Connecticut western news., 1883-07-11
BASH BHSH.

Who has not hearu or DaSn DlSn The name of Bash Bish is repeated wherever civilization holds sway. Mil lions have made pilgrimage to this celebrated resort and stood, transfxed | with wonder and admiration, as they | gazed upon this grand and stupenduous work of nature. Poets have versed its praise painters have vainly endeavor- ed to copy on canvas its wild scenery :; persons of all professions and stations in life, have viewed its towering walls, its immense chasm and its beautiful falls, and stood perfectly unconscious of all else as they looked at the majes- tic scene presented to their view. For many years Bash Bish Falls, as many call 1t, was virtually isolated to the ma jority of New England and 1t could be reached only after several days journey with teams. This is the age of steam and enterprise and the Hartford X Con- necticut Western and Harlem railroad have brought Bash Bish to our very door as it were. Ye editor remembers going on a pilgrimage, years ago, to Bash Bish and the terribly fatigueing journey with teams and also on arrival there found no suitable accommodation for man or horse. Now all is changed. To-day there is spacious and elegant hotel at Bash Bish, with shaded pi- azas and all modern improve ments. The charges are moder- ate and first class dinner can be ob- tained, or you can remain a day,a week, or during the season. The hotel was opened in June for the season of 1883. Messrs T B Keating and l. B Mellius are it's proprietors with MT l. Loomis, mana ger. Ye editor and family, MT A T Rora- back and wife and Mir William A Newton ofNew-York, paid visit to Bash Bish on July5. For information of the public Twill mention how to arrange an excursion to Bash Bish and return the same day. Bash Bish is one mile from Copake IT, on Works on the Harlem railroad. The Harlem railroad company does not allow persons to ride on its freight trains without special permit, and to those who reside along the line of the H X O W railroad, give the following direc- tions. After ascertaining how many persons will comprise your excursion party, write or telegraph to J T Lee, station agent at Boston Corners, name the day you wish to visit Bash Bish and the number of tickets required. MT Lee will get permission for you to ride from Boston Corners to Copake Iron Works on the Harlem railroad freight train that leaves Boston Corners on the arrival of the morning train from Hart ford, which is train No 5, Conductor Pollard, leaving Hartford at 6:45 A M, passing Canaan at 9:54 AM. You will arrive at Copake Iron Works little af- ter 1OAM. MT l. B Melius, the station agent at Copake Iron Works is one of the proprietors of Bash Bish hotel and teams can be hired from him to take you to Bash Bish, one mile distant, o1 you can walk if you prefer to. To avoid any possible delay it would be well to notify MT Melius day in ad vance for at this season there is @ great demand for teams. After arriving al Bash Bish hotel, state what hour you wish dinner, then take 8 walk up tt Eagles Nest''or through the gorge an6 on your return you can have dinner il time for you to reach the 1:17 M pas senger train south on the Harlem rail road connecting at Millerton with Con ductor Elmers train for Hartford, pas sing Canaan at P M, arriving in Hart ford at 5:14 M. If you wish nor time at Bash Bish, team will take yo1 to Copake station on the Hartford Connecticut Western railroad in time t reach train No 16, Conductor Pollard, which leaves Copake at 3:30 NJ, pas sing Canaan at 4:32 M, arriving i
 Hartford at 6:37 M. Parties Twin
 west of Winsted have still another trai which they can reach hom on, viz leaving Copake Iro Works on Chatham local, No 34 at A PM, arriving at Milerton at 5:15 where there is a delay of over tw hours. This gives ample time to loo
 about Millerton, then leaving there { 7:31 M on H X c w milk train, No 2( passing Canaan at S:16 PM, arriving i
 Winsted at 9:2OPM.
 No pen or brush can portray u
 scenery of Bash Bish It must be see to be appreciated. We respectful suggest to the H X c W R R, that if the would advertise excursions to Bash Bis or sell excursion tickets they would we'll patronized Bash Bish hotel is u
 der new management this seaso
 The present proprietors are men of to
 much foresight to allow short sighte
 policy of permitting their guests to
 over charged for either teams or accor
 mediation at the hotel. Go and see Ba.
 Bish, you will never regret it. In loo
 ing over the hotel register we notice
 that they have entertained large nur
 Der of guests during the brief peric
 the hotel has been opened this seaso
 On Thursday, June 2S, party of sev,
 doctors visited Bash Bish and an unde
 taker was also registered next to the
 names. He probably got wind of tI
 assembling of physicians and natural
 followed along, expecting his servic