The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-09-18
DAILY PRESS.
ND.
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER Is, 1871.
Lake Winnipisseogec, p. q. a. p. II. a.
M. Raufc
RECREATION AND TRAVEL.

M. Route.
RECREATION AND TRAVEL.
PORTLAND, Me Sept Ssh, 1871.
Mr.. EDIToR:-The mountain and seasid.
travel this SEASON. has been very large. The
seaside resorts in this vicinity have done fine.
ly. The mountain travel holds later than the
seaside ln fact, we are glad to see an ncreas.
in1 amount of business in September eyery
year. In July and August there is a rush.
September and October are certainly the most
charming months of the year for travel and
en)oyment, especially among the lakes &
mountains. We shall vet have some warm
days although the mornings and evenings are
| ool.
| AUTUMN.
re warm September sun, the cool nights
anu mornings, the rich atmosphere and ipyieo-
ra'ing breezes will yet come TO ma with in.
creased attraction.
| Even October, golden harvest month no. q.
glorious benefits,
| WA. when all the wo ds are hung
| m,,;a. m'Io many tnts, the iadlng livery
AND too, we are enchanted with the scene
when soft haze is hanging o'er the hill.
Hinged with purple light. How beautiful
Besides seeing nature in its most charming
loveliness, one avoids the grand midsummer
rnsh-the conglomeraton of all sorts of peo
PIE lost amid Saratoga trunks, swells, poodle
uogs' sedate seniors and dignified matroIs
children in gossamer and furbelows. Amidst
1t alone thinks he is "doing" the mountains
when the mountains are "doing" him.
Take our advice, and hereafter adopt Sep
temoer as your travelling month-the rich
mellow autumn, when forests begin to wear a
gorgeous beauty and the skies are radiant With
grandeur. We can then have good rooms, good
tempers, good attention and good time gen.
orally, and not be upset ourselves or upset
others.
THE TRIP.
Lake Winnlpiseogee to our mind in Septem-
Der is one of the loveliest places liz the country
and we are glad to notice that every year it is
becoming more and more frequented, especial
ly as the facilities for travel are being greatly
increased. We take the Is A. M. cars, at the
+. g. q z. depot, and under the excellent
charge of Conductor George West, an expert
enced and popular official, and we are soon on
our way westward. At South Berwick juno
tion, where the Boston & Maine road begins,
Conductor j. Fairfield Phillips took charge Of
the train-one of the most courteous and popu-
lar officials on the line.
In passing, we would remark, and we mean
it and the public will endorse it, that Superip-
tendentents Merritt, Prescott and Chase of the
Boston & Maine, Eastern, and p. s. & P.
roads are most excellent and efficient manag-
ers, and Presidents Coggswell Browne and
Lothrop and Directors are sterling and expert
enced railroad and business men. The bus'-
ness over all three roads is rapidly increasing,
and will do so more and more upon compile
tion of the European & North American
railway to st. John.
Payson TUCKER, Esq, the General Agent Of
the Boston & Maine here (for so many years
conductor and ticket agent of the P. s. & p.
road) is the very man for that position, being
great favorite and thorough and experienced
railroad man. Tue locating CT the B. & Me.
effice at the Walker House is good idea, be-
ing easily approached from the depot. 1t is
cosy, comfortable headquarters.
DOVER, N. H.
AT 8 A. M. we arrived in Dover, and as the
cars for Lake Winnipiseogee did not leave till
about 10 o'clock, we had an excelle mt opportu-
nifty to look about the city. Dover has i'm
proved very much within the past few wears.
Among the objects of interest are the exten.
sive cotton and print works of the Cocheco
Manufacturing Company, whose prints stand
at the bead of the markets, and the extensive
shoe manufactures, Sawyer's wooden mills at
Dunp's bridge, whose goods for gentlemen and
ladies' wear bring their own prices syerv-
where.
Ihe coming State Fair on the 25th-29th in
stans is the great attraction at present. The
view from the Dover Neck plains is perfectly
magnificent, overlooking Maine and Eastern
New Hampshire. There are mapy new and
tasty residences in Dover and others being
erected near Garrison Hill and ON GUSHING
St., south west end, overlooking the city and
country around.
Among the improvements and euterprises
in view are the Portsmouth and Dover rail-
road; the Willard Pond water works, (the lat
ter probably to be built by Messrs Moore &
FloyI-Col. Edward Moore of this city: the
Cocheco river excavation on which Messrs.
Moore & Fleyd are the contractors.
The principal hotels are the New Hamp.
shire House, (South End) Ansel Tucker, the
popular conductor, proprietor; American
House, D. G. Wiggin, the experienced and
popular host Of the New H ampshire House for
many years; and the Kimball House, Charles
Smith, proprietor-al good hotels
AT 10 A. NJ, the Boston train arrives syith
long trail" and fl lied with passengers. Its
business is very large and is likely 10 be great
I aEa
piseogee and mountain travel. The Lake Win
nepiseOgee train is soon in motion, the through
Boston cars being attached and we are off on
our journey over the Dover and Winnipiseo-
gee road to Alton Bay, % miles. We pass
Rochester, now quite railroad ce ntre, then
Pennington, the Lynn of New Hampshire
New Durham and Alton, arriving at the Bay
in an hour from Dover.
LAKE wINNIPIsEoGEE ALTON BAY.
Alton Bay sits serenely at the foot of Merry
Meeting Bay, the inlet from the Lake. The
Second Advent Camp Meeting is in full ses-
sion in the grove, but we will only pause a few
moments to view the great concourse of people
and proceed on board the steamer Chocorua
The camp meeting continues until the 18th
inst Your excellent correspondent "Idlel'
has given all the particulars concerning the
Camp Meeting and the business OF Rochester
Farmington, New Durham and Alton, in his
series of intert sting letters.
The Bay View House, Mr.. o. G. Coffin.
proprietor formerly of the same house later III
Concord, is situated upon an eminence over.
looking the Lake and surrounding country.
ATTRAcTIoNs-H HISTORICAL.
Alton Bay was originally called New Dur.
ham Gore and was settled In 177O oy Jose ph
Chamberlain and others. 1t was Incorporated
Jan. 15, 1896 and named Alton by one of the
proprielOrs, after the market town ia South
amptonshire, England. The general apoear.
soil, although rocky and hard in many places
yields good crops. From Mounts Major and
Prospect fine views are obtained From Mt.
Belkuap, ten miles distant one of ire n,ost
extensive and magnificent ranges of scenery
repays the enraptured visitor, the ocean at
times being discernable.
STEAMER CaOCoRUA-LAKE SCENERY
The stesmer Chocorua. Capt. A. Wiggin
plies over the Lake on the Boston and Maine
route and is one of the best boats in New Eng
laud. We are soou on our way across this
charming inland sea. The day was lovely and
there was large party on hoard, some bound
for WOifpOro and Center Harbor and others
for the mountains. Besides these there were
one or two excursion parties from Dover and
Rochester, which returned to the sbay in the
afternoon, and thence home ward. rythug
about the Chocorua is neat and tidy and every
one feels comfortable under Capt. Virgins
care, who is one of the quietest, and most
courteous man have met for a long time
Everybod likes him.
The dinners on board this steamer have n
great reputation for excellence We will ar
test 10 the fact in tho highest eulogy. Aftar
leaving Merry meeting Bay, We proceed out
iuto the broad beautiful Lake itself. Ann
SDrjuQ scene before No lool- ,r;4l