Saint Mary's beacon., 1880-01-29

the whole county. Glen Onoko Is :
IsoUBtain gOFRes and the scenery in and
.ag0nnd u tis sublimeIy grand. Fromfhe
entrance, up TO Packers point. fibr
highest point Of Brosd M0un;ainl and
from which we can see clear into Jer-
seyl the distance IL three miles. Ast 9
As the .wspderer through the glen
looks above and below him, he may
well be excuFed for wondering if Jove
had not hurled mighty thundefb0ll
and thus cfeated the Fiven rock. The
scenery IN the glen beggars description,
nsmcrons waterfalls greet your vision,
and the air Is full OF the noise Of garg-
ling streams. tbundering catafaets, and
the warblings of feathered songsters.
As We climb the rude stone steps that
wind1up through the glen, steps formed
by nature. and utilized and improved
by man, the scene is an ever-changing
one. Here we cross from one side Of
the chssmJ 10 the other BY means of q
fallen tree, converted by man into .
rustic bridge; 10 front Of Us rises 9 wall
Of solid rock, 10 the brink of which the
water rushes, and in headlong haste
plnnges over, aud BY the fall Is dashed
into 6ne spray, upon which the sunlight
gIissens and % reflected by the myriad
drops in most brilliant prismatIc colors.
The most scepticai, standing IN the
midst oi this wonderful work oi nature.
cannot but admit that there Is God.
and He omnipotent. From Glen Ono.
ko' the distance 10 Mauch Chunk is
about three miles. Mauch Chunk is
the county seat of Carbon county, and
The prettIest town in Pennsylvania.
Here was The houSe OF the late Judge
Packer. the man who made the Lehlgh
Valley R. r. Co. what-it o., and who
died leaving q fortnne estimated al
! so, 900 900. Mauch Chunk has be-
come one Of our most popular Summer
resorts: and well il may be. for besides
being picturesqueiy located, Il aboupds
in penis Of interest. Standing on the
piazza of the Mansion House, the prin-
lcipbl Hotel YOU have before you the
Lehigh Valley and the Jersey Central
r. X. Companies, with long trains pas
sing almost momeniarily. Between
the two roads flows the water OF the
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co.. canal.
through which at short intervals pass
the canal boats, drawn by strings of
mUssas. Confronting you with lowering
aspect, Mt. Pisgah is seen, towering up
664 feet in the air. and I 800 feet above
tidewater, while all around you rise the
mountains, completely shutting you in
from the surrounding world. Among
the many things that attract the visi-
tors, the famous Switchback Railroad
offers by far the greatest inducements.
This celebrated road is constructed be-
tween Mauch Chunk and Summit Hill,
a distance Of 81 miles. A portion Of
the road climbs up the face ofthe noun
tam almost perpendicularIy, the care
being pulled up by chain worked by
stationary engine NJ the summit ofthe
mountain. A cog-wheel arrangement
prevents the trains from Shipping A
short distance from Summit Hill we
come 10 the burning mine; this mine
has been burning ior more than twenty
years, and an old man may constantly
be seen engaged in scrsping earth over
the cracks and assures that are produced
in the ground by the intense heat ema-
mating from below. A short distance
further on We find the ''Ice Cave"
where ice Is formed all through the
Summer months. In fact. a book might
be flied with accounts of this wonder
ful country so sptly called THE Swift
zerland Of America" but space forbids
me to linger. At some future day we
may continue this. subject ut greater
length.
Yours truly,
f" tt AxpHA.