The Cecil Whig., 1875-05-01
LETTER FROM "PRETZEL."
Snow SHOE, April IS, 1875.

GNoN GHoE, ApiH 10, IC'o.
Mr.. EDIToR:-My song of Spring and it's
Beauties birds, ETC., is sadly changed.
take all back as premature; I'm not wealth
erwise, not even forty second cousin to
old Prob, who could predict what will come
here, unless it were water, logs, and s,cear-
ing: they never fail.
Well, Tuesday night last we closed up
the blue bird concert, by letting down II
inches on level actual measurement of the
whitest snow Snow Shoe ever was covered
with. Now quite forgot to say Snow Shoe
is coal town, Summer resort, etc, on top
of spar of the Alleghanies; indeed the
very summet in Winter numbers 400 to 800
persons, in Summer about 700; is 1856 feet
above Tyrone, and about $500 feet above
Philadelphia, or Elkton; easily reached via
Tyrone P. r. r. and Bellefonte, being only
ii miles in air line from Bellefonte: also
one of the most beautiful and picturesque
towns on the continent, and also Sum-
mer resort. having two hotels of 100 rooms
each, noted chiefly for the grandeur of sur
rounding scenery and numerous mineral
springs; one of which discharges u, 900 gal
Ions of water minute.
The Summit House at Snow Shoe is kept
by Rob. Haines, Esq, and his estimable
lady, in a style that makes one eyes sciden,
as well as his receptacle for bread (com-
monty called his bread basket. Indeed,
the landlady, Mrs. Haines, is an exception
to all other ladies | ever saw; she does all
things areL, from performing and singing
sIrer Threads, down to cookery of every
kind; and such meals-one Of hers would
make three for Glasgow hotel. In addi-
ton to which she aids (it is said her large
and warm hearted husband and mountain
lord in his sports. When lin season. he
sallies forth to hunt deer, his dear sallies
with him, and should he miss the buck,
she don't, and never fails on doe.
Trout fishing is but just commenced, and
as this section abounds in streams, the fish
ing is fine. Just now one most needs carry
besides his troller, a sheep skin, buffalo
skin, bottle of No. 6. and quart of Win
slows best syrup to soothe one in case of
accidental abution. Beeeher don't pas
torate here; swearing isn't tolerated among
the citizens of female propensities; nor is
water hiding enjoyed by those of mascu-
line personnel. So to become an expert in
trout fishing here, come up in August,
bring your longest and stoutest pole, and
! your fishing uniform, which must consist of
a large straw hat, hy-net coat, musquito
bar pants, carpet shoes, willow basket,
milk urn, and about 100 greenbacks. We
will scratch around and find the hooks, and
the flies and hookers, such beauties they
| are, such variegated sinners; how they
coquette with you, it makes ones mouth
water to think of them, spider like, in their
graceful tlirtations with the fly dummy; but
! imagine that trout's feelinga when he finds
the barbed hook enter the pallet of him,
| the hooker mot man, the troller), and finds
himself transformed instantaneously into a
| flying fish, thence into murrain fish, thence
to smoking fish, and the transforma-
tion is complete. We drop the curtain OIL
the last fishing scene, and leave both fish
and fisherman to rest in piece. So end
eth the first chapter on troutsy. But fish
ing does not cover or afford the only pas.
time or amusement.
Wild game is plenty, such as wolf, deer,
bear, woodchucksn squirrels, copperheads,
rattlesnakes, and gray-backs; the latter
make it very interesting in camp life Il know
how it's myself; they have no mermaids,
indeed very few maids of any kind, except
ing bar-maids and chamber maids, both Of
which have become d0mesticdted and feO
not on mans approach. So we disperse
with game.
Now, again, the eye is so entirely occu
pied by the passing panorama of nature,
that one forgets the heat or cold, the dizzy
heights, tho steep and dangerous by ways
and bride paths, and you are almost con
strained to cry out, what would | not give
for mug of Snow Shoe beer, field glass
for one hand, for the other the privilege o.
PRETzEL.
n. B-11.4O p. M.-Surrounded by al
the beauties welcomed by mans vision,
must away to my little' bed to dream O
snow, snow, the beautiful snow, and tina
leetle Sghermen band in Skoo Snow. p.
E8 Sydney Smith says: The creates
curse that can be entailed on mankind is
state of war. All the atrocious crimes
committed in years of peace, all that i.
spent in peace by the secret corruptions o.
by the thoughtless extravaganza Of nations
are mere tritles compared with the gigant
evils which stalk over the world in a stat
, of war God is forgotten in war. Ever.
p ii.ciple Of Christianity is trampled upon