The New York herald., 1876-08-14

who cxtricates musical sounds from an instrument
with long Greek name. and is composed OF pieces OF
wood placed rope straw he manages de-
light the guests with his marvellous recitations though
take Il that Beethoven would wish himself deaf If he
TO hear IL.
And SO goes the world During July and August il
sejacuates'' ITSELF as Mr. Choate once SAID from New
York Saratoga and in September packs trunks
and hurres back to It's vc per cents and It's fashion,
able churches. came, have seen, and now dc.
lighted with the mineral springs and cheered by lis
genial companonship, hurry back to tho dust and
heat and grandeur OF the city.
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.
JOURNEY FROM NEW YORK TO MOUNT WASH
INGToN-cHANGx OF TEMPERATuRR FROM
NINErY-TuREE TO THIRrY-sIx DEGREES
DIsCoMFoRTs AND PLEAsURKs OF THE TRIP
sNow-BALLING IN MIDsUMMER-ARE WE AS
BAD AS WE SEEM?
NoRrH CONWAY n H., August 10, 1879
when LETT New York the other evening the ther-
mometcr registered 90 degrees Twenty -four hours
later amid the mountains of this wildly picturesque
gon the mercury stood at IS. Eighteen hours later
still Mount Washington 1t was but 35 degrees It
like gong from Africa to Greenland 10 draw
homey comparison, from an oven 10 an Ice she'd
But however grateful the change may DO, the
OF the journey great to be easily compensated
for Tho heat and confusion at the wharf, the struggle
for and tho clamor OF hackmcn leave pcr
have overcome tho papitating lullaby OF tho monster
engine and fallen asleep, the ubiquitous colored gentlc
man is at your door, with Chinese gong and drum
stick, greet you with internal Monaghan music
Having nwardly cursed the inventor OF that brutal
cymba OF the Celestial Empire you rush forth to
train in waiting at the pcbeian hour OF halipast two
o'clock A. ~ II is thcrc ''accommo-
dation'' trains at stonington intended 10 give
passengers chance to sleep. but then the
uninitiated do not understand this courtesy tho
part Of the railroad company, and thus they rush or
to Boston state OF mind very difficult to describe
That terrible gong is than the patent "Amer-
devil" remember seeing reverend gentleman
rush tho Old Colony Companys boat at Newport at
about threo O'Clock morning last summer Ho
had passed through the line OF hackmen and hotel
ncrs and inquirng for some place few miles
from Fall River. "Why, you're in Newport man,,
yelled fellow passenger |, would be unchartab!e 10
print the cergymans Is remark he footed 1t back TO
the boat but venture assert that the Chinese goas
now forms no part OF his household furniture.
ARRIVED IN BOSTON
alter drowsy rido Of lbree hours, you dash Is. n
hack-and the hackman dashes Tor you, subsequently.
whom you arrive at tho Eastern Railroad dopo, The
Boston hackm man. Is less animal than his
New York brother, however, and will only take much
lie get and above his legal fare OF nifty
from depo 70 the other never making peremptory
demand for an additional ono hundred per cent
The police watch mir Cabby' 100 closely at the HUB,
and II tho Chief Of Police is caod arbtrate be-
the driver and his ''farc' IL generally ends in
cabby losing his license. Such supervision may
be practiscd Gotham day! Tho benefit or
gong by cnrly train is soon apparent The is
cool and refreshing enjoy the lovely
and ever changing scenery without being en-
cred with sand from the roadbed You
sure no! to be bored BY oqaaoous pa,erlamlIias of
lore Old Sol reaches the meridian you arc IN lair way
cheating him. Tho breczcs from Lake Winnipseogee
greet you pleasantly, and sudden chill warns you
prepare the changes OF tho high laiitudcs. All
at you behold Mount Prospect enveoped In
misty atmosphere to tho northwest oil Centre Harbor,
and then further on 70 the right and left hlls and
little lakes innumcrablc and you begin TO wonder
why earth did not think to bring spring over.
with you. You also discover that the mountain
region creates wonderful appetite and when you
arrive here in the evening you are ready to cat any
thing IRON raw tomato to hct do cheval And
after you have eaten and drank and smoked you
mentally recall the ups and DOWNS the perspirIns
eagerncss, the dusts and discomforts of the past
twenty our hours, you will never go through
II again, then go and make arrangements To under
tako still more disagrceablo tho next day-to as.
ccnd Mount Washington on that shaky, break neck
railroad running TO the Summit House ADd you gc
TO Mount Washington of course | sny 20, curse -
because everybody believes Mount Washing ,on to bs
the White Mountains and that consequently you
go there or you Will be told yon have not seen tho
White Mountains.
MOUNTAIN WONDERS
"You should have been here lew days ago." said o
young lady to me were passing between Mount
Crawford and the River. 1--WE had sucn snow
storm The SUBMITS of the Great Range o.
with u perfect mantle OF white We ptied the
heated, suffering creatures of Boston New York
when we read Of the fearful heat The next day
started with the Appalachian Mountain CLUB 10 ascend
the great kcarsage or Pcquawkct Point And here
my informant went rapidly INTO the mysteries OF the
mountain paths; cmoing Bartlett Peak by
path, crossing 500 feet deep twelve
plank, getting up Raltlesnake Ledge after continual
pulling and hauling, and finally reacning tho great
cone where Professors Middle and F,dget began u
OF geological, botanical typographical micro
scopca Investigations, all of which was led to suppose
would result In scientific revolution was more IN
tcresed in surveying Mount Willard and the Wiley
Notcn and in endeavoring 10 hold the collar OF my
miseraby thin dusier close to my throat II had bo-
come positively cold asked the conductor the
dition oil the Thermometer, ''Ohl u way down." he
replied.
UP THE SHAKER.
confess to having had some misgvings about that
crooked backed, perpendicular railway to the summit;
but the journey had TO be made would chriscn this
tho shaker and rwister. little way up we saw
great pile of stones surrounding what seemed 10 DO
tombstone, telling OF the tragic death there of the
daughter OF Judge somebody while ascending the
mountain OF course this was not intended 10 prove
how much safer II Is TO go up on the shaker! 'Glor-
ous glorious ~ said an old fellow who came to hand
out some of the passengers Ho would have made
good FastaT. There was nothing GLORIOUS except
extreme chlincss and the tremendous corpuency
OF huge chapcron. During dinner at the summit
House was greatly amused by the running description
OF everything ahd everybody gwen me by young
whom imaeinci 10 be either part owner or lessee Of
the house Igere had been such this.
Five or SIX hundred people up every line day per.
feet Mecca Tor the SICK aud afflicted. invads from all
paris OF the country. Thermometer now only thirty
degrees Had been nearly down TO zero within ten
days "Wednesday, week. had ia' OF snow over
match. Fancy snow-baliins in July, thing not
known for many years" Never was such a grand
time Mountains everywhere covered with snow.
Panorama more beautiful rrandcr than in Switzerland
Nature had beon prolific but once and that WAS
In Frinconia Notch and Washington Mountain. Rev.
Henry Ward Becchcr and sixty or seventy Now York
crs were to 10 'bclow" lew hours, anu the
Plymouth preacher going to preach every sunday
Wonderful attractions Of tho nils THIS year. There
SOME HUMAN ANTIQUITIES
also 4 lady from Reading, Pa, one hundred and two
wears old. accompanied by a Mrs. Davidson, aged
nincty. The 'young women" were like century
p,ants-excccdingy rarc and, doubtless very atrac-
tive rs customers. Then there Colonel A.,
whose railroad shares Boston from ITO to moth.
ing IN time when II was discovered the company
had borrowed all the money ever paid tor dvidcn.s
AS iun and Irritation, there end TO IT, Thus,
by the time the meal was over was IN possession ol
all the current gossip But the great fca,urc OF this
place was its coldness and Dicakncss Whom tho mind
reverted to New York's swcltcring heat tho heavy
cIoaks and gloves seemed perfectly ridcuoua We re-
Aoril nnlv In