The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1906-04-27

was the only resting place for soldiers
on the march from Canada to Water
ford. The long. elm shaded street is
fanked by thrifty fields and farms; the
unceasing hum IF machinery adds to
the noise of he dam which has ruffied
the still water and broken it into tumb
ling rapids, and ltt an air of repose
like the WINS OF peace, is over all.
On the edse of the village stands a
gaunt. high shouldertd d old house, the
headquarters of General Gates. Be
yond the house a lane leads up from
the river where our army encamped
Who can fail to see that lane filled
with our soldiers Lurrying to the first
engagement of the Saratoga campaign
the battle of Saltwater, September
10Th, l777? The greater conflict took
place ON B, mis- Heie hts, two miles
north. on the seventh day of October,
raging all day but ending with the re-
treat Of the British to Schuylerville,
where General Burgoyne surrendered
with 1000 men, Oc, ober I7th.
The many tablets on The hattie field
tell the supreme facts oi The struggle.
The Saratoga Monument, on one Of
the entrenched bills, stands perpetu-
al tribute to it's heroes. The view
theretrum, overlooking the Hudson,
its fertile mtadows and historic ham.
lets, engirdled 10y hills and distant
mountains. is superb, and the monu
ment is in harmony with its surround
ilgs. Bronza st: 'es of G tes, Nor
gan and Schu,ir v,ct.unN three. r,t rh.
four niche Is vacant. hot he name
Arnold" above it fills lie space to its
uttermOst limit with share and re-
proach. The space L us set apart
stands an avrnglrg Nsm,s~, :, for, yer
refusing the precious need of honor
to W hich the courage and valor of the
man entitled him, since by Arnold,
more than by any other, the victory of
Saratoga was won.
Schulerville has relics galore, and
old houses full of interest. The man.
sion of the worshiped General Schuy-
ley, welcomed Washington, Lafayette,
Hamilton and other distinguished
guests; the cellar of the Marshal
House, once the British hospital, was
for weeks the abode Of the interesting
literary Baroness Riedesel, wife of
British officer, and their three chill
dren.
Here the hills step backward and
leave room for the Champlain Canal,
whose snaillike moving boats add an
unconscious picturesquess to the quiet
scene.
Dense trees border the river where
Fort Edward stood; not a vestige of
the fort remaining. Its one claim to
historic interest is the tragedy in l777,
of the beautiful Jane MacCrea; her
grave IN the cemetery and her monu-
ment on Fort Edward bill are both
objective points for pilgrims.
Long before Glens Calls obtained
municipal rights, "The last of the
Mohicans" had made famous the re-
gion far and near. Cooper's Cave on
an island mid-stream can be reached
only at low water and is "a leftover
Of the Indian dynasties that We'd with
each other in the Hudson River ceun.
try for rule and power.
The river sweeps along in a mad
rush over Its wild and rocky bed, but
the falls have lost much of their pic,
turesqueness since the manufactures
in and about this town and its neigh
bors have harnessed the river power
| in their world wide interests. Glens
Falls with all its thrift and enterprise
and native charm is but gateway to
fields beyond
Above the falls shere is a place
where the river seems to have heard
for the first time the cal of the sea
and turned in a general direction to-
ward the east; but after few miles OF
wavering course it heard the sea call
again, when with apparently clearer
sense and with increased force of new
tributaries, it turned sharply to the
south and poured its food into the
long channel that we know, straight te
the ocean.
The valley grows more rugged to-
ward the rivers source, still far away.
To reach it is like seeking to trace
some remote ancestor, the springs be.
ing hidden IN unfamiliar ground. AT
Riverside are thriving industries and
clustering interests that 90 to make
life wholes ONE and worth while. But
the wildness is at the door; the forest