Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25

Q. n. d0tQOTu WuO uoNcAOP0O eAOA md built the famous Congress Hall. MT Hathorn has increased his accommo- dations for visitors and at present from 34OO to 4OOO persons daily visit the Ha- thorn springs and imbibe their healing waters. Mir Hathorn told us that POO, ,0OO people visited his springs during the season. The Hathorn water may be found on sale by druggists, grocers and hotels in nearly every town of note in the union.
 Saturday afternoon we visited Mt Nc Gregor, which is 1Oa miles distant from Saratoga and is reached by Q narrow guage railroad which for the last four miles winds around the mountain in the form of huge letter s, with uniform grade of PIP feet per mile. At the sum- init is the immense "Hotel Balmoral'' and the Drexel cottage in which Gen. eral Grant died. The cottage is unoccu- pied, but it's contents, including furni- ture, carpets, ,crockery, etc. ,remain just as the Grant family left them. The beau- tiful floral offering, "Gates Ajar, crosses, anchors, pillows, etc. (which were contri- buted by friends on the occasion of General Grants death, still remain in the cottage and visitors are permitted to enter and examine them. A superb panorama is presented from the eastern
  outlook, embracing the whole north eastern part of the state, the Green Mountains of Vermont, and in the ex- treme distance the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
 The event of the season was the gar den party given Saturday evening by l. Steinfeld, proprietor of the Clarendon Hotel. The party was held on the lawn or garden of that celebrated hotel, and was attended by over 5000 people. The grounds, as we'll as the hotel, were mag nifcently decorated with flags, bunting, Chinese lanterns and illuminated with electric lights. The music was enchant- ing and the dancing was kept up until midnight. The Daily Saratogian,a a most excellent journal, showed remarkable and unequalled enterprise by publish ing the following morning 8 most elab- crate account of the affair, occupying eight columns, and not only giving the names of those in attendance but describing each lady's toilet
 Sunday morning we attended the First Presbyterian church and listened to an eloquent and unique sermon deliv- cred by Rev Dr J. P. Newman of Wash ington, D. c.
 Monday forenoon we visited Saratoga Lake and White Sulphur Springs, going by cars and steamer, and returning by steamer and six-in-hand tally-ho coach. Monday afternoon MT H. c. Barnes of Canaan arrived. It rained powerfully that afternoon so we all remained at the hotel, but in the evening attended the meeting of the National Reform Asso citation which was addressed by several eminent speakers, including Miss Fran ces E. Willard.
 Tuesday morning our little party vis- ited.t the beautiful Woodlawn park, where Judge Hilton resides in an elegant man. sion. Later in the day we visited the celebrated Round Lake camp meeting grove and attended the meeting of the W. c. T. U. of Saratoga county. There are 23O cottages there, besides an audi torium or tabernacle which will seat over 20OO people. The curtains on the sides of the building can be raised and 5000 or more people sitting in chairs in a circle about the building can easily hear the preacher. The Conference camp meeting began there August 19 in the evening. Rev Dr R. H. Robinson in charge. Revs Sam P. Jones and Sam Small arrive August A and take control till August 30. They had been expect ed to arrive there August 21, but when Sam Beckley was there August IT the superintendent showed him letter just received from Sam Jones in which he stated that his engagements were such that he could not possibly reach Round Lake until August 24 and he would re- main there until the 30th, % the pros- pect of Sam Jones attending Pine Grove camp meeting at Canaan is rather dubi. ous.
 One of the sights of the village is "The Saratoga Gallery of Fine Arts, , opposite Clarendon Hotel. Here you can see the finest collection of wate, color paintings in the world, the prices ranging from $25 to $500 each. Unde, the same roof is fine collection of rare and ancient oil paintings at equally fab ulous prices. One old ana dingy DOT trait particularly attracted our attention We desired to purchase it, but wher told it's price, $70OO, we discovered al once that the portrait with it's frame was 2 trifle too large to pack away in ou satchel, and we also were afraid that the dealer when making change might ten der us silver dollars, which would dis tend our pocketbook, so we concluded to leave the portrait for another pur chaser.
 At High Rock spring large cards are conspicuously posted bearing the follow ing legend: "The public are expected to remunerate the dipper boy, as it is all he gets for his services" Some one has pencilled on the lower margin o1 one of the cards, "Beggars all why don't they DAY the boy a fair salary 9