New-York tribune., 1890-08-31
SUMMER ON LAKE GEORGE.
DIR. EGGLESTON,S HOME AT JOSHUA'S
PARK.
LEGEND OF THE ROCK-THE WATER WRATH VI
DUNuAM BAY-NEw STORY OF
JENNIE M'CREA.

Joshua's ROcI, Lake George, Aux 20 VI &c "a ~
Fort william Henry the blue waters oi LAKE, "V''70 ~
tend northwad for four miles IN bFo'u an" va 60
,a,,c ,v.sbin,. Che ha,c os ,he hills. Then ragged
woody .nur of French Mountain ju;s out INTO inc "d
from the eastern shore more than "Vo ico' III e'
and behind it /, Dunliam Bay. one ol '''e Pc'"'>,
rers ~ the lake The creek that WINS W anu ~
,gh the valley to the east Of the bay one VI ''o
largo tributaries of the lake. and III suH'Hcr II NV
lednc nloce for Lake George pchcre the De9t ''aI -
,I,or kind They swarm down to the bay 'h s''oo''
.yben the frosts begin 10 cool the waters ''a'"o
pcrch and miGnOws and growing pump "'i'0 Wv Wv
fender for the fishermen. Trout, pioheFeN h"S w
ncrcb are abundant in season, and nowhere niolv
,.r- rlo fishing rcgnlatOns are stringent ana "cH
o,sorved espccallv i'm the lake, where the "s
commissioners is a terror to all law~breaKer'' ho P" P,
his precinct armed with telescope Iheic y "o soy e
when the fishermen may not come under MS oh
and jealous eye At any time OF the u'S no "' ~
annipr the shores of his district from some io'y sum
init. ready st moments hOh'o ~ P
the mountain eagle upon MS prey . .,on,
>ear tho month of Durham Bay on us sou'"0i"
sbore Is Joslua's Rock great bare ro''n"o" ~
80 tone at the waters edge. carved ana gFouhu os
the glaciers as in the remote past they Su "'o % c
Galley and cxcavatcd the basin OF the Fhe % Inv
,cs was chrstencd though not named, by DE- r'
rard FprIeson whose home has been on the iaAc io'
ten years, and it is now olhciallS c'o'"e
the po,toficcs of the State. The legehd oi 'oS",
Rock is not of the thrilling. romantic sou ~ ~. ~
which touched the humor of the author oil 'he
schoolmaster" Joshua was indolent, ne eeF-ao won
but harmless vagabOnd who huhS doo"u '"0
mcnts early in the century until ne eNld'''e" Wv, Wv
patience Of the practical hard WORKING seulcr' i
regulators of that day having rot yet acQulTcu 'o
sterner tcIperament of the 1ooScr communities WIZ
a. Ioss what to do with Joshua, and finally DalSheo
him to this rock on the lake. provided nm WITH I'LL
allowance of rations and Il trappers outn' 0" 'o"
dition that he was to return to the settlement uoi
penalty of scvcrer punishment.
Tbi. treatment appears to have been inc mdhi"e
of rosbno He built his cabin the rock, trapped
hunted and ishcd successfully for twenty years ho
became known all the country As the hermit anu
trapper and he could get drunk when nc Wah'co 10
without intudinC upon the privacy oi any one D'
the time that most of his judges had emigTatcd OF
died he had accumulated some savings ana thoh ho
invested il in a farm. and giving up his cabih re
turned from exile He moi a thrifty farmer, a'-
counts saw and his early habits rcaSserted themselves
lat he was a landhoder and taxpayer. when maze
a difference. so long as he could pay nc "dS Voi
Grated and he died in peace.
Dr Eggleston has built for his home rugged h'1c
castle Of the native stone prominence ovcrooh-
ing the head of the bay from a grove OF pines
The house stands the home of his son-ih-iaw'
Elwin Seely. who owns large tract OF laho OH inc
lake.
few steps from the Doctors house is his library
and study built of the stove and finished taste
fully within II commands fine vi1w a1d conveys
a sense Of foominess and Of quiet leisure caicu aed
70 arouse the envy OF those whose homes and w"r'
arc in the heart Of the city. Here he spends all MS
time except fpr few month, of the winter ptSNcu III
New-York and does the most OF his work His friends
visit him here from all parts % the country and the
naltie, of ton;iSt who come To Durham I.aN make II
a point To cal! AT the castle. The Doctor Is no" III
his full prime cTcct and vigorous. his figure S;outcf
and his hair grayer than when he was pastor IN
Brookyn His Appearance with the mass OF har
he'd I'D from the forehead is no; unlike that OF the
Methodist minister in the Ho)sier country where he
N,can life His recreation is taken in trampS among
the hills or in cruising the lake. where his little
rarresa, boat is well known. TO his grandchildren
lie is only known rs BOmper," and they arc never so
delighted as when he will have frolc with mem.
Mrs EgglestOn until her death last winter: was the
Doctors sole assistant. and her place has been partly
filled since By lis daughters, Mrs Seely and Miss
Alccra EcglcSton. both bright cultivated women who
are interested literature and have contributed 10 IT,
Tho.last work Of Dr. Egcleston. which ne has Just
completed and which will be published, is novel
treating like owellS'S recent story. Of Newl ork HE
The Doctor ha, the advantage Of intimate acquan-
tance as minister resident with the varied phases
of CITY life and that careful Observance and humorous
detail which his Western stories have shown VIII
afford many ting Glmpse Of mctrop Titan expert
ence What he regards the work of his life how
ever and one On which he has been engaged for many
years is early history of the colonies His sudie5
on that subject have been from later standpoint and
he now cxp cts 10 devote his whole time 10 the prcpa
ration Of this work.
The lake IS yearly becoming greater resort for
those that live I'm cottages. \ cluster Is sprlngnS up
around the home at Joshuas Roc. many OF
them belonging old pari,hioncr like Ihe Browns and
Townsends I'm the pastoral work he organized In
Erooklyn fit en- years ago Il il coincidence tlat
this work. which was entirely non nscctaIian and was.
he SAYS the best Of his life. bears strong sml
larty to that which Mr.. 1umphry Ward has assigned
IN Fool cf.nf. rnefl M
have been incorporated by various denominations in
Brocklvn SINCE Fifteen years ago he more slcn-
der I'm figure and perhaps like Mr.. Wards fac1l
in personal appearance, and perhaps Elsmere III lat
years after an expenditure OF surplus enthusiasm, and
with literary success might have been content - ror'
from active strfc George Carey Egslostnn, th@ Doc
tors brother bas bult cottage on The Rock TINS sun"
per Mrs l. H. Haven and her daughters Brooklyn
artists pass their summer there. On the opposite
side Of the lake DR.. Paxton. of Princeton mas bhHt
beautiful summer home. aud the opposite point al
the head Of Durham Bay new summer resort ms
bccn opened. This is known Assembly Point II
occupes one of the pretty site, Lake George, and
tbc design /, 10 establish there another Chautanqua o.
Pourd Lake conference. DR.. sanford. prominent
resident of Glen, Falls. and the Rev. DE- ~ I
Rose formerly an active Methodist minister. are TIE
directing spirits in the project number m pre'N
cottages have been erected on the grounds TINS sum
mer and another season Is likely 10 establish IL
position the lake.
Lake George is not only of the most attractive
but it is also one Of the most and tful OF Amcri
can lakes. In il, pleasant moods, when IT, fdcc Is
m.rros-lile, dimped only by the ripple OF the hshcs
uothnc more quiet and serene be imagined. Tho
Crazy mountains. the eagle sailing in the clouds. az
reflected in the slassg surface, and trout and ba
seek the greatest depths % escape view from tn
boats which Owe hang them Presently the slight
breeze will frcshen and ripple the whole surface. III
another short interval the black niggers' glide
RAPIDLY over the lake. but WITHOUT regularity and from
all directions; swells dash up omnOu,ly and thci
white caps make furious showing OF anger. Every
boaman has his weather signs, though no two OF then
are alike But these moods. though htful, arr
rarely dangerous even lasting. Within al
hour Lake Geoge pas through them all
the wind nay now every point OF the compass
and then settle down once more into IA tranqullit!
~ placld a, that Of a millpond In those past geo