Telegram-herald., 1889-10-12

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iug a. their lives VITA . sll.l greater - oE1er
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Islands TDis lake - kHosH loo4ly ss
Calsh pond j. Is inc hundred feet above
TIE xL..ags a IS dotted win dozen OF
mere lands. Taese are covered With trees,
some q them twenIy feet hlgh. AID = oeaso
growth OF tnick fol aEed bushes
The sand bottoms are Elarsly, bat tbs
SOL j. stlr eLgcgh - s4stzl1 easily tie
We ght OF the fishermen whO tro4 Tor plc6-
erel from the islands IA the summer nsnlng
season IL lbe sumner these Lille Is 414s
are pleasing variations II ne beauty OF Tie
scene the axe presents - the spectator a.
be gazes upon il frO0 tie hills that enclrc-5
IL II the wind happens % be strong ana
variable, as il generally ls on the lake, Tie
visitor who looks upon The lake Tor the ARA
tine can hardly help Oeisg startled u &c
these islands moving about from one polat
Of The compass 70 another as tie wlna
shifts. On one DAY these Islands may 10
seen huddled together II one spot, and On
another day, perhaps, they VIII be seen
scattered widely apart An island from
which tho fisherman casts his line al one
end Of the lake to-day Will, n al proo4oA-
ity, invite hin 10 II from The other extremity
tomorrow.
The largest Of these islands was some
years ago partial 70 the lower end OF The
lake, and Rugged the shore there with only
slight changes IN position oay In and day
out. During a sun wind one osy this island
tacsel nrst 10 one eide and thea 10 the other
sid OF the lake, moving slowly the while 70
the upper end, until II was flosted against
the shore al that end II remained there for
two or three years through some OF the
hardest winds that blew OF that shore. One
day while three pickerel fishermen were
nshing from the island 5 outer edge II sud
denly was seized with whim, induced or
prompted only by gentle wind, and before
the fishermen knew 1t they found them
selves tfty feet from shore. The island
foated slowly across the lake until II had
almost reached that shore, when a counter
breeze struck IL and sent 10 down the lake.
II finally landed near the spot where IL
started from year ago, and II has renamed
in that vicinity ever since, simply taxing
short trip now and then 10 and fro across
the lake, but always returning 10 or near
its old moorirgs.
Although these far islands are constantly
shifting their places IN the lake, they an
nually add perceptibly to their area. There
are six or eight of them, and the scientific
theory is that in time the roots of the trees
that cover them will extend down into the
water so far that they will anchor the
islands in the lake, and that By the slow but
certain processes of nature they will be in
creased in size until the surface Of the lake
Will become solid land.