The New York herald., 1871-01-18
LlEE y Iha AlReARAssks. IL: by A.!
Lecture by Miss Kate Field.

Lecture by Miss Kate Field.
Miss Kate Field read her famous lecture on "Life
in the Adirondacks" " to church full OF eager hearers
last evening. Her lecture was the second in the
ee9Qlss n .Esst sIas 4sc!grss,, IN the Chelsea
st. Fsr EpsooH saSh 3 sanaaS q se hs
BY DR.. Doremhs, the second will be on the 25th inst
by DR.. Hayes, the third on the 3Oth inst by Rev. Dr.
Cnapln, and the fourth on February 8 by Mr.. John
G. SAKE.
Miss Kate Field began by pronouncing benedc.
tion on all who invent new sensation at once plea.
surable and heathful, and in particular on the Rev.
Mr.. Murray, whs is responsible for having sent so
many tourists to the Adrondacks. She frankly pro-
claimed herself "one of Murray's FOOLS" and amply
proved the wisdom Of their folly by recountinp.
with vivaclty and eloquence the experience OF her.
self and companions-"the Black Fly Club,n which
consisted Of four persons "an women.r After dar
ing to face the imaginary obstacles Of "Indians.
wild animals and precipicesn and demonstrating
w0mans capacity to rescue herself, providing s1e
uses the brain and muscles wherewitn she was
originally endowed by the Creator and
discovering that ut Is preferable for O
woman to travel alone in the backwoods than
from city t. hcty" the lecturer related how she set
forth without Saratoga trunks, but with only a
carpet-bag, Ind how much she enjoyed herself from
tHe We'll su0 IedCHtu WhteTS OI Cnc Lower
Saranac uDil she was inspired at the grave OF John
Brown by vision Of the entire history Of our ter.
ribe civil var. She gave humorous description OF
her first rEht in the woods, OF the halt at 1.-THE
place for choes," and of waking up q landlord
'whO loohd like retired pirate of the
wilderness. Her portraits of the ''charac-
tersn whoa she met in the Wilderness
particularly OF Aunt Sarah "good old soul:''
Zeke, the Qide; Bowen, whom Governor Fenton
called "tne martest man In the woods and the
despotic Mr Winke were as full OF individuality
the artistsobertsOns striking TYPES of the Adj
rondacks." rney were marked by the same skill in
delineaton her own "Pen Photograph OF Charles
Dickens Relings," to be republisned next month
by OsgOOd CO. Miss Kate Field described. in
equally vivtdtye, her adventures and pastimes In
the woods-lating and carries lonL andi short
dry and mot, level and rough; ascending Blue
Mountain, athe summit OF which she saw s'nOthing
but trees, ees. trees, with glimpse OF blue
sky; climbii one OF these trees, and from
its top song SO far, so far away that
not that savass hold mountains sacred; marvelled
not that Chit went up into high mountain to
commune withe Father. Then she described her
more dtflcultescent Of Blue mountain ner lessons |
in angling al how sne learned to know a trout |
from lly-pa camping out and all It's dramatic
details, shootg her first deer taking in life', at
every breath-rst the midge, second The black nies
third the mOS1tOes-but cOnsOllng herself by the |
fact that If yteO to the woods in September you |
will be as freeOm insects as from lions and tigers
Miss Kate fiecencluded her lecture by an account
OF her pilgrime to the grave OF John Brown. "The
moral Of the Arondacks is freedom. or with your
hats, down on,ur knees, fire inmate guns over the
grave sing thymn that gave US liberty
JohuOwn,s soul ia mn rchino m