HOMES NEAR TO NATURE. 



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LOOKING NORTHWARD NEAR THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE. 



Laddin's Rock Farm in Winter. 



"In winter, when the leaves have 

 dropped from the trees, and the snow 

 settles softly down over the cold earth, 

 hiding its bareness with a fleecy white 

 covering' weighing down the branches 

 of the great hemlocks until they touch 

 the ground, picture after picture pre- 

 sents itself to the sight, tempting one 

 to penetrate farther and farther into 

 its recesses. And when icy fingers 

 of frost touch naked limbs and twigs 



strikes the myriads of jewels hanging 

 from the trees, and the crystal armor 

 in which every growing thing is en- 

 cased, it is fairyland itself." — The 

 Kerr Weekly." 



The Precipice and The Ravine. 



"The Indians had many legends 

 concerning the rock, and .... the 

 ravine was sacred ground, where only 

 those engaged in certain mysterious 



after a rain, and the sun comes out and ceremonies were allowed to tread. 



THE SOUTHWESTERN ENTRANCE WITH SNOW DECORATIONS. 



