Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1884-08-22
Watkins Glen.
AN INTERESTING AND INEXPENSIVE TRIP.

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Few facts are better established than thai
brief change Of scene and air is of vas,
Importance in restoring nervous energy and
recuperating an exhausted system. Par
ticularly is this important for the ladies of
our household. The gentlemen have the
store, postoffice, sales, business engagements
and political meetings to break the mo.
notsny of routine work, but our wives and
daughters plod on, often, day after day, un-
til days lengthen into weeks, (the horses be-
ing too busy for them to use0 without
widening their horizon beyond the limits of
| their own farms.
1t is a matter of some importance to find
a point of interest to visit that will give us
the most for our money" or, in other words,
furnish a maximum of pleasure with a
minimum OF expense. Having enjoyed ex-
ceedingly short jaunt to Watkins Glen l
have thought it might interest your readers
TO know how easily it can be accomplished.
| Leaving Washington via Baltimore and PO-
tomac railroad at 9:40 A. NJ, Watkins is
reached that night If possible it is better
to leave Baltimore at 1880 A. M. and have
the whole ride by daylight From Bati-
more TO York the ride is interesting. On
nearing York, to the right, can be seen on
the hills overlooking the beautiful and
highly cultivated Codorus Valley, the fine
residences of the late Hon. jeremiah Black,
his son, Lieutenant-Gove Black, and
our Montgomery boy" Arthur B. Far
quhar. Passing through York, and near
the busy and extensive Farquhar works
employing about four hundred hands, we
sec most exquisite farming country, and
soon glide along by the side OF Susquehanna
river. From Harrisburg to Wlllamspert
70 tod #
tural beauty and romantic interest. From
Williamsport to Elmira the scenery is noun
famous and beautiful, the road winding
through the valleys, crossing one stream
twenty times in few miles. The Glen
is reached by the early train at shutdown
and by the later one at 10 o'clock, p. M.
1.-THE Glen Mountain House." kept by A.
G. Mchiner, is model for quiet, restful
comfort The beauties of the Glen are in
describable. During the lapse Of many cen
turtles the water has cut through crevices in
the horizontal strata Of slate rock, and for
three miles one can wander through sylvan
scenes, cooled by the spray from waterfalls;
past caverns and cascades, hemmed in by
walls two hundred feet high covered with
exquisite ferns and MOSES and oyerhung by
century-old trees and mantling shrubbery.
Sale walks have been constructed and every
thing done for security and comfort Space
does not permit description OF the great de-
lights of this romantic and remarkable place.
Havanna Glen, three miles distant, should
also be visited. 1t is even more remarkable
than Watkins Glen.
Another delightful feature is the view
from the Observatory, overlooking the town
OF Watkins nesting among trees and shrub
berry, and extending for many miles over
Seneca Lake, one of the most beautiful
sheets OF water in the United States.
Two days and three nights at the Glen is
sufficient and would allow time for sail on
Seneca Lake and visit to Havana Glen.
-Four days from home, then, would accom-.
plish the journey and the visitor would re
turn with food for pleasant thought during
many after hours.
Now as TO the expense. Round trip spe-
cial excursion tickets can be obtained at the
B. q p. office. To Watkins'and return from
Washington, $3.50; two and one-half days
at hotel, 1919; admittance to Glen, 80 cts
diuner at Williamsport twice, $3.50; ride
and admittance TO HAVANA Glen, If there
are four in the carriage, $1.25 incidentals,
$100; ride from depot to hotel and return,
so Cts; total, 1877.
Thus for less than $50 and in four days
of time an excursion can be made of an un-
usually instructive and interesting charac-
ter Those taking it will never regret it.