Connecticut western news., 1878-09-19

The enterprise Is owned by stock com pany, chartered by the state, whose presi' dent, the Hon. J. R. Ward, resides near by and has local pride in the care of the place. The railway arrangements are al- so fortunate. MT. N. M. Brown E:q., superintendent of the Housatonic k. k. has cottage on the ground, and spends the season here with his family, looking personally after the comfort of the meet. ing on his road. A special train runs be. tween Camp station and the junction al Canaan, during camp meeting, so that all connections with both roads there are sure and prompt. With post-office, telegraph and daily paper printed on she ground re- porting all the sermons, all possible tem- p@ral arrangements would seem to be con . p1ete.
 The first meeting here was held in 1860,
 In 1868 annual meetings were established. In 1870 the organization was incorporated, and has slnce paid $ l0G0 for it's twenty-two acres of land, and $7OOO for Improvements. l Though not in any sense a watering place still many people live here for several weeks. for good air and rest. The celebra. | ted Professor SIlliman, years ago, pro
 nounced the Housatonic valley of N. w. Conu. and Berkshire Mass, the healthies, part of New England, and the great influx | of summer residents into these regions oi late years shows that experience has vim dicated tue great scientists opinion. This is, in fact, most charming spot
 Toward the west the Taghkanic mountain range is in bold view for forty miles. Eastward the Canaan mountains overlook the camp itself. Black Tom is just at hand. Hsystack mountain-sptly named,
 looks directly down upon the Connecticut Western railroad at Norfolk, as we come from the east. The profound but velvety
 valley of Blackberry river, along the same l road, is an inimitable picture of mountain 1 framed verdure and culture.
 But come with this cheery party of min. | sters, during an interval in the meetings, and take look over the whole region, | from the summit of Prospect mountain, two or three miles away, and across on the l western shore of the Housatonic. Five do
 minies, with driver and guide are off for l breezy ride and climb. With spanking ! span, and a strong open spring wagon, we
 bowled along the smooth valley roads at u
 rattling pace. The valley farms on either l hand are exceedingly rich, and in splendid | trim. We cross the placid Housotonic, well stocked with the black bass, at Dutch CTS bridge, but we were sure to get across | all right, for we brought along a good bridge of our own-Stro-bridge. Our wag. | on rides easily, for at least one seat was l upholstered with Terry. We have no fear of losing the points of the compass, fol any one ot us eau tell which way North IS. We are not afraid of the lofty mountain, I for we are well used to pretty high Hill of
 our own. And don't see any way to get 1 out of this except by say ing that, ss we
 have Taylor along to look after the safe 1 ty of "the cloth," we can afford to "le things rip" And they do-for as the con versation turns on mountains and cascades, 1 North expodes us all by saying that on tn, | occasion of recent visit to the famous 1 Kauterskill falls, the attendant solemnly turned on tue toGter toiM q crank. that ht | might See for moment the awful sublimi | ty of the cataract, and Terry caps this by
 saying. that at his visit, ul the midst of his l unsuspecting rapture, thR us suddenly l turned the aodter 0P!
 l That will do tor cataracts; and this | brings us to the foot of the mountain and | to the beg inning ot the climb. The ascent
 is very steep all the way, as nearly precip | ltOus as cal Ln and snaie will lie, cu} eivd a, this poiut only with bushes and wild pas- turage. With a good exercise of clerical | muscle, in half an hour we are at the sum | init, where superb view opens upon our vision. We find our mountain to be 8 de
 tached knob in the middle of the valley oi l tue Housatonlc The summit IS sheep
 
 and so we have an unobstructed view in every direction. The bottom lands of tho
 rver below are finely farmed and smooth | IS velvet, savo the tall corn. fields, or tLt willowy fringe through which gleams H1us | atOuic's winding ribbon Ut silver. Not lese | than eight or ten fine villages are in sight. with their white church spires pointing heavenward. Four or five lovely lakes geam like polished mirrors among groves | and spires below. But the glory of tho | view is it's enClrcliDg rIm ol mountains thai
 uet the entire horizon. Sou'hward lie the | rugged ridges of Cornwall and Kent. East
 ward, just across the lovely vae below us, | rises the stern rampant of the Canaan | mountains, spar of the Berkshire noun l tains of. Massachusetts, which are all in l sight to the northeast, over the shaggy top
 of Black Tom, westward, rise the higher
 Salisbury mountains, Iudian mountain. Ore
 Hill, and the massive form of Mount Riga. Here they stand in majestic beauty, yer | dant to their summits, and robed in the
 mis.y alnethYstine purple of height anu
 distance. Nothing tut the witchcratt oi
 atmospheric effects can pant those dreamy
 tints that melt away upon the vision Ike l 1limpses into the infinite. Thls blue Tagh.
 kanic range (the same as the Blue Ridge ot Penn. aud Va. draws the eye from every
 thing else. From the summit of Riga, tht 1 glance runs norihward to Alander. from
 that farther and higher to great Bald noun
 talu, and from that to the crown of all, Mt. | Everett, (ocally called Mt. Washington
 far away in Mass. This is a noble blue
 peak. Between it aud Bald mountain lies the noted Sage's ravlne, aud from it's west | ern slope leaps the charming cascade ot Bash-h -hlsh Falls not regulated by a crank
 let us hope
 Following the valley of the Housstonic
 far into Massachusetts, the eye at last rests
 ,n Monument mountain, whose romantic Indian legend Is sung in B.yant's poem, l and whose cliff looks down upon the per feet loveliness of Ct. Darlington meadows. And last of all, afar to the north west, through gap in thesTaghkanics loom the far-awsy forms of the Cattskills, Round top. Overlook, and their fellows, lifting the cloud-like mass against the sky fifty miles away.
 This mountain on which we stand ought to be called Pisgab, for IL overlCok a Jol- Ian and Canaan below, only Plsgah and Canaan are on the wrong shores of this Housatonic Jordan. But all mountains are Pisgah's where the reverent soul looks ou, upon Great Nature, the silent herald of her greater God.
 But farewell to the mountains. for our eyes rest on Pine Grove and it's cottages nestling below. and the hour and 6 half be- tween dinner and the next sermon is fast