, 1875-05-09
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ANoTHEn WISCONSIN, WATERINq-pLACE-


| Special Correspondence Of The Chicago Tribune.
LAKESIDE, Wis, May TIM TRIBUNE is eve
4 welcome visitor hero, and it seems natural tx
US to regard it as one Of our best friends. vi
were just tho least bit in the world jealous, las
year, at reading such glowing accounts of the
Watering places OF Wisconsin in your columns,
not word about this the gam Of tha whole
and think you ought et least to acknowledge ON
existence. =:
MIR. ". T. Coolbaugh, Mr.. Eugcns s. Pike,
Mr. c. ". Belden, Mr. George Eegleston, MIR.
| Z. r. Chamberlain, Mr. II. G. Goudy, Mr. +. ".
| Peck, Mr.. G. H. Wheeler, Mr. F. s. Fairchi1d,
Mr.. ". H. Cunningham, A1r, Charles Fargo, Mr.
Edward Asay, Mr. i. G. Tenney, Mr. 4. a. Den-
ming. Mr. n H. Loomis, Mr. J. B. Lyon, Mr. J.
l. Farweu, Ar. J. s. Cooper, AMI n-number OF
other prominent Cbicagoans, whose names I do
not now recall, we're here last GUNNER; and the
opinion Was unanimous TINT more beautifu],
peaceful, hoa]thful spot does not exist III the
world than this. favored lttle ,nsst among the
lakes Of Wisconsin. 80,
/ must tell you this is none OF your noisy,
scrsaming, haring, fashionable hot-beds of H.
tigue, furry. and toppery. We haye the best Of
the best, or, as the French go well put it, la
creme de la creme, for our visitors, and they
como here with one desire, namely: health, rest
and tranquil enjoyment. +
Our hotel accommodations arc unique, con-
sisting of a picturesque group Of cottages, all
perfectly comfortable, elegant, aud modern, with
the yaEnish rubbed or and tho scent of the for
est flowers aud green meadows petvading all.
: The main hotel buildings are mora like big
family clubhouse than anything else. Mr. G.
D. Naah. Of Milwaukee, the eminent banker. to
whom they belong. has gone to great ex-
penaa to render: them in every way suitable
= the tastes of the c1asa Of people whom
as our regular summer vis;tors1; and
they are just perfect, and, withal. the e1-
penses here are not greater than they would be
At any moderate boarding house. The: capacity
Of tho hotel hae been greatly enlarged, md the
entire place so improved and beaut1fed that one
may well say nature and art can do no mora.
:. The fairgrounds are 50 rods distant from
the lake. 100 feet shove it. and 500 dees above
Lake Michigan The grounds slope gently down
to tho waters edge, Which is ftinged with most
charming pebbl5 shore: On the east and vest,
the cottages are shrted With the grand old for
est the lake occupying the South line. To the
north, there Is flch landscape Of fertile pas
tures and green meadows, either: side OF the
tree-ernbowered ayenue leading to tbs raiIroad
oepos- with an a1nphltheasra Of tha everlasting
There is splendid fishing and rowing, SHOOT
ing and walking There is admirable system Of
attendance: The scream Of the railroad whistle
is sufficiently far of TO be lost in the dimness
Of distance and sufficiently near to be accessi-
bic. 4 large drawing and reception room hns
been added to the hotel, rs well as magnificent
bowling-alley.: Opposite the cottages are the
Oakton Springs, tho proprietor Of which claims
the SANS virtues for than as arac cconceded to,
Wau1esha water. A steamer plies to and fro At
I'll hours Of the dAy= Pewaukse Lake, On the
shores of which thies charming spot hxs boan
created, is 23 mi1es west Sof ht1aaaks5, 66n de: