Morning journal and courier., 1889-07-02
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 As time speeds on and our vacation season arrives, the uppermost question in many minds and one quite worthy of consideration Is where of all the many desirable and noted summer resorts to be found in this country, shall one go to spend few weeks most pleas antly and benefcially. It is presumed that as to tho best place being settled upon for the summer tourist to anchor to for the heat- ed term, is to-day, as 1t has been in past cen- tsries. an unsettled problem, for where there
 are many people there are as many minds, and the tastes and ideas of our American people are very fluctuating on this subject,
 especially is 1t so among those who wish to
 combine health with pleasure during their
 summer vacation. While one may long for
 the 'cottage. by the sea-" another con-
 sidsrs of paramount importance
 the benefits to be derived by
 sojourn for time in location which
 abounds in mineral springs like Saratoga, l where, by daily indulgence in one or more of it's peculiar favored ,anti-dyspeptio, cathar- tic, saline, or alkaline waters, may result in @ purified system, redeemed from rheumatic
 
 bodily ailments, including the historic boils which Job so graphically describes, as not to be relied upon as 8 means of either pleasure or profit. Again, there is a growing class now adays who express themselves as much more benefited in selecting for their summer rest 1 the quiet of country home, the bracing air as gently distributed from the sur- rounding wooded hilltops, its health l inspiring essence "fresh every morning ka
 host of others the mountainous regions
 hath it's charms, it's pure air, it's beautiful
 scenery, its lofty sublimery, but we all can | speak with pleasure of the grandeur of Niagara, of the most beautiful of rivers, the Hudson; of the most charming of lakes, Lake Trenton Falls, aud of the most picturesque and captivating of glens, the renowned Watkins glen. No obetter description of its loveliness and charms can be given than that of Rev. Theodore L. Ouyler in @ private let ter to friend of his during his sojourn at the glen last summer. Among other things the doctor writes; "I have visited this fas- repay many another visit. Starting from the lower valley on level with Seneca Lake, 1t requires from three to four hours to climb the ascending gorge until you reach Glen Omega" It Is ! really magnificent canyon of over three miles long, with the roof off. The "Cathe- dral, with its solid walls looming up three
 hundred feet, would accommodate one of Whits6elds vast congregations. At "Rain-
 bow Falls" you catch but glimpse of blue
 sky above the solid precipices on either side,
 while below you leaps and foams the white
 torrent into the dark depths below-the gem
 of beauty in that part known as the "Art-
 ist's Dream" It is a spot In which | church or kensett or innis might ! revel; long, narrowing vista of rosk-walls o'erarched with twining trees is illuminated with snow | white cascade and tapestried with ferns and
 tresses of luxuriant vines. Every step of our chamber, from the entrance amphithea.
 ter up to the "Omega," gave us @ new sensa-
 ton, and by the time we had reached the
 end of our tramp we had also reached the end
 of our adjectives and sat down tired, silent
 and happy.
 Is not the chamber over the slippery rocks
 and up the long stairways dangerousi No,
 not for sober people and those who are not
 troubled with vertigo and who know how to
 invalids should have stout guide to help
 them up the stairs and steady them around
 the bsstions of wet rocks. There are plenty of resting places on the route | and lover of the beautiful cannot get tired | in better cause than in exploring the be- witohing climbs, canons, cascades and cathe- drals of Watkins glen."
 Those who love the beautiful in nature | and delight themselves in pure, invigorating | air, and enjoy the most beautiful exercise and decided change from anything to be
 found heIeabouts, would do well perhaps to take trip to this famous Watkins glen, New York, the propristorship has recently passed into the hands of Mir. Pane O. Grem- ing of the Kensington Hotel, Saratoga.