The daily gazette., 1883-08-28
PEN MAR-HIGH ROCK.
WESTERN MARYLAND'S FA-
NOUS ATTRACTION.
POINTS FOR SUMMER TOURISTS.
New Resorts for Weary Humanity During
the summer SeasOn-Hints for Whining
ton Pleasure Seekers.
Especial correspondence of the Gazette


NEW WINDSOR, CARROLL Co., Nd, Au-
gust 27.-To one who stops for brief while
In this pleasant and health-inspiring neigh
borhood, 1t is clear enough why the propri-
etors OF the great and costly summer resorts
are complaining more and more each year
If the lack OF that patronage that used to
fill their houses with visitors and their
pockets with jingling cash. People now
seek for genuine recreation and pleasure,
which are more easily acquired in some
quiet, but pleasant country resort than in
the huge caravanssries by the seaside,
where stern fashion rules with q rod of iron
and deprives her devotees of the solid com
forts that these rural retreats afford
Right here In this little village of New
Windsor, nestled among the gracefully
swelling hills of Carroll county and reposing
| almost in the shadow of the Blue Ridge
mountains, over two hundred visitors have
been quartered nearly the entire summer.
The homely little hotel of the town is filled
10 its utmost paciiy, whilr more than $50
guests are Stopping at the New Wiudsor
College, whose prdprierois shrewdy obey
he maxim 90 "Alake lay while the sun
shines" by converting the capacious huil1-
ings into Il summer resor. during tile vaca-
ion period. The country lis grandly beauti-
iul h,.rrabouts, tGe air pure and tlrg AMI in
this pleasant retreat one can almost
forget the cares ot business iiie
and nntrammelled by fashipus iettrrs, pass
!. lazy, delightful cAsn'uc'', that rests the
body, inspires The III nj, and fiils the entire
being with peace and content.
A few miles beyond New Windsor s the
famous HiPh Rock, which is rapidly becom-
ing one of the most prominent points of III
terest in the country. 1t is more than 1000
feet above the level of the sea, and is sur
mounted by an observatory from which can
be obtained glorious view OF the most
magnificent scope of county the eye of man
| ever rested upon-the famed Cumber-
| land Valley. 1t is easy of access, and dur
ing the past year has been converted into a
full fedged summer resort, by the erection of
a first-class hotel, provided with every con-
| venience for the comfort of those who seek
| accommodations within its spacious walls.
To the people of Wilmington this delight
full country, 80 rich iu points of Interest and
prolific of natural attractions, is easy of ac-
cess. You have only to board the cars
for Baltimore, and change at Union Sta
ton to the trains on the Western Mary
land railroad, which run direct to New
Windsor, Pen Mar (ligh Rock station) and
Hagarstown. So great is the popularity of
Pen Mar and High Rock, that excursion ex-
press trains are run daily from Baltimore
| during the entire season. The road is com
paratively new, having been opened to
| Union Bridge, 40 miles west of Baltimore,
about IL years ago, but now not only ex-
tends to Hagarstown, but, by recent ar
rangement with the Shenandoah Valley
railroad and the Virginia, Tennessee
and Georgia Air Line, possesses a
through Southern and Southwestern
connection that has made it really one oi
the great trunk lines Of the country. Its
track is laid with heavy rails, and its equip
ment is tirst-class in every respect, insuring
| not only the highest rate of speed consistent
with safety but the thorough comfort of the
travelling public. Its management is pro-
gressive and energetic, and with the admir-
able connections now possessed it is one of
the quickest and best, as well as one
the most popular, lines of communication
with the South and Southwest.
Throughout Carroll and the adjoining
county of Frederick are numerous places
where the people enjoy summer rest and
recreation, and which are perfect models
of what the modem summer resort
ought to be. To the people of
Baltimore they have long been known,
but year by year their fame is extending,
until in very short time High Rock and
the manifold attractions OF the Cumberland
Valley will attract hosts of visitors from
every part of the land.