New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-12

rows OF naples alonG lie highway. and beyond
this are the estate OF Mrs William H. Bradford
the Aspinwal property = 800 acres. and number
Of other fine estates Just before the village comes
into sight the Aspnwau Hotel rears its towers on
ledge TO The right The Church on the Hill"
from the pulpit Of which Dr.. Parkhurst went to
Aew-York, and many celebrated clergymen have
spoken, stands sentinel above the town From the
ehurchyard there is an extensive view Of the sur
rounding country The first impression is one OF
natural beauties. The village consists Of a hotel
few small stores. a bank. public library. four
churches and old academy built in 1908 Opposite
the hotel is & town building and at the village
green is a monument erected TO General John
Paterson and Major Eggleston. Of Revolutionary
fame.
Lenox differs from any other resort Place. While
a tourist may drive through the broad, shaded and
perfectly kept paved streets and see the artistic
hedges, lawns and flower patches he can gain only
occasional glimpses Of the so-called cottages
which have cost hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
for they stand away from the roads and hide them
selves from view behind cumps Of shrubs and
dense tO4age. On a domain OF about twenty
square miles there are about one huuuIed great
seE .F ZONES woods and wales and bareback"
pastures have been eagerly purchased and the
farms farms which haa nothing 70 Recommend them but
and 80 s-Itdtlon soIa tof large sums OF money,
q uhptoeueuyeLeSs brought high prices from per-
sens VINO wanted sumner and autumn homes. one
tlnlaotsfneAt suggested another, the colony OF
sGt.lhsr tes-oenls grew, The work OF nature
SLee9 oy the landscape gardener, money was spent
4aAylshly' and the result IS an IDEAL place.
-NeAs aSo Allt season was the fan When Sara
toga, bar t1arboF and Newport became Gull when
me cLl september air sent visitors 10 their homes
lssH ne began N LSnoX. IL is all different now
ne cary season mos nearly all The summer resi-
gents gents ID the!r big houses there is an exodus in
Suly ana august Tor the shore gayety; but with the
pslnuhg OF the forests back LenoX 20 the lovers
q me mis- Ano IN their train follow hundreds OF
otIers VINO MI the hotels TO OVERCOMING. Tnen Il
me Tune FOR house parties. coaching eSf and The
Aofse Snow, the latter the climax Of the autumn
season ne nelghborhood hills and far away towns
az tlslsee ~ meteor or by coach; drag hunts al
MtlSh caring riders follow beagle hounds across
neo ana Farm, and dinner dances al the bo,eas
mark the elimination OF the season 80 '-sSS
A snort nve miles from Lenox reached bv ,hrao
me highways, is Stockbrdge, rich in pcTiIreso77e
scenery, proud Of its old families and us So
o. ancient history. Here was the home ~ m
sLoeAbrldge Indians; here is the site OF The ttis
clutcA ~ the wilderness Wnere Jonathan F6u,sr5S
preached before his call to the preei6eTcv -
Srineeton, and the Field homestead where Tavid
Doeley Henry III. and Cyrus ". Field s0ent ~ -
Doynood Gays, and where the Rev Or f5anr,,' ~
1leld, the last Of the family, still lives ' u
Beyond Stockhridge lies Great Rarring+or ~
ne pfloe OF the town the Tnanse and he
,1-SlisflesaloTal church, the gift Of Mrs SearlaS
tie oeafies mansion OF gray doloynite is a e+-tis
xhs Hstte OF Great Barrington's attractivenees T,
- me Aahosoraest and most costly country bo,,te
1nst STANDS IN New-England. Here beside ~
rslage street IS the house where William C,,i1aS
TgAht nVeo, served as town clerk al 81 a raoI
enc wrote Green River ITO a Water F7oy - !.
xnonnment Mountain" and other roens st;,,
Turner on Is the Dome OF the Taconics sbu,1n !.
eH the view OF she Honsatonic Valley bevond