Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-08-18
Correspondence of the Rutland HERALD
E,etter Erenm Saratoga Springs.
CrrPD's DOMINIoN-A FUNNY LIFE TO
LEAD-THE SPA AT DAYLIGHT AND
DARK-LAKE GEORGE TRAVEL
HONEST MAN.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, August 10.

auy way to matters OF the hear6 ana Ieh-
der passions; the market where bachelors
seek for peace in the way of female SYM
pathv.-a place where declining maidens
land others haste for beaux; the grand
Mecca where anxious mammas proceed
with their adorables to find a new home
and bank to foot the milliners' bills for
them. Saratoga is curious place indeed.
Common people live in it, curious people
visit it, and curious doings are witnessed
whenever you have mind to look out for
anything in the way of sensations.
WHAT PLACE SARATOGA IS!
For girls! You never saw the beat Of it, |
and such girls too, just as pretty and cum
ming az some of the great wax dolls we
see in shop windows, which close their
ewes when placed so and so, which cry
when you pull one string, and which say
"Ma, Me- when you pull the other one
say just as pretty, and with just as SEN
siblo and intelligent an expression of coun-
tepancs. Goodness if one of my uncle's
brothar'S boys, particularly the Oldest one,
were to commit matrimony with one of
these fir q bellies of Saratoga, he would
expect to be quartered in the insane asy-
lum at once, he would really.
Have Joa ever been to Saratoga; if so,
ISM i;
A CURIOUS PLACE TO BE IN
but if by chance you have never visited
this wonderful market, you would do
yourself an especial favor to come down
at very early day. My pen and ink
aren't prolific enough, 4 believe that's
the word), and besides such dazzling
scene can no more be transferred to pic
tures, either in words or in oil, than
chalk can be changed to that dairy pro-
duct, cheese. In the morning, in fact all
day long, there is one endless, S"rging
throng. The streets are as crowded with
stylish vehicles and gaudily attired hui
manity as was ever the clown hall" OF a
country village filed at the spring cleo
tions. Whilst at night, whew hold your
horses, keep steady rein on yourself or
YOU will be "going up in balloon boys"
Every hotel, hall, parlor, piazza and side
walk is thronged with people, gotten up
a a. t ear III Slaughter there must be, my
oonntrvmen. But tits an attack upon
hearts chiefly, for this is really "the P ace
of the heart" How they hop, and waltz,
and promenade and firt, and talk out so
loud that everybody can hear them. You
would imagine that they were all King
Johns and Queen Elizabeths. One great
feature Of attraction of pleasure travel
from Saratoga, is that charming spot
known as Lake George.
1t will be noticed by the numerous ar
rivals at the Fort William Henry Hotel
that
LAKE GEORGE
is fully ablaze with the wealth, beauty
and fashion Of every section of the land
t Indeed, there is no place on the earti
/ that courts such universal attraction a
t the romantic wilds of this fairy region
r That colossal institution known az III,
e Fort William Henry Hotel is small
0 town in itself, and those who seek shelter
e under its roof always find plenty Of en-
e ioyment of the highest possible nature
s ANOTHER GRAND FEATURE
e in hotel keeping has been introduced
b here, by T. Roessle, Esq, which il nos
agreeable.
| II |. : : oroo,o oD1 ooHoa orr
served to the guests in the parlor and OF
the piazzas every evening, gratuitoul Y
Surely this is an example well worthy t
be followed by hotels at other points. I'm
provements in and about this place ar
continually going on.
e. Among other things which should b
l. noticed, there will be 40 neat summe
lie houses studding the banks of the lake, 70
the accommodation of those who like t
be snug in the shades, and who sing til
ID song Meet Me by Moonlight Alone.
# And in addition to this, Roessle is to bail
a a bride path from the hotel to the sum
s :: NIT of Prospect Mountain and will COZ
0 :: struct a commodious house on the tol
at where guests will be furnished with "a
of sorts of refreshment. The ascent will, {
ur course, be made on the backs of mule
ed which, like in the Old World, will |
81 trained especially for the purpose, al
lie, will be saddled, bridled, and under Il
nd command of colored guides, dressed in Il
i'd oriental costume, which will add mut
to to the character Of the scene.
I'm But more of this anon.
he AN HONEST MAN.
~ A very pleasing incident occurred t
- other evening, whilst on my way frc
Plattsburgh to Whitehall, on boar t
Is steamer Canada, which I deem worthy
"a an especial note, and to "pass him around
8 A gentleman stepped to the Captain
IA Office, and engaged state room for hi
tlu self and wife, handing the clerk t,
aoa bills on which the clerk asked for |
rst passage tickets. The gentleman repli
aro that he had left them with his wife a
would go for them.
j. The clerk told him that upon his retu
-. he would designate his room. He retu,
ga ed with his passage tickets, when /
clerk asked him, "what bills did you q
me, sir 2" The gentleman replied, ct
ones" The clerk said 'no you did n
sir" yes did, sir, and am positive of
upon which the clerk returned, "you
4 mistaken, sir; you gave me five anc
two, and here is your five dollar bill q
and OF course the gentleman had moth
further to say, but went on his way
ioicing, highly pleased to find "an hon
lor- man."