, 1880-09-16
WHITE MOUNTAINS.
g,arsarge Village, and What Can
Be Seen from 1t.
,xncrienccs In NTo.intnin- Climb
fug-AscenttfnE lkfnrsnrge
md Mont.
n,,ves to Chioorna Lake and to the
village Of Frycburg.
rtsu The Prohlbltory llquor Law Is Doagsd-chI.
tagvans III tilc saunlains.

taggaNS III lll0 M0lllulnAs
s,,rtni Cor7rspoudfner Of 1he Chicago Tttbtlne.
E1AHsAEoE VILLAGE, Sept. 10.-The VII
I,ee of Sortl! Cnnwnyls the eastern gnteway
N lilo Whitp.Nro,Imlatn region If New lamp
slirc. Mont md Chlculna OIL tho one hand,
md Elarsarge Oh tic other, stand as sentinc's
nj tho entrance. Mighty, ragged, rocky
rrcsts arc tslvs.. silent wnsrllers. Tho melt
;nc SHOWS Of winter have senlncd and Scared
thclr lowering slnnes. Tho wandering lee
iwrgs nf the glacial epocfs left hero lltlgD
bowl,lprs 10 ,nnr tlicsymmctry of their shape.
Hare aud lpl1 rs The Alpine pcnks. they nrc
The first thtags 10 attract the attention of the
y!sitOr.
From, North Conway 10 Crawford's Is about
tvc,ty-scvcn miles. aud this distance con-
stJtuted the first stretch In the oil stage-
route 50 long famous Among to,,risls.
THE s1X-ltOtssE COACHES
started frn,u tic klnrsarge House, on their
mou,Ilaln-} journey, before tho advent OF tho
lvcomotiye, which now whirls the traveller
through some Of the most beautiful mount
ai,lsccncry III our falr land. Only seven
years ago Conway was lively. b,tstIng,
busy plnce. Tile daily scramble for "top
seats" wns tho morning sport. Men woull
sleep on the stage-scats In tho stable, rather
than lose their coveted rlaces with the driver.
And, when every sent was full. soma tartly
dame would stand MD eye the youngest man
OIL top with her unyic1d'ng eye, md declare
TINT size "n,ust have Il top scnt"; sl,o "wo,ld
not 60 unless she could lave the particular
seat she was looking nt": ntld suntlry sinii~
]ar remarks calculated to make tho unlucky
mule oil top
.ut,t tY,Sxr v1ySyr
md decidedly uncertain rs to Ills. tate In the
uext. Tho stayellno gavo employment to
many who are now scattered around III
wideiy-sepnrated places. A few of tho old
i.iyers-lilrn broIlzelt with exposure 10 all
el,natcs-stlll remain TO drive tho henvy
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and 10 I'LL the mind OF tho
untutored traveller Will, awe AMI horror us
he listens To- blood-curlling tales OF mounts
un experiences, bear md rattlesnake, ad-
ventures, RUNWAY horses, md brOktii+s!0wii
stages; rr ~ perhaps treated TO specimen
Uf the drivers sk! II rs l!c speeds ll!s slx
horsrs Into Il dead run, "tslr0wS theni
sSS! back |" lrings then, 10 il sudden Stop
In font Of tho l0tcl-tloor.
KIAIaANaE VILLAGE,
where have been rustientlng for tho pnst
four weeks, II on wooded hight ABOUT Il
hundred feet above tho Town Of North
NuuWuy, u Nll1Ell ~ lUIltlH-luE NIL
purposes-',n Integral lArt. y isn street Of
snall su,nmcs-llotels,, and but little else.
II II Just Ut the busu Of tho mountain from
wheh Il t.cfis i'S nae 'st n'a b bT9IK ,1,;
wuods that skirt the ridge 10 the west Of tic
town Is tho lovely intervalc Of tic Saco.
Across this winding, uncertain streArl,
which ins been known to rlso twcnty-fonr
ttt 5o IL II sYsy sy cay SFs Wa SH III io2ss GSse5"ss 5
...Cathcdra!"; while stu further, to- the
Vest are tho peaks and crNgs Of the Al0nt
inrtatl rises III all Its mn1estyas
KING or THE WHITE MOUNTAINS,
md pierecs the clouds more than mile
above tho sea-!eycl. Adams, Lafayette, Will
ard, Wildcat, n,ld others complete tic
mountall;;lurrier IN this direction; while
BARTLETT, Kiarsarge, mil ltattlusnase Range
from tic yiiagcr nil yivw of the ,lrlglbofing
State u AfnnG.. No other n,ountui!l.vlllaEp
Is 50 rich III the resources Of walks md
drives leading to picturesque nnd beautiful
sccnes. AT the base Of Whlse-fiorse Ledge,
~ mirroring .back tho reilectlon of the na'.ss-
iyt .Eynnlt slopes, cMlil. u!Reia, nnd itntrts-
l!ed, Is Echo Laku. 1t Ii piace Of wonder
iul beauty, Mntlo avei more witeh!ng us tho
around tho shore in tho sSiftmoylng bark
canoe.
THE HOTELS OF K1AIssAIsHE vlLr4A0E-
or Mt least Oliu Ut thnln-Aru famous for their
neatncss. Eaod living, ami reasonable rates.
Th0 exorbi.nnt charges of the large l,l1lli,t.
It Is 10 be hoped l!lay never will. These WIN
cnnlU here obtain the full worth Of their
money. laku tic Merrill House, forinstanec,
which Is probably t]le. bast, kept. This
!s excellent; mid. III tic hight Of tho seNst,,
the rites arc from 81 TO 50 Ner week. Atv.