New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-08-08
A WESTERN SUMMER RESORT.
TUE Sr,soN AT prrT.IN.BAY.

QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF WINES MANU-.
FACTURED on THE ISLANDS.
irRoN SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THR TRBUNEl
PUr-IN-BAY, Ohio. July 3l.--Untl within a
comparatively period the Western people were too
busy and perhaps too prssac to join in large numbers In
the Summer pilgrimage In search of rest cooness ana
change which 1t has long been the fashion for Eastern
people to make. Folks living west of the Aheghanies
used to read delights OF Saratoga and Newport
OF phase OF life half foreign and almost
incomprehensbie. But wealth has Increased and
brought with leisure and culture. western tourists
have become the best patrons OF the Eastern watering
Places compensatng for the loss of the free
handed SOutherners OF ntebellum times AS the Gus
tom OF taking midsummer vacations for health and
pleasure grows search is made for places home
in which 10 while the annual of idleness.
Such places demanded only by the rich who want
TO avoid the long Journeys necessary reach Eastern
resorts. by middle class people who economic
in travelling expenses Naturally the Great Lakes
offer peculiar advantages. The scenery their
shores monoonous but the cool breezes that sweep
their surface aud the facilities they afford for bathing
and all aquatic sports than compensate for the
lack OF picturesque features in landscape Summer
hotels begin TO multiply on the islands In Lake Erie at
MacEnac, in the strait uniting Lakes Huron and Mohi
gan, at the Saut Ste Marie and at various points
Lake superior. Among all these resorts Put-n-Bay is
the best known and probably the most attractive. The
bay is a creScenshared indentatiOn the northern
shore OF an island OF the same name, and Is made a
landocked harbor by bold rocky et that lies across
Its mouth. Putin-Bay Island, called on the
maps sosth Pass. is OF group of
about dozen islands lying the head
of Lake Erie. The whole island is vineyard. except
here aud there bit OF woodland garden pasture and
the same be said of the entire archipelago. The
limestone rock underlying the thin soil OF the Islands.
and the influence upon the climate exered by the sur
rounding waters keeping off late Spring and early Fan
frosts make the Catawba and other native vines pecu
lfarfr 1tg-,. aofsa 10 how a
well or develop their wine-producns qualities to such
perfection.
HOW TO GO TO PUT-IN-BAY.
Visitors reach the islands from Sandusky, Cleveland,
Toledo, and Detroit by From sandusky to Pat
Inlay sail Of only two hours and there is seldom In
Summer running heavy enough make the passage
uncomfortable Two steamers leave Sandusky daily
one fine side-wheeer-the Jay COoke-Which goes as
far as Detroit. calling the way at kely's Island,
Middle Bass, the Bay, and the other a propeller,
plying between the islands and Sandusky only People
coming the East who do not fear encounteTng the
jerky motion OF the short, chOpping waves OF the lake.
Will find the voyage from Cleveland enjoyable. The |
steamer Gazee leaves that city every morning at
O'Clock aud reaches the Bay at There is also daily
boat from TOledO-the ChefJustice Withdrawing,
think in the morning, and from Detroit. The vine
covered archipelago, washed by the clear cold waters
OF the lake. and famed by breezes that make the sui
trest July day cool as June morning. Is remarka
bly, adapted pleasure resort for the people OF the
is nothing mitigate the fierce Summer heats. Visitors
leaving Cincinnati Chicago Indianapolis in the
evening reach here next morning, or by starting
early in the morning they come through by day
light 1t is wonder that hotels MULTIPLY year
by year. / believe that ten years hence this
will be the most frequented watering place
the country, except Saratoga and the three four
principal seaside resorts. The for this belief is
evident The East full of attractive Summer retreats.
The and valleys of the Aleghanies the Catkils
and the White Mountains, the mineral springs OF Virginia
the lakes Of Central and Northern NewYork the valleys
Of the Hudson and the Housatonic. and the whole
stretch of coast from EistpOrt to Old Point Comfort
abound in delightful spots for tourists and Summer resi-
dents The thrOng of pleasure and health seekers from
Eastern cities must therefore, divide itself among
these many attractive places. III the West ii
Is different Between Niagara Falls the
east and Colorado on the west, and
between Mdckinac the north and Lookout Mountain
the SOUTH there is not Summer Of any
except PutnBay. and there few places which have
sufficient natural advantages to become such. 1t Is
therefore safe predict that the people
who yearly visit these islands pleasure will, be-
fore long. hundreds thousands. and that
Of hotels will be required to house and feed them
ATTRACTIONS OF ISLANDS AND LAKE
Among the pleasures Of lettering here l would place
first the decously cool invigorating air. and next
sailing and rowing the bay around the rocky island
OF Gibraltar OF the harbOrs mouth 30 the neigh
boring islands the open lake. In the bay and IN the
vicinity all the islands the color Of the water is
lovely light green further out. where 1t deepens, 1t
shades off into sapphire blue. There good bathing
houses and shelving sandy beach a few minutes walk
from the hotels OF course, compared with a rush into
the Atlantic rollers, bathing here is somewhat tame
nevertheless. it by TO be despsed
alton ana healthfu stimulus. For sportsmen black
bass fishing is great attraction. II is best In May
and October. and the presence of hundreds
OF amateur fishermen in these months makes
the hotel season much longer than at Eastern watering
places. Driving and riding pleasures that be
enjoyed within very limits only of this
little island world be made in 20 minutes. Kelys
Island the largest OF the group affords scope
the activities OF exploring parties, but there
foot of road be two or three short excur
sionS There enough here, however, for pedes
tran tours, and "A with a spring of ice cold
In It's furtnest furnishes interesting destina
ton Besides these there the vineyards which lend
10 the otherwise prosac inland landscapes peculiar
charm. Now, a vineyard is not whit more beautiful
10 see than fine field of Indian corn, but its
impression on the mind is quite another
thing. The field suggests poetry,
no romance, DO Old World memories. Who.
ever heard OF rejoicing that he could sat
under his cOrn-stak The vineyard has gracious
and poetcal effect upon fancy while field
suggests only prOsae IDEAS, and that is all
know about il. Besides tho bathing, boating fishing,
and walks vines laden with ripening grapes,
there remains for time-king the usual Incidents OF
watering -place hotel life: the lounging broad
verandas, music the awne, the evening dances,
and the customary amount of small talk The hotels
are toeraOly goOd-better the whole than Sum
ner hotels, the sleepingrooms being large and a
rule well furnished As for the table at these establish
ents the guest had make up his mind that the
liberal promises 10 the eye made by the bills OF
fare Will be broken to the palate AT Put