The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-07-09


ciation. has Just been placed under renewed
obligations to the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company and its able, efficient and oblglng
management, notable among whom IS MI.
I. p Farmer, General Passenger and Tick
ct Agent. Philadelphia, for the courtesy of a
long. pleasant and enjoyable ride over said
road and other lines controlled and operated
by the same company.
This time the iaunt was to Watkins Glen,
Seneca Lake, Penn Yam, Kenka Lake, and
HammondSpOTt, all of which may be found
on the map of New Ork state, and the
greater part of last week was occupied in
making the excursion, in which about two
hundred and sixty persons of both sexes
and nearly all sizes indulged From the
various points Of the compass came the edi-
tors and their wives. SweetheartS, children,
etc, the entire party concentrating at WIZ
lianSpOrt which city most of the number
reached by way of Harrisburg, on Monday
evening. Others, however, being more Gila-
tory in their movements, did not get to VIII
Transport until Tuesday morning, among
the latter of whom OuTself, wife and an Al
tOOna friend who accompanied us are to be
numbered. Nevertheless, we got there in
GOOD time and had the qualification of meet
ing our Young tow lsman, R. II. Thompson,
whom we found as busy as q bee IN receiving
and directing the eXcursiOniStS as to the way
they should go to reach the dining room of
the Parke House, one of the finest hotels in
the United States, and certainly none the
less deserving of its good name because our
friend Bob belongs to its clerical force.
After induIging in good breakfast the
a assembled multitude was marshaIed by Mr..
r. :. Menamin, Secretary and Treasurer of
the Association, to whose efficiency, good
Judgment and untTing energy the pleasures
of this as of all preceding excursions were
eminentlV due. The multitude, as we have
said was marshalled by Mr. Menamin, un
der whose direction the eXcuTsiOnists were
soon comfoi tabiv seated in a special train,
kindly furnished by the p. Il. X. Co. and
steaming away in the direction of Watkins
Glen which place was reached, after passing
through the beautiful city of Elmira and
other points of int est, between ! and , o.
clock Tuesday afternoon. Here portion
of the party was quaTtered at the Glen
Mountain House, which occupies an elevated
position about one mile above the mouth of
the glen where il commands a gorgeous
view of the depths beneath, while the others
were assigned to the Glen Park House
which is located near the foot of the glen,
ard is said by those who had the pleasure of
enjoying its hospitality to be one of the best
conducted, as it certainly is one of the larg
est and most beautifully embOwered hotels
to be found anywhere. As for Ourself and
party, we were cOnSic ned to the Glen Noun
tain House, where we received the best of
treatment and enjoyed its wild and pictur-
esqUe surroundings to our heaIt's content,
albeit the effort to reach the house by a one
horse conveyance up an exceedingly steep
accliVity was so far from being success
that when the vehicle began 10 progress
tance had been attained, the occupants of
the carriage got out of cOnceit with the out
look and then GOT out on the dusty road and
footed it the balance OF the way.
general washing and brushing up was
followed bv good dinners at both the hotels
above named, after which nearly all the ex-
curSiOnistS proceeded to view the glen and
interview its wonderful gOTgeS, beautiful
water rails, massive masonry reared by ma
tuIe 5 own hand, deep pools Of CT YStal water,
al
ments. and many other strange and almost
unaccOuntabe formations with which the
glen -abOUudS. Of this gorgeous freak of
nature and its wild and picturesque attrac-
tiOnS we shall attempt no special description
knowing full well that any thing we could
say would give but a faint idea of the glen
aud its grandeur, which to be appreciated
must be visited and tho: O:uughly explored -
Suffice il to say that the glen is several
miles in length, and that scarcely a foot of
the entire route is without some distinguish
lug and attractive feature of its own.
Following in the wake Of a somewhat
wearsOmc rambe through the glen came
sleep which, so far as we were concerned,
hadn't the least bit of wake in it until bright
and early next morning, when the entire
party awakened to the fact that a delightful
excursion TO Penn Yam and a steamboat ride
on Lake kCUka from thence to IIammOndS-
poI5 was to be the great event of a day
which foItUaately proved exceedingly pro
pltlous. The train bearing the eXcursiOnistS
to Penn Yam left Watkins at 40 A. NJ, We'd
neSday, and reached its destination about II
O'Clock, where the steamer Yates awaited
our coming and soon had the entire patty on
board after which it steamed out into Lake
kenka and headed for HammOndSpOrt %
miles from Penn Nan. On the way up,
however, and when within about FIVE miles
of HammOudSpOTt. the steamer stopped at
the whaIf of the Urbana Wine Co, whose
immense vaults and extensive manufactory
was, by invitation of tue courteous Superin-
tendent, Col SwirZcr, visited by the entire
party. Nor wHS that 2 H. for the clever su-
perintendent aforesaid ''set it up hand
SOmely on the eXCUrSiOniSts. and while the
champagne, catawba and pOIt wines, all of
which were pronounced by competent Judges
10 be lIrSt class in every respect. were beng
quatfed with q relish by those of the party
who appreciate such spiritual comforts, even
temperance people were no doubt prGDc to
ask themselves, - Wine not indulge in lit
tie for fashion sake, if not for the stOma cas-
ache?" And indulge they may have done,
for au9ht we know To the contrary. OF that,
however, we have no record, though we do
know to 4 certainty that there was more
Wining than whining INDUCED in on that in
teresting occasion. When the paIty once
more embarked on board the steamer, it was
yely desiTably if not largely increased bv the
welcome presence of Coz. Switzer and adv
who accompanied the eXcUrsionists to Ham
mOndSpO1t and from thence returned by the
same boat to their place of embarkation -
At IlammOndSpOIt which is at the head of
Lake kenka, asSumptuOuS TepaSt more de-
serving Of the name of a feast than a lunch,
so called, was served up at the Fairchild
House to us hungi mOTtalS at 7J cents per
head-which wasn't bad price for what
really deserved tC be called an excellent
meal. After lunch and various interviews
with a number of the leading citizens of the
town. the buTthen of whose song for the
most part was set to Hancock music, The
steamer once more cleft the deep, and at
about Z. VI. the eXcUT TSiOniStS stepped from
Jhe boat at Penn \ an, where they were met
by large crowd of people as well as by an
excellent silver cOrnet band, neatly uUifOlm-
ed and under the leadership OF Mr.. Geo.
Hyatt. This band headed tie procession as
It marched from tine boat landing to the rail
road depO5, which are fully half a mile
apart, and continued to discourse sweet
music at intervals until the train steamed
away from the depot on Its return trip to
Watkins which latter place was reached in
time for a somewhat belated supper. The
rest OF the evening and Il good portion of the
night was made melodiOuS by the choicest of
music from a splendid silver cornet band
an organization of which the village of Wat
klnS may well feel proud. Then came sweet
SiumberS and pleasant dreams, such as only
easy cOnsciences, peculiar to the craft, can
fully insure.
On Thursday morning we in common with
a eoodiy number of the excursionists paid
visit to Havana Glen, three miles from Wat
kInS, which we reached Dy carriage, although
the village of Havana, near the foot of the
glen, is on the line of the Northern Central
Rail Road, and is hamlet of much more
than ordinary pTeteusiOns as well as beauty.
W hat we found to excite our wonder and ad-
miTatiOH in Havana Glen it would not be pos
sible in this brief and haStily-written sketch
to fully describe, though it is but simple jus
tice to say that while it is probably not much
more than one-third the length of Watkins
Glen II need not n i-G bncl- Saaf in 10 mat