The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-10
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ATRAmP THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS.

ATRAMPTHROUGH THE MOUNTAINS
A wheeling Boys Experiences as a Ped
esirIAn In New Hampshire.
HANOVER, N. H., September 4, 1850.
Editors IntelliEsresr.
ofall the New England States, this ONT
Of New Hampshire Is most famed iol
picturesque scenery. For this reason Il
has come TO be the country OF mountain
resorts, OF excursions, tours, camping out
expeditions, and all sorts Of enterprises
that are connected with desire 10 take In
beautiful mountain scenery and romantic
lakes and rivers. During late years tours
aioot, after the fashion OF Bayard Taylor,
have come into fashion; especially among
those who seek exercise as well as sight
seeing.
Your correspondent was one Of a party
Of four that left this place on Thursday
morning August 9th, with horse and
covered wagon for the carriage OF our tent
and baggage, on an excursion TO the
mountains. From the start We were OBJ
jects OF curiosity to the people along our
route, and were stopped teveral times for
q butchers cart, and several times asked
what sort OF show we were running,
But aside from these little incidents we
we're very agreeably surprised in the
people OF the country through which we
passed. We found them as rule hospiti-
BILE ard generous, the poorer classes es'
pecially SO.
For the iirst day our march lay close to
the Connecticut river, and almost due
north, and We pitched our tent closeto the
little Town Of Oxfordyille, about seventeen
miles from home. Our first night in camp
proved rather an anxious one on account
OF the horse. and toward morning be did
escape, and was only recaptured alter quite
a chase: but that was the only drawback.
The next morning the effects OF the march
were felt blythe whole party, and we
agreed that the days tramp should not be
so long. The greater part OF It lay along
the base OF Cube Mountain. Our second
camp out was on the Baker river, very
pretty little stream, noted for its trout fish
ing; but one we would hardly call q brook.
We tried our luck in fishing here first, but
did not catch anything We had deter.
mined on Mt. Moosibank, or Moose. bill.
lock, as our camping place over Sunday, |
and accordingly pushed for 1t on satur.
day, We reached our destination after
hard pull for mile and half up Its side.
Moosibank Is one OF the highest noun
tains in New England. aud is certainly
one OF the prettiest. II Is still In very
wild state, bear and deer being found on
some parts Of it. On Sunday we followed
the brook on which we were encamped,
down TO It's junction with the Baker river,
about quarter OF q mile. 1t was rather
a dangerous business, the rocks on which
we had TO walk being wet and slippery;
aud during its progress one OF the party
took an involuntary path, not very pleas
ant, considering the water was as cold as
ice; but this soon came TO be so common
that no account was taken oltt.
After several days OF rather unsuccess-
full attempts at fishing We climbed to the
summit and were fully repaid for our four
mile tramp by the glorious view obtained
from there. which surpasses even that OBJ
tanned from Mt. Washington, the view
from the latter being generally obscured
by the clouds. The day vas not very
clear, but Notwithstanding this we could
zee as far as Lake Winnipisogee 10 the
southeast, Mt. Ascutney, IN Vermont, TO
the southwest, and propOrlionate distances
10 the northeast and northwest. To me
who had never had view from any thing
higher than Wheeling hill, 1t was IN
deed grand. To see mountains rising be:
youd mountains, as far as the eye could
reach, and lakes and cities which you knew
were not within great distance oil you,
.eemed almost beyond realization. But
splendid as il was, 1t was rather uncom:
Portable unless you were behind one OF
he buildings, a cold cutting wind blow
ing which, seemed all the colder at that
season Of the year. After camping here
for Ave days we gradually worked our
way around the MI, and then OH to Beth.
lehem, "The Capital of-the Mt" a town
in which every other house is summer
hotel, and which in winter does not con.
tain population OF more than 200, and
that now has at least 5000. Every thing
was running over with visitors.
Welearned herethat tho Mountains were
fuller than ever before, probably 6O,0OO or
70 GOO persons spending the summer in
them, and they are becoming more and
more popular every year. There is moth
ING particularly beautiful or attractive
about Bethlehem that could see, con.
sistlpg principally oil one long, struggling
street, and after seeing the chief points oil
interest we proceeded on our march down
IN The Profile, About eight or nine miles
from Bethlehem you enter the FrRnconla
Notch formed by the MountSino IN the right |
and cannon Mountain on the left, the walls
of which rise almost pefpendicularly from
the road About mile down the Notch IS
the Profile House, the largest hotel In New
England, short distance above which is
Echo Lake, where, ii is said, twenty-seyen
distinct echoes can be counted from the
report OF a gun, and about half mile be-
low II Is the famous profile face oil the
Old Man Of the Mountains, II Is a perfect
likeness OF a human bead and neck, and
Ia outlined against the sky on the face OF
cliff on the very top OF the Mountain. The
view of Il can be had on one side only,
seen in front or on the other side 1t pre-
sents no Likeness whatever. Our camp
was about mile below It.
Here we were delayed by the rain Tor
the first time. The region about here IS
yery rainy and the sun beating down on
| Il in the little opening between the
mountains makes the situation very un-
healthy. The road from the Profile House
down to the Flume, distance Of i've
miles, is lovely. 1t is as smooth and level
as floor, aud the trees meeting over head
form one continuous arch. II reminded
me very much OF some OF the drives In
Hornbfook's Park, only on larger scale.
One Of the great curiosiies about here Is
HE Flume, about one mile from the main
road. It consists OF an immense narrow
gorge, across which you-can almost reach,
and along the bottom OF which q little
stream flows. A little foot bridge runs up
i Il 10 the Boulder, an immense rock, twenty
ieet in thickness, caught between the
sides and exactly oyerlianging the path.
Yon hesitate Llore thsn once before you
90 underi il; but finally rush past on the
General principle that hit was going TO
iall II would have done so before. From
here we tramped on down about half way
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