Morning journal and courier., 1881-08-05

Saratoga md Lake George-The Tour
 ists' Tauy-ho Excursions-A Black Bear
 How Brufn Was Ignominfouslys Cap
 tured-Persona1.
 A correspondent, ''W. A. B.,'' writes
 "Our party left Saratoga to-day and went by rail to Glen's Falls, and from thence by tal- ly-he stage to Lake George On our arrival at Glen's Falls general rush was made for the stage, which was in waiting at the depot. as every one was particularly anxious to ride on top of the stage which was provided with long seats holding four or five persons each,
 exclusive of the drivers, seating three more,
 eight or ten riding inside. After seating the less timid of the ladies on top, few seats
 being reserved for enough gentlemen to look
 out for the welfare of the gentler sex, and all
 being seated comfortably inside, the stage
 started, drawn by six large, powerful horses.
 Following on were several other teams and
 some baggage wagons. We proceeded to
 Lake George distance of about nine or ten
 miles, riding over fine, hard road. On ei- ther side was 8 beautiful farming country, passing through long sections of woodland, at intervals having to drop our heads to es. cape collision with the overhanging branches. We passed several tally -ho stages, well filled with passengers on their way homeward from Lake George. When about five miles had been driven we were refined up at the half way house for stop of ten minutes for lem onade and bottled soda water-of course we were total abstinence party-and after the sponging and scraping down-the horses, who arrived in a dripping sweat, the day being very wa rm, we started on again, arriving at ! the end of the route, and refined up in front of the Fort William Henry Hotel, 8 very | large and well-kept hotel directly in front of Lake George. A number of the passengers
 stopped at the hotel, while our party with
 several others took the steamer Ganouskie, l which was in readiness for us at the dock few feet distant in front of the hotel. We soon were steaming up the lake bound for the hotels on it's banks, which are as numer- ous. and as picturesque in location as the | various tastes of our large number of pas sengers could desire. We selected for our stopping place French Point, on which is sit | uated a large and inviting hotel kept by Leavens {& Cheney. This hotel is quite per
 feet in all of it's appo intments being amply supplied with all the comforts of many of our large city hotels, and is situated on the 1 north side of the lake and commands beau- l tiful view of the ''Hundred Islands" of the narrows at the south and the open lake at the | north. The shore here is broken and rugged, 1 running at points straight up from the
 water, Tongue Mountain rising sheer from the little plateau. Some forty guests are
 here, just enough to make a nice family party, who enjoy themselves through the daytime by sailing up and down the lake in
 the steamers which frequently pass the | hotel, each making a short stop at the several hotels on either side Iof 1oHn nT1 f1-fro n,. l,xy improving the rowing and fishing, facii- ties for either being abundant. Several guides are always to be found at this place, ! who know just where the biggest trout, black bass and pickerel always lay back ready and eager to take in the anglers bait and forever number themselves with the lost The water on the lake is generally so smooth, and the boats to be found here so new and safely built, that the ladies avail themselves of the opportunity thus offered to daily practice the healthy recreation of rowing up and down 1 the lake, and even go fishing; but will be | better prepared to say more about Lake l George and its surroundings after a few days ! sojourn here.
 I will add, in closing, that the pilot of our 1 steamer informed me that few days
 ago while steaming up the lake they
 saT black shept bea astanda h the aSs Sasdr % which they overlook, and throwing 8
 lasso over bruins head pulled him along af
 ter the steamer until he was drowned, and
 when pulled to shore was found to weigh 225 pounds. Bears, deer, &c., are often seen
 in the woods some distance back.
 1 The Manhattan club, of New York, are
 camping out and live in metropolitan style, on l Green Island short distance from us in the
 lake. A large club called the American Canoe
 club is now camping out on the Three Sisters
 or Canoe Island, in the lake. W. L. Alger,
 of the New York Times, is the commodore
 The association regatta will take place during | this month.
 At Saratoga we had the pleasure of meet | ing Mayor Robertson at the Grand Union.
 Edward Malley is there, also J. N. Collins
 Nathan Peck and brother are also at Sarato- l ga. When we left the ladies were much in
 terested over the reception at Saratoga to
 Senator Miller, given at Judge Sackett's resi-
 dence Mrs. Miller is spoken of as a charm ing lady of quiet, refined manners, and who
 has already made many friends in Washing ton. She is daughter of United States Sem
 ator Churchill, of Montgomery.