^ * O « ^ ^^ 0' '^ -^ ^ ^ v*^^ WS§i <• •*. '^^h'' .^-^ .5° av* :'^& ^ "^ ^m^o ILLUSTRATED ^. PURCHASE TICKETS BOSTOK & MAIiE RAILROAD (Passenger Station in Boston, head of Washington Street,) FOR PORTLAND, ALSO Foil THE MOUIVTAIIVS, ^ ("White, Franconia, and Mount Desert,) BEAGHBS, (Wells, Kennebiink, Old Orchard, and Scarhoro',) and LAKES (Winnipesaukee, Sebago, Rangeleys, Eichardsons, and Moo.-ehead,) — OF — HEW HAMPSHIRE AID HAIl. Descriptive Lists of Excursion Tickets issued by this Company may be obtained at any Ticket Office of tlie Company, or will be sent by mail on application, JAMES T. FURBER, D. J. FLANDERS, Gen'l Superintendent. Gen'l Ticket Agent. Round Trip Excursion Tickets will be for sale thU summer at all the places named below, to AndoTer, Me., and the BichanUou (Eangeley) Lakes. PHILADELPHIA, at Depot of North Penn. lUulioad, corner Third and Berks Street, and 434, 782, and 1331 Chestnut Street. NEW YORK, Grand Trunk Railway Office, 286 Broadway, and Fall River line Ticket-Offlce, Pier 28, North River. BOSTON, Grand Trunk Railway Office, 280 Washington Street, opposite School Street, Boston and Maine Railroad Depot, head of Washington Street, Eastern Railroad Depot, Cauwway, opposite Friend Street, and on Portland Steamers, India Wharf. WORCESTER AND NASHUA, ^t Ticket Offices of Portland and Worcester Line. LOWELL, LAWRENCE, AND HAVERHILL, at Boston and Maine Railroad Ticket Offices. NEWMARKET JUNCTION, at Depot Ticket Office. LYNN, SALEM, NEWBURYPORT, AND PORTS- MOUTH. at Eastern Raihroad Ticket Offices. PORTLAND, at Grand Trunk Railway Office, Exchange Street, and at Depot, foot of India Street. LEWISTON, at Depot of Grand Trunk Railway. These Tickets Are for sAle at Reduced Rikteg, nnd are all good until :Novenil>er 1. PROVIDENCE AND STONINCTOK ST EAMSHIP CO. -6}(!j! 1 0' THE GREAT "PROVIDENCE LINE" BETWEEN NETKT YORK eg BOSTON^ AND ALL POINTS EAST, Via P^rovidence Direct. The entirely New and Mammoth Steamer And the IVorll-Renowned Steamer "MASSACHUSETTS" "RHODE ISLAND" The Palace Steamer of the World, Queen of the Sound. Dailj, from Pier 29 Nortli River, foot of Warren St., AT 5 P. M. No intermediate landing between New York and Providence, ARRIVE AT PROVIDENCE AT 6 A. M. ONLY 42 iVIILES RAIL, PROVIDENCE to BOSTON. Passengers enjoy a %vhole night's rest, and a delig;litful sail tlirougli Is'arragansett Bay by dayliglit. The dining-room on each steamer is on the main deck ; no hot lower cabin to eat in. Both steamers steer by steam, — a safeguard no other Sound Line steamers possess. Steel boilers, electric bells in each state-room. The rail line connecting with the steamers is double track. No trains run by telegraph, incident to other rail lines connecting with other Sound Line steamers. Passengers arrive at and depart from the Boston and Providence Railroad Station, Boston. "The Palace Depot of the World," corner Columbus Avenue and Park Square. Passengers arrive in Bosfon 7 A. M» Returning, leave at 6 P. M., and are on board the steamer 7.15 P. M. ; New York 6 A. 31. Through Tickets to all points East, via this Line, maybe ob« tained at all principal Ticket Offices. (J^°" Connections made at Providence for Worcester and all points North ; at Boston with all Railroads and Steamers. Tickets on sale in New York at Nos. 529, 363, 397, 957, 785 Broadway, 181 Fifth Avenue, 7 I'ark Place, and all the principal Hotel Ticket Offices ; also at No. 107 Montgomery Street, Jersey City ; 333 Washington Street, and 15 Bergen Street, Brooklyn. State-rooms may also be secured at the following Hotel Ticket Offices: Fifth Avenue Hotel, St. Nicholas Hotel, and Windsor House; also at 3C3 and 397 Broadway, and at all offices of Wesoott Express Company. BOSTON OFFICE, 214 Washington Street, corner State. PROVIDENCE OFFICE, 5 Weybossett Street. L. W. FILKINS. D. S. BABCOCK. Oeneral Passenger Agent, President, Pier 33 North River, N. Y. 177 West Street, N. T. Richardson (Rangeley) Lakes STEAMBOAT COMPANY. SUMMER SEi^LSON, 1878, The new and elegant Steamer, WEL.OKENNEBACOOK, will commence her regular trips on the Richardson Lakes, on Monday, May 13, 1878, or as soon after as the ice will permit, connecting with the teams from Andover, the steamer Diamond on Lake Umbagog, and the steamer on the Upper Lakes. TIME-TABLE. — Leave Middle Dam for Metallic Point, Mosquito Brook, and Upper Dam at 8 A. M. Leave South Arm at 1 P. M for Middle Dam , Metallic Point, Mosquito Brook, Upper Dam, and Mill Brook. Returning, leave Upper Dam at 10 A. M., for Mosquito Brook, Metallic Point, Middle Dam, and South Arm. Leave Upper Dam at 4 P. M., for Mosquito Brook, Metallic Point, and Middle Dam. RATES OF FARE. South Arm to Middle Dam §0.75; Round Trip, Ticket good 2 days. ..$1.25 South Arm to Upper Dam 1.50; Round Trip, Ticket good 2 days 200 Middle Dam to Upper Dam 1.00 ; Round Trip, Ticket good 2 days 1.50 Middle Dam to Head of Lake 1 50 ; Round Trip, Ticket good 2 days 2 00 South Arm to Head of Upper Lake . .2.00 ; Round Trip, Ticket good 2 days 3.00 The Steamer may be hired for Excurgiou Parties at reasonable rates, when not engaged on regular trips. ROUND TRIP TICKETS From Bo'ton to Middle Dam and Return, via Bethel and Andover (Rail and Stage $14.50 From Boston to Upper Dam and Return, via Bethel and Andover (Rail and Stage) 16.00 From Boston to Indian Rock and Return, via Bethel and Andover (Rail and Stage) 18.00 The above tickets are Sl.OO less where parties go between Boston and Portland by Steamer. 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For particulars address the Publishers, HARPER & BROTHERS, Franklin Square, New York. FARRAR'S TO ^ V (klCHA'U'LSOJ^, "' ■ KEJJJ^Eam, connecfing with Steamer Diamond for Magalloway River, Angler's Retreat, Jpton, and Bethel. Returning, leave Errol Dam for Colebrook every Tuesday, fbursday, Friday, and Saturday, as above, on arrival of Steamer. Parties caii be fnmlslied with Teams from Bethel and Colebrook on .ny day for Upton and Errol Pani. Steamer Diamond will W at the service of Pleasure Parties when not engaged m regular trips, at a moderate price. Parties wighiriK Accommodations in the way of Teams from Bethel, Pill apiily to 0. C. LTTTLEH.ALE, Bethel, Me.; from Colebrook, to FRANK UILEV, Parsons House, Colebrook, N. H. ; and for use of Steamer, H R.GODWIN, Jpton, Me , or to the Captain of tbc Steamer, JA.MES 0. TENNY, Upton, Me. fiood Hotel Accommodations can be had at Bethel, Upton^ Errol Dam, lagalloway, Colebrook, and North Stratford. BKrnu,, Me., May 23, 1878. POPLAR HOTEL NORTH NEWRY, Me. CHARLES R. BARTLETT, Proprietor. This favorite hotel has been enlarged and improved for the season of 1878. It is pleasantly locAted on the bank of Bear River, In immediate proximity to some of the best Trout- Streams in the State. The scenery in the neighborhood is also unrivalled, the hotel being but a short dis- tance from Grafton Notch, Moose Caves, Screw Auger Falls, and other interesting points. Livery Stable connected with the House. Parties will be met at the trains at Bethel Depot by Mr. Bartlett, when desired, and taken directly to the house in a first-class mountain-wagon. Prices to suit the Times. 5^^ For further particulars address as above. il u m DIXYILLS NOTCH, H. H, GEORGE PARSONS, Proprietor. TERMS, $2.00 PER DAY. HOW OPEH FOE SUMMEE TEAYEL. This new and commodious Hotel, stands upon a beautiful slope in full view of some of the finest scenery in New England. Surrounded by mountains and lakes unsurpassed for their grandeur and beauty, and occupying a central point for the finest fishing and hunting to be found in this region of the country^ All the accessories necessary for the sportsmen can be found with the Proprietor. Teams always in readiness to take guests to any part desired. A beantiful drive of seven miles takes you to the noted Diamond Pond, ten to Errol Dam, three miles by Bridal Path to Nathan's Pond, and five to Diamond Stream. ^refaf^ to C^rrlr €Viixon. It was the authol-'s intention to entirely rewrite this volume the present year. But so rapid and constant have been the improve- ments in the Richardson and Rangeley Lakes region the past year, it would seem only a useless expense to do anything more than chroni- cle the changes that have taken place since the last edition of the book was printed. The possibility of several new and large hotels being erected the coming fall, as well as the probability of a new railroad, have determined me only to correct the errors of the two previous editions, and speak of whatever is new, that is worth men- tioning. Should the Sandy River Railroad be built before another season opens it will necessitate an entire revisal of the book. There is no doubt but that before next summer there will be a marked improvement in the travelling facilities in the lake region, and also more or less reduction in fares, CHARLES A. J. FARRAR. Jamajca Plain, May 20, 1878. Revised Edition for 1878. aS" The latest Game and Fish Laws, Legislature of 1877-78, will be found at the end of the book, commencing on page 129, UPTON NOTES. Mr. 0. C. Littlehale's stages will be run daily to Lake Umbagog this year, leaving Bethel on arrival of the afternoon train from Portland. The steamer Diamond on Lake Fmbagog will run daily this season between Upton and Middle Dam Carry, providing there are four pas- sengers to go each day. Otherwise she will make her trips according to advertisement, which may be found under head of Special Notices. Messrs. Godwin and Brooks will run a team on the Middle Dam Carry daily this season, between Lake Umbagog and the Richardson Lakes, transfening passengers and baggage between steamers Dia- mond and Welokennebacook. This will do away with the disagree- able necessity of walking the carry. The fare across the cany by team will be $1.00. The old "Popple Tavern," as it used to be called, now the Poplar Hotel, will be run as usual this year by Mr. Charles Bartlett, who has been the proprietor for the last twelve years. He has added a new story to the house the past winter, and enlarged and improved it in other respects, so that it will present good inducements to tour- ists this summer. It is in the vicinity of several excellent trout streams, and is very pleasantly located. (4) RANGELEY AND RICHARDSON LAKES, ANDOVER NOTES. The most important change on the Andover Route this season is the establishment of a new stage line between Bethel and Andover, by Mr. 0. C. Littlehale of Bethel, who also runs the stage line between Bethel and Upton. All persons visiting Andover this season, or the Rangeley (Richard- son) Lakes, by the way of Andover, will consult their own interest, pleasure, and convenience by purchasing tickets via Bethel and An- dover, which will be for sale in all the larger cities of New England, as well as in New York and Philadelphia. The ride from Bethel to Andover is not to be surpassed. Leaving the centre of the village, you cross the Androscoggin River on a cov- ered bridge, and follow the river down to the Ellis. The road passes through Newry Corner and Hanqver, and is scarcely ever out of sight of the river, which furnishes many beautiful views, changing with every graceful curve of the stream. The White Mountains in all their beauty and grandeur may be seen from three different points on the road between Bethel and Rumford. On the Bryant's Pond road they are not visible at all. The road from Bethel unites with the one from Rumford at the mouth of the Ellis, and from there to Andover you travel over the old Bryant's Pond road. The distance from Bethel to Andover is the same as from Bryant's Pond, and you escape the nuisance and danger of the ferry at Rumford. The time from Bethel to Andover by this new route will be three hours, a gain of more than an hour over the time made from Bryant's Pond. Parties going by way of Bethel will take supper at Andover. For the past two or three years many per- sons visiting Andover have gone to the expense of hiring a private team in Bethel and driving to Andover, and vice versa, preferring this route to the other. "We are sure that all who try the new line this season will be delighted with it. The fare by way of Bethel is no more than by Bryant's Pond, and the road is better and more pleas- ant. Mr. Littlehale will give his personal attention to the transpor- tation of passengers, and will do all in his power to please the patrons of the new route. Parties who take steamer between Boston and Portland, and go up on the morning train to Bethel, will be taken through to Andover at FARRAR'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO 6 once, if desired, for the regular stage fare, or on their regular tickets. This is not done by any other stage line. The Glen Mountain House, at Bryant's Pond, has been enlarged, improved, and refurnished the jia-st year, and now offers superior in- ducements to the travelling public. Parties visiting Andover and the Lakes, by way of Bryant's Pond, will find this a desirable place to stop for a few days. The house is the only hotel in the State sup- plied with the celebrated Mount Zircon Mineral Spring JVater, which is probably the best mineral water in the world, and acknowledged by all who have compared the two to be far ahead of the Poland Springs water both in purity and medicinal power. Parties who wish a private conveyance between Bryant's Pond and Andover can hire teams of all descriptions from Otis Kaler, the well- known proprietor of the Glen Mountain House. Mount Zircon, the seat of the famous raineml spring bearing its name, is only fifteen miles from Bryant's Pond, and parties stopping at the hotel will find a visit to the spring and mountain an agreeable way of passing a day. Camping-out parties visiting the Lakes by way of Andover, will find at the store of J. W. Eaton, opposite the Andover House, and at the post-office, near the hotel, a choice assoiiment of groceries, canned goods, and fishing tackle. Over six hundred dollars has been raised the present season to make needed repairs on the "Lake Eoad," and this year the road will be In excellent condition. A daily line of teams will be ran between Andover and the South Arm of Richardson Lakes the entire season, from Monday, May 20th, to Saturday, October 5th. Thecoujwns on the excursion tickets from Boston and other places are good o?i any team, between Andover and the Lakes. The teams will leave Andover about 9 A. M., making sure connection with the steamer on the Richardson Lakes. Returning, will leave the lake for Andover at 2 o'clock p. M. A new hotel has been built in Andover the past winter by Mr. John A, French. It is the lai^est, and presents the finest appearance of any house in the place. It will be finished by July 1st. A limited number of persons can be accommodated by Mr. French after the 1st of June. This last spring, by action of Congress, a United States Postal Route has been established between Andover and the Lakes. The FOREST HOUSE, Farmington, Me. G. H. FLETCHER, - - - Proprietor. Successor to J. S. Millilten. Terms, S2.00 per day. Free Carriage to and from the Depot. This well-known and favorite resort of tho traveling public is centrally located in one of the most prosperous towns in New England, but a short distance from the Maine Central Railroad Depot. It contains about forty rooms, and some fifty guests can be comfortably arrommotlated. The rooms are furnished in good style, and the table unexceptionable. The surroundings of the house are pleasant, it standing on the corner of the main street, and fronting a beautiful little grove of maple-trees, which furnish a delightful shade during the summer months. The Forest House is kept open the entire year, and persons who wish to visit this section of tho country in September and October, and view the scenery when the green of summer has given place to the gorgeous hues of fall, will find the accom- modations at the hotel the same as earlier in the season. larmingtmt, |liillip3 and iangdfg |aks. PROPRIETORS OP THK FIRST CLASS STAGE LINE BETWEEN FARMINGTON AND PHILLIPS. This is an old established route, and the lino is thoroughly equipped with fine and comfortable coaches, a largo stud of steady and well-trained horses, and careful and experienced drivers. Messrs. Clark & Son look personally after the comfort of their passengers, and all who patronize this line are sure to be landed speedily and safely at the hotels in Phillips. Express matter promptly for\i'arcled. ^W^ Information furuished to any parties who wish to visit the Lakes. PHILLIPS^ AND RANGELEY SAMUEL FARMER, - - - Proprietor. Stages Run Daily, During season of summer travel, between Barden House, Phillips, and Oquossoc House, Uangeley, stopping at Greenvale House, head of Rangeley Lake, and at th« Rangeley Lake House. Fare to head of Uangeley Lake, $ 2.00 ; to Rangeley Village, $ 2.25. Stages leave Phillips for Rangeley at 7-30 A. M., arriving at noon. Returning, leave Rangeley at 1.30 P. M., Greenvale at 2.30, arriving at Phil- lips at 6 P. M. Private teams furnished, at a reasonable price, Mr. Farmer has been fortunate in securing the services of " old reliable," the veteran stage-driver, UNCIiE JOHN PICKENS, whose name is sufficient puaninty that passengers and their baggage will be care- fully handled, and taken over the road without accident. 7 RANGE LEY AND RICHARDSON LAKES. post-office in the lake region is at the Upper Dam, and Thomas McC'ard has been appointed postmaster. The mail will be carried daily each way from June 1st to October 1st. The Upper Dam is the recognized centre of the entire lake region, and a post-office here sup- plies a want long felt by the thousands of summer tourists and sports- men who visit this delightful inland resort. The name of the steamer running on the Richardson Lakes has been changed from the Henry B. .Simmons to the JFelo/ceniiebacook, the latter being the Indian name of the lower Richardson Lakes. The steamer has been greatly im- proved the past winter, her decks having been widened by eighteen- inch guards, and the standing room forward has also been decked over, considerably increasing the seating capacity and giving more room. A new propeller, designed to give greater speed, has taken the place of the old one, and with two new coats of paint throughout, she will present as handsome an appearance as any steamboat in the State. The steamer this ynar will make two trips daily between the Middle Dam and the Ui)^ier Dam, and one trip between the Arm and the Upper Dam each day, stopping at intermediate points. The New Hotklat the Middle Dam. In the edition of last year's guide we spoke of the probability of a new house being erected this year at the Middle Dam, We are happy to inform our readers that the new building has been constructed the past winter, and is now open for business. Better accommodations have been needed at the Middle Dam for several years, and the erection of the new camp will be hailed with delight by all the habituis of this favorite resort. The new hotel is situated a short distance north of the old camp, and stands fronting the lake, which is but a few rods from the house. The building is two and a half stories high, with pitch roof, and has a piazza in front and on each end. The view from the front piazza is very fine, nearly the whole of the lower lake being in sight, beside quite a number of mountains. The house contains a large and spacious office, a commodious din- ing-room, kitchen, pantry, washroom, twenty sleeping-rooms, and a ladies' sitting-room, besides several other rooms for various purposes. Messrs. H. R. (jodwin and Aldana Brooks, both well known to all who have visited the lake region, are the proprietors of the new house, and will be on hand to attend to all who may favor them with their company. We prophesy that the new ^liddle Dam Camp will liecome a favor- FARRAR'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO 8 ite stopping- place with the ladies, not only on account of its sui>erior accommodations and beautiful location, but also for its nearness to the fishing-ground, and the facilities offered for walking, boating, and bathing. As the steamer Welokennebacook will make two trips daily this year between the Middle Dam and the Upper Dam, those who stop at the new hotel will have a chance to visit the Upper Dam in the morning, have a day's fishing, take dinner, and return to the Middle Dam late in the afternoon. The prices at the Middle Dam this year will be $2.00 per day transient, with a reduction to those who make any lengthened stay. An excellent table has always been set here, and the cuisine will com- pare favorably with more pretentious hotels, Asa Frost will do the cooking, which is a sure guaranty of good entertainment. Messrs, Godwin and Brooks will furnish boats and guides at regu- lar prices to all who need them, and will also supply camping par- ties with provisions and other outfit if desired. Rooms may be engaged in advance by writing to Mr. Godwin or Mr. Brooks, at Middle Dam. Direct letters via Andover, Oxford Co., Me. Accommodations at the Upper Dam will be substantially the same as last year. Mr. McCard will act as superintendent, and Mr. Porter will do the cooking. The Lewiston parties who for two years have been talking of buy- ing the Richardson Lake Dam Company's property, concluded the purchase the past winter, and all the dams with the buildings and land belonging to them, as well as certain rights in the water of the lakes, have been transferred to the Water Power Companies in Lewis- ton. This sale of property will in no way interfere with the privi- leges of sportsmen and tourists, but on the contrary will probably be an advantage to them. The new company are thinking of building a first-class hotel at the Upper Dam, and it is quite probable that be- fore another season opens the new house will he erected, furnishing additional acconimcuclations for this centre of the lake region. Tickets will be sold on the Steamer Welokennebacook this summer for Round Trip between South Arm and Middle Dam at $1.25 ; be- tween Middle Dam and Upper Dam, $1.50; between Middle Dam and Mill Brook, $2.00 ; between South Ami and the Upper Dam, $2.00 ; between South Arm and Mill Brook, $3.00. These tickets will be good to go any day and return the next. js#a!ll!f«*!Sfii will SUMMER SEASON, 1878. BARD EN HOUSE, PHILLIPS, MAINE* SAMUEL FARMER, Proprietor. The ront« t© Ranoelet Lakes by way of Phillips is the only direct way ■whereby good comfortable public convej'ance is afforded th« entire distance, •while the trip from Farmington up the Sandy River Vallet (the Garden of Maine) is picturesque in the extreme. The trip to all the upper lakes and big dam is made this way, much quicker, easier, and cheaper than by any other route. Phillips as a Summer Resort is fast coming into notoriety, situated as it is in the valley of the Sandy River, and surrounded by the most magnificent moun- tains in Maine, the Fummits of which are not surpassed in altitude, by only on« in the State. Mou:py at any time to furnish information in regard to the line. In this connection we would say that parties who go from Boston to Portland by boat, can find no better way of spending their spare time in the latter city, than by making an excursion among the beau- tiful islands in tlie harbor. The fine little steamer Tourist, Captain 0. H. Knowlton, w-hich may be found at Custom House Wharf, will enable them to make a charming morning trip, returning in time for dinner and the train. The expense will be but a trifie. On X)age 18 the Bethel House is mentioned, but deserves a more extended notice. This house is kept by Mr. J. F. Barden, and is one of the best hotels in the mountain region. Situated on the summit of Bethel Hill, and most pleasantly located on the main street of the village, it commands one of the finest mountain views to be obtained 8 FARRARS ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO in that section. The proprietor and his estimable lady, ever cour- teous and attentive to the wants of their guests, are favorites with the traveling public, its cuisine is excellent and worthy all praise, and the terms of the house are moderate. Persons en route to the Lakes by way of Upton stop here for supper, and those who are not pressed for time will find it to their advantage to spend the night at this house, and procure a private team in the morning from Mr. Littlehale, the stage proprietor, whose stable adjoins the hotel, enabling them to drive through the celebrated Grafton Notch by daylight. In driving out of Bethel, you will obtain two very handsome views of the valley of the Androscoggin Kiver and surrounding mountains : the first from the railroad bridge, and the second from a place in the road near a public watering-trough. This is before you reach the river, and you should not miss it. Crossing the river, you pass May- ville and Swan'.s Corner, P. 0. Bear River Tavern is six miles from tlie Bethel House, and Poplar Tavern eleven miles. To the right of the Poplar Tavern is a pretty round-topped peak known as Puzzle Mountain, of considerable height ; it is easily ascended from the hotel, and commands ap extensive view of the surrounding country. A short distance beyond this hotel, on the left-hand side of the road, on the bank of Bear River, is something of a curiosity known as the Devil's Horseshoes. It is an impression of two horseshoes, perfect in form, worn deep into the solid ledge. They are immense in size, and one would cover the head of a flour-barrel. If the Devil ever rode a horse with a foot sufficiently large to carry a shoe the size of the impression in the ledge, the beast must have been as large as a mastodon. Directly opposite, and west of Saddleback Mountain, is a high, irregular, (pieer-shaped mountain, known as Old Goose-Eye. The Bear and Cambridge Rivers rise in the Notch within a few rods of each other, the former flowing south and the latter north. They are both good trout streams. After passing through the Not(;h and some distance beyond, the tourist will notice an old weather-beaten house, having a peculiar look, situated on the right side of the road. This is the Union Hotel, and is kept by a Mr. Brown. ^ The Lake House, spoken of on page 20, has changed hands this spring, having been sold by Mr. Godwin to Mr. Charles Eyerson. It is a favorite resort for tourists and sportsmen. It stands near the RANGE LEY AND RICHARDSON LAKES. 9 shore of Lake Umbagog, and has excellent accoininodations. A livery stable is connected with the house. Parti(;s may also obtain from Mr. Ryerson complete outlits for camping, thereby avoiding the trouble and expense of taking these things from home. He will also furnish guides for all the waters in the Parmachenee, Richard- son, and Rangeley Lakes region. Under the head of " From Lake Umbagog to the Middle Dam," commencing on page 21, I would say that Sunday Cove, B Cove, Sturtevant Cove, and Tyler Cove are all good places for trout, and a large number were caught there last season. The " Big Island " and Metalic Island, a short distance up the lake from the mouth of the Cambridge River, are both good places for camping parties to pitch their tents. During the latter part of August and during the months of September and October the hunting is excellent about the shores of Lake Umbagog. Ducks of several varieties, partridges, rabbits, deer, bears, foxes, otters, muskrats, and other animals are plenty, and are shot in large numbers. Moose also are occasionally seen. A walk of an hour and a half will take you across the cany from the boat-landing to the Middle Dam. There is a prospect of having this road improved, and putting on a two-horse team for the accommoda- tion of persons who wish to ride. If this is done, it will make the route to the Lakes by way of Upton easier than it has been hereto- fore. The Middle Dam Camp, spoken of on page 21, has changed hands for this season. It has been leased for a year by Mr. Aldana Brooks, favorably known in connection with it for the past two years, and will be run by him this summer. Under his management we have no doubt that tourists and sportsmen will receive the same kind attention that was always a feature of this camp when in Mr. God- win's hands. There has been some talk the past winter of building a new camp at the Middle Dam. The ])lans have been made, and the building would have been the finest in the lake region, had it been erected. But unfortunately the business all ended, where it commenced, in talk. The house was to be two stories and a half, with piazza on three sides, and set fronting the lake. The location would be a short distance north of the old camp. We learn that the ])lans are now in the hands of Mr. Fox, the Superintendent of Errol Dam, and that I)arties are trying to get the lease of the lot at the Middle Dam, 10 FARRAR'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO where the new house was to be located. It will undoubtedly be built the coming winter. In addition to the other places mentioned on page 22 as being fa- vorable resorts for trout, and where the sportsmen in July and August will always have good luck, is the Cold Spring, on the Five Mile Rapids, a short distance below the Hop Yard. The Oxford Club House, mentioned on page 23, stands on the Mid- dle Dam Carry. It has some twenty or thirty members, the most of whom are gentlemen. But a few selfish and narrow-minded individ- uals in the Club claim a right to control the fishing along the Rapid River, and have even had the]cheek to threaten sportsmen with prose- cution, who attempted to catch a trout between the pond in the river and the Cold Spring. Having made some inquiries in regard to the legal bearing on the matter, I have been assured that any person has the same right to fish on any part of the Five Mile Rapids, as any member of the Oxford Club. I know personally of a large num- ber of gentlemen who fished on this forbidden ground last year the same as they would anywhere else in the lake region, but have yet to learn of one who was prosecuted. On the contrary, several gentle- men, whose names I could give if it were necessary, fished purposely at the Cold Spring and other places, and then informed the Oxford Club of it, in order to be prosecuted, and have a test case come to trial. None of those gentlemen have ever been prosecuted, which shows how much faith the Oxford Club have in their ability to pre- vent sportsmen from taking fish from a public stream ; they might as well forbid one fishing in the lakes. I believe the Club have made some pretension to breeding trout. They commenced by digging a mud-hole in front of their camp, holding about a wash-tub full of water. But a thirsty dog happened along soon after the pond was done, and drank it dry. If there were any trout in it, quite likely he swallowed the fish. Warned by this disaster, the Club enlarged the pond, until at present it is of sufficient size for a full-grown frog to take a bath in. If the Club keep on with their extensive improve- ments, they will have that pond large enough for a half-pound trout to live in after a while. In niarked contrast to the conduct of the few selfish bigots in the Oxford Club is that of Messrs. J. P. Whitney, Samuel lietton, Thomas McKean, George Shepard Page, R. G. Aller- ton, and the Oquossoc Angling Association, who, although they have RANGE LEY AND RICHARDSON LAKES. y expended large sums of money in the lake region, never object to re- spectable sportsmen taking tisli with fly or worm anywhere where they fish themselves, and whose rights are far more clearly defined than those of the Oxford Club. It may be that on account of the few lines .1 have seen fit to devote to the particular members of this Club that I have in my mind's eye, they will think it necessary to try and prose- cute somebody. Should that prove the case, the public will find that, like a city policeman, who in a row jumps for a small newsboy and overlooks the men, the Club will be likely to light on some poor clerk, or impecunious tramp, on whose heads to pour the awful majesty of the law, while the wealthy habitues of these lakes, who would only be too glad to have the rights of the Oxford Club in the matter fairly tested, will not be interfered with. Some space is devoted to loons on page 23. As these birds are almost impossible to kill, it may be worth relating that the writer actually saw one shot on Lake Umbagog the 27th day of last July, from the steamer Diamond, by Luman Sargeant, one of the Upton guides. It was killed instantly at the fourth fire by a rifle-ball. The steamer was stopped, Mr. Sargeant rowed off" and picked up the bird, and brought it back to the boat. On examination it was found that the ball went directly through its head. A large fish-hook was found in its mouth, just back of its bill, showing that some time or other the loon had been fishing. The hook was rusty, and had the appearance of having been in the bird's mouth a long time. The loon was given to a Boston gentleman, who forwarded it to the city to have it properly preserved. The plumage of these birds is very handsome, the feathers being thick and close. Their color is pure white on the breast, and mottled green and black on the neck. Tiieir wings are speckled black and white. A person must be careful in capturing one when it is only wounded, for a loon is a very powerful bird, and will fight as long as it can breathe. They will give a tre- mendous bite with their bill, and the safest way to handle one is to get a firm hold of his neck, near his head. This is like putting salt on a pigeon's tail ; but then if you don't succeed in doing it, you need not tell anybody of it. The Andover House, mentioned on page 28, formerly under the charge of Albert W. Thomas, is now carried on by Albert W. and Frank P. Thomas. Although the gentlemen have the same name, Ig FARRAR'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO they are not related to each other, Frank has been favorably known for several years as one of the best guides to the lake region, and his services in that capacity are still available. The change in the busi- ness management of the house will no doubt be favorable to the ac- commodation of the public. In addition to the hotel there are several large boarding-houses in Andover, capable of accommodating from six to twenty people each. The Lake Road, mentioned under head of "From Andover to the Arm of the Lake," page 30, has been very much improved since last season. A large amount of work was done on it last fall, and this spring the town of Andover raised six hundred dollars, all of which has been put on the road, and the traveling over it this season will be better than ever before. The Arm of the Lake, spoken of on page 36, is generally reached at noon, and dinner or lunch is taken here. A small hotel is very much needed at this point, capable of accommo- dating from twenty to thirty people, where sportsmen and tourists could procure a good dinner at a moderate price, say not over fifty cents. The Arm of the Lake is a romantic place, and the fishing is good here in the spring. A fine location for a house would be the little knoll known as Echo Landing, where tiie steamer now stops. A house situated here would command a splendid view a long distance up the lake, and would at once become a favorite resort for ladies and gentlemen who visit this section of the country. A movement is on foot which will no doubt secure the building of a house here before another season, and it may possibly be erected in time for the present season's business. Metalic Brook, noticed on page 38, is one of the best trout-streams about the lakes, and fish are now taken in it weighing from half a pound to two pounds. It furnishes excellent sport in July and Au- gust, a time when the fishing is dull on the lakes. The places to se- cure the larger fish are several j)Ools that are situated quite a distance up the brook, about three miles from its mouth. Gentlemen wlio fished this brook last summer were very successful at these deep holes. Wliitney's Camp is now in charge of old "'Uncle Cole," he having taken Plarvey Newton's i)lace last fall. In connection with the Upper Dam, mentioned on page 39, I would state that persons who can visit this well-known resort in June will see one of the most exciting parts of the immense lumbering business RANGELEY AND RICHARDSON LAKES. 13 that is carried on in these wild regions. The logs that are brought down across the upper hikes reach the Upper Dam generally from the 10th to the 20th of June. At this tiniQ the gates are all closed down, and the sluice-way battened up with logs and planks, holding the water above the dam at a height of from ten to hfteeu feet. When the logs reach Trout Cove the barricade of the sluice is cut away, and the water with an immense pressuie leaps through the sluice with a roar like Niagara, piling up at the bottom of the sluice some twenty feet high ; then, rolling over, the tumultuous current flows down the rocky bed of the narrow river, boiling and seething, crested with white foam, sweeping everything before it, until it pours into the lake below. After the first onset the water quiets down a little, assuming the form of rapids, that will compare favorably with those of the St. Lawrence River. Then comes the most dangerous act in this sensational drama. The huge bateaux, pulled by ten or a dozen stalwart foresters, and guided by two others, who must be very giants in strength, stationed in the bow and stern, with heavy steering-paddles, cool and collected, not the least trace of fear shadowing their sunburnt faces, their eyes directed to the narrow opening ahead through which they are to i)ass, come sweeping down. The bateaux usually start a quarter of a mile or more above the dam, the men at the oars pulling a long powerful stroke, paying no attention to their boat, which is guided by the steersmen in the bow and stern, both of whom face down the river. Aided by a powerful current, the bbats have attained an almost fright- ful speed by the time they reach the upper end of the sluice ; the oars are trailed, and like an arrow from a bow the boats shoot into that narrow passage which perhaps leads straight to death. As it passes through you obtain a glimpse of it like that of some object seen from the car-window of a lightning express-train that is traveling fifty miles an hour. Your eye follows it as in a second more it makes the fearful plunge at the lower end of the sluice, and you involuntarily hold your breath as it darts into the boil, ten feet or more in height. Rising on this, perhaps half filled with water, the boat slides over its cre.st, and jumps another boil of perhaps half the height of th(^ first ; then the sturdy backwoodsmen bend to their oars, and their light crafts shoot down the rapids, dodging immense bowlders, jumping miniature falls, amid the din of the vexed waters, and finally emerge on the broad bosom of the lake, safe for the present. Then the rjniujiii^i ij^i^u^ikatjld Guide TO strained nerves relax, the tightened muscles become pliant once more and a deep sigh of thankfulness wells up from the heart of each of the crew, who have once more run the sluice in safety. But accidents often happen, sometimes of a laughable character, and then of a na- ture to thiow a gloom for days over the merry crew who follow this exciting business. Occasionally a boat capsizes in the first boil, and several of the crew are drowned ; or one strikes a rock in the middle of the rapids, is stove to flinders in an instant, and the crew are left in the turbid waters to shift for themselves, when, with good luck, they will all reach the shore and be subject for days to the good-natured jokes of their companions. After the bateaux are all run throut^h the sluice the logs follow. They pass through the sluice singly, in twos and threes, and sometimes a dozen at a time. Below the sluice they cut all sorts of capers. Some stand on end, some are thrown clear out of the water, others roll over and over ; then they get twisted and snarled, and piled upon each other, forming a jam, that is only straightened by the dexterous use of an axe in the hands of some red-shirted hero ; for clearing a jam is one of the most danger- ous acts in the business, and is really putting one's'head into the lion's mouth. To be at the Upper Dam in June and see the scenes I have poorly attempted to describe is worth all the expense incurred for a trip there, and then you have the fishing beside. Mention is made on page 40 of the places for fishing about the Upper Dam. One other should be added to these. Take a row-boat at the Upper Dam, or the steamer, and go up to the head of the lake, hshing around the mouth of Richardson Brook and Beaver Brook and in the West Arm behind the islands. There is also good fishin- ground around a sunken reef at the head of the lake, it being a fav- orite resort for trout. The reef is located about in the centre of the lake, and nearly opposite of a long point making out from the eastern Shore, on which stands an old dead pine. There is no better sprin. fishing ,n the entire lake region than that abr.ut the head of the Up- per Richardson Lake, and sportsmen are beginning to find it out The Richanlson Ponds, spoken of on page 43, while being in favor with those who depen.l on their rifie for their sport, are also attracting he attention of the fishermen. A trail leads from the head of the lake and the steamer carries passengers from the mouth of the river to the head of the lake daily. Persons who visited these ponds last Establislied 1839. BENJAMIN F. JAMES & CO., (STEAM BAKERY,) Manufacturers of every variety of Pine Crackers, Biscuits, Cream Pilot, and Coffee Bread. Particular attention is called to our BUTTER CRACKERS, of which we make a specialty, being made of the choicest of stock, and manufactured with special I care. They have merited the commendation of beiug the best BUTTER CRACKERS made in the United States. We also make a specialty of HAND-MADE WATER CRACKERS, every one being made by hand by the most skilled workmen. These crackers are largely in demand by exporters, and have obtained a wide celebrity in nearly all foreign ports. We make a special effort to maintain the highest standard of quality in all our goods, for which they are so justly celebrated. We keep constantly in stock the following varieties, viz. : — Butter, Water, Assorted, Picnic, Oyster, Sugar, Boston Butter, Soft, Toast, and Graham Crackers; Cream, 3Iilk, Graham, Wine, Soda, Oatmeal, and Cornhill Biscuit; Graham W^afers and Ginger Snaps; Coffee, Extra Pilot, Cream Pilot, and Family Pilot Bread. Goods of 511 kinds put up in tin cans, wood boxes, half-barrels, or barrels, to suit the whims of the trade, and delivered at short notice. MANUFACTORY, NO. 2200 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON, MASS. (Sign of the Clock.) Orders addressed as above Tvill receive prompt attention. FOREST AND STREAM, A Weekly Journal of Twenty Pages, devoted to PRACTICAL NATURAL HISTORY, Fish Culture, Protection of Game, Preser- vation of Forests, Yachting and Boat- ing, Rifle Practice, and all Out-Door Recreation and Study. It is the only Journal in this country that fully supplies the wants and meets the necessities of the Gentleman Sportsman- Terms, S4.00 a Year. JBSo' Send for a Specimen Copy. FOREST AND STREAM PUB. CO., i03 Fulton Street, Post-Office Box 2833. NEW YORK. The Surreyor-General of Washington Territory, who sends a club of five sub- scribers, writes, sayinfr : " I consider that your journal has done more to properly educate the sportsmen of this country than all the other publications put together. I shall induce every true sportsman to become a subscriber that I can." Mr. Thomaa A. Logan ("Gloan") says: "You are doing good work with the paper, and you have — more and probably greater than you dream of — the wishes and God-speed of the gentlemen of Che ^?/7i." Hundreds of similar indorsements from prominent gentlemen sportsmen might be added, showing the estimation in which Forkst anp Strkam is held by its readers. RANGELEY AND RICHARDSON LAKES. 15 season had fine luck fishing, and the writer saw one very handsome trout taken there with a fly, by J. H. Smith, Esq., of New York City, that weighed six and a half pounds. Mr. Smith also took several others of from two to four pounds' weight. A small house, situated at the head of the lake, near Richardson Brook, is needed for the accommodation of those visiting the Richardson Ponds and Parma- chenee Lake, and it is hoped that before another season opens one will be erected. CATCHES OF TROUT. As there have been some very fine catches of trout made at the Middle and Upper Dams, we propose to mention a few of them at this time. Last season a gentleman by the name of'Gile, from Brooklyn, N. Y., who was over sixty years of age, took a trout from the lake, at the head of the run, in front of the Middle Dam Camp, that weighed six and a half pounds. Two other trout were also captured by another gentleman at the same place, the two weighing twenty- three pounds. This was in September, 1875. In September, 1876, B. Frank Morse, Marlborough, Mass., took a trout from below the Upper Dam that weighed nine and one quarter pounds. This fish was twenty-seven and one half inches long and sixteen inches in circumference. About the same time •William J. Reynolds, Edgartown, Mass., • took home seven trout that weighed thirty-six pounds. These fish were all taken from the mouth of the river, near the steamboat wharf, and from the lower side of the Upper Dam. We have also memor- anda of five different trout taken at the Upper Dam and the mouth of the river, by different gentlemen, tliat weighed respectively seven pounds, seven and a half pounds, eight and a half pounds, eight and three quarter pounds, and nine and a half pounds, which we call a pretty fair record. Several good-sized trout were also taken during the month of September from the head of the Upper Richardson (Molechunkamunk) Lake. In July, 1875, Mr. William Brooks, Jamaica Plain, Mass., caught at Smooth Ledge, a short distance from the Middle Dam Camp, fifteen trout weighing 36 lbs., the two Iwgest, weighing 15 lbs. These were taken with a common fly rod. Edward Stearns, Esq., Boston, Mass., took at the Upper Dam last 16 FARRARS ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO September, in a few days' fishing, 88 lbs. of trout, the smallest of which weighed 3 lbs. and the largest 9^ lbs. He also took a large number of trout weighing from 1 to 2| lbs., in addition to the 88 lbs., making his entire net CJitch not far from 130 or 140 lbs. Henry Smith, Esq., Boston, Mass., at the same time captured, among others, one very fine trout that turned the scales at 8 lbs. James F. Rogers, Esq., Jamaica Plain, Mass., during the last two seasons caught on the Richardson Lakes several trout weighing from 1^ to 8 lbs., also many smaller ones. The superiority of the Richardson and Rangelcy Lakes over any other fishing waters, for size and beauty of trout, is well known and admitted by those who are familiar with the different fishing locali- ties in the United States and Canadas. The weight of several thousand trout taken from these wateis in various seasons of the year by J. P. Whitney, Esq., who has a fine camp at the mouth of Mosquito Brook, on the upper Richardson Lake, who for a number of years kept a careful account of his catches as well as those of his friends, averaged one and one tenth jjoimds each, and from some localities Mr. Whitney found his weights to aver- age one and one third pounds, the latter from the Magalloway River. Not far above the Escohos Falls, on the right-hand side of the river, is Beaver Brook, which is a famous fishing-place in the months of August and September. At times liundreds of trout may be seen lying close to the clear sand at the mouth of this brook, all headed towards the cool and life-giving waters of this stream. Mr. Whitney, a year or two ago, in the month of August, took at this place three hundred and tvxnty-sevcn trout in one afternoon, and left while the fishing was still good. The same gentleman took one forenoon from the Big Pool, a short distance above the mouth of the Little Magal- loway, on the main stream, sixty-two trout weighing scventy-eiglit pounds, eight of the largest weighing twenty-six pounds. The following addition comes under the head of Chapter IX., pages 46 to 50 : — Reaching West Farmington, you have a fine view of the intervale of the Sandy River, and you cross over to the depot on a bridge some tliirty feet high, and curved to a half-circle, the train moving slowly for fear of getting off the rails. iiiMllliliP^ 18 FARRAR'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO hill, back of Mr. Tibbetts's house, two miles from the outlet. At this place you not only get a perfect view of the beautiful sheet of water below you, but in the far distance, forming a fitting background for so romantic a picture, are some of the most commanding mountains in this section of the country, and Saddleback has the prominence over all the others. The drive to this pon.d is lovely, and if you wish to try your luck with a rod, we assure you that trout have been caught there weighing from twelve to fifteen pounds, but it is not every fellow that can catch them. Boats for rowing or sailing are kept on the pond to let, and if you do not wish to exert yourself with their management, " Uncle Henry " will accompany you. RAINBOW CASCADE is situated on a small stream known as Hillman's Brook, about five miles from the Forest House, The drive to the cascade is very pleas- ant. You follow the regular stage-road to Phillips, as far as Backus Corner, then turning to the right take the New Vineyard road, and drive for about three miles, until you reach Mr. Hillman's house. Fasten your horse here, then walk down to the mill, which is in sight from the house, pass through it, and climb the hill beyond for a short distance, until you reach the woods, entering the wood from the left, and walking a few rods farther, you reach a cool and shady dell invit- ing you to repose. In the centre of this beautiful valley flows Hillman's Brook, and on this the cascade is situated. This cascade is one of the finest we have ever seen. The waters pour over a ledge fifty feet high. At the top it is about three feet across, and at the bottom about thirty feet wide. Over this rocl<*the water pours, form- ing a sheet of silvery spray that widens every foot in its descent, until at the bottom it covers the whole face of the ledge. As the water leaps from ciag to crag, it shimmers in the sunlight, which struggles in through the forest-trees by which the cascade is sur- rounded, and foiins quite a well-defined rainbow. This is to be seen only on the right side of the cascade looking up the stream. Below the cascade, for several feet, are semicircular walls of rock. At the top of the fall is a small rock which divides tlie stream ; it starts in two rivulets, and after a fall of a few feet these join, and the whole stream spreads out, like a silvery sheen, covering the rude ledge with a bridal RANGELEY AND RICHARDSON LAKES. 19 « veil. The seclusion of this lovely place, the rays of sunlight whicli filter in, the dark green foliage of the birches and maples, the surround- ing rocks, the deep gorges through which the waters flow after their gentle descent from the clifls above, all combine to make one of the most romantic i)laces you ever saw, and you should not fail to visit it. Reclining upon a mossy bank, and watching this beautiful cascade, a sense of rest and peace steals over you, as if you were shut out from the toils and troubles of the world, and you are loath to leave tliis charming spot. RANGE LEY AND RICHARDSON LAKES. 21 It must be added that no other locality can well be more salubrious. Lads in delicate health, on coming here almost invariably receive f immediate and permanent benefit. [From the Farmington Chronicle.} Thl3 school has sustained, from its very foundation, the highest reputation for all the essential elements and characteristics of a home for lads desirous of acquiring a good education. Everj'thing about the house and schoolroom wears a pleasing aspect, and the management in and around both, from cojnmencement to cloee of term, con- forms as nearly as possible to that of a well-regulated household. Nothing is required of the boys during their stay here, either in the schoolroom or out of it, that could be objected to by any parent or guardian; and their moral as Avell as intellectual welfare is assiduously cared for. Harmless amusement and recreation are encouraged at sea- sonable hours, as by their indulgence the work and study of the schoolroom become all the more pleasurable. In summer, boating on the ponds, riding on the miniature railway, practising in the gymnasium, playing ball or croquet on the lawn, exercising with the fire-engine, or taking military drill; in winter, skating, sliding, riding in the great school sleigh, " Ellen Douglas," maple-sugar making, and in-door gymnastic exercises furnish all needed amusement and recreation; and the facilities for enjoy- ing these can hardly be equalled at any other institution on this continent; large sums of money and much time having been expended to make them as complete as possible. In fact, the stranger who visits our beautiful village — one of the loveliest spots, we claim, in New England— is pointed to this school-home for boys from almost all sections of our country, and its history of growth and success is related with commendable pride. FARRAR'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO ^hh p;0rmal atttr Crammg Sr^ool, Jf arming- ton;, glaine. IIIS School, situated in one of tlie most beautiful of New England villages, was established by act of the Legisla- ture approved March 25, 1863, and went into operation August 24, 1864. The act establishing the Normal Schools prescribes that they "shall be thoroughly devoted to the work of training teach- ers for their professional labors"; that " the course of study shall include the common English branches in thorough reviews, and such of the higher branches as are especially adapted to prepare teachers to conduct the mental, moral, and physical education of their pupils"; that "the art of school management, including the best methods of government and instruction, shall have a prominent place in the daily exercises of said schools"; and that "while teaching the funda- mental truths of Christianity, and the great principles of morality recognized by statute, they shall be free from all denominational teach- ings, and open to persons of different religious connections on terms of perfect equality." The course of study pursued this year is as follows : Preparatory Class. — Reading, Arithmetic, Geography, Gram- mar, Physiology. First Year. First Term, — Reading, Arithmetic begun, Geogra- phy, Physiology (half term), Natural Philosophy, Penmanship, Eng- lish Composition. Second Term — Grammar, Book-Keeping (half term). Drawing, Algebra, Chemistry, Botany, Hi-story, School Econ- omy. Second Year. First Term, — Arithmetic completed, Geometry, Trigonometry, English Literature, Mental Philosophy, History of Education, Civil Government, Drawing. Second Term, — Mechanics, Astronomy, Geology, Moral Philosophy, Didactics, Practice Teach- ing. Teaching Exercises, Spelling, and Vocal Music through tlie course. Examinations for admission are held the first day of each term, and iiiiii{iuJiiMii{iii:iiiiii:i!iijii;iini:iii!iJiiiiiiiiii"'' RANGE LEY AND RICHARDSON LAKES. 23 all pupils should he present at that time. It is difficult to make up lessons lost at the beginning of a term. Special arrangements can be made for the examination of those engaged in teaching at the begin- ning of the term. It will be noticed that in nearly every case one term only is devoted to each branch of study, and that with each term new subjects are taken up. Hence it is very important that pupils enter at the beginning of a term and remain to its close. Although all possible facilities are afforded to those who are unable to attend through the term, yet the experience of teachers an.d of pupils alike compels us to urge that the work be taken term by term, and proves, beyond the possibility of a doubt, that the opposite course is wasteful of time, of money, and of results. Good work in education, as in everything else, requires that purposes be deliberately formed and persistently carried out. Those pupils who can take the course consecutively accomplish the best results. The aim of Normal School training is thorough instruction in the principles of the branches taught, with special reference to development of teaching power ; and such methods of organization, instruction, and discipline are adopted as are considered best adapted to secure this end. It will be seen from the course of study and accompanying state- ments, that the nwans for directly professional training are much greater in the second year of the course than in the first, and, as may be inferred, the benefits to be derived from connection with the school are correspondingly increased. At the beginning of the second year, classes enter upon the study of Mental Philosophy, considered with special reference to education, and the study of Didactics, and prac- tice in teaching, are made leading objects in this year's work. During the twelve years of the existence of the school, more than 1,200 young men and young women have been connected with it, and 241 have graduated from the complete course. Careful inquiry has been made as to the liistory of these students subsequent to their con- nection with the school, and a large number of replies have been received. The returns received from graduates have been tabulated, and show that a decided majority of the yradiuites of the school are still teaching in this State, and in many cases in very responsible and influential positions. 24 FARRAR'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO The object of tlie school and the means and methods used for the accomplishment of that object may be summarily stated thus : The scliool is furnished with a good library of carefully selected works in the various departments of science and literature, and with excellent apparatus, recently purchased, for illustration of the vari- ous branches of science, and for the practical training of pupils in the care and use of apparatus. Superior facilities for chemical manip- ulation, a valuable cabinet of minerals, and a transit and spectro- scope, have recently been added to the apparatus. Gentlemen must be seventeen years of age at admission or during the first term ; ladies, sixteen. Candidates must present a certificate of good moral character from some responsible persoa, acknowledge their obligation to observe faithfully all the reguISftions of the school, and pass a satisfactory examination in arithmetic, through fractions ; in geography, upon general principles of mathematical geography, as laid down in common school text-books, in general upon the conti- nents, and in more detail upon the United States and State of Maine ; in grammar, reading, and spelling. Eacli pupil pays an incidental fee of $2.25 at the beginning of each term. Tuition is free to those pledging themselves to teach in the public schools of Maine for as long a time as they remain connected with the Normal School. Others pay a tuition of $14.00 per term. Text-books are furnished at reduced rates. Each student should be provided with a Bible and a dictionary. Board can be obtained at $ 3.00 to $ 3.50 per week. Table board, $2.75 per week. Furnished rooms can be obtained, without board, at reasonable rates. Arrangements can be made for boarding in clubs, members of the club purchasing provisions and employing a person to prepare the food, furnish the table, and do all work connected there- with. On page 46 mention is made of Messrs. Clark & Son furnishing private teams for Phillips at reasonable prices. These liberal-minded gentlemen wish us to inform peoJ)le who visit the lakes by way of Farmington that this season they will furnish a private team to small or large parties going to the lakes, who wish to stop over night in Fannington, free of expense. Or, in other words, if you wish to RANGELEY AND RICHARDSON LAKES. 25 spend the night in Farmington, you can go on to Phillips the next morning by private conveyance, on your regular stage ticket, and view the beautiful scenery of the Sandy River Valley by daylight. The Barden House is eligibly located on the main street of the vil- lage, near churches, stores, post, telegraph, and express offices, and from the second-story piazza you may obtain a fine view up and down the principal street, and get a glimpse of the falls, near the bridge. Away to the northwest the Saddleback Mountains lift their heads to the clouds, forming a prominent landmark. The view down the Saco Valley from Mount Washington is not finer than that down the Sandy River Valley from some parts of the road between Farmington and Phillips. Travel with rubber coats and waterproofs, so that if a shower comes up you can observe the wonderful cloud-pictures that are formed among these hills and valleys, reminding you of fairy-land. Never mind the rain, you are not made of sugar or salt. You will not take cold in this country, and the little ducking you will receive will be more than compensated for by the beauties of the cloud phan- tasmagoria that will take place as the rain stops falling, and the sun- light dances out, dispelling the clouds and gloom, and perhaps fur- nishing a splendid rainbow by way of dessert to the feast. The Mammoth Rock is one of the curiosities of Phillips. It is sit- uated on Daggett's Farm, about three and a half miles from the Har- den House. The drive there is very pleasant, and from the top of the hill where you climb to see the rock you will get some very charming views of mountains and valley. This rock stands in a pasture, about one-eighth mile from the' road on the side of a hill. You can drive a team clear up to the rock. This immense bowlder has a split entirely through it, some thirty feet wide at the top and two feet wide at the bottom. The largest half, which is the lower side, has also been .split, and there is a gap in it, about fifteen feet wide at the top and a foot at the bottom. A rude ladder planted against the side enables one to reach the top. Last summer a fellow who went on top of the rock undertook to jump across the fifteen-foot space. He just managed to grasp the edge of the rock with his hands, and after a severe struggle he reached the top. If his hold had given way he would have been carried home in a coffin. Liquor was the caiise of this foolish and dangerous act. It is variously estimated that the rock is from thirty- 26 FARRAR'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO five to fifty feet high, one hundred feet through, and two to three hundred feet around the base. How it came there is a mystery, but every person has his own theory in the matter, and some are quite amusing. A view of this rock is published with our stereoscopic views. Sandy River Falls, in the town of Madrid, are well worth a visit. Thoy are about eight miles from the Barden House, and as there is good fisliing on the stream above and below the falls, it will pay you to take a fishing-rod when you go to visit them. On your way to and from the falls you will get some splendid views of the Mount Abram and Saddleback ranges. This is one of the most pleasant rides in the vicinity of Phillips, and the excursion will take a day. There are two streams only a few rods apart, and each has a fine fall. An amusing incident in connection with this stream is told of the Rev, Edward Clarke, of Providence. He was fishing the Sandy River down one day, expecting to reach Madrid in tmie to stop over night. But darkness overtook him while he was fishing from a large rock in the middle of the- stream, and at this place he was surrounded by woods. Being afraid of losing his way, or being attacked by wild beasts in the woods, he spent the night on the rock, a prey to mosquitoes, black flies, and a disordered mind, his imagi- nation picturing a great many horrors that the morning light dis- pelled. He scarcely slept a wink all night, but when he reached the village the next day he had a good hearty laugh over his nocturnal adventure. We publish a stereoscopic view of the falls on each stream. A fine excursion, occupying a day, may be made from the Barden House to Mount Blue. Taking a team, you ride to within a mile of the top of the mountain, and then walk up by a good path through the woods. The view from this mountain is very extensive, embra- cing the whole country from Phillips to the ocean, and a trip to its sunmiit will well repay the tourist for the time and expense of mak- ing it. There is a hotel at the base of the mountain where you can get dinner, and where you can have your team provided for also. "We pulilish several stereoscopic views of Mount Blue. An iron mineral spiing is situated in Phillips about one mile from the Barden House. Its waters have proven very efficacious for invalids. There is a sulphur spring a short distance from the hotel, whose I^E^IOE S1.00. Illustrated Guide RANOELEY AND ll€liliS©i MKiS, DIXYILLE NOTCH, AND Aiidoyer, Me, and Vicinity. With twenty full-page Illustrations, and the best map of the Lake Region, ever made. Handsomely bound in cloth. Printed on heavy, super calendered tinted paper. May be obtained at any Bookstore, or will be sent by mail, postage paid, on receipt of price. PUBLISHED BY LEE AND SHEPARD, Boston, CHAS. T. DILLINGHAM, New York. OQUOSSOC HOUSE, RANCELEY VILLAGE, MAINE. JOHN HERRICK, Manager. Perms as low as any house in the Lake region. Accom- modates 30 guests. This hotel has been completed the past winter, and is low open for business. It is pleasantly located on the nain street, but a short distance from the lake, and only I few rods from the steamboat-landing. The house is two md a half stories high, with piazza to first and second sto- ries. There is not an unpleasant room in the house ; the front rooms command fine views of the Saddleback, Bige- low, and Kennebago Mountains, also a large pond. From the back rooms pleasant views of the lake can be obtained. The House is newly furnished throughout, and presents m attractive and homelike appearance. The parlor con- tains a large Esty organ for the use of guests. An excel- [ent LIVERY STABLE s connected with the house, and teams will be furnished X)r the use of guests at any time at reasonable prices. Guides will be furnished by Mr. Herrick, also boats when needed. Parties wishing to engage rooms in advance can do so at Einy time by corresponding with Mr. Herrick. RANGELEY AND RICHARDSON LAKES. 27 waters are drank by many people for a cure for rheuniatism. The water contaius both lime and sulphur, and has many medicinal prop- erties. Pennock's Camp, mentioned on page 53, is now known as Camp Rangeley. Kangeley City, spoken of on pages 53, 54, was partially destroyed by fire last fall, which originated in the steam-mill of Mr. Tibbetts, the boat-builder. About thirty families Avere turned out doors by this disastrous conflagration, and the Eangeley Hotel was burnt. Its owner erected a new building on the old site ; it is called the Rangeley Lake House. The past winter a neat-looking little hotel has been built at Kange- ley Village by Abner Toothaker, Esq., who is one of the Largest real-estate owners in this part of the country, for the accommodation of tourists and sportsmen visiting the Eangeley Lake Region. It is called the Oquossoc House, thus retaining the romantic Indian name of the lake whose sparkling waters lave the shore but a few rods beyond its site. The house stands on the main street of the village, facing east, com- manding a wide range of country, including some of the highest and most striking mountain peaks in the vicinity. A large pond just opposite is a pleasant feature of the scene. It is convenient to stores and post-office, and near the steamboat wharf. It is well furnished, and everything is new and clean. There is a double piazza in front, furnishing a charming retreat for leisure moments. Mr. and Mrs. John Herrick have charge of the hotel, and will do all in their power for the accommodation of their patrons. Pleasant excursions may be made from here by steamer on the lake, or teams on land, and one can procure from Mr. Herrick any kind of teams required. We commend this house to all who visit Rangeley, whether for a long or short stay, and feel sure it will give satisfac- tion. We learn that Mr. G. L. F. Ball, the well-known guide, formerly Assistant Superintendent of the Oquo.ssoc Angling Association, was associated with Mr. L. H. Tibbetts in originating the Indian Rock boats, that are mostly used on the Rangeley Lakes. Mr. and Mrs. Soule, .spoken of on page 53, have no connection 28 FARRAR'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO with the Mountain View House this year, the hotel and boats being under Mr. Kimball's charge. The following additions are made to Chapter X., including pages 51 to 54. Long Pond is a very pretty sheet of water, situated in the middle of the woods, and furnishes excellent trout-fishing. An arm of it extends to within a few feet of the stage-road, and it is only about two miles from Kimball's. If one wishes to make a business of fish- ing there, he will be obliged to take a boat with him, as there are none on the pond. We publish a fine stereoscopic view of this pond. The Green vale House is only three miles from Rangeley Village, and there are many things in its vicinity worth visiting. A few days or weeks may be spent very comfortably here, as the rooms are all well furnished and the table well supplied. From a high hill in a pasture near the hotel a splendid view of Lake Oquossoc may be obtained, including some fine mountain scenery. The extensive and varied landscape spread out before you when stand- ing on the top of this hill and overlooking the lake will well repay you for the tiresome climb to its summit. In approaching the Greenvale House from Phillips, you cross a little mountain stream near the hotel, which is not only noted for its ex- cellent fishing, but also for its fine scenery. Follow it up for a quarter of a mile from the road, and you will come to a deep ravine cut out of the solid rock by the powerful action of water during the spring freshets. This ravine extends up the stream for quite a distance, the brook being broken all through it by rapids, cascades, and falls. Along its sides, where the water has washed out all the earth, huge crevices are found in the rocks, and from several of these, in the last of June, 187u, we took some splendid ice, many of the pieces being two or three pounds in weight. It is a wild and romantic place, and one which is eagerly sought after by lovers of nature. The dark rocks, the water flashing in the sunlight, the numerous natural bridges, caused by trees which have been uprooted by tempests and have falhm across the ravine, the roar of the cataract, the grateful shade to be had under the old forest-trees, are all congenial to one who wishes to walk in nature's solitudes, and who can appreciate such a wild country. When visiting the Greenvale House, by all means spare half a day to 30 FARRARS ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO bago are at the outlet, at the foot of the lake, and the "big inlet," on the opposite shore of the lake from Crosby's lower camp. About a mile above the " big inlet," on the same side of the lake, is a good place for trolling. This lake is one of the prettiest in the State of Maine, and it has an advantage over its sisters ,of the Rangeley Chain, from the fact that there is no dam at the foot of it, consequently its shores are not overflowed, or covered with dead trees. It runs east and west, and is almost completely surrounded with high mountains. Its shores are thickly wooded, and there are several nice sand beaches about it. Standing on the point at the head of the lake, you get a tine view, embracing nearly the entire sheet of water. On your left is Spotted Mountain, which descends to the water, and extends along the lake for several miles. On the right, a little ridge known as Wild Cat Hill seems to confine the water on that side. Beyond this is East Kennebago Mountain. West Kennebago and Snow Mountains are also plainly to be seen from the point. While visiting Kennebago, we made an outline draught of the lake, and another year shall correct our map by it. None of the maps we have ever seen have had Ken- nebago right. Some of the most beautiful sunsets we have ever wit- nessed we saw at Kennebago Lake, and the view of lake and moun- tain from Snowman's Camp during the sun's decline is superb. We do not try to describe it, for it w'ould be simply an impossibility. Kennebago is five or six miles long, and from a quarter of a mile to a mile and a half wide. Three miles above the lake is a pond known as Little Kennebago, where there is good fishing. A light draught boat can be run up the stream between the lake and the pond without much difficulty. The Seven Ponds, a great place for trout-fishing, are twelve miles north of Kennebago Lake, and may be reached easily, by fol- lowing up the stream from Little Kennebago. Most people who go to Kennebago Lake do not leave until they have visited the falls on the Kennebago River. These are situated a mile and a half from the outlet. The mile can be done in a boat ; then you land at the head of tlie rapids, and after walking half a mile through the woods you will reach the falls, which are more a series of heavy rapids than a regular fall, but they are well worth a visit. In going to Kennebago it is unnecessary to take a guide, and if you liave any heavy things to carry you can get them hauled in on CHARLES E. WHEELER, DEALER IN Pishing Tackle, OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, GUNS, PISTOLS, &. AMMUNITION. THE INTERNATIONAL JURY OF THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION acknowledged the superiority of the Split Ba7nboo Fishing Rods Manufactured by Charles E. Wheeler, With the HIGHEST AWARD. MANUEACTURER OP THE FINEST Split Bamboo Fisliing Rods, Which, for beauty of finish, elasticity, and durability, are unsurpassed. Thefsc Rods- are made of split bamboo, with German silver mountings. They are extremely light, and only weigh from six. to elglit ounce;*. A specialty made of manufticturing rods for the trade. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Farmington, Franklin Co., Maine. Suramer Beverages. MOSES FAIRBANKS k CO, MANUFACTURERS OF * Soda, Mineral Water, Belfast Ginger Ale, Pine-Apple Tonic, Raspberry Tonic, German Tonic, Cream Ginger Beer, Tonic Beer. ALL THE ABOVE SOLD IN BOTTLES. Warranted Non-Intoxicating and Absolutely Pure. ALSO DEALERS IN ALE, PORTER, CIDER, AND GENERAL AGENTS FOR THE ^^ Orders by mail or otherwise promptly attended to. HOWARD ATHEN/EUM BUILDING, Moses F.\mnANKS,) -i-i- i ni^ t% ±. L,:vi FAinnANKs, HowarQ St., Bostoii. Otis S. Nkale. ) ' RANGELEY AND RICHARDSON LAKES. 31 a sled drawn by a horse. The road, is too rough to even admit of a buckboard. Also take our advice, and don't go until August or Sep- tember. We were there the very last of June, and the black flies and mosquitoes were a perfect nuisance. They were the worst at Ken- nebago that we ever found them anywhere in the lake region. Tar and oil were of no use, and nothing but smoke would clear them. We publish some stereoscopic views of Kennebago, also some hand- some 5X8 pictures, suitable for framing. Under the head of Chapter XL, pages 55 to 58, we make the fol- lowing corrections and additions : The fleet of boats belonging to the Oquossoc Angling Association has been increased to thirty. Camp Kennebago is open from May 15th to October 1st. The present Treasurer of the Oquossoc Angling Association is James A. Williamson, Jersey City, N. J. Ladies visiting Camp Kennebago have the use of a commodious building, disconnected from the main camp, where they can be as secluded as they wish, the building being set apart for their exclusive use. The Oquossoc Angling Association during the past three years have stocked the water in the immediate vicinity of their club-house with many thousand of the famous land-locked salmon, and they are now being captured : one was taken in May, last season, near Camp Kennebago, weighing two pounds ; another of about the same weight was also caught by one of the Andover guides at the Upper Dam in June ; and a third one was caught in the Rangeley Lake last summer by a Mr. Willis of Boston. The managers of the Oquossoc Angling Association have retained all the charming semi-aboriginal character in their camps, grounds, and appointments. While the furniture is sufficiently com- fortable to suit the most fastidious, yet the contrast between Camp Kennebago and the hotels is everything that the two terms indicate. The true idea of a "lodge in the vast wilderness" is here seen and enjoyed. Visitors are not confined to Camp Kennebago. The Asso- ciation own camps at the outlet of Eangeley Lake ; on Birch Island, near the mouth of Cupsuptic Stream ; on Kennebago Stream, seven miles from the main camp ; and on Little Kennebago Pond. Among the highly appreciated but unusual adjuncts of a camp in the wild woods are two cows, a horse, poultry, &c. ; a fine vegetable and fruit garden, ice-house, and bath-room. Parties desiring to make a long 32 FARRAR'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO stay at Canii^ Kennebago may address either of the officers of the Association, or C. T. liichardson, the Superintendent. Transient guests will be received from June 20th to September 10th, without the necessity of previous correspondence. The tour of the lakes is incomplete without experiencing the hearty hospitalities of Camp Kennebago. We would also speak of the famous brook trout, cap- tured in 1867 at the outlet of Rangeley Lake, retained a captive for three weeks, and then transported alive in a large tank of water, lined with sponge, and supplied with fresh air by an air-pump, to the pond of George Shepard Page, Stanley, N. J. The tank also contained a female brook trout weighing eight and one quarter pounds. These trout both died. The former iveighed ten pounds after his death. It is a matter of regret that his weight when captured was not taken. Professor Agassiz and Professor Baird have stated that he must have weighed eleven and a half pounds. But at the weight of ten pounds, he challenges the admiration of anglers as being one of the largest brook trout on record. His stuffed skin forms a prominent orna- ment of the office of Mr. Page in New York, Frye's Camp, a picturesque little building on the shores of the Great Lake, is the property of Hon. William P. Frye, of Lewiston, Me,, the distinguished member of Congress representing the dis- trict of which Franklin County forms part ; he is also one of the Exe- cutive Committee of the Oquossoc Angling Association. Camp Buck- field, owned by an association of gentlemen from Buckfield, Me,, Camp Houghton, and Camp Haverhill, are also situated on the shores of the Great Lake, between Cupsuptic and Bugle Cove, The island in Mooselucmaguntlc Lake, spoken of on page 59 as Gut or Student Island, is miscalled, its real name being Stanley Island, It is leased by George Shepard Page, Esq., the enterpris- ing president of the Oquossoc Angling Association, who has built a commodious camp upon it. Hon, Henry 0. Stanley, of Dixficld, Me,, should be mentioned as one of the owners of Camp Bema, situated at the mouth of Bema Stream, spoken of on page 60. The little steam-launch Oquossoc, that was run on Lake Mooseluc- maguntic last season by Captain C. W. Howard, between Indian Rock and the Upper Dam, was sold last full to Fred. C. Barker of Ando- ver, Me., who will run her the present season himself. RANGELEY AND RICHARDSON LAKES. 33 As the route to the lakes by the way of North Stratford and Cole- brook is the longest and most northerly, carrying the tourist through more places than cither of the others, we give it more attention in this revised edition than in the main book. The routes from Boston to Portland having been all described, we commence at the latter place. Leaving Portland from the Grand Trunk Kailroad Station, at the foot of India Street, on the 1.20 train, we pass swiftly across the bridge and through the deep rock cutting at Fish Point. Casco Bay then opens to view, and for a mile or more while passing around the Neck and over the bridge that crosses to Westbrook the broad bay is seen dotted with numerous islands, receding to the dim shores of Brunswick and Harpswell, a distance of twenty miles. The train sweeps rapidly through the easterly portion of AVestbrook, a distance of nearly two miles, presenting some pleasant views of land and water, then crosses the Presumpscot Pdver, over a substantial bridge three hundred feet in length, and a mile and a half farther on reaches the depot at Falmouth, five miles from Portland. This is a farming town, although on the eastern side some ship-building is car- ried on. Leaving here, we pass through an undulating farming coun- try, pleasant to look out on but of no especial interest, and stop for a moment at Cumberland, nine miles from Portland. This place is similar in character to Falmouth. Moving again, obtaining occasional glimpses of the land-locked bay, a few minutes' ride brings us to the flourishing seaport of Yarmouth, eleven miles from Portland, a very pleasant old town, where considerable ship-building is carried on. A mile above this station the Grand Trunk Eailroad is crossed by a branch of the Maine Central, formerly the Portland and Kennebec road. This crossing is known as Yarmouth Junction, and both of the roads have depots here. This branch of the Maine Central runs from Portland to Augusta ; from Brunswick, a station on the road, another branch diverges to Bath. Leaving the Junction, we rattle northward once more, through an agricultural country devoid of any striking features, and halt for a moment at North Yarmouth, fifteen miles from Portland. Business attended to, again we move, and after making a short run i-each Pow- NAL, nineteen miles from Portland. A few minutes hen^ suffices, and on we go, the country becoming more undulating, presenting many charming views to the eyes of the tourist, and soon slack up at New 34 FARRAR'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO Gloucester, twenty-two miles from Portland, one of the best farm- ing-towns in the State ; the village lies west of the station, on ele- vated land, and looks very pretty from the cars. After a short stop the whistle is heard again, and on we go to Danville Junction, twenty-eight miles from Portland. At this point the Grand Trunk is crossed by the Maine Central Railroad, running from Portland to Au- burn, Lewiston, Farmington, Waterville, Skowhegan, and Bangor. Leaving the "crossing," a few moments' ride brings us to Lewis- ton Junction. Here a short but important branch of the Grand Trunk diverges to the two great manufacturing places of Maine, Lew- iston and Auburn. Persons visiting Lewiston will find in the De Witt House a first-class hotel, elegantly furnished, with all modern conveniences. Messrs. Quimby & Murch, the genial proprietors, have been favorably known to the traveling public for many years in con- nection with the Franklin House, Bangor. The De Witt has been repaired and refitted under their care ; it has a nice billiard-hall and bath-rooms, and the cuisine is unexceptionableL It is safe to say that there is not a more popular or better kept hotel east of Boston than the De Witt, and we confidently recommend it to tourists and busi- ness men. Stages also run from this station to the celebrated Poland Springs. Again in motion and flying along, passing cultivated fields and green pastures, with an occasional strip of woodland, we reach the Empire Road station, in the town of Poland, thirty-two miles from Portland. This is an agricultural country, and reipiiring no further notice, we leave it as the steam-whistle again sends forth its warning note, and speeding merrily away we get one stage farther on our journey, slow- ing down this time at the flourishing village of Mechanic Falls, sit- uated on the Little Androscoggin River, and thirty-six miles from Portland. The stream mentioned above furnishes ample water-power, and a large amount of manufacturing is done here. A railroad, known as the " Portland and Oxford Central," formerly left the main line at this station, running through Mechanic Falls, Minot, Hebron, Buck- field, Sumner, and Canton, the end of the road. It was owned mostly by tTie late F. 0. J. Smith, Esq., of Portland, who did not treat the towns fairly that had helped build the road, thereby causing an irrepressible warfare that finally ended in the dismantling of the road. The rolling-stock was always poor, the trains were never run RANGELEY AND RICHARDSON LAKES. 35 regularly, and the last year or two of its existence it was not safe to ride upon it. This coming to the notice of the railroad commissioners, an injunction against tlie road was granted and it was closed up. The writer remembers of riding over this road one summer, from Mechanic Falls to Buckfield, on the regular passenger-train, which on that occa- sion was composed of one wheezy locomotive, two platform freight- cars, and one box freight-car, the only passenger-car of the company being in the repair-shop at Portland. For seats, we had common wooden benches, without backs, in one end of the car, the opposite end containing several head of live cattle, with other freight and ex- press matter. The train ran at the rate of a few miles an hour, a regard for truth will not permit us to say exactly how many ; but one thing we noticed, that a cow happened to get on the track ahead of the engine, and arrived at the next station a hundred yards ahead of the train. Within the last year we have heard a rumor to the effect that the Grand Trunk Railroad Company were considering the pur- chase of the road-bed and what few rails were left, and putting it in thorough repair ; also, extending it from Canton to Rumford Falls. Should this be done, there is no doubt but that the road Avould event- ually find its way to Andover, it being only twelve miles from Rum- ford Falls, This, if accomplished, will in the near future materially lessen the time taken to reach Andover, the fa^^orite point of depart- ure to the Richardson Lakes and Upper Dam. Returning to the train we again move onward, following up the valley of the Little Andros- coggin River, — which stream we cross several times, — and put on the brakes at Oxford, forty miles from Portland. Here our stop is but momentary, and at the signal from the conductor, who shouts " All aboard ! " we rattle on once more. From this point the land- scape improves with every mile, and the tourist notes with pleasure the beautiful and romantic views, — a rolling meadow, where browsing kine are moving slowly, looking up with wonder at the fiery monster rushing by them ; a tranquil bend in the river, overhung Avith droop- ing elms and graceful maples ; a trout-fisher standing on some lone rock or fallen tree, watching anxiously for the onset of some spotted beauty ; distant mountains, whose peaks are sharply outlined against the ethereal blue, — all lend a charm to the ride, and you scarcely notice the approach to the next station, which proves to be South Paris, forty-eight miles from Portland. The village, which is large and J6 FARRAR'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO lourishing, lies to the northward of the station. Paris Hill, so called, s about two miles beyond, and is thickly settled. The court-house s located here, Paris being the shire-town of Oxford County. Nor- way, another thriving village, lies two miles southwesterly of the tation. Our iron steed having taken his regular rations of fuel and vater is once more hurrying onward. Off to the right we catch a )assing glimpse of the buildings on Paris Hill, with the farms and (rchards mapping its southern slope. The grade now rises fast, the urrounding hills assume loftier proportions, and the scenery begins o be more diversified in character. While you are noticing the grad- lal change in the landscape, the engineer whistles "Down brakes,'* Lud in a moment more the train comes to a halt in front of the West ^Aiiis station, iifty-five miles from Portland. You have scarcely time take a look about you here before the train is again in motion, ^our miles from this station commences the heaviest grade on the vhole road, being a rise of sixty feet to the mile. This continues intil you arrive at the Buyaxt's Pond station, in the town of Wood- itock, a distance of sixty-two miles from Portland. The track has low attained an elevation of seven hundred feet, and you begin to ■ealize that you are getting up in the world. A granite quarry that s worked some by the railroad companj'^ is passed just before reaching he station. While on the train one day in June, in the summer of .874, the writer witnessed a singular occurrence. We were between kVest Paris and Bryant's Pond, and had just reached the steepest part )f the grade. All at once, without any warning, .the speed of the rain began to slacken, and it finally came to a stand-still. The pas- lengers left the cars to ascertain the cause of this sudden stop, and to heir wonder and surprise found both the tracks and road-bed covered vith millions of caterpillai's, who were traveling to greener fields md pastures new. So many of these disgusting insects had been :rushed under the Avheels that the track was covered with slime and jrease, and the wlieels of the engine refused to turn. The train was )acked a short distance, while the railroad employees on the train took jrooms and cleared the tracks ahead, which were then covered with land. This furnished our iron steed a foothold, and making a re- lewed and vigorous start, we passed the crawling, wriggling mass of nsect life, and reached the station. It reminded us of Western stories ;hat tell of trains being frequently stopped on the plains by the flights RANGE LEY AND RICHARDSON LAKES. 37 of grasshoppers. We had never taken much stock in these yarns, but after being an eyewitness to the caterpillar incident, we were prepared to believe tliey might be true. The village of Bryant's Pond is very prettily situated, and derives its name from the beautiful and romantic sheet of water in sight of the station. On the opposite side of the pond a bold and rugged highland, tliickly wooded, rises from tlie water to a lieight of a thousand feet. It is called Mount Christo- [ther, taking its name from an early settler of this region, one Chris- topher Bryant, the miniature lake retaining his family appellation. This mountain is easily ascended from its western side, and the exten- sive view its summit commands will amply recompense the tourist for the time and labor of the ascent. Goose-Eye Mountain in Ncwry, and White Cap near Andover, in all their sterile and rugged gran- deur, may be seen to the northeast from the right-hand side of the cars as you approach the Bryant's Pond station. At this place pas- sengers who are intending to visit the Richakdson and Rangeley Lakes, the paradise of sportsmen and tourists, the greatest hunting and fishing district east of the Rocky Mountains, or the famous new summer resort, the romantic village of Andover, leave the cars here and go over the Great Central Route to these places. The easy and commodious four-horse coaches of Messrs. Tuttle k Woodman will be found at the depot in waiting to convey travelers. It may not be generally known that this whole region was surveyed by the railroad company before the railroad was built, in hopes of finding a feasible route farther north than the present one, but with- out success. A passable route to the Lake Basin, by following the Ellis River from Andover through Dunn's Notch, was reconnoitered, departing from the present line at Bryant's Pond ; but insurmounta- ble obstacles interposed between the lakes and the Connecticut River, j the only depression between these points showing an^ chance of a route, that of the famous Dixville Notch, being 1,968 feet above tide-water, and the topography of the region thence being of such a character as to requin; a grade of eighty feet j)er mile for over ten miles : while by the present route of the road, the greatest elevation east of the Connecticut is but 1,062 feet, the passage of the general summit, at Island Pond, 1,176 feet, and the heaviest grade but sixty feet to the mile. The axis of the elevation of the whole peninsula east of Lake Champlain is in fact north of the Umbagog Basin, in 38 FARRAR'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO which general summit the Connecticut, the Androscoggin, the Ken- nebec, the Penobscot, the Chaudiere, and the St. Francis Rivers take their rise. The general level of this region is between 2,000 and 3,000 feet above the ocean, and its dominant peaks of the Camel's Rump and Aziscohos Mountains vie in their winter dress with the white summit of their more southern neighbor. Mount Washington. Leaving Bryant's Pond, we soon strike the Alder Sti'eam, following it down to the main Androscoggin River, a distance of eight miles, nature unrolling for our delight a panorama of mountain scenery that holds our close attention, until our arrival at Locke's Mills, sixty-five miles from Portland, a village possessing no particular inter- est. High hills and lofty ridges surround us as we leave the sta- tion, but in a short time we emerge from the rugged heights so close at hand, coming out on a lovely intervale of the Androscoggin, pre- senting some of the finest landscape views the road commands, and stop at Bethel, seventy miles from Portland, another point of depart- ure for the celebrated Richardson and Rangeley Lakes. Bethel is also well known as a beautiful and popular summer resort. A stage line is run from Bethel to the Lake House, in Upton, on the shore of Lake Umbagog, four times a week, by Mr. 0. C. Littlehale, who has made this route deservedly popular wdth the traveling pub- lic. The road runs through the celebrated Grafton Notch, intro- ducing the tourist to some of the wildest mountain scenery in New England. Connection is made at Lake Umbagog with steamer Dia- mond, and parties visiting the Magalloway River and Parmachenee Lake usually go by this route. Mr. Littlehale also runs a first-class livery stable in connection with the Bethel House, and can furnish private teams where parties prefer them to stage travel. A full description of this route is given elsewhere in the Guide. Bethel is a very attractive place in summer, and is annually visited by a large number of strangers. The village known as " Bethel Hill " sits on a commanding height west of the railroad depot. It has several hotels, the Bethel House being the largest and best. Again we are speeding up the Androscoggin Valle)', scenes of wild grandeur and romantic beauty meeting the eye on every side, a short ride bringing us to West Bethel, a station of but little importance, seventy-four miles from Portland. A short distance beyond here the train passes over Pleasant River bridge, and about a mile farther on RANGELET AND RICHARDSON LAKES. 39 you obtain a fine view, far up the valley of Mounts Jefferson and Adams, lifting their conical summits over the shadowy ridges of Mount Moriah. Five miles from West Bethel we cross Wild River, over a bridge two hundred and fifty feet in length. From an old hand- book of travel we quote : — "This river is a child of the mountains, — at times fierce, impet- uous, and shadowy as the storms that howl around the bald heads of its parents, and bearing down everything that comes in its path ; then again, when subdued by long summer calms, murmuring gently in consonance with the breezy rustle of the trees whose branches droop over it. An hour's time may swell it into a headlong torrent, an hour may reduce it to a brook that a child might ford without fear. " This vicinity is rife with legends of the Indian wars. One of the last acts of the aborigines, ere their strength was forever broken, was an onset on the defenceless village of Bethel, made by a party of the St. Francis tribe, who had followed down the State line from Canada. They carried away captives, a man named Pettengill, another named Sager, and two by the name of Clarke. " Pettengill and one of the Clarkes, after proceeding a few miles, were unable, through lameness, to go on, and the savages finally con- sented to their return, advising them to keep to the same trail they had followed up, pretending that there were hostile scouts on all others, Clarke, who was well acquainted with the Indian character, suspected treachery in this apparent solicitude for their safety, and as soon as he was out of sight, struck into the woods, and swimming the Andros- coggin, passed down the opposite side with safety. During his lonely tramp he heard the report of the gun which proved the death-note of his friend, who, taking the path designated, was followed back by the savages and shot dead. The mutilated body of poor Pettengill was subsequently found, and buried on the bank of the Wild River, just by the bridge." Beyond the bridge the railroad is almost closed in on either hand by rude cliffs towering many feet heavenwards. The Androscoggin River is still to be seen on our right, turning and twisting through the narrow strip of intervale between the railroad and base of the moun- tains. This land, although sul)ject to overflow by the spring fresh- ets, is all cultivated, and yields good crops. We now reach Gilead, 40 FARRARS ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO eighty miles from Portland, and with but a moment's halt dash on. A mile or more above this station the track crosses the boundary between Maine and New Hampshii-e. Here bidding farewell to the Pine Tree State, we soon find ourselves at Shelburne, eighty-six miles from Portland. And now the mountains grow higher and still more rugged, and a short ride brings us within view of the lofty sum- mits of Mounts Washington, Jeflerson, and Adams, that burst upon our sight from behind a wooded ridge of Mount Moriah. Tor the next few miles, till we arrive within a short distance of the depot at Gorham, these mighty peaks remain constantly in view. Just after leaving the Shelburne station, the cars pass near a high bluff, called Granny StarhircVs Ledge. An immense granite bowlder, many thou- sand tons in weight, a great portion of which has been blown to pieces and used in the construction of the railroad, formerly rested on a shelf of the ledge. Under this rock, it is said, an aged matron named Starbird, who supplied the place of physician to the section, long time ago found refuge during one of the wildest storms that ever smote the mountains. She was on her way on horseback alone, to visit a patient, where her presence was thought to be indispensable (so the story goes), when niglit and storm qvertook her ; bewildered by the pelting rain, she was glad to avail herself of such shelter as the rock could afford. House there was none for miles, and here she remained cowering all the long night Avith a fearful chorus confu^ng her ear, — the rushing of the great rain through the darkness, the voice of the countless streams that flooded every cliff and ravine, the wail of the great trees on the ridges as they writhed and strug- gled and swayed in the merciless grasp of the gale, and the oft re- peated howl of the shivering wolf driven from his lair by the incur- sions of the storm, commingled with the hoarse boom of the swollen river that made the very earth tremble. The laggard morning broke at last above the hills, but it brought no cheer to that "weary auld matron." Many a noble forest-giant lay shattered on the acclivities about her ; the torrents still poured their turbid floods, and, filling the whole valley like a sea, the river swept onward, grinding and crashing, noisy and tumultuous, with its debris of trees and timber, gravel and rocks ; nor was it till noon, when the clouds retired to the higher peaks, the sun shone out, and the streams began to fall as suddenly as they had risen, that she was able to resume her journey. RANGELEY AND RICHARDSON LAKES. 41 Skirting the base of Mount Moriah, with the silvery river on our right, a curve in the road suddenly brings us in sight of the station, and the train stops at Goiiham, 91 miles from Portland. At this place passengers en route for the White Mountains leave the train, and proceed by stage to the Glen House, eight miles distant, at the foot of Mount Washington, A fine new hotel, the Alpine House, was built last summer by the Railroad Company, directly opposite the depot. It occupies the same site as the old hotel of that name, which was destroyed by fire a few years ago. Tlie new house is a great improvement over the old one. It has been leased for a term of years by the Milliken Brothers of Portland, who also lease the Glen House. Leaving the depot, the road crosses Moose River, about a mile above, and soon after commences the long grade overcoming the sum- mit between the Androscoggin and Connecticut Rivers. In the region of Berlin Falls the river descends two hundred and thirty feet in a distance of two miles. At this j)oint the Androscoggin River could be easily turned into the Connecticut, the Upper Ammonoosuc, an im- portant tributary of that river, taking its rise within a short distance of the Androscoggin, and descending thence over one hundred and ninety feet into the Connecticut Valley at Groveton. Reaching the Berlix Falls station, 97 miles from Portland, the train stops again. This is a lumbering village of considerable importance, and the mills of the Berlin Mills Company of Portland are situated on the bank of the Androscoggin River, a mile or more from the depot. A branch track runs from the road near the station directly to their mills, ne- cessitated by the enormous quantity of lumber that they annually send over the road to their wharves in Portland. Sawed and planed lumber of every description is manufactured here, and in the busy season the mills are run night and day, two gangs of men being employed. This industry furnishes labor to a large number of men, and the Company have a store and boarding-house of their own near the mills. The village is a charming place to stop in summer, and one of the finest views of the White Mountains to be obtained in any direction may be had from the road near the Company's store. A short distance below the mills, are the picturesque rapids known as the Berlin Falls. Here the entire volume of the Androscoggin River pours through a rocky defile about fifty feet in width, — descending in the space of a i2 FARRARS ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO hundred yards nearly twice as many feet. In its passage from the lakes it receives the waters of the Diamond, Magalloway, and Clear Rivers, besides several streams of minor importance, so that at this point it is scarcely inferior in volume to the Connecticut at Groveton. Seething and plunging, and torturing into billows of snowy foam, it rushes down the narrow race, — " Rapid as the light, The flashing mass foams, shalcing the abyss," presenting a picture at once grand and romantic, and on which the 3ye of an artist would love to linger. From the wooden foot-bridge thrown across the chasm one may obtain a fine view, not only of the falls, but up and down the river. Persons lingering in this vicinity kvill find the Mount Forist House, under the charge of Mr. M. C. Forist, an agreeable place to stop at. The trout-fishing about the i^illage is also very good. No more pleasant drive can be taken in New England than from the village of Berlin Falls to Gorham, a dis- tance of six miles, the road following the river the whole way. Again in motion, we find that a short distance above Berlin Falls station the road skirts Dead River Pond, then striking the valley of the Up- per Ammonoosuc, follows it down (frequently crossing that erratic stream) to the Connecticiit. The next stopping-place is Milan, one hundred and four miles from Portland. There is nothing of special attraction here, and we rattle on to West Milan, another unimpor- tant station, one hundred and nine miles from Portland, and Stark, one hundred and fifteen miles from Portland. A mile or so from here we pass by a tremendous circular precipice, called the Devil's Slide, whose perpendicular walls, shattered and torn apj)arently with some mighty convulsion, rise to the height of five or six hundred feet. The Indians, in their mythology, peopled all these mountain regions with invisible spirits who controlled the winds and storms, and in their quarrels hurled the gleaming thunder-bolts at each other, the elTects of which were seen in the splintered trees and shivered rocks ; and they have a tradition that in a remote age a huge mountain barred the valley where now the railroad passes, and that on a time when the heavens were convulsed, the earth reeling, and the atmosphere blazing with the terrible warfare of these invisible powers, one half of the mountain sank down into the bowels of the earth, leaving the precipitous sides of the other bare and shattered, as they have re- RANOELEY and RICHARDSON LAKES. 43 mained to the present day. Just beyond this locality you open on a fine view, off to the right of those remarkable twin mountains, the Stratford Peaks, — generally considered to be the most symmetrical elevations of the whole mountain region. Standing aside from the dark mountain ridges which swing away northerly, their white cones clearly defined, the tourist cannot mistake them, from whatever point viewed ; they are the admiration of all who behold them. Having these peaks in sight almost constantly for six miles, we next find our- selves at Groveton, one hundred and twenty-two miles from Port- land. This is quite a pretty village, and opposite the railroad depot will be found the Melcher House, a good hotel, and a pleasant place to spend a few weeks. The scenery in the vicinity of the hotel is very fine, and teams may be hired at the hotel by those who wish to enjoy the beautiful drives. Half a mile above here is a station known as Groveton Junction, the terminus in this direction of the Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad, whose trains connect with those of the Grand Trunk. Leaving the junction we move onward again, the scenery still occu- pying our attention, and make short stops at two unimportant sta- tions, accommodating the farmers in the vicinity. The first of these, Stratford Hollow, is one hundred and twenty-seven miles from Portland, and the second, Beattie's, one hundred and thirty miles from Portland. Passing on from the last named, a short ride brings us to North Stratford, one hundred and thirty-four miles from Portland, lying on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River ; and here we leave the railroad and continue our journey by stage. There are two hotels near the depot where the tourist can procure a good supper, the Willard House, opposite the railroad, being the most popular. This house, under the management of Mr. E. H. Folsom, is well known to the traveling public ; it has an excellent livery- stable connected with it, where teams may be hired at reasonable prices. The stage leaves for Colebrook, thirteen miles distant, as soon as the mails and passengers are ready. This popular stage-line is owned by Mr. C. S. Bailey, who runs nice Concord coaches, and meets both up-trains in summer. The road follows the east side of the Connecticut River the entire distance, the stream favoring us with many charming views, as it is in sight the most of the way. As we ride up the valley our attention is claimed by a lofty jwak some dis- U FARRARS ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO tance ahead, which pops into view every now and then as the stage follows the twists and turns of the road. This is Mount Monadnock, situated on the Vermont side of the river, directly opposite Colebrook, whose summit commands views both up and down the valley of the Connecticut for many miles. Every visitor to Colebrook should be sure to make its ascent. Arriving at Colebrook, the stage leaves us at the Paesons House, and we receive a pleasant greeting from mine host Bailey, who will make every guest feel at home at once. There are many beautiful drives in the vicinity of Colebrook, and teams may be hired of Mr. Bailey. If you are in a hurry and wish to push on to the lakes, in the morning you take a seat in one of Mr, Bailey's fine Concord wagons and are driven to Errol Dam, where you connect with the steamer Diamond for the Middle Dam on the Eichardson Lakes. Your route lies through the celebrated Dixville Notch, the most romantic mountain-pass in New England. This is ten miles distant from the Parsons House, and there is a hotel here known as the Dix House, built two summers ago, where people who wish to take leisure to examine the many wonders of this pass may stop. Mr. George Parsons is the proprietor of the house, a gentleman who does his best to jjlease his guests. Dixville Notch is an immense chasm dividing the mountain-range down to its foundation, whose precipitous ridges rival in wildness and sublimity the AVhite Moun- tain Notch. The serrated cliflFs of mica-slate on either hand shoot upwards in clean and sharply defined pinnacles and lances, to the height of a thousand feet, reminding one of the turrets and minarets of Saracenic palaces. Here and there along its walls, on some knotty spur, or in some deep fissure, cluster a few spruces and white birches, forlorn hopes of vegetation, as it were, struggling against the sliding avalanche and almost invulnerable sterility ; and the bottom of the defile is encumbered with shattered rocks and the debris from the bris- tling/ crags above. The locality is indeed a second Arabia, Petrese, where solitude has an abiding-place. A never-ceasing gale howls its mournful anthems among its sharp ledges, and tortured fountains winding through secret glens send out a gurgle that seems ominous of evil. Occasionally some huge fragment of rock, loosened from the mountain by the frost or storm, comes tearing down to the bottom of the abyss, awakening solemn echoes that sound like the Avail of some lost spirit. Passing through the Notch from Colebrook, the celebrated RANGELEY AND RICHARDSON LAKES. 45 profile of the "Old Man" is on the right and Pulpit Rock on the left. From the Notch the road lies over the Clear Stream meadows, and is level and free from stones the rest of the distance, eleven miles, to the dam. From the dam the routes are sufficiently described in other parts of the book. Mr. Flint's camp, sj)oken of on page 77, is a mile from the main stream, and stands on the left-hand side of the road, on the bank of a small piece of water known as Flint's Pond, which is well stocked with trout. It is a comfortable log-camp 23 x 30, having good beds, and the table is always well provided. Parties visiting this locality will find in Mr. T. S. Flint, the proprietor, a gentleman who will furnish them with excellent sport, and who will see that their wants are well attended to. The carry road runs from Flint's Landing, on the main river, a short distance above the forks, to Lake Parmachenee, which is three miles distant from the camp. The road terminates at the foot of the lake near the outlet. Parties on arriving at Flint's Landing should fire two shots, and Mr. Flint will answer from the camp with one shot. Then if the team is needed the new-comers should fire another shot and the team will be sent down. It is unnecessary for parties visiting Parmachenee Lake to carry stores, as they can buy everything they desire of Mr. Flint at fair prices. Lincoln Pond, two miles long and one mile wide, is a fine sheet of water distant four miles from Flint's Camp. It is a very attract- ive place for game, and deer, moose, and caribou, were killed on its shores last summer and fall. It is well stocked with small trout, weighing from a few ounces to a pound each. To reach it, go down the river about a third of a mile below the "great rips," and land on the left-hand side near a small brook. A spotted trail will be found running from the river directly to the pond. The past winter Mr. Flint has cut a path from his camp to Lincoln Pond, and has put boats on the pond this spring. He has also built a small camp there, in which he will keep cooking-utensils, blankets, etc., for the accom- modation of parties that are stopping at his camp who wish to visit the pond. Mr. Flint keeps a horse at his camp in summer to haul boats and baggage across the carry, for which he charges five dollars per load. Baggage is transported bcitween the landing and his camp for noth- 46 FARRAR'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO ing. The price of board at his camp is $2.00 per day. The dam at the foot of Lake Parmachenee was partially destroyed by a freshet last spring. Among the ponds alluded to on page 79 as being in the vicinity of Little Boy's Falls, we would speak particularly of Duck Pond and Ptump Pond. The latter is five miles above the falls, while Duck Pond is still nearer. Small trout are very plenty in all the ponds in this section. A spotted trail over an old "tote road" runs from near Little Boy's Falls across the forest to the Second Connecti- cut Lake, a distance of twelve miles, the road being plain enough for any person to follow. A small camp has been built on this carry about half-way across, and may be used by parties wishing to stop on the road over night. It is simply a shelter, and those availing them- selves of its protection will have to find their own grub and do their own cooking. To the guides mentioned on page 79 Ave wish to add the name of John Danforth, post-office address Wilson's Mills, N. H, What John does not know about the Parmachenee Lake region is not worth learning. A NEW PtOUTE TO PARMACHENEE LAKE has been laid out the present season, and will be found to possess as great attractions as any of the others. It is via Bryant's Pond and Andover. After reaching the Arm of the Lake, take the steamer Henry B. Simmons, which will carry you to the head of Lake Mole- chunkamunk, landing you near Beaver Brook. From this point you have a carry of four miles to the h(>ad of Escohos Falls, the trail run- ning up the valley between those two grand old mountains, Aziscohos and Observatory, the two prominent landmarks of the lake region. The distance from Andover to the head of the falls is easily made in a day, where one is pressed for time. A camp for the accommodation of the public will be erected early this spring at the head of Escohos Falls, and run under the charge of Mr. Fred Flint. This will enable parties who wish to stop over night at the Falls to secure comfortable quarters. Mr. Flint also proposes to keep boats at the head of the Falls to let, and to run a team on the carry. As there is splendid fish- ing near the head of the Falls during the greater part of the season, a public cami) has long been needed at this i>lace, and it will no doubt be well patronized. '■pins first-class Hotel has been thoroughly renovated and newly furnished throu^h- 1 out. Situated in the charming village of Lancaster, N. II., it possesses advan- tages as a summer resort surpassed by no hotel in the White Mountain region. Deserving particular mention is its nearness, with convenience of access, to the noted sunnner drives through the Franconia and White Mountain region and Dixville Notch, together with every facility at the Lancaster House by horse and carriage, or to leading points by rail on the main line, branches and connections of the l?oston, Concord, & Montreal II. R. Thus within one day boarders at Lancaster can make the trip to and from Dalton, Whitefield, Littleton, Bethlehem Hill, the Profile, Flume, Twin Mountain, Fabyan and Crawford Houses, Mt. Washington Summit, the Glen and Gorham by Jefferson Hill or Grand Trunk ; visiting Dixville Notch easily within two days. A fine drive to Lunenburg Heights gives an extensive view of the NVhite and Franconia Mountains. From the top of Mount Prospect, but a short distance, noble views of lofty peaks are jiresented ; from the village, a rich meadow prospect, and views of the great Pilot Mountains fiimous for their superb colors at sunset. Invalids find sure relief and strength in pure and stimulating air of this charming valley. At the liancaster House are fine suites of rtKims for fami- lies ; good accommodations for tran.sientand permanent boarders at reasonable priccfi. A first-class livery -stable in connection with the house ; fri>e carriage to and from the depot. Stages leave this house twice a day for Waumbek House and Jefferson Hill. THE PEIVllGEWASSET HOUSE Plymouth, N. H. ^J^^i^^:^^, This elegant, spacious, and well-appointed hotel, situated at Plymouth, N. II., upon the line of the Boston, Concord, & Montreal Railroad, and at the gateway to the whole mountain region, has heen put in the most thorough order for the season of 1877. With every point of interest in the Mountain and Lake regions easily accessible, and surrounded by romantic and beautiful scenery, it offers peculiar attractions to both tourists and summer boarders. The hotel, which occupies a pleasant and healthful location near the Pemigewasset River, contains One Hun- dred'and Fifty spacious, light, and well-ventilated rooms, en suite or single, with bath-rooms, hot and cold water, and every modern comfort. Mount Prospect, which commands a magnificent view, is only four miles distant, and a good car- riage road leads to the summit. The romantic Livermore Falls are in the neigh- borhood, and Lake Winnopesaukee, Squam Lake, Moosilauk, and many other points of interest may be visited in excursions of a single day. An excellent Quadrille Band has been engaged for the season. A Livery Stable is connected with the house, and good teams will be in readiness at all times. Cars leave morning and noon for Profile, Twin Mountain, Fabvan House, Summit of Mount Washington and Crawford House, via Littleton, Bethlehem, and Lancaster, md stages via Pemigewasset Valley and Franconia Notch, for the various points of Interest in the mountaia region. C. M. MORSE, Manager. RANGELEY AND RICHARDSON LAKES. 47 Apropos of brook trout-fishing spoken of on page 103, the fol- lowing lines from Scott's "Fishing in American Waters" are worth reading. "Questions in relation to tishing uj} or doivn a stream should be decided by the condition of the stream and its borders. While cast- ing from the shore it makes very little diiference which way the stream is fished ; but in wading it is best to fish up stream, because it does not roil the water, and there is not so great liability to alarm the fish. In making a cast it is always best to draw the flies across the current, for then the drop-flies will play clear of the casting-line. This is the opinion of most good fly-fishers. First, cast up stream along the shore, and if the stream be not too wide, cast to the farther shore, drawing your flies across the stream, but not too fast, lest the trout become suspicious. In striking, you cannot be too quick when fish- ing up a stream. Cast first near the shore ; then a yard or two far- ther off" ; next, across the stream. If you get not a rise, take a step or two up the stream and repeat. Continue doing so until a doubt arises as to whether the trout admire your cast ; then replace one fly by another of diff"erent color from any on your cast. If that does not take, after presenting it several times, take it off and try another extreme in color. Keep changing until you hit the fancy of the trout. When you have found the fly that the trout admire, change your other flies (if you fish with three) to those of colors in slight relief to the taking one ; that is, put on one a trifle darker and the other a little lighter in shade. Anglers are not so high a remove above the rest of mankind as not to be susceptible to a slight influ- ence from the baser sentiments of humanity ; but I have actually seen a man so self-willed as to fish all day without a rise, ' because,' as he said, 'he was determined to bring the trout to his terms.' "All kinds of angling call for the exercise of patience; but fly- fishing requires the gift of genius. Do not fish with too long a cast. In fishing a creek up stream, thirty to forty-five feet are quite suffi- cient. In striking let it be with sufficient force to fasten the hook in his jaw ; but play your fish most gingerly, and even tenderly, but not so as to give him slack line, or he will disgorge the hook. One of the principal causes of losing large fish is the being in too great a hurry to land them. If the hook is well fastened, the more delicately your fish is j)layed the better ; for snubbing a fish hard at all points wears 48 FARRARS ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO an orifice in its jaw from which the hook falls by the mere turning of the fish. It is true that the trout has a goo ^ ?" 6 Author of "A Summer Ramble," " A Trip to Bangeley," etc. 1877: ■ ' ■"'' LEE AND SHEPARD, BOSTON CHAS. T. DILLINGHAM, NEW YORK. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, by CHARLES A. J. FARRAR, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 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DAISY TRAVERS; OR, THE GIRLS OF HIVE HALL. By Adelaide F. Samuels. i6mo. Illustrated. Price, $1.50. Completing the favorite MAIDENHOOD SERIES. Complete in six vols. Uniform with the popular " Girlhood Series." In elegant box. Comprising, SEVEN DAUGHTERS. By Virginia F. Townsend. Price, class Livery, Billiard Hall, and Telegraph Office connected with the House. Stages leave daily for North Stratford, connecting with trains on Grand Trunk Railroad, also four times a week for Errol Dam, connecting with Steamer Diamond on Lake Umbagog, for Middle Dam and Magalloway River. This House is large and commodious, and has been improved in many re spects the past season. It is pleasantly situated, surrounded by mountain and lake scenery, intersected with the most beautiful driyes in New England. This Ilotel is situated on the direct road to IDIXZ-VILLE! IsTOTCHI, the most grand and romantic mountain pass in New England. This pass is more Alpine in character than any in the White Mountain Region. Among the places of interest in the vicinity of Colebrook, are Beaver Brook Cascade, two miles from the Hotel, Monadnock Mountain, half a mile from the Hotel, Dixville Notch, Miles Cascade, Table Rock, Demon Pond, the Flumo, and llie Old Man of the Mountain, ten miles from the Hotel. CHAPTER I. ""^mU^ it{m %m %i^t{\ U "^nim. I. New York to Boston, via Stonington and Providence ; on Long Island Sound by steamboat to Stonington ; thence to Provi- dence and Boston by rail, arriving at Boston at six o'clock, A. M. Fare $4.00. The fine steamers Stonington, Narragansett and Rhode Is- land leave pier 33 North River in New York, at five o'clock in the afternoon, arriving at Stonington about two o'clock in the morn- ing. A Reclining Chair Car accompanies the train from Stoning- ton to Boston, in which the traveler can take an excellent nap. These boats are strong and safe, and are furnished with every comfort and convenience for the traveling public. By this route you avoid the rough passage around Point Judith. Leaving the pier at the hour spoken of, the passage is made through the East River into Long Island Sound before sunset. On one side you pass the water front of Brooklyn, a conspicuous feature of the landscape, being the tall granite column which is to hold one end of the new suspension-bridge, "Williamsburg, Green Point, Astoria, and Halleck's Point, now somewhat famous for the excavations that are being made from it, under the rocks that obstruct the Ilell-gate passage, and on the other tlie crowded piers and streets of New York, the Battery and Castle Garden, the pretty islands, Blackwell's, Randall's, Ward's, and others, — covered with fine buildings and beautiful gardens, the whole form- ing a delightful panorama, pleasing to the eye of the traveler to dwell upon. (9) 10 FARRARS ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO II. New York and Boston, via Newport and Fall Tdver, on Long Island Sound by steamboat, from Newport or Fall Biver by- rail, arriving at Boston at 6.50 A. M. The splendid steamers Bristol and Providence leave pier 28 North River, daily at five P. M., arriving at Fall River about four o'clock A. M. A fine band of music accompanies each of these steamers during the summer season. The route is over the entire length of Long Island Sound and a part of Naragansett Bay. The distance by boat is more, and that by rail less, than by either of the other routes, though the time and fare are the same as by the Stonington Line. III. New York to Boston, via New London and Norwich, on Long Island Sound to New London ; thence by rail over the Bos- ton, Hartford and Erie Railroad, arriving at Boston at six o'clock A. M. Fare $3.00. The first-class steamers City of Boston and City of New York, leave pier 39 North River, at five P. M., arriving at New London at one A. M. Here you take the train which starts for Boston at two o'clock. IV. New York to Boston, by railroad via New Haven, New London, and Providence. This is known as the Shore Line. The route lies along the shore of Long Island to New London, and thence to Boston over the Stonington, and Boston and Providence Railroads. The fare is $6.00. The cars leave New York from the Grand Central Depot, at 1 P. M., and 10 P. M., arriving in Boston at 9 P. M. and 7 A. M. The time to Boston is seven hours by the day train, and eight hours by the night train. Wagner's elegant sleeping cars accompany the night train. On Sunday evening the train leaves at 10 o'clock. V. New York to Boston, by railroad, via New Haven, Hart- ford, Springfield, and Worcester. The New York and Boston Express Line, formed by the New York and New Haven, New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield, and Boston and Albany Railroads. The train leaves at 8 and 10 A. M., and 3, and 9 P. M., from the same depot in New York as the Shore Line, running as far as New Haven, then following up the the Connecticut River to Springfield, where it connects with STEREOTYPING AND BliBeTEOTYPIl KXTENSIVELY CARRIEn ON IJY TIIK QA No. 19 SPRING LANE, BOSTON. Books of every description, from a Juvenile Reader to an Imperial Dictionary, carefully composed, read, and stereotyped either in copper or type-metal. Cuts, Borders, Designs, Bill-Heads, &c., electrotypcd, and correctly mounted for the printer's use. The patronage of Book- Publishers, Authors, Printers, and the Public generally, is solicited. Orders addressed to GEORGE DEAKE, Agent. isr o T I a EI The undersigned hereby gives public notice that he will drive a Stage in connection with the QRAND TRUNK RAILROAD the present season, from Bethel Depot, Me., to 11. E,. Godwin's Hotel, on known as the Lake House, where the best of accommodations will be offered the traveling public. The above Stage will connect with the HEW STEAMER DIAMOKD on said lake, affording conveyance to parties to ALL POINTS ON THE LAKE AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY. WILL LEAVE BETHEL, EVERY Monday, Wednesday, Tliufsdaf and Friday on arrival of the trains from Boston, and Return every Wednesday, Thufsday, Friday and Saturday on arrival of the trains from Boston, and Return every in season to connect with outward bound trains for Boston. J8@°- ACCOMMODATIONS FOR FISHINa PARTIES made a Specialty. Extra Teams always ready to be furnished to those who wish from the Bethel House Stable. O. 0. LITTLEHALE. Bethel, May Ist, 1876. RAXGELEY AND RICnARDSON LAKES. 11 Boston by the Boston and Albany Railroad. Trains arrive in Bos- ton at 4.50, 5.40, and 11 P. M., and at 6.15 A. M. Comfortable sleeping cars are connected with the night trains. The fare is $6.00. Sunday trains leaves New York at 7 P. M., arriving in Boston at 4 A. M. VI. New York to Boston, via New Haven and Mxudletown, also, via Hartford and Wiiliamantic. This line is known as the New York and New England Railroad line, and is formed by the New York and New Haven, and New England Railroads. Cars leave the Grand Central Railroad Depot, 42d Street, New York, at 10 A. M., arriving in Boston at 6.45 P. M. by either route. Fare $6.00. CHAPTER II. ^Iiu Kait^djjg %n\