New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-19
ruE THOUSAND ISLANDS.
rrrrR FROM DIR. J. G. HOLLAND.

LIZ -n,nxpp's MAGAZINE DESCRIBES
7uF CHARMS OF THE ST. L'"hhND'' i''DS- 80
sr,,vrR SEAT OF "BoNNIcAsILh -hhsi' 'Ni 40
- sr,Co,sr ARE ADVISED TO GO INTO
m, ,vrrRIoR FOR THEIR SUMMER VACArioN'
tAe razor Of The Ir'"""" -,
s,p. If can present far 'inpfeSsio', Vi '''' q"
oih RS region for health and pleasure,
durinc the Summer months arn SUI o, ''" -
- 70 the people OF NewYork City and the
e'G"s eaohoard | am entirely convinced that
r. yorl neople. and all people who live near 'he
-. sbopld seek their summer change In the III
- once knew simple old woman. Who wheh
ss,se5 IN Get a change of air, replied that she hao
49,, nouch for she went from the cellar 10 tnc
rret half dozen times a day. and otten went o'''
90 the wei and the barn. The NeW-1orAei wiz
cocks his Summer change at Newport al Lung
Rrapcn. or Coney Island, or Rockaway' ee'S JuS'
ahor, ,s ruch AS the old woman did, for be never
leaves the kind of air that he lives IN. III ~ "eSnoi
o,d ri afer al the seaside resorts near houe' "u'
they give him radical and esseh'ia' cninEe'
IT, Who GO 10 the White Mountains Western
Massachusetts and Vermont. do better, but those
mo come here, l am sure, 90 best, Tor many
reasons.
ra v there is not on the face Of the globe such
4,er river as the st. Lawrence. Imagine a
,,-ood river varying from three miles to ten miles
l., uidtb fed by the great American lakes by water
that in IFS passage has deposited all Its NTH ana
dust and comes after its tumble over Niagara ais
as clear as crystal TO its final passage 30 the sea-
IMAGINE this superb stream finding its sinuous way
through labyrinth of /. 500 islands, among which
man NAV sail for days without crossing his track
with not rod of dead water along its shores, and
with not even a suspicion of malaria in the atmos-
pbere above it. Imagine q Summer climate III
which the DAYS are never hot and hreezeless, and
cnl md hrap
evenings are never so damp to make it necessary
to sit within doors, and you have the conditions OF
summer life at the thousand Islands.
GREAT sANATARIUM.
This IS NV fourth Summer here. and my con-
staDtlv growing love and admiration OF the
region were never SO great as now, and am COP
WINGED that it is destined to become the great sani-
tarum OF the sea-coast population Of the country.
There Is nothing like it there is nothing that equals
H. II is well enough for the New-fOrker who Is
bound to his business TO spend night and a day
at the seaside resorts of easy access but the faml-
lies that spend their Summers out of the city Will ID
the future am convinced, come here more and
more until these islands Will present one of the bust
est scenes OF holiday life to be found the Cont
nent
The passenger who lands at Clayton. one of the
terminl III the Utica and Black River Railroad, VIII
find Inns # on the river, about 800 miles north OF
New-York. which he left about fourteen hours ne
fore CLAYTON itself has fwo very well kept sum
mer hotels. and is quite a charming little village.
1t Is. indeed the most considerable village between
Cane Vincent ana Ogdensburg At this point the
passenger Is met by steamer that plies regularly
between the railroad station and Alexandra Bay.
As he turns HIS eve down the river alexandra Bay
Is II miles below the first object that meets his
eve is the new and very beautiful hotel OF Rand
Island ere cted this season, and just ready now Tor
Summer visitors. The purchase Of this fine island
and the erection of this hotel were the work Of
colony of the Baptist persuasion The island has
been divided into lots for cottages. and sold. The
place promises TO be very attractive and prosper
Passing down the river still further the visitor
will find established at the head of Wells Island
the Methodist Camp-Cround. known as the " Thou
sand Island Park This is the oldest, largest and
most successful of the sectarian enterprises here
and is visited bv thr0nFs OF people every Summer,
while many live here during the season III pictur-
esnue group of elegant ana commodiOus cottages
This association has adopted the Summer fashion of
such resorts. and has a camp-meeting, followed by
Sunday-school, temperance, and scientific CONVEX
lions. with lectures etc. Wells Island is quite long
extending down the river about eight miles Scat
tered along is shores are numbers of cottages some
of them in groups. where neighbors have come to-
petbcr for the Summer One Of these groups is
known as The Jolly Oaks" The favorable points
ON the mainland opposite are occupied in the same
way. Point Vivian is occupied By a group OF eight
or ten cottages. built and inhabited by colony
from Evais Mills. The lower end of Wells Island
ia occupied by Westminster Peak, a Presbyterian
ASSOCIATION II has a church and two hotels, with
number of beautiful cottages, and some fourteen
miles OF roads laid out.
EXCELLENT HABITS.
But the great centre Of Summer life here is Alex
andria Bay Ii occupies the most picturesque posi-
ton on tins side of the river the islands near 1t are
occupied by the finest dwellings, and the hotels Of
the place are paatal-afteT the snowy manner OF
Summer hotels. / will not undertake 10 state the
capacity of these houses, but the Thousand Island
House IS very large, and the CTossman House IS
ONLY MOI so large although believe II is TO be
doubled IN its guest-holdng capacity. They are
both very good houses. They do not equal the
Windsor or Brevoort. but they are luxury itself
when compared with anything have ever found on
the coast of Maine. believe both houses do better
by their guests than they can afford to do. There
il great-almOst bitter-competition between
them one that dislike to see. and that is not
healthy to either-for there is patronage for them
both At this time both are full or nearly so, and
often III the height of the season. they are COM
PEELED to lodge a part of their guests about the
village. The village has two churches and excel |
lent variety stores and a population Of about five
hundred people, devoted manly to the river in the
capacity of bOat-builders and Oarsmen.
The development of this region as Summer re-
sort began good many years ago. with the fisher
The fishing was fine in the old times. and |
sportsInen came from ali quarters There was duck
shooting in the Autumn. and this brought only |
men; but IN process OF time these sportsmen began |
to bring their wives and children. 1t was not the |
highest class of people. but among them were GER