Morning journal and courier., 1880-09-27
Price Four Cents.

overhang1ng trees and the stiffness that can almost be felt. When proposing to 90 with @ stranger to the place, I always manage a pleasant surprise by the size of the waters from the fact that they suppose the extent of them is not beyond the first britoe.n but when that is ''undergone' and the far-reach- ing northward extent of them is beheld then the visitor for the first time begins to enter into some of the enthusiasm that fan cled would be felt from the outset pre- sume nothing suits the majority of people so
 much as to be in the fashion D and when A fashion IS one that combines health pleas
 ure, recreation and general benefit it is one
 of the very few kinds to be commended.
 Such is rowing, particularly upon this sheet
 of water. Go out there whenever you will,
 at any season of the year (when the weather
 will allow, and you will find others vieing
 with you in their boats-and what a variety
 of them there are. Not being profession
 aI' l cannot give you their modern scientific
 names, but most of your readers will know
 the kinds allude to by my humble descrip-
 tion. First, and probably the most used of
 all, IS the "outrigger, gracefully shaped, dark wood, sharp, easy rowing craft, about thirty to forty feet long and carrying only two Gust enough for company. Should
 these two ''chance" to be gentleman and
 lady, and such is quite frequently the case, it
 old song about ''rowing,'' how the young
 swain sings to his 'lady love:''
 "And will furnish motive power
 If you will only steer.ns
 Again, the birch-bark canoe is fast coming into use on the lake. A few years ago it was
 rare thing, and now you see them by the
 dozen. They are the most graceful (if skill
 fully handled) of all others that navigate the
 lake, and they can be shot through the water
 with much speed too. I undertook to race with one few days ago. and in less than a mile I was ''distanced believe it is the |. 4, IL
 occupants lined with fire-red, for that not only gives them pretty and jaunty look, but acts as contrast>to their otherwise sombre color. They glide along so noiselessly through the water that it is next to impossible to tell of their presence except by sight. Many time in them do you see some of our most respected citizens with their families Then you have the fiat -bottomed boat, much like the sharpies that are used about our harbor. They are very eaW to pull, and are obtained at such trihing cost that the hire of them is frequent for party of several, and besides they do not upset at all easily-therefore they are much in use by those learning to row. Besides those I have named are boats of the Yale boys, used by the students and the city residents for practice, and they are too we'll known to need any description here But how they do go. They dart past you so quickly as to remind you of what coachman once told fellow of the speed of his masters horses over that of the other master, ''It would be so much greater that if I should ever meet you and give you a race you would think you were going t'other way''-and with these shells You see them and then you don't see them, for they are gone.
 Of course there are many other kinds of boats on the lake, but these are the most patronized, and if you go up there any pleas ant afternoon you will be surprised at meet ing so many of your friends. As you turn the wooded point of ''private grounds" about a mile above the first bridge and look north ward towards the second bridge, you will see whole fleet on the water which were out of sight before. Having by good steering safely passed the second bridge, and done without farm wagon being driven over your head while you were going under, you quick ly come to the third bridge, and to the most in- teresting part of the whole TOW. Passing little point where the waters divide, which seems to be island, but is in reality peninsula, you steer to the eastward and fol- low the stream to it's head. Should you go to the left you will go but little farther and then get fastened in the water-weeds of a stagnant pond. Upon this little (seeming) taken lunch with friends But going further north, and carefully following the channel and avoiding the lily pods, which would show many blossoms if allowed to mature, you push by the ugly stumps that are thickly scattered about, some above and some under meath the surface. A word of caution. Look out for these stumps and getting grounded" on one of them, for (except you have good company) it is not enjoyable You need not wait there for the tide to rise''-only the 't1de of fortune'' will take you off-but if you pass this place successfully you then have deep water and scenery for the next mile that is difficult to find anywhere else. The water is generally so quiet here that the reflection of the banks, particularly on the western shore, is so perfect that it is more beautiful than the reality. Late in the after noon, or by moonlight, this is the romantic part of the whole. The stiffness is so mo- ticeab1e that the croak of bullfrog or splashing of water-turtle off log into the lake startles you with shock. Now row gently, pull slowly, and let your oars disturb the water as little as possible and enjoy the surroundings. Before you are aware you have reached the angle where the stream turns sharply eastward, and after you have passed large tree that has fallen almost over your track, you may know that you are near ly at your journeys end. The hour and half you have spent to gain this place has gone you know not where, for you have felt no fatigue from your efforts, so well pleased have you been with the pleasure of the sights you have seen. You can row home easily in an hour, and if you do not vote you have had treat, you are not of the opinion of M. c. s.