Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1922-08-24
They Do Not Talk with DrOn
Nor Do They Wear Unusual
Clothing
MOUNT WASHINGTON HIGH,
LIKEWISE HOTEL RATES
Stops Are Made at the TOmbs of
the Great; Many With Simple
GravestOnes
Part M

Part III
III you go to New England with the
expectation OF meeting unique char
acters you viii be sadly disappoint
ed. They are not there, at least they
did not cross our trail. We could not
md Yankee as he appears on the
vaudeville stage nor could we get
one TO drawl out his language as one
would expect him to do. Their houses
are little older than the most of
those you see in Wisconsin and their
industries are largely different but
the people wear about the same cut
OF clothes, walks about the same. and
talk in a language but little diffe-
rent from that in the west. They are
not so broad in expression but one
has no difficulty in understanding the
most exact OF them. If the New Eng
lander was once queer and spoke
with a drOll the characteristics have
flown, possibly with the coming OF the
automobiles bringing more intimate
intercourse with the outside world.
Into New England, especially along
the coast, has come great wave of
population from southern Europe. 1t
is evidently quite hard for the Eng
lish, Scotch and Irish names to per-
sist on the street signs in Boston
Whole streets have been invaded
and nothing but foreign names are
now seen.
People in the east flock to the
White Mountains like the Chicago
folks to the thousand lakes in north
ern Wisconsin. One town, Bethlehem,
advertises or boards along all the
highways there are thirty hotels in
that place for the accommodation of the
tourists The town is so high the
people are immune from hay fever
and this adds to the attractiveness for
a certain group Of the afflicted. All
about is beautiful scenery and Mount
Washington. the highest peak in New
England, is but a short distance away.
The day we hoped to go up the ele-
vation on the cog railway the top
hid itself in a rain cloud so dense it
was impossible to see any distance.
The rainfall is far greater in the re-
gion than far away from the noun
tains. The high elevations in New
England seem to have a liking for
wringing the heavens onto tourists
Mount Washington is 6293 feet high
and all about are other peaks which
hold their heads almost to the same
elevation but none OF them are as
high as the rates the landlords inn
pose upon the tourists at the various
hostelries. The cog railway has been
running TO the summit since 1869, is
a unique route and patronized by
thousands There is also a vehicle
road cn the opposite side, likewise
trail Tor pedestrians
The mountains are not snow COW
cred during the summer like those
in Switzerland but nevertheless give
cool bracing element to the atmOs-
phere.
Some Of the scenery is superlatiye
in nature The view in the Crawford
notch and other passes is fascinating
and produces many exclamations OF de-
light from travellers. 1t is no wonder
the people flee from the hot, oppres-
aive cities to these goyernm
owned mountains.
Houses and Barns One
1t was warm enough when We were
in New England but froH the char
acter of the structures on the farm
one would infer the climate during
the boreal season was unusually Sc
we're. In many places one sees the
farm home connected at the kitchen
side with the woodshed, this in turn
with the implement house and that
with the barn where the animals are
housed. Thrifty farmers prepare plen-
" of fuel for the fire and feed for
the stock so that when the snow c
ers almost every visible object he can
remain inside, moving about in his
buildings like a prairie dog in his vii
lage beneath the surface of the
ground New England being nearer the
ocean the fall of crystals is infinitely
greater than in Wisconsin.
While New England is famous for
it's scenery it should not be forgotten
fine crops OF cereals, corn, potatoes,
tobacco, and other products are
grown. All the valleys produce boun-
tiful crops and the rough land is left
for the tourists. Between Hartford,
connecticut, and Springfield, Massa-