Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-07-20
LETTER FROM NORTHERN
NEW YORK.


population of 5000 inhabitants, with
broad, shaded streets, ornamented
with fine public and private build
lngs, everything showing thrift and
prosperity. 1t can boast of nice
poor farm and buildings to accom-
modate the poor of the county; the
buildings are situated two miles west
of the village aud cost over $40, 1000,
This town has seven churches, some
of those recently built are elegant
structures one cost 100000 and
three or four others have been built
at an expense of over 100000 each.
This also is quite an extensive man
ufacturing place; two WOODEN mills
are in operation, also a large paper
mandatory. Creameries and cheese
factories dot the town all over, but
the chief industry is hop raising.
Some farmers have a hundred acres,
many fifty, thirty, twenty, etc.
Scarcely any farmer that has not
few acres of hops. Malone has al
ways been the gateway to the Adj
rondacks-that is to the northern
portion of the wilderness, which
offers to the tourist, better hunting
and fishing, wilder end more pictur-
esque scenery, higher mountains and
purer air. / did not intend to de-
scribe my native town when | took
up my pen, but to write of some of
the scenery for which northern New
York is famous. The spot that i'm
pressed me as the grandest of all is
Chateaugay Chasm. Near Chateau
gay, twelve miles east of Malone, is
narrow and precipitous gorge of
towering cliffs, nearly 200 feet in
height, rising perpendicularly from
the stream. Here the swift waters of
the Chateaugay river has cut, for a
long distance, this deep chasm in the
rocks. Near the entrance of the
Chasm, on the edge of the beautiful
grove, has been erected fine hotel
building, which can accommodate a
large number of visitors the build
ing is situated in an enchanting spot,
and from the cupola can be had a
view of the Adirondacks as they rise
in all the splendid grandeur of ma
lures magnificent beauty and lovli-
ness, on the one hand, while on the
other the st. Lawrence river looks
like fleecy white cloud betting the
horizon. If we wish to visit the
chasm, we cross the park and COM
mence our descent flight after flight
of stairs we descend until we fine
ourselves just at the brink of the
river, foaming and dashing at oul
very feet. We come first to broad
fiat rock by which the river dashes
over high ledge forming cascade
of full volumn and foaming brillian
cy, while above our heads, high uI
on either side, is the rugged mason
ry of rocks. The mind can scarcely
free itself from the impression thai
these massive walls, were the worl
of some midieval master builder, TO
in some places not much play of thu
Imagination is needed to form il
general outline high embattled tow
ers and gothic arches. that lead yot
far into the realms of mystery. Herr
on the left rises Cathedral Rock an(
the Bastile, and the inches of Jupi
ter; while on the right nearly oppo
site is Vulcan's Cave. We pas
down the chasm which has smootl
natural pavement, by the ripplin.
surface, where the gorge widens ant
the water is somewhat Gained
spreading in a wide, thin, silver.
sheet over the smooth sandstone
that, at this point, unites the tw,
walls of the chasm below the water
like the calm before storm, her
the bright waters glide down fror
one to another of series of smOot
stone terraces. At each interruption
of its hasty career, seething an
foaming and sending up clouds Q
tiny sparkling prism, that in th
sunlight send up succession of il
ridescent bows that span the spark
ling walls this is Rainbow Basin
Here we quench our thirst from
mineral spring at the entrance o
Giant Gorge. At this point we loo
back up the chasm, down which W
have come, the view formed by th
high rocky cliffs, with their wealth Q
GROWING ferns and little shrubs
growing out Of the rocks, completed
arching the dizzy heights above
through which one views the space
is filled with the foaming waters c
, the several cascades seemingly dasf
, ing down upon us, is surpassingl
beautiful. We pass down the chasl
beside the whirling, eddying currer
on pavement of rocks and find o
f. every hand interesting and wonde
full work which has been done by til
, water, that has been flowing the:
4 since the creation. But / fear tn
is getting long and will furnish
e in another letter.
Mrs. III. A. T.
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