New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-15
TIE BEAUTIES OF sHOHoLA GLEN.
AN EXCURSION OVER The ERIE TO A LOVELY SPOT
IN PIKE COUNTY. PENN.

AN EXCURSION OVER The ERIE TO LOVELY SPOT
IN PIKE COUNTY. PENN.
There was prospect Of rain yesterday morn
ing as the excursion train the Erie Railroad left
Jersey City for shohola Glen, log miles away Light
swiftly moving clouds swept the sky and nearly every
pleasure seeker was armed with umbrella. But
when the emerged from the tunnel al
fears Of wet day dispslcd. The sun held undis
puted sway flooding the landscape with his glory.
fresh breeze tempered heat and the train spec
across the meadows every heart was gay. An ever
varying panorama passed before the eye. A sabbath
stiffness pervsded the Jersey towns that fitted by
In the quiet countryside. cows stood
under big trees In the fields which were rich with
eyed daisies and butercups lazy whisking their tails
Anon the track ran by bubbling brook ut the foot Of
huge cliffs that threatened to .topple over. Then it
skirted the crost OF hill overlooking fertile valley
Through clets in the ranges long yistas OF rolling
psteaus presented themselves. At times the Jagged
walls OF deep, cuttings were all that could be
on either side.
So onward and upward through orange County, pass
ing Turner's and Goschen and Middietown The excur-
sion train sped till the summit OF the Shawanegunk
Mountains reached and the loneliness OF the Nave
sink Va ley began unfold ITSELF the river at the bot
tom showing Itself occasionally in little silver sreaks.
Guymard lake. 900 feet above the level of the river,
sparod In the MONDAY glare little further on, and the
fields along the hsides rich with growing grain.
At the potion OF the valley where the Navesnk
runs into the Delaware and three coun-
ties ion Port Jervs appeared hot, dusty and unin-
and the ascent to shohola begun. The then
was beautiful Between huge clefts in the mountains the
Delaware flows now placid as lake. now noisy as
waterfall the bubbling rocks and making de-
cious music Just above it side is the Delaware
ana Hudson Canal. its unruled surface rejecting the
clins ike looking glass. Then comes shohola
Colonel Abbott of the Glen House, welcomed the
visitors, and after dinner led the way TO the
glen. The shohola River dashes along at the
bottom OF the valley at first seeming TO have special
hntv arin bauk
that scent the air. grows at every turn soon the
picnic grounds reached, whore there dancing
pavilion brass band aolambake and all other things
supposed DO for the feeding and amusement
wonders OF the Glen unfoldcd themselves. The hills
close IN until it seems that they must have been cut In
deep shadows the sun penetrates only at high
noon. Trout play ,,m IN inc sna1 9Sn,r ; anS
biseSness with startling truth. Now the water comes
tunblng down twenty feet at fall nov II iiows on SO
smoothly that IL scarcely seems TO move mere dasnes
on between huge bouders, scattering the spray In
air. there 1t rippes brightly over the stones as IL In
mcrrlest gee. Halfway up the wooded slopes slender
bridges span the chasm and rar up Is seen tnn streak
Of blue sky. The cunning hooks under cool rocks,
tho lovers paths that lead nowhere, ana
uece cannot be- learned in single visit With every hour
the charm and reluctantly one tears himself
away. A.. , .u ,.o 4, ,,o
evening visitors coming not only by train but by
all sorts of conveyances from the surrounding
country The cambake was voted an immense success
and the of the day did not seem to affect the agility
OF the dancers
The trip homeward IN the cool Of the evening on
fast train the least enjoyable part Of this excur
sion The views Of tho Delaware River seemed
ali the more lovely the way down TO Port Jervls, ana
as the re-ascent OF the shawanegunk MOUNTAINS WAS
made n glorious sunset was behind the hills OF
sullivan County. gorgeous red crowned Inc crest OF
The zenith while the thin OF the moon shone
paey further to the south and the Navesink ike si'
yer streak, illuminated the bottom oil tue valley