St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-07-08

Ii i remarkable what a vast amount OF
water this not very high dam will keep
IN reserve. The lake is some fifteen
miles long, and its depth is increased
from six to ten feet by this dam and
this vast body of water is ''pieced out
at the will of this Company, as their
numbering interests require.
TROUT FISHING.
Enrol Dam and vicinity is the fisher
mans paradise. Clear Stream, which
crosses the highway many times east of
the notch, is ust full of trout, while the
swift water of the Androscoggin at the
Dam, and Il mile below, furnishes the
best trout fishing we have ever expe-
rlehced. The most bungling fisherman
cannot fail here, while experts draw them
III with great rapidity and those of I'M
usual size. Pound trout are an ordinary
catch, while those weighing from two TO
five pounds, are not very unusual.
Az the Dam, one will find neat and
comfortable inn, now kept by Mr.. Flick
EFT, where the best of fare and good at
tention Is secured. As this is the only
house there, one can hardly miss it,
UNBAGOG LAKE.
Leaving Enrol Dam, June 25th-the
hot Naturday-a ride Of II miles brought
Us TO the southern extremity OF the lake,
IN the town OF Upton, Me-, formerly
''Letler B'.) This place is more in Il
state of nature" if possible, than En-
10! and II the latter is the ti-herman's
paradise, the dense forests of Umbagog
are his choicest hunting grounds Here
>portsmen come from far and near. not
mainly for the large game, oc which
there l. no scarcity, but for rare birds,
whose stuffed skins adorn the finest cabi-
nets: for strange and unusual eggs, the
shells OF which are treasured for the same
re;is on a. are the birds
At this point there is a staunch little
stcamer-lhe y. Johnson-(supposed to
have been named for the Tennessee alder
mani, which makes semi-weekly trips
around the lake. to the various settle
mcniS, stopping at the ''Anger's Re
treat, between UmbagOg and Richard
son lake, c'Nlolechunkamunk," Is the
Indian name) at the mills on the Ma
galloway river, "a tributary of the An
ard Enrol Dam. Here
too, at | mbago", Is Il public house. the
Lake House, kept by Mr.. Goodwin
and pleasant and quiet retreat it is,
where every thing possible for the COM
ort and entertainment of the guest is
lone 10y Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Their house
: a pattern Of ncatnesS and GOOD order,
MI the recDleclions of the pleasant Sab
oath spent under their roof will remain
With Us tor 4 long time. i
No ROSE WITHOUT a THORN.
Lest some modern Nimrod. or ardent
'llJwer of Kaak Walton, should be de
elvcd 10y the ro>e-colorcd story we have
rawn o! this country, ctndor compels
Is TO state that the black flies and mos
ulIoc> ot the l'mbagog region are a Sc
iou> drawback to its pl assures. Until
bout the 2pih of August they are an
nt"ierablr pest. after which time, we
understand. life Is not so much Of Il bur-
len to either natives or visitors.
;ENlToN ''NorCu," AND BEAR RIVER.
The drive from Umbagog to Gorham.
\, H., VIA Bear River, Newry and
Bethel, Maine, was one of evcr-chaneing
beauty and grandeur. The mountain
scenery through Grafton was in deep
contrast with the beautiful valley of the
from Newry to Bethel,
while the view of the White Mountains
rom the ''Gatcs place" in Shelburn, is
me Of the best in :he whole mountain
-cgion.
MOUNTAIN HOTELS, ETC.
We have already written at such
myth that we shall say but few words
the old haunts about the
Mountains. The Alpine House at Cor
ham, will always be favorite 1t is
'a>y OF access, being On the line of the
'rand Trunk, with several trains daily.
Decides, the house is well kept, and Its
complement Of horses and carriages for ;
'sccnding Mt. Washington, is unequal led.
IN Tuesday, th9 18th ult., Prince Ar t
hur was a guest at this house. from {
which place he a-Cended the mountain.
pending Tuesday night on the summit.
.ght miles from the Alpine House.
ylng directly At the foot of Mount
" ashlngton, Is the Glen House, a ia
'oritc resort in the height of the season. {
Twenty-threo miles from German. via :
eiicr>on, (but escaping both the chill"
nd Cherry Mountain,) brings one to a
&c Twin Mountain House, new.
and popular hotel, at the in ?
rStction of the Bethlehem and White o
ED roads. eight miles from bethlehem b
nd ten miles from the Crawford House.
his is owned 10y the Barrons of White
liver Junction, and those who have
cen so unfortunate as TO stop at the
JUNCTION House, may wonder that the