is a ho-
tel-not an inn, not tayern-but a
large and elegantly furnished hotel with
accommodations ample for the enter
talnment at reasonable rate, of five
hundred guests. Il was formerly kept
by Mr.. Gale, an old resident "to the
manner born" and is now under his
management, and that of Mr.. Joslin
who. both of them, "know how to keep
an hotel -and knowing, fulfil THEN
duty, as 1 can conscientiously vouch.
Our party stayed here two days, and
then separated, some going to Sarato-
ga and New York via. Moreau and the
Rensselaer, and Saratoga Railroad, and
some returning to Vermont and Mont
real. OF the good dinners, good
drives, good boat rides, and other
good things too numerous to mention
these are to be remembered, not spok.
en- about---alluded to, not described.
OF this route I can not speak toe
highly. | am always suspicious o.
puffs in the newspapers, as they often
smack strongly of the free pass and
dead headism generally. l beg that
this first rate notice may not be put in
the penny-a-line category. / have
written thus freely because | would
notify persons how much pleasure
they lose in going to and from New
: York or Saratoga and Troy by not go
ing via. Lake Horizon. The extra ex
pense is trifing and the pleasure toe
great for ordinary writers powers o
. description.
We returned to Burlington via. I'll
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