Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-18


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 ing haEsand there aa,l hglistening in the sunlight. lay spread 55ut, before us like 2 vast panorama. just as far as. the eye could Feaeh.o Avendsle, Pitston. Nanti- cokss and many smaller villages lay upon the distant hillsides in plain view. Pre- .sehliy the view was VI shut oH and our train eommenesd to go. down the mountain through the Lehigh Valley. down. down, down, until we fairly flew. Now snapping around corners. at right angles almost, it seemed, over precipices. nnder oyerhang- ing crags and peaks; down, down, through narrow chasms with mountain peaks to- wering np hundreds of feet on either side, On we went past Onoke Falls (a success sion Of falls over nine hundred feet in hight), through the narrow gorge at
 White Haven. where over 150 lives were lost in the food of 1862; ell this while run r1ihQ at tha raA4 A4-~s--a2sy mIes an hour i've tuned the 'mils pusts). and on grade so steep that if the brakes had given say certain destruction awaited ms. It was the most exciting,y grand. and at the same lime most f1ghtfnf ride we ever expert Henced. We occupied the rear platform and each of our two hands did some pret- tyl tall hanging on assure you. Mauch Chunk, the. most inters sting place on the whole trip over the mountains. was sreached at last. We stopped here. took Ia long breath, found supper and hotel. and went to bed. Were astir early in the morning and took tte first train on the Switch Back Railroad up Mounts Pisgah and Jefferson (nine hundred and seventy five feet above the villagel. rising at about an angle of 40e@ We looked into the crater of the burning coal mine which has been burning for oyer thirty years. Only Q short distance from the burning mine, we came to the Ice Cave, where ice forms al through the. summer tons of ice in there nowj. Went dow n into the mines and all through the coal breakers. Here, on the very top of the mountain, we find quite P village. several stores, g post of- flee. church, public school, and barracks, where. troops are stationed to be in readi- ness in case of an outbreak among the miners. The post office is called Summit Hill" This is the great centre of the Molly MaguIres and four of the eight re cently hung hailed from Summit Hill. We passed the residences of their widows on our way to the mines. Any descrip- tion we are capable of giving of the views and scenery about Mauch Chunk would De thousands times too tame and fiat. It must be seen to be appreciated. We have now seen Niagara and the Lehigh Valley on the same trip. There is but one, Niagara in the world, and that is grand and wonderful, but we must say, that were we placed midway between the attractions of both, brought to bear upon us. we should be Srresisti6ly drawn tow ards the Lehigh Valley. 1','..'-
 There are many more places of interest which we visited down the Valley. above and below Lehigh Gap and on the way home; but. on looking back at the long letters we have written. we are painfully reminded of the story of the Irishman. when he made his cart tongue too long. He said if it were only too short he could easily splice it, but s'Beiug it was too long," he didn't know what to do. That is just our case, so we we'll stop right here. having had nointention of taking up so much of your valuable room.
 In conclusion, we will simply say that our trip has been in the main a complete success. Not single accident or mishap of any kind has marred it. The most beautiful weather has followed wherever we have been,-not 8 single storm in the whole four weeks.s To be sure we were not as successful in capturing deer as we had hoped. This fact we charge wholly to the stupidity of the man we had for a guide. in taking us to section where un- derbrush rendered it almost impossible to move about with any sort of freedom. We would advise any party going that way to camp on the iAnsable River. We went more to see the country, get rest, and recreation, fish and hunt enough to keep our camp supplied. and to have a first rate good time. all of which we have certainly had, and we. come home perfect ly satisfied.is saiagsd .s3; sat4t.,5 X. .. We are indebted to one of the three who started for home on September 25th. for the following letter descriptive of their return trip. ED. ENa.]
 F s o8wAsHneroN. Oct. 1, 1877. I 's Mr. EDffoR, P Our party of nine which left old Judea on the 10th of Sept. for the woods. and from whom you have heard before, are. about to separate, three of us finding it necessary to return. We are up before the light. Our cook has good breakfast prepared for us. We lste it in almost unbroken silence. and precisely at half past six, as we reckon time in old Connecticut. we. take our comrades by the hand, wish them a happy fine during the remainder of their stay in camp, turn our backs upon the scenes which. have grown familiar during the past few weeks. and begin our weary tramp to the nearest railroad station. Our coursesas indicated by the map is nearly south-west. distance of fifteen miles; but. by the ..Tote-roads," which Hdodge hithsr and thither, the real distance cannot be less than twenty miles. We are out of sight in few minutes; on we plod oar, weary way; occasionally par. |tridge may be- heard in the distance, 8 blue-jay sends his shrilf note after us, or Ia deer track in the sand may call from