Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-09-13
BAW-BEESE LAKE.

llILLNDALE Co., MICn., Sept. 81, 1878.
DEAR JouRNAL:-l wonder il you and the
BOYS think have passed in my checks, MS
have not written for some time. II so, be at
once undrccived. AS "Mna" bless her smI
ing c"uniVnance,) has said, I've been taking II
short vacation, but you can look for me often
now aud I've seen much that NAV possibly be
of interest, having been lQnking up the natural
features in Indiana aud Michigan the past few
lays. So lnok ou', fnr I'm conn lg, ~ Colonel
Beard, "f Detroit, says, "aad you'll hear me
when drop. At present am at Baw-Brese
bake iustead Of MIllernve. This notable lake
is situated mar Ilillsda'e. the county seat III
lliilsdale c. unity, aud is one 0f the ~ my beam
tiiul places Of resort in Michigan. The lake
is about two miles long aud one mile wide, and
is the head al II string "f lakes, five in number,
OF sim lar >zr. would give y"u their respec-
tive names. but ful hear, as | strained INV Jaw
badly nn the Scpnnd one, To day. Sept. Sd is
gala day tor die 0wnsrs of the lakes, rs the
grand bnai TnGe nf the season takes place be
tgeg1 the sh0-wae- -cae- -mettes agd Floral Ciiv
crew also, single, daAble aud fnur-oared Scull
aud barge races. The hrst named club are sand
to be the Champions ni the State, and une nftheir
number champion 0f the United Siatas in n
single spnll. Hut the funniest race nf all was
the Tub race. with six participants. five Of whom
had Ia SWIM ashore, aud the winning one
brought reeollectinns ~ NY Riind of old iliuge-
mes in his TUB and what u lonesome time he
must have had. Another race worthy Of note
was between creased Rig and u mau--swim
ming race, | mean, The particulars a re thus
lv: A pule was suspended Hbnve the lake in u
Slanting p'Sitl"n. from the shore, about forty
feet in length, 0n the farlheSt extremity nf
which WAS n box aud in the box the grensed
pig. The conditions Uf the race were, that the
man should climb the pole--alsn CREASED aud
ihrnw tue pig inta the water. aud il he beat the
pig ashore lie was 10 receive 500. IL not, he was
to reorive noihiug. Sow, Eish to remark,
there was some tall swimming seemed as
though Mrs. Zig had been ia that slppsry pn-
sition befuTe, lsastwise she came Uut ahead
amid rnars of laughter: but what made me
wratlv they didn't offer ilIe $2G to the pig.
! will pow give yon few nnticeablas in city
aud cuHulry. Pirst llllsdale is Indeed II beau
tlBl city Of bniSee 5000 aud 5000 inhabit.
ants nicely l"eaied, svstemntic4lly LAID ont
aud OnBtninS soTe very fine residences. Bni
iB ons iliDg Wood county Ia far, far ahesd and
that il in county buildings Thvir coyrt house
is ga old Hm6le dnwp strpctnre, with nnl even
. fence around il. The Jail is n total
acteTs we're iuGaTcerated therein IL was nrces-
saTy Ia emvuy n guard day and night. IL n
conversation Eith the Probate Judge | asked
why it vas ib,t 81 rich clBntY h,d such pntT
buildings, lie replied, HWe'ge tried four dif-
fIoni tiwss to have appropriations allowed for
county improvements and the people voted them
down. SuH see we dnRt have such Commits
sinners as W"nd oounly. II iS all left To the
people and they w9n'I be tsyed." Their sch"Ol
law is rnijreIy finrTent fIuIn ours they have
one man in each township Ia examine teachers
aud one mhH ia each spbdistriOi does the hir-
ing of leaPbeIS. ! alsn learned frnm g0ud an
lhurly, HAT since they had done away with
county snprTinvndents the schpols had been
deieIhTntjTg evel since, and have no req son
To doubt il. ! heard Of Une lady teacher who
taught here this Sug,mer fur 50 so per week
and bnsFdsd heTself. WondeT how TINT wnpld
strite the Wood oosnty teaohers. Male teach
ers, some at leaSl, taught last winter fnr 81 per
day ard bnaTded themselves. Why is il that
teachers receive sgch sspaii wsgssf ] was in
turned by 2 pers ~ yhn kRew, that To his per.
sonal knnwiedge there were three loyusbip
examineTs whO could scarcely wriie lhejr own
names, W0Hldn't they he highly perlu med
specimeps % spy Who had tue necessary Qualj-
aoali0hg IN teach SehqOl
As to cgoPsin billsdale o0unty, ss near as !
eqD learn, " heat will average aboui 20 bushels
psF acre. IL ti1s Is wheat county, think
Xnnd can lay IL Ia the shade. As " corn,
saw hut one good fsld 10 the whole county, and
there's where we've got EN- again. So, taking
ii AL 10 alt, glmious old Wood can beat any of
the farm productions, 50 far as | have potsed.
Hurrah for Oll Wood counts yet ALF.