Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-08-02
BURLINGTON FREE PRESS,

anu, 10 the eye, Interlacing IN mlghty
braid OF mountain ridges From the broad
piazzas, and from every window in the
front OF this hostelry,is seen this unsurHass-
ed view of five of the highest peaks north
of the Alleghanies-Mounts Madison, Ad-
ANS, Jefferson. Clay and Washington. The
Summit House, on the latter, is distinctly
seen from this house, and marks the king OF
the royal range; but the finest peak is the
lordly cone of Mount Adams, which. from
this point, seems to tower above his fellows,
though really not as tall as Mount Wash
ineton BY 4sO ieet
The Glen House is worthy of its sur
roundings, which is saying a good deal. 1t
is in Notch between Mounts Moriah and
Carter, which rise behind the House, and
the Mt. Washington range in front. In the
front view. near at hand. is the valley of the
Peabody river. which here becomes rarely
wild and beautiful. Beyond the valley is
this semi-circle of mountains whick | have
alluded to. but cannot describe.
The house cannot BIO called magnificent.
except in its dimensions, which rival
the amplitude of the largest country houses
on the continent 1t is the largest house
among the mountains, having front of be-
tween 400 and 500 feet. Its main piazza is
Is or 90 feet wi1e-ths best piazza in the
one of the ladies of our party had the curl
osity to count the sofas in it. which were
found to be hrenty-sil in number, besides
easy chairs by scores. The dining hall is of
still larger size. The halls are broad, the
sleeping. rooms large and well-furnished !;
the beds are nice. and the house is every
where as neat and comfortable as possible.
As for the table. it is nearer perfection than
| ever expected to see one, even in the White
Mountain region. The bill Of fare, in pro-
fusion and variety, is like that of a first
class New York or Saratoga hotel, and the
cooking is admirable. The vegetables have
the fresh taste of those from ones own gar
den, even the green peas retaining the evan.
escent favor which evaporates in any but 4
brief transit from the bush to the plate.
and of which most hotel tables pos
sess not the remotest tradition. The
walters are most of them college students
who employ their vacations in this way,
and understand their temporary business
and are not above it. All the employees,
from the clerks to the call boys, have a
prompt and oblIging way with them. much
OF which ! fancy they catch from Mr.. C..
K. Milliken, the junior proprietor, who
runs tho immense establishment with a
quiet energy and skill which shows genius.
He is omnipresent, and under his watchful
eye everything goes like clockwork. The
people who gather in such house as this,
it need hardly be said, are such as know
how to appreciate all these luxuries of ma
ture and art. All in all. have never been
in Summer hotel which / could commend
more unqualifedly.
The brothers MillikeE not only run the
Glen House, but the Alpine House, at Cor
ham, which is one of the most complete of
smaller houses in all this region, and the
stages which run to and from both the rail-
road and to aid from the summit by the
carriage road. Their stables, here, are
stocked with one hundred and twenty-fye
horses. They have. this season, taken 100
persons from the Glen House to the top of
the mountain and brought $50 down in one
day, without count of numbers brought
from and carried to Gorham and Glen Sta
tons. They can move 300 persons day by
their lines. and in comfortable shape and
during the five years they have been here,
their drivers have never had an accident by
which any passenger was harmed.
We have spent two delightful days
here, enjoying the sweet breath of the
woods and mountains; the delightful
drives, the quiet and luxury Of the house,
and this superb scenery. which. while it
attracts with strong fascination by its in
trinsic beauty and grandeur and its in
finite variety, also satisfies and rests the
eye and soul OF the rides must mention
one, into the Pinkhsm Notch, by the road
which leads to Glen Station on the Portland
and Ogdensburg Railroad For four miles
we drove along tho valley of the Pea
body river, resembling in its wild,
rocky scenery the valley of the Ausable
through the Wilmington Gap. though no
Adirondack stream that remember possess
SEES the white. flashing brilliancy which
characterizes all the White Mountain
streams. Then haltng, We left the carriage
and walking few rods through the woods.
came out at the head of the Glen Ellis
fall, lovely cascade Of eighty feet in
height. From the basin of rock at its
foot, scrambled, as our party appeared at
the top. a naked bather. one of a party of
Boston boys on a pedestrian tour through
the mountains lie disappeared quickly
behind rock. whittier his comrades
brought his clothes 1t must have made a
sort Of Russian bath for him, for. while the
day was warm, the water WAS cold as ice. |
cannot take space to describe this beautiful
cascade; nor the Crystal Cascade, at the
foot of the famous Tuckerman's ravine,
which we have also visited, the snow-fed
waters OF which divide near the cascade, q
portion going east and reaching the ocean
by the Saco. at Saco Bay, near Old Orchard.
while the rest goes west and emptes, first
through the Amonoosuc and then through
the Connecticut, into Long Island Sound ::
but no visitor at the Glen should lose sight
OF either.
Tomorrow We go by the carriage road to
the top of Mount Washington. il the wealth
or favOrs. q. Il. Is.