Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-01-14

C. n. DAVIDSON. Editor and Proprietor.
AUSTIN. WEDNESDAY. JAN. Il, 1854.
Miss Alice Shultes Tells Her Aus
tin Friends About Her Vaca-
ton Pleasures in the
Old Granite State.
A Visit to Lake Winnipiseogee
and Mount Washington.
BOSTON, Mass.
DEAR TRANSCRIPT You have become
to me the treasury into which delight
to pour the fruitage Of my experiences,
and so it is with gladness that break
the silence of more than half year, with
an account of my
VACATION PLEASURES.
For weeks the good byes had been
passing from lip to lip. The sound of
packing, and moving of trunks. was heard
in every hall, and an air of hustle and de-
parture was felt throughout the house, as
one by one the members of our large
family set out upon their vacation jour.
neys. East. west, north, aud south; to
the seaside, to the mountains. Some
hoping to find in a change of labor the
rest they so much needed, some going to
take real rest and others going home to
participate in all the joys and sorrows
that concentrate in that word.
But not until the 7th of August did it
come my turn to stand on the threshold,
and look back into faces grown dear by
long association, and hear the good byes,
and the good wishes for my own enjoy
ment of the days of vacation that were
before me. 1t was worth all the weary
going to and fro of the year, to feel on
that early August morning, that till Sep
TENDER 1st, no care of school or lesson
was to be upon me, and l could hardly
wait for the last words, so eager was to
speed away from the heat and noise and
odors Of the city. And you will not
wonder, when tell you that the first
stage of my journey was to land me on
the shores Of Lake Winnipiseogee, the
second ut the top of Mt Washington, and
the third among the Green Mountains of
Vermont. Nor was l doomed to take
this round of pleasures alone, born and
bred New England girl, whose quiet and
conservative tastes, served as a sort of
tension to regulate my wild western en-
thusiasm, was to be my travelling COM
panion. The ride
is rich in points of interest and beauty.
We passed through the manufacturing
cities of Lowell, Nashua, Manchester and
Concord, in each of which we caught
glimpses of the great factory world that
contributes 50 much to the wealth and
Importance of this country. At Lowell
alone there are $1,000 people employed
in the cotton mills. Here we reached the
broad Merrimac, and scarcely left its
shores till we reached Nashua. rode on
the platform of the rear cur all the way,
feasting my eyes upon the rugged beauty
of the scenery. Beyond Concord little
way, we crossed the Merrmac, and re-
gretfully said goodbye to it. For more
than an nd ur we had only taken our eyes
from its winding beauty to take in the
beautiful combination of river, meadow,
wood and near or distant hills as the
case might be.
After leaving the Merrimac, the surface
OF the country became more and more
rugged, and it was not long till line of
mountains came into view, filling the
northeastern horizon with broken out
lines, and filling my heart with delight at
this my first sight of real mountain seen
cry. AS we approached the lake, our
way became bordered again with bays
and lagoons, and the mountains became
more and more conspicuous, and in four
hours from leaving Boston, we arrived at
"Weirs, lovely summer resort, on the
banks of Winnipiseogee. Weirs is to
New Hampshire what Clear Lake is to
Iowa, being the seat of popular camp
meeting grounds, though the meetings
held there are camp meetings in nothing
but name, as three large hotels, many
smaller boarding houses, and a small city
of cottages, afford accommodation for
the multitudcs that gather there during
the summer months.
THE LAKE
is as wild and aboriginal as It's name, and
as beautiful rs is said by some to be its
meaning: THE smile of the Great Spirit"
1t has accredited to it the inevitable 1856
islands-one for every day IN the year.
1t q surrounded by mountains, and in
going its entire length of nineteen miles
one does not see an acre of level land, un-
less it be an island IN the lake. and I do
not remember of seeing level island
even At one point between the peaks
of the near mountains glimpse of Mt.
Washington, 40 miles away, is seen. In
my desire TO give you some idea Of the
beauty and picturesqueness of the lake, l
have forgotten to tell you that it was a
five days grove-meeting that attracted US.
with hundreds Of others, TO this charming
place at this particular time. And we in
tenscly enjoyed not only the natural
beauties, but grand words of faith and
love and conservation. The near hills,
the distant mountain peaks, the lovely
lake, the beautiful grove. the warm
hearts, the songs of praise and words of
worship united to create most inspiring
lnfluence,-an influence which must go
with US and enable us to live our lives
better for the experience. Days of won
dcrful fullness they were. never to be for
cotton days in which both mind and body
grew strong and encouraged.
The good brother who had charge of
the meetings was indefatigable in his ef-
forts to provide for all our tastes and
moods, and 80 the religious services were