Scenic gems of the White Mountains . OLD TIP-TOP HOUSE, WITH FROST FEATHERS. The peculiar penchant possessed by the summit of Mt. Washington for catching and retarding the cloud-mists of the upper airs, leads to theformation of a singular and beautiful phenomenon termed frost feathers. These mists gather and are congealed by the cold, covering everyexposed object with a fleecy, frosty formation, singular to witness. Thrust a stake below the surface rock and let it stand upright; immediatelythe feather will commence to form, be added to as the mists continue, until upon that side from whence th
Scenic gems of the White Mountains . OLD TIP-TOP HOUSE, WITH FROST FEATHERS. The peculiar penchant possessed by the summit of Mt. Washington for catching and retarding the cloud-mists of the upper airs, leads to theformation of a singular and beautiful phenomenon termed frost feathers. These mists gather and are congealed by the cold, covering everyexposed object with a fleecy, frosty formation, singular to witness. Thrust a stake below the surface rock and let it stand upright; immediatelythe feather will commence to form, be added to as the mists continue, until upon that side from whence the wind is blowing the feather wiilgrow to a hands breadth and move straight out, and in formation very like a row of feathers. September guests to the summit usually witnessa scene like the above where the old Tip-top House and its surroundings are covered with frost THE WAUMBEK AND COTTAGES, AT JEFFERSON, IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. Since the far away days when the nature-loving poet, Starr King, sang to the world his songs of White Mountain beauty and grandeur,Jefferson has been favored by a large and constantly growing army of surumer-resorters, until it now is fixed in the minds of wealthy classeseverywhere as an ideal location for the summer months. From the scenic point of view the almost universal comment is that Jefferson is justsufficiently distant from the towering giants of the Presidential range to frame their grandeur with adequate breadth, and to soften the ruggednessof a nearer view with a foreground of varied charm. Located on the southern slope of the Pliny range, with velvety meadow land sweeping awaybelow, the resort spot in Jefferson is twelve miles distant from Mt. Washington and the rest of the heroic guard, with nothing intervening todivide or destroy the picture, while to the south and west, Cherry Mountain, the Franconias, and
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