The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-07-19

ana very Pheasant one. All that
labor, time and money could have
done in that brief period, has been
done to make this spot the most
charming of summer resorts. AL
ready about sixty cottages, of various
styles of architecture, from the Queen
Anne to the bungalow, all tasteful
and some expensive and artistic. have
been erected; broad avenues have
been cut through the forests, and
shaded drives wind in and out among
the trees.
A few weeks ago, CHANGING to come
upon Arbutus Glade Drive, peering
out from under great beds of fallen
oak leaves, l spied that first har-
binger of spring, the trailing arbutus.
Down l went on my knees, in the
search, and. incredible as il may ap-
pear, here / found II under six inches
of leaves in full bloom-sweet, smil.
ing, innocent flower, face upturned,
waiting for the lightl The air was
redoent with its delicate fragrance.
Perhaps nowhere in our Northern
latitude can he found a greater pro-
fusion OF wild flowers than here on
the Alleghenies-in wood and dell
and glade we find them-delicate
spring saauties, the trembling ane-
none, American cowslip. service, in
nOcence, bue.bells, hawthorne, hon
eysuckles, trillium. the mandrake
and the dOgvood, the viOlets and the
huttercups, the law, the wild asters
and the thorn and crab apple bios
Sums and so / might take you in
imagination on many fower-hunts,
for nowhere can we step but some
delicate beauty peers up at us through
fringed lids.
1.-THE voiceless lips OF the flowers are living
preachers,
| Each cup a pulpit each leaf book,
Supplying TO my fancy numerous teachers
From loveliest nook"
But must come back to our drive
and Jet, who meyer allows US to fall
into prolonged reveries.
1--WE are now" said Jack, sin
Hazel Glade Center-properly center,
for from here radiate six drives; to
your right are Violet and Buebel
Drives, to your left Hazel Glade and
Camp Drives. The one we are Just
now about TO take is the Allegheny"
We entered this drive; to our right
lay the railroad, beyond green glades,
and still further the great Backbone
Mountain ; to our left numerous cot
tages peered out from amongst the
trees. AS we passed E street Jack
called my attention to pretty, taste,
full cottage in its new dress of cool
greys. "That," said he, sis Brier
Bend, Miss KS cottage"
"That reminds me-" l observed,
"that have been going to ask how
it happens that our Presbyterian
friend has built here-is not this a
Methodist enterprise ?''
"Oh! there" replied Jack, "you
are In error; it is non-sectarian as
far as the purchase Of lots is concern
ed, but the Methodists, generally for
ward in pioneer work, took hold of
the scheme with willing hands to
make it not merely camp-meeting
center. as is supposed by many, but
to establish on these mountains a
summer resort. available alike to rich
and poor OF whatever denomination,
where the usual temptations com
mon to such places might, by proper
laws. be kept in check. So far they
have admirably succeeded, and where
East or West, could have been found
a more desirable spot ? Is it not tru-
~ beautiful for situation, and why
should it not be the JOY of the whole
earth?'"
All that morning I had been drink
ing in the rare beauty of nature, in
her fresh summer dress, and had
hung away on memory's wall beau
tiful vistas of green glade'and distant
mountain. pretty carpeted slopes and
groves of stately oaks, but at jack
remark, / suggested that we stop
Jet and take a glance around. Not
the slightest objection was made by
Jet, who has marked talent for
standing.
We had just turned into Arbutus
Glade Drive; in front was the pref
ty little station, lately erected by the
B. & o. Company past il came rip
ping stream. "Where does this
stream lead ?" I inquired.
"Oh, this is the little Yough
(Youghiogheny.) Suppose we drive
over to the lake?" So we took the
Youghiogheny Drive, which runs
nearly parallel to the river, and fol-
lowed it out until we reached the
lake, which is kept supplied by it,
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