The Owosso times., 1882-03-10

south road. the Mackinaw division OF the
Michigan Central. Both these roads now
reach the Straits, only thirty miles from
Bay View. Both roads, also, form june,
tions with almost the entire system of
View from any part OF our country how
ever distant. can be rs speedy as steam
and steel can make IL.
e. 1t should he in the midst of pleasant
scencry. Bay View meets this d, mand.
True there are in sight no mountain
glaciers or snow capped SUBMITS or deep
CULTS. or whirlpOOls, ar cataracts. But
there arc as grand forests ~ can be seer
any where this aide California. And
there are natural terraces rising one above
another from the Bay to the height of hun
dreds Of feet. covered with those magnif-
cent forests. And there is the clear blue
Bay itself. unsurpassed by any sheet of
water to be found east or west. while in
plain view rs the broad lake Michigan on
whose deep blue waters tie steamers and
the white sails pass. bearing away the
products of ten thousand farms And
there, too, are the Bay View sunsets. v0ich
have been pronounced by travelled men
more gorgeous and enchanting than the
sunsets OF Italy or California. To wit.
ness an autumn sunset ut Bay View has
richly repaid many one for The long
journey he has taken. Certainly this spot
is not devoid Of enchanting scenery.
3. II should lie away from the great
cities from which the thousands of
characterlcss beings of both sexes surge
out and back daily 10 the annoyance and
peril of all who seek lawful recreation
and rest. Bay View meets this demand
1t Is abOut 200 miles from Grand Rapids
$50 from Detroit: 800 from Chicago;
hence II lie safely removed from the great.
dangerous masses.
4. 1t should be in healthy latitude
and locality Bay View meets this de-
mand emncntly. Indeed. this il its great
est attraction. The climate il delightful
and invigorating in remarkable degree
The almost invariable western breeze
sweeps over an hundred miles OF pure
fresh water and its energizing effect upon
mind and body is very perceptible. No
malariUus matter can he borne on that
breeze, and there are no adjacent swamps
or marshes to poison the Inhabitants with
| their exhalaiiOns. The enfeebled care
worn. toiler. the hay fever patient. and the
asthmatic sufferers, find alike their asylum
there. Till late in the fall do many of
them lingcr to breathe that perfect air
| and luxurate in the richness of that ro-
mantle Summer Home; or. il obliged Ia
| return sooner to their business and
| families. they will often make the journey
u second or third time in the same sea
son.
II. WHAT?
I. The Western Summer Resort should
be democratic. equal. free from clans,
casts. classes. Bay View is such. It,
| denizens are no respccters of persons.
| The banker, lawyer. merchant, profession
al man is near nrighhor to the mechanic.
| the farmer. the labOrr They visit
together, walk together, worship together
and often can they both be- seen with
barred arms and pcrspiring brows tOiling
| away AT the roots of some former tall
monarch of the forest. This complete
equality of society, this forgetting for ~
| little while, of its artificial distinctions and
its distastrful articles, is most delightful
feature of Bay View.
2. II should b. inexpensive. Such il
| Bay View. Its advantages satisfy the
reasonable wishes of the wealthy, AT the
| slme time they are within reach IF tn, ~
| Of moderate means. Life membership in
| the Association is only ten dollars and the
| annual rent Of lot is only five dollars:
and the poor man can take The best lot il
| he makes his selection first. All building
| materials and labor are cheap; comp, ting
! lines Of transportation make provision and
| furniture cheap; boprd mt the Bay View
| hotel ar ia the hotels and boarding houses
| in PeiGskry. one mile distant. is as G cd
and as cheap rs At other towns through u
| the country Five great railroads united
last year in carving passengers at onefIr
for the round trip during term of liberia
limits and it is cxpcccd that still Other
roads will do the same in the future. Tn
styles OF building thus far adopted are no!
expensive. the cottAg varying in cost
from two 10 ten hundred dollars. And T.
the credit Of The good sense of the ladies
ut Bay View be it said they have not yet
adopted those silly cxtravanccs in dress
| which have distinguished and disgrnced ~,
many Of the eastern summer resorts.
Heaven grant they never may.
3. 1t should he moral Such is Bay
View. Evil may go there as it may e,
everywhere but in Heaven. Blu; the
government of the Association is con
slructed and conducted with special refer
ence to the moral safety Of those families
who may dwell there through the summer
in the absence of their natural protectors
No person can lease u lot unless he is y
mcmb Of, aid conforms To the rul 4 Oi
the Association. Neither u leased ut nor
the premises of the Association c,n b.
diverted to any other use than ia It OI
"Summnr residence and re lgious con
VIC ton and worship" N iltoAica ing
liquors or tobacco in any form Can be sold
on the premises or on any leased lot, ANA
no firearms can be used for diversion on
the premises during the time of the annual
gatherings. These and other regulations
make the place rs safe morally ss H.
possible.
A. 1t should be place of religion,
worship. No summer resort should b
established without its sanctuary and 1t.
divine service; otherwise, il will becOm,
place of danger and of degeneracy
Bay View is u place of worship. Pre-
eminently IL Is u Metho list State Ciinp
Ground. Yet it is in no sense exclusive
All moral and christian people have the
same privileges of membership in tht
Association. of renting lots and erecting
cottages, of transportation. of electing
trustees and officers, of worship. rs do the
MethOdists. And very many, not Of thar
denomination, have awaited themselves OF
these privileges. But 1t is the settled pur
pose of the Michigan Camp Ground
Association to hold Bay View, not only Ms
a summer resort, but as a place of worship
rs long us time shall last. And thus fan
the appointments for worship have been
most delightful. The earnest. solid
camp meetings held there have been sea
sons of spiritual refrcshings The Tenn.
perance meetings. Missionary meetings,
sunday School institutes, Biblical lectures
Scientific lectures were occasions of rare
interest and profit.
And so the Western Summer Home is