Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-07-21
Summer Resorts and Watering Places.

| LII dQu Wcll-UOCO people III
general-like the songsters Of spring time
in their annual migrations--focked to
the various noted seaside and other
fashionable resorts in quest of health,
comfort and pleasure; but too often in
vain, for particularly in later years, the
kid-gloved yet iron-handed dictates of
fashion have transformed these choice
places of Nature, and these seasons of
rest and quiet, into hot-beds Of fashion
able dissipation, where "Shoddy" holds
high carnival, and the seeds of envy,
vice, and false life are sown, and whefc
real culture and refinement is elbowed
and overshadowed by the false, and COM
! PEELED to seek new resorts for old-time re-
unions OF quiet and enjoyment.
| Indeed 1T has become true that such
| places as Saratoga, Newport, Long Branch,
Atlantic City and other similar noted
resorts have been literally "seized and
occupied" as rule, by those or the de-
,cendants of those who became suddenly
enriched by the War,-Or speculations
growing out of it-and others possessed
of too easily acquired wealth and the
whirl and unhealthy excitements of SO
called ''high life" have rendered these
heretofore favorite summer resorts too
costly and i'll almost every way unpro-
ductive of that health, enjoyment and
rest which had made them famous.
But there's never an i'll without a
remedy" and of late years many of the
hdbitueS of Eastern pleasure resorts and
their successors have joined hands with
the pleasure-seekers of the West and
South, and have found and are finding
ACROSS the Plains" and in the grand
old mountains of COLORADO a new and
vigorous life, more thorough and health
full enjoyment, more complete and re-
operative rest, and stronger hold on de-
clining faculties of body and mind, than
was afforded by those other world-re-
nowned resorts in their palmiest days.
Never before in the history of this
country has the attention of its citizens
been SO excited and attracted to the
Great Western Empire, to the broad
fields, the shadowy valleys, the deep
canons, and the sky-piercing SUBMITS of
those grand old hills-God's stepping
stones which reach from earth to Heaven
and in whose bosoms lie hidden moro
than the wealth of the Inds" Never
seekers after health, wealth and pleasure
join hands in a march towards sunset
with such assurances of success.
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the homes hid away in the mountain
valleys, desirable and beautiful as any in
the shadows of the storied ALPS, none
are becoming SO widely and favorably
known, both in our own land and abroad,
as beautiful, lovely MANIToU SPRINGS,
happily and appropriately named Goods
oprngs"-or Springs of the Gods %
Here, nestled under the cool shadows
of the mountains-on the banks of the
beautiful Fontdine Qui BouiUe-in an en-
erald, grass-covered and hower-gemmed
valley, with life and health-giving
springs bubbllng up in silver ripples
from It's green sod, is situated that ample,
modern and most elegant hostelrie, the
MANIToU HOUSE, with its generous table
dhote, its large and comfortable rooms.
wide halls and shady piazzas, bath rooms,
hot, cold and medicated waters, where
the tired and worn out traveller, the in-
valid, and the e1lluied man of the world
can all spend weeks of thorough enjoy
ment, and drink in with every breath the
invigorating yet balmy mountain air, and
with 1t renewed health and spirits. and
are thus enabled with a stronger grip to
take new hold on life
Nowhere else in Colorado or the West.
that is so easy and cheap of access. ca
be found as desirable a home in every
sense of the word, where all the comforts
and luxuries of the best eastern hotek;
are reinforced by beautiful walks and
drives, convenient hunting and fishing,
and amid the grandest of Natures works.
Here the wearied, worn-out man of
business viii soon regain more than his
old-tlme health and vigor, and while en-
.oylng the luXurles and comforts SO lib
orally provided by the excellent host and
hostess of the MANIToU, Major and Mrs.
BARKER, he can enjoy that perfect rest Of
mind and body so long a stranger to him,
daily mail communication with his own
counting room.
Here the ladies and young people can
enjoy the most delightful drives and
rides in the Garden of the Gods" over
the broad and elevated nesas, through
the grand and shady canons, or increase
! their physical energies in excursions to
the summit of famous Pixies Peak, from
where can be seen such magnificent
views as are alone worth trip from the
sea-board, and while away the hours of
rest and recreation in social pleasures
in the ample parlors of their temporary
| home.
Here the sick and afflicted, with per-
feet rest and quiet, with every comfort
about them, quaffing the ife-giving wa
tiers and inhaling the healing airs from
the pine-covered hills, will be refreshed
as with new wine," and starry-eyed
hope soon take the place Of discourage
ment and despair.
From this point too che seeker after
fortunes bonanza can have quick
and easy commu14 cation with the vari-
Gus celebrated mining camps and towns,
and perchance gain not only established
health, but the means Of enjoying it to
it's fullest extent.
True it is that the favored mortals who
have once made the MANIToU their home,
ever after, in each recurring season, turn
their faces westward towards the same
Mecca" accompanied by an increasing
number of friends and acquaintance
and thus most appropriately may it be
named the "Saratoga of the Vest"
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