The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-22
Among the Adirondacks = Mississ-
quie Park-Lake Champlain.
CHATEANGAY LAKE, New York,

CHATEASGAY LAKE, New York,
Sept. ), 1856. /
This Is Sunday afternoon and such
sweet, hazy Indian summer weather We
are having in this grand old mountain Just
now As | sit on the banks of beautiful
Lake Chateangsy, nestled as II Is IN the
Tery heart of the famous AdirondReks.
with its dappled mother of pearl waters,
softly breaking Its waves at my feet, long
for the wonderful gift that our little artist
Of the party possesses 10 sketch the match
less scene.
Since nv last letter from the Thousand
Islands / have wandered over consIdera-
bic part Of northern New York, and am
now having the merriest time imaginable.
Our party consists of fourteen ladies aud
gentlemen, cnaperoned By Mr. and Mrs
Whitney, from Lake Champlain-
We started here Wednesday morning
via the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain
Railroad. At Chateangay village We lett
the train and went by stage to the steamer
landing. There We boarded the -idtoa-
dack aud were soon sailing up this beauti-
full lake, which is divided into two parts,
the upper aud lower lake, which IS cor
necied by what is known as the Narrows.
The lake is nine miles long and three miles
wide, and is walled in BY the most beauti-
full peaks of the Adirondacks, lifting their
heads in the distance toward the clouds.
Our party, through the generosity Of Mr..
Bloomtrower, have the use of his cosy lit
tie cottage, which is just at the water )
edge, with the great Lyon Mountain as a
back ground. There are several cottages
and two first-class hotels at different points
on the lake Ralph's is the largest, and is
quite famous throughout the northern Adj
rondacks. Mr.. Thomas, of the Seth
Thomas Clock" fame, has a lovely cot
tsge and charming grounds here,
while in the tower OF his boat-housei
which is unique and rustic, Is a wonder
| ful clock which shows the movements oil
the sun, and tells after it has sunk Its
| golden light behind the mountains, when
| il is time for it TO finally sink to rest
| The fishing here Is excellent. The salmon
and speckied trout, which are only found
in perfection in the mountains, are most
| sought after. few evenings ago, in tive
! hours, We caught twenty-seven OF these
| speckled beauties, and tomorrow again is
our fish-day in camp. What is to be onl
! luck and who Is to wear the blue ribbon
when the clock tells us the sun has gone
| down, remains to be seen. l sigh to thicB
| how soon our merry party must separate
1
descriptive of beautiful Mississauie Park
which / visited two weeks ago. 1t is IL
the extreme northern part of Vermont 81
near to Canada that, at some points, tal
into the Queens domain can be seen. W,
passed Fort Montgomery, a great, bleak
| looking structure, sombre and dreary bu
Lake Champlain, on which il Is situated
adds beauty even to this gria looking ole
castle. MissIssduie Park 5 quite Iesor
| for fashion and wealth. Several handsome
/ hotels are there and 1t is a favorite camp
| ing ground where everything is beantiiu
and enticing, and one does not feel tn,
drowsiness that our Southern climate pro
duces. but is always ready tae warmes
DAYS for game of tennis or a long ram
| Bile along the rugged side OF the noun
tains. Far of in the distance can be seer
the dim outline of the Green Mountains
while lovely Mississquie Bay, which i,
| bat part of Lake Champlaiu, hugs close
| ly in its embrace this picturesque it'll,
park.
| Three short weeks Gully have | to re
main in this dear Northland, and then
shall be homeward bound. What a bright
joyous happy four months | have spent
| The time has ripened the schoolgirl
/ friendship, after four years separation, into
the teHutTtSt rove 4oF ny HoitHefb TiSuus
and | find as warm and generous heart,
| here as in our own sunny Southland
| Was it not one of our own Senators who
once said speaking OF the North and
| South, "If we would love each other, lei
US know each other ~ 1t was grand and
true sentiment, and one which should be
nursed and cultivated, so as to knit to-
gether the ties which bound the two sec
| tions together before they were broken by
| the cruel, unfortunate civil war. But now
l am drifting into something too grave &c
be treated in this light and chatty letter.
| shall go ont of the mountains in few
days. The air is getting chilly, and soon
| will leave for home, stopping, perhaps, a
few weeks with friends in Kentucky
REULAH S. WARE.