New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-10
IN THE ADIRONDACKS.
HOW TO SEE THE SCENERY.
THE MOUNTAIN sTACE-MANY PEOPLE AT THE
MANY HOTELS.

the summer, and never 60 further away H''" !" mum
the postOfiice. great many people DO th'' C''''
year. and they tell yon with the utmost commence
when they return TO the city that they have done
the Adlrondacks and they think them 50 ruR-eo anu
grand and all that sort Of thing. This ) IKE the
bopefuI yonng sprig Of British nobility. whose family
sent him abroad to widen his ideas. This was IN
the DAYS when descriptive letters. the crazc-in
the DAYS of Horace Walpolc. Lady Mary WoTlcy
Montague and Lord Chesterfield. The Young noblemah
was under the obligations Of writing budget OF his
impressions" home every week. and he did so in
way which showed that he not utterly devoid
either of dutifaneSS originality. lie played
billiards in the hotel all day, and copied descriptions
OF the Alps and other places of interest ont OF his
gudcboOks. II IS rank hercsy 10 suggest that some
widely travelled Americans seem only to possess some
gudcbOOk information about the different places they
have visited but the occupations of many eSttinable
people the hotels indicate that in leaving NewforK
and other cities they bring their habits with them
In their trunks The true lover Of nature cannot afford
10 be fashionable In the AGrondaCks as toe many
changes Of costume neceS>itdte supcrahundance OF
baggage and an impeachment TO rapid and frequent
travelling The only TO his region. and to
understand what Adirondack" Murray found 20 write
about. and why he is well known. and why the Adiron-
dacks famous. is to from place 10 place on the
top Of a Stage-cOach
ANY one who imagncS that America lacks that
element of picturesqueue>S which draws hundreds 81
thousands Of good Americans to Europe every sum
nler can never have penetrated the AdrOndacks. OF
course the hotels modern. and in many respects
mOnotonously similar but hch picturesque eNterorS
rarely accompany comfortable interiors and are more
or less suggestive of innumcrable dIaughtS and con
sequcnt influenza. one can dispense with pict
urcsqueness hotel especially in this REGION
where the temperature i somewhat variable, and
where the evenings frequently chilly. ard wraps
and spring OvcrcoatS indispensable. Dut the vii
lagos passes through not 0pQfes'iycly common
place. as AnclomauacS confidently declare them 10
Sti,,nfS
and the Inhabitants which reminds one Of GOldSmtl's
"swcet Auburn, and the architecture. IL not StrkncY
original. IS of that ROACH simplicity which is soothing
and. in fact. to Use that much abused term pier
uresquc. II is too dlstuCtively American. only the
who goes from Dan 70 BeerShe'a and sees nothing
can resist the dreamy beauties Of these little hamcts
in rhe Plains and the lllSd"S These cottages
with their rough outbudiugS. belong much 10 the
wild, grand Landscape here as the low rambling inns
with their swavingS signs belong the Subducd air Of
an English Landscape in which art is more apparent
than The principal features in The landscape
are the rowninG hills. the deep ravincs. the dark
mcnacng groves Of trees. which To swallow up
the mountain road and the turbulent rapids and falls
mocliDg their turkeys Of granite they race between
them. In ENGLAND feels az every turn that
nature is in subccton Here Sic Is Triumphant.
Elzabejhtown is only the gateway 10 the AdiOn
dachs II is an Introduction IL The wild grandeur Of
the interior Of the rahrc-thc land Of shmmerins
lakes and silenceS fun Of Ch0ltic whisperinc>.
The idiots who would destroy these woods would
break through thousand potent spells which are
rivcts in the slender chain which bind men 10 the
encelS. The who has not wandered alone
through the woods and felt that he belonged to
another world has lived his life 10 the full, for
every man. not utterly chained 10 the car Of the CON
monplace. poet in the woods. The stage road 10
every place in the AdrOndack> leads directly through
the woods At time, il is winding It's -erpentine
through the undulant forests in tho valley at
another il is climbing tOrtuOu>ly the steep SIDES OF
mountain and the stage tolls mp beneath the towering
threatening rocks along ledge narrow that two
vehicles could not possibly pass upon II, boulder
on the path catching the wheel would prccpltatc
the feet destruction but the driver
knows every and twist Of the rCNd and every
tree which mark hi, route The horses
could find their way without slip in the dark. The
horses are sure footed mules, and though the
coach and plunges and rolls like a roWbol' in
heavy sea- there * no danger. The driver and his
team have weathercd thousand such storms. lie
cracks his whip and Tie horses plunge down The road
which turns like a circular puzzle. ascending 4
steep grade. descending plane which IS like
tobOggan slide and the Passengers checks banch,
the driver smokes IN, eternal cigar with cool
Indifference suddenly Iis rounds juttng wall
OF rock in the ln'an side There f. collision for
sure. No; thu there is positively no room for
passage The c)fch takes up the whole width of the
road. To III r,ptain stage driver all things
possible. The coach IS drawn half way mp the en-
bankrca ,,mons the rock, and trees. and the rig
with no wheel, comes the side of the mountain.
a CHEEKY greeting passes between the drlVer>-you
breathe agan-'he lon- whip circles over the leaders
0anlIs, the whcccro are admoni-hcd with cit mp
thar, Jerry Now then, sally" ard Won have
sumed your journey. The skill Of Adirondack
stage driver is only approached by that Of London
omnibus driver, who j, popularity supposed 10 have
transcribed the Biblical puzzle Of camel passing
through the eye Of needle. and TO have driven a
heavy bus thr,~, horses abreast through open
ing about the size of a horse collar.
A good trip for the tourist who wishes all
that there is to be I'm The wilderness, is from
ElzabchtOwn 10 Beedcs. at the head Of the Kecnc
Valley, where he can spend a couple Of DAYS win
advantage al the It. lluberts Inn This Is one Of the
oldc, hotels in the mountains. having become
household word. as the Widow lcftcs with The early
pilgrims who penetrated this region. II is now an
entirely building. with all '1odern convenience
There is plenty of excellent sport in the near neigh
borhood and it a pleasant drive to Alsable Forks
one Of the places Of interest positively must visit
In the valley below there are three first class hotels
the Mount Porter House the Adirondack House ana
the Tahawus. Along the road at different points
perched mp among the rocks and apparently mae
cessblc are the bungalows Of many eminent New York
Landscape artists. This valley perhaps offers more at
fractions to the who is fond Of brilliant colors
than any other portion Of the I'D rondackN. The
foliage is not only green but IL is golden green.
From the Kccne Valley the stage runs to tho
Cascade Valley-the valley Of moons ent moods.
There is only hotel here the Cascade House. but
II is in all respects satisfactory. and Is sharing the
prosperity which is the invar.ablc stOr~ at all the
Adirondack hotels. There is positive rain Of guests
this year, and there is scarcely hotel in the
mountains which could not have twice the number Of
guests lodged at present, If only Accommodate was
available. several New Workers, unaware Of the rush
here this year. have come down expecting to find
rooms. and have been Obliged 10 . saratoga and
other Places not even garIc. i uncuaptcd. II
Is a good idea for all contemplating vacation in the
Adirondscks telegraph ahead and make OF
Ing
Lake Placid in the opinion Of many the most charm
ing place I'm The mountains, is t"O hours ride from
Cascade. and il is lovely enough to tempt YOU end
your days IN the wilderness. The Grand View Hotel