The New York herald., 1870-06-06

what is the charges
Is very reasonable The UNIFORM price At tine nnesa @
house is four dollars ana fifty cents per day. Al the
Others you can live for two dollars upward Az sne
private boarding houses from seven TO twenty-five
dollars per week is charGed-and collected. THIS Is
an excellent place for that immense class OF people
OF leaving the CITY, They can have the prestige OF
living in the White Mountains for an Insignificant
SUNLESS than II takes to live a. home. Tnst other s
rear basement, cover the door knobs and metallic
work in front with iron rust and scatter dust over
their blinds, thus insnuating they have gone to
Europe Or the country can practice much cleverer
deception by spreading their Old wardrobeS on the
piazza or cheap White Mountain boarding house.
There Is no reason why every one should not come
here who has enough OF
THE PAPER COMMODITY,
and it doesn't require much.
The mountain air is so fresh SO elastic that 1t is
really digestlbe alone. People are not expected to
live upon IT, though. There are plenty OF vegetables
nave navor and bouquet that are decidedly In
digenous to this climate. Food can be enjoyed 1t
never clogs. You always want more. Yet there is
enough. Milk and cream should not be omitted.
Tney are perfect and, saying this, nothing is left to
the imagination. So much burden Is put upon tnis
confidence TO believe that IN time 1t VIII not be ut
terly destroyed. Ferocious appetites demand good
fare II Is given throughout. AS persons come here
OF eating the ediice is soon crowned.
over 10000 people visit the mountains annually.
This year the preparations are for $4,000. II the
tourist is making trip through the country making
hasty stay here and there he always stops at the
White Mountains. They are as much TO be seen as
Niagara. Therefore, in addition TO the large class
who are constantly on the go, there Is the regular
summer resident population. Tours embracing q
take In the White Mountains. Hence everything is
alive during the summer.
OF FASHION
much can be said and much aDusively said. shall
refrain. however 1t Is carried to great lengths, as
the dresses are to great breadths, as long as the
ladies hold the purse strings ana the husbands do
contest n0ageagl0n. L gunn0Se nODOQV'S
business Yet they do 1t in pubic-that is they
stye-and they style 1t fashion. Poor Fashion
thine. Thy dominion is everywhere, but, alas, how
short Its ruel The queen Of high heels and SILK
gar the mo Sw
beauty; the comforter Of ugness.
Ii seems as though the ladies cared for nothing
else up here during the summer save to get into
new frame work of some choice fabric every time
they stand beneath the gasights in the parlors.
Besides they have the most bewitching morning
toilets-light, airy gOssOmerl like-textures by which
they drape their figures on warm day for warm
breakfast. Dinner Is simply astronomical toilet
elaboration. All Is rich. The table furniture the
of game, fruits, and sweatmeats, the tons
OF i-manners-there are photographed by the OPEN
ing eye.
II is a stray thought to wonder IT, in the midst OF
such generous bounty the poor OF New York, roast
ing in nasty, filthy tenement houses are ever given
green spot In the memory wnere they, too, might
spend moment amid cOofness and plenty.
HOPS
are given every night at the best houses; croquet
such ladies nave not had their education neglected
there are plenty Of foxes. These cunning rognes
ane ore S thew m IN IN m mw a.
forcements. beers splendid deers as well dears)
can be found all over the mountains. Guns are
Trout Hsning the best OF all piscatoria sports Is
largely practsed. This delightful fish abounds in
large SCHOOLS IN gll the streams and brooks: This
alone should make q summer resort. Horace
Greeley once complained that he had been trying
to go fishing for over forty years. Here is good
6s ST snS he nothing without
STAGING.
About 500 horses are employed in this work alone,
1t Is estimated that about 1000 carriages are here
during the summer, and 1t would amaze the fre-
quenGers Of Newport and Long Branch to see the
elegant eqaipages ana the large number OF fourth
hands,
Churches are extensively attended here, and what
for on sunday beneath heavy periods OF the indig-
nant clergy who nvelgh against all that Is vain and
evanescent.
Is OF all sights at these mountains the sight. Its
peak pierces the clouds to an altitude OF 2S5 feet.
Ii is twenty-five miles from Lttleton and is reached
by fine drive terminating at its base. From the
foot railroad, fitted with centre rail In which are
cogs two inches apart lies up the side coiled over
vel OF engineering and construction The grade Is
thirteen inches in three feet and in some places the
angle OF inclination exceeds forty-nve degrees Cars
fitted with swinging seats engines OF reduced size,
but with no cOwcatcher and much deeper In the
than at the front, complete the rolling stock.
There three engines in the depot at the base and
four large cars, accommodating fifty each. Over
5000 people went to the summit last season. The
ascent is made in one hour and hail. and the fare
for going and coming L. three dollars The distance
to the apex is three miles. For this great achieve
ment over the laws OF gravity its inventor, MIR. s.
Marsh. has received faJtering Inducements from
switzerland. and from capitalists who have money
invested among Alpine snoWS The railroad Is not
now in working order, but VIII be ready on the 18th
Despariny OF reaching the summit by any other
means than on foot, ! began the ascent by pedal
locomotiOn up the railroad track. 1t Is
WALKING THREE MILES INTO THE CLOUDS,
with measured strides over the railroad ties. 1t is
disheartening, bone-achlng JOB, wearying exhaust
m0meer at ninety degrees. The atmosphere was
almost hame-a burning ether. few minutes and
all that takes ABSORPTION from the body was a mass
of saturati0n Still L did not SAVIOR OF enterprise to
turn back, though such movement smelled with
the essence Of discretion. The sun was good for
deFse s sest N conhusa xa over the ee work
upon which the road Is built from one terminus 10
the other In some places the precpice below i
fifty feet particularly at the Jacobs Ladder. G0INR
ahead for three hours tnen you reach the top. But
before reaching this delightful physical conclusion
you have nearly morsgaged all yQ vitality ana put
stantty Believe you are attaining the end only to
meet fresh stretch OF railroad on higher but hid
den cliff. At last you are there-there to enjoy a
wondrOas scenery such alone as the genius OF Byron
or Shelly could invest with ray Of fidelity. Then it
is that you look upon the globe, and then see but
small segment.
THE TIP OF MOUNT WASHINGTON
is vast solitude. 1t Is fine earthly throne FOR
genius; 1t is the summit for meditation. Here men
merge with things and things are not what they are.
All Is belittted by distance. How insignificant
measurement and miles become. Mere clay ana
trees aud hills and daIes mingle In closing dis
solution The immensiJy of tnat above the
pueriity Of that beneath no longer illus
trate the equilibrium Of the universe. They
suggest startling ncongruities; they Hood the mind
with volcanic thought. From this outlook on
humanity-better. inhumanity-there Is world o.
views, and in the nighttime, beneath the tiara o.
stars which SET upon the distant mountain crests
this peak is the dladem OF all. 1t rules the range
Then, the view. The snow is still lining the slope
down the northern side. 1t glisreps like string o
crystals and covers square miles in large, irregular
patches. The ocean OF mist beyond and below Is {
sheet for the plunging clouds, which seem to ride
upon 1t; the craggy cliffs, the preclpices, the DIS
tant villages, the dancing cascades oversweep ter
rltory of 100000 square miles. all visible 70 the eye
The overlapping mountains, the foliage, the ocean
away to the horizon are all prominent.
on the mountains top are two hotels, the Summit
House and the rlp Top House, both built OF stone
with wooden roofs lafd on rafters. Tnese roofs arr
chained down to the earth, else brisk breez
woud land them &. 600 feet below. There are alS(