The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-14
A MONTHS TOUR IN A WEEK
WHY CROss THE SEA WIEN MUCn
MAY DE SEEN iT HOME?

English woman, and I-although a woman and
nifty years OF gel am a SuS reporter. fyou
wish to travel with me YOU must have no
checked trunks. Take two pieces OF luggage
no more-your valise and a shawl In a strap. |
will you goS'
Eyes"
"Then meet me at the Erie depot, on the Jcr- |
sey City side, tomorrow morning, at nino |
sharp"
When entered the depot, the next morning, |
there stood Miss Angel In addition to the lug |
gage had prescribed, she had only small Hat |
pocket, containing her sketch book. siunx across
her shoulder and resting jauntily on her left
hip. Fifteen minutes later we were OF.
Seated In a Pullman palace coach, we few
like Nightingale was the lightning express
train-through Bergen tunnel and across
the Hackensack meadows and the Passalc river,
past Rutherford Park, Chiffon, aud Lake View;
and through Paterson. and on and into tho
beautiful valley of ~ Ramapo. There
pauses Tor Miss Angel to make sketches, but she
caught one as we fitted along a lonely bird
on withered branch in the foreground to give
life to aflitting scene on the RamapO. But lovely
as the scenes are through which this eastern d.
vision Of this splendid railway runs, IT II but
preparation Cor The srandeur and beauty OF the
Delaware division. a. that part OF the road Ia
called that passes through the valley Of the Dell
aware river. where It forms the zigz 9 boundary
line between PENNSYLVANIA aud New York state.
Now were IN one state, now In the other.
Sometimes the river was on one side Of us and
then on the other the placid Hudson and
Delaware canal, with its slow moving, heavily
laden boats, adding to the picturesqueness Of
the scenes through which we few. Sunlight
and cloud shadows. SPARKLING waters. and cragey
mountains; low-lying valleys, In which nestle
towns, villages, and hamlets, all rushing quickly
| on our vision, and as rapidly fading away be-
| oh what rest we've had 80 said Miss Angel
as we entered Emira at about i've o'clock In tho
| afternoon. we've had nothing TO do but SIT
| still, and enjoy beauty. and GOODNESS. and fresh
| ness, all dsy. This does not tire you half so
much AS two hours shopping In Broadway and
| he train we took for watkins Glen, though
not arording such luxurious accommodations
| BILE enough for those who are accustomed to
| street car accommod atoms In New YORK. and
| be-des.tt runs through the valley that forms the
southern terminus of Seneca Lake. At the viii
| laee Of Walk We stopped, caught refreshing
| glimpse Of Seneca, aud taking the Glen Noun
tain House coach. rode no the steep winding
| way. in tue golden cleaning OF the even
| Inc. to that romanticay situated hotel,
| three hundred feet above the waters OF SEN
| eca Like. '1w = dark when we entered the
house. We heard the Drawing ~ the torrent In
the chasm below. tue rustic OF the pines and
hemlocks on the mountain above us. Lights
were II ishng along potn sides OF the ravine and
across the lisht, graceful, suspension bridge that
spans the deep gorge ana over winch we nad 10
60 to get our su9pers.
WHAT delicious air famed us 10 sleep that
night in that quiet retreat where there are no an
noNances. no mosquitoes, no hop IN tho plrlur.
no Iiano with sharp jinglings striking on tho
tympanutu Il your ear at the very moment ynu
are about To catch the nrst dVzs, no hateful
band to play while you eat your dinner. ur SIP
your tea .-wnere there Is nothing but tue muir
muir OF tue water or the rustlinR OF leaves falls
ON your car as YOU drop to sleep; where all
the guests 40 to bed before 10 o'clock. ana where
YOU awake IN the morning To the piping and
twittering OF the woodland birds, adIed to the
winds In the forest trees.
day through Doth the lower and the upper glen,
m king two y neil drawings 10 tue low,r r. snd
one water color sSetcn IN the upper ravne.
Then, after tea. W. walked to the cemetery on
the nil tnat overiooks Seneca lake, ana while
zing on the beautiful eXpanse Of water that
saw the dusky twilight settle down on the httle
town Of Watkins. and catching the first siivery
over the waves, We turned to see her great gold
en- rim, biz As a cart wheel, slowly rise over the
;S S' holds that weird, wild Glen in IT'S
embrace. We stayed one uiGhI more IN
prince ~ good fellows. Mr.. Charles +. ArnOux
II the Erie RAILWAY, aud Nr. Ausburn owner,
eiiior OF the LlmirA Dday AdrtIllSer VINO were
To be our clceroAe, throuEh EnlrA the next
Gay. They came by the A. VI. train aud uy me
should have said to Edridge Park, for that Is
tue objective point OF all tourists who stop In
Eluira on their wiv T. Watkins ana Niagara.
scarcely mad We assed the great bronze Hons
that stand ON guard at the gatew y " tue pax,
when Dr. Edridge himself. driving his proud
stepping span OF chestnuts. joined our party.
Miss Angel opened per Drown ewes wide AZ the
doctors magnincence. lie drives ~ the ~ lie
Of an L lglish lord!" she said, land looks like
-" Hes richer than most English lords" said
Mr.. Ausburn TOwuer, " ana he l. a. genetO US IS
an American raIlrohd king ought to be-"
Miss Angels tins private park
The exp nses are private, falling all % me man,
DR. Eidrldge; the beneh 3 ar pa bic, for ne as
..f ami m. 81 IA lad In LIE.
IN order aud continue its Improvement for all
time. II IA Intended BY the Doctor that Il
, stall never cost the pub ic one cent. DR.. FL
, diidge pays out twenty live thousand year 10
r KEEP up and improve this park. We are his
lie entertaus at the rate Of $s50 year Ia this
: Mis- Angel grew silent and the gentlemen en-
loved IN 1 expression OF her astonish iuent and
, admiratiOn. hen Dr. Eldridge disnounted
, from MS lofty seat in the driving wagon, and
came To the side OF our carnage; as We stopped
/ at the side OF the lake. He called up mermaid
a then babe her 20 down again aud then, lead
/ ing the way, he drove around his lordlS pleas
A ure ground, amid the flowers. AMI trees. and
Y fountains, and LIKES and statuarr, aud
+ Anlly to the casino, where We hac
/ lunch con. and saw the vi ace children dance
and play thfn man In the dancing hail, all Of u
n taking part In the game. We then drove al
! over Elmlri, arriving az the depot in time &c
/ take the 8 =. NJ. train for Niagara Falls.
Y We got 10 the upper suspension bridge at mid
5 night; had a glorious moon to lend us her lisht
/. BY which We caught the trst view OF the grea
i fall as we crossed the bridge. aud landed in al
"a &c tasy Of dexnt on the Canada side. at one II
tue morning of orr fourth daY from New York
r The next morning eaily w were on the ri ~
l. Of the Clifton House gazing ON the wonder
a which neither pen nor pencil has ever yet bee
m able even family to exprs-s.
"A " It's very odd, the most eXtracr 1inary thin.
A. ever knew," Mss Angel said I've been trav
"a eng and sightseeing three DAYS an half 4
,r one night, ana | am not the least fltlgued. It
$ extra rdnary! Why IN England, II journeNe
from Exeter to London and tack, h ID TO slice
two DAYS and nights ~ recover myself. luis
u wonderful atmosphere
Three DAYS We spent at Niagara two on III
w Canada side. and Une-the one between the NV
ON the American side and on Goat Island W
liked over all the ground, To all the points
Interest, 4klng a carriage ONLY once 10 90 To u
le whirlpool. 1t WIS Miss Angels 1rst Visit to I'll
III great cataract, and T. was twentysix years sine
~ mad first looked on it, rushing walls OF emeral
~ and crystal, falling with their thunderous roa
X, and awful trtnlJlO into that pool OF liquid ber
Is. ana malacAite, shrJuded IN Its whirlng sprays
81 diamonds and pearls, and grit about with ran
es bows We went under the sheet Of the gre
10 Horseshoe fall. lnd To the entrance Of tue Cav
I'D u the Winds. and under the shee Of the Amer
can fall, and stood on Luna island and the Mo
Islands, aud rode down the inclined pla' Q raj
way of the American staircase, and crossed III
emerald waters OF the Niagara river IN tho mt
ef ferry boat. shalop Of canoe, that danced ~
~ an eggshell over the splashing waves and on u