New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-20
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.
EARLY SUMMER IN THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
PARTITS-TIE

IRON A AFT COHNESIOSDENT OF THE TRInrNrl
The GLEN HOUSE. n. H., Jmy 17.-From
nearly all the mountain hotels comes the
port of a tardy but promising season. The small
houses began to ill rst-reycrsing the experience of
last ycar-and it is only within week ten days
that the larger establishments have welcomed any
considerable number OF permanent guests though
they have made even more engagements than usual
for August. But if the tide sets late it
will also ebb late and indeed, there seems
to have been tendency during the past
few years to push thc White Mountain season fur
Their and further into September. | am not sure
whether fashion in this respect is wise foolish
Everybody who comes here late declares that moth
ing can he more delightful than the mountains in
the golden days Of approaching autumn, when the
very air seems crisp and sparkling, and the woods
putting little by little their apparel of
let and gold But them ON the other hand, whoever
comes early is certain that nothing can be more de
lghtful than the mountains in June. There is
purity in the atmosphere then that does not belong
to the ripper summer. The still lies in patches
on the upper slopes; the brooks are full the inter-
wales carpctcd with their most brilliant green;
the rotous birds are making disturbance in every
thcket the chipmunks are tame and saury; the
trout ready to jump for the least SOPHISTICATED
fisherman. Even the showers which fan at this
season have joyful character of their own. They
are not the portents of decay and death, like the
September rains which beat down the whitening
ing the gifts of youth and growth and vigor.
If the hotels have not vet obtained their usual
complement of regular boardcrs-thosc who
with serious purpose of enjoying the climate
rs well as looking at waterfalls and precipiccs
-you are not TO understand that they are by any
means given over to dulnrSs. There are some hun
dIeds of sghtSecrS moving rapidly the tourist
routes all summer, and ii is in the early summer,
before the 'pcImanent' guests iii mp the hotels, that
the transient visitors most lively. Then cXcur
sion parties, chiefly from the Western cities, come
trampng into the mountains with coupon tickets
and a personal conductor, doing the scenery
in the shortest possible time and getting
the picturesque at wholesale prices. For the most
/ part they pleasant and merry companies who
bring not unwelcome bustle into tie hotels, yet
are readily fitted into the routine ct wcll-ordcrcd
house without disturbing anyhody's comfort. \
single railway train brought us one day party of
about one hundred and twenty ladies' and gentle
men from the Vest They and their huge load of
trunks were promptly brought over the eight
miles of stage road from Gorhuu to tn Glen House
in caravan of six Concord coaches and about the
same number of large mountain wagons.
! The Glen House stage routes are somewhat
famous for the excellence of their equip
/ mcnt and appointments. The coaches and
wagons painted bright RED aud yellow. and we'll
/ vanished each is drawn 10y six white horses and
/ the drivers wear bras--buttonod blue uni prIns
Tie arrival of twelve Of these SNOWY vehicles in a
line did seem little like the coming of the circus.
This was the first excursion of the season: two
/ smaller expeditions have since descended upon us
/ and others are still to come. During the two or
three days of their stay these plcasurr travellers
/ make the Glen busy place indeed. They pursue
objects of interest with iudciateabic zeal they 90
! Ia view cascades iii a hard rain and Waeon-loads
/ of them rifle up Mount Washington when the sum
init is wrapped in clouds ami there is not the raintr,t
/ hope of seeing anything except the Summit Hotel
| which is useful but not pretty. The tourists have
I, much to do in short time, and they cannot wait
I for sunshine.
The early summer. moreover is The season when
the more lcisurcly and independent visitors wisely
90 touring from house TO house. before they settle
down in the place OF their prefer,lce They can see
| the beauties OF the White Mountain region then
/ without the fear of oVcrcrowdcd ears and coaches
/ and with the certainty of finding good accomInola-
tions at any of the hotels 50 in July the satchcl-
/ tourist becomes familiar typo of traveller. for
| whom landlords prepare n corlul welcome and a
bouneous board 1t Is hardly ce,,ary to say that
visitors of this class always hungry aud ut most
of the mountain resorts they well cared for
On top of Mount Washington the busy season is
well advanced, Excursion parties fairly throng-
ing the summit. The railway the west side and
the Glen House stages the east carry up good
loads twice day; the new observatory is finished ;
and Mr. Burt is printing, in the old 1IpIop House
his little eight page paper in0n' he fioUis now in
the fifth year of its existence, Thu, sheet is one of
| the curioSties Of daily journalism. Visitors W ho
arrive by the morning and coaches an register
at the hotel have the proud satisfaction Of seeing
their names in print an hour aftcrSard. such a
souvenir of n visit to Mount Washing on is ch,ap
At 10 cents; and how prosperous is Mr. Bar's enter
prise NAV he estimated from HE fact that he pub
fishes daily edition largo cuou Ih 10 call for Hoe
press and "A stcam-cnguc. Heretofore he has hal TO
remove his machinery type and other material
every autumn aud carry il an mp the mountain
again in the summer; hu nON ne has so ar.trcncl-
cncd his printing office against a., storms that
in future he viii risk leaving the arparatus on the
summit all winter. The weather up there has been
unusually fine this season. There has been only
one wind-sOrm, and littlc severe cod and the pro-
portion OF clear days is slid 10 have been above the
average. But in Tuckcrman's nayinc on the
east side of the mountain, three or four
miles from the Glen House, the snow
lies deep and compact, and across the path
from the mountain road To the head of the ra vine il
| huge and almost mpa.sablc suo,ybank. The
weather III the Glen since the hotel opened about Il
month ago, has been for the most part delightful
Once the mercury rose for an hour or two ON tine
sunny side OF the pazza TO 90 and there have been
three days too warm for comfort in the blaze of the
afternoon. But Wc have been c0usolcd with cool
evenings and delicious mornings, and even on the
warncSt days a consomG breeze has kept astir.
Two showery days have now marked the close Of a
period of drouh, and this morning there is CHEEKY
wood ire III one of the public pailors rs there ha,
been several times before. On the summit Of Mounl
Washington to-day the tempcraturcl 39o.
Rainy days IN this enchanting spot can hardly be
tedious The majestic Presidential ranq,-Madison.
Al. i4it.