Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-08-27
CHAUTACOUA LAKE.

promised you letter before leaving
home, but 1 find it difficult to keep such a
promise. The less we have to do, the more
averse we are to doing, and vacation rests
are of all periods the most unfavorabIe for
correspondence. What with boating, sleep
ing, eating. and thinking of nothing. the
time slips away unnoted. We are resting
here, and ourselves, and especially the
children, are enjoying the change.
This is, in many respects. the pleasant
est point on Lake Chautauqua. 1t is little
changed since two years ago, save that one
hotel, the Chautauqua Lake House. has
been enlarged to double its former capacity
and is improved in other respects. The
house is filled to overfewing. and has inst
been obliged to refuse a number of appli-
cants.
We spent Saturday and Monday at Fair
Point, seeing the crowd and hearing the
speeches at the great Sabbath-school As
sembly. We found the grounds somewhat
improved. more particularly by the cutting
away of underbrush. Very many new cot
tages have been added-some of them quite
attractive in appearance, others, otherwise.
The main improvements are in the line of
instruction, at the Park of Palestine and
the Model Of Jerusalem. Much can be
learned in a short time by walking through
this Park, climbing the miniature Hermon
and Lebanon, or descending to the basin
of the Dead Sea. The relative position of
Palestine localities is impressed on the
mind, and Bible knowledge is freshened.
We noticed that quite number were mis-
led from not considering the two different
scales on which the park is constructed
the scale of height being seven times as
great as that of the breadth. As a result
the hills are marvelously steep, and we find
ourselves wondering how any one could
have passed from Jericho to Jerusalem. A
farmer, after surveying the land from Dan
to Beersheba. remarked very sagely, that
if Palestine was so rough country, he
WOulu mol WISH TO i've Jnere!
The interesting event of Saturday was
the arrival of President Grant. The As
sociated Press reports have informed you
of the doings. We had the pleasure of
being in a steamer which sailed for a mile
alongside the presidential yacht, and gave
us a good opportunity to see wherein in
physical appearance, he differed from Or
dinary mortals. The crowd on the ground
was tremendous. 1t was estimated at from
twenty-five to thirty thousand. The Pres
dents short speech was heard by few, but
most of the assemblage could readily hear
the long speeches that followed.
The convention is doing a good work in
many respects, and is certainly increasing
the interest in Bible study. The Normal
Glass is quite an interesting feature. A
competitive examination was held at the
close, in which 1856, who had been engaged
in the studies of the class for the past two
weeks, contended for the mastery. A di-
ploma is given to successful candidates,
and they call themselves Alumni of the
Normal College of Chautauque Lake As
sociation.
We decline to criticize anything in work
so good, but the charges for admission need
reform, and the newspapers ought to use
their influence to bring it about. A meet.
ing of this kind should be benefit to the
surrounding country, but the multitudes
are shut out from it, and many are com.
planning and even embittered. Fifty cents
admission, with no reduction for family,
certainly seems unreasonable; and if this
Annual Association is to commend its
cause to the residents of Chautauqua coun.
ty, at least, there must be reform in this
matter.
We are contemplating, tomorrow, a fam
lily trip to Lake View, six miles south. The
number of pleasant steamers on the lake
permit fine opportunities for such excur.
sions. Four large steamers, besides sever
al yachts, now ply between Mayville and
Jamestown-most of them twice day.
The weather is splendid-not too warm,
and but little rain since our arrival.
Yours, J.N.M.
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