The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-06
SUM.1ER RESORTS.
LAKE MEMPHRRMAaOa, August

LAKE MEMPHRRMAGOa, August 4, 1858.
Mempbremagog, like that particular tub we hGSy
30 much about and 80 often nOwadayA stands on ils
own bottom, which is white sandy one and affords
an told, excellent walking to any one ambitious
eAough to test this-its particular quality Indeed
it has already been tested for promising young
gentleman year or TWO ago, who mad, before CON-
ing here graduated at an insane asylum, with all
the honors OF sanity, took 1t into his head one day
to investigate this sandy reputation by going be-
low; ana that he must have reished it is proven by
the fact that he never thought it worth his while to
come back again, much to the surprise OF his beloved
relatives Seriously, the lake needs no assistance
from any pacarded ''defacement Of natural
scenery" or the infamy of unnatural curiOsites
gotten up to order by the artful manipulation Of
drill and planer to make it known .'to whom it may
concern" 1t is, in fact, sort OF magnet wedged in
and dragged sleeps on the other, far away
from the wes and particularly the "smiles,"
OF any big or little city, with an
attractive power that knows OF no resistance. Nor
Is this power confined to particular point where
the friction Of fashion Is the most felt-because the
nearest at hand-the States On the contrary, it is
widespread, attracting, and from the Canadas and
the South American republics it draws" with I'M
failing results and with the same season regularity
that July follows June.
Folks who swelter their CANDY selves into water
casks at Saratoga or Sharon during the whole sum-
mer turn up their lighthouse noses at Memphrema-
cog because we have not got mineral springs that
bubble up from rocky crevices ana erervesce in COB
lets as though they had stick in them. But then
we have what is much better-plenty Of fresh milk,
unchurned by railroad travel good butter and eggs
every day Of our lives, and do not have to 60 to
ket for either, which Is some consolation to man
who knows a thing or two about market values and
authorizations. Then again, what are not the least
I'm QI nfc nj fha
about through the woods within sight OF the clear
waters Of the lake and along its shores the snuggest
OIttle hamets mot OF the Shakespeare Order) where
the duest lover, prone to cottage life, might sDend
all his days and never ask for newspaper
An additional attraction Is the repOse one can en-
JOY here
There is an absence Of all hustle and life and tur-
mon about the neighbOrhood that might at first
painfully surprise metropolitan, accustomed to the
excitement of city life or the whirl and dash of
fashionable go-ahead watering place; but II he
were totally dead to all The outside world with not
even an echo OF political whisper to trouble him
for second he GETS in unstinted measure, what he
comes for, nothing less and Oftenimes great deal
more. He can roam about in the woods and find
plenty of game, and sail on the lake In a small
sailbOat all by himself enjoy trip In the Lady Of
the Lake from one end Of the stream to the other,
whenever II pleases him; or again. should he take
notion to practise lesson from Ike Walton he can
any fine day throw out his lines and-wat for bite,
which waiting Will not be hard on his patience, l
assure YOU And oh, the trout that are caught
Why all you've got to do Is to throw In your hook
some days and take Off your hat and very politely
ask the specked beauties to be pleased to be caught
and you're sure OF dainty supper
AS have already remarked, cottages are doing a
stirring business. There is scarcely a family who
can afford spare rooms that Is not prosecuted with
applications, premium for preference being often
offered and often accepted. The Memphremagog
House, large and comfortable hotel, standing
within stones throw OF the lake and in the town
OF Newport VT, is the only public house OF any ex-
tent In the vicinity; but the visitors do take
to as well as might be supposed they should the
bowhar is just across the road from 1t and the
run almost under the piazza. In all probability
these convenences may be considered too near for
comfort, and the visitors believing that distance
lends enchantment to the view even OF locomO-
tive, betake themselves of along the borders Of the
lake to whatever cosey cottage they can get
midway down the lake, under the shadow
OF OWLS Head Mountain, pretty little cot
tage called the Mountain House, Of which
our good friends from the dominion over the bor-
ders, who carry about with them plenty OF gold and
silver seem to have full possession to the exclusion
OF all others. Ii Is said the same families occupy IL
from season TO season. agreeing at the end OF every
season to take It the following one, and the land
lord il business man and knows that great demand
for a commodity heghtens Its price in the market
have doubt he makes an honest penny.
Time was when New Workers mOnopoZed all the
boarding places about the lake. but or late seasons
their number has sensibly diminished until the
Philadelphians and people from the West hold more
than the balance OF power The of this falling
OF have been unable to ascertain but IL is said
that 1t is greatly made up by the number Of New
York "transients" who always stop here q few days
to rest In making tour to the White Mountains
thousand permanent visitors, two-thirds OF whom
re-