The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-04
MOUNTAIN RA5MBLES.

AZ ELEvArEp VIEW on TnINes

4 + = y. + =. .
climbing up 70 View tho Landscape o'er-A
visit to Deer Park and a Taik with
some Hotabiss-alr. Basard and
tho Maxweli Land Grant.
From tie Editor ofths IatdiiaaeF.
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARx, MD., August 4.
Just returned from "climbing up szion's
hiii,a Itnrn for rest 10 sweet communion
with the less favored ones at home. You
are to imagine d tso.horse iwagon loaded
with young people some Of them past
the meridian, but still young and buoyant,
for they have health and love and can
look upon new scene with enthusiasm.
Turnout No. Q is a one-horse affair, and
the horse is not likely to run away and
smash things. Hehassownhis wild oats,
and in this latter day prefers . well filled
mangsr to the frivolities Of the road. he
moves with a stately dignity, quite in
keeping with the bearing ot5two young
odentals who ride behind him. At 0
o'clock we are Of, the two.horse wagon
leading and casting high.bred sneers on
the one:horse affair bshind. We pass
through the aristaeratie quarter OF Deer
Park, but our venerable nag in the one
horse affair Is blind on the Deer Park side
and logs along unconscious Of the smiles
Of the gay company on the yeranda.
LuscIIISG IsTHE WILDWOOD.
We hayea little mishap on the way,
stop to put things in order, and the com.
|'bined ,appetites OF the party declare II is
lunch time when the road comes to q stop
in the wooded depthsand we find ourselves
at Boiling Spring. We hayett all to onr.
selyes-the Sabbath stiffness, the encom-
passing shade, the clear, cold water burst
ing from the rocks aud hubhling in great
volume through the white sand. Seated
on the rocks we look with wisttnl glance
into the larder. Spring chicken (of this
spring.; ham sandwiches, olives, fruit,
milk, lime juice, and for the lalies cake.
Ah,s there was wildwood beauty, and
peaceiand sweet content, and not much
left for the fishes. AZ
eve thought we had everything in
great abundance" /" said the chaperone. A
chorus OF protestations-"Had quito
enough, thank you.n Yet more would
not have been wasted. You may have
noticed that afluncheon prepared after a
nearly breakfast, ,son a full stomach as
one might say, rarely measures up to the
capacity OF appetites sharpened by hall Q
day OF mountain outing. But the pangs
/ we're stayed, aud .th4 sweet savor of that
luncheon at the Boiling Spring fingers as
followed memory. Only the olives
might have been better. Why is It that
good olives never c,me in small bottles?
ON TO gAetE ROCK.
From Boiling Spring to Eagle Rock-a
! tofluotis, steep aud, rocky road. Some OF
the ladies' said il was rough riding. l can.
not say. I was one OF those who walked
Is save the horse, for we were bound TO
get him home in good condition, reason.
able wear and tear excepted, y II we had
\ to carry him. II was a long pull aud q
4 thsrd pull, and a mile or more from the
Rock we made him fast and left him to
solitude aud his own commupings. The
i thought otsmaking that horse fast sent q
pheasant thrill through the two. horse
wagon. Walking Is good exercise. The
pedestrians easily leave behind the two.
horse wagon, and are the fist 10 scale the
MI, Attic ROCK.
In the great CONFUSION tha. tofe up
things generally and msas landscape
worth looking at, Q monster mound was
thrown up here. Then siices OF stone
4 were placed on the summit, one slice on
another, and upon this foundation large
cubes were put and welded together, bnt
not SO completely asto oblitarate the we'll
J defined lines oi contact. Vines cling TO
the walls of this natural observatory.
Little cayerns grope their dark way under
1t. In the shsde about its base the rocks
are carpeted with moss, IN which grows
! in great abundance stunted mountain
fern, very delicate aud very beautiful.
The Philistinesof the party easily raised
fromiits rocky floor about ten square tset
OF this Incompatible carpet, but at last
i. contented themselves with lesser plgnder.
!, Such nools ior loyersl A Aparty OF Haasar N
girls, now az Mt Lake, camped mere WITH
their escort for 9 week. !twas our blessed
privilege 70 see tAs remains q .aelr camp
nre, ana ~ the lasaa s;e,j ora roi -
~ be.a ousn arssiiIng " IN WITH fam,bone Do We
} az 80 Snnss, q eaynanfer Nv ia ehips9
aos Ane" - - = nar,.n
tue lihlI''V! ooVst1f .l.'., h0esp'
From Eagle Rock Is the finest view IN
Z all this region. Mountain heigat and
L valley, peaks, wales and inter.yales lie pc,
( low and beyond. There gre tree-studded,
mountain sides, barren slopas grea4 aad
yellow patches OF cultivation mere ana
there farm house, nesting In It's own ~
tleyale ever beautiful Deer Park, and oysr w.
) against the northern horizon the misty
ranges OF Pennsylvania fading into the
ether. The sun shines atrong, but The
: kreeza Ia stiff and IL is no discomfort 70