The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-28
CHATAUQUA LAKE.
An Interesting Letter From the
"Register's" own Correspond.

"Reytster's" own Correspond.
ent.
Editors OF the Register:
Well, we have enjoyed the beauties of
Chatauqua Lake
Now, there maybe reader who knows
nothing of this delightful summer re-
sort. so, attention please, while We
explain.
Chatauqua Lake is at the western ex-
tremity New York, seventy miles from
Buffalo, is seven miles from Lake Erie
726 feet above the level of that lake, is
1900 feet above tide level, ia about
twenty-five miles in length, varies in
width from one to three miles and is said
world navigsble by steam.
The village OF Mayvile, county seat Of
Chatauqus, is located at the head of the
lake, jamestown at the lower limit Of
lake navigation, and the village Of Flu
wanna at the foot OF the lake.
At these places, rs well rs the interme-
diate ones of Bernus' Point, the summer
village of Lake View and Gritith's
Point, are good hotels for the accommo.
dstlon Of summer guests, where the price
of board ranges from ten to fourteen dol
lars per week.
Its excellent fishing, beautiful drives,
fine rowing and grea. altitude combine
10 render this region one of the most at
tractive summer resorts: and the best fea
ture OF all is, it does not require fortune
to spend a summer there.
We had the pleasure of visiting
FAIR POINT,
a camp ground of eighty acres covered
with forest trees and bordering on the
lake. Here the National Sunday School
Convention has convened for the past
three wears, and here, in the woods, we
found village of five thousand lnhabi-
tsnts. Here the most learned Bible stu
dents in the land are employed to instruct
Sunday School teachers how to teach.
The first orators of the day here discuss
topics bearing upon the best modes OF
training the youth of our country. As
aids to instruction in Bible history r.
PARK or PALESTINE
is laid out on the border of the lake. The
student is told to imagine that the lake is
the Mediterranean sea, and as he jour
neys along he passes by ancient
Jerusalem, Nazareth. bethlehem, the
river Jordan, the Desd sea, Jacobs
Well, mountains of Lebanon, and many
other places familiar to the Bible student
accurately represented in miniature.
In another part of the ground is the
JEWISH TABERNACLE,
representing the court, al.aT and sacri-
fee, and laver, the holy place with its
golden candlestick. table of shew bread
and altar OF incense, and lastly the Holy
of HOLES, where is kept the ark of the
covenant with the Cherubim over5hsdow-
ng the mercy seat
At another point may be seen a minis
ture
MODERN JERUSALEM,
pronounced by Eastern travellers 10 be a
very correct illustration.
AN ORIENTAL HOUSE,
modelled after house in Jerusalem, is
fillsd with costumes, implements OF war,
farming, and cooking, musical instru-
nents, and other oriental curiosities. We
were particularly interested in the in
strument made by eastern women for
grinding corn. Two grindstones lying
fat, one on top of the other, the upper
one with hole through the middle, in
which the corn 10 be ground Is put, is
what it consists Of As we seized the
hsndle and with difficulty moved it
backward and forward, We .ancied with
what patience q genuine, stave-shead,
hungry son of America would wait for
us TO grind his corn and baKe his griddle
cakes lor breakfast, we're We obliged to
use such an instrument as that.
A miniature section oi the great
EGYPTIAN PYRAMID
located in another part Of the ground
gives the student correct idea of the in