The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-20
AMONG THE PENNSYLVANIA MOUNTAINS.

real work, we must turn trivialities INTO earnest
affairs.
AMONG THE PENNSYLVANIA MOUNTAINS.
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life mt n Country HOsselry-Grand Invasion
of Artists a mnsinG Freaks OF Wandering
Ladies' Maids-Beautiiu al Scenery and Splen-
did sporting-The Visitors Register mt Mil
fOrd-Whcre All the New Workers. Have
Gone.
MILFORD, Pa, August II, 1871.
1t would be impossible to discover more beau
fu drive than from Port Jervls this pretty little
village, embosomed amid the Blue Ridge Mountains
OF Pennsylvania Alter leaving the Erie cars the
tourist meets regular, od-fashioned stage coach,
On,which. aided by q still more old.iashioned rope
ferry Nhe bridge having been blown down long ago),
he crosses the placid stream OF the Delaware almost
at point where three States-Ne~ YORK, Pennsyl-
vania and Delaware -perpetualy hold grand mass
meeting. The eight miles intervening between the
two towns lead linn along the base OF the steep
mountains and occasionally TO points Where he can
gaze into the valley below aud trace the winding
course OF the Delaware for a long distance. From
every point OF Milford one can see the mountains
rising In
BOLD ABRUPT OUTLINES,
and from tho banks OF the Delaware the eye can
wander unchecked from Port Jervs, which Is almost
an amphltneatre for miles down the river to the
welknown Water Cap Ridge after ridge crown
the horizon on all sides, and crowned themselves
by dense woods. with the genuine primeval stamp
on them. Unfortunately for the accommodation
ana enjoyment OF visitors, the hotels are all very
small. and as they were originally built as country
taverns they are either clustered together at cross
roads or are located on the main road, without a
foot or pleasure ground or lawn attached TO them.
There lovely spots the banks OF the Delaware
where hotel would be very desirable, and where
the guests could sit and lounge in the evening,
reveling In the glorious scenery before and around
them. Milford has become quite q resort within
the space Of very few Years. and its
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY
has attracted many of the best artists from New
York, each ambitious to sandwich titbit OF Della
ware scenery between the Oft.trodden giades and
dells OF the AdrOnoacks and Catskills the walls
Of the Academy OF Design. The prOpretors and
essees OF the Aforesaid taverns, astonished at the
flood of visitors that poured along the Port Jervis
their quaint little h0stees and leased as many cot.
tag es as they could get Mold Of Still the demand Is
greater than the supply, ana many late Corners are
greeted with me pleasant tldlngs,
There IS scarcely o vacant room at present at any
OF the hotels and little likelihood OF one tor weeks
to come. Lie at these hotels Is very FAINT reflex
Branch, without particle OF the gayety OF the las
ter. There Is an abundance OF the Sunday school
ana psalm singing clement among the visitors from
Philadelphia aud jersey, and their presence Is as
cheerful as n camp meeting. We have here some
REMARKABLE SPECIMENS OF LADY's MAIDS.
young persons possessed or an undue share OF curl
Oslty and gossip, and whose talents Tor inquiry
would be invaluable around Prtntlng House square.
at IL very strange maam your husband has not
come home yet, and the dinner bell has rung over
half an hour" 81 saw HIM talking to q lady down
IN the glen an hour ago" II suppose You have not
bands are so fond OF children"
With lew more cOnsoling remarks OF this kind
.,,ion IN nnE nun M .an MIR nnp
quarter anu Single out some mustached victim and
lnaupurate sucn crosse ANIMATION as would make
now ARE You, JERSEY
''Thls is not suppose. rs pleasant climate as
that Of Francer'
II suppose not"
at must be very delightful In Paris"
al can always recognize one Of your countryrnen,
no matter now many people are present."
''I'm glad TO near IT,"
"YOu are o Frenchnan, Amt you?"
"NO, am not"
'Americans"
"English, Irish, Scotch, Germanan
'.N0; Pin from Jersey"
One OF TINS class OF sixteenth amendments Is In q
state OF pitlable agony until she knows every
"comeata6ie' detail IN the life Of those whom she
grapher We Will venture to match her against any
Tepr sentative or the sterner sex, from Piutarch
dOwl to the obituary scrbes or the present day.
Heaven help tue family secret that ever falls Into
woEFUI DEARrH OF MUSIC
tain mahogany boxes on four legs, IN the parlor5,
which are digni1cd with the name OF pianos. We
are occasionally. however, treated TO those delight
ful WORKS, ''Jerusa'eui, my happy home" 81 want
u mansion" "a very reasonable requestl, "Take Thy
Pilgrim" nc. The general order OF exercises here
Tor the ladies consists OF excursions 10 some charm
ins cascades In the nelghborhOOd some OF which
are bar two or three miles distant from the hotels
The sawklll al uprOarlous,
LITTLE MOUNTAIN TORRENT,
Is the nearest and 1T various pOs In its course 1t
leaps down the rocks, forming The most fantastic
falls that the eye could rest upon, no TWO being
alike Rany's Kill Dingmans Brook and Adams
Brook are the names or The most picturesque noun
tam streams IN the vicinity.
FISHING AND HUNTING
he enjoyed here 10 the fullest extent. The trout
closed OH the Isl INST, bat there Is eOun
dance OF other nnny individuals around For the
hunter there are wOOdcUck and other small game
and capital ground lOr deer Parties are frequently
formed for q weeS's excursion In the mountains.
and they never all 10 meet pair OF anter5 on Their
route. yearng doc was Killed this morning
while crossing the Delaware a short distance from
the village.
The following New Workers are stopping her,:-
Pike County llOuse--Mr. and Mrs. 4. A. Kidd and
w. Sedgwick, and j. II. Reilly and j. Ross, Brook
yn. Sawk!ll uOUse-C. FroihllIsha Alexander
Darymple, c. II. Leland aud lanlty, Mrs. Wander
WORT, HenrJ ID. Peek ana john M DIX, Brooklyn.
Mrs.. Admiral Rodgers and nCr family, rom Wash
ingrOn, are also stopping here also Rev. Dr. Tonp.
sol ana Rev. Or. PoinerUy, Brooklyn. Mr.. ana Mrs.
staying at Lccerc's, and NINE. Unlernill. daughter
AM sOu. ana Mir. anI Mrs. Harris a. Fouchere's.
Al the Dimm.ck Hotel there are Mrs. Meany and
her daughters r. &. Wilson. 4. 4. Carey, Mr.. PeI,
Miss Lewis, William Beck, Misses Pennington, Mr..
AMI Mrs. NorcrOs5 and Mr.. Beard ard family.
grant havcSt home hop ana festival VIII take place
In the SawkIil glen next week.
Mr.. Henry w. Bull, proprietor or the Pike County
House, organized grant picnic, wncn started this
morning " DngmaD's fll - about nine miles T. ON
Milford several stages aud wagons started, each
la. anil.