New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-03

were mine hosts parting words religousiy reeoraeo'
although not in the least attering to myself whom mr.
Fletcher would regard IN the Hight OF missionary
In any way calculated to Lead MOUNTAINOUS
| into " fresh acids and pastures new
They say that whatever yeu seek you VIII surely ma
therefore may be authority In the natter
| to me that the Adhohdacks grew nsthfng pas
| found then everywhere, and found very h'uo ~
| what ticket do you votes" l asked uncio i""'D'
who keeps one OF the heydeuissmi pubic houses on
| 49, Iats nwhv I'm Union man." I've replied grir-
.,,g ALI over bis face "Pray, what d0es that mehb
Rloss van Rnpnbhcan. OF course. oae OF our ioihS
I ,akes THE TRIBusB. and when we've fead /" "0 '0 "
! 20 Raauette Lake. 60 to town OF Long baAo "
/ and at lass lection there wasn't pu' wv 80 -
De,ocraticp Mr. Hosgh proprietor OF the pioiic-houSo
| IN the Upper Sarapae has been as devo'eu " 81
| c..Io % Mr. Fletcher Of Franklin Falls. ana tehS
| with ma little sitSfaction. how no mus'o's n'' 49,
and travels 70 res through water and wilaerhess W
aanosj, his VOC Paul Smith OF St. Regis Lake ousnt
ma n Repub.icsp but he IS not NOTWITHSTANDING '"i'
hac,idug he !eeps tho best hotel In the Wilderness
d 40 40 oo,d fellow that firmly believe lie will ex
,o,ce change OF heart when he goes to another ana
q better Csrld ,
Tuy WEEKLY TRIBUNE was put into my hands by the
Iupss:men Of Blue Mountain Lake, and on RaqueHo
Lat, have found cabin which Is pspered with TRiB
HINES To wake up y Wilderness find yourself greeted
by Political Economy, and DO able to read your morn
ing.s paper In bed, Is amount Of civilization sesrces
70 he expected Ths cabin saHds on Weeds HILL which
commands tho finest view the Raquette Deserted ey
It's owner who is q NewYork lady Of wellknown family,
it occupied for many months OF the year by Mr. Sidney
Hay son ~ Judge Hay OF Saratoga Here, from early
Spring until early Winter, Mr. Hay takes up his abode
lcadug life after Thoreaus heart with the exception
OF his devotion to THE TRIBUNE "Let not your life be
taken by newspapers Eliminates Thorcau In one OF his
bulls and sweeps thon all Into the fire. Mr.. Hay swoars
allegiance to Mr.. Greeley and takes his seni.weeky
newspaper as he takes his daily bread Living alone no
extends the right hand OF fo wshp to every passorby
and many tourist Is indebted to him for hos
pitality. On Eagle Lake Is tight little log house,
built entirely by himself several years On tho edge
Of a wood, beside delicious spring, commands hne
view OF beautiful Blue Mountain but 1t Is lonely Tor all
that and Mr. Hay, content as he Ia with
the solitude Of the Wilderness has gwen IL up
to an old fisherman wire lives there oil the
year round. finding IN troutng. deerhuhnhg'
and trapping, adj the excitement and occupation
necessary for existence. Mir Hay has lived tsero
four months at ame with soul to cross the thresh
old OF his door; ho has walked 10 miles through ce
water he has journeyed the frozen lakes on snow
shoes; he has passed than one Winter night WIN
ont even a blanket has lmproysed bed and beddng oJ
fire. and has walked up In tho morning Without so much
AZ ST la Joint In body. Does not this speak wen TOT
tho olmate4 And 1t knows how to DO cold up hero
While the mercury has stood this Summer at go Fareh
hctt last Winter 1t down to $40 below zero BIZ
Uouvh OF the Upper Saranac obliged to got Their
mometer measuring 400 below zere MS previous 'hei
mometer failing 20 meet all emergencies
The Influence OF great newspaper can never DO
realized until ono travels into backwoods and halnets
In John Browns former farmhouse Mr.. Grceiey's por
trait beneath that OF him whose soul Ia marching on
and THE TRIBUNE Is mama In the wilderness 10 is
present occupants Again, on the shores OF Lake Pac
an old old man, who reads any book but tho
Bible seems 10 be perfectly familiar with TIE TRIBUNE
and It's editor.
"Iseckon you don't work for q lvin2p was the old
mans Introductory question, put to walked up
and down the kitchen Of cottage awaiting clear day
I'm which to ascend old whteface "But do though
want 10 know! 1 thought you was gentIeman's
daughter. BE you a chambermsidp
Having demonstrated that 1t was quite possible to
work for Kvng and yet not be a chambermaid. that
there for brains well hands Grandfather
Whitehead became very loquacous the subject OF pol
ttc and expressed great desire to have an Interview
with Mr. Greeley. lie not Republican, but he felt
convinced that Mr. Greeley might carry out his ideas
lac coud but communicate them.
"Pm true Democrat suoh Democrat as was before
a party took up the and turned upsde down.
Now we're goin Into aristooracy, don't you know We
are few tryin 10 get control OF everything
and every body don't you know they arei All the
are maxim a dive at Uncle Sans pocket. wish you'd
tell Mr. Greeley to have tho salaries cut down. That's
what's the matter don't you know Isl Men want office
ies for tho sake OF tho plumber II Amt right. Folks
ought 20 serve their country honor not for money
aud then hered be fewer taxes TO pay he sure you tell
Mr. Greeley 20 cut down salaries. don't expect 10 live
very long, but I'm sorry for you that are beginnn'
You'll sec bad don's II thiags don't change. dont you
know you will Is Grandfather Whitehead very far
astray IN bis oencusonsi The Adirondack atmosphere
is clear, and one can see TO n great distance
Apart from THE TRIBUNE, tho literature OF tlic VII
derness Ia limited, and seems 10 be confined pfInr'-
pally to Agricultural Reports Fourth Reader a.d
publications OF the American Tract Society At Uncle
I q
Year Round aud read therein account OF the Sack OF
Peruga In 1869. that had written several years ago
| in Florence. l also peeped into Mayne Reds Guy
Climbers At Houghs found quitoa collection OF books,
but elsewhere Nature Is the only book worth reading,
and even cannot DO turned until the Autumn
Wherever Ian evangelical clergyman makes tracks he
tracts and in the depths OF the woods you are In
vited to feast your soul upon "The Gamblers
He'll" and told how wicked II 10 dryefast horses
Sunday Hells and horses OF description are ~
foreign heWderness those other sinks Of inquity
theaters and opera houses against which the umberHen
are cautioned and about which, consequently they are
inordinately curious. But the nobes OF all the Amer
oan Tract publications which have come under my OBJ
servatloD, is little book ened "Ife Peep OF Day,
Berries OF tho Earliest Religious Instruction the Infant
Mind capable Of receiving" The infant mind is told
that
MY little body's formed by God.
IT'S made living fesh and blood.
The slender bones are placed within,
And over all 10 laid the skin"
Having Impressed it's divine origin upon the infant mind.
It is bulled into supreme contempt for It's poor weak
little body through number OF pages OF dreadful can't
II this the only sort Of missionary work done
by tho Tract Society, the rich men and women
leave II out OF their wills the better have not met q
native OF the Adrobdaeks that does laugh such pub
catons Far sensible would IL be for this Society
TO teach backw morality through the medium OF
good bread properly cooked meat ventilation OF cabins
and the snfulness OF feather beds Men and women