New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-09-03
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The people of this city are highly
favored in outside attractions. There
is one place of resort in the city, near
St. Anthony Falls on the east bank of
the river, the stranger to the city
should visit. The Chalybente Springs,
seven in number, are highly commend.
ed for their medicinal properties.
The chemical character of the water
is strictly All alkaline mineral, and the
water is beneficial in hot and cold
baths as we'll as when taken internally.
The springs are easy of access, and the
grounds have been made very attrac-
tive by the ingenuity of man so that
one may spend delightful afternoon
there. Minnehaha is so well known
we pass it this time with bare men.
ton. Lake Calhoun is another one of
the outside attractions easy of access.
But the place of resort, which leasd
all others, and will more and more in
time to come, is Lake Mi2,a,eto,ka.
This picturesque sheet of water is fif.
teen miles southwest of Minneapolis
and is reached by the St. Paul & Paci.
fic railroad.
which in the tongue of the Sioux Indi-
ans means ''Big Water is composed
"of a series Of bays, some twenty-five
in number which form chain of what
appears to be a succession Of distinct
lakes, but are joined by estuaries,
many of which are navigable by the
steamers. There are sixteen thous.
and acres in these bays and all are sur
rounded by beautiful groves of forest
trees. Such is the general shape Of the
lake, quitting points and crooked beach
es, that its shore line is three or four
hundred miles in extent. There are
numerous sites for hotels and resi-
dences on the pr0lnontaries and points
extending into the lake which are very
attractive. There are two villages on
the lake, Excelsior on the south shore
six miles from Wayzata on the north
shore. OF these two villages, Excel
sior is the larger, and very popular
resort.
Lake Minnetonka is already resorted
to by thousands for sport and recrea-
ton. The legislature of last winter
incorporated the
MINNETONKA PARK ASSOCIATION
which had laid out grounds a mile
from Excelsior, on the peninsula ly.
ing between Gidion's Bay, the main
lake, the Narrows and the upper
Lake. The idea of this Park associa.
ton is to furnish moral, spiritual, in.
tellectual, and social attractions,
in addition to the allurements
of nature, for those who prefer profit
able and entertaining recreation to
dissipating pleasures. The associa-
ton intends TIC make this desirable
summer resort for this class of people;
it offers unsectarian ground for reli-
giou5, scientific, literary, musical, and
moral reform meetings; and third
and prominent object is the organiza.
ton of an ''undenOminational Sabbath
School Assembly on its own neutral
territory. The shore frontage of the
Park is over four miles; but, we are
told that such is the shape Of it no
part is more than eighty rods from
the beaches.
The Park association has built no.
tel, auditorium docks, icehouses, &c.
and prepared generally for the sum.
mer's work. The season was opened
Aug. 9th, by the Minnetonka Sunday
School Assembly which was to con-
tinue three weeks. For one dollar
fifty cents any one is entitled to the
grounds for the season. The ticket
gives admission to forty two lectures
and concerts; twenty four normal les
sons, and other exercises. These lee
lures, concerts, &c. ARE given by some
of the ablest and most noted men and
women in the country. One feature
of the numerous lectures given this
season is worthy Of special mention;
we refer to their scientific character.
Science is the ally Of religion. There
is no real antogonism between them
and this is most strickingly demon
Istrated in the lectures here given. Re.
lliGion and her teachers are not at all
afraid Of the most thorough scientific
Investigation and research. If there
is not much that passes for religion
/ that is not religion, so there is much
/ that is called science that is ne
science. II is well that this Assembli
IRives 90 much attention to the scien
/ Fife basis Of Biblical religion.
We spent one day at the Park, thl
8 round trip costing, including admis
] sion to all the sessions Of one day an(
6 the sail on the lake, the small sum o
j. lone dollar. Crowds have attended ii
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