The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-08

snaps. Anywhere else he might nibble through q
dozen dishes and be satisfied in the end. Here he
thinks that he Is pnched and that each successive
dish leaves him hungrier for the next. Personally
l have quieted the abnormal rawlings OF hunger
alter some determination. II Is difficult question,
and Shall leave it unsolved, whether the feeding
plan Is the best suited to the circumstances or not
GERMAN GUEST, SCIENTIST,
/ am certain, because he wears spectacles and
smokes long pipe with an air OF selfintroversion
discussed the great question with me. he said.
with the fine deliberateness OF a man whose
opinion is worth Knowing
'Well YOU see, dis question of foot troubles me
dree. four tays. Boot l seddle him. | feel very
hungrig all tay. 70, smoke unit dink; unit here
ID vat tint.
Flint 1T IS OPTICAL HUNGER.
Yes, sirI / look down into de valley everything
look very small; ! look at my roast beef, IL look
very small, doc. Nit my telescope de hauses look
very pig; nit my double spectacles my roast beef
look pig. doc. l flint my naket eye deceefe my
stomach, 20 deceefe my eye. Dot is all. play
bricks on my optic unit may stomach say all
right"
COUNTIES VISIBLE.
Aman gains quite an idea OF Empire State peog-
raphy up here. You learn what the numberless
great many places are that you cannot see. You
walk out to tho point OF the peak by the path along
the bluff and Columbia Greene, Ulster and Duchess
counties are pointed out until you are gorged with
detail. II seemed to me pleasanter and grander TO
think that the vast expanse beneath and around,
wide and varied as IL seemed was all but a lar,
fine sample OF the great land whose children we are
so proud to be- Mountain and valley, river and
lake. town and village, homestead and farm blended
into one magnificent view tnat knew no town limit,
no county or State line, no bourn whatever
except the far-of horizon, and that seemed more
pride-compelng to me than any knowledge that
Saugerties was this side OF the river and Tivo!i
beyond; that Esopus lay towards Kingston or
Wawarsing out towards Sullivan county. All
belonged to Tree America. AS If to give directness
to the thought
GREAT EAGLE, SOARING IN CIRCLES
high above the mountain, suddenly shot in the full
sunlight towards the hills to the west at winging
speed that made lines and limits seem poor
conceit. On favorable evenings the sunsets are
miracles OF flush and color. Whatever consistency
OF weather there may be In the land below there is
no monOtony here. To see
THE GOLDEN LIGHT STREAM DOWN THE VALLEYS
lying east and west and burn upon the hilltOps in
q gorgeous wealth Of fire is beautiful. The cloud
studies are enchanting, and to watch the light
pour through cloud openings slantwise upon vary.
ing points on the PLAIN provides a succession Of
pleasures, Moonlight l have not yet seen to
advantage, because there was very little moon
and admit not having seen sunrise. grOan to
think OF what fate and somnolence have deprived
me. To see the white neecy clouds sailing at your
feet around the mountains nom crest to crest is
very fine. with the long, blanched hair OF the mist
trailing through the tree tops or streaming out
upon the wind. Sometimes, indeed, the clouds en-.
compass the peak and the hotel, and
THE SENSATION OF BEING IN FOG
Ii enjoyed to its utmost. Your view Is cut on.
You feel q damp breath on your cheek. and II you
are to be especially favored 1t rains upon you.
This may last from five minutes to an indefinite
period. When the trial is to be ended one OF the
most mystic effects is overwhelmingly, the lit
ing of the curtains Of the cloud and the rolling
forth once more before your eyes Of the wondrous
panorama below. If the wind blows hard, the
sound OF the trembling trees rises on the ear sub
timely as the roar Of the ocean on a sandy shore.
An intelligent child who had been to Long Branch
would
ASK FOR THE BATHING HOUSES.
Fact. The hotel people have one trial to bear
which they meet with heroic resignation. When a
guest happens to be alone and discovers some effect
OF light cloud he forthwith rushes to the office
and drags forth the first ofical he meets to find
out If anything like that" has ever been seen be-
fore. One Of the clerks was treated all through
the Winter for affection Of the eye. 1t resulted
from the constant strain on the muscles necessary
to open the optics to the point OF astoundment. or
course, they seldom have seen any thing like
that before; 1t blessed privilege for the man
who saw it. The hotel is not nearly nled yet, but
the hopes are strong. There are some points in its
man agement which capital would improve. 1t Is q
mistake to wait for the public to lind out shortcom-
ings improvements are projected or promised,
and until they are made the future Of the house
cannot be foretold. the advantages in sight Tor
seeing purposes and the drawbacks for the carry
ing out of improvements go together In mountain
houses; but all people do not care to count one
against the other. on leaving the hotel to return
to New York there Is line OF travel which could
be made very delightlul-namely. by the Hudson
River 1t would require the existence OF really
good hotel in RondOut or Kingston to please every
body. Arriving by train at Rondout In the even
ing there is great temptation to remain over
so as to start at half-past five in the morning by
the steamer Mary Powell, that makes her hundred
miles to Gotham In five hours and quarter. The
cool, fresh breeze the river scenes, the pleasures
OF q good breakfast on board, the avoidance OF
dust and the arrival In the city at quarter to
eleven are great bats to those who do not exact
lin