The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-06
OUR SUMMER RESORTS.
Mountain MurmuringS and Whispers
from Sea and Lake.
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Our Correspondents ON the
Wing.
CLOUD BEAUTIES AMONG The HILLS.
LAKE MAHOPAC.

NOR hCsOFt THIS SeuSOu-THe OcNuttcS ~
LAKE MAHopAC, July 81, 1871.
At this comparatively new watering place. nno
V'the season" nourishng like green bay tree. me
hotels crowded. and the CRY Is Sti they come"
After my experience this summer Of lew otncr
Watering places where the choice OF rooms was as I'M
limited as the treasures OF Aladdin, ana where the
fOotstep In the corridors provoked but empty ana
DISMAL echoes it was With something OF astonlsh-
nenr that the clerks assertion al the Gregory
AHousc that all the were occupied. but that II
II waited till evening might be accommodated with
"a cot IN room far removed from the dun cares OF
pari0r and kitchen, away IN the upper regions.
"Why is this mus ?" j inquired OF the clerk.
"Why should this out OF the way place thrive and
4 wax fat when L0rg Branch and Saratoga are re.
ported TO be on short ratlons?'
Cant explain it, he responded, with
AN EXPRESSION OF DELIGHTED BEwfIDkRE1ST.
sIt is the best season. he continued 'ahat we have
bver had but what makes 1t 30 cannot tell"
What business, anyhow, had he to explore the
reasons WIZ Lake Mahopac nourisnes ard Lake
George decays? Sufficient for him to know that MS
house was iull and that his COT in the top story
was as highly priced and paid for AS d room on the
nrst floor Zig barn. might be In less suspicious
Zines
queer nsh standing on ths balcony OF the hotel.
who had never before heard OF this place aud had
vuSt arrived IN tNc same Tu5uC Conveyance Wltu
SELF said to me- as he looked in puzzled Way to-
ward the lake.
"HOw long ~ Lake Mahopac in existence p'
or course J understood MS meaning. lie wished
TO know at what period Ia the past the lake came To
be pOpularly known and appreciated, but thought
q man VINO could be guilty OF putting an iilterroga-
tory like that deserved to be rebuked and re-
pled:--
Lake Manopac sir, has been in existence since
che planet upon which We now stand was resolved
from
THE ELEMENTS CHAOS
unto an orderly member Of tie solar system. En-
pires have been born and passed INTO oblivion as
profound as the OF the genti OF the deep since
the waters upon which you now look were framed
In by these eternal hills. Had your existence been
coeval with that Of Lake Mahopac you might have
become The father OF as Numerous Il family as old
man Adam has got the credit Of producing
Ee went to dinner before had time 10 impress
more fully on his mind the venerable age OF Lake
4 Twenty i've years ago this was resort OF fisher
Mountaineering more. Fifteen years ago 1t nrst be-
came q fasn0nabe rendezvous In the summer
months. II has kept growing ever since, and now it
appears to be tie most popular watering place
around New York
{ TOOK q boat Yesterday and went out to discover
wlaI peculiar attraction Lake Mahopac had for the
tourist. am very sccprical Of summer resorts
winch are Dacarded 10y letter and advertisement
3p to the marx. You read about them that they are
eacn ani ali superoly provaed. AT place there
ABUNDANCE o. FISHING,
shooting. fresh mix In the morning ana music IN
the evening; at another there are aegntiu oatline
how the great majority All snort OF the programme
and are TO me, and would be to you very great
{ A critical and candid survey OF the attractions
which Lake Mahopac holds out TO tle tourist III.
Eines to the belief that have struck the exact
place that answers to all which has been written
Rboutit.
It IS quito large enough to develop some OF the most
exquisite views IN natural scenery me ground
hTound tho rises i'll elevations or varying att
kLde, and Ii covered With wood Tor tue most part;
but
There three ISLANDS. about the size oil Ellis, In
New York barber, and they rise IN such shape
from the waters edge that they present. from dis
tancc the appearance or GROWTH crown or culer-
aids set In the Dosoin OF the lake.
There are five hotels, the principal OF when are
Is the most aristocratic, but the fact Is | 1aeu 70
observe anything Ike osentatious aspay ~ W. ~
and Brooklyn are here yet II you were cOmpeueu 10
nnd out thar TACT by me mere onswnta o,spGiy
which the ladies' make in The dining or tne dancing
Room you would nave TO wait considerable time
The routine OF nc here IS 10y no means monodonous
fhe lake Is constantly ireiehed with row boats and
SacnIs Each holei Keeps nect. Many families
have their yachts or row boats, aud Tor tlose VINO
kyau 10 lure "A marine conveyance ana take pun
Ground tue lslanus boats III abundance can be had
a. tify cents an hour. The pull around nc lake Is
delightful. Every few minutes change oi scene
FCcnrs ana the rowing never grows tresome from
The constant alteration OF view.
PnTEg Y. swEgSY's RESIDENCE ON TEE SLOPE.
At the cndoi he Lake got ashore Yesterday, and
nneeung WIN an CD mah whose venerable locks
2 "WJ,o AZ the owner OF that residence on the
slopep ,, -, WA. ,
Rveff,v o, sew York. lie PAD $4,000 for 1t, and
Eollc ueopc .Alnk lac gOt IL cheap, but lew years
ago less than quarter u that would Aave bought
istonped ior little time in front of this residence
admiring The singular aptitude Vi Us sltuaton ana
i,n.,t v,ft ~ a. n
nst forget the cares OF Office and find employment
taore, then there IS no place oi rest iof MIN ON THIS
10 a few words Lake Mahopac is q delightful place
Jhe visitors are mostly of good class. There IS no
sud generous feeling. me ladies occupy themselves
in row.ne, dancing ana PLAYING skiillcs At The
ami afternoon up 10 dinner, ana there is knd OF
nPRoMrTU DANCING
tnaugcd in which ~ very delightful. because 1t Is so
nnresIlained and natural.
Amonr the visitors from New York at the Gregory
Hoase are Thomas Adat5 n W Il; keiy SYKES
Hamilton, f. II. Tracey, ". A. WarDocH Thomas
STORMS, n. a. Carpenter. r. I. Biakeman.,
Al the Thompson House are captain j. Mward
and wiie, IN. Purdy, Major j.. Vincent, General
Fcrrero. william NJ. Ollie, II. Y; Whymple, Maurice
MoodrnnL !. 4. Marston Colonel McKenny, Georgia,
right hand inau of John Morgan the rMoer
At the Anderson House are Mr.. William owens
and family, and also tne family oi MI. u W. NEAR
Nv, relative al PM Keainy
among Old acquaintanccs of the war epoch en-
. eounterrd Er. Mcmillan and Captain j. Millward.
The latter was the famous EXCHANGE oflcer OF the
rebellion and he told me fact tha may DC OF soine
interest 10 the history makers-nalncy' Ihat tne
hra exchanged or paroled prisoner IN our war was
q Frencnma named DupianauX, aud captain Mui.
ward parOleh him. Tne Captain was Intimate VIII
President Lincoln and can tell some Interesting
stories about INN. -. .
Dr. Mcmillan was Que OF the medical directors OF
Che army and MS "reminiscences OF what he saw and
heard during
''rHE DARK DAYs''
are thrilling OF an evening above tue CAIN giooni VI
Lake MahOpac.
was very near closing IN this letter without shy
ing any thing about the ladies' anu tnat Wouln htvt
been positively shameful, because there are mere
beautfu women here tnan ever saw al watering
place OF The same dimensions and ptetchsobs.
THH BEACIIFuL WOMEN AT LAKE MaHofN.
here follows list or tile beautiful women al Lax
Mahopac-1hc Misses Reed, the Misses onle, MIS-
ounb kttc. Inc