The New York herald., 1869-06-21
OUR WATERING PLACES.

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+ Hotels All Ready for Observation-Disclosures
| and Nom u-Distingaished People 10 Come
| MAGNIFICENT scenery Near the Home of
Fenimore Cooper.
| SHARON SPRINGS, June II, 1862
After few days OF changeable April weather this
| morning opons On the mountains balmy and breath
less The peculiarlties of this place are not unknown
for ITS great value TO invallds the beauty or lts
scenery or the elegance and comfort OF hotels.
or the latter would speak first Tor the information
of those who may have made up their minds to
come here; OF those who are yet unsettled
| os what quarter TO fly to for health and
| pleasure curing the summer, and OF those VINO
| would like TO know something about o place
| where large portion OF the 6tfte OF tue metrops,
both well and sick, seek health, repose and
| little country dissipation. The Pavilion OF
| course comes first in pre-emlnence, on account OF
It's magnitude and the lofty emnence upon which
it stands. commanding magnificent prospect from
its front, covering distance of forty miles, sweep
ing away of over the valley OF the Mohawk into the
notches of the Wild AarondacKs ana taking In, in
the middle distance, stretch OF country the rlchest
| and most varied perhaps, in the Stase Ihls hotei
has capacity Tor accommodating 1926 guests coln-
| fortably in Its 275 well appointed rooms. ThS pro-
| pretors Messrs. Gardner Son, are laying OF
| plans for an addition that VIII accommodate next
season ninety more. 1t VIII be located at the uort H.
east side OF the building, but detached from that
structure and will from its northern front command
| the same view that from the grand piazza. The
lower story VIII be divided Off into cottages each
| with separate entrance and porch. Nearly all the
rooms in the pavilion are engaged, either for the
whole or porJon OF the season, by first class
| people from New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
| MIR. Henry Keep, with his wife and charming
daughter, accompanied by his friend and physician
Dr. j. F. Gray and Mss Mary L. Gray now there.
The friends of Mr. Keep, who has for the time aban-
doned the golden idol of Putus to seek iavos at the
hands of the goddess Hygeia, Will be glad to know
| that he has considerably improved in health slnce
inhaling the sulphur air, and enjoying the sulphur
| baths for whlch this spot is famous.
Congress Hall, which stands on the spring grounds
in the village, has been rehtted and now open.
| Registered upon Its books among those WAC
pected to come this season are Archbishop Spaldng
of Baltimore; Mrs w. J. Van Duzen and family, Will
| liam Stenway, Sr.. William Ruger and family, A.
| Fatman ana family, L. Rosendeld and family,
OF New York, and A. II. Little ana family OF Phla-
delpha. 1t has $50 rooms, OF which 100 are engaged
1t can accommodate 270 people. Elegantly ornamented
| grounds surround this hotel to which the visitors
of the Pavilion equal with those of the
| Congress- Here, too, are the magnesia and sulphur
springs, the bathhouses of Gardner Bangs the pa.
| goda, where the band summer evenings realizes
| that unfamiliar and never quoted phrase which
Shakespeare put into the molth Of Hamlet and here,
also, is the handsome long piazza on the hillside,
Embower'd soft, in trees,
| made for promenade and Irritation, and equally
| adapted for both, whether the sun shines or the
moon. The grounds, which are Kept in order jointly
| by the propretors OF the two hotels, are not the
| smallest charm of this picturesque village Per-
haps the only drawback to these woods, which seem
especially
For whispering lovers made,
| is the odor OF birthstone from the springs below
which is not exactly in harmony with ones notions
OF the Paradise OF the future the paradise OF love-
However If 1t restores vitality relieves suffering ana
proongs life as every one says 1t does-and nave no
| doubt butitdoes from information and experience
| 1t Is worth while to make a compromise with the
| smell for the sake Of It's salubrlty.
Farther up the village are three or four hotels the
principal being Union Han. kept by Supervisor VIII
| mann, of New York, a scholarly gentleman, and
| EdridSe House, on the other side OF the way The
Union has l5 rooms, fourteen OF ground around
| tand splendid background of woods. Here stands
| the new Chalybeate Spring, pouring out fine iron
| water. Among the most prominent p arties
| who Will make this their home arc
Hon. John Fox, NJ. c.; Cummings H. Tucker, MI
chael Kunu, Marcus Otter bourg, Supervisor VIM.
NJ Tweed Major Edward IL. Kent julius Pick, Carl
Schalk, Seymour A. Bunce, Of New York; Francis
IL. Zitz, New York city; William b. ochs and family,
| YORK CITY; julius LaWt0n ana family, New
YORK city; Max Moses New York city Supervisor
G.. n. Hermann, New York cy Samuel Hrsch New
York city; Dr. j. Komerer, New York clty; A. Froh-
mann, Cincinnati; DR.. }. Wei, Cinclnnatl; Dr. ID.
| Levi Albany; Dr. Teldemann, Philadelphia; Judge
NJ. O. Gross. New YORK; Joseph Schmidt, Lion
| Brewery, New York; Henry smith, Police Com
missioner; Anthony Dugro, J. A. Huck, Chicago
Charles Engel, Philadelphia; E. Uhifeder and family,
The Edridge House has been entirely rentted and
| enlarged, and large piazza has been added. 1t Is
| one OF the largest aud best appointed hotels In
| will
| OF the distinguished d from New York expected here
during the season are A. u stewart, Mayor lall,
| Adolphe Bernhelmer ana Don Pedro Alveau. Tho
| other hotels are the American the Empire Kockton
Sharon and the Unhed states, winch is not yet quite
| 0nl5hed
In few weeks from now Sharon will be in q
whirl OF gayety and fashionable life, as II always Is
when the at It's height. At present IL IS in
the enjoyment OF repose, magnificent bracing at
| mosphere and rural felicity.
new railroad, branching from the Albany and
| Susquehanna road at CoDlesktll, Is now nearly
ready for travel which will Drng visitors within one
mile OF the Springs, and save the tedious, though
not unneresng, ten nile journey by stage from the
village VIII, te m rser mar ouS xh" WHICH, 1
want new lesson an orthography, VIII spell. IL IL
| Canajoharie.
have SAID nothing Of the drives around this To-
cality. IL would be SIN against the holy spirit OF
Nature to overlook the superb scene which spreads
| itself IN a subimity almost unriyaed between this
| point and Cherry Valley The road runs over the
northern slope OF the Catskils, Just where they de-
cline INTO the ravine which eads by gradual descent
into the sumptuous valley OF the Mohawk. From
| the highest point, known Prospect Hill. land
| scape OF unequaed beauty Is before you The horl-
Zon some ntY miles to the north Is bounded by
| mountains which overhang Lake George and Lake
Cnamplain, while eastward the eye can oyerreach
Saratoga passing over In its transit range OF coun-
| try flll OF diversified beauty aud agricultural
wealth rs one would desire TO look upon. ON every
side for ten miles the view Is varied and delightful.
| THIS road leads to the home OF FenimOre Cooper,
near otsego Lake, and IA tins tract It that the
last OF the MohiCans ended the sentimental history
| with which the novelist has invested the tribe OF
| Uncas. ANY one who visits Sharon Springs Without
driving to the picturesque village OF Cherry Valley
over this road will have made his visit almost IN
| vain.