CS^t e s c\we C) v?cesoA\< 'Wate^otowcv, K \^ . Class tlJ4_ Book_itj_E s ^.L- GoipghtN°_ COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT rHi: m\m pigui^iisqui: Watizptown, Mi:\\' \o\n\. PhofO(li"(i|)l\s |)g S|(if(M" l>UIMJMll:l. 13V .101 in MIZl^LIMCi. THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, T'wo Copied Reo€(VEO tis.;;r so )903 CI «^S Ol XXn. Mo. y Of ic I ^ COPY B.' Copyright^ 1903 15 V JOHN STERLING, WATEKTOVVN, N. Y. '^Tp^ KKW PWCTS regarding the park in which these \ie\vs were taken will not be amiss. /n\ Situated within the city limits of Watertown, the park is two hundred fifty feet above "The Square," and when the tower is completed which supplies the park with water the out- look from its top will be one hundred feet higher, or three hundred fifty feet above the city. The outlook from this stone tower will connnand an extensive view in every direction covering Lake Ontario — twelve miles away to the west — the -St. Lawrence river twenty miles to the north — the Black river valley to the north-east and north — an extensive landscape to the south and south-east of rich farming lands and the Rutland hills on the east. The work on this park was commenced three years ago, and already over two hundred acres have been laid out. The land set aside for park purposes covers over seven hundred acres. The park when completed, with its lake, ponds, drives and buildings, will equal anything of the kind anywhere. Given beautiful natural scenery made up of wooded hills and extensive views, emltellished with the work of the justly celebrated landscape architects and artists, the Olmsted Bros., together with an almost unlimited fund from which to draw, how can the results be l.)Ut the best? All this is the gift of some unknown donor, or donors. It is said that at the proper time the park will be named and the donors name, or names, will be known. May the pleasure of the giver, or givers, be multiplied by the amount of pleasure that thousands of indi\'iduals are receiving each summer who avail themselves of the enjoyment derived from visiting this beautiful place. Here art and nature have combined To do their very best, That tired humanity may find A place to come and rest. Here children love to come and play, To wade in waters cool, And sail their tiny ships away, Across their sea— the pool. Here at the clo.se of summer days, Come happy groups to take Their evening meal, as sunset rays Gleam on the distant lake. Oh, unknown donor ! Such a gift As this that you are giving. Can but ennoble and uplift, And help make life worth living. A Tkll'I.K KI.M-I.INKD AVI-;nUI': I.i:.\I)INr, TO THH IKKAIs, AM) k K-TK l-..\ 1 >, TiiAl' AKK lU'VOMi 'I SKE THEM ON THEIR WINDING WAY. 'NATURE ABOVE ART. •STKAIl'.HT Down THK CKOOKKI) i.ank. ■COMK rnKTH INTO TH1-; I.ICHT - 'm.m "OH, FOR A SEAT IN SOME POETIC NOOK. JUST HID WITH TKEEs [•RUE liEAITY I.WKLI.S IN DEKl' RETKKATS." SITTING IN A PI,EASANT SHADE THAT A GKOVK Ol-' MAPLES MADK. ■SWKET CHII.UIMl liAV^. THAT WKKli AS I.ONC AS TWKNTY DAYS AKU NOW. ■AMID THE QUIET OF THE GREEN RECESSES." llMSr; IIAITY WALKS AMI MIAli|-:S,' AN EASY CLIMB TO A VIEW SUBLIME. A WINDING ROAD WITH KVKRV TURN A PICTfRK. "COME TO THE SUNSET TREE.' ■m^y^'T