Passaic City record., 1892-09-03


by the Indians in every way that savage
cruelty could devise. Butler was unable
to restrain his allies and the whole valley
was burned. At Lackawanna Junction
we leave the Wyoming Valley and enter
the Susquehanna which we follow for 90
miles, passing through the new Vosburg
tunnel, seven eighths of mile long, re-
ducing the Lehigh Valley five and one
half miles, or about GOO running miles
a day. Passing on up the valley to
Sayre, we notice on top the mountain to
our right, the monument erected to the
memory of General Sullivan, who in a
measure avenged the Wyoming Massacre
by his, expedition against the Indians
and Tories in Genesee Co. At Waverly
we pass over the line between New York
and Pennsylvania aud enter the Che
mung Valley which is noted for its to-
baeco growing great fields of the
weed can be seen in all directions.
Passing Elmira we push on to Addison,
one of the oldest trading posts IN the
State; some of its houses are said to be
100 years old. The scenery along the
Lehigh Valley r. R. IS not surpassed
any where in the east and a trip over the
road from New York by day light is well
worth the fare with no other object than
to enjoy the beautiful ever chang
ing views. Reaching Hornellsville
we stop thirty minutes for supper We
next pass over the Portage bridge 234
feet above the Genesee river and or to
the Genesee Valley and the salt fields of
Warsaw. Our trair rolls into Buffalo
and shortly afterwards we are on our
way to Niagara Falls, arriving at mid
night. A short walk brings us to the
Temperance House where we were
shown to comfortable room. We have
nothing but praise for this hotel. 1t is
clean and comfortable and its guests
well fed at very reasonable charges. We
rose early and spent the day driving
around, visiting all points of interest on
the American and Canadian shores. In
only one instance did we meet with the
exorbitsnt charges we hear SO much
about, and that was the fare on the in
clined railway at the whirlpool rapids.
The pretty girls in the curiosity shops
tried to induce us to pay two or more
dollars for twenty-five cent jewelry, las
souvenirs"
Having feastee our eyes on the beauties
of Niagara Falls and river we took the
five o'clock train for Waverly and spent
the night at the Tioga House. leaving
early in the morning for Binghamton
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Chenango Forks we were unexpectedly
joined by some New York friends who
had failed to make connection and had
been obliged to spend the night at the
village inn Together we proceeded to
Greene, arriving at the Chenango House
in time for breakfast. Our New York
| friends went overland to Coventry and
we remained to enjoy the hospitality OF
| the genial proprietor, DR.. L. {. Silverna1l
who has reached the thirty-third round
| in the Masonic ladder and stands high
| in the counsels of the Empire State gov
ernment. During the forenoon we visited
| the hop fields where the early picking IS
/ in progress, and proposed fishing excur-
sion for the afternoon was prevented Dy
rainas well as high water in the river. We
| left Greene the following day for Oxford
and took the N. Y Ontario and Wes-
| tern r. r. to Liberty and spent two days
visiting Walnut Mountain, White Sui
phur Springs and the many points OF in
terest near ttis popular summer resort.
At White Sulphur Springs we met Ex-
Mavor Howe of Passaic and his family.
| The genial Doctor was well pleased with
the accommodations of the bigWhite Sui
phur Springs Hotel and had enjoyed the
pursuit of the speckled beauties in neigh
| boring streams !, In Liberty we met many
old acquaintances ard several friends
| from New York. Our bodily wants were
supplied at the Liberty House by the
good looking and goodnatured pro-
prietor. Mr.. J. H, Houiihan, who IS the
| most popular hotel keeper IN Liberty,
and his young wife has been declared
| by vote to be the most popular lady in
the village, and that means more than
z e. I fr1ll ut
, popular ladies'. For this reason as well
as the llberality displayed in the dining
room, the Liberty House is always full
and overhows into near by cottages.
| Leaving Liberty on Saturday afternoon
we took train to Summitville where we
changed to the Ellenville branch. Here
we met Mr.. Arthur Groocock of Passaic
and his mother who were somewhat IN
doubt where to go. We directed them
| to a pleasant place in Liberty and pro-
ceeued on our way to Accord. n y.
where Rev. VIM P Townsend of our
party had an appointment to preach the
| following day. Arriving at Ellenvllle we
were met at the station by Rev. l. w /,
Hill. pastor of the NJ E. Church OF Ac-
cord. and by drive of twelve miles we
reached his home at the parsonage.
The lady of the parsonage took special
pains 70 insure our comfort and we had
delightful visit. Mr.. Townsend
preached to large congregations on Sun
dav. and on Wednesday delivered an
address at Corn Festival in near by
grove. His remarks were very inter-
esting and brought out much favorable
comment During the next few days
Mr.. Hill took US for long drives through
Shawangunk Mountains. We visited
Mohonk and Minnewaska Lakes. two
beautiful bodies of water on the top OF
these lofty mountains and the large ho-
tells at each place accommodate hundreds
OF visitors every summer. The drives
up and down these mountains are con-
sidered the best mountain roads in the
country. and the ever changing scenery
attracts scores of picnic parties from the
many villages in the valleys on either
side of the mountains. the Waikiki val
lev on the east and the Rondout on the
west. Gladly would we linger amid
these wonders of nature but duty called
sc hact "a, the 1,,,cxy CITY and we returned