Year: 1876

were Wachusets, Monudnock, Kearsarge.
Gin Merrimack Co.. Camers Hump, and
Belle Isle, twelve miles north OF Montre
al. No less than one hundred and seventy
persons dined on the summit that day,
and enjoyed the unusual sights and scenes
there and then offered to the lover OF the
grand and beautiful. The good table.
soft beds and the general excellence of
this house is in marked contrast to the
primitive accommodations offered us here
nearly twenty years ago. Those who
are not afflicted with the "hard times"
can here enjoy high living (six dollars o
day whether he regards the question OF
attitudes or the price Of board. Before re-
thing, in company with travelled young
man from Pittsburg, who had visited
Pixies Peak, Signal Station, and rambled
over the glories OF the Alps, We made a
call upon Mr, e. j. King OF the Signal
Station, whose summer and winter life
here for several years, enables him to
give much valuable information and
social entertainment to those who are
admitted to his curious quarters. At ten
o'clock Mr.. King assured US the indica-
tions were all favorable tor a good sun
rise, which The event proved.


Before five o'clock the sunrise bell was
heard ringing through The hall, which
assured US OF the fact that the King OF
Day was about to put in an appearance.
A general rus.le and hustle is heard
issuing from a score or more OF throats.
and soon an eager crowd is promenading
the eastern piazza, as anxious as any sun
worshipers to get view of old SOL
Rays of rosy light flew up the horison,
and soon the flush of morn flooded the
eastern sky. The sun, full orbed, in all
mis- splendor, now rose from old ocean.
and looked up 10 Us through the thin mist
of the surging sea. Over wide waste OF
valleys, lakes and billowy range OF noun
tains, we looked down, down, at quite an
angle of depression, at the point where
the sun met our vision, and it was some
considerable time before he approached
the level OF our lofty perch. The view
in all directions was unusually good
Large banks OF snowy clouds lay like
white flocks reposing in the distant val.
leys, and the sea was distinctly visible
in the east. Ia the west the shadow oil
Noun. Washington stretched leagues
away, clear and sharp cut as an Egyptian
Pyramid. BY way of an appetizer. alter
Witnessing the grand panorama, we took
ride of a mile or two, down the noun
tain railway, to bring up the days usual
supply of walters. The question OF safety
is often raised in conneXion with this
road. The cars with which it is run, its
general management, their precautions
against accidents, and their slow rate of
travel, insures less risk of accident and
greater general safety than is to be found
on any ordinary railroad.


After breakfast the Major and ourself,
(the young hero of our party was glad
to get into wagon and ride down the
mountain. his cup of pedestrian glory
being fulD commenced to retrace our
steps down the same road we had travelled
the preceding evening. We started out
well fed and fresh. We reached the Glen
House in two hours and twenty minutes.
as gay as mountain deers, in no way the
worse tor our tramp, save blistered
heel received by the Major. the result
entirely of unsuitable foot apparel. We
were welcomed by our party whom
we had left the previous evening, to
whom we began to tell the story oil Inc
night. We were Immediately checked
by being told that the young man who
preceded US in the carriage had told the
whole story in language so eloquent and
thrilling there was nothing for US to say.


The carriage was in waiting, we jump
ed aboard, waved our hand and said good
bye. Our horses were flesh, and with
our load lighted of the gay boys, We just
dew over the road, reaching that we'll
kept hotel, the East Branch House, at
noon, where We dined and after a game
OF croquet and an impromptu concert,
we were homeward bound, reaching
Fryeburg at six o'clock. In these two
days we claim to have had more fellow
ship with nature, to have been toned
up" to higher pitch" OF pleasure than
is often done in that brief space Of time.
If any have done more and better, we
want to hear. A. F. l..


Fryeburg, Aug. 1876.


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