, 1876-07-02

lowing conversation & admit that it contains
slight yariations) between one Of them
and a stranger who had been stopping
lis coming here: Pretty Places", said /;
the stranger. Yes. )" "Hcalthy!'5 '' Healthy p
Why the very air we breathe is tonic OF health
no; that is, not now. Some time IN thc winter
they come prowliDg around" "Ah! do-do
they ever scalp any onc!" "Oh no, they're
not violent: sometimes they burn down 4 barn
or two but they never kill any one- But many
years ago. when the white man used to lie to
the red man, and the. red man. used to lie IN
wait and take the white mans scalp, there
were stirring times in this vicinity; and
according to tradition, the squaws Of Big Foot,
wrought moccasins for their bi:;-footcd lord, on
these very shores. But Mr.. Big Foot left long
tine time aso." stDid-did he paddle his own
canoc!'5 ::Don't know-ncyer hcard-think he
didn't Tradition says that n nc s,.ns ur his
lis lis hatehct, and silently stole away
on the war path; and was finally
killed by Adam Poe, whose lineal descendants
still live in this vicinity. But since the great
scalper departed, many changes have been
that we're have been widcned out into broad
highways, leading down the busy marts, and the
land has become q beautiful garden. The par
excellence Of its walks anddrivcs is conceded by
all, while the unsurpassable beauty OF
s estena alelaa: his Sf and ~spsrg asaia groves
musical with birds, is its crowning
wonder; and when the dying sunlight gilds the
sky with rare and roseate hues, and throws its
mellow radiance o'er lake, and hil1 and cluster
ing foliage, tits d beautiful picture" Ah!"
said the incrcdulous stranger, "Do-do you
carry little hatchet?" The landlord silently
arose, pulled down his vest, and said: We
have also. numerous medicinal springs that
bubble up By the Wayside; and they are spe-
eiic in certain cases. will take my solemn oath
that the water from any Of them will restore
the dryest throttle-yalve in existence to its
wontcd vigor. But are have reverence Tor the
sacred NAME Of truth: ue don't laud their infal-
libility to the skies!''
Perhaps some would like to know how the
people who come here amuse themselves. The
gentlemen get up ut about 5 o'clock in the
morning and so fishing; this they do nearly eV-
cry day, while the ladies arise somewhat later,
some OF them goGs6ing. In the evening they area all
together at the hotels, and it usually takes an
hour or two to talk over the adventures OF the
day. And two or three nights in the week the
young people have an opportunity to trip the
Slight fantastic toc'' to tLcir hearts content.
a STRING OF FISH OVER TWO RODS LONG.
E. 3. Springer, Of Chicago, and William Al
len, of Milwaukee, are rival "knights of the
rod and line " at GiGords; and last Tuesday
Mr.. Springer did remarkably well, bringing home
hoped that his "catcl" :" exceeded Mr. Aliens;
but when that gentleman vas interviewed, he
said calmly and deliberately any string OF fish
is over two rods long!" Then the ladies said:
ooh, Mr. Allen, what a-whoppcr!" But when
they measured the "string," 1t WIS found to
contain two perch and several fine bass.
Riding horseback and rowing seem to be the
rage among the young ladies' at Gnford's, and
am willing to admit they ride "pretty and
proud,' and pull q good, steady " stroke"
PERSONAL.
Mrs. William Hsde, wife Of the managing
editor Of thu ST. Louis Lepat;can, is at G1Tord's.
William Roll a:,d a party of friends are III
"fishing camp" on Okauchce Lake.
Bishop Talbot, Of indianapolis, and Bishop
Welles, Of Milwaukee, are at the ToTnscnd
House.
OTHER ARRIVALS.
0. P. Baker and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
E. Barrett and son, Charles P. Kellogg and son,
DR.. S. s. Harris, W. D. Kcrfoot, &. S. Pierce,
C. P. Thomas, Chicago; the Rev. E. W. Spauld-
ing, ". S. Lawson and wife, Milwaukee,; the
Rev. Mr.. Townsend, Fond du Lac; Dr.. Welles,
Waterloo, n T.; and c. E. Garfield, Plattyille,
Wis, are ut the Townsend House. Mrs. s: D.
ence ]. Peck, Ferd ". Peck and wife, ]. W.
Boariman, Edgar Fl. Goodrich, P. A. Lindscog,
Chicago; James Freeman and wife, Cincinnati;
Mrs. William Brown, st. Louis; and Louis H.
Peck, Providence, r. T., at Draper Hall.
N. Mandlcson, wife, and son, Cincinnati, at
Woodland.
Mrs. Hall, nurse, and two children, Chicago;
Mrs. Gooding, nurse, and two children, st.
Louis, ut Lakeside Seminary.
Misses Fannie and Hattie Allen at Gifford's.
KARL VANA.