, 1873-08-31

tho ,nofghborhood., 1loro Ia amongst them a
shnll nro1lnd which m,1cl, sotontiilo lorcnt yiii
gnthor, md tho wrftor would Buggest TINT coni
30 tnkon aud sent to Blr John Lubbock or Prof.
Huxley.
mood not fcol surprise tllnt 1,aporto III bad
"niggor-ahow" town, md equally unpatronlzing
Of bIliartl-snloong. Laporto Ia not over.
churclol; tho city is run prlncipn'ly y tho 1nty;
therefore 1t occasionally fndulBoa IN inoaorll-
ichl friction than tho gneraiity of towis III tho
6talo. but lilo yisltur foels TINT t1lero IL
OH: THING WANTING.
Ao Hoon discovers TINT many. OF Its cltlzonaa,
by carly industry mud integrity, lavo 1nalo thor
honored old ago.. 1Io fools that tho city much
resembles T. ca!hodra1-town Of tho Old Country,
infused with Q hoalthly ntimulus Of trade; that
there Is nm order and ropoBo about 1t which sllg-
gest tho scat Of an institution OF loaraiug. IIo
looks at tho prominent fontures of tho rolling
country, expecting to 900 a college browning ono
Of tho beautiful crostg surrounding tito town
but It is not tlero Thoro arc numerous altos
9yorlooking Its chain Of Oear, Stone, Lilly,
beaches invite tho bathcn and whoao wators in
vito tho oarnnan; tllcro nro mon among its citi-
zona qualified By education and meanB to coact
such MI Institution into Huccess, II tl,oy do not
many Of onr Western collogog A few years
honce ought to seo such MI institution IN full
swing; the shores OF tho lakos furnished witt,
handsome bathing-houaos (tho bathing would
eom'nonce at least e'ght to ton ,weo1ss oarilor
with handsome villas, and tic wators with tha
whito flowers Of nailng-boats.
In one Of tho many beautiful groves On tho
Hhoro Of Pine Lake, the annual
CAMp-atEETIN0
Of tho Wesleyan Moslollsts is bong held. It
ia ono Of those temples whore tho Corlnthian
columns OF Naturo's growth spring uoavou-
ward from sward Of mosBy grass, and shed =
grateful shade over tho crowd Of anxious in-
is probably thcologicaliy hereditary from our
Drllidcal ancestors but doubt whether tho1
osthotlc thsto would allow It to bo marrod by uu.
alghtly piloB Of neutrality-suspicious. lumber.
repair to ali adjoining grove, whoro frieudt
invite to
and whero tho Joyous laugh Of ohildron, and tho
flowers, arc making little Heaven Of thoir own.
The serious duties Of n "focd culminato In ice.
cream, whon, loud peal Of thunder, and in.
simultaneously q rclentloBs polling Of hall-stonos
lighted up by vivid Iaahcs Of 1,l6rillotl eloetrici
ty, compel US hurriody to sock tho douHer foage
Of young hickory, cram tho ladies' and children
into u she covered buggios, and put ourselves into
ful royiow of tho lightning conductors around us,
aud mock awaiting Of tho resultB for one hour,
during Which scarcely u word iB spoken, aud the
leaves aud bougha aro being romoraelessly
atttohou 'lotA buo tIeost huu tAo laho III 1oamlnB
npward in ono M0Ba OF fountains three feet high.
We stand IN tco-Wator; ice-water is dripping
through tho buggy-covers down the chiua and
over tho shoulders of our shivoring pots.
uAL-8ToNE5
hve inches in circumference, two inches thick
on tho ground, aud occasionally striking au OK
posed hand or boot with the force OF a rock
hurled from catapult. arc tho nnalo to tho
picnic. A bronx III the storm enables us to
gather up tho fragments that rcrnaiu, but eyery~
thing that WIS eatablo is in ono rude ice-burinl
spoons, knives and FORKS aro rescued, hut the
gtasses arc s1nashcd. We know not whether wo
were sinners above all others, but wo four TINT
the saints in tho adjoining grove woro oq,lally
yictimizea by tho Clorl Of the Wcathor. Tho
raln-fall in tho form Of leo was not lees tLnn
throe inches, aud suf1lco1 to raiao the loyol Of
the lakes six inclcs,-probably equivalent to
the enormous harvest Of ice gathered in during
last wiutcr. JouN W. C1AnUE