The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-05-25
GRAND SCENERY.
Graphic Description OF the Great stone
Face of the ..AIan of the MountaIns."

Graphic Description of the Great stone
Face of the ..lIan of the NTountaIns."
The vicinity of Franconia Notch, in
New Hampshire, abounds in scenery
which is wild and rugged, but pictu-
RESCUE beyond description. Such a
union of granite hills and grassy dells,
of rock, and lake. and river, such a
mingling of the beautiful and grand,
is to be found nowhere else in America.
The bold outlines of Mt. Lafayette
are near at hand, with mountain-top
looming over mountain-top in the dis
tance. Here are Cannon Mountain
and the other on the left, forming the
walls of the Notch, while nestled in the
valley at their feet lies Echo Lake,
twin sister of the mountains.
Further to the south is the Flume, n
mammoth fissure in the rocks, 700 feet
in length, and with perpendicular walls
60 or 40 feet in height; and little
distance away are the Pool and Basin,
with other curiosities,
But the crowning feature of the scene
Is the wonderful Profile. the great
Mountains" which keeps guard over
the Notch, and casts its shadows in the
limpid waters of Profile Lake. This is
the closest resemblance to the human
face which has ever been found in
natural scenery anywhere in the world.
It is carved in solid rock upon the
southern face # Cannon Mountain, and
measures so feet from forehead to chin,
while the top of the mountain is 1,500
feet above the lake at its foot, and
nearly 1900 feet above sea level. The
outlines of tho face are composed of
| three great masses of rock, one of
which forms the forehead, another the
nose and upper lip, and third the
chin.
To obtain this outline in It's perfee-
| ton. one point of view is necessary
small cleared space, close by the noun
tain road, and on the eastern edge of
Profile Lake. Looking across the lake
from this point, the bold outlines of
Cannon Mountain loom up but half a
mile away, and far up It's sides, looking
down upon the valley, is the face Of the
Old Man of the Mountains, sterr., bold,
relentless, unehanging. ''He neither
blinks at the near flashes of lightning
beneath s nose, nor fiinches from the
driving snow and sleet of the Franconia
winter. which makes the mercury OF
the thermometer shrink into the bull
and CONCEAL"
Passing down the road. the Old Man:
face changes first into that of "a tooth.
less old woman in a mob cap" and
soon the entire outline is broken "
and the resemblance is lost. Going VI
the road, the nose and face fatten ou
until only the forehead is seen
. The profile is said to have been dis
covered in 1906 by two workmen or
the mountain road. 1t had, however
been known for ages to the Indians
who attributed to it supernatural at
tributes. They even feared to fish il
the lake at its feet, or to sail their bari
canoes over its waters, from fear of til,
stern face which it reflected. Man,
legends and tales have been related
concerning the wonderful face. In on'
of these it is represented as the face o
! Christ the Judge" "ChyTstus FHdeE."
Some one has written concerning it
, Men put out signs representing th
different trades; jewellers hang out ;
monster watch; shoamakers sd hug
boot; and up here in Franconia. Go,
Almighty has hung ont sign that il
: New England he makes men," =
{ Homda's Magazine.