The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12

is lesson to be learned from the eX-
plOSiOn Of the CincinnatiS, and that is,
that a club spends too much money.
The Chicagos pay $4,000 in advance
for rent, they pay about Sc 1000 for the
seasonin travelling expenses, and they
have heavy salary list. When on the
read they stop at firSt-class hotels, go
to the ball grounds in barouches in
| stead OF street cars, and deny them
selves nothing which the spirit yearnS
| for. There must be u reduction in
rates OF admission, and a heavy CUT
| ting down in expenses. The intense
interest felt out here few years ago
| has almost died out; we have de-
throned our idols unless we can see
them for a cheap rate.
! And now comes the sensationalist,
saying: Lo, there is death in the ice
housep Tive of the large cemeteries
near the city, where the favored ones
among the dead are buried, are beauti-
i fed with ponds, which are an orna-
ment in summer and source Of profit.
in winter. When the frost comes, the
ice-gatherers descend OH these ponds,
by agreement with the cemetery COM
panies, and gather their harvest, which
they store away to chill the July cock
tail. This has gone Oh for years, and
no one has objected, but now, while
this ice. is tinkling in the glass, the
alarmist rises and says that the I'M
pleasant and deadly juices of our sires
leach through into these ponds, are
converted into fatal crystals, which,
melting in the glass, disseminate slow
Ipoison. We love our grandsires, and
would be glad to have them back
again, but not in such chilly way.
AS the thermometer rises here,
trunk packing begins, and the leaders
of society are preparing to wing their
fight. But the places they are seeking
indicate the pressure Of hard times.
Very few are off for Europe, and very
few for the East. They have deserted
salt water for fresh, and pitch their
tents on the shores of Lake Michigan
or the lakes of Wisconsin, which are
SO near as to allow merchant to do
business in the city, and yet spend an
occasional night with his family. Nor
is there any dearth of mineral springs
which can be advertised as excelling
those Of Saratoga. Where q man OWLS
several acres in a pretty location, he
invariably manages to have q mineral
spring break out on his estate. 1t con-
! tains, on an analysis, an incredible
; number of grains Of sodium and
things. and it grapples successfully
with the ailments of some veteran in
valid who strayed up there on fishing
excursion. Several barrels are filled
with the fluid and given to druggists,
who peddle it out at five cents glass.
A frame house is run up, q little fancy
advertising is done, and there's your
watering place.
The sufferers from hay fever are be-
: ginning to shuttle, and are looking for
) ward to MackinaW and comfort. At
that aforementioned and Wind-sWept
place they find purer atmosphere and
a pretty exclusive fish diet. The favor
tie excursion is to take Lake Superior
boat and spend a couple of weeks in
sailing between here and Duluth, find
ing nights which are always cool and
scenery which always charms. Dur
ing July and August the courts adj
journ, and even burglars take vaca-
ton. The city is practically locked up
and abandoned, and the farm houses
and country hotels reap their best and
most profitable harvest.