St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-10
The Season Is Late, But the
= Crowd Is Coming
Gradually
To the Shores Of the Pretty
Resort Hard by st.
Paul.
Hotels and Cottages Are Fill
ing With Guests From
the City.
improvements Of the Spring
New Cottages--The
Fleet Enlarged.

The ''oldest inhabitant' has had the
chance of his lifetime at the lake this
spring, and certainly the regular visitors
cannot remember such a backward sea
son. Cold, wind and rain have been the
order Of the day for the past month, and
the few cottagers who rashly ventured
/ to move out the beginning of May,
sneeZed continuously and Rugged their
fire-places in despair, while hotelkeepers
and the boating fraternity generally
were wrapped in gloom, as in q
shroud. But during the past few days
the weather has become warmer: the
foliage on the trees is well out, little
patches of wild flowers here and there
dot Natures green carpet and fill the
pure morning air with their fragrance
the robins chirp merrily as they fit
from tree to tree; the waves dance Wild
ly,as If glad to be released from winters
icy grip, and the rhythmic swash of the
breakers DER the pebbly beach makes
music to the ear.
The hotels and boarding houses are
rapidly filling up and the majority of the
cottagerS are already domiciled in their
summer homes. There are but two
rooms left at the Williams house and
cottage anneXeS, that well-known
hostelry being filled mainly by st. Paul
families.
AT Leip's, several families have en-
gagged summer quarters. Some have
moved out-but there is plenty of room
for more.
The Chateaugay hotel is open and
ready for guests and will be managed
this season by Mr.. Benson. the proprie-
tor of the Bald Eagle hotel. There are
no regular bOarderS here yet. but sew
eral are expected out this week.
The Dellwood club house will probably
remain unoccupied this summer. as the
owners would rather sell than rent.
This IS to be regretted, as no place on
the lake IS so charmingly situated. or
better fitted for summer evening festiy-
ltleS; and then again. every one will
miss the MatOska club. The members
were prime favOriteS at the lake. and
added much to the pleasure of the sum-
mer visitors.
NOTES OF THE SPRING.
The yacht Nellie has been rebuilt by
its owner, Mr.. Leamon, and is now by
far the handSomeSt boat of its kind on
the lake. A great many nice little
flirtations have been carried on under
the shadows of her sails
A great deal of building is going on.
both on lake shore ard back in the vii
lage. Robert c. Wight has built a
charming summer cottage on the lake
road beyond the bridge, and occupied it
early i'll May. G. A. Reed. the
architect, has also built pretty home
on the same road,
E. n. Saunders and family are at the
lake side" where they will stay until
their house on the island is ready for
occupancy. 1t is handsome house
and commands a magnificent view, be-
ing situated on the very point of the
island.
MIR. Coleman, paymaster of the Du-
luth road, is building at Dellwood. and
in the meantime, is, with his wife. at
the Williams house.
II. G. Donnelly, of st. Paul, has placed
two of the new Naptha launches ON the
lake, to be chartered by fishing and
pleasure PARTIES The largest is called
the Crawford Livingston" the smaller
one, the Don Quixote." Another adj
dition to the fleet is a siXty-foot steam
launch, the property of Mr.. Florence
Ramaley. 1t has ten-horse power en-
CINE and comfortable little cabin and
Will carry about seventy-fve passengers.
She is called the Manitoba" and was
brought down from Osakis.
Mr.. Wight inaugurated the bathing
season early in May by taking an invol-
untary header from his canoe. The
water was deep and also very cold,
and when Mr.. Wight was rescued and
placed once more on solid footing he
scudded Off home before the wind very
moist.
Mr.. Liep, while returning from the
opening party at the Chateaupay
walked over the stern of his boat and
sat down suddenly in the lev water.
Mr.. Leip is not naturally a profane
man. but it is said that on this occasion
he mentioned the names of several per-
sons to whom he had never been intro
duced.
L. b. Clarke has taken the Gotzian
cottage on the island, and will occupy it
before long. This is good news, for MIR.
Clarke is an acquisition to any neigh
borhood, and it is hoped that his genial
radiance may dispel the gloom which
seems to brood over the island, for al
though very beautiful, it certainly is
rather sOmber and solemn place.
I. w. IngersOll has built most
unique little cottage, right on the bank
of the lake, near DellwOOd. Itresem5les
log cabin and has fireplace and CHM
ney built on the outside of the house.
The place attracts ones attention as be-
ing something out of the common run.
Mir. lngersOll gave sort of house
warming or christening party the other
afternoon. The guests were Messrs.
Alex Cathcart, Walter and Byrd Hewitt
and the Misses Mann. Whiting and
Moore, all of st. Paul. A few DAYS
later Byrd Hewitt entertained Miss