New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-28
4 RIO ,rIyG ISLAND rNDER SAIL.

From The Boston Globe.
The noatins island in >adaweo Lake In IA" town OF
Vhiiiu.lam ~ Is ono u tine most remarkable freaks
If u,iir. and one al the greatest tdl"-IIcN h me
world The island contains about 100 a'rN ana II
.,tr,, d,,, upon ia" top Of the water. There b, no
doubt about IL. IT !, not aitchc" 10 Tue m''''"' VI
r, f,cr mat II really noats the wafer Wa, made
evident last year. At that time stone daih VA
luiIi at the yutlcl ol the lahc over -lN irct hgu
'"iicb raised The water i uuc more than 7l> feet.
WHEN The gaze WERE shat aud the water for me
,ri nn'r ban to ri.e IN the bale. there VA great
,,r','it% 10 see whether the island would be- sub
MERGED or rise with the water. II took "b'n' "'N
eight hour, for the wafer ia th' LAKE T. r. nt me-
Inn of The dam and It va, then discovered NAV 'r
Island presented exactly the same appriditc ihu :"
did when IA. water was >lN feet lower. lh,iC - ,"
,,,rt nf th island that h- ever been more t"ill Nv"
ar hire, feel above ,uriuc" of Nh" water. mere
fore II it did not float when The lake va il,cu ix
icct by TN, new DAM IT would nave been 'hlHcN
submerged. , , ~ ~
land has ioaicd more readily than IT picNlou-N uiu
Portion, Of II, containing from one u tli'' ''lrs
nave been hrphrn away nom the nam l7I'ln' ",u
20 swimming arNud independently: lh'i' are lu'i
t,cl Mere. Three of them are clu,c together. tnd
already nifty SIXTY rod, To the northeast ~ ,'.o
main island. sometime, they are I'VE "I ia 'V TO-,
apart Then a,an they VIZ 9r an III ,h t,rgrr
smaller Heating around Easter IMAM the I"'7
one "a, the wind carries them m"r" "l-IN. ,,o
The great main ISLAND, which contains over i"o
acres, moves about slowly Ihr PirN2 mug "a" hand '
inr DAY or two the main ISLAND L. i"nud hi{G
changed it, position several rod, ~ III ,tm', " Wlu
Ice near the east shore. ana then again Il IA we, uNc,
tnwarI lie west. II la, never come nearer tHah 4
quarter of 4 mile Of the north shore .,
f. "a
rnnn I'M, remarkable island some Ol th'u ar III r.
than twenty i've feet hgl. They arr IN IN en-
ttt,nu and are Of large Size al the butt SHhu'F ,T'
If me ,ame kind are rapidly growing MP beside tHru
TN, wonder H. how the roots 81 these trees az
nnurishcd The lake is situated ia MARTY auri"unu
Inc. ON the southwest side, and II Is >npp"~rd tN'l
there Is vegetable matter enough III th' Warr u
the tree, in a healthy condit on. t;anlc'iN bue'c'
grow in great mNurancc. In Some pli - tuc, are -
ttr tlt il is difficult 20 pas througl Them ana me
Lcrrlc, Which are Of the Wild SORT. a." gathered IN
n,rg" auaIiitcs by the native, that live aboni the
Island Alder bushes and great variety o' hl'V'
weeds grow all part~ Of the .lal H. @ - h
unug, and IN many place. soft. but there are QUIET
,,rts 81 IL where il il comIardtiNclN erld. "
Their. /, no difficulty IN getting up inc sunni
although I'm some places persons VINO visit III nave 10
Ne. careful that they do not sink through IT, , a.,
"ttlnlc" r,.prs-cntatiV" who recently visited II
in company with Frank Cro>icr. Of Rrad~n"r,; NY
.evor;I Interesting interview with zone 81 UIo
Oldest residents of Wlitugham. who have lvcd near
~adawea Iahc al their lives. one OF the hrNt moi
interviewed va, Judge Hosea Is. Ball0u, native
~ The town. and who Wa formerly a gudEr OF tho
Whiulnch County Court Judge Gallon hNtd AZ
the new village of Sadaw "a. and when he was asked
about the floating land he SAID -
Thi, floating island. a You call H. T. known
to the people about here - the swimming lA!d'