The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-08-26

every case Tor W years, under lease re-
newable forever thereafter without fee
This wise plan is the very reason why
many people besides Methodists buy lot.
build cottages and spend the summer
months there, "because" as ono of these
said to me, ''it is the only place we know
Of where we may take our young boyi
and families, and feel sure of immunity
from liquor drinking, gambling and evil
usually found in connection with summer
resorts" Professional and business men
exhausted over-worked women, teachers
both men and women, 60 there and stay
as long as they can be spared from thei,
regular employment,-some Of them two
or three months,-to recuperate and en-
joy ths recrestive rest to be found there,
il they do not wish or are not able to at.
tend the public services. Said this com.
panion of bench on the beach: "I have
two daughters who are teachers, and
have built cottage here that they and
the rest Of my family may get the res,
and change they absolutely need in the
summer months, and If these Methodist
people will hold vigorously to their first
intention and not allow it to run into O
. resort for idle and vicious or fashiona.
BILE dissipation, they will confer an in.
calculable benefit upon hundreds who
would on no account remain here If these
rules were not in force. This is q COM
ment on the relations of morality, sObri-
ETY. and religion to property value that
should be suggestive to towns and cities
IMPROVEMENTS.
The Lakeside Company have built a
hotel costing $22 900; dock at cost of
5000; q windmill bringing water,
through pipes laid out into the Lake, into
large tanks in the encampment. They
have also store and market kept open
the year round, large building where
ice cream and lunch arc served or sold,
. pavilion capable of seating several
thousand persons; and telegraph Office,
book and stationary store in connection
with the post-office.
November 1st newspaper, The Lake
side Carrier, will be published. Rev. j.
P. Mills, who has been connected with
the Assembly Herald at Chautauqua,
will have charge Of it. and it will be is
sued monthly until the height of the sea-
son when it win appear daily for three
weeks, and continue the rest of the year
monthly. 1t is expected that this will
greatly promote the interests Of the en-
campment and will be heartily welcomed.
LOTS AND COTTAGES.
Fifty rods from the auditorium, on
the old plot, lots sell at from SIS to s25
each, and sccording to their situation
and desirability, range all the way up to
$3.50. On the addition those best located
are held at $40O and $500.
Many cottages are built Of pine lum-
Der and put up ineIpensively to answer
purposes Of shelter and passable comfort
for . month or so In midsummer. 9th
ers who make Of them an all summer
residence, and have an eye to beauty
and convenience, build more substantial
and very tasteful dwellings. That which
We describe is one OF the medium in size
and expensiveness. and will cost when
the finishing coat Of paint is on, about
$3.50. The upright, 12x24 feet, is divided
on the first floor into sitting and dining
rooms by matched partition. with cur
tains in place of folding or slide doors
II has ball or stairway ct one eide, the
space under the stairs being made into q
cupboard or pantry, opening into the
dining-room. A kitchen one story high
Is added at the back, and under the floor
q very small cellar for keeping meat,
milk, butter, and ice, is accessible by q
trap door.
The walls are Of matched flooring,
planed on both sides, which gives an
econoWicsl finish inside as we'll as out.
side, and carpets can be easily fitted, as
they could not il the house was enclosed
by studding and clapboards. Verandahs
with upper balconies, reached by win
dows opening upon hinges. both above
and below, add much to the apparent
capacity of the cottage, and looking
toward the encampment on the east and
afording charming lake views to the
north, are indispensable to comfort, and
always invite occupancy. These are
finished with ornamental columns, brack-
cts and balustrades. The chamber of
this hospitable playhouse il divided into
three bedrooms, the hall at the foot of
the stairs being furnished with hooks for
hanging wraps, and above having space
for q cot bedstesd and moro cloak and
trunk room. r.-.
li CHEAP FURNISHING.
Bracket or corner shelves in all the
rooms, neatly finished light but com.
modious tables adapted to the uses Of
each room. and plenty Of hooks in the
relieve the Inconvenience of a
short supply of bureaus and closets, and
with inexpensive carpeting and plenti-
full use Of curtain material. and ingeni-
ous feminine devices, with lounges and
easy chairs brought from home to stay,
it is wonderful how nearly this
snRIR But COMFORTABLE HOUSEKEEPING
and for the time eclipses, the
more complicated way in which people
supply their needs at home. Gasoline
and coal oil stoves are mostly used, and
the handy person, with q few planed
boards and tools, soon contrives model
kitchen, which would delight any un-
spoiled feminine heart. Good bread
and cakes. made upon the grounds, can
be bought frcsh at reasonable prices,
and with meat. fruit, milk and vegeta.