New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-17

wcrc OF under the full moon with tail scampish horse
that rushed at those long hsa II he meant 20 dev0ur
them. There pauses In the dim light we went
flying from the crest Of hill TO another over that glo-
rious country It's wide grazing farms smooth a. II
shearod skired by bold hills shaggy with forests, the
ample, dlgnifed homes, telling OF easy incomes and
leisure "a well as toni aud thrift Nowhere 1t seems do
the farmers cultivate such profuson Of flowers about
their houses as Ia this region We could smell the horey
suckes and see tie roses at every place we passed
Some OF these farmers live like lords on Their wide rich
estates. We passed place whose owner was said 10
hold the land along six miles Of road Yet there was no
sign OF wealth about the modest spacious White houses
other than extensive dairy appendices ana outbudngs
You may guess at mans income Ia the grazing region
by the pyramid of milkpans piled up In the sun by the
dairy door We could these the next day shining
from Hill TO hill mile away, went up the side OF
Chautauque Lake. One wants TO draw long breath at
mention of that name in memory Of the pures air to he
drawn the continent 1t has the highest elevation s
settlers say of any water in America. except Lake
Tahoe. From lying so high, suppose, the banks have
caught the habit of the Clouds certainly nothing be
vague and ethereal than the distance of these Sum-
ranges. The water sheet IS miles long, is CLASSY
and clear. The shores unstable and shadowy.
cool, raw wind blows forever those sunny
slopes, grown with noble species Of American
woods, which seem planted for pleasure grounds,
20 graceful is their grouping clear the turf beneath
The lake hotels very comfortable and offer charming
resorts for those who willing to dispense with the
dissipation andcxravaganoe OF watering places nearer
the metropolis new hOtel is opened this season at
Cowan's Picnic Ground or COwans Point. The older
one at Bems Point is an attraction for country people
and outside the country too. The free air makes
the hottest Summerday delightful here, and the nights
are always cool There are wild and beautiful drives
the gens and through the woods about The lake. beside
boating and fishing the regulation fresh water enjoy
ments. Moreover. this is the great orchard region
berries sold in Fredonia for cents quart
less prOfusey found in ordinary markets are
here, and may know the luxury OF plate OF rich
rpe gooseberries which few Americans have tasted in
perfection or live for month the delicious dew
berry, fresh from the fields This is the country OF the
its original excellence in these valleys. Fruit
ripened here has flavor well as substance
These are quiet towns where people seem 10 have
quit working and fallen to living in sober reStful fash
ion. The restless spirits are In the metropolis or gone
West The only sad sight we saw was an Ola Iarm0I'
who had worked hard for 70 years, and laid up SiOcO
and then was disabled by paralysis IRON WORKING any
chair in the porch of his white houSe-a too large for
looking over his goody heds ana signing perhaps tndI
he could plow and drive no more The lake ar inakeS
haired men working the road. my companion ven
tured to pity them for having to Work so nara IN ther
working out their road tax cause they're mind to.
Every one of ems rich" Rich or poor the masculine
GENTLY simple and independent It's distinctive features
are a cotton shirt buoned up the back OF the neck or
with maZarinc magenta SILK crown, when were
affected by the ambitious swans huge monde
script homemade containing straw enough to be
seized for fodder in scarcely Of that ar
ticle. such shirts and such hats, venture to
say indigenous to the neghhOrhOOd of Chauauque.
Equipped in the prevailing fashion, our driver seated
himself jauntily in the wagon and pulling ont doubtful
cigar inquired IL smoke offensive With polite par
adOX insinuated tha it not particularly only
it gave the headache and uncomfortable on other
points. Well, II smoke light them was the accom-
nodating answer. And he did smoke H9ht enough, 50
that his slowly dying cigar poisoned the sweet lake air
for hour. Served right for the prevaTicatOn
Close Garland and the great stone quarries hid
among its peaks, where huge blasts fired once
fortnight these nexhaustibe mines of rock
the blocks taken for piers and aDu
ments where the bears have not yet given posses
SION and deer shooting is good in Autumn More lone
some places are be found in these central regions IMAM
are lett in the track of the tourist among the AdIOn
d5cks But after the slopes OF Chautauque, I've
no heart my steps to those gloomy, savage
hills. They have a story and motif all their own.