. Picturesque on the B. & O. . east does not outrage the sur-roundings, is the B. & (). Companys noted summer resort,Deer Park. During the warmer months of the year the spa-cious buildings are thronged with the elite of Washington,Baltimore and Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, as wellas with prominent representatives of Chicago and St. Park is a lovely spot, and contrary, possibly, to theaverage run of summer resorts, the realization of a sojournthere is in every way in keeping with the anticipation natu-rally the result of first sight. Speeding over the Glades, the train is
. Picturesque on the B. & O. . east does not outrage the sur-roundings, is the B. & (). Companys noted summer resort,Deer Park. During the warmer months of the year the spa-cious buildings are thronged with the elite of Washington,Baltimore and Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, as wellas with prominent representatives of Chicago and St. Park is a lovely spot, and contrary, possibly, to theaverage run of summer resorts, the realization of a sojournthere is in every way in keeping with the anticipation natu-rally the result of first sight. Speeding over the Glades, the train is soon back in theheart of the mountains again. The summit of Cranberry Gradeopens up to the view a matchless panorama, combining loftypeaks, wavy lines of cloud-capped crests ami bewitchingglimpses of valley, which, in any direction, appear almostwithout end. Down the grade, ami a quick turn discloses thepicturesque village of Rowlesburg, on the banks of Cheat the climb up Cheat River grade, with its varying and. Constantly more impressive realization of mountain Buckhorn Wall it culminates in one of the most glorious ofviews. Mountain top verily, yet peaks rising still higher, andpeak after peak in the distance, which appear to hide theirhoary heads in the clouds themselves. Straight down, a thou-sand feet or more, is the glistening ribbon marking where thewaters of the Cheat beat their tumultuous way through gorgeand canon. Buckhorn Wall, so named from the shape whichsuggests it, is a mighty piece of engineering and masonry, andits even face forms strong contrast with the unhewn masseson either side. At the eastern extremity a cataract goesplunging down, forming a royal bit of the picturesque, whilestriking is the effect of the beautiful little garden on thevery verge of the precipice. In fact the whole journeyis replete with most pleasant surprises, and the da)- is gonealmost before one realizes it is past noon time. At Graftondivisions and branches di
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