The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-19
Special Correspondence OF THE GLOBE.
A TRIP THROUGH LAKE GEORGE.
Something About its Beauties, its Guide
Books and its Humbugs.

oOm6lulnS hDOul ltS DoautieS, 40 Uuiuo-
Books and its Humbugs.
The other morning Dan came up to me
with something on his mind. You can al
ways tell when he has an important sub
iect under contemplation by his walk.
Laying both hands on my shoulder in a
very fatherly way he said: "Young man,
do you know that you are woefuly, culpa-
bly, indifferent to the beauties of fine
sceneryl'
well, no, l always supposed had a
rather lively sense CT that sort Of thing"
Lively sensel Well you haven't. Here
you have been living most of your natural
life only about thirty miles from Lake
George, one of the most beautiful spots in
the country, AID I'll warrant you don't
know what it looks like"
~ give it up. don't know as do
"No more do l."
"Oh. you don't. l thought by the way
you talked yon had been there fifteen times
at least. Physician heal"
"Oh bother your proverbs Just what l
mean to do. l want to see Lake George. y
Look at it then. don't suppose it is a
states prison offense."
"But it isn't good for man to be alone.
| want you to go with me-"
"Oh, you do. That alters the case en-
t!rely. I attend you with pleasure, my
lord"
"When shall it be?'
ebay after tomorrow. In the mean
time have you gpide-book
"Of course have. l always make it a
point to read up any place am going to
visit TO learn what are the points of inter-
est and historic associations. Here take
this, peruse and inwardly digest the same,
handing over "Nelson's guide to Lake
George and Lake Champlain," land ques-
ton your friends as to which is the best
route"
obeyed instructions, and as l read the
guide book l stumbled over the words
"grand," sublime" "Queen of waters,
'towers its rocky lights" ''entrancingly
beautiful "labyrinths," "bold semicircle
of palisades, " Impressive enchanting,
etc, SO often that my enthusiasm mounted
like the mercury under July sun, and in
half an hour was suffering a severe at
tack of Lake George fever. On asking one
of my friends the best route he replied :
"Go by Tconderoga, by all means, and
sail up the lake. Then you get the view
of the Fort William Henry hotel"
"Humph! do you think I'm going over
to Lake George to see hotel when the
Bates house will be done in week or two ?
Not much What want is scenery"
"Then you had better read your guide
book" and my friend smiled knowingly
and walked off.
But he didn't disenchant me, and two
days more found Dan and myself brim full
of enthusiasm on the stage from Ticonder-
oga to the Rogers rock house. On the front
seat were two Californian tourists on their
way TO Saratoga who asked all manner Of
questions of the driver, and got 'sold" once
or twice for their pains. One of them re-
marked he "didn't like to go through seen
cry without getting some of the points.
Why, sir, one of my friends came east, sir,
couple of years ago and went every where
sir, and when he got back that man couldn't
give me point on what he had seen. Not
a point, sir !" And the tourist redoubled his
questions determined not to be caught in
the same way.
The stage ride is of five miles over a hard
clay road and through some very pretty
scenery. The most important thing on the
way is the works of the American graphite
company, and on the mountains to the right
the graphite mines. The last part of the
ride presents view of the north end of the
lake, about as large and not as beautiful as
Lake Dunmore. At the Rogers rock house
you are obliged to stay all night. The
steamer leaves for Caldwell and the upper
end of the lake at three o'clock, and the
stage does not reach the hotel till five,
The hotel 10 Of good SIZE and the accommo-
dations good. 1t is built, eide guide book,
on Howe's point,o or Howe's landing, "whers