SARATOGA AS A WATERING PLACE, ITS HISTORY AND PECULIARITIES.
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PLACES OF INTEREST IN THE VICINITY OF SARATOGA.
Battlefield,
Ballston,
Bemis Heights,
Benedict's Sulphur Spring,
Chapman's Hill,
Circular Railway,
Columbian Spring,
Cohoes Falls,
Congress Park,
Congress Spring,
Corinth Falls,
Crystal Spring,
Diamond Spring,
Drs. Strongs Turkish Baths,
Ellis Spring,
Empire Spring,
Eureka Spring,
Excelsior Grove,
Excelsior Spring,
Excelsior Lake,
Geyser Spring,
Glass Factory,
Glacier Spring,
Glen Mitchel,
Hagerty Hill,
Hamilton Spring,
Hathorn Spring,
High Rock Spring,
Indian Encampment,
Indian Spring,
Lake Lovely,
Lake Saratoga,
Luzerne,
Marble Works,
Pavilion Spring,
Putnam's Spring,
Race Course,
Red Spring,
Saratoga "A" Spring,
Seltzer Spring,
Star Spring,
Stiles' Hill,
Surrender Ground,
Ten Springs,
Trout Ponds,
United States Spring,
Verd Antique Marble Works,
Washington Spring,
Wagman's Hill,
Water Works,
Wearing Hill,
White Sulphur Springs,
Y.M.C.A. Rooms,
Photographs of the above can be had of Baker & Record.
For the location of these places see map.
No charge is made to visitors for the use of the waters, except a
trifling fee to the "dipper boys," and even this is at the option of
the visitor.
Saratoga as a Watering Place.
The question "where to spend the Summer?" is usually discussed by
paterfamilias, anxious mammas and uneasy children long before the
summer solstice drives them from the pent-up confines of the busy
metropolis to the pure air and quite recreation of country life. Many
will visit the seaside, some will climb the mountains or explore the
forests. Fashion, in most instances, determines the place of resort,
and has fixed on certain localities, or courts of its acknowledged
leaders, where not to have been seen at least is to have been buried
for the season.
One place has held through the many years the highest rank, both from
intrinsic merit, and from an unfluctuating devotion of the fashionable
world, and has been aptly termed "The Queen of American Watering
Places."
The village of Saratoga, where dwells the benign goddess Hygeia, in
the midst of her far-famed waters of life and health, is pleasantly
situated within the heart of a broad stretch of varied table-land, in
the upper part and near the eastern boundary of New York.
The History
Of this fashionable resort embraces a century. The muse of history has
marked the spot with one of her red battleflags, and thus
distinguished her from the herd of new places whose mushroom growth is
like that of the gentility which they harbor.
[Illustration: ROUTES TO LAKE GEORGE.]
The first white visitor who is known to have drank from these "rivers
of Pactolus" is no less a distinguished person than Sir Wm. Johnson,
Bart., who was conducted hither, in 1767, by his Mohawk friends. At
that early day America could boast of little in the way of
aristocracy, and it was not till 1803 that the career of Saratoga, as
a fashionable watering place, was inaugurated. In this year, when the
village consisted of only three or four cabins, Gideon Putnam opened
the Union Hotel, and displayed his primitive sign of "Old Put and the
Wolf."
It was Putnam's ambition, when a boy even, to build him a great house,
and in his time the Union Hotel, then 70 feet long, seemed to him
doubtless comparatively as large as the present Grand Union seems to
us.
It is not necessary for us to follow Saratoga through its misfortunes
and its successes, its fires and its improvements, until it has
reached its present reputation and attractiveness.
Year after year the water wells up its sparkling currents; year after
year a little paint and plaster new-decks the great caravansaries;
year after year belles blush and sigh away the summer, or, linking
their destinies, rejoice or repine at leisure; and year after year,
for a short four months of sequence, the little town swarms and
rejoices with merry glee.
Routes to Saratoga.
During the visiting season trains from the metropolis reach the place
in five hours and thirty minutes--a distance of 186 miles. You can
leave the city at nine o'clock in the morning, and upon the
soft-cushioned seats, and amid the damask and velvet of Wagman's
magnificent drawing-room cars, enjoy a pleasurable journey up the
famous Hudson, till you arrive at Saratoga early in the afternoon. Or,
by the four o'clock train, Saratoga is reached in the evening. If
pleasure is the object, and enjoyment of the lordly Hudson's
bewildering beauty is desired, one of the steam palaces that plough
the river should be taken. The most luxurious and elegant, and the
safest and surest of these are the boats of the Peoples' Line. The
contrast between the accommodations of these boats and certain others
nearly as large, is so great as to leave no question which route is
preferable.
From New England and Boston the shortest and most direct route is via
Rutland and Fitchburgh. This is the only route that run Palace cars
through between Boston and Saratoga.
Distances.
Albany, 38 miles.
Boston via Rutland, 230 miles.
Philadelphia, 274 miles.
Washington, 412 miles.
Chicago, 841 miles.
White Mountains, 322 miles.
Boston via Albany, 250 miles.
Troy, 32 miles.
New York City, 186 miles.
Niagara, 311 miles.
Lake George, 45 miles.
Montreal, 202 miles.
Quebec, 392 miles.
Rutland, 62 miles.
The Railway Station
Is naturally a place of special interest in any watering place.
Visitors are no sooner settled in their summer quarters than they
become interested in the incomings and outgoings of their fellow men,
watching eagerly if perchance any old acquaintance may turn up. The
contrast between city and country life in this respect is noticable.
Those who, amid the race for wealth in the cities, can scarcely afford
a nod to intimate friends, here greet a slight acquaintance even with
a friendliness and cordiality undreamed of in the busy town.
The station at Saratoga is elegant and tasteful, facing an open
square, adorned with fountain and shade trees. It is built of brick,
with elaborate iron trimmings from the Corrugated Iron Company of
Springfield, Mass.
[Illustration: VIEW OF CONGRESS PARK.]
The crowds are hastening away from it, and with them we will proceed
towards
The Village.
Large enough to possess a fixed population of some 9,000, it has
double, and perhaps treble, this number in the visiting season; with
elegant and costly churches, mammoth hotels and metropolitan stores,
affording everything desirable, from a paper of pins to the rarest
diamonds and laces, it has been called "_rus in urbe_"--more properly,
_urbs in rure_.
The principal street is Broadway, miles in length, ample in breadth,
and, for the most part, shaded with a double line of graceful elms.
Its extremities are adorned with beautiful villas. The Fifth avenue of
the place, where the handsomest residences are located, is Circular
street, east of the Park. Beautiful dwellings may also be found on
Lake avenue and Franklin street. The streets are thronged with a gay
and brilliant multitude, engaged in riding, driving, walking, each
enjoying to the utmost a facinating kind of busy idleness. But by the
time the tourist has glanced at all this he will be thinking of clean
napkins, and will be interested to know what may be afforded in the
way of
Accommodations for Man and Beast.
About 15,000 visitors can at one time be quartered in the gay watering
place, and consequently to pen up all the fashionable flock within the
limits of so small a town, requires no little tact. During August,
Saratoga is always full, crowded, squeezed.
Saratoga has the largest and most extensive hotels in the world. There
are in all from thirty to forty, and in addition to them numerous
public and private boarding-houses accommodate large numbers of
guests.
Among the hotels, the gem of Saratoga, and one of the finest, if not
_the finest_, hotel in this country is
Congress Hall.
[Illustration: CONGRESS HALL.]
Extending from Spring to Congress street, with a front on Broadway of
416 feet, and reaching with its two mammoth wings 300 feet back, it is
architecturally a perfect beauty. The rooms are large and elegant. The
halls are ten feet wide, and broad, commodious stairways, with the
finest elevator in the country, render every portion readily
accessible. A front piazza, 20 feet wide and 240 feet in length, with
numerous others within the grounds, and a promenade on the top of the
hotel affording a charming view, contribute to render the house
attractive. The dining halls, parlors, etc., are superb and ample, and
everything about the house is on a scale of unequaled magnificence and
grandeur.
The proprieters have endeavored to incorporate into this hotel
everything that can afford comfort and pleasure, at whatever expense.
The cut of Congress Hall will give some idea of its _outlines_, but
fails to do it justice. It must be seen to be appreciated, and when
seen commands the unqualified admiration of the beholder. It was
erected in 1868, by H.H. Hathorn, Esq., the proprietor of the old
Congress Hall, and one of the most influential citizens of Saratoga.
The Grand Union Hotel.
This mammoth establishment is located on the west side of Broadway,
and with its magnificent grounds embraces a space seven acres in
extent, covering nearly an entire square. It is a splendid brick
structure, with a street frontage of 1,364 feet. The office, parlor,
dining room and dancing hall are unequaled for size, graceful
architecture and splendid equipments and finish--the former exhibiting
a lavish display of white and colored marbles, while a series of
colonnades rise from the center to the dome. Within the capacious
grounds are several elegant cottages, which are greatly sought for by
the _elite_. A vertical railway, comprising the latest improvements,
renders the six stories so easy of access as to be equally desirable
to guests.
[Illustration: GRAND UNION HOTEL SARATOGA]
The capacity of this house is greater than that of any other in the
world. Some idea of its immensity may be formed from the following
statistics: Length of piazzas, one mile; halls, two miles; carpeting,
twelve acres; marble tiling, one acre; number of rooms, eight hundred
and twenty-four; doors, one thousand four hundred and seventy-four;
windows, one thousand eight hundred and ninety one; the dining room is
two hundred and fifty feet by fifty-three feet and twenty feet high,
and will accommodate at one time 1,200 people.
Music on the lawn at nine in the morning and at three and a half in
the afternoon. Hops every evening; balls on Tuesday evening.
During the present year this hotel has fallen into the hands of
Messrs. Breslin, Gardner & Co., of the Gilsey House, N.Y., gentlemen
who are unsurpassed as hotel managers.
Grand Central.
"The new hotel," erected by Dr. R. Hamilton and Mr. C.R. Brown, is
located on Broadway, directly opposite Congress Park, occupying the
ground swept over by the immense conflagration which consumed the
Crescent, Park Place and other hotels last September. Untiring energy
has been manifested in its construction, and it is without doubt one
of the most perfect summer hotels in the world. It is a tasteful and
elegant structure, adding very much to the beauty and attractiveness
of Saratoga. The citizens may well be proud of it.
The exterior of the house is most imposing. It is five stories in
height, with a French roof, and has a front of 340 feet on Broadway,
and 200 feet on Congress street, and by a far-reaching wing in the
rear incloses quite a little park.
[Illustration: GENERAL OFFICE.]
The building contains 650 rooms, with bowling alleys and billiards,
and twenty-two stores in the basement. It is built of brick, with iron
trimmings. The dining room is 200 feet long. The other rooms are in
suites with bath-room attached. All parts of the house communicate
with the office through the medium of electricity. Everything is in
the most modern and improved style, and with the latest improvements.
Looking out upon the green vista of Congress Park and upon the
interesting crowds of visitors who throng around the famous spring,
affording from its windows and piazzas an ample view of the most
fashionable part of Broadway, and embracing in its outlook the
colonnades of the other large hotels, its location and surroundings
are perfectly enchanting.
Although at the present writing the hotel has not been opened to the
public, we learn that it is the purpose of the proprietors, Messrs.
Hamilton & Brown, gentlemen of experience and enviable reputation as
hotel managers, to conduct it on a very liberal scale.
The table will be made a special feature. Epicureans may rest assured
that
"Whatever toothsome food or sprightly juice
On the green bosom of this earth are found,
Will be there displayed."
That it will be a popular and well patronized resort is
unquestionable. In its elegant furniture the house surpasses all
others, and it has the further advantage that every room has a
spacious clothes press, and is supplied with hot and cold water.
The Clarendon.
Is patronized by a very aristocratic and select class of guests. Its
location is very picturesque; and within its inclosure, magnificently
circled by elms and covered with a superb pagoda, is the celebrated
Washington spring.
[Illustration: CLARENDON HOTEL.]
The Leland Spring, named in honor of the affable proprietor of the
hotel, is also within the grounds.
The Everett House,
On South Broadway, a few steps beyond the Clarendon, is well
patronized by a wealthy and cultivated class of guests. A very
pleasant piazza surrounding the front of the house, and a pretty lawn
and cottage in the grounds, are attractive features of this summer
hotel. The house has a home-like appearance and a delightful location.
Improvements and additions are now contemplated, to be completed
before next season, which will render this one of the most beautiful
summer hotels in America.
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As our space is too limited to give each an individual notice, we
present below an alphabetical list of all the hotels and their
proprietors, good, bad and indifferent--several on the American plan,
and some on no plan at all. "Pay your money and take your choice."
Josh Billings says a good hotel is a good stepmother. It is is not
often that one has the opportunity to select his stepmother, but
certainly it ought not to be impossible to make a good selection from
this long
List of Hotels.
Addison Hotel, Matilda street, Samson & Porter.
Albemarle Hotel, Broadway, A.C. Levi.
Albion House, Front street, Walter Balfour.
American Hotel, Broadway, Bennett & McCaffrey.
Broadway Hall, Broadway, J. Howland.
Broadway House, Broadway, Wm. Wheelock.
Cedar Bluff Hotel, Saratoga Lake, H.V. Myers.
Circular Street House, Circular street, John Palmer.
Clarendon Hotel, Broadway, C.E. Leland.
Coleman House, Broadway, H.L. Murchin.
Commercial Hotel, Church street, S.W. Smith & Co.
Congress Hall, Broadway, Hathorn & Southgate.
Continental Hotel, Washington street, Adams & Mann.
Cottage Home, Broadway, Miss L. Burbanck.
Drs. Strongs Institute, Circular street, S.S. & S.E. Strong.
Elmwood Hall, Front street, O. Ford & Griswold.
Empire Hotel, Front street, Wm. H. Baker.
Exchange Hotel, Henry street.
Everett House, South Broadway, B.V. Fraser.
Franklin House, Church street, C.W. Salisbury.
Glen Mitchel, North Broadway, C. Weeks Mitchel.
Grand Central Hotel, Broadway, Hamilton & Brown.
Grand Union Hotel, Broadway, Breslin, Gardner & Co.
Holden House, Broadway, W.J. Riggs.
Hotel Germania, Broadway, G. Schmidt.
Green Mountain House, Washington St., Chaffee & Wooster.
Huestis House, Broadway, J.L. Huestis.
Lake House, Saratoga Lake, C.B. Moon.
Lake Side House, Saratoga Lake, C.B. Moon, Jr.
Manor House, South Broadway.
Mansion House, Spring avenue near Excelsior Spring, Mrs. E.G. Chipman.
Marvin House, Broadway, A. & D. Snyder.
Merchants Hotel, Caroline St., cor. Henry, G.H. Burrows.
Mount Pleasant House, Broadway, C.H. Tefft.
National Hotel, Congress street, C. Weil.
New Columbian Hotel, Broadway, Waugh & Co.
New York Hotel, Lake avenue, K. Davis.
Pitney House, Congress street, J. Pitney.
Pavilion Hotel, Division street.
St. James Hotel, Congress street, Van Vleck.
Summer Resort, Franklin street.
Spring Street House. Spring street, Wm. Carpenter.
Temple Grove, Circular street, H.M. Dowd.
Vermont House, Front street. B.V. Dyer.
Washington Hall, Broadway, A.J. Starr.
Wager House, South Broadway.
Waverly House, Broadway, E.A. Duel.
Western Hotel, Church street, cor. Lawrence, French & Co.
Wilbur House, Washington street.
[Illustration: THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL.]
[Illustration: THE WAVERLY HOUSE.]
[Illustration: GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL,
Opposite Congress Park, opened July 12th, 1872]
Temple Grove Seminary
Is beautifully situated in a grove in the eastern part of the village,
on what was formerly called Temple Hill.
Rev. Chas. F. Dowd, A.M., a graduate of Yale College, is the
principal.
The regular graduating course occupies a period of four years, and
embraces many of the studies pursued in our colleges for young men,
while every facility is afforded for the more modern and artistic
accomplishments. The endowment is found in the fact that during the
long summer vacation the building is opened as a summer resort.
The Climate
Of Saratoga is remarkably pleasant and salubrious. Mountain bulwarks
protect it from wind and tempest. We doubt if there is any place in
the world which can offer more attractions to the invalid. Those who
visit Saratoga in the pursuit of health, will find a very pleasant
home among cultivated people at the Institute of Drs. STRONG,
on Circular street.
We take pleasure in speaking of this house because it is unique in its
character, and is one of the features of Saratoga. A guide book is not
the place to discuss systems of medicine. Suffice it to say that the
doctors, while regularly educated physicians, make use also of the
varied resources of hydropathy, and of a wider range of remedial
appliances than can be found in any similar institution on the globe.
[Illustration: TEMPLE GROVE SEMINARY.]
It is worth the while of every tourist in Saratoga to visit the
elegant Institute, and examine its Vacuum Cure and Movement Cure, and
its superb bath-rooms and enjoy the luxury of a Turkish or Russian
bath. The doctors are very courteous, and visitors will find a
pleasant reception.
The Institute is open throughout the year. As a _summer home_ for
people in health, it fully meets the wants of those desiring first
class accommodations. There is no appearance of invalidism about the
house, and its remedial character in no respect diminishes its
attractions. Its table is superior, and its patrons are the religious
aristocracy of the land.
The Churches
Are commodious and built with special reference to the visiting
population. They are ministered to by resident pastors of culture and
repute, and their pulpits are filled during the season by
distinguished divines from all sections of the country.
The Methodist Society have the most elegant and conveniently located
edifice. It was dedicated the present year, and is situated on the
north side of Washington street, just above the Grand Union. It is
built of brick with sandstone trimmings, and cost $116,000. Rev. J.M.
King is the pastor. Residence Phila street.
The Episcopal church is nearly opposite the Methodist, a recent
edifice of stone most pleasing in its architecture. Rev. Dr. Camp is
the rector.
The Presbyterian church is a large brick structure, some little
distance up Broadway, and beyond the new Town Hall. Rev. Mr. Newman,
pastor.
The Baptist church is a brick edifice on Washington street, near the
railroad. Rev. E.A. Wood, pastor.
The Congregational church is directly over the Post Office, on Phila
street. Rev. N.F. Rowland, pastor.
[Illustration: TEMPLE GROVE SEMINARY--REAR VIEW.]
The Catholic church occupies a commanding and agreeable location upon
South Broadway, just beyond the Clarendon Hotel.
The Second Presbyterian church meets in Newland Chapel on Spring
street, near Temple Grove Seminary. Rev J.N. Crocker, pastor.
The Free Methodist chapel is on Regent street.
A list of the services, and the hours of holding them, is published
every Saturday in the daily _Saratogian_. The _Saratogian_ is the "old
established" paper, and seems to be as firm in its foundation as the
rock from which the Saratoga waters issue. Eli Perkins informs us that
Saratoga was named from the _Saratogian_. Col. Ritchie is one of the
spiciest editors to be found.
The hall and reading-room of
The Y.M.C.A.
Are located on Phila street, nearly opposite the Post-Office. Daily
prayer meetings are held from 10 to 11 A.M.
Real Estate,
While not exorbitant, as at Newport and other watering places, the
prices of real estate in Saratoga, as might be expected, are somewhat
higher than usually reign in villages of its size. The value of real
estate is enhanced very much yearly; the _average_ rise, for several
years, has been about ten per cent per annum. The size of the village
and the number of the resident population--now about 9,000--is
constantly increasing. Numerous and costly dwellings are being erected
on almost every street. The village _thrives_, and it may be
confidently hoped that, with its numerous and peculiar attractions,
this beautiful valley will ere long become the center of a vast
population. Educational institutions and manufacturing interests
should flourish here.
[Illustration: M.E. CHURCH, SARATOGA.]
There is a great demand for tasteful cottages for summer residents.
As a permanent home, Saratoga is delightful and attractive. The
climate is excellent. The home society is very pleasant, and
uncorrupted by the flash and glitter of the summer carnival.
At one portion of the year the most distinguished, cultivated and
wealthy of our own country are gathered here--and sight-seeing can be
done at home and on our own door-steps. The many blessings which
follow in the train of wealth and culture are found here. Travelers
from other climes who visit our country seldom return until they have
drank from these celebrated fountains. An opportunity is afforded in
the various pulpits of the village to listen to the most eloquent
preachers of the day. The schools are good, and presided over by
persons of skill and experience.
Those of our readers who desire more particular information in regard
to real estate and permanent or transient homes in Saratoga, are
referred to Messrs. Wm. M. Searing & Son, of Ainsworth's block.
Hack Fares.
Saratoga cannot be called extortionate. Unlike Niagara, its prices are
not exorbitant. Most people like to drive a fast horse, and they can
do so very reasonably here. A nice single team can be obtained a whole
afternoon for only $3, and a nobby carriage and coachman will carry a
party to the Lake and back for from $3 to $6, at any time during the
season. Hack fare, in the village, is 50 cents for each passenger;
baggage, 25 cents each piece. An elegant turnout, including coachman,
can be leased by the month for $75, and this includes the exclusive
use. Excellent accommodations for those who bring their own teams can
be obtained for from $8 to $10 per week for each horse. Over three
thousand private carriages are here every summer.
[Illustration: DRS. STRONG'S INSTITUTE, SARATOGA.]
Drives and Walks.
The most fashionable drive is the new Boulevard to the Lake. Until
recently there have been few attractions beside the gay and brilliant
procession of carriages with their fair occupants and superb horses.
The drive is four miles in length, with a row of trees on each side
and one in the middle. Carriages pass down on one side and return on
the other.
No sooner have we turned by the Congress Spring than we are in a long
level reach of plains, dotted here and there with trees of pine and
fir, with a few distant hills of the Green Mountains rolling along the
horizon. It is a city gala at the hotel, but the five minutes were
magical, and, among the trees and rural scenes upon the road, we
remember the city and its life as a winter's dream. The vivid and
sudden contrast of this little drive with the hotel is one of the
pleasantest points of Saratoga life. In the excitement of the day it
is like stepping out, on a summer's evening, from the glaring
ball-room upon the cool and still piazza.
Near the outlet of the lake, on a bluff fifty feet above the surface
of the water, is
Moon's Lake House,
One of the features of Saratoga. There is a row of carriages at the
sheds--a select party is dining upon those choice trout, black bass
and young woodcock. The game dinners are good, the prices are high,
and the fried potatoes are noted all over the world. They have never
been successfully imitated. Are done up in papers and sold like
confectionery. The gayly dressed ladies indulge in beatific
expressives as they feast upon them.
[Illustration: DINING ROOM GRAND UNION.]
A capital story is told of Moon, the proprietor--indeed, he tells it
"himself." A few months after one of his "seasons" had closed he
chanced to be in Boston, where he hired a horse and buggy to drive out
to Chelsea. When he returned and called for his bill, the livery
stable keeper charged him about six times the usual price; and when an
explanation of such an extraordinary charge was demanded, replied,
"Mr. Moon. I presume you do not recognize me, but _last summer I took
dinner at your Lake House_." "Say not another word about it, my good
fellow," responded Moon in his turn, "here is your money."
Mr. Moon always has something nice _expressly for you_. When his
liability to loss in so doing is considered, his prices will not
appear so exorbitant.
Those who with Prior,
"Charmed with rural beauty
Chase fleeting pleasure through the maze of life,"
will be pleased with
Saratoga Lake.
It has nine miles of length and two miles and a half of breadth. Many
and varied scenes of interest and grandeur occur within this broad
range of water and shore. The whole lake is replete with quiet and
gentle beauty, striking the beholder rather with admiration than
astonishment.
Boating and sailing may be enjoyed upon its waters, and a small
steamer, plying from point to point, is at the command of pleasure
parties.
Formerly an abundance of trout was found here, and shad and herring
were among the annual visitors; but the lake is now filled with the
black or Oswego bass, pickerel, muscalonge and perch.
[Illustration: SARATOGA LAKE.]
But Saratoga Lake is not wholly devoted to the sportsman, or to the
frivolities of fashionable butterflies. The beautiful and familiar
hymn commencing--
"From whence doth this union arise,
That hatred is conquer'd by love?
It fastens our souls in such ties,
That nature and time can't remove,"
was composed and sang first, upon the placid waters of this lake, by
Dr. Baldwin, of Boston, and a party of clerical friends.
That charming author, N.P. Willis, relates in his own charming style
the following tradition of Saratoga Lake:
"There is," he says, "an Indian superstition attached to this lake,
which probably has its source in its remarkable loneliness and
tranquility. The Mohawks believed that its stillness was sacred to the
Great Spirit, and that if a human voice uttered a sound upon its
waters, the canoe of the offender would instantly sink. A story is
told of an Englishwoman, in the early days of the first settlers, who
had occasion to cross this lake with a party of Indians, who, before
embarking, warned her most impressively of the spell. It was a silent,
breathless day, and the canoe shot over the smooth surface of the lake
like an arrow. About a mile from the shore, near the center of the
lake, the woman, willing to convince the savages of the weakness of
their superstition, uttered a loud cry. The countenances of the
Indians fell instantly to the deepest gloom. After a moment's pause,
however, they redoubled their exertions, and in frowning silence drove
the light bark like an arrow over the waters. They reached the shore
in safety, and drew up the canoe, and the woman rallied the chief on
his credulity. 'The Great Spirit is merciful,' answered the scornful
Mohawk, 'He knows that a white woman cannot hold her tongue.'"
[Illustration: BALL ROOM GRAND UNION.]
Chapman's Hill
Is a mile beyond the Lake House, and one hundred and eighty feet above
the level of the lake. A charming view is afforded. Immediately below,
the lake presents a mirrored surface of several square miles, while
the meadows and table lands on its western shore may be traced with
all their simple beauty until they merge into the Kayaderosseras range
of mountains.
Wagman's Hill,
Which is about three miles beyond, affords a still more extended view.
This hill is two hundred and forty feet above the lake.
Hagerty Hill,
Six miles north of the village, toward Luzerne, brings to view a fine
landscape.
But the most extended view and the boldest landscape may be seen from
Wearing Hill,
On the Mount Pleasant road, and about fifteen miles from Saratoga
Springs. Saratoga, Ballston, Schenectady, Waterford, Mechanicville,
Schuylerville, Saratoga Lake, Round Lake, etc., by the aid of a glass,
can all be discerned from this hill.
Lake Lovely
Is the euphonious name of an interesting little sheet of water not far
from the village on the Boulevard to Saratoga Lake. Though not of very
great extent, it has many points of considerable attraction, one of
which is a glen on the eastern bank of the lake, which forms an echo,
said to be almost as distinct and powerful as the celebrated one in
the ruined bastion of the old French fortress at Crown Point.
Stiles' Hill,
An interesting locality, revealing a varied landscape, along the
Hudson and Mohawk rivers, may be reached in a drive of a few miles
along the base of the Palmerton Mountain.
Corinth Falls,
A bold cataract in the Upper Hudson, is some fifteen miles from
Saratoga, and a mile from Jessup's Landing, on the Adirondack Railway.
Luzerne,
A charming hamlet at the confluence of the Hudson and Sacandaga, is
twenty miles from Saratoga. It may be reached by a carriage road or
the Adirondack Railway. Lake Luzerne, a beautiful sheet of water, on
the shore of which the village is situated, affords excellent
opportunities for fishing and boating. There are two excellent
hotels--Rockwell's and the Wayside. The latter has numerous cottages
attached for summer residents. It is owned by B.C. Butler, Esq., well
known as the author of an interesting History of Lake George and Lake
Champlain, and other works.
Lake George
Is about thirty miles from Saratoga by carriage road. The Adirondack
Railway, and a stage ride of nine miles, is the pleasantest and most
convenient route. Travelers can return the same day, if necessary.
There are other and shorter drives in Saratoga, which are very
attractive. SPRING AVENUE, leading to the Excelsior and
Sulphur springs and returning by Lake Avenue, is being laid out and
will make a beautiful drive.
The road to BALLSTON and the SPOUTING SPRINGS has
been recently improved, and is a popular resort.
[Illustration: CONGRESS PARK.]
[Illustration: DRAWING ROOM GRAND UNION.]
The entire length of BROADWAY is a magnificent drive and
affords an interesting and picturesque ride of some five minutes.
About a mile north of Congress Hall the half-mile track and handsome
grounds of Glen Mitchel are located. The Saratoga County Agricultural
Society have their buildings here. The track is open to all who wish,
both pedestrians and carriages. At the base of a steep bluff, shaded
with numerous trees, and directly facing the race-track, is the Glen
Mitchel hotel. The grounds are maintained at great expense by the
proprietors of the hotel, and when this and the short season of
patronage is regarded, the prices for ordinary refreshments will not
be considered as extraordinary as they might otherwise seem. The drive
may be extended by turning to the east and driving round a small
lake--Excelsior--and past the water-works, returning by Spring Avenue.
THE WALK THROUGH THE WOODS TO EXCELSIOR SPRING is by far the
most beautiful in Saratoga. To reach the grove, pedestrians and
carriages will pass along Lake Avenue a little past Circular street,
when a small sign will be found pointing the way to the "Walk to
Excelsior Spring." No tourist should fail to visit this place. A
pleasant hour may be spent in the woods, after a stroll through which,
the delicious water of the Excelsior will be refreshing indeed.
Congress Park
Is the gem of Saratoga. It consists of a small hill in the shape of a
horseshoe, covered with handsome trees, and laid out in smooth walks
encircling the low ground which surrounds the spring. The park is the
property of the Congress and Empire Spring Co., who generously keep it
in perfect repair, and open to the public.
[Illustration: UNION HOTEL AND GROUNDS.]
Gridley's Trout Ponds.
Those who are fond of "speckled beauties," and would like to obtain a
fine mess without encountering the swarms of mosquitoes, gnats and
sand flies that usually infest the region where the trout may be
taken, should visit Gridley's. "Old Gridley," as he is familiarly
called, formerly kept the Pavilion, near the depot. Some three or four
years since he conceived the idea of starting a fish propagating
establishment. His place is located in a beautiful little ravine,
about one mile and a half from Congress Spring and just beyond the
race-course. There may be seen myriads of speckled trout in a
succession of small ponds situated along down the ravine, one below
the other, supplied with water of the brilliancy of a crystal, gushing
from the banks. It is a well known fact that the chief reason for this
species of fish being so scarce, is because of their devouring each
other, or, in other words, "big fish eating up little fish." Hence,
Mr. Gridley, as well as other propagators, is obliged to separate them
as to age and size--one-year olds in one pond, two-year olds in
another, and so on down.
Visitors are very cordially received by Mr. G., and provided with
fishing tackle, etc--and sometimes a bottle of Rhine wine gratis--and
are duly informed that his prices are $1 per pound--that is, for every
pound of fish caught, visitors can pay $1. The fish may be seen
tantalizingly sporting and jumping out of the water two or three
thousand at a time. For any one who contemplates indulging in the
sport, and is willing to pay for it, this is the place to come.
The Saratoga Battle Ground.
A visit to the scene of the great battle of Saratoga, in October,
1777, which ended in the surrender of the British Army, under
Burgoyne, to the Americans, under Gates, will occupy a pleasant
though somewhat long day's excursion. The battle was fought upon the
elevated lands at Bemis Heights two miles from the Hudson, in the town
of Stillwater, about 15 miles from Saratoga Springs.
[Illustration: "SET UP A CENT"--INDIAN CAMP.]
Visitors may obtain all desired information respecting the precise
localities of the struggle from Cicerones on the spot.
The Surrender Ground,
The scene of the capitulation a few weeks subsequent to the battle, is
a few miles further up the river.
The Village Cemetery,
In places that can boast but few objects of interest, is usually one
of the chief places of resort. In Saratoga there are so many "show
places" and peculiar attractions, that the cemetery visitors are
limited principally to the resident population, and those who arm in
arm, or hand in hand, stroll through its meandering paths, or while
away their hours in its shady seats nurturing the tender passion.
The old cemetery is near the Empire Spring. The village cemetery
proper is found east and south of Congress Park. In both may be found
some curious inscriptions, and from the latter we transcribe the
following additions to cemetery literature, with all respect for those
whose memories are thus enshrined:
"My Engine is now cold and still,
No water doth her boiler fill,
The wood affords its flames no more,
My days of usefulness are o'er."
"Rest here thou early call'd, in peace,
'Till Jesus grant a sweet release."
"There's not an hour
Of day or dreaming nights but I am with thee,
And not a flower that sleeps beneath the moon
But in its hues or fragrance tells a tale of thee."
What seemed to us perhaps the most touching inscription, we found upon
a stone bearing the date of 1792:
"This stone is raised by a daughter and only child, as a token of respect
For a mother whom she was too young to know, but whose virtues
She humbly desires to imitate."
The Verd-Antique Marble Works.
Among the outside diversions which every tourist, and especially every
scientist, should visit is the steam mills of the Adirondack
Verd-Antique Marble Co. The mills are situated in this village near
the freight depot, though the quarries are in Thurman, on the
Adirondack railroad. A very interesting peculiarity of this
marble--which is quite beautiful--is, that it contains minute fossils
of the earliest forms of existence known to scientific men--the
_Eozoön Canadense_. The marble is capable of a high polish, and makes
beautiful ornaments.
Amusements.
Some one has said that the amusements of Saratoga life are dancing and
drinking, the one exercise being the Omega as the other is the Alpha
of its butterfly life. Saratoga, however, _abounds_ in amusements.
There are the races at the race-course and on the lake; there are
balls and hops every night; there are the Indians and the Circular
railway, and drives in all directions; there are select parties and
music by the bands, and shopping, and concerts, and, at the religious
houses, charades and tableaux, and prayer meetings; and what more
could be asked?
Besides all these,
Josh Billings
says that, "after going to Long Branch and frolicking in the water, he
relishes going to Saratoga and letting the water frolic in him."
A correspondent gives the following
Routine for a Lady.
Rise and dress; go down to the spring; drink to the music of the band;
walk around the park--bow to gentlemen; chat a little; drink again;
breakfast; see who comes in on the train; take a siesta; walk in the
parlor; bow to gentlemen; have a little small talk with gentlemen;
have some gossip with ladies; dress for dinner; take dinner an hour
and a half; sit in the grounds and hear the music of the band; ride to
the lake; see who comes by the evening train; dress for tea; get tea;
dress for the hop; attend the hop; chat awhile in the parlors, and
listen to a song from some guest; go to bed. Varied by croquet,
ladies' bowling alley, Indian camp, the mineral springs, grand balls
twice a week, concerts, etc., and the races.
Balls.
The three largest hotels have elegant ball-rooms, where hops take
place every evening. Balls are held every week at each of the houses.
Upon the latter occasion, the dressing becomes a matter of life and
death, and explains why such numbers of those traveling arks known as
"Saratoga trunks" are docked at the station every summer.
Balls are reported in the papers far and near, and the anxiety of some
to secure a good report of their costume is amusing. Brown's dismay
at the bills is somewhat appeased as he reads in the morning paper,
"Miss Brown, of ----, a charming graceful blonde, was attired in a
rich white corded silk, long train, with ruffles of the same,
overdress of pink gros grain, looped _en panier_, corsage low,
_decollette_, with satin bows and point lace; hair _a la Pompadour_,
with curls on white feathers, pearls and diamonds. _She was much
admired._ Miss Brown is the accomplished daughter of Mr. Brown, one of
the leading citizens of the Metropolis."
The hops are free to all the guests. An admission of $1 is customary
at the balls, and choice refreshments are served. Upon ball nights,
the tasteful iron bridge which connects Congress Hall with its
ball-room, and the grounds of the Grand Union, are illuminated by
colored lights, presenting a fairy-like scene of bewildering beauty.
Upon these occasions a large proportion of the population, both exotic
and native, come forth as upon a festal day.
The Races
Occur the middle of July, and the second week in August, and are under
the charge of the Saratoga Racing Association.
The race-course is about a mile from Congress Spring. It was laid out
in 1866, by C.H. Ballard, an accomplished surveyor, and is
unsurpassed, if equaled, by any race-course in America, not excepting
the famous Fashion course on Long Island. The swiftest and most noted
racers in the Union are brought here, and many of the most remarkable
races known to sportsmen have occurred on these grounds.
Indian Camp.
A few steps from Congress Spring, directly past the Saratoga
Club-House, leads you to a wicket gate marked "Circular, Railway and,
Indian, Camp."
The Indians are not such as figure conspicuously in the early annals
of our country and in our favorite romances--as Eli Perkins says--"far
different!" They are simply a Canadian Gypsy band, part low French and
part low Indian blood. They come here annually with an eye to
business, and open their weird camp to the public simply as a
speculation, offering for sale the various trinkets to which their
labor is directed.
The white tents glistening among the green hemlocks, and the rustic
lodges displaying the gayly decorated bow and quiver, make a picture
somewhat attractive; but the Indians themselves are dirty and homely,
and far from inviting in their appearance. The slim, blackeyed,
barefooted boys, who pester you with petitions to "set up a cent," as
a mark for their arrows, have a sort of Gypsy picturesqueness,
however; and as one walks down the little street between the
huts--half tent and half house--he may get an occasional glimpse of a
pappoose swinging in a hammock, and thank his stars for even such a
fractional view of the pristine life.
The Circular Railway
Is connected with the Indian Camp. An opportunity is here afforded for
enthusiasts and very gallant gentlemen to test their strength and
patience, by propelling themselves and friends round the circle in one
of the cars. The recreation requires the expenditure of no little
strength, and is only accomplished by the sweat of some one's brow,
but it is preferable, doubtless, to "swinging round the circle."
Within a few feet of the Circular Railway is a spring of pure soft
water. The water is quite drinkable, and is esteemed unusually pure
and wholesome. The well water of the town is good, and the water from
Excelsior Lake, which has lately been introduced throughout the
village by the Holly system, is considered superior.
Shopping.
Abundant opportunity is afforded those who have occasion to visit
emporiums of art and fashion on shopping designs intent. The flashing
establishments under the large hotels, as well as several others in
the village, cater entirely to the fashionable visitor. Everything
desirable in the way of laces, feathers, diamonds and ornaments, and
elegant dress goods are obtainable. It is the custom of many of the
fashionable merchants and _modistes_ of New York to open here during
the summer, branch establishments for the sale of their specialities.
There are numerous resident stores also, which would not disgrace New
York or Boston; among these the house of H. Van Deusen, on Broadway
and Phila street, near the Post-Office, takes the lead. During the
warm season, the Saratoga Broadway glitters with the brilliant display
in shop windows, and the gorgeous exhibition of goods upon the
sidewalks.
Evening.
It is only in the evening that Saratoga is in full bloom. When--
"---- night throughout the gelid air,
Veils with her sable wings the solar glare;
When modest Cynthia clad in silver light
Expands her beauty on the brow of night,
Sheds her soft beams upon the mountain side,
Peeps through the wood and quivers on the tide,"
then faces light up with the gas lamps. The parlors begin to fill with
elegantly attired ladies, the piazzas are thronged with chatty and
sociable gentlemen, and the streets are crowded, far more than they
are in the daytime, by pleasure strollers of either sex in elegant
array. The ball-room becomes radiant with costly chandeliers whose
effulgence is reflected by diamonds of the first water.
One dark evening, at the height of last season, in the midst of the
preparations for a brilliant ball, the gas which supplies the whole
village became suddenly exhausted. Candles were the only resource, and
there was by some mischance a limited supply of these. Bottles were
improvised for candlesticks, and stationed in the corners and on the
pianos of the massive parlors, rendering the scene grotesque and
ludicrous in the extreme, while the closer nestling of lovers and the
solemn stillness reigning on every hand gave sublimity to the picture.
The poet Saxe happened to be among the guests at Congress Hall, and
borrowed a candle from a pretty young lady. The next morning she found
under her door the following beautiful lines:
"You gave me a candle; I give you my thanks,
And add, as a compliment justly your due,
There is not a girl in these feminine ranks
Who could, if she would, hold a candle to you."
Verily "darkness brings the stars to view." On this occasion there was
no little "sparking," and though the flames of the gas lamps gave no
light, love's flame burned brighter than ever.
Saratoga in Winter.
Saratoga is not a "Country where the leaves never fall, and the
eternal day is summer-time." As the gorgeous autumnal sunsets of
October crown the golden-capped, or no longer verdant forests, the
summer beauties prepare to return to their winter homes. The falling
leaves in this vicinity are wondrously beautiful, and the cool sunsets
will richly reward those who tarry to behold them; but "the season" is
over, and the little town becomes almost a deserted village.
"Brightly, sweet Summer, brightly,
Thine hours have floated by."
A shade of melancholy cannot but possess those who remain after the
last polka is polked, the last light in the last ball-room is
extinguished, and the summer ended. At length the railway engine
whistles at long intervals; the mail-bags lose their plethora; the
parish preachers, shorn of occasional help, knuckle to new sermons;
the servants disperse; the head waiter retires to private life, and
the dipper-boy disappears in the shades of the pine forests; the
Indians pack up their duds, and, like the Arab, silently steal away;
while the landlords retire within their sanctums to count over their
hard-earned dollars.
After a time the village seems to become accustomed to the "new
departure," and local politics, Tammany rings and frauds, and
committees of forty agitate the public breast, until Spring returns
and Saratoga blossoms again with new beauty.
Romance.
Although Saratoga is preëminently a fashionable resort, and the city
of vanity fair, it is nevertheless Cupid's summer-home; and lovers
here acknowledge the first throbbings of that passion of bright hopes,
and too many sad realities--love. The complaint is always heard that
"fish don't bite this season;" but autumn comes, the butterflies
return home, and then it is found that a goodly number have been
_caught_. Those not matrimonially inclined should know that a sojourn
at a Spa is attended with considerable danger.
Saratoga Society.
The poet says of Saratoga life:
"Saratoga society,
What endless variety!
What pinks of propriety!
What gems of sobriety!
What garrulous old folks,
What shy folks and bold folks,
And warm folks and cold folks!
Such curious dressing,
And tender caressing,
(Of course that is guessing.)
Such sharp Yankee Doodles,
And dandified noodles,
And other pet poodles!
Such very loud patterns,
(Worn often by slatterns!)
Such strait necks, and bow necks,
Such dark necks and snow necks,
And high necks and low necks!
With this sort and that sort,
The lean sort and fat sort,
The bright and the flat sort--
Saratoga is crammed full,
And rammed full, and jammed full," etc.
Conclusion.
But while we laugh at Saratoga, its dancing, dressing and flirtation,
it is yet not without its lessons for an observing eye.
"Here the heart
May give a useful lesson to the head,
And Learning wiser grow without his books."
It is not all frivolity. Like every aspect of life, and like most
persons, it is a hint and suggestion of something high and poetic. It
is an oasis of repose in the desert of our American hurry. It is a
perpetual festival.
Here we step out of the worn and weary ruts of city society, and
mingle in a broad field of varied acquaintance. Here we may scent the
fairest flowers of the South, and behold the beauty of our Northern
climes. Here party distinctions and local rivalries are forgotten.
Here, too, men mingle and learn from contact and sympathy, a sweeter
temper and a more catholic consideration, so that the summer flower we
went to wreath may prove not the garland of an hour, but a firmly
linked chain in our American Union.
[Illustration: GOODBYE.
CLOSE OF THE SEASON AT SARATOGA]
APPENDIX TO PART I.
When the previous forms went to press, we were unable to give any
satisfactory and reliable statement of the Spouting Springs recently
discovered in the vicinity of the Geyser. We present, below, such
information as we are able to give in regard to them at this time,
hoping to render our description more complete in future editions of
this work.
THE TRITON SPRING.
This recently discovered Spouting Spring is located on the north side
of the road near the Geyser. The vein was struck in January of the
present year. The depth of the well is about 150 feet. The water
spouts about fifteen feet above the surface. Present appearances seem
to indicate that the spring is chalybeate, though the mineral
ingredients are not large. We are unadvised in reference to the plans
regarding it. Messrs. Verbeck and Gilbert are the proprietors.
THE ESMOND AND WRIGHT SPRING
Is located in the ramble between the railroad and the Geyser Spring,
and near the Ellis Spring.
On the 17th of June of the present year, at almost the identical hour
in which Mr. Gilmore opened his Peace Jubilee, a new mineral
fountain--a spouting spring--gushed forth from its deep origin in
mother earth to rejuvenate and bless mankind. The gas is so abundant
that if the orifice of the tube is closed for a few moments sufficient
force will accumulate to blow a steam whistle. It has not been
christened at present. We suggest that it be called the "Gilmore
Spring." The well is over a hundred feet deep, and the water rises
about thirty feet above the surface. The water is strongly saline, and
will probably be classed among the cathartic waters. It bears a strong
resemblance to the celebrated Geyser. The proprietors inform me that
several of their acquaintances have already experienced benefit from
this water. The spring promises to be valuable. The public will look
with interest to know into whose management the spring passes, as the
proprietors are plain farmers and intend to commit the spring to more
experienced hands, who will introduce it to the public favor. A neat
bottling house and a tasteful colonnade are already being constructed.
Prof. Chandler will probably make the analysis at an early date.
THE DUELL SPRING.
The spring owned by Mr. Duell, of the Waverly House, is beyond the
Geyser, and on the margin of the pond. We are unable to present
reliable information in regard to this spring, as it has just been
discovered by Mr. Jesse Button.
* * * * *
The mother of all these spouting wells--the Geyser Spring--is rearing
quite a family of interesting children. We have heard it predicted
that the time is not very distant when every citizen of Saratoga will
have a mineral fountain in his door-yard. At present no successful
efforts have been made to obtain a spouting spring in the village. We
know of no reason to render success impossible or improbable.
Certainly, "'tis a consummation devoutly to be wished," and we should
be glad to see a fair trial of the experiment.
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ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT.
H. VAN DEUSEN,
RESIDENT STORE,
(ESTABLISHED 15 YEARS,)
124 & 126 BROADWAY, SARATOGA,
Would call the attention of strangers, as well as citizens, to his
large and elegant assortment of
STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS.
He keeps constantly on hand all the NOVELTIES OF THE SEASONS,
Rich Silks, Fine Dress Goods, Kid Gloves, Hosiery, Jewelry, Parasols,
Umbrellas, Real Laces, Cashmeres, Cloths, and everything to be found
in a First Class Dry Goods House.
I have only one price, sell exclusively for cash, and the only one
price cash house in Saratoga.
NO TROUBLE TO SHOW GOODS.
Remember the Store, Next to the Bank, 124 & 126 Broadway,
H. VAN DEUSEN.
* * * * *
PEOPLE'S LINE STEAMERS
FOR NEW YORK.
St. John, Drew, Dean Richmond.
One of these STEAM PALACES will leave Albany every evening (Sundays
excepted), on arrival of the evening trains on the Rensselaer and
Saratoga, New York Central and Albany & Susquehanna Railroads.
[Symbol: Hand pointing right] Hudson River Railroad Tickets good for
State Room Passage,
BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH.
SARATOGA OFFICE, 1st DOOR NORTH OF CONGRESS HALL,
Where State Rooms can be secured Daily.
F.D. WHEELER, Jr., Agent. J.W. HARCOURT, Agent,
SARATOGA SPRINGS. ALBANY.
* * * * *
B.F. JUDSON, Publisher, D.F. RITCHIE, Editor.
"The SARATOGIAN,"
DAILY AND WEEKLY,
Office in St. Nicholas Building,
Corner Broadway and Phila Street,
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.
The SARATOGIAN is one of the best Advertising Mediums in this
section, as it has a circulation more than double that of all the
Republican press of Saratoga County combined.
The facilities of the SARATOGIAN Office for the prompt
execution of
First Class Job Work,
are equal to those of any in the city, and all work is done at
reasonable figures.
* * * * *
EVERETT HOUSE,
On Broadway,
A Few Doors Below the Clarendon.
B.V. FRASER,--Proprietor.
* * * * *
Will be Published June, 1872,
SARATOGA ILLUSTRATED,
A SOUVENIR.
Containing 50 Illustrations, including
Steel Plates and Photo-Plates.
ELEGANTLY BOUND IN CLOTH AND GILT.
TAKE IT HOME WITH YOU!
* * * * *
Grand Union Hotel
OPENS JUNE 1st,
The Largest Summer Hotel in the World,
BRESLIN, GARDNER & CO.,
PROPRIETORS.
* * * * *
Eureka Mineral & White Sulphur Spring Water
AND
WHITE SULPHUR BATHS
Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs
The EUREKA SPRING COMPANY'S pure WHITE SULPHUR
SPRING, discovered last Summer is now open for visitors. The
Water is
Equal in Quality and Strength to the best White Sulphur Springs
in this State, and FAR SUPERIOR to most of them.
The Company has erected a pleasant
BATHING HOUSE,
CONTAINING FIFTY BATH ROOMS,
And replete with every Convenience for WARM and COLD SULPHUR BATHS,
Single Bath Tickets, Fifty Cents.
Coupon Tickets, good for 12 Baths, Five Dollars.
EUREKA SPRING CO.
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THE SHORTEST ROUTE
BETWEEN
BOSTON AND SARATOGA SPRINGS
IS VIA THE
FITCHBURG AND CHESHIRE RAILROADS,
Passing through FITCHBURG, KEENE, BELLOWS FALLS and RUTLAND,
TO
Whitehall, Fort Edward, SARATOGA SPRINGS, Albany, Troy, Schenectady
and all points West.
Trains connect at Fort Edward for
GLENS FALLS and LAKE GEORGE.
The trip between Boston and Saratoga is made in one of the
FAMOUS PULLMAN PALACE CARS,
provided by this Line--a luxury which cannot be enjoyed on any other
route, this being the only Line running through Day and Drawing
Room Cars between these points.
At the office of the Line in Boston (82 Washington St.,) during the
Excursion Season,
ROUND TRIP TICKETS
Will be on sale at
GREATLY REDUCED RATES,
To all of the principal points in New England, New York and Canada.
_Summer tourists or invalids, traveling for health or pleasure, will
find it for their interest to send or call for circulars and
information before purchasing elsewhere._
ALL COMMUNICATIONS PROMPTLY ANSWERED.
Boston Office,
82 WASHINGTON STREET,
_C.A. FAXON, Gen. Agent._
* * * * *
ALL KINDS OF INSURANCES EFFECTED AT THE LOWEST RATES.
WILLIAM M. SEARING, BEEKMAN H. SEARING,
Attorney at Law. Notary Public.
WM. M. SEARING & SON,
REAL ESTATE BROKERS,
INSURANCE AND COLLECTING AGENTS,
178 & 180, BROADWAY, AINSWORTH PLACE,
(ROOMS 12 and 13,)
SARATOGA SPRINGS,
BUY, SELL, RENT AND EXCHANGE
Furnished Cottages, Stores, Dwelling Houses,
OFFICES, COUNTRY RESIDENCES,
CITY AND SUBURBAN LOTS, FARMS,
SHOPS, MILLS, FACTORIES,
STEAM AND WATER POWERS,
Bonds, Mortgages and other Securities, Bought and Sold.
_LOANS NEGOTIATED._
Collect Rents, Notes, Accounts and Evidences of Debt.
_Conveyancing, Searching and Examining Titles made a specialty._
PARTICULAR ATTENTION PAID TO MAKING COLLECTIONS.
Perfect satisfaction guaranteed to all parties.
By promptness, industry and fair dealing, we aim to merit the
confidence and give satisfaction to those who may entrust their
business to our charge.
Respectfully,
WM. M. SEARING & SON.
[Symbol: Hand pointing right] Only First Class Companies Represented.
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[Illustration: "CONGRESS HALL." HATHORN & SOUTHGATE, Proprietors.]
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