New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-26
SUMMER LEISURE.
NORTH CONWAY.


erorNs - ADJUSTMENTS BEAUTIES OF IhE
WOODS.
s,ov occ AsroSAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE rRiBUSE'l
Norm CONWAY, Aug. Delivery one KNOWS
North Conway Almost every ono Das ooen hoo w o'0
tim. or other and for every one it las ne"
and new beauties Not but what the DINER esoi's
aorsr the crca, mountains can boast OF moro solemn
- ,, N,r,h Conway has a hsppy continuation of
~, od and the softer aspects Of nature. There are
Int also hills and green plaius ana general
view NJ wide extent from Chccorua 10 Mouht "ashhg
TON with gimpses OF the Saco. which here ana there Is
mot unlike some of Swiss torrents. Every house OF
inheritance in the village is hotel or clearinghouse
the industry OF place is altogether directed 10 supply
ps the Summer visitors with every town luxury brought
From BOSTON and Portland and above the rural lux
ores of milk butter honey, fruit cream, eggs, &c',
which are supposed though enormously, TO constitute
The stape food OF the modern Arcadian The unpctu-
rAsoue truth is however, that the Arcadians OF New
Uapshire find their nectar and anbrosia in pork ana
beans" The hotels, as rule are decidedly good' pro
,dine comfortable accommodation and plentiful table
suuposng We put ourselves on tie rstfoor piazza OF
house little way from the principal knot OF hotels but
on the main street We not only have charming view
Of the ntervae green plain on either SIDE OF the Saco
Of the Moat range of mountains succession oil peaks
nearly 600 feet high leading Off toward Chocorua, OF
the white Horse Ledge and its lower companion, both
wounded masses Of wood and rock The churches Congre
cationsl on tho left hand Episcopal, Baptist and Metho
dist on the right are at about equal distances from my
cost of observation and see the various congregations
crossing each other half hour on Sunday morn
inrs There is as much variety in the carriages as In the
foot passengerswagons from the hotels full of girls;
bugces from the country, with wiry horses; buck
boards a fcur-wheeled New-Engand coutTiyance for
easy driving consisting Of seat for two placed In the
center of board eight feet long, and looking TO some
unmtiated eyes, like rudimenary conn., ana number
CARTS with one Englishlooking carriage the
rlpi nj 0l
borhood such arc tho vehicles. Every evening this
promenade lie repeated, besides the two daily Journeys
of the hotel coaches the Portland and Ogdensbug de-
pots look beyond the string OF strangers passing
down the road walk Of two hundred yards and back
which serves many for stroll amid the bean'nu
scenery North Conway one sees the greenest OK grass
a thick belt of maple marking the river, which just
shows itself by near the bridge; the Moat Win
its assures on which the sunlight gsteus strongly as
to make them look like rivers of metal the Lodges one
lone white farmhouse, tho railroad embankment ana
trestewor the latter not picturesque as one might
suppose and l1st not least the clouds often low down
on the mountains trailing quietly over them, parting
Joining getting slvery foaming, changing every MN
ute and always beautiful forming IN fact one OF the
most important features In mountain sceaeTy. Inc
larger mountains however, do not monOpolizc cVery
beauty. The Ratesnake Ledge, whose peaks are per-
haps 500 feet high is clothed TN wood ana broken oy
many tumbng BROOKS whose course shows loVeEer PIC
recognized VI Aceo
neyed "vlews." Botanists and prcraphaeLtes would
delight the tangies of fern wild nowtrs DARK moss
s9ysTed 5s Streams and natural owergarens
studded with crecpers. white and scarlet berries u
ferns and bright weeds not 10 SPEAK OF the moses hhd
Hrhens. for which this neghborhood is famous Then.
these streams fnll of trout small ones true pot very
sweet and how neh pleasanter Is the taste OF lhe lout
you catch yourself than that Of the fish you pa! or Oh
the bill OF fare. . ,----.
North CONWAY; mean, hard 10 choose. The sunsets
e very beautiful picture. and though artists paint
The hues Of the sky near tho horizon are n,noo
tabooed the pink hecks iar away rom o
shades that moment brings out ara the next eAtu-
cuisines, arc nearly lnpossioie 70 etcn cse - @ fhan
the the storms. Down from the Notch iheY
s tho fhe 60 LOOKS Ma best The water turns leaden
color and dows quicker than ever the Tind rises anu
spreads foam its current, and lifting ITSELF drives the
black clouds on TO the valley Sometimes mount WASH
oftener his head hidden in them. ON clear days the
view Of Mount Washington win IT'S nde mas
sharper m0uutnn the several declining ridges as ia as
Doublehoad and It's plateau and the peaked but wooded
kearsarge Mountain pleteITs enough ioi .
noon The great variety Of wild flowers ana thelI qucK
m9nV visitors hut the crown OF all delights ia i'll tho
longer raWbes along logging paths not unregnehy
Tie greencst lncsses and the most eathcE ferns lhaye
one little round spot in M niinas eye, , aul
COR laurei3 yellow water lilies and blue hags. win
their slender swadshaped leaves Is Is n,e gem
Te6o faEe small pond PRETTY situated in the hollow
OF wood under nearly Overianging rocks, where YOU
can have beating and bathing aud refreshments; the
Cathedral merely some rocks supposed TO bear some
likeness 10 a Gothic church; Dianas I;atis. reiily
lovely stream succession Of small falls over snooih
granite rocks; Artists Falls pocket edition nt cat
aract, lretty fringed vita ferns ana wild MOWERS
kearsarge Mountain, with its hotel at the top regularly
Organized guides and PONIES ana us DealIuiNle"
into Canada and the ocean; LoYehs POND Where
tremendous Indian battle took place 200 years ago.
Dundee and Carters Notch, lonely drive between MAJ
rowing mountains; Ch0c0rua, WIN It's lakt anu Othcis
too many number 10 90 over the whole ii Thea 20
miles aw s. a little way up HtWashngGon. is the gloomy
Juckornans Ravine, ard, Just short OF the mountain
Tie grand Notch OF the White Mountains There aTe
good many small waterfalls in the ueghDorood OF Norm
CONWAY these though nothing woudcIiuI, are al
WAYS pretty Indeed, think suci falls preIerdOC 70
Nagras They less frequcned and you can see me
beauty OF detail No d0ubt people VIII think
scenery alone does not repay man Tor leaving MS
city house, The conyencnees Of cubs, ana the excite
life at North Conway. IL people prefer lie 20 ma
ture they VIII ind as much as they can reasonably ex
irgiu