Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1885-06-18

VI 2Isuaaons u ene Altera}V 'oooletles OF tne
y q Old Mi0hisy1nStitution.
Bay y Bees. Ia.,Ikad ii. Horror n.mini.-
cene6 OF Bygone Days.
Special TsIffam to The Inter Ocean. -
HILIfbALE, June 9.-4This is a..ereat
wee}for HiIlsdale, ths.seat Of Hjfsdals
y0Asge, the second must imQgfant ed
dcatienaI institution in Michigan. 1t
n Is not only the week Of enhancement,
the most important .skBht of the year,
but also the season Rethe quinqusnnial
reunions OF the lltHary societies. which
are the great fe1ture OF the institutions
Hundreds os}6fmer students, now graz
haired mspf&nd sober matr0ns, are If
irving f6m all parts Of the world .o're-
unltSgand recall the hair Oil and t,0quet
pasf0d OF their existence. Hillsdalo is a
mlxed institution, and most of them
fell In love here. Once week the young
men are permitted to spend q short |
evening in the parors of East Hall, sa-
cred to The ladies. As the stern precep.
tress rings the bell the ladies are escort
ed to the stairs by the young gentlemen.
There they must separate. but even after |
the second bell hasrung the young JUL
cts lean over the baRister and smila
the golden ssairs.
The tourist on his way from New York
to Chicago by the way OF the Michigan
Division of the Lake Shore road will OBJ
serve after leaving the comparatively
level region of fine farms In the vicinity
OF Adrian and Hudson, Mich, that the
scene suddenly changes. The landscape
| OF green hill IL dotted here and thsre
with lille lakes clear as crystal. Even
the air seems purer, and the railroad de-
parts from the straight and narrow way
and allows itself the license of winding
around very much as il peases. This
is Hlllsdale county. No wonder that il
produced poetl 1t was here that VIII ,
Al. Carleton, the poet of the iural people
famous as the author of "Betsey and /
Are Out" and, oyer the Hills to the
Poor House." did his earliest and best
work. His farmer father lived near !
Hudson. The train hugs the shore of a
larger body OF water than the others. 1t
Is y
BAw BEEsE LAKE. h
famous for ito ice and as the water upon :
which the Hillsdals Boat Club, once y
champions Of the werld learned to row. q
IL has also passed Into history as the q
scene OF the saddest casualty that ever =
happened in southern Michigan. One =
balmy morning in 1875 many car loads %
of Sunday school children came from Z,
COldwater, some miles west Of Hillsdale. 81
and picknicked on the shores of Baw .,
Beese Lake. The boat accom- modatiOns nj
were wretehed, bat the placid water of r
the lake lnred even the most timid out ir
upon its surface. The great depth of n,
the water gives IL n dark hue, and Ii is r.
nearly always smooth as glass. A fiat "a,
haot a ha Sc
the attractions. Children and adults IA.
crowded on the boat until there was w
room only. Then, with young n,
sters shouting and waving flags. the to
Iueer craft ret out. Suddenly the CAV p,
hrong on shore started to their feet "a
With cry of horror. Then there came mr.
'eross the dark cold water concerted ha
cream that made mothers ceyer their No
'ars to shut out the awful sound. The po
lat boat with mere than score Of won. ma
N and children had capsizsd Parents ran b a
rantically up and down the shore una sb
lie to aid their drowning little ones. m,
trong men sprang into the only two an
Ow boats ut hand and rowed desperate 10
toward the drowning people, bat their for
oats were heavy and before they could in
each them all was over and the cries In,
ad ceased. OF all the happy throng an,
aat had left shore but few minutes nr el
efore only half dozen were saved and hn,
,urteen lay at the bottom of the lake. eel
he work OF dragging for the bodies was wit
apt up until nearly midnight. unt
THIRTEEN RIGID. DRIPPING BODIES. y
t tn1' sy a sono,ng, moaning Mul' shi
sst bound train. 1t had been impOss- tho
9 10 find one of the eorpses. but five ofii i
inutes before the arrival of the train o otf.'
was recovered. A relative took the wro
ipping corpse in his arms, sprang in Of
hack, and was driven at break onn
ok pace half mile with his CHASTITY and
al, arriving just in time to catch the Ia ,
ain. no
AN OLD TIME CONDUCTOR. tion
A silver haired man with his wife, now offe
Jedate mother, were among the many crat
students who arrived to-day from the Dem
ST over the Lake SHORE railroad. AS Shot
veteran conductor, Fred Avery. col ship
ted their tickets the lady said: "Why offeI
ar, that's the same conductor that ran min
} train the night l left college for for {
me and you persisted in following, by &
4 wouldn't rest cOntented until we nor
stopped of on my way home and got futu
rried." ne
That's 80 said the man, and the mem. do n
OF that delicious romance made him hold
Isp the hand Of the conductor and cond
Q 1t hearty shake. Conductor Az tory.
has seen great deal of student life it is
romance on hfs trains. He is the thew
sraA conductor OF the Lake Shore sffice
I'd. He ran the frst engine that roll have
INTO Chicago from the East. That en- aetiy
siasm and enterprise which has On
de Chicagoans famous had already good
infested itself, and they surprised This
~ Dy holstlng aim on top OF Stage speas