Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-17

eral seasons. But for those who are not, one
summer with its high livery bills is quite
sufficient to appreciate all the drives and
scenery.
The fine scenery is at some little distance
from the hotel. Every day or two observa-
tion cars attached to the regular Pennsyl-
Yania Railroad trains carry quests at so
much per head to the picturesque precipices
of Allegrippus, which is five miles east Of
Cresson, and also around the famous Horse
Shoe Bend, which is few miles further on.
Frequent excursions by rail are also made
over the Bells Gap Railroad, some Is miles
from Cresson. This year not few excur-
sionlsts have gone away in the morning to
both the wreck of the South Fork dam and
Johnstovn and returned in time for tea
A STRETCH OF LANDSCAPE
BY all odds the most wonderful view to be
obtained is from the top OF the mountain
about q mile back of the hotel. It is not so
wild as the gorge down along which the
Pennsylvania Railroad drops gradually to
Altoona. but it is inspiring from the vast
area Of landscape thrown within the range
OF vision. Either walk or drive from Cres-
son station back over the Hollidaysburg'
road to the village of Summit, and you may
there see many square miles of forest
crowned peaks and leafy valleys around
you. The view seems like one vast amphi-
thester right in the center of which you
stand. Here tine altitude is q little over
200 feet, and in different directions you
may see Ebensburg, which is II miles dis
tapt; Carrollton % miles away; Altoona (on
q clear day) 10 miles, and the smoke Of
Hollidaysburg. 1t is at this point that An
drew Carnegie owns land which he original
ly bought for the site of mountain castle.
If YOU want to get good trout-fshing
drive on. down the other side of the noun
tain, on this same road towards Holidays
burg, The old pike here parallels the ten
inelines and as many levels of the old
Portage Railroad. It is 8 moss-grown ruin
now and forms q most romantic promenade
with endless vistas through some remarka-
bly, big trees. The viaducts and other mas
onry of the old Portage are cllnging with
ivy. They make this otherwise remote
region of wildness quite charming.
RELICS OF THE PAST.
Many of the old phrases of Portage days
and some of the vernacular still cling to this
country. For instance, nearing Holidays
burg there Is little hamlet still marked on
the maps and still known by the pony mail
carrier 40 "Foot-of- Ten." This means that
itisat the foot OF incline No. 10. So that
If you ever get lost, as did once, and some
little girl replies in quick way to your
anxious inquiries as to where you are: Foot
often, sir, you will understand.
Perhaps the most romantic drive around
Cresson is that to Loretta and Ebensburg.
To Loretta, some eight miles, the road
passes entirely through forest The thickets
along the driveway remind you more of
pretty grove than anything else for there
are hemlocks, pine and rhododendrons in
ah uee ae A Rort 0f n fanCNUork
through them you may see great oaks,
straight sims and the white beeches. There
are said to be prettier lichens and more
varieties of ferns in these woods than in any
other part of the AlleghenIes.
A SEAT OF LKAREIEo.
A feature that renders this drive rather
picturesque also il the large number Of SOM
ber-elad nuns whom one passes and neets