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RECREA TION. 



Right division of the rock: 



E. Smart. 



Ben Barnes, July 4, '53. 



E. Buell, July 23, 1847. 

 J. W. McFarland, '52. 

 H. Nutt. 



T. Fanning, June 30, '49. 

 S. Heald, July 14, '49. 

 J. Sperry, "July 5, '49. 



On the back of this rock and on the sur- 

 rounding rocks are to be found hundreds, 

 yes, thousands of names. Among them are: 



H. Stone, 111., June n, 1850. 



J. I. Bowen, Wis., July 16, '51. 



D. B. Christopher, July 8, 1854. 



G. Freesman, July 20, '59. 



B. W. Shackeford, July 3, '49, Rockville. 



J. Mavity, June 22, 1852. 



J. E. B. s Wis., 1851. 



N. E. Banham, July 8, '50. 



July 1, 1852., 111., J. McCauley. 



R. W. Summers, June 2, 1853. 



F. Hill, 1853. 



B. F. Pangardner, Wash. 



D. W. Porter. 



F. Phillips, July 13, 1849. 



Farther up the valley, on a huge bowlder, 

 are a few autographs which were perhaps 

 the first inscribed in this section: 



J. W. Bagley. 



W. L. Riggs, July 18, 1845. 



T. K. Thompson, Cam. Hy. Co., 111. 



E. Cobb. 



A vast change has come over this coun- 

 try since the days when long white trains 

 of prairie schooners wended their way to 

 the land of the setting sun. Now we make 

 the trip from Chicago to the coast in ele- 

 gant palace cars, and in less time than it 

 took many of the pioneers to move from 

 the crossing of Greene river, at the foot of 

 Names' hill, to the next stream beyond, a 

 distance of not more than 20 miles. 



Honor to whom honor is due; and it 

 is certainly due the brave men and women 

 who pioneered the West and smoothed the 

 path of the present generation. 



WHEN THE SPLASH IS ON. 



G. A. WARBURTON. 



When the splash is on the Tobyhanna 



Trout won't bite! 

 No matter what the day is, 



Whether dark or bright; 

 No matter what the bait is; 



No matter how you try; 

 You may fish it with a minnow, 



You may fish it with a fly, 

 You may wade until your waders 



Go entirely out of sight; 

 When the splash is on the Tobyhanna 



Trout won't bite. 



When the splash is on the Tobyhanna 



Trout won't bite! 

 You may go at early morning, 



You may stay till late at night. 

 You may fis'h where bending alders 



Drop the flies upon the pool; 

 You may whip the running ripples, 



But unless you are a fool" 

 You will think of what I tell you, 



And believe it is all right; 

 When the splash is on the Tobyhanna 



Trout won't bite. 



As the splash is on the Tobyhanna, 



I will go, 

 With very great reluctance, 



Away from Pocono. 

 Some day I'll be returning 



With my rod and creel and net, 

 And my heart like fire burning 



For the fish I'll capture yet; 

 And I'll angle in the morning, 



And I'll angle late at night; 

 When the splash is off the Tobyhanna 



Trout will bite. 



