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expense of transportation and the failure of 

 certain railroad schemes, caused the works 

 to be abandoned. No doubt the time is not 

 distant when these obstacles will be overcome 

 and this region reopened. 



At present it is an admirable place to go 

 to. There is fishing and hunting and boat- 

 ing and mountain climbing within easy 

 reach, and a good roof over your head at 

 night, which is no small matter. One is 

 often disqualified for enjoying the woods, 

 after he gets there, by the loss of sleep and 

 of proper food, taken at seasonable times. 

 This point attended to, and one is in the 

 humor for any enterprise. 



About half a mile northeast of the vil- 

 lage is Lake Henderson, a very irregular and 

 picturesque sheet of water, surrounded by 

 dark evergreen forests, and abutted by two or 

 three bold promontories with mottled white 

 and gray rocks. Its greatest extent in any 

 one direction is perhaps less than a mile. 

 Its waters are perfectly clear and abound 

 in lake trout. A considerable stream flows 

 into it which comes down from Indian Pass. 



A mile south of the village is Lake Sand- 

 ford. This is a more open and exposed 

 sheet of water, and much larger. From 



