Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-05-26

manner as If it were a real person
whom we must see. had seen noun
tains, but never when they were
snow covered in May and yet the
weather was not at all uncomfortable
wearing coat.
1t was in this beautiful mountain
village that the author of Polly
anna, Just David tand Mary Marie
grew up and wrote in her school days
promising stories. Eleanor H. Por-
ter has stirred the hearts of people
all over our country by her wonder
full word pictures, and is spoken of
now in Littleton as Nellie or Nellie
Hodgman, and she is not without
honor in her own country for the
people of Littleton buy her books
and read them with interest.
The delightful home in which we
visited seemed to me to be typically
New England, for my cousins had
lived always in this section and had
been educated in the state of New
Hampshire. had been told that New
England hospitality was not exceed
ed by the hospitality of the South
and here found it so. Every mo-
ment was filled with some attention
which ie:, made the time pass all too
swiftly.
One morning the ca came to the
door to transport us to that wonder
full natural phenomenon, "The Old
Man Of the Mountains" a profile on
the top Of one of the highest peaks,
called "The Profile" or Cannon"
Mountain, as on it's top is a rock
shaped exactly like cannon which
can be seen at great distance. Haw-
thorne has idealized this in his story
for children, "The Great Stone
Face" The drive was about twelve
miles each way, going and returning
by a different route. Over all this
road, though in some places we
ploughed through what I thought
was deep snow, and up to the high
mountain sides, there was but one
place where we saw any suggestion
of difficulty and that we passed with
ease. The roads were wonderfully
good and well kept. On our way up
we passed a beautiful natural ex-
panse Of water called "Echo Lake" +"
which was really named from the
fact that a call would be re-echoed
distinctly. My cousin, Mr.. Gile, made
a shrill call and in the distance it
sounded as if some Indian warrior
were answering summons.
The people of the North certainly
make use of what we call their obsta-
cles. The ice factory in the North is
not at all necessary for they cut ice
from the lakes and rivers in winter,
pack in cellars in saw dust and keep
it for the whole length of the sum-
mer. The ice then becomes an asset
instead of an obstacle. saw some of
the large tourist hotels and presume
that the keepers OF caretakers as they
are called, do this service of icepack-
ing from the nearby lakes during the
winter when there are no guests.
In the little town of Bethlehem, N.
H., through which we passed and
where my great grandfather once
lived, there were said to be thirty ho-
tells for tourists.
Another fact which in the South
would be called an obstacle is the
snow. 1 was surprised to hear gen.
tleman say that lumber men and
wood gatherers refused to work ex-
cept when the snow was deep upon
the ground and frozen over, as they
could cut and transport it without
going through bramble. Sliding it on
the top of all this frozen under
growth and fences made it COM
paratively easy task. We cannot con-
ceive of such a thing, where we rare
ly have snow deep enough to cover
the ground. Last winter in Littleton
there was ten feet of snow.
The drive over this mountain coun
try was very exhilarating, viewing,
as they pointed out to US the Presi-
Dental Range of the White Noun
tains, Washington, Madison and
Jefferson, all snow covered.
The New Englanders in the White
Mountains do not have to build mon
uments. They have already been pre-
pared by nature, and the people hon
or those whom they desire by giving