Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-10-21
Among the Mountains.

Among the MOuhtWinss
Bethlehem OF Judea; you will
think Of it surely, as sou stand up
on the high land Of Bethlehem of
New Hampshire. Fashionable arriS,
tocratic little bethlehem, where six
teen hundred people at u time were
this summer-and they
are not all gone vet. An uncOut h
youth says OF Bethlehem, "every
house is a hotel, and what Amt,
keeps b0arders.' There Is the Az
enue House, the Bellevue, Mt. Ag-
assis, Strawberry, Sinclair, and the
elegant Maplew0od and many 9th
ers, with their charming circles and
pleasant little rivalries between
them. There seems to be the cen
tire of the Hay Feverites. who find
in this exalted region, relief from
their constant sncezimg ami Wheel
ing. There has been carriage road
built on to Mt. Agassis, that receiv-
ed a liberal patronage. From this
point delightful views can be OBJ
tanned, Camels Hump, and Mans
field, Jay Peak and one in Coati
cook. and to the westward point
of Adirondacks, comes forth to the
delightful vision. Bethlehem is
Dem Ocratic to the core, if there are
a half dozen Republican voters they
wouldn't dare to pipe Il note, scarce
w in their own behalf. But some
how or other the Republican money
that comes in here during the "sea-
SOM seems to he as welcome ~ any
other, it helps wonderfully, in the
long cold winter. Surely consistcn-
cy is jewel.
In the afternoon of that most rO!
al of autumn days, we found our
selves in the well known mountain
village of jefferson, which can hard
~ boast quite as high land as Beth
lehem. There are several pleasant
hotels here, and all in a clump, not
one straight street az at Bethlehem.
That noble lover Of the "White
Hills" Thomas Starr King is here
in the Starr King
as well as the Starr King
House, a charming summer home
with plenty of piazzas and bay win.
dows, IL brown house with French
roof, and the only brown one in the
group. There is the well.known
Waumbeck, the Jefferson Hi !
House, the Plalsted, Sunny.Side
md others. patronized by higher
order of guests. Like Bethlehem
street there is no locomotive wills.
tie and herein lies the advantage to
landlords. AS one of your best
Bradford men says, "if guest
looks out on II lowery morning and
sees a Pullman car before the hotel.
ten to one he will improve it, but if
there isn't one, he will wait until
pleasant weather, and then he won't
want to CO."
We were anxious to 60 to the
Glen House, the summer home not
of Ii. w. B., but Ola parsonage full
~ as popular-Josh Billings. but
the length of the distance and the
shortDess of our stay prevented us,
this time, and we rode fifteen miles
10 our domicile above the Fabyan
House, in the calmest of moonlight
nights.
The Fabyan, Crawford and Twin
Mt. Houses are closed. The Twin
had a very narrow escape from com
plate destruction by fire last week.
About fifteen hundred dollars per
maps is the loss, The Mt. Pleasant
House has some late arrivals, and
for railroad convenience, will be
open through the winter. This house
IS rightly named. Its unsurpassed
ocarion, the newness and freshness
If everything, make it u most de
sirable place of resort. They have
lad some charming people there
his sumlner-Miss Lucy Larcom.
he authoress, so agreeable, that
everybody in the house was sorry to
ave her 60. Miss Titcomb, Prof
Adler of Cornell University, some
delightful families from Germany,
With their quaint, beautiful Ian
,uage, and full purses, but blue
floods and shoddy have fitted, and
AXE it all round this has been a
cry hard year for landlords. the
Jest of them are blue enough. They
AVE one consolation, next year amt
! Centennial one.
1t is with pleasure that we men,
ion that the Temperance movement
5 gaining firm foothold here in
he mountains, a society called the
'Fabyan Reform Club" was organ
zed here three weeks since and the
eSults thus far are decidedly aston
sh:ng, and there is need enough Of
he work, surely, every hotel how
yer pleasant and fashionable has
Is clark corner room" aud some of
hem are profitable winter ones too.
'ou can hardly visit any spot of in
crest, but what on some mystic
eat or shelving rock, you will fluid
he "iragments of the FEAST" the
roken bottle part at any rate, and
uhlimity and rum don't go well to-
ether. God speed the better day.
VERNoNTER.
Poor COMFORT. The Republic.
ms have gained four congressman
! Indiana, carried the State LegiS-