Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-26
THE SUMNER UNIVERSITY,

| Nobody but the Landladies Busy Yet
Pittsburgers Expected in Hordes Next
Week-Not Many improvements Made
This season-The Fishing and Boating.
.CHAUTAUoUA, June 25-[SpeciaL- After a
long winters rest, Chautauqua is Frightening
up into it's usual summer activity. Only a few
people have so far arrived, but next week
promises to be lively one. At present the
| most life Is manifested by the landladies,
whose cottages are open for engagements
for summer boarders. Native ChautauGuan
landladies are a wonderland production,
and the unfortunates who engage board in
advance by letter miss the pleasure of
studying the character of this unique
efforts to fill up their cottages, and see
which can furnish the greatest inducements.
"We have most elegant company" said
one of the ladies to young man. "There
and several ministers daughters among our
boarders. know you would find them very
entertaining"
"Oh; do you wish to come right away3"
asked another. "Now here is just the place
for you. There are gentleman and his
daughter here. The young lady is really
beautiful and perfectly charming. I know
you should like her and there are no other
young men here yet"
Another told of 'ta nice young feller from
Buffalo what wants q roommate" and she
declared he was 'Just like you, SIR" All
furnished the most pleasant rooms in the
grounds. The people on the hill declare the
lake front is terrible; lake flies have eaten
up quite a number of people; the air is damp:
mer, causing dreadful odor. The latter is
mainly fish story, though there are OCCASION
ally few dead "bullheads" found floating
on the lake. There are numerous theories
as to the cause of death, but no post mortem
has disclosed the actual facts. One theory
has been that the fish fight, and some fisher
men with especially strong nerves have de-
clared they have seen fights between "bull-
heads" A few mornings ago whole regt-
ment of dead fish was found floating couple
of miles from Chautauqua, and now 1t is de-
cided that the men who claim to have seen
lights are either good liars-even for fisher
men-or there was a mighty big battle the
night before.
Notwithstanding all these deaths in the
fish family, the fishing is still good and mus
calonge weighing from to 1S pounds are
quite abundant. The native fishermen are
catching most Of the fish, however, and the
city boys must be content to buy them or
land empty handed.
Chautauqua is improved somewhat over
last year, but not to the extent expected.
Unavoidable delays have prevented numer-
GUS proposed improvements. The amphf-
architect decided it would be best to wait
another year and build it entirely new.
The boat service on the lake this season
will be much better than usual, as the rival
lines have combined. Last season there was
considerable rivalry and some racing, the
boats trying to make the several landings at
the same hour. Under present conditions
we will have boats oftener and not so close
together.
SO far there are very few Pittsburgers
here, but many are announced to arrive
next week. Chautauqua is famous for the
number of Pittsburgers who summer on its
shores and this season promises to be no
exception, but many more than the usual
number are expected.