Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Stories Of the Hills Newly Told.
.c,al Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The star.
CONCORD, N. H. June "a. 1905
Belknap county, N. H., furnishes the
lower lip and chin to form the beautiful
smile of the Great Spirit-Lake Winnipi-
seogee.
From Center Harbor. quiet In It's charm
ing isolation, on the west. through Mere
dith, Laconia and Clifford, the jagged shore
line twists and turns to far-famed Alton
bay. the easterly terminus of the lake.
Also within the limits of this county are
the greater number of the said-to-be 361
islands of which the lake makes its boast.
The southern shore of the lake is that
most easy of access from the centers of
population and it's centers. the Weirs and
Alton Bay. have the largest number both OF
transient visitors and or permanent sum-
mer residents.
The weirs and Center Harbor have the
principal hotels and Alton Bay the chief
cottage colony.
A traveller on the steamer Mount Wash
ington. circling the lake. beholds an infinite
variety. not only in scenery. but in the hab-
itations of those who have come to live by
the lakeside in order to enjoy that scenery.
Here is the magnificent stone castle of
railroad president: there a little cottage.
close by the wa ter'S edge. costing, perhaps.
a hundredth part as much; but the owners
of both one in their admiration and love
for their scenic surroundings.
1t was still the seventeenth century when
Gov. John Endicott'S Massachusetts men
came to the lake at place where the In
dams were wont to fish. and which is still
known as the Weirs. How interested they
would be could they watch the crowds that
follow their course each year of this TWEEN
tieth century!
First as soon as the fee goes out. come
the fishermen. After the season Is In full
swing the musicians of the state have
convention: the Methodsts hold camp
meeting in a grove which they own. and
the veteran soldiers of the state the men
who wore the blue in the sixties. occupy
another grove, which they own together.
with numerous fine buildings. for an EN-
campment' that is famous all over the
country.
Alton Bay has another camp meeting:
whose popularity Is shown by the city of
cottages that has grown up around the
services.
Winnipiseogee, like Asquem. has a free
rural mail delivery by steamer: and one
who wishes to study the lake thoroughly
should arise early enough in the morning
to take the trip with this one OF Uncle
Sans servants. who stops at practically all
the inhabited islands OF the lake and darts
in and out among the rest.
1t was on Governors Island that the Ger
man embassy made its summer home in
1868. and Count Won Sternberg wrote the
governor OF the state an enthusiastic letter
appreciatfve of the charms of the spot The
island homes of the Drs Greene of Boston
are other famous show places of the lake,
while on shore are the beautiful villas OF
the late George w. Armstrong at Center
Harbor and of Mr.. Benjamin A. Kimball of
Concord at the Breads.
In a new hotel near Alton Bay the mod
ern idea of rooming the guests in detached
bungalows and feeding them at the central
structure has been developed with great
success.
The Lake Wnnipiseogee Yacht Club Is
the largest organization of the kind in the
state and for the safety and convenience
of its members. well as to serve the
great and constantly growing freight ana
passenger traffic on the lake the state has
Increased it's appropriations for lights and
buoys and improved their efficiency.
Lake Winnipiseogee. however. Is not the
only attraction of Beiknap county, which
contains also beautiful Lake Winnesquam,
ancently known os Great Bay. the Bel
knap mountains and many a hill and dale
of exquisite charm,
No less than eight farms were sold for
summer residence Purposes during the year
1904 In the twon of New Hampton. in this
county, the largest number so reported from
any one town. For many years former Rep
rcsentative ]. III. Walker of Massachusetts,
late Rev. DR.. A. ]. Gordon of Boston loved
the town and delighted to preach In Its lit
tie old Dana meeting house Here. too. is
New Hampton Institution, long famous
among granite state preparatory schools.
Even older considerably past Its centen-
airy. is Gilmanton Academy. in the town of
CINNAMON. well advertised as ian upland
Arcadia" And the great Methodist school,
TtIton Seminary, at Tilton. completes q
notable educa tiopai trio In this little county.
Triton. town much haautfhed by the de-
ceased millionaire from whom 1t took lis
Home Thsre 10 manufacturing hers, 3 Ut
tie at Belmont and much at the county seat,
the plucty and prosperous municipality Of
Laeonia, known az thu city q tn hkoA"