The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-12-31

III IdCur6S 8 To4rt, special scenes such
as We read of in our biographies and
histories, are pointed out by the many
guides who usher the sight-seers thru
the grounds.
At these points are favorable loca-
tlons for summer hotels which are
built on the e lge of a mountain or at
some favorable place near nature
scene or sight which is the drawing
card of that particular house. The
Profile House is situated at the base of
Profile Mountain. The interesting
feature at this point is the panorama
view Of Profile Mountain, with the old
man in the mountain silhouetted
against the sky from far distance.
That most remarkable face has stood
at it's elevated position these many
centuries, defying the elemen ents. "Sun-
shine or rain, the old man grins." OF
the many thousands have heard COM
ment on the old man two different
opinions seem. to present itse'f as he
apps ars to the natural eye. The ladies
say that the face is ilumed with a
smile, and the linen say it seems to
frown, thus the saying is general. He
smiles for the ladies' and frOwns at the
mtn
Most people who behold the sight of
the old man in the mountain naturally
telieve that they behold solid piece
of granite carved by nature, but such
is not the fact. The face you behold
tie e is composed of three separate
rUm q os-s,-s----r.,y zs-suuu,rs
-serva ion the three stones, at an angle
of four degrees, harmonic according
to dist ance aud forms the perfect face
of the old man in the mountain. This
phas in nature canonly be seen from
one point at the lead of Crystal Lake
where a twelve foot stand has teen
constructed. Outside of this stand the
outline is incomplete. The re as1 n for, !
this is, you. must come In direct line
with the stones of it's formatiesl TIE.
mountain is circled by rather unique
mechanical device, the narrow gaug6
railway. Giving sight-seers All oppor-
tunity to observe every point OF
vantage.
In passing desire to de scrile toyou
a relic of tt early days of New Hamp-
shire, tie old-fashioned saw mill. 1t
was built by e,rly settlers AMI stands
there today quaint old ruin. With
its old broken hydraulic padd es it re-
minds one of the old mill N the floss.
Its general condition gives one the i'm s
preston that Don Quixo,e had struck
the place.
Another fea ure of note is the Flume
House, with the fumes as its drawing
card. The walls of the fume at some
places are 100 feet high and no wider
than 25 feet at the bottom or top aud
extends up the mountain three -fourths
Of mile. In the month of July, to
stand at the bottom of this narrow
abyss and look up at the clear, blue
sky overhead, to note the foliage over
hanging these huge, black walls with
all the tints, hues and coloring of ma
ture, is to recogaize garden Of the
Gods floating in the atmosphere, such
as we read of only in Grecian mythol-
ogy.
The Dear Park hotel Is magnificent
structure located across the river from
North Woodstock.
The Alpine, Cascade, Sanbarn's Inn,
the Fairview and the Mountainview
House, are smal er hotels directly in
North Woodstock. TIE summer 81 a.
son is their busy time. During the
winter they have much leisure time
and the general routine of daily work
is to care for the stock and keep the
cobwebs from growing around the
corncob in the old cider jug. This part
Of the work is seriously attended to.
North Woodstock is temperance
town with the exception of an occasion.
al suspicious looking box appearing at
the depot that looks very inviting. At
this junctnre wave of good cheer
seems to pass over the town to the re-
lief of those who have fallen of the
water wagon. NJ. q. w.