Daily globe., 1883-07-09
MINNkIONK MELANGE.

Sunday and served as an incentive to
drive everybody from the, cities to the
country Or to the lake resorts in order to
secure a breath OF fresh air and to have
their brows fduned 10y the gentle breeze,
did not exist yesterday and yet of the two
the latter was by far the most inviting
AMI vet the fewest number availed them
selves of the opportunity to enjoy the
rare beauty of lhe occasion. The GLOBE
reporter, while glad to have been enabled
to spend day so very inviting at so
renowned place as MInnetonka. is sorry
to report matters there as fearfully, and to
the anxious, waiting landlords, most tear
fully dull and uninteresting. There is
about all the caravans aries a look of
vacancy, an empty void, which
somehow begets In the breast Of the visitor
n feeling of loneliness, and causes him to
uwardIy wish for all concerned that the
situation might be otherwise. And so 1T
will be, perhaps. but the season is waning,
and as summer resorts, like farmers, must
make hay while the sun shines. and get in
their crops before the frosts of tie fall and
the SHOWS of the winter overtake them, it
is i'm portant, pecuniarly considered, that
they DO better from this on than they have
been. They can't thrive on wind, whether
it consists of puffS from the lake or puffs
from the newspaper, though the latter, it
must be accorded, : very necessary as
well as decided hylper. A few additional
names have been ADDED to the list of regu
lars at the hotels, and We learned that ex-
pectatiOn is on tiptoe for the present and
the coming week, when, II is fondly antici-
pated, marked change will have been
brought about. We can only say. so mote
it be-
Bat, with all the present dUllnesS ii,
about and aroaud the lake, there is no time
hardly, Ill All the J ear, when visit to its
SnOnS does not pay. and as there are ser
mons 10 be found Ia almost every thing ami
mate aud inanimale, the beautiful III nature,
in STOCKS aud stones, in every variety OF
crime, SO There Is alSa1 :, no matter what
the situation or how unfavorable the
conditioEs something worthy of record
touching Lake Minnetonka whether il lies
quiet, reSsfUl and peaceful, shining and
slimneclng beuea'h the sua's sharp rays
oc Is stirred to its very depths by angry
storm and strife of winds. Every day
but adds to its beauty and as Its attrac-
tivenesS grows ana increases with the
coming and the going of the days, months
and years, so wlll the poet and the writer
coltiuue 10 extol and sing its praises,
The steamers. the Belle OF Minnetonka
and the City of st. Louis, we're only mo /
erateIy patronized, but taking one day
with another aad counting the num-
erous Sunday school and church excursions
which have been and those announced for
5he future, it may be said that they are
not losing anything, though there is no
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stouter pressure. They are both excellent
boats, handsomely equipped and "a trip
around the lake aboard either the one or
the other is several hours we'll aud happily
spent
The Minneapolis & ST. Louis railroad
,w lands its passengers right at the Lake
| Park hotel, so that it is no longer neces-
sary to wait the coming or going of
steamers Oc smaller boats to- reach that
favorite rtsort; favorite, because so charm
lu.ly situated, surrounded by green groves
| beneath whose umbcageous branches the
old folks fad ease and comfort, the chill
dren fuu and frolic, and the lovers quiet
retiring trysting places, where they car
coo Is the dove, say unutterably soft and
silly thing, and after all feel, oh, so awful
awful happy.
Your reporter dined g. the Lake Par
ana while, perhaps, the dinner was not, a:
some would say, fit for the gods, it wa;
emineutly 1T for men. 1t was eieganUJ
prepared. and it was cores spondiugiy ap
precIated. Evidently the larder is looked
after in such way as to occasion no fear
that there will be a shortage i rations. Til,
center piece of one of the tables is fat
10 Of l,n o1-,
Pa5k hotel r. is the handiwock of tht
head waiter, Billy Murray, and is quit,
artistic, indee,:, aud. While exhibiting the
nice taste of the man. shows also what
beautiful thing can be wrought out OF Sc
common and every Gay au affair, at al
well regulated tables, as the indispensable
napkin.
This report would not be complete with
out mention OF the orchestra now estab
iished for the season, at the Park hote
and which is under the leadership Of Nj
Charles NJ. Fisher, ably assisted by "
Cii~bie. second violin: ". a. Ciisbie, basso
J. Peri, flute; &. Renni, clarioL ct: Z.
Stocking, cornet; D. Stocking, secon
cornet. and Prof Z. Brooks. trombone
The gentlemen composing the orchestr
are picked men from Haverly's old troup,
!
whole an accomplished body of first-cla;
musicians. They performed during tn
dinner hour, rendering some beautifl
pieces, charming and enchanting ever
a one within hearing. 1t is a pleasure
: any time when hungry to partake of
!, good dinner, out to eat and at the san
- time be accompanied by strains
sweetest music adds zest TO Il
u appetite and makes the hungry hungrie
r The Lake Park Ill securiI
q this additional attraction has made tel
n strike indeed. Among the pieces sn bea
10 tifully rendered was the ''Mastodon' owe
'r ture," composed by Prof. Brooks, STAN
3 ing him, at once, as possessed of superiC
le musical knowledge and from whom mo
q in the same line may be anticipated.
"a At the Lafayette the Jonnotta SUNNI
=; =; Concert company is established and
ii already given the first of its series of co
certs for the season. 1t is an excellent
ganization and will no doubt so condU
itself as to add very materially to the
Lo fractions of the now quite famous hoteI
~ If the steamers, the Belle and St. Lou
would now only follow suit, and cal
ne each band, to enliven things, they wor
only be doing what in justice, the oc'
re sion demands and thereby make the