The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-08-14
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
waukesha ! The Delight or the Tourist
The Home Of the Pleasure.Seekers-
The ~Susttariun Of the North
West-The Mecca Of re Ar.
1Ieted Eyerywhrrc.

Z WAuKEsHA, Wis, August 5, 1891.
o Dear Democrat.Star;
Waukesha is an Indian nam,
, meaning "a little foX," and pre-
nuunced in three sylables, WanIt
sha. 1t is a thriving town OF 100
Inhabitants, beautifully located i
a level valley, between slopini
hills. and on every hand some new
attraction springs suddenly init
view. The whole town is a Iaby
rinthlne tangle of miniature parks
rugged hills, over-hanglng crags
yawning quarries, strange rocky
formations, quiet and sequestereC
haunts, springs of dazzling splen
dor, small streams stealing unob'
trusively through shady paths,
shelving small beaches here and
there of snow.white sand and grav-
Gland with listless melody of their
never.ceasing waters lulling every
sense but that Of tender bliss. DC.
casional hints of "lovers' lane" are
found here and there, mounds and
graves OF Indians, dating back for
centuries, rise up in the quaint old
park, where in youth "Waukeslia'
made love to some dark Indian
maiden and they are now laid away
to await The last great reveille, and
around and over all, like an upper
and lower canopy, the boundless
drapery of verlure.clad meadows
and blue ky, seemingly melting
into one along the far.of horizon,
where the heavens bend to kiss the
earth.
There has been great improve
nent IN the growth and architec-
lure of Wauke.ha since | was here
in 1882. Magnificent churches
have been built, which, viewed
from an architectural standpoint,
reflect great credit upon the Town.
The Baptist church is said to be
the finest structure in Waukesha,
AMI can be surpassed by few in the
country. The erection of several
large hotels is also a noticeable
feature in the Improvement here.
Ii is truly stated that III no other
town Of its size Is there more am
pie hotel accommodations than
there is here. Fountain Springs
House, which is so conspicuOusly
located on Grand Avenue, on high
and level ground which commands
an excellent view of the whole
town, can certainly be called one
of Americas most beautiful hotels.
lis broad and beautifully trimmed
lawns, parks, promenades and ten
mis- grounds occupy over $50 acres
1t is a stone and brick structure
fronting $50 feet on Grand Ave
nue., and has three wings, each be.
ing about $50 feet long, hence, if
the wings were in a line with the
main front building The hotel
would have a total frontage OF 900
feet. There are ten other hotels
and scores Of private boarding
houses, which are filled with board
ers every summer, but this being
an unusually cool summer the fall.
ing off Of visitors has been quite
perceptible. There are more than
"A dozen springs here. all posses
sing about The same medical prop
critics and heal the same diseases.
The Salurlar, which was so popu
lar a few years ago seems almost
deserted now. A few who have
Ielt the great benefit Of that water
still visit there, and recline meath
the shades of its splendid naples
and artistic pagOdas, where the
splendor of the artificial lake in
vites The attention of every visitor.
The Bethesda Spring, with lis beau.
iifully laid off park, and lovely mu-
sic, seems to be The most popular
resort now, but 1t will also have lis
day, and in time be deserted for a
more favored resort, perhaps.
This spring has a story, which is
SO marvellous that one feels like
entering upon its recital with
"once upon a time" AS in the
building of Solomon's temple.
all was prepared before hand,
and "lhere was neither hammer
nor ak, nor any tool Of iron heard
in the house." So in this case, no
sound Of pick or shovel was heard
before the water leaped rejoicing
to the surface-that is the modern
way OF fading springs. For cen
turtles this water, clear as crystal,
has been laughing IN the sunshine,
and not "wasting lis sweetness on
tine desert air. either, for the tribes
of aborgines who roamed these
forests prmeval" long before the
most restless and daring pioneers
had ventured west of the Allegha-
MES, camped near this place and
the first white men who trod the
soil of the Badger State found a
we'll marked trail leading 10 this
spring, and were made 10 under.
stand by The natives that this wa
Ter was good for sick Injun."
Not, however, until the autumn of
1855 were the curative properties
of this water really discovered, de-
monstrated and established beyond
mere local tradition. AT that
time Col. Richard Dunbar, whose
name must ever be associated with