, 1874-09-27
TIE WHITE MOUNTAINS.
From tEe TWin-Mountain House to
Crawford's.
The Notch and lis Gate--DeeC1er's
Cascades.
The View from Mt. Willard.

| Correspondence Of TIE Chicago Tribune
| WHITE MOUNTAIN NOTCH. y. H., Sept. q, 1874.
! We are party OF ''EAy-Feyer folka," aud v,
are on our way home,-it being now considered
safe to visit the lower regions. We have breath
t ed tho bracins air Of the mountains for thret
| weeks, ani our unwelcome visitor has not onc<
effected an entrance Dy eye. nose or throat. VI
are glad Of our relief and glad that ne can 70
| tura to take up our work wherc We laid it down.
We leave tho Twin Mountain House amid the
best wishes Of ali. " Hope you won't have the
Hay-Fever when you get back " are the part.
lne words. aud We must heartily respond to thai
sentiment.
TIE RIDE TO "cRAwFoRD's."
smart shower has cleared the mir aad laid the
dust, md, under tie guidance OF our skillful
driver, AIR. Dushcr, of Pennsylvania, whom IRE
chose from, our number according to the So law
Of uniformity in nature,' We roll merrily along
toward IS ''Crawfords." Our road follows the
winding course OF the A,noonoosuc River; and
it's waters IS they come down over thoir rocky
bed. mako pleasing picture, changing at every
turn Of tho road. Passing tho White Mountuln
House, We culn6 to the new Fabyau place, the
largest aud best-apponted hotel III the White
Mountains. 4 ride Ct miles beyond F4bvan's- r.
!. frequently hidden By white wells OF 'water-
DUST" Prof. Iyndall protti1y and scientihcal-
lv puts,lt-hr.nr;s uh TO the Crawford House, the
gate Of the famous
WHITE MOUNTAIN NOTCH.
The - Notch was discovered ia tho last cen~
tnrr, BY SOLITARY hunter named Nash, while
chasing moose. He conceived that road
could be built through it, aud titus connect tho
Upper Coos country with the coast. He reported
his discovery to the Governor. who told him
hat f,nt SSfa
he might have large grant Of land Nash &C.
cured tho aid Of another hunter, namoi Sawyer.
and together they hauled the horse through
lowering him over the cliffs. A road was built,
and the first article of Coos produce sent down
to the coast Was barrel OF tobacco ind the first
sent up from the coast was barrel of rum
They received their grant. and this town is
called ''Nash .s S:xyer's Location " to this day.
TIL. CRAWFORD HoCsE
il fine hotel, just on the watershed between
the Connecticut River. on tho west, and the At
laptic Ocean. Within stones throw Of each
other arc two small lakes.-o flowing into the
Connecticut River, and the other into the Saco,
which reaches tho ocean OH the coast Of Maine.
The house il located within convenient dis
tance fson large number of natural and inter-
esiipg objects.
Only half mile from the Crawford is the Gate
Of the Notch,-an opening in the solid rock, just
vide enough for the road to pass.. Passing
ing rocks, called, by some one with \ most sur
prisins elasticity Of imagination, the Young
Man of the Mountain - and the Baby! We
puzzled aud rackod our brains to trace the origin
Of these names, but neither adolasceat nor lu-
fxnime outlines greeted our straininS eyes. We
gave 1t up.
D1:EcuER's CASCADES.
Hnlf-a-rne west is very pretty series of
cascades. nained efter the noted Brooklyn
preacher. a brook rising On the eide OF lit.
T..
ages through tho solid sra,Ilte. Clear and
sparkling it tails over the rocks III three beauti-
full cascades-l1ot of remarkable height, but
singularly beautiful.
nj. WILLARD.
Though b11t about 5000 fect high, the Wow is
ous Of the mosi enchanting tha: can gladden. tie
eve of the traveller IN the Old World or the Nen.
It is reached by a c.rriase-road winch winds
pleasantly through the forest for the distance of
2 miles. Trusting in our own neither limbs VIC
started for the top. Testing, ARD walking, we
gain the top in less than an hour. with com
parative ease But who describe the
glorious scene that bursts upon us Says Bayard
Taylor: ''As simple picture Of q ,nountain-
pass. seen from abore, it cannot bo surpassed in
Ill Switzerland
At your feet lies tho Notch, spread out, and
yet gathered up, iu all it's :gl1dncss. Picture to
yourself vast 4u1phitheatre, of an eliptical
shape, shut up on tie sides By two gigantic
walls. Mt. Webster, on the east, and Mt. Valley
On the west and running south for . long dis
tant, terminating in long distant mountain-peaks,
and you may obtain Imperfect idea OF the
view. A rich. deep carpet. Of variegated colors,
seems to be spread oIer the whole valley, though
it is really the dense, thick growth OF trees,
which scern but as so much shrubbory, from
your almost perpendicular vinw.
Through tho centre Of this valley winds tho
hish-road but from this height it appears as
though some vast serpent had dragged :. his slow
length 2long" and you mo1nentariy expect to
see the tree. resume their position again, snd
THE SILVER sAco