, 1877-06-15
BETHLEHEM. N. H.

cMtcAoo, June 14.-lIaving mes for fucccsslvc
scasons quito number Of your pleasant people nj
tho now noted aummr.-rcsort abore named, and
having heard durlng brief visit here many In.
quiTlca In regard 10 ts situation md cbaracters
tics, have vcntuseA to consider brief description
Of It NJ not inappropriate matter fof your tccnng
columns.
bethlehem IL In tho heart Of tho mountains. tho
entire White Mountain range being In fult view on
the cast and the FrnnconIa range anktng It on the
eouth. Starr King, speaking Of It In hls wonderful
prose- poem on the whitc Hills, says that from no
other point can tho various peakA be sccn In their
trna relation 10 cacl, other. What wus formerly
called by tho infellcitous namc Of Bethlehem
alscct, and IA now moro happily termed l.c.h-
lshcn heights, IL d thriving. and In The sum-
mer time lively and tolerably gay, vl1!asc of
about afty houses. II Ia OF the uoston, Concord
e. ytontscnl Railroad; "a Owe miles from Llttcton,
tho LARGEST village n Northern Few lian,rshise,
twenty miles from Wells River, A. impoftant NIL
~ 1il from the baso of Mount Washington: itis
"a ssau r.s e. n s.eroSs, extent va S
s!ssa ~ ssdy ssday a!eas ll! s' &c ss
admlration from tourists ~ they. hasu emerged
from tte notcilr. and rnylncs Of tho ht!ls, and
reached tho tscth!ehen, easnmIs, y did not become
cIcr, boafIiny- houses having been added al the
H AZ y eonstcsa,ioas s " Of hcith takcs precedence
tary advantages II le.hlsssta 4. a.st n tn,pot.
S1 sMpoP, r. tas asay tSa vsey q sc
s H. IL 9F' t. he9ets
ee: ssy s}! 81! ff.' sS,s s nfae1s III
aSspn1 aGs an ay o. ass n ssa
1ncip.ent eonsnlnption seems 10 ho arrested. nnd
.Sns ts,ms Of asts. 1.s,4 tS'ay Esnsr-
sssfs sss :a$ ss
s' s y s.;so: ass ssaapsS ssse. Z s
denso. in fast, most people experience 4 marked
los 81 y s eieSts. Thonrh Be.shsD /. the
bj9hest village cat oi tho Isocky Mountains. tlcfe
s 4 III wss ;as'fss ss. III u %aay onf f"s sd
Wit TEe cnarl,. Of Bethlehem consist no. so much In
sst"sisd lcr somc tvs miles, irpes e. ant.
p1ssa ,nn,e m tso ors So
i.ttieton Valley aFo lnarvels Of hcauiy and
tploudoo Every pleasant evening tlaroug. ascend
look dawn on Tho sea Of golden n,lat which Tho
huge tampast Of tle we1tesu llitla tnelotcs, Tho
ts 1S S,n tSo,s ~
Seei Sesetae ,'''' GENERAL @ custom" uven fet sto.a
ys11apn wa@ st' to seds Eo dssec, 10 make
on,o thcrc md r'.t tho points Of inscss.t b. ea..
poin,n,cnt lct ms add that Ii Is not place fors s'tas
iady would 10 with inartiaeation .. the naiGcf:
regarded. Thy everlasting hills men Itsnopol!fe
cheerful: unusqal, 70: yst qsiet saa uGnsetsn.
u Hliddle-G,nss iifc feeus ~ prevail. There Is
largo Representation of rEnfefaunul people, snch
M e!crgynon, Iawygft, doctor. prnfessors, etc.
though T.: ". Wood. =; W: Ferry, ana
Arthur Parton arc expected 10 pass part
Of tho summer thcre. Hitherto there has been
but ono regular place Of worship thcfc.:a Union
church. There Ii now, however, M Eptseopal
church nearly computed. and a Congregational
church IL IN process uf cnnattnctton. There aro
dvc OF stx stutcs, post 'olcc, and trtcgra b eta.
tIon. Physlclsns Of cnincnt an,i excellent fcpute
arc within reach. Passengers who lrasa Ilosion,
Providence, Fail Nivtr, htonin.ton+ Norwich.
Hartford, and th!nk also those who leave Ablny,
in tho morning prriyc tho enn1u day.
lwish cuuli. with pF1pFlr!y, ndt tho names of
aotnu uf JDux wnsthcst citizens who have msdo rs
GLAD by their repeated waits, md who hare grail.
ilesl ~ by rcotnt ASSURANCE OF thc1t Intention to
Join again neg Monlh IN our ramhacs and ridcs:
enA wkooc atcrins character has induced Of tho
East 10 bold In very high cslectn aspiring Chicago.
IL eifoytn and dfovlaa<. II, II.