The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-09
by the BucIxbOQrti.

EDITOR OF THE SARAToGIAN Having
Just turned away our eyes from beholding
the turnouts of Long Branch and Saratoga,
it was enchanting-that drive of twenty five
miles from Schroon to Ticonderoga, by the
blackboard wagon! If any one does not
know the merits of this vehicle listen 1t
is heavenly teter. Up hill and down
dale, you swing along in Il divine exhiara-
tion which accomplishes very long drive
with less fatigue than in any other convey
ancc by horse. Then the day was perfect
for this kind of ride; neither rained nor
shone; still, humid, slightly cool, while the
mists hung over the tops ofthc hills in mys-
FERROUS beauty.
1t was such contrast from that terrible
stage route after leaving the rail car ut
Riverside, to get to the steamer which
takes You to Schroon. Facilis descensus
Arernns, groaned the old ark of stage
through the thousand ruts of that wild
road. CBut this must not be COMPOUNDED
with the Adirondack route, which indeed
with the gentlemanly conductor, Mr.. Crane,
is one of the most comfortable and pleasant
to be found in this State.)
We had not the slightest idea of the de-
lights in reserve for us as we came to Lake
Para iOx, soon after leaving Lelands at
Schroon early in the morning in that buck
hoard wagon. The very name Paradox is
good and naturally trolls like Il sweet
morsel under our tongue" No wonder
there sat an artist busy at his sketchbook
before bit of picturesque landscape, lust
beside bridge which looked a copy of that
one in the picture of Carisbrook Castle.
the familiar pattern of School-day high art.
Around and around we wound beside the
shore OF Paradox, under precipitous heights.
NnA6nI xrttl inn,
sometimes hanging over our heads and
meeting the trees on the shore in the most
solemn and beautiful effects of shadow.
Such evergreens we never saw so plentiful
and grand. Those superb arbor vitaes
would set the free-fancers of our large
towns wild with enthusiasm. Far in under
the outrageous tangles, could be seen long
logs all oyergrown with moss that looked
century-old IN royal richness. High IN
among the trees and almost overhead were
immense boulders, like sentnels of the
road and sometimes there were reaches of
natural breastworks in imposing majesty
for long distances by the Lake.
Suddenly we swung out on Il sharp turn
OF the road and came to low farmhouse,
as II asleep in its rustic wealth of beauty.
The cats lay dreaming under the garden
Mines, while the kittens played in and out
VI. opeH uoOr' n great stone under the
OLD butternut roof-tree, was crowned with
the Old shells of the nuts which somebody
mad cracked on the previous night. All
me! they little knew, who lived there, how
rich they were Away swung the buck
board down long hill which brought us
almost under the foam of the waterfall.
rushed over the great rocks and among the
debris of dilapidated mill in magnificent
power. 1t must be copy of the mill
which Longfellow describes so enchanting
" in his sketches of German scenery
There is nothing so charming to diversity
these long, wild rides, as an old mill. Now
we come to the charcoal region and the
atmosphere suggests the scene.
farther up among the hills are the OK
cayations for the new railroad to the min
erai mountains, by the Delaware and Hud-
son Canal Co., beside which, we drive
along for many miles, through more omen
cut hardly less wonderful landscape tbon
that on the shore of Paradox.
AT length we come to the villapo NJ III
conderoga Falls, celebrated for its wild and
beautiful scenery. Certainly twentv-fve
miles by wheels were never accomplished
so easily and delightfully."-.
After brief rest at the hotel, a driver
takes us behind two high spirited young