The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-27
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nevag ran lire ~ There are lake, end
streams hhe the Delaware and ita thb,is
taFiea that are ideal. for the fisherman In
ssareh ~ trout and other feh. There are
roillng plans dotted with farms, each with
Ita auota N summer boardeFs, and noun-
talns tina, take one up still higher than the
plateau, which itself Ia I 600 feet abovs sea
isvei. II IL the highest plateau between
New York and tho Or ~ Lakes.
The man who goes up 10 sullivan county
for the irut time may imagine that lie
acanery will grow monotonCts ne CON-
tared with the more mountainous region.
and that there won't be much 10 do but
be h mistaken.
In the first place he will find that similar
a. SOM Of its scenefy may be 70 that OF
other rural counties Of the State there In
always the air, which is different from the
air anywhere else. II gets In the blood as
soon M one arrives and makes visitors
want to do q lot Of things they never
dreamed Of doing In town. Then there are
the people, the natives who know how 70
treat the summer boarder. and know how
to treat him we'll. They have been brought
UP 70 do this In Sullivan county, for people
nave been going up there for health and
recreation for generations back. One OF the
things the Sullivan county people do for
visitors Ia to provide all kinds Of amuse-
ment.
Let there be a lake or a stream anywhere
and there the visitor will find opportunity
for indulging in sport. Country dances,
bowling. ball playing, golf, tennis, rowing.
swimming-all these he will find, and he will
find tina the exercise he gets is a different
thing in Sullivan county from what 1t Is
here because Of the bracing air. It makes
old men feel like youngsters.
You can get to almost any placein this
great vacation ground in from four to six
hours by train, with perhaps an hour or two
more tackled on for the stage ride in some
cases; but this stage ride is q delight In
itself.
Nowhere is board cheaper, 'and therefore
Sullivan county in the summer time is the
ideal spot for the man with the big family.
Filled as Sullivan county Is with summer
visitors in the season it isn't a bit crowded.
1t is big enough to accommodate all New
York and provide solitude for every one.
II is filled with lovers hooks and the hooks
are filed with lovers.
There are charming places along the
Della ware where the finest of fishing can be
found. Within one stretch of seventeen
miles q dozen trout streams empty into the
river from lakes in Sullivan county. Mon
gaup River, Halfway Brook, Ten Mile
are prolific in fish. The Beaverkill River
has often been compared to the Nepigon
of Canada, 50 famous for its fishing. 1t is
shallow enough to wade in, and here one
finds almost ideal fishing conditions.
White Lake In Sullivan county has al
ways had charms for the vacation seekers.
1t Is shaped like a butterfly, the largest in
a long chain Of lakes, and it has a large
summer colony.
One side Of the lake is wooded, while on
the other side Is open country. 1t is on this
side that the hotels are situated, and there
are many OF them, while back from the lake
are boarding places without number, all
within easy reach Of the lake all contrib
uting their share to the general amusement
fund,
There are almost too many anglers to
make the fishing now as good as it used to
be, Yet fishermen go there and fird plenty
OF sport Boating is the chief form of amuse-
nent. There is a regatta held during the
eeason and people live in boats. There are
casiro s on the banks where there is dancing
for those weary Of being on the water, and
pleasure Of all Kind can Re found along the
shores. The dr'ves are famous, too.
Liberty ard Waite Lake have hurdreds Of
faithful 'adherents who go to them year
Liberty is the largest place in Sullivan
county and by many considered the most
picturesque.
IL ia Village surrounded by hills, from
the tops OF which the eye can travel over
the most beautiful rolling country to be
found anywhere, until in one direction one
perceiy es TIE Catskills and in the other the
Shawapgpnks. Still in another direction
one secs the silvery Delaware stretching
down 70 where 1t is lost in the Pennsylvania
highlands.
Liberty can boast Of something in the way
OF rnouptairs itself, for it restles at the foot
Of Warut Mountain, which is 400 feet high
and covered with verdure to it's very top.
It is cool in the hottest season. There is
eeldt m a night when one can sleep without
blair kets in Liberty.
In Liberty one meets the typical summer
crowd, the crowd that has oome from the
big city to the south to get the oxygen in
the air and have fun together. There
are handsome residences and hotels and
boarding houses without end. One can
even rent furnished cottages with, all up
TO date improvements in Liberty.
There are fine stores, churches, all tn at
make up a complete village, and within
a stones throw almost are the hills on
which are golf links as good as one could
wish for. From Liberty there are drives
that lead through thick forests, by wind
ing streams and past quiet farms whose
fields roll in undulating waves until they
are lost from view.
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