The Newtown bee., 1894-10-05

them the 'Home of the Great Spirit" They span the mystery below and the mystery above. They utter speech unto the night and unto the day saying, ''God is here."-[ Henrietta Smith Mun- son.
 RAMBLES OF TWO TEACHERS. GREAT DERTH OF MARRIAGEABLE YOUNG
 MEN.
 To the Editor of THE VIEWPOINT BEE Thinking some of your readers might like to know how two school teachers passed most pleasant, summer vacation. send you the following account Of our trip. We left Mamaroneck on Wednes- day, July %, at 7.45 a. m., New York $40, reaching Saratoga 2.40. We were met at the station and taken to the Wald- worth House, North Broadway. The | principal street of Saratoga is Broadway, l which extends north and south about l three and half miles in a direct line. l The sidewalks are wide and we'll paved i and shs ded by double row of beautiful trees. Woodlawn, Judge Hilton's mag nificent park is on North Broadway, about two miles from the principal hotels. It comprises about 1500 acres, beautiful ly laid out in walks and drives. Here
 and there throughout the grounds are sculptured marble statues. Carriages ! are in waiting along Broadway and for
 the sum of $1 an hour strangers can be
 shown the village.
 The next place, we visited was Sarato- ga lake, three and half miles east of the
 village. The most popular way of reach 1 ing this is to drive by the way of Broad
 way and Union Avenue, but we took a
 double decked trolly car and reached
 there much sooner. Our time being
 limited we spent the afternoon here and
 on our way home stopped at Congress Spring Park, ridge in the shape of a
 horse shoe, enclosing the famous Con- gress and Columbian Springs. In this there are beautiful lawns, an artificial
 lake, deer park and delightful grove of forest trees.
 MILITARY BAND
 gives concert in this park three times a
 day. Circular street, which leads from
 Broadway contains many elegant private
 residences and some fashionable board ing houses. The greatest of recent ad- l ditions to the place is the new Conven. tion hall, the most perfect assembly room l for great gatherings in America. This , building is between Congress Park and l the Windsor hotel adjoining the Pompeia , Its acoustic proportions are so perfect , opera chairs can hear every word spoker from the platform.
 yl The Pompeia is an exact reproduction of the house of Pansa, buried by Versu vius in the year 79. It is one of tht } most interesting exhibits in the world } in fact there is nothing like it anywhere
 else. All are in measure familiar witt ? the terrible fate of Pompeia, it's complete
 oblivion for nearly 2000 years and a res - urrection which has given this Roman , city a power to interest. From th' P numerous private houses now excavateG g in Pompeia, the ''House of Pansa" wal , selected as model from being both tht 2 most perfect and extensive in plan a we'll as also being the best known. ri The hotels here are among the larges f and finest in the world, the most noted
 being the United States, Grand Union ? Windsor, Congress Hall, Kensington ant I Clarendon, while host of smaller hotel |. and boarding houses furnish excellen e accommodations, the price varying iron r $7 to $25 per week. The next place 0 f interest to us was Mt McGregor, wher s Gen Grant spent his last hours. Thi e cottage was built by Duncan McGrego if many years ago. It was purchased b n the late Joseph w. Drexel of Ne, s York and was furnished, as visitors nov I. see it, by MT Drexel's orders, fo the accommodation of Gen Grant and hi IT family. After his death it was given s the G. A. R. and is now cared for b 1T them. On entering the cottage from th is front we found ourselves in the receI l. tion room.
 t TWAS HERE THAT GEN GRANT DIED. a The bed he occupied, and on which h 5 died, his tavorite chair and the clock Q . the mantel stopped by Col Fred Grant = the moment of his fathers death al among the chief objects of interest in u
 room. Owing to the nature of Ge :, Grants illness he was unable to lie dow
 for several months before his death an ar he slept in two chairs, sitting in one an resting his feet in the other. In u U room adjoining the sick room are u ,a floral pieces. These tributes are offe ,r ings of friends.
 V We left Saratoga Saturday, July ? E, over the route of the Adirondack railwa
 to Lake George. This lake is 35 milt .d long and from three quarters of mi ,a to four miles wide. It is the mo .d famous and frequented of America
 lakes, and is renowned not only for Il
 natural grandeur of it's scenery but all Ss for the historic associations connectt Tn with it. Here we took the steamer Hol ia con. It is fitted and furnished in u ae most elegant manner, and accomodat' le LOGO people. It leaves Caldwell on a .. rival of trains from South, lands ic different resorts, reaching Baldwin, is the foot of the lake, connecting vii <. train for Fort Ticonderoga. Here V ,e took the steamer Vermont and sailed . K Lake Champlain to Westport, and the \, took boat called the Little Nellien ar