Scenic gems of the White Mountains . ON THE BETHLEHEM—FRANCONIA NOTCH CARRIAGE a Bethlehem is about as far from Mt. Washington as is North Conway but on the other side of the Presidential Range. No village save perhapsJefferson commands so grand a panoramic view. Jefferson being nearer may be said to hold the palm, but from Bethlehem one obtains fascinatingviews, both of the solid pyramid of Mount Lafayette, and of the steep slopes crowned by the dome of Mt. Washington, whose cascades feed theConnecticut. The drives about Bethlehem commanding as they do within short distances, both the

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Scenic gems of the White Mountains . ON THE BETHLEHEM—FRANCONIA NOTCH CARRIAGE a Bethlehem is about as far from Mt. Washington as is North Conway but on the other side of the Presidential Range. No village save perhapsJefferson commands so grand a panoramic view. Jefferson being nearer may be said to hold the palm, but from Bethlehem one obtains fascinatingviews, both of the solid pyramid of Mount Lafayette, and of the steep slopes crowned by the dome of Mt. Washington, whose cascades feed theConnecticut. The drives about Bethlehem commanding as they do within short distances, both the Franconia and White Mountain Notches andthe meadows of the Connecticut, are both varied and delightful. The tasselled maize, full grain or clover,Far oer the level meadow grows,And through it, like a wayward rover,The noble river gently flows. Majestic elms, with trunks unshakenBy all the storms an age can bring,Tall sprays whose rest the zephyrs lithesome with the juice of ?rt S a <u S .b o fl •-, xi i5 o a w** <u r: -3 ...J3 . m rH rt O1- OJ^i . ts 5?!*1 ho fe O k ti ^ a t3 tn H aj a .£•.=1 -3 Si .7 u a s ».t,«8r; g a 8 Mci o- P- g|Ssi|.a-«2 = < s« a* a S.° 95 o «. , .^ +j -t; o ?*- P ^ S^^„.SK2ffl3 Hls § § r&n

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