Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-08-22
[ special Correspondence of the Herald.
A letter from PIattsburgh.
LIFE AT LAKE GEORGIA TRIP THROUGH
LAKE CHAMPLAIN, ETC.
FoUoUET's HOTEL,

PLATTsBURGH, N. Y, Aug. 10.
Editor Rutland Herald Saturday
night, g. 80 p. M, found me in this his
| toric town Of Plattsburgh. [ have seen
the high life and low life of Lake George
to my perfect satisfaction, having spent
| Friday night on a hard bed, in a wash
| house, on Fourteen Mile Island. This
| occurred from the hotels being 50 crowd
ed with visitors that no better accommo-
datiOns could be offered me, which
necessarily obliged me TO accept of these
or sleep out of doors.
Fourteen Mile Island is thus named
from being just fourteen miles from the
| head of the lake or Fort William Henry,
and is near the multitude of islands
where the main fishing of the lake is
| done. Most of the islands are inhabited
| by fishing parties, who have encamped
upon them, and where you can see at
night any quantity of camp fires. Fish
ing clubs from New York, Albany and
Troy are here located. The ovation
ians" are the most talked of by reason of
their boat racingproclivitie and peculiar
uniform Of ''Blue and Red" The trout
fishing is done in the very deepest of the
water, sinking your line one hundred
and twenty feet. | am told that it is
seldom you catch any of the lake trout
! in shallow water.
I had no trout or bass fishing Friday
evening, as the lake was very rough and
no boats were out. and | cOntented my
| self in listening to various exploits of
the fishermen and deer hunters of this
region. Enough of yarn was spun out
through the evening to fill royal Octa-
vO of a thousand pages. Saturday morn
ing take up my line of travel down the
lake in the day steamer 'Minnehaha"
| towards TicOnderOga, with a crew of
! Jolly pleasure seekers.
I have seen a good deal of the tinselry
| of life in my journey of a few days, and
| the empty show disgusts me. | long
once more to behold substantial men
and women. | am in deep admiration
| of Irishmen-bOat hands and waiter girls.
! They call out of me deeper feelings of
! praise and commentator than ever be-
| fore. as the contrast is so striking and
/ theiruseS so apparent. None of those little
/ snowy women could be anything only
| as they are made by their waiting maids
and mantau-makers, and oh what a
/ prostitution of their energies.
/ 4 few genuine men and women you
/ occasionally meet with at the watering
| places, and they are rs the Oasis in the
/ desert to a soul like mine. | am really
| thankful that the rest of my journey
| takes me mostly ont of their line of
| travel This place (Plattsburgh) is the
| entering point to the Adirondacks
/ region, and here you may find the old
and young, treasury clerks from Wash
ington, and dandy gentry from New
/ York talking fish with everlasting dis
/ gust to all practical fishermen.
/ saw all the notable points of interest
to travellers on Lake George and Cham
plain to this point, including the fair
/ view of Cancels Hump and Mount
/ Mansfield Not Josie. As l viewed
/ those lofty SUBMITS of the Green Noun
/ tains. and reflected that they were Yer
mont's rocks and soil, belonging to my
/ own beloved State, a thrill OF pleasure
| flashed through me, and for once, if
never again, I felt pride in them.
Every comment bestowed upon them
/ by gentleman or snob was acceptable
/ ] felt those lofty peaks to be realities,
! genuine and enduring, and all COM
mendatiOns of them Just and right.
''All hail to the noble Green Mountain
| State"-the true and the noble
NJ. G. L.