The sun., 1910-05-08

Z sonalty az distinct from that u the tuhr
trer as yours h from mine
In the tltskills there are upland roads
and mountain bride paths over which
YOU can travel on foot or on horseback
They viii take you 70 places whence yot
can look down. % 10 seems. upon the who q
OF the rvst of the world You can see il
all az a glance and the glory of lt Then,
too. there are highways over which you
can motor. u yOu please and in a good
t many plaCes YOU can hire a rig ol the
/ true Cat=kill pattern and Jog through
the valleys az placidly as though you
had never ridden on a aubway train Ia
your life
The Caiskills and Sullivan county arp
easy 10 get TO- There are a good many
ways % reaching them and It's hard %
. * the best. You can get b. the Catskills
proper by a combination Of boat and rail
from New York or 60 an the way on the
tram. The service IL good. In the summer
months you can leave WeehaWken and
travel by an express directly INTO the
heart of the beet II them. It's only a
matter of three or four hours. and tO the
resorts % Sullivan county sometimes II 9
less.
Take for instance the New York. On
tariO and Western The first hour or ~
out 81 WeehaWken which you strike BY
the West Forty-second street ferry you
are IN some Of the prettiest suburban
country about New York. A good deal Of
Il has stories % tell A. Tappan. twenty
miles from New York. the train skirts a
low hill on the summit Of which Major
Andre was executed a. a spy IN 1850
Ten miles further on the train ducks
under tho earth for a little while. and
when Il comes out again you look down
and see spread out before you the ex-
panss Of the Hudson known az Haver-
straw Bay. A few miles beyond the train
goes through the Highlands Of the Hud-
son, following a rOadbed burrOwsd out
Of the rOck % Dunderberg. Crows Nest
and Storm King mountains. These. with
Anthony's Nose on the east side Of the
river. form the highest hills Of the High
land group. Their SUBMITS are about
100 feet above the water.
Then comes West Point. A long sloping
road leads from the station up % the
military academy After that comes
Cornwall. and from there the railroad
Etarts away from the river and makes a
great ado climbing the hills. After you've
crossed a corner Of Orange county in
cludinR q stop at Firthclide and Meadow
Brook, Montgomery and Walden. you
dip into Ulster county. New PaltE is one
Of the first stations you come 10.
Lake MOhOnk h located near the sum-
init % Sky Top, one Of the highest noun
tains Of the shawanglBk Iangs. u Is
about siN miles from New Paltz and one
MOhonk Mountain HOuss, conducted BY
A X and d. Smiley b ono o. ths beat
known hotels in the region. II IL nst on
the edge Of a lake and from the rear Of
he hotel you can get viow out across the
Rondout Valley with the tips of the
shandakan Mountains In the distance and
the Catslgills 20 the north.
In sullivan county the Ontario and
Western takes you 20 such places ~
Rock Kill. Phil,ipsport and
Spring Oien Zach % these villages Of
fera Recommendations 90 the family that
wants good thinga for a reasonable out
AZ Thia a the waV the pr0pristor Of q
,vpical placs deacribea if: -hprinGaide
farm. Fine mountain view. Plenty u
lhRde. One mile from station and church. !
Fraah egFs and milk. We rGiss our own
yeRetables Good cunning IN season
There's q chance 10 gst sway from sub
way trainsi
A couple Of miles out Of Ellenvills In |
he ahawanR R1lnk Mountains u tho Mount |
House. The estate on which |
he hotel d buih oOmprino9 500 acres or /
70 along the top % the mountain and |
ilfelctle1 ON lur tuil4 l4tu A-el.F u7Ie /
lrs literally do1ans Of other good PLACES /
% stay AZ In the region around Ellen- |
'ille
IaEs Minnewaska Il lOcatsd on the |
ummlt % the Hhawangunk Mountains. I
I've miles from kerhonksun The lake ig
arFar than Moh0nk. but il has tho same /
.irh cliffs and tumbled rocks. Tho Min
.oWaaka Mountain House. one Of The best
mown inns IN The raginn, y q good 4 so
81 above 80 IgvHl and j 80 l4gt above
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