The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-31
THE CATsKILLS.
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY AND COOL RETREATs-A
r.1x rrrp IN THE MOUNTAINS.

OVERLOOK MOUNTAIN HOUSE, Wy 80, 1910.
Speaking OF the "iempersncs principles which
govern this house me OF the general pous air
which pervades this neighborhood No wonder that
occasionally shis pieiy and goody goodness Is taken
advantage Of Last week there arrived worthy gen.
ueman whose very was moral homiy. How
kesny he regretted that there was no church near al
boh he could worship and how delighted he was that
there was no bar. This truly good individual sat
Al. of last Thursday on tho pi,zza with an enormous
Bible in mis- hand which he read With rapt air of
a,vine abstraction. .'whai man OF God, several
old ladies exclaimed delightcdly as they observed
him Before he went 10 bed he asked whether the
sunrise was worth seeing, and, on being Informed
that The sun got up here at the Overlook with in
Bnc lore grandeur and beauty than at the Catskiii
Mountain House at any other point on the
Catskiils he earnestly requested 10 DO woke not
latcr than hal-past three in the morning, and
OF four, while proprietor and clerks were
sti dreaming big bills and prompt pay, be started
on his sunrise walk. The good man had sent his
baggage ahead on Saturday and b charmed was he
with the and absorbed in his pious thoughts
forgot return aud TO settle his bill Where
there public bar you may rest assured that there
will be plenty Of private bars in tho rooms. No
where. have seen tie OF q case OF vino or
new bottle Of whskey greeted with such keen delight
here, and SO many gentlemen walk up stairs to
their rooms, huggng bottle 10 their hearts. Most
OF the visitors receive their wines by the from
New York, although claret and American champagne
may be Obtained here sub rosa from tue steward.
Beer, ale, whskey. brandy, gin, &C., are, however,
tabooed, anu must be procured privately from tho
city The other evening n gentleman to get some
brandy from the steward had to ask II on the plea
that Dr. Areularius had ordered it Tor bandags on
his sprained foot To such straits does temperance
eeduce our thirsty mountain visitors.
THE TEMPERATuRK-sToRMY WEATHER.
OF course claimed here that tho temperature 10
cooler than the Catskill Mountain House, and as
proof of this assertion Is pointed out that on that
famous hot Thursday (which must stl be vividy en-
craven on the memory Now YorKersl when II was
in the city and eigntythrec NJ the Cats
XIII Mountain House, II was only eighty-ons here. On
warm Gays the temperature mas been ranging from
sixty five seventy At three O'Clock IN Inc alter
noon, the hottest time Of The day During the hottest
days OF present the thermometer has scarcely
ever above seventy. On Saturday and sunday as
when the violent change IN thetemperature occurred
II T. really winteIly. There Il tremendous wind
and VI night the house shook perccptiby and the
beds trembled as to wake the sleepers l AN told
oyed a WONDERFUL amount OF ahectionate tenderness
in the most s,olid and indifferent wives and mat
ns,onished 10 find their necks lovingly encrced by
the soft arms OF their adorsd The house 10 heavily
ior The still better appearance Of safety
In OF "re, s'0r from b ,a,ks has 81
Deen drilled through the rock, and It is suggested
10 lead iron cable from IL 10 tho rooi Slr smith
narratcs when he last April DuildlnB
the hotel II was.so bitterly cold that he woke one
morning with HIS mouth literally frozen.
.'JiMMY THE GuIDE' ROCKS.
II you desire various points OF interest
ard, particularly the rocks near the sum
NIT, OF which there ID romantic variety, you
youth OF fourteen fifteen, stands 10 the
look mountains IN the same relauon IN which
claims 10 DO Inc great discovsrer OF
sli rocks, ewes, hooks and other points
OF interest. He hands the visitor OF whom
Dc
which he out IN pencil the following list
Of rocks, which he regards as peculiarly his own, Tor
Mohawk Rock
Shady Rock
Pleasant View Rock.
Nason's Rock.
Pebble Quar,z Rock.
Curiosity HocK.
Mud Turtle Rock
Lovers Cave.
without having names. and them names is all my
OVID" Jimmy lakes you up delightful ramble to
the ens along the edge OF the mouo'ain 70 sns over,
'nis' as well as the other rocks christened
oy iormer visitors. The path has boon rudey
out of rocky lodges, tho gnarco and knottsd
eraocnes Of trees sos deep beds OF Every
where you pass quaint little rustic seats ana iral
bridges OF white birch, hemlook white pine. Here,
Tor instance two trees close together, and soue
snterprisIng boy has rudey nailed few branches OF
hemiock between them, as TO form quite com.
Portable seat. Yonder some industrious whittier has
formed quite . cosey, rustic armchair out OF somc
seats :Io sec how II feels" ana they often blaze
their names on the trees with peuknves.
A JIMMY.
Jimmy money we'll, for some OF his rocks
ere worth seeing. Tho Mud Turtle Rock could pass as
perfect rough image OF monster turtle and Jimmy
will point out to you the indeutations IN which he
sees u striKing resemblance to the turtles
eyes Lovers Cave is a remarkable curiosity,
tu It's way. over bed OF solt inviting moss, fankod
by Two perpendicular rocks, which are about Jour or
Ave feet apart. rises great rugged boulder which
ss any coverlet ever fitted bed. Here It was once
fashionoefore The present highly moral regime
10 compare notes on the iayc beauty of the C.tskls
In their messy retreat.
81 am told, said the hotel clerk, who accompanied
this ramble, 'that IN former Years young
couples In the hotel used to disappear mysteriousy
Pleasant View Rock affords charming view OF the
beautiful valley OF the Hudson. the noun ains
sircling II and the tiny cities In the distance Tn
dainty bridge which has to be crossed in reaching the
rock deep gorge, and tho visitor Is glad when
he has onco come 10 the rock and when he s again
Safely away from u.
THE ..DEvI.'s KITCHEN" OVERLOOK POINT, &C.
still more liekiish bridge rude branches leads
docp. yawnlng Wild cleft which has been appro-
priatciy dubbed tho Devils Kitchen, and 1t Is quite
sale to say that II any member Of the Fat Mems
Club brought 300 pounds TO bear upon this bridge
sims goose would DO cooked" AZ all events
would respectfully advice all ''heavy weights" to
keep away IRON the "DevEs Kitchen" and TO try
snd circumnavigate the bridge In some way or other
From some OF these rocks Two pretty little lakes
be buried away in the mountain gorges--a most
picturesque sight The nearest, which does not look
urge enough 70 hold good sized sea bass and seems
10 lie a. your very leot, is called ''Shoss Lake. or
Echo LaSe, Two discoveries striving Tor the honor
acooper's Lake" A larger third lake in the
valley 10 Lake Mohonk, but us banks are
somewhat nai. The grandsst wow is that from
Overlook Point, tho top OF the mountain.
Tho immense extent Of varied mountsip, valley
aud river landscape appears but a uainty minis
lure, yet the dazzIed eye sweeps over such mag
hcsnt such vast rugged ciets oil peril
Gus depth make ones signt fairly giddy.
Suppose you stepped inch further hero on Pulpit
Rock-an immense square, high bowlder, reached by
4 ladder near Overlook Pont-snd tumbled down into
his precipitous abyss whence no human voice could
Nobody who visits the house should iail TO take
inu nj 10 Oy erlook Point and Punt Rock.
pTuKR ROCK DfscovERERs-LovE LETTERS ON BARK.
sometimes people not satisfied with the names
riycn by Columbus Jimmy. "Ncdn Underhill was
bns OF these grumblers and by unanI-
nous consent one Of JImmy's names-the
sbady Rock, 4 believe-was changed to 'Underhiil's
Refuge which ~ will retain Tor time immemo-
ylaL But Jolly ramblcrs have everywhere lett tho
81 u,nva.. N THAR excursions by scribbling Their