Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-09-06
A Visit 20 Mauch Chunk, Switch
baek and Glen Onoko.

II
Your correspondent and his wife are
,uffering from ennui, and having had =
surfeit Of the dullness of Delawar and
Df the sandiness and saltiness ofthe sea-
shore, concluded for novelty to visit the
of Mauch Chunk. A decided
novelty he found 1t. The ride by cars.
though long, was through valleys, over
hills, and alongside Of rivers, sffOrding
an ever-changing view Of the beautiful
In nature, while frequent passage of
towns and villages, iron furnaces, roll
ing mills, collieries and quarries show
the average Wilmingtonian sights he Ii
not accustomed to, the whole making .
diversified and interesting panorama,
which makes the trip really pleasure.
In due time and with short notice the
train stops at Mauch Chunk, and ~ We
look about us we find o town with its |
houses, stores, hotels, streets, etc, pet
down and completely surrounded by |
mountains like small eggs in the bot |
tom Of 4 big nest
We find two main streets at right
angles with each other one street is on
the banks of the Iehigh and parallel
with two main railroads, a canal and
the river, the other street up the valley
formed by two steep hills. The street
is, however, amply wide and In good
condition, and on 1t are two hne hotels,
the American and the Broadway, good
stores, handsome dwellings, the concert
hall, the court house, the county Jail,
etc. Just back of this street and on the
slopes OF the two hills houses are built
and gardens are planted in way that
Ia remarkable.
One house has for its ascent to its
door eighty -four steps, rising pretty
nearly perpendicular. Another house
appears to be one but is really two, one
1 on top OF the other, the fronts being re-
versed and the lower story OF each
house leading out TO q terrace In the
hill. These are suggestive OF the shape
Iof the town. One feature Of the town is
st. Marks Episcopal church, built on
and in the rocks of hill by the widow
Of Asa Packer as u tribute to his memo
lry. The church is opened and visitors
lshown through by those in attendance,
and IL Is we'll worth visit. IL Is be-
llieved TO be the most costly, finest finish
ed church edifce of its size in the coun
try. It's beauty and elaborate decora
tions, finely sculptured chancel, polish
ed brass pulpit and reading desk, ant
general interior Of its main auditorium
cannot be described here, while the va
rious other rooms, its chantry,- its Sun
day school, ETC., are arranged beauti
fully, and no money spared to make i
.. a completely elegant edifice. 1t has
= chime of nine bells, which resound will
fine effect over the hills and far away
Wego to the Swttchback railway
depot and take the celebrated trip
much has been said of this. but not to'
!, much.
Whoever goes over it once wants h
do 30 again. There is fascination ant
an exhiliration in it peculiar to 80 pc
ouliar a mode of travel. The burning
mine and the ice cave are at the esummi
a short distance from the depot, b.
which we go by hack for fifteen cent
/, each, and are novelties worth the tim
and trouble.
Returning to the town at tile bottom
Of the valley which we have just lef
? we cross the Lehigh river by bridge +
: the l.. v. II. r. station and take tn
! train to Glen Onoko. and in ten min
= !. stes arrive there. We found o delight
4 ful picnic ground laid out with walk
and fountains and dancing platform
= and restaurants, but no saloons fo
. drinking purposes. We found there a
= excursion of about six hundred youn
= people from Allentown, who were enjoy
! ing themselves to the utmost, and learn
= ed that they were operatives OF th
! = Adelaide silk mills, of Allentown, al
they we're there by the munifcence {
y the President of the Company, Nj
~ A bert Tilt, of Paterson, N. j., who nj
only gave the days holiday, but pal
!. the expenses of the excursion. III
- lsight was fine one;they were as happ
70 as the people of that country can b.
y which Is the superlative degree, witt
out even beer to assist them. We coul
not tarry long here, as the Glen itsel
not the pic grounds, was our obJe
III tive point. We easily found 1t and a
cended it, stopping now and then
NJ adm ire some new beauty which deve
p. oped as we proceeded. The ascen
= which must be afoot, is by means I
good paths, rustic bridges and stair
"A and while it is tiresome the admirer I
r. the beautiful will not tire, hut will
q enchanted AZ each turn brings him
i. an unexpected pleasure until the gre,
!; falls meets his gaze, and then he wi
!" be abundantly satisfied that he has pc
-, severed.
~ Words will fail him in his admir-
Of ton land as he retraces his steps he wi
turn often, lOath to leave a sight 80 III
On usual, and conclude that another Wis
x. there must be among the possibilities
=. the future.
u 1t 10 castor going down than up, 30 v
lsoon found ourselves back to the merl
q. pic-nickers, and after participating
az their fun leave for MauGh Chunk and
in good supper 1t the American Hous
iy which our mountain experience h
given us an appetite for, to the astol
8, ishment Of the walters, who were kel
AZ busy feeding us.
re re Arrived at home. and full Of pleasiI
remembrances OF 30 pleasurable q tri
,et | 1t occurred to me that 1t might affol
rs pleasure to your readers, SO ! ha'
p. written. W. II. =.
10 Amusenents.
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