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


In the encampment is mostly OF light
growth-.wslnut, white and black oak,
ash, cedar, elm. hickory and tulip,
va.iegatcd with thorn and sumach.
The cottage We hsve described has album
dance Of shade with not q tree in its vi
cinity large enough to endsnger its safety
IL one Of them should be uprooted in 9
heavy wind.
THE STREETS
Parallel with the shore are numbered,
and seven squares are laid out between
the Lake and the Earblehead, Port Clin-
ton and Findlsy road. East and West
the avenues bear such euphonious names
as Lynne, Sycamore, Maple, Walnut,
Central, Cedar, Jasmine. Laurel, Vine,
Peach, Plum, Cherry, Elm, and Poplar.
Lake Park, near the dock, is high and
shaded ground overlooking the lake, and
Is constant resort because Of the de-
lightful and ever changing views, which
are q continual feast to the eye.
THE ISLANDS.
Four miles to the northeast, Kelley's
Island invites the row-boats, which, to-
gether with sail vessels and other craft
that ply between the islands, are always
in sight when it is not too rough for such
navigation. Catswba Island, q PENN
sula now attached by q narrow neck to
that ON which Lakeside is situated,
stretches like a green ribbon along the
east, and is one of the most productive
in grapes and peaches of any of the
islands. To the north Is Putin. Bay,
far-famed and historic, SO universally
visited as to need no mention here. and
SO lovely in itself and its approaches that
it would be Gibraltar for our space
and pen. Everyone who visits Lakeside
should see all the islands between San
dusky and Point.au-Pelse, and then
cease to wonder that IN the navigable
channels, making the highways between
and around them, crowded steamers with
excursionists daily salute each other;
and tourists are likely to repeat voyage
to these vernal or rocky gems set in the
blue waters Of an ever changing and,
whether in storm or calm, most delight
full substitute for genuine sea.
SOIL AND PRODUCTS.
From the waters edge there is grad
ual ascent three-fourths of q mile, termi-
mating in q ridge or crest, affording
carriage drives. Marblehead,
e mile above, has post-office, good
dock, and a life-saving statien-the best
on tho Lake. The roads are macadam-
lied with limestone, and are in excellent
order. Tho few inhabitants along the
shore are mostly engaged in quarrying
and shipping limestone, which is taken
away in largesquantities, and prepared
for use. Those in the interior devote
to the raising Of peaches,
corn, wheat, oats. potatoes, and other
which grow luxuriantly and
produce abundantly. Though the soil is
thin, II is rich black leaf mould mixed
with sand, and apparently the product
Of decayed vegetation and the deposit Of
the water Of the lake, which at some
distant period covered.the entire surface.
The bowlders that e..along the shore
are many of them at common level,
planed on the surface, and as uniformly
in one direction las though |
the glacier had intended them for wash
boards. The
SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS
Privileges during the week spent there |
ere pleasant memories. So long as we |
we're listening to DIR. Boolc and Mrs. |
Robinson. both remarkable in their way,
We thought We must say good deal |
about them; but concluded to write only
'or those who have not been there, and |
might ask, concerning it, questions pos
'ibly answered here, and SO be induced
10 make arrangements to go and see for
themselves, or buy and build and enjoy
, summer homo at Lakeside.