National Republican., 1880-09-13
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correspondence OF the THE NATIoSAL REPUBLI

Correspondence OF the THE NATIoSAL REPUBLI-
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LONG LAKE PosroFFfCE,
HAMILTON COUNTY, n. w. Sept. 4, 1880.
You know pretty well where l am at this
writing. From Lake Champlaiu 1t is west
from Port Henry, or Moriah, Essex county,
about seventy-fyc miles The ride.over has
been q continual surprise. Although over
mountains or through their gorgcs, we have
found q good road, all the way abounding IN
the grandest Of views. Instead Of wilderness
and ignorance and poverty and wild beasts,
we have found churches and school-houses
every few miles; the farms are rough, but
we'll cultivated. Tho people all along are OK.
ceptioually industrious, honest, intelligent
and hosptable. There are no tramps, and
doors are never locked.
We arrived here yesterday, crossing, on the
way, among the Adrondacks, the Hudson or
North river, near its source. After dinner
and a rest we went trolling on the lake for
pickerel. In an hour 1 caught seven, three Of
which are each as long rs your arm. Using
line thirty feet long, this sport is nervously
exciting and good for dyspepsia, which brought
me here. OF course we breakfIsted this morn
ing on our own fish. After break fast we went
deer hunting and before noon my nephew
shot a splendid buck weighing 200 pounds.
His horns are soft as velvet aud have each
four branches. OF course we shall breakfast
tomorrow on our own venison.
Here is a mail once week. We shall rest
tomorrow, aud on Monday continue our trip
through the streams, ponds aud lakes, now
so famous, yet are accessible only by row.
boats or on foot. All the week VIC shall
be beyond mails aud outside Of civilization.
Evergrccns will furnish our Couches, and the
trees or heavens cur coverings. We shall come
out to society aud civilization again at the
Sargnac lakes. Long lake Is beautiful
cL tf Watar gfOpLp1 with nick Spfal. Tho
village is small but pleasant. United
States Senator Platt Of Connecticut Is
in camp with his family just down the
lake. / shall pay my respects to him on my
way down. A. F. TAFT, the artist, of New
York, is here, as lac has been for years during
summer. He has fine house and studio in Il
lovely spot just over the lake. Others from
New York are also here. Liquor is not sold
in this town, and there Is no intemperance.
Nor is liquor sold, nor its effects visible from
Lake Chumplain to this place. Temperance,
industry thrift, intelligence and hospitality
are conspicuous. A few years will show this
lake the rival of Lake George.
l would gladly send you some fish and ven'
ison, but there is no express. Perhaps | may
bring you bears scalp or panther's claw.
Lake trout and game will be our food next
week. | am so much pleased with Lysander
| Hall Of this place that | beg to commend him
as guide to all who come here. HIS son, a
wiry young man, is my guide. He takes rs
much pleasure in seeing me catch fish or game
us to catch it himself. We are now west OF
the Adroudacks. Tho country is rich in lum-
Der and minerals, and its agricultural merits
are by no means inferior, us is exhibited and
proven by the settlers, whose farms and cat
tie are well cared for.
Eagles hawks, ducks, heron, locus aud Other
birds are thrown "Over the left" in country
where trout, deer, catamOunt aud lynx abound
While watching for deer to-day, two dozen fine
ducks SWAN past within easy range ofour guns
with impunly. How would you like an
eagle? j. I.