The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1889-07-20
THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.
An interesting Letter frous the Peaks
OF Nrw HERmp%htre.
NJ. AcAssts HoUSr. BsTHlEHrx, y. H.,
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NJ. AcAssls HoUSs, BrrHrBrx, \. H.,
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MESsas Enfrozs :-Auay Mp here in this
mountain town assembled this year the aNii-
eth meeting q American Teachers inssi-
tutc. Il Was this meeting that induced me 20
travel FROM Southern New Jersey. ] heed
hardly SAY ! have been amply repaid
never before met 30 msRy able educators IN
None place, and never before witnessed 81
iunsh enthusiasm on The suhlrci 81 rsisca'son-
DArtmoath. Cornell. Brown, ~ taci aiiIust
An q our leading Colleges and Universities
sent able usca with Abie papers; aud teachers
realizing the quality Of the Iuielicciasi feast
10 b. spread before them, aockcd here from
al portions " the United States aud Canada
Prof Newell. of Baltimore, Eas on a com
nitfee. Eager for = glimPse Of s0ma one
frora nv o~n state ! vent 10 President Little
6sla to inauira for him. He said he wAs
sorry 10 tell me Pyuf Ncweil had gone %
Nashville Prof DifeubAaghs name VAS
on no register 10 to~u. and yesterday morn
ing vas told Al the Waite Moantain Echo
efsee that Prof Difeuhaagh had an ah.s
paper 3, n Maryland Teachers lnsliiaie,
hence / need not be looking over hossl
registers for him here, as he was attending &c
home WORK.
This = nv hrsg trip 10 the White Noun
Z z
{ attractions OF the place are manifold. Nevvl
T 20 human eve vas opened 0ai hner scenery
{ than can ee found here. keihlehem aestlel
eositV At the foot Of Nj. AxAssfz, bcaatsiu
pesk Of The White MoauiAins, named aileE
Prof AeassiE The town Is q sumarr toxin
consisting of forty hotels, two or three
churches aud hall or tWa- The piace >.
( filed With summer boar3srs. tourists, sciea.
I lists, explorers and men pleasure. seekinSi
aud last, bu. By no meaEs Feast, teacher
/ who in themselves combine at the rcss.
4 About sixteea miies from here Is the
famous White Mountain Fiume, made motor
( Gus bY the failiag Of aa immense boaldeF
/ few years ago. saw this boulder the oihe
/ day. as well a. the cold Man Of the Mount
/ ain. - 81 FranconiA Notch.
Twenty miles distant, bat distinctly visible
+ Is Nj Washington. Some Of the gcntsemst
I Of our party walked up 10 the "tlp To-
House" laa Saturday and walked down "a !
yale. the wind blowing Al the rate 81 hiil
F miles The timidity Of some people Show
/ in going up and down Mt. Washington II
I some cases il Iadierons. A few years az
an old lady said TO Henry Ward Beeeher a.
+ they we're coming doWn the mountain, '-uh
{ Sir. suppose the brake should give way
/ There Is another said be. But what wogl'
/ become OF rs II thSz sh0uld give way. muir
INJURED the old lady, That, madam, depend
upon the way yea have lived, said the illus
,rions preacher. OF the geological Formation
Of these mountains, ] am making clos
inquiries, but thus far ] am puzzled. The
( tell me here they are eonglomerate. thin
It is "a mistake, for J have piece OF mic
schis, got at the fume, and piece OF iro
1 pyrites found at Echo Lake. Can any OF GU
I teachers tell me. The fora of the eoustr
I is quite like our Owl | am not able 70 sa
the same for the fauna, bear aud t~
cats are providing close 10 our hotel. Able
bodied Young men start cut every day to car
ture these animals, but thus far with no Su'
| cess.
The thermometer this morning stood IS
| wonder Il my Maryland friends are enjoyn
this temperature or are they sweltering rs III
| New Workers are lRENE PENNINGTON.