New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-14
SUMMER RESORTS.

AMONG THE ACKNOWLEDGING VIEW
THE ADIRONDACKs, Essex Co., Aug. D.
Nothing can be patent to who has both read te
Rev w. II. H. Murray's book and Travelled over tne 10
gion he preends to describe than the truth Oh o VU
prOverh. "There are two sides to every question:
Murray is enthusiastic over the Lake region OF the Ad
rondacks (which it may be well TO state quito uSO
from the Mountain region), end Is eViuen1y an aiu9
sportsman He gives directions however, Tor taxing
deer vhcb he has been obliged to contradict 10 praouce
this Simmer He says "nO true sportsman VIII shoO'
dear win shot gum but found IL necessary to SEM
from his camp for shot gun In order 10 supply mo
party with food. The game laws are almost usa
etter here. Every tourist carries ms iO~iins
o,aoa and yenison Is constantly upon
,he t.hias Of the boarding-hOuses and hotels Many
Ieer have been wantOny sacrlnced So 81 IKE lakes
found floating togesher on UsV shore and
the crack OF the rife is almost m0nentlS Iii son
this rate the hunting gf9G e more aenton to the laws
az relating 10 Ash TO have Deen ODseIIeu anu ~
line mountains the brooks furnish an unusual supply OF
trout; but among tho lakes where Murrays advertise
eSt has drawn great rush Of company the brooks are
ourss I'm camp obliged to subsist on salt pork and
siapJacks," in default OF game Inc scenery ar0uhG
the lakes simply pretty The shores are
diversified with iutting point or verdure crowned rocks
while the narrow Outlets connecting the lakes iOt t1t
the "carriers" the Indians termed the intervening
land where the boats must be shoHdered by the guues
The guides ara divided two elassesthe ndepend.
av but are Thoroughly cOnversant with their business
aud give satisfaction The Others are paid by the hotels
they are abusive useless large gratuity furnished by
the party Thoy Incorporate class and one poor
botOm-Of saranac Lake. The complaints against the
incompeency aud the exOrOns Of the guides were uni
an organized system OF self-defense.
Many eOnsumptives have also been drawn hither by
breathed in this fnvigorating air Numbers have died
from home and one, at least, without friend to
But for people who are jagged and harrassed by bust
cares this certainly capital place for recruiting
strength and important thing is, one cannot hear
from town Oftener than once week even when neal
poSGCe saw %Sgps %6o We're delighted with the
news of Grant at Long Branch IN New forK day OF
July 90. have seen looms this year, where usually
there are dozens. have heard any big wolf stories
Three years ago large Won was actually keu AT NORTH
Eba after committing depredatiOns upon the sheep folds
night after night TN eleven sheep had disappeared.
BY the way North Elba is entirely left out OF Murrays
book though the name IA recorded in Nash's Visitors
around Lake Placid cluster all the famous peaks OF the
head 5000 above the water and following to its right
an unduatory line Of horizon, with foreground OF
"cObbes. the yernacular term low wooded hills the
perpendicular cliff, 1900 feet high, that shuts in the
Wilmington Pass the boundary line for the high Gothic
into the Ausabie Ponds give it an ar Of aretocturai
GRANDEUR. the Golden McMartin Mystic Top, Marcy uhe
highest peak this side the Rocky Mountains) Mcintyre
and Wallace which faces the almost impossible Indian
psS These are all IN row shifting ana PANORAMIC
rainbow, every light fog but add new beauties either by
bringing INTO relief bold peak which In general nRht
OF atmospheric blue would pass unnOtiCed by reveal
ing new depressons that alter the conformation OF in
different and decately graded shades of gray present
wOndr0us study OF mountain lights and shadows
The farm frequented by guests at this point counts
among its visitors Of our distinguished Amert
artsts-GignouK, Clifford Hart, McEntee, Smile,
and Parton Of New-York while Geo b. Wood Of Phia-
depha has made the journey every Summer for success
slye years The settlers sturdy sort OF folk. self
reliant, sefrespecting such stock old John Brown
might be supposed to spring from. HIS grave ia
upon high plateau, approached from the main
road by lovely drive through prlmeyal forests ana
Is well worn by pilgrims who go there 20 muse over
his acts of insane herOsm and the years of conflict which
followed His tOwnsmen were patriotic and stanch
during the war. The stage-dGiyer between North Ebs
and ElizabethtOwn sent five sons two Of whom fOand
Southern graves, and his Is not isolated one
This sturdy race dwell iron soil The mountains sre
full OF ore, and covered with huge grOwtbs Of timber
while to its riches and usefulness added the most M
common COnhguTatiOn OF land and wonderful beauty.
The Ausable River, which works such freaks at tbs
keeseville Chasm, through the Wilmington aud the
Indian Pass and either the main stream OF t8
tributaries purng all through the valleys stocked
with dotted trout The weight Of trout varies from half
pound to three and three and half pounds Rogers5
Brook mas furnished some "whopPers" this season.