New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-03

s,eat difference where they do the lolling or
when II they are elderly persons with dis
ordered stomach or rheumatic JOINT they VIII
take a vacation as they take pill or pouluce
II they are young people of romantic tendencies,
they will find rowboat and hammock almost
anywhere But mountains that lit magnificent
front in every direction as YOU turn that spread
and grow and multiply YOU approach. anu
mingi- with the mists as YOU move away: forests
Of hemlock and Norway pine, of spruce and hard
maple and white birch trees roadways where the
clematis blossoms by the mile and the blue-bclls
and wild forget-me-nots grow in masses around
every rock meadows scarlet as far eye can see
with naughty cardinal flower, for one stalk of
which you would walk mile at home; marshes
where the gray hanging moss covers the bare
arms of old dead trees till they look like shroudcd
Ghosts: ponds where the hungry bass and the
savage pickcrcl snap at your bait or your spoon
almost AS soon AS you drop il in the water: icy
brooks where the speckled trout hlddled in
pool, jump at your fly at almost every throw;
lakes where the lordly lake trout, ouriei under
eighty feet OF water, swallows your gang ana
nearly pulls you out OF your boat as he darts
away woods and mountains ana water where
with hound or salt-ick or faring jack the noblest
child of the forest can be hunted-these are 10
be had only for the seeking, and if they and pure
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cares of business and all the nagsing restraints
of convention are involved in your idea of a vaca
tion then now is the time to 60, and | can tell
YOU Just where and how.
The Adirondack Wilderness is a vast country
Nature was moved by large and noble impulses
when it's ten thousand hills thrown into
the air, aud the waters Of sea poured into
its innumerable reservoirs. 1t would be narrow
mind that would prefer this or that section Of
the forest all the rest unless for peculiar
purpose. Every square mile has its attractions.
One can go anywhere and find much that fas
cinates and cnnObles. The beaten paths, Of
course. the cheaper, and yet expense is a
matter easily Requested to suit ones convenience.
4 man who has a good pair of legs and is
not afraid 10 use them can spend the whole
summer in the wilderness for the price of his
gun. his fishing tackle and a box of matches.
What does he want TO eat better than partridge,
q mess Of trout or bass. cut Of venison and
some berries? Where is the mattress more easy
and luxurious than haystaclS? If it is ones
idea 10 get all he that is improving from
the sunshine and the atmosphere. from the grand
scenery of hillside and lake and sky, the fewer
things he brings with him and the less lie sees
Of roofs and hsbitations, the better And just
as there is no limit TO the possible cheapness Of
such i trip, 80 there is none TO the possible
expense of it. Ii may ne made to cost any
thing; not, however, without the sacrifice OF
much that makes it especially delightful. Two
people can always live, if they know how, pro-
portionately cheaper than one. They can travel
propor;ionately cheaper. The rational expense of
an Adirondack tour for ono person ought not
10 he "a cent more than 81 day and for two
persons not more than $40. If 1t is made to
cost than that. there is too much luxury
about it. too much show, too much dress, too
much fashion and convention. The rates NEIL
TONED contemplate the use OF the usual me'hods
of conveyance such steamers, railways, stages
rowbcats and livery stable teams, and the usual
and best hotels. Fully half Of such expense,
however, is unnecessary. and, from the woodsman
ana sportsmans point OF view, undesirable. 10
travel by train or steamer where one can walk
OF row. or to sleep under roof where one can |
sleep In the open air. is to lose much that is
most delightful in journey through the woods.
Twenty years ago ii was impossible to go any |
where without a guide. Now guides are only !
necessary On water trips or hunting expeditions.
ne mountains are now so well surveyed and so |
thickly settled that one can get about almost |
everywhere without other than ordinary assist !
snce The race Of guides las multiplied during |
the last alton but their function has changed
Formerly, when tile strangers who came into the |
mountains were inevitably hunters and fisher
men, the guides were woodsmcn, educated TO know |
and understand every sight and sound peculiar
to the forest. They cold find the trail IN the
widest region and in the blacklist night, They |
knew every pond and stream and what there was
In them They knew all the meadows where the
deer came in at night TO feed, and all the run
ways through which, when driven by the dogs.
they sought escape in the water. This was the
generation Of guides in which Paul Smith stands
rs tie most interesting example. Sometimes. when
sncy bad good wives, as Paul had they kept, dur