New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-21
NOTES FROM TIE SUMMER RESORTS.

Roulette, faro, and rouge ct nO1 have been
established in retired building among the trees on a
hill side" at the White Sulphur Springs Virginia. TIE
place Is somewhat less gorgeous than the den Of the
Hon. John Molr.sscy at Saratoga, and The proprietor
grmbles somewhat at the slCwncsS OF business" He
hopes for the best however when the hight OF the
son arrives, and trusts sCTcncy IN Providence. Or
rue legitimate ausccus at this charming resort there
is ample variety both artificial and naral-biiliards,
teE-plns pistol shooting, trout fishing and deer hunting
beside riding and driving in a Wild country There
Is band OF ten pieces at the hotel There
are over 600 guests, a large number Tor 50
early in the season. though the extreme limit Of accom-
mediation is as high 5000. In 1869 the place was so
crowded Outing The whole summer that barns and an
old church nttod up for sleeping apartment5-=
Copake Lake. in Columbia County, about 30 miles from
this city, and short distance from the Harlem Railroad,
has an area about ESQ acres, and s nearly oval in
form. The waters remarkably clear and tho white
sand bottom glistennC with IoseDted and yellow peb-
bles can be seen in nearly every part OF the lake
gravelly beach extends nearly around IT, and Ccpake
Island abOunds in Gins, oaks the locust and the tulip
tree. About 80 years ago this island the Summer
home Of the Livingston family.
Cr0quet Is played upon the beach at Cape May. go
The place Of Bancroft the historian at Newport said
to be very beautu-surrounded by attractive grounds,
with Il view Of the and large grapery. 60 The
Muscdlonge has not yet begun at the thousand
Islands Of the St. Lawrence but the islands covered
with tourists The towns on the Canadian side OF the
river-KingsOn, Prescott, Alexandria Day, and Corn
wall-aford pleasant accommodations. So The Profile
House, Franconia Notch, among the White Mountains,
can accommodate 600 guests 1t has been thoroughly
renovated and painted since last portion of Gil
mOre's Band IS engaged for the season. 60 Prof
Hitchcock and his party, who are making a geological
survey Of New Hampshire, have been encamped about
one mile from the Profile House. Tho party numbers
four beside the Professor The most important dscoy
HOY bav tof han mi lolo
about feet below the summit Of Haysack Mountain
This lake has altitude OF feet above the level
is of paralleogrammic shape. and measures some 10
rods in length 1t has mention any chart and
it is hemmed in with such thick foliage and ctaggy
bluffs the Professor thinks it has before been Wis
tied by man. II was discovered Thursday, the Goth
ult and "a very important feature Of the survey The
party have several times attempted to get the dmen
siOns OF the profile Of the Old Man OF the Noun
tain" have met with rather poor success Different
pu locations give It's length at co and 50 feet respectively,
and this discrepancy prompts correct measurement II
it can be made. lt is exceedingly difficult 10 get the
exact length as the contour Is not perccpbc to
the mountain, and can be dscemcd only at distance,
and therefore the work is necessarily done by two par
ties one AT the base and the other at the summit who
depend wholly upon signals. The party have taken
many curious minerals from the mountains au1 have
noticed the appearance Of bees the summit OF Mt
Lafayette, such found in Labrador in Greenland.
Prof Hitchcock will next mike a survey Of the upper
section of Lake Winnipiscogee.
correspondent says he has found new Summer
route and rare enjoyment in trip along the coast OF
Maine In the little steamer ArcO, running from Els
worth to Belfast. He says the is through
of scenes uRequaled by those Of the ST. Lawrence
the Upper Mississippi for variety, grandeur and beauty.
The trip occupies only eight hours. The boat
leaves Belfast on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays
the arrival OF Boston trains. The sack race, print
tive amusement of Cape May, revived last week
the lawn OF Congress Hail. Every piazza was crowded
with guests and seven colOred walters furnished the
sport. The course 100 yards long. There the
usual amount OF pitching, rolling. and tumbng, and the
winner was loudly applauded by the ladies who claimed
him as their waiter exulting over other ladies, with
special cheers and merriment.