The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-12
THE CAISKILLS.

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THE CAISKILLS.
THE SCHOOL TEACHERS PARADIsE-rHE HOTELS
AND HOUSES OF THE REGION FILLED WITH
THE FAIR SEA- VISIT TO HuNTER-GRAND
VIEW HOUSE, wYNDHAM AND PRATTsvILLE.
DEvAsEGo FALLS, August 8, 1873
II the young men Of New York, those who admire
the softer Sex only knew how many lovely. lovesck
maidens there are here on these glorious Catskils,
this would soon be no longer region Of petticoas
only man, comparative y speaking, IL rara ans.
Occasionally You may one Of tho male ''brutes"
lowering about the skirts OF angel with a hustle,
but not very often. Women, women everywhere.
Old ladies' young ladies' lat ladies. thin ladies. sl
ladies' lively ladies, mothers OF ten happy children
and old maids Il would almost seem as II our gentle
rulers had set up here kingdom for themselves.
But alas! woman's paradise 10 not without man.
What narrowing amsntation and what keen gnashing
OF teeth have I not heard among these sweet,
deserted creatures at the absence OF their male
slaves! Said 10 mo pretty young lady at
the Devascgo House, who had been complaining
that she dying with the dulnsss OF the
place (oniy ono young man about and be an in.
yalidD: "Atter AM away from here I'll take any
body for a sweethesrt-any body-the frst ono that
-
your chancsl Come IN 10 the CaskiIls, for In
your lives have you been in such demand you will
DO here Your fiery glances will not remain unan.
swered but returned with bashu smiles; the gentle
pressure OF your hand Will receive slight token Of
responsible short you may assert at last that ina
iienable but often denied right OF every American
citizen 10 make love the rst prettv gir that
along.
Outgoing ExPEpITroXs"
View Mountain House the wyndnam Peak is a
long and tedious one though II takes the tourist
through some very pretty mountain country. You
first drive 10 lcast this 10 the most direct
point--and in leaving Hunter you sec tho great Hun
ter Mountain the highest point OF the Caski region
when has been hidden 10 your eye while at Hunter.
The Coloncis Chair Mountain, directly In front OF IT,
ofectuay conceas Il to the visitor at Hunter, and
he may remain at tho village without once
the mountain alter which Il 10 named.
As you drive TO Hensonv,lls and thence
10 tho Grand View, you Will pass quite
. member OF stages containing each three or
four young couples These couples are not mar
ried evidently judge from their demeanor, Tor such
winding OF loving arms around willing waists and
such open, undisguised hugging and squeezing Is
rarely to be seen passed many OF these ''hugging
expeditions as they should DO correctly styled, IN
be unders.ood as inning that young ladies here
loss vrtuous or pure than they are in New York or
All l mean TO say 10 that two or three
lovely young ladies having captured Two or three
young men long, jolly drive arc naturally disin
ciued TO DO very with their male companions
and are heartily glad to enter INTO their "innocent
fun" i have met these merry squeezing parties or
rides closed stages when rains, add rainy
weather s particularly adapted for these jolly excur
sions In bugges with three 70 each seat express
wagons and IN every imaginable FIND Of conveyance
they are generally singing heartily, tho iun being
each Of the party starts different song, 50
that the vocal confusion which grees The pssseroys
ear ~ something overwhelming Then they hurrah
at every one whom they meet on the way, and
stArIio the wayfarer by their boisterous mir'h.
young men aud registering hoydens, but there viii
probably be among the noisy party u irigiJ school
teacher, whose ICY reserve mas only melted Tor Inc
liie submits TO the torture ''ior this once.' and
Dung lawyer IN New YORK, who but lew OF mis- Cats
XIII comrades would recognize 10 ne city when ne
soiemnIy addresses the Court But TINS Is th~ir
cation aud they might as well he Jolly"
THE GRAND VIEW on wYSDmAM PEAK.
The Grand View Mountain House, al wyndham
10 another exemplincation OF what tad, Ligh
sounding name may do. IL 10 built upon compare
lively low elevation, and the view II commands can
pare Tor instant with that OF the Overlook
or Cstskii Mountain House so low IS tue situatios
stead OF appearing AZ Hat plain, az they look from
the other two houses. are panty perceptblc The
famous mountain tops may be seen, but the Hudson
Rv.r-wnich la tho charm OF every Cstskiii vcw--s
blurred out. The house itself, which is very small,
has shabby, mean and lar from clcanIy Appearance.
anu the only room that saw was sd unInviting inst
concluded 10 put between me and The Grand View
tho enchaatment when distance proveroaIy lends.
me place ~ one OF great isolation. There are lew
attractive walks or drives about, and the house s 80
remote All otnertIt IN an hours drive to wynd-
ham and scarcely tess to other hotel or boarding
house-that can Imagine the visitors having II all
delightfully."- 10 themselves and beng remarkably So
cure against the encroachments OF "outsidcrs"
"rHE PRErriEsr HAMLET IN the cArsKlLLs"
From the Gisnd View drove to wyndnarn, which
Is generally described as tho prettest hainct In the
Caiskni Mountains ! think that Il deserves TINS
Catsks, n ts poked away down In the wsrmest spot
VI h,ts valley. wyBaDam consists OF just one snort
lane with dozen pretty little frame houses on each
sIae. all OF wnIcn take boarders you can walk
through tho sntirs Iengtb aud breadth OF Wynd.
ham IN just Ave minutes This Is all there
rs oil tue pace, which, IN IFS perfect lovely
rcpose and supreme rural dulDess, must be
un, qnaled IN the entire Chskil r'giou.
the MOTEL OF the village "a Of the dlminutive size
80 quiet 10 Wy ndhan that II seemed &C. me Ms u the
football Of stranger ike myself must raisc gbostiy
echoes 10 irghen all tho croquot ayers on the lawns
Certainly never was M place where my appearance
created such a complete sensation. KITTY, my good
mare, came railing into wyndham at mo rate oil
about two thirty, ana as no horse had probably ever
been driven iut0 wyndham faster than a comfortabs
walk, all croquct actually stopped and every tar neck
crsned forward Who this reckless intrudcr
might be. Inc boarding houses at wyndDam, t0iuk,
are excellent for tbclr prices visited one boarding
house aud was pressed 10 stay TO tea, whether en-.
gagged board or not mad very nice tea indeed, the
cod meat being lar less tough tnan rs usually tho case
tncso mountains, and everything being served as
neatly and sprucely Dy the daughter OF the house AZ
could be. rncre ~as young lady here VINO, when
/ wondsred ~ ner baviug CHOSEN such a quiet anu
sopo,ilc summer retreat, sstd :''l dams want TO
10 10 place where there is any gayeiy, Tor I nave
enough OF that all the ycar round" Al Wynaham, ~
ell as otner places IN tho CsskiIs, the num-
bcr OF young ladies' and WIDOWS Is forth by pro-
prstor or asen, OF every boarding house ana hoe az
~ h. lima nAu Axsm