The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-07-12
THEM. T.. A. EXCURSION.
Climbing Mt.IWashin glon-At North Con-
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GLEN HOUSE, July9.
The trip of the M, l.. A. excursionists to the
top of Mt. Washington was a very pleasant
one, and highly enjoyed by all participating.
Six mountain wagons, carrying over seventy
persons, left the Glen at eight o'clock in the
morning and arrived at the Tip Top House, or
as near thereto as carriages approach, about
noon. The road, turning upon itself as it winds
about the spurs of the mountain, the Half
Way House with its hermit who bal1es ginger
bread, the great ehasn they call the Gulf of
Mexico, Tuckerman's Ravine, the huge mount
aims to the rear, beyond them the valleys of
the Androscoggin and the Connecticut, and to
the front Winnepesaukee, Sebago and other
beautiful sheets of water which lay glsteniDg
in the sun, all called forth CALCULATIONS of de-
light from the women, and smothered oath
or two, expressive Of admiration, from the
men. Some there were who had been feeding
on guide books for week or two, and who
were a trifle disappointed at not seeing all the
wonders set down therein, not knowing that
eyes never, however eagerly they look, gaze
upon 1.-THE of the sights which the happy i'm
aglnation of the professional guide-book maker
pictures to expectant tourists. These people
had been led to believe that on arrival at the
summit they could light their cigars at the sun
and that their earthward vision would only be
bounded by the unattainable Pole.
E.. Al
Franconia range, some for Canada, some for
Kearsarge, some for the ocean and some for
dinner. A few of the tourists pretended to
feel sick at the idea of meal, declaring that
they could .subsist for a day on the be iutilul
scenery. 1t turned out on investigation that
those enthusiastic people had substantial
lunches with them.
There are two ways of describing the view from
Mt. Washington. One requires varied stock
of adjectives and notes of exclamation. The
other consists in saying, ''the scene is beyond
the power of language to describe" L choose
the latter method because it is easier, and be-
cause the ascent has been very fully described
in the PRESS. The day was a fine one The
mercury stood at fifty-four at one o'clock. The
wind blew west at the rate of twenty -four mile 8
an hour. Tbs sky was quite clear, a few clouds
only yelling the view low down on the horizon.
few of the excursionists remained on the
summit over night, going down on the other
side by rail next morning. The majority start
ed for the Glen about two o'clock, making the
descent in an hour and half. One man, ap-
palled at the great ravine5 on either side the
road, walked down, and was mercilessly quiz.
zed by his fellows on his arrival at the foot.
climb of four thousand feet and over-to be ex-
act, 4,756 feet above the Glen, that house be-
ing 1852 feet above the sea level
The evening, our last at the Glen, was passed
vario1sly and pleasantly. Some flirting was
done, some card playing, and some talking.
The great parlor of the house, requiring over
six hundred feet of carpeting, afforded ample
opportunities for all these amusements. Many
of the ladies made tour of inspection of the
house, and expressed themselves delighted
with its appointments, going into raptures over
the large laundry-which indeed appeals even
to the careless masculine eye. The younger
ladies interested themselves in the college boys
who act as walters. Quite group of people
gathered around Gosh Billings" who is the
best of good company, and listened to his
quaint and characteristic utterances. Another
object of interest was Miss Josephine jenkins,
the sprightly Jay" of the Saturday Evening
Gazette, who arrived Friday night to pass a
few weeks at the Glen. Travel has not fairly
started yet and there are not many at the no.
tells; but preparations have been made for
large business.
MACMILLAN House, July 10.
Some of the excursionists renamed at the
Glen over Sunday, some of them took this
mornings train for home, and some riding
down as far as North Conway, stayed there for
time to etjoy the beauties of that noted sum-
mer resort. "The house that John Mac keeps
was fixed upon as headquarters. The Mac
MILAN House has ever been a great fav-
orite with Pc. tland tourists on account of it's
charming situation with the great Conway
elms in the front and the broad Conway mead
ows in the rear, and on account of its excellent
Iarder. The Squire was away from home,
but the popular clerk, Mr.. Dan Stewart, did
the honors excellently well. The cook at Mac
Millan's is that same one who made the won-
derful pudding of Arabian story, and she
served up one just like it for dinner,
Some hours were passed at Sunset Hill and
other places of interest. The greater porti on
of the party employed their time in trying to
find the famous White Horse of Conway, and
met with the usual success, eight out of ten
seeing nothing and and the others seeing the
legless steed The clouds hung low over the
mountains, Kearsarge wearing cap, and SO no
views were to be obtained.
At four o'clock the party, with the exception
of one or two undaunted sight seers took the
cars for Portland, voting the M. L. A. excur-
sion of 1875 an unqualified success. The M.
L. A.. has furnished the people of Portland
wi tn many fine entertainments, but with none
better than its summer excursions.