The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-02
THE ,,AD1RoNDAoKs.

Correspondence Of the 1ntelllsencer. '''
LowRR ADIRoNDAoKs. July %.
Let them that win these paItimes Still pur.
And on such pleasant folllCa feed their nll.
Sings an, old pIscatory bard who
doubtless touches tender cords In the
CHEEKY hearted folk who love 10 wan.
der along the velvet margins Of mead
ow coprBinR streams and while those
who will still pursue the Injunction oil
the canary BonRatef there 10 no reason
why their pleasures should not shine
for all. With such benevolent intent
then do CIT me down to chronicle 0
little more Of the enjoyable experiences
that DRIFT 90 many pleasure-s seekers to
these woods. When last wrote we
were encAmped on . small lSlot In one
ofthose silver lakes that helps to l0tm
the vast water.territory Of the North
Woods' Two days Of continuous
rainlng-BomethlnR extraordinary In
these regions Just now-have 90 swell.
ed the waters OF the Racquette that no
inducement In the shape Of either gaudy
fly or unseemlY Rngle-worm will en-.
tice the hnny species OF the deep TO
RISE and so one day packing up our
traps and cAlamitleS we em barked In our
light cedar.Bhell for the region lying
east Of US. A day ofVlgorous pulling
at the oars and night OF ot.lrampS
Ing, rs weary as Il was weird, brought
Us Into the region known as 1.-THE 8 Wilz !,
erlAnd OF America What q queer
experience, this nights journey over q
lonely mountain road, with the moon.
light fitting through the trees to print
Rr0tesque shapes upon the ground and
the awful stiffness that finds no break
but In the h0otings Of the owl or ones
words that flow In bated breath. But
with the glory OF the morning came the
greater glory OF this alpine landscape.
Words, 70 do II justice, must have sill
more Of the tinsel OF the painters art.
In front OF us, twelve miles away, lit
log itself up five thousand feet 10 where
0 hood Of gray clouds gathered about
Its white forehead, lay old mount White
Face. Now. thepoet tells rs 1t required
somewhat Of muscular exertIon to come
up from ,Avernus alter you had once
gone down. Hie labor hoe opus est,
quoth he. Soft 10 with White Face.
You descend comparatively easy, but
In going up one should have his pH-
thence and muscles equally well oiled.
Our guide, on this occasion, l should
describe as the direct descendant Of old
Isaac Walton. Brought up In one OF
the most populouB oftNeW England
towns, he left 1t long ago TO and
here what never came to him
there--health and happiness, The
storms Of earlier days had worn bis
youthful tAoeinto many fnrroW, yet
Nature had so'klndly frightened each
furrow with q smile, that the whole
face wore an expression OF good humor
and intelligence that one seldom sees.
Gifted with the lequaoity OF q constltu.
tional philosopher, he beguiled the te-
dlnm OF the ascent with. many pleas
ant mountain myth aud stirring story
of,real experience. A ride OF six miles
across the smooth waters of Lake Pla.
cid, brought rs 10 the mountain'a base,
where, procuring a good staff, we began
our tramp. Over bush and break aud
bog we clAmbeTed, now stopping 70
taste Of the water that came gushing,
cold as Ice, from the rock, now 10 Whih
the pure air that grew more exhilerat-
Ing the higher we went. Five hours Of
Is hatd LABOR as one caresto perform,
WIN the mercury playing about the
tropics o. Thermometer, brought us
toI,the sHass naIroWfiH extending
y nail mile COVE. the mountain from
the topLe1poslng me clean white gran
I'VE, almost ~ smooIl rs Inc ro0f oil q
mouse, ana lpeuhlns7wthi perpsn-
oicu4AI, ~ any point IN aan angie noI
ABOUT ~ usgtses. S!ahelpg 9p we see
the polaI WINE 'front.' imPendlng over
t 3nE hefaA anu we Slamosr on, now
twi1 of mountain alder. Walk
supported In 4 trilt OF moss. thusGinE.
Inc the fnpers into a ,oleit betwean IN
roeks, An. II only for a moment one,S
feet AhouId, allp from their, arm anchor
ACE, and The body aconlre n Iittie, mo.
menIumi =, Down, down, II Would W
about as near the neither extremetiss
"a IL ia easy, 10 attain in this liie.T we
soon reaoh Inc top. and what n nrosneet
10 GLADDEN. Inc ave And refreRh Ina hndv.
FaF. 10 me- norlh. throuUh ,the clear AZ
"a sea the sts IIaWrenoe 'windInS m H.,
L couTSe "a The ,NeH.. 10 INA SonIh and
veal rise fonr ihnnd rad nsakS. vsrvino
tbeir snocession WIN 1scenerY IhSt u
hotb loVeIv and nIctnTesnna a. waII y
InS1nificen. and I'm nnaina H.
,snaTkiinV I'm Thai 1hads ~ anar"i1i
ereen :" va conntad ovar tbi,tn iSEaS
ana the sSlvSr reSchaS ~ n,Srn :s, s
riveSs ,WhIIe tn the Ian ma sIss NJ ~
tha morning ann sbImmsTed S1- th'
T6itS'cans of i,Ska ChamnIain. and IN
Saen IIrIad - n,onntsinS ~ varmont
nSip,aS thsSr grsSn In, sS.Sn.. ~ oIoa
Nv, sJILwas a scane ,of baantv '"nJ
wIiI no n ,inv foravarS ,'''-N
$50. W., I,,H..,'
IL - not widely known, 1 believe
That In this region once lived, and thai
nsrenoRllea oufiedh whose "Boal hat
Deen matohlng 90 calamity on" fol
me paat ten years-John Brown. To Wis
u THIS locality without muBing o while
over the grave Of John, Brown would
be IKE the Moslem q. going 10 MeccI
and not ohering up devotlons at the
IhLlne OF Manonet. a walk Of two
mules over an " made road, now nm
used anu oostrncted BY, fallen trees and
scr uooy undergfoWth, brought Us to thI
Brown homestead=Rn implanted franz
mouse au5ro9naed py about Atty acre.
OF grouna cleared rom the forest. II
On enclosure near the house, risinl
sW .s.l';a ie San n4oVe gieano lles hug!
~ ~ o,senn Sn.ope ~, IT, ~ nunuEeC
10 1s i..tasa = ~. H. ISs1.h on ny alue
~ ss1ss p aoot , ~ tyukl 10 out alnpIy
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