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NEW YORK, AND ROCHESTER, N, Y„ MAY 3, 1873 
l PRICE SIX CENTS 
l Sii.50 PER YEAR. 
TEntered according to Act of Congress, in tho year 1873, by !>. D. T. Moohk, in the office of the Librarian of Con«rosfl, at Washington,;] 
House,” on Main ^ 
afreet, a good hotel ; W 
two hanks, and three ^ 
newspapers, On the ? 
outlet of ihe lake, aL !£> 
Its crossing of Main *} 
street, we two com- jy- 
plete flouring mills. A 
branch railroad, con- “ r 
hooting the Erie with 
the New York Cen¬ 
tral, passes through 
the village, and the 
1 Crooked Lake Canal ’ 
has its terminus here. 
The surrounding tribu 
tary country is among 
the richest and most 
beautiful in the State. 
The original settlers 
of Petm Yau were 
about “half and half” 
emigrants from Penn¬ 
sylvania and New En¬ 
gland, hence the name 
of the town is a com¬ 
pound, representing AI ' vl * oir 
both sections. The jealousies of the people from 
the two sections rendered an agreement upon 
a name impossible for a long time. At length, 
at a house raising in the neighborhood, a 
joker named Piiilomon Baldwin christened 
the town Penn Pony. The name was at 
once accepted, but has since been modified 
by dropping the “ y.” The citizens are now 
proud of the name, and have grown to be a 
very sociable community. 
The. small village of Branch port is situated 
at the head of the West Branch of the lake. 
It lias the advantage of lake navigation to 
canal ami railway. Red Jacket, the cele¬ 
brated Indian orator, in a speech which ho 
made at Geneva, claimed to have been born 
at this place, which was, long ago, a favorit 
Ohio. At, ouce they resolved to test the ex¬ 
periment, and encourage vine planting on 
tho foot hills and lake slopes of what was ap¬ 
propriately named “Pleasant Valley.” A 
few years’ trial proved the experiment, a suc¬ 
cess, and the sides of the valley and lulls are 
now covered with the trclli.snd vine, of old 
and new varieties. The fruits and wines of 
Hammondsport, aro now regarded by com¬ 
mon consent as e xeolkMifc. Only about fifteen 
years have passed since the first vines were 
planted, and now t he Pleasant Valley Wine 
Company sell thousands of bottles and gal¬ 
lons of native wine that compares favorably 
with tile best foreign article. We can be 
assured that these wines are made of the 
pure juice of the grape. From 4(10 acres 
planted in 181*4 there are now 5,0110 acres 
covered with t he vine, two-thirds of which 
are bearing. Both shores for many miles are 
lined with vineyards, and Bluff Point is being 
used for the same purpose. The Urbaua and 
Crooked Lake Wine Company have their 
cellars and vineyards on the Fultrtey shore. 
Oil the 25th of August, 1870. a large, num¬ 
ber of gentlemen, from various parts of New 
York and other States, of different walks in 
life, met at Hammondsport, to test the wines. 
They awarded to them, without, dissent, the 
highest praise. 
If one would haven, pleasant, sail, let him 
take a trip up the lake from Penn Yan, pass¬ 
ing the vine. coVei ed shores and tin) cabin 
residences of citizen* which are used as sum¬ 
mer retreats. The names of these, as “ Ma¬ 
ple Grove,” ■* Saint's Rest,” “Oak Lodge,” 
etc., are. displayed from neighboring trees. 
Climbiug the. hillside for a mile, wo come to 
the late country residence, of Abiiaham VYai: 
kneu, Esq., a pioneer of the lake country, 
perched upon the pinnacle, of the Point. 
From this point, the lake and surrounding 
country can lie seen the former averaging 
in width, for tlya branches and south end, 
resort of the red man. 
\ ll A. few years since the 
: stump of a pine tree, 
o{ afc 400 years* 
'I ff row tb, was pulled. 
: ;( up by a machine at 
//;*•' 8Ur- ;; 'A\ Branohport, under- 
: g?/ \ •' Meath which a rare 
HP fully prepared grave 
’-\ of smile I'.-ui I on A hi 
(Man was found, Ins 
_j|g( 2 bones still in a toler 
|g§; | able state of preserva- 
M:3 ^ T\ 5 tion - 
:| The vine clad village 
Wg ”, 'I "f Hammondsport — 
**© illust ration on page 
-S'.t - stands at the 
f s southern end, or head 
\ of the lake, seventeen 
' - uiilcs from Branohport 
an< * twenty-two from 
Ponn Yan. 'ha* a 
population of between 
seven and eight hun- 
„ . dred people, with a 
TICA. I,AKK. ill, u 
school house, church, 
liotel, etc. At this place originated the 
first principal effort in vine growing and 
wine making in all this region. Many years 
since the Rev, W. W. BasTWiCK of Now 
Jersey was invited to Hammondsport to take 
charge of the Episcopal church, and, being a, 
great lover of horticulture, lie took with him 
tho Isabel la and Catawba grape, which ho 
planted in his garden. They grew in luxury 
to a surprising perfection, beyond anything 
before seen in that vicinity. Time passed, 
and Mr. BoSTWICK moved away, leaving his 
grapes behind. The. success attending wino 
growing in Cincinnati attracted the attention 
Tho dis- 
THE LAKE COUNTRY OF NEW YORK. II 
BY 1ION. It. H, WII.T.JAMS, 
KEUKA, OR CROOKED, LAKE ANO ITS ENVIRONS. 
The name of this lake is indicative of its 
form—crooked. Its waters are divided by a 
high promontory, into what is called tho 
East and West Branch, if this promontory 
was not pushed out and into the waters by 
drift, it is an upheaval in their midst. This 
distinguishing feature of the lake, picturesque 
in outline and unique in shape, adds to the 
charm of its numerous Heeuie beauties. Those 
travelers who would enjoy the beautiful in 
nature, should visit this limpid lake and its 
surroundings. Tlio Keuka—the poetic name 
t he people of to day give to tho lake—is situ¬ 
ated in Yates and Hteuben counties, is 718 
feet above tide-water and 271 above the 
Seneca, seven miles distant, into which it 
flows. This lake is bounded by the towns of 
Barrington and Milo ou the east and north, 
Jerusalem, including the promontory of Bluff 
Point, on the northwest, Pultney on the west, 
Urbana the head, and Wayne at the east of 
Its main trend is 
'MMOtpi 
its southern extremity, 
north and south, it is skirted by a clean, 
bold shore line, and surrounded by hillsides 
which rise to the altitude of sub-mountains. 
At the foot of tho northern extremity of the 
East Branch is the flourishing village of I’cnn 
Yan, a flue town, of over 3,000 inhabitants, 
the county seat, of Yates, ft contains the 
county public buildings, which are quite re¬ 
spectable, a Union school with academic ad¬ 
vantages, primary school houses, large, houses 
of worship for the Presbyterians, Episco¬ 
palians, Methodists, Baptists and Cat holics, 
with wealthy congregations; the “Bonham 
of the people of Hammondsport, 
oovery was soon made that they liud a soil, 
climate and grape equal to the best found in 
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