Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-08-17
TO THE SWlTCHBACK.
A Pleasant Description Of the Place and
the Route Thither.

fspecial Correspondence Of EVERY kvEHiNd. |
PHtLADEIrHIA, August lAh.-keadlng
in your pleasant "wockly" of a proposed
.'excurslun trip" from Wilmington TO
sMauch Chunk aud the Switchback'
may not /, who am fresh from that most
charming district, seRd you nearly
Glueicklicbc RciSe Though paper ana
magazine have Of late been euthuslatilc
in prnising the picturesque beauty Of the
sr1t-not one hes said too much-not any
enough Like myself one must come,
see, and be conquered into admitting It's
unluuc lOvrlinu.s. After a lew hours
ride through the famous L,hlgh Valley |
where Coal r,igna King, one comes sun
denly upon the little Swiss iooFlug depot,
which tells lis we are Ut Maneh CHUNK
A few minutes walk brings us 10 the we'll
kent Mansion House, where, TO the SOUND |
of harm violin and flute, one can return |
thanks three times day for most de-
IIcious cuisine From The long, pleasant
balcony of this hotel, n varied panorama
is spread before the eve. Opposite INV
huge back of Beal Mountain looms ny, ~
the foot Of which, runs the Lohigh Nal-
lev Railroad, then, the canal crawls alo hg
the came road, aud In striking conlras'
IL II siagnant quiet, the chauering h.lLe
BLACK river PUSHES over the rocks with
noisy tumult. A strong bridge spans ,
buIh. then comes the track OF tue
I.ehlrh and Susquehanna Road, and we
arc al tho Mansion House, which Is bult
40 close up to the side Of the larger noun,
tain as to make /, an easy matter 10 pun
| ferns aud grasses OF the rocks out u one
| back window The whole view (with the
canal boats for gondola) may DC Trans
formed BIS vivid imagln alton INTO some
scene from an Opera,am woulu really
scarce feel a Surprise 10 4, hao'luiaun
step ont on Prospect Park, Iossuiheu Gu
| Fra DiavOlo, and sing one Of iiis raVlsh-
ing airs The little village has prosper
Gus, wtll-iO-dO look, containing 8, We nue.
stores, several churches, among WI 'cn Is
tue handsome Episcnral. 81. Marks, "here
the Rev, Leighton Coleman is rector, "nu
three NEWSPAPER oilicrs, the Mauch Chu''
coal Gd.ei;s. the Mauch Chunk DepiOcrA
and the Carbon Democrat. all weekly, and
the latter "A VERY nice toned little paper
The beautiful grounds attached 10 the
elegant residences of Judge LclsenriuR and
the Hon. Asa Packer ave uIHn o visitors
aud q stroll through the gaidcns OF both
is worth uue's while In the latter WAS
struck nv he evident love some one ha-
for old issln ned linwrrs, for here were
great beds Of Lady slippers, prinee's feather
aud all those pretty Oldtine "poses' -
aud catching parsiRg glimpse of COM
fDrfabiy furnished rooms, / made up my
mind THAT here were eome OF Mrs.
Whitney's Real FOLKS" The ride mp
the Switchhack IA n new seusaiiOn, and To
he recommended ms such 10 all blase'
tourists. ono feels q ehlvcr and chill al
first sight Of the iucincd rlaHe, ana
fwants TO go homc,' but, swallOwiuy
o,,r's tars. Aad following the merry
4 t..f.. l.N r.luaaunf Won
reach the lHp IN perfect salty. BY all
means get on, al NJ. Pisgah and walk up
to the Observatory, from which the view
ia grand Spread on. before u.s. rs on a
canvass, are the Blue Mountains, Lchlgli
! Gap. and in the dim distance srhooleN
!, Mountains nClter by are The villages ana
y lesser hills, all rcd and white and green
0 Ike plinied pictures in book FROM
here one secs the coal cars Of the Lehlgh
+ road creeping along like 20 many placB
b., ants. After IN hotis rrst in the Pavillll"
4 where the inner man maybe refreshed, III,
c car carri's us further on until We reach
Mt Jth.f,on. Another inclined piano Is as
cended here, ~ less height but Of great ~
pcrpcndiculafily. u"e feels brave ny lhl'
time. however, and ehloys the journey
u Gun, up, an" At the Top Of this noun
tain is Sumit Hill, a drcary. dun lntl'
:, sotllcmtnl. Here, the mines Of the Lehlgi
:, Coal CompinS are in operation. Thos'
4 who desire il can re, ont, visit the mines
!. and see the miners at work, and all wh'
!, do 81 will better appreciate iheit warn
n Tires next winter. From this point WI
VI descend the mountain by gravity, an ave
. tagc grade Of nnrty SIX feet to the mile
:, Everybody has dreamed sometime in thci
y life Of nsins Tcs is the realization OF II
T. saiA wings. A emUalh. swift, suit Tusl
T., through the air. with no whiz Of steam %
" Jingle of bells gliding, delicious motion
~ | with cuul. maciug hrcrzcs flaming ons
" ficc--a Whole summer Of mountain an
:, condensed IN Il i'w minutes Breathing
y This downward flde 10 the glorious final
Of summer sonata,
And nav. let me say 10 son all, IN u
word, Of our future president o. whe
r the tNcur-iun train starts pack up you
NJ heavy shawls aud Go West
lc Euv,iug YOU tomr October TRIP, Whe
the fail nips Of natiire VIII make %
is SCENERY radiant with color, and with hall
rs mind tn join you, perhaps,
ch an. very truly, IuSelb'