Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-21
Curious Bills in the White Mountains.

You may travel this country over but
there is no section more interesting III
every sense Of the word than IS The " n Z
Mountain Region OF New Hampshirc.
Every resort within its confines has is
own particular wonders or scenic attrac-
tons many of them being strange Yet
decidedly interesting natural formations
Take. for instance Elephants Head IN
CrawfOrd's Notch.-thc rock depns.ts
forming the trunk. head. eye and ear 81
Il gigantic elephant which can be seen Tor
4 great distance Then there is. in tnc
Franconia Region. that most w-le:E
known formation the I'rutlc'or Ola Man
Of the Mountain which stands guard oNc.
Profile lake: and not far distant Is the
great Cannon Rock surrounding inc
mountain of that name. Down at North
conway is the oddly. White Horse
Ledge and thus YOU will find IN every %
caIitN some marked popularity tnat II
wonderfully interesting. Mount Pleasant
ana F'al,yans arc in the very heart OF tnG
mountain region. and q short Journey u
various directions will bring the tours,
to Crawfords, jefferson. Jackson. Ear :
lett. Sugar Hill. Bethlehem. Map.c"ooi,
irwin Mountain Profile house, Littleton
or Mount Washington. and the view OF tn
Presidential Range from hereabouis i
oxccptional Every one visiting ne
mountain regions should plan 70 visit tne
summit Of Mount Washington. for pe
sides the ride to the top OF the mountain
which is Il most sensational experience
there is a continuously changing outiook
in every direction. Portland ana ~"
Ocean are often seen on Il clea: DAY
while between lay those gems OF lakes
Ossipec Scbago Mooschead. and many OF
smaller size sparkling like bits of shining
silver In other directions the eye catches
glimpses Of Berlin, of Map.ewood. ana 81
me mountain peaks for miles ai'uHu
when on the summit you are by ~
means confined 10 the platform SUI
rounding the hotel. for there are i scu:c
az ,,laces within easy distance worthy OF
visit Among them is the Lake OF vac
Glands, a poodly sized sheet Of wate.'
which is ever clear and cold. Then there
10 the great chasm known as t.ie Gun oi
MEXICO and in the Alpine Gardens sroWs
n variety of mountain plants ana HoWefs
which for rarity and beauty would pt
hard 10 equal: but the most wuhderlul
Mace Of all is Tuckerman's Raylne. hr,.
M snow lies a hundred feet deep, allu
throurh it, cut by tho waters couHSilis
dnwn the mountain side, Il seri 81
be,utifu, arches. the spans BEN" OF u
dcient size to admit Il team. coult owe
INT reach them. The descent 10 tn "a
Vine is a most perilous one and onlI '''
r1nst 'experienccd mountain climbers eN-;
attempt to visit it. The hotels OF th'
mountains are models Of convenience an
magnjticen,c, and All visiting lhe rcs III
are assured Il pleasant, healthful am
profitable sOjourn. You, 81 course wa
r. know All about TIE mountains, so SEM
n two-cent stamp to General Passen5e;
Recruitment. Boston & Maine r. r.. Bos
ton. for the book Mountain POINTERS
and with il you will get an excursion
book both of which are repietc with IN
formation Of value to tourists. a;.d roi
IN cents in stamps viii be sent cpllec
ton Of beautiful haif-toncs entitle'
| mountains Of New England dIt