St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-04
DEER PARK.

Deer Park, the place whittier the preSl-
dent has hied away with his bonnie bride
to enjoy the bliss of the honeymoon, is one
of the most delightful summer resorts in the
United States. 1t is situated on the top of
the Allegheny mountains in the western
part of Maryland, near the West Virginia
line at an attitude of nearly 3. 900 feet
above sea level. 1t is on the line of the
main stem of the Baltimore q OHIO railroad
and the elegant hotel at Deer Park is owned
by the B. .. company. Ex-senator HENRY
&. DAVIS was the original owner of Deer
Park and is still the proprietor of an estate
of several thousand acres in the neighbor
hood of the famous summer resort. He
sold the land Oh which the hotel and cot
tageS are built to the Baltimore IL Ohio
Railroad company, which commenced i'm
proving the place in 1878. On the 4th of
July, 1874, the Deer Park hotelwas opened
under the management of the railroad COM
pany and at once became popular resort
for the wealthy people of Baltimore and
Washington. A number of private cottages,
some of them very elegant ones, have also
been built at Deer Park, the most notable
being those owned by the late JOHN w.
GARRETT, Hon. III. G. DAVIS, Hon. S. B.
ELKINs and eX-Mayor LATRoBE of Balti-
more.
Deer Park is a place where the president
can rest in calm contemplation and poetic
ease. 1t is situated on high table land,
from which he can overlook four great
states of the union. From a prominence
just in front of the DAVIS cottage mag
nifcent view stretches before the eye.
A grand natural panorama of noun
tain and valley stretches in all
directions, with nothing to bound the pros
pect except the limit of vision. From this
elevated point one can overlook the states
of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and
West Virginia. The DAVIS cottage, whose
Inequalities the president and his bride are
enjoying. is one of the most charming sum-
mer houses in the South. 1t is situated in
the midst of lovely grove of giant oaks,
and at this season of the year the wide
stretching lawns and meadows in front of
the cottage are clothed in veStments
of green. The sweet-scented woodbine
creeps wantonly round the easements of
the cottage and decks the sod seats at the
door. A driveway Of twenty-five or thirty
miles has recently been constructed through
the park. Streams of limpid water gush
from the mountain top and dash off on
either side-some dashing down the east
ward slope and emptying their waters into
the classic Potomac, while others wend
their way down the western slope of the
Alleghenies and find their way into the
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the home of the speckled trout, while
through the neighboring woodlands of the
mountain crest the deer stalks in the free
enjoyment of his vast estate of mountain
area, rock-ribbed as it is and ancient as the
sun. The gobble of the wild turkey and
the drumming sound of the pheasant's
wings as he beats his lonely tattoo at even
tide are familiar sounds at Deer Park.
What a pleasure it must be to the presi-
dent to steal away from the cold, heartless
capital, with its forms and dull routine,
its artificial manners and arbitrary rules.
its cherries pleasures and mirthlesS mask
ing and find the charm which nature
yields to her votaries in the warbling wood
land and in the garniture of fields. Of
all the places in the world, Deer Park,
with its great meadows and silent glens,
is the most charming spot in which to
spend honeymoon. 1t was just like the
big-hearted proprietor of the DAVIS cottage
to proffer his delightful summer home to
the president for his use during the honey
moon season. and there is no other place
this side of the green fields and living
waters of Beulah land that the presidents
eyes could have rested on more longingly
Mr. CLEvELAND's married life commences
under the most favorable auspices that
earth can afford. May his shadow never
grow less nor his joys be dimmed, is the
wish of the great people over whose
destinies he has been called to preside