The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
FOR SALE Cheap. The popular Edgemers
Hotel on Little Mud Pond.
Terms re unAble.


4 wrote to the owner and as the result Of mis-
letter went up In December to look the place over.
The pond was about two miles long, and IL was
covered with ice and snow. The Edgemere Hotel
was no Waldorf Astoria you can bet on that 1t
had ono wing built Of logs and a modern addition
Of ciapboards and shingles. There were two big
nrcplaces on the frs, floor. and the floors above
were 80 bedrooms. l, had more Inconvenience
than ever saw In one hotel and no bathroom or
running water.
That's all right for this business eaid tho
proprietor People who como into tho Adron-
dacks are divided into two classes: the sensible
ones who want comfort and who go TO the large
expensive hotels and the sentimental ones who
are willing 10 pay for inconvenience because
they imagine they are roughingit You can make
more money out Of the latter class LIN selling
out because | want 70 60 u Florida and run an
inconvcnlcnt hotel there
This was queer talk from a hotel man who
wanted TO scu out butthc more I thought II over
the wiser his game appeared paid him $1,000
in cash and gave him mortgage for the balance.
Thus found myself an Adirondack hotel propric-
tor in the middle Of winter and without any special
knowledge Of tho business tried 10 FIX UP the
hotel bit and before my FIRST summer was over
| saw that had bought a gold brick. There
10 the Edgcmere Hotel and there were very fair
reasons why they would not come second time.
The fact that was not woodsman myself worked
against me l saw that II things didn't improve
I would he out my oil, 100 and more beside. During
Angus, ! Waited several successful small hotels
near me noticed FIRST Of all that the proprictors
OF the best filled ones looked the pnTt That gave
me pointer got some other ideas and when
my season was over ] put them In practice
Ny name was al right 1, had good
the advertisements Edgcmere, however,
s sSq finger IN; bowls and bathrooms and silver
The slate, and renamed the place Deer SlaycFs
Lodge. There are lots 81 deer in the \drondacks.
but they don't happen 70 ioiter around ,he county,
there in ten years. ard they were run In by the
dogs When ! fou,d tha, my professor had
overlooked freight yard. thought that could
rename my hotel ',eer Slayers' Lodge without my
conscience troubling me II was Lodge for deer
coudnt do much numbering of game anywhere
around H. lived all that winter with an old
Endss and before the melted had GonTr h
my old Third ward training J knew that could
weave tales Of the woods without end. didn't
neglect my outfit. | bought an old pair ~ high
boots. a blue flannel shirt and an old felt hat A
car,idge-bet aud buckhorn hunting knife com.
plcted my makeup had to smile at myself
up in The Third ward in thn, dress won Id have
been greeted with war cry | came down TO
New York early In the spLins and bought fifteen
big collection Of hunting photographs and col
orcd lectures; and when they were all hung IN in
ard no mistake l placed a few well.wordcd ad.
vcrtiscmcnts and doubled my rates. After |
returned; and before my season oprneo some
some Of the New York papers The first one read
like this:
Uncle Josh wilkins, Of Deer Slayers Lodge
Is losing sleep 'hcse early spring nights shoot.
heen forced to plant his garden over three times
because the deer have tramplcd y up each time
and he declines 10 shoot deer out Of season iic
had a terrinc igh, with big buck one night
last last week The buck +, refused 70 move when
struck the buck with a club and the infuriatcd
beast turned on him and cut his clothes u shrets
II n bulldog, which Uncle Josh has had for many
years; had not come to his assistance tho buck
would have killed him. Uncle Josh says thai
there ism m3 prI enough in tho United States
"Tfn, was good starter and I followed /. up
awcrk later with this story. which went the rounds
"'unclc Josh Wilkins. Of Deer Slayers Lodge
on Little Mud Pond, lost lot Of valuable old china
several days ago by curious happening which,
remember in his whole Adirondack career Uncle
Josh had just seated himself for dinner when
TT rnns was hs SSnna 3 ana org
with another Jump sprang through the window
on .he opposite side and disappeared. II was
had smashed both windows and all Of the dishes
on the table. ~ Uncle Josh looked out Of the
first window which the deer had smashed he saw
the cause Of tho animals fright Jogging along
toward the house was a bear that Weighed al
least 900 pounds, and he was hungry for that
deer. Uncle Josh ran for his trusty Old brown
l3css with which he has shot 10 many bears, but
when he returned the bear had disappeared
That littlc yarn brought mo long letter from
my good old mother down, in the Third ward
| coon put that straight II also bought me
alcltcr from my predecessor in Florida The fellow
said that I wGS such chez I'll liar That was
could make more money II | would come down
to Florida and sell orange groves 10 Englishmen.
knew my business and stuck where was, With
the result that could buy aud sell that fellow
several times over any OF you read the lily
papers nino years ago last spring you may re-.
member the queer things that happened around
Isded Josh Wilkns's three cows one night and he
didn't get them back until two days Later Du.ing
their absence your Uncle Josh had to use con
densed milk much as h"vhS oproScd 10 II; \ bear
and two half grown cubs frightened his horse
one day when your Uncle 10 h was driving home,
and they based him clear TO his hotel where his
Josh killed ono deer that would not get out of
his garden by throwing a stone at II, Being
a strong supporter Of the game laws he went clear
g Albnny 70 complain about himself and pay
his fine II was an accidental killing and the
game warden decided to overlook Il. The Albany
newspapers had lots OF fun with your Uncle Josh
on that visit. They described hin as a simple
minded backwood sman who had never been in the
city, and they told all about his killing a big hear
with a stone, Perhaps didn't have some fun
on that "Trip allowing some Of those fy guys 20
show me the sights II was good stroke though,
Tor four New York Asscmblymcn promptly engaS.
I'd rooms for Au'uSL, had my housc filled for
the entire SUNNI or before my season opened.
Il was a little ratified about the deer, though,
Most Of these people were coming uD for the hunt