The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-10-11
A Haven for the Victims Of Hay
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This complaint is an exceedingly trouble
some one, and seems to be interesting in
frequency; 81 all eTents-speAkipg fCs our.
selTe-Ee bear more Of Il, and see more
instances Of Il, than We formerly did. 1t
dos not always put on the form Of =
estArTh. We remember an instance in
the month Of September, and the sufferer
got nd Of 1t BY passing that month in the
neighborhood Of Buffalo. Il seems from
the subjoiDed letter, that the air Q! the
island d MackinaE Is = sovereign remedy
fox the diStemp2. PGiientS resort Ihiiber
perfectly miserable, o. expecting TO be %.
with the complaint and are entirely cared
OF escape it altogether. It may be that
other plSoes are jet TO be found, the air
Of which Is equally eIectuAL. The sub
joined passages are an exttsc; from phi
TAte letter, the writer o: which, We are
sure, viii not object to see them publish-
ed for the general good:
~AAckHAw, Sept %, 1872.
I'VE arrived ST this beautiful island on
the l5ih Of August, and icund it al Ee
could desire, And the air cool and pleasant
Oar Chief inducements in coming here
Was that Mr.. - might avail himself Of
tie beneficial effects which the climate
vas said 10 have upon hIy.iever subjects
1t has proved even more favorable than
We had been led 70 hope.
ave arrived 8 few DAYS before the date
Of his usual attack, and be has escaped il
altogether. He hiss not had symptom
Of the complaint Such, moreover, has
been the experience Of some dozen other
subjects who are here In zone Of the
places that they have hitherto resoCted TO
have they ever before hGd absolute ex.
emptiOa.
"Oae lady arrived here few dsys since,
from Chicago, who had the AsthmStic form
Of the disease 50 severely that her husband
feared she could rot survive smother night
in the city. He brought her here, and
every symptom disappeared in one day.
Il Is 8 pity that 50 lew should avail them.
selves d the climate q this island, while
so many sufe- from this nAlAjy. The
hotel accommodations are very tair, Snd
the table excellent Among the hsy.fever
subjects DOW here are several very es;i-
mAble and agreeable gentlemen, embrac.
ing the clergy, the bar and the bench
The complaint hes sometimes been called
N alistOccaiic disease. From the repre-
ssn;suTes here it would, n one sense, al.
most seem TO be 50. 0ne, 9 clergyman,
afects 10 be very indignant when any
one speaks to him 0: hAy.fever as his
COLI
odd as this settlement is, very little
seems 70 be known about il BY Eastern
people. The best description can give
you OF it Is TO quote IRON the aco0uut
which Father Marquette wrote home 70
France IS early IS 1911, he having estAb.
lished mission here the year before:
'Michilimackinsc Is an island, famous
in these regions, Of more than 8 league in
diameter, and elevated in some places by
such high cliffs as 10 be seen more than
twelve leagues of It is situated Just in
the strait forming the communication be-
tween Lakes Huron and Illinois Mich.
gAn) Il is the key, and, as it were, the
gate for all the tribes IRON the south, as
the SsulL is for those Of the north, there
being in this section only these two pas
sages by water tOreach the French settle
ments
""This island was chosen as q mission
station because it presented q peculiarly
favorable opportunity Of instrucIiug those
who pass here A rude and unshspeIy
chspel, its sides OF logs and its roof Of
bark, was raised as the first sylvan shrine
Of Cath0liciiy at Michilimsckinac.
1.-The winds-for this is the central
point between the three lakes which sur
round it-seem necessarily tossing bail at
each other; for no sooner has the wind
ceased blowing from Lake Michigan than
Lake Huron hurls back the gale il has
received; aud Lake Superior, in It's turn,
sends forth its blasts from another quarter,
and thus the game Is played from zone 10
the other" This places the most noted
in this region for the abundance Of It's
fisheries; Tor, according to the Indian say.
ing, This is the home OF the fishes"
Elsewhere, although they exist in large
numbers, it Is not properly their home,
which is in the neighb0rhood Of Michili.
mAckinsc'
AS Father Marquette described the
island two hundred years ago, so it con-
tinues TO be at the present dsy. The
winds blow ineessantly as they did then,
and the fishes still make its vicinity their
home One Of the hotel boarders was
present, two days ago, when 8 800 pounds
OF whitefsh and lake trout were taken in
one haul OF the net. A large business is
done here in sending fresh fish packed in
ice 10 New York and other cities. The
island IS truly beautiful spot; the walks
picturesque, the views grand, and the 50.
lubrity and tuoyancy Of the climate are
very agreeable. AS a resort for health
and pleasure it cannot be surpassed. Mr..
= has suggested to Mr.. Ferry, the
United States Senator from this State,
who, It happens, was born on the island,
in the hotel where we are now boarding
This father having been missionary here
for many yearsO the idea Of inducing the
government, TO whom the island chiefly
belongs, 10 dedicate It for perpetual use
as public paIk-as has been done with
the Yosemite Valley-lor the resort Of
invalids and health seekers from the
South and West, as the seaboard is for
eastern people. Mr. Ferry seemed 10 be
struck with the idea. Mig ht not the Leg.
stature Of Michigan and those of the ad.
joining States be moved to petition Con-
gress TO that effect?
by next summer the railroad which Is
TO connect with the Northern Pacific
road, and also one other from Detroit,
will be finished through Michigan to the
opposite shore from here, about ten miles
across, and when finished there will be a
terry.boat, which will make this place
much more attractive and desirable to
many people who are afraid of the lakes
The telegraph lines are extended now to