, 1875-08-21
SUMMER RESORTS.
The Past and Future Of Geneva Lake
---An Old Town and a
New Resort.
Description Of q Lake that Rivals
Lake George in Beauty.
The Chicago People, and Their Villas,
Steamers, and Yachts.
Saratoga Springs kpw and Tlirty.three
Tears Ago--Hr. Stpwart's In.
proyelneuts.
Some Of the Political Lights at Macki-
naw-~.Senators Sherman and
Ferry.
The Weeks Gossip Mt NV.ltkcsll:l,
Sparta, and Grand Haven.
The Weeks Gossip Mt NVnlikcslla,
Sparta, ulltl Grand Haven.

9DGTlA% A1{l2 l1AhEnH
GENEVA LAKE.
THE eAKATo1A or TIE WET.
!Fpteiut Coyrtttondtnce Of 3he ChEaso T.46hne.
GESEvA LAgi, Wis.,, Aug. 19.--1t ia ntrango
enough to havo lad past and atill bo ablo to
look forward to d future. Tbia IL tue exception
al condition OF tho Wisconsin Gcncva. It IL an
old sottIemout, THAT is, old for tho West, but
it is new as resort. Some forty or fifty
yoars ngo goodly colony OF euDAtau,,a!
fofA camo hero from Western New York
md pitched tLoir tonts at the soutl, end Of
pretty lake they found in tAelr way. No wonder
they remained Thoy had brought With
them their Bnow-bal and hiao bus}1es /;
10 they huilt them noat little houses,
1aiutod then, white, sot out their bushes
IN tho front yard. planted their vines ut
the baBo OF tho porticos aud called their Bcttlo-
ment Geneva. 1t sounded. looked, and fcs Like
home. They wero thrifty aud long -livod peo-
pie. They cleared snd cultivated tloir land,
trailel tho vinea over the porcleB, aud
led d quiet and peaceful existence. Dur
ing tho thirty yoara following tilc,r Set
tloment there was ecarcsly an nrEiyai, except
the newborn, and only QUO departure. Tho
paAtor passed away as pcaccfu1ly u ho camo NJ
il to illustrate tho otorual fitless Ut tlDgs, he
went before to prepare tic way for
the flock ho 1efs behind. hut while
tie Woslcrn New Workers wero do4ing and
dreaming Oh tho banks OF this little lake, Groat
metropolis srrang suddenly iuto existence OH tho
tlIoro OF Lake Michigan, and it was not long be-
fore IL reached out 10 Goneyn for q now breath
ing place, and rouaod tho drouny folks from
their long nap. The locomotive snozlol and
groaued ~ it dragged out its cargocs
Ut city pcor.o weary and worn;
tho smooth H,rfaco Of tile lako wns
plowsd up by puffy little steamboats, tho land
round about suddenly assumed va1uos something
like tho discovery Of petroleum gave to tla
bickwheat folds Of Pennsylvania; tho old inn
put OF its s'oopiness aud frightened up undor
tho gorgeous tit!o Of "Sk Ueuia;"
contidlng man from Chicago, named
Whiting, put up a ncw and largo r hotel;
the buttcrnuts, rcd codar. linlens, aud oaks
around The lake began to givo way in part to
green lawns, rich tIowcr-bods, and grand walks
and driyea; nnl tho destiny Of Goneva WIS
flxod as
THE aAllATOHA OF THE wEHr.
For thirty years previous to aoulo four or five
yoars ago, nobody Was over heard to aaYo come
to Genova; within tleao iiyo years tho populA-
WILL ~ +Ao %ohubAlf Lha 4HI@toeoA AuSAt
u por cent. Livery-stablca. boa.-ronting,
aud boarding-housos have bocn adIed to
tho commerce OF tho village, md
profitable gardening to tlo occupation Of tlso
pcoplo Of tho surrounding country. Handsome
villas, with largo families and vast rct'nues OF
serving-pcople. hare added to tho population for
the summer, which is tho timo ! fancy. whom
tle CENSUS Is taken. IN fact, ssaid, sl:lct little
village hsa already bcen 1nctaulorEhos,-
ri {pfo tOrtrOnn{.u rnRnrt which
promises, before many scars, to DO ono az the
lnoBt beautiful anl popular watering Placcn in
tho West. It will certainty hold to Ch'caGo tho
position, that Saratoga holls to Now York:
tho West and South, whom fashionable
considerations haye heretofore induced to nlate
tho long, hot, aud tedious satltuad trip 70 tho
Enst tn tho summer timo. 1t eau bu rehd.ay
though tho trip now REQUIRES three Iu fact. the
Northwestern Railroad has Indicated willing
moss to put on trains that shall span tho, dis
sanco IN that time whom = now and 1nrEo
hotol sha bg provided, Tha will sc'rsly far
somo Chicago gentlemen who make thelr ht'mcsa
hero during tho summer haso about tetcrm med
10 undertake it, and that IL equivalent to
v1go1ons prosecution OF tho work. Tho new
hotc1 viii DO located on a suitable spot fronting
uron tho lake, nud At some. diAsance from, t',o
village. 1t will abound in poEticocs and Railways,
and will DO resonant with tho babblo of children
when 1t IL dono.
is. of course, Tho proyocation and attraction OF
ucnosa as = su191ner-Ecsott:. 1t WAS formerly
known as ''HiG Foot LaAe." aud gaye local
liabllatiun sud Aatno to d line OF lndau Chlota.
But slis waa too literal for tho uno sul!sn Of CIV.
ill2at!on, and hence the change. Az q matter OF
fact. tho lake Inns something tho shape Of large
loot. With buy Gu tue oaHt g.tlo for its hcol.
rounded poiut dlagonaily opposite for tho ln-
step, ts too leading down to tho village. at'! 'ts
somewhat crooked ono, it 's true. but not
that hccount; II tho average ballot
wore diyestod Of its artificial accessosses,
Il might not present a stsa.ghscr log than this
lako wi1l Al! its c.ooka and turna. toueya
Lake IL BY far tin hanlson4cs.. 81 Il is the
largest 7 believe, Of tho cluster OF Wlscnnsln
lakes. 4 has length Of from . to 10 miles;
aud W1ath II Y, q ttom ton miles, and is lined
ecssion Of points aud bays that vary and hear-
tlly il at Ill parts, It has pobhly bottom, whero
bottom eau DO scou. aud attcsts tho drift forma-
tion y Tho huge boHlde5s that sre na!lY
aee IN
through lttt!o crock into Foi hiyer. thence
INTO tho lilsno!s, aud 80 dowu iuto the Gulf Of
Mexico, and y s!ngulatly clear Of tho 1uslses
ad " re Fe's nthSr tn mar tho beauty q nearly
IL not too cold in summer for BATH.
ing, sud tlu beach Affords excellent bathing
places: The fishing IL good iu soason. and will
grow better instead OF worse, as the residonts
along the banks hava determined Ia kaep it well
stocked with 6aas. The cisco tlsh. whlch run it,
swartns for about week syery yoasou, will al.
WAYS 10 novelty aud furnish great sport at
lcust opc1 year. ThoY cume In Juue to
catcA lily, which Ia not uLlike tho saad-
ily that comes upon Chicago from the Iake At
limos like tue locusts OF Egypt they then dis
appear into tho deep waters tor Andthor Year.
Iile CISCO are really frssh-wates herring. sud
resemble The harrings caught 10 Botne s1tsut lu
tho uortlaEn part OF Lake Michigan.
TUE LAKE GENEVA f..EEr
includes stesnlsfa, xteAul-yachs, Ba,l.y4chta, aud
sow-to4ts oS oyesy description. Tho broad OK
pauss VI the lake y.yes ample Bcope for ali kinda
Ut boating, while ita usual ptlell surface renders
sailpx pleasure ooiupasau.sig fEes from