Grand Rapids herald., 1892-08-09
DOWN AT THE PARK
Rest, Repose and Religion
May Be Found
AT HARBOR LAKE AND THE PARK
Sinners Are Charged IS Cents Each
fof the Religion Absorbed ~ the
Hackiey Assembly Gronnds-

in quiet and repose. you viii cArefuiiy
avoid the summer resort. Al the aver
age resort there Is anything and every
thing, but quiet. There 10 also . re-
markaole pauclty of repose- Ii. how
ever, you desire 10 spend the day where
there is something new and novel. its
enjoyment heightened 10y the bracing
breezes that swlsh lushore from the
hmpld waters Of lake or stream, per-
haps there are places better calculated
to filE the bill than HarDor lake, but
anybody that has been there Will doubt
your word. If you were TO say 80 much.
Harbor Lake 10 not exactly new re-
sort-lts new name TOR . little colony
of cottages and big hotel on MONA
lake adjoining the Hackley Park As
sembly grounds. The hotel u mon
ster building and II will be more 90
when the contemplated additions are
built. 1t stands we'll back from the
old ship canal connecting Michigan and
Mona lakes, and from its spacious
verandas q fine view OF the broad
bosom Of Lake Michigan presents itself
TO the west, while 10 tho east one may
feast the eye on the picturesque shores
Of the sinuous body OF water that some
body named Mona. About the hotel
the grounds gradually slope IN ali direc-
tions, leaving the building itself IN the
center of an eminence from which II
commands the eye of every approach
ing visitor. Mona lake is variously
distant from Muskegon. By water IT'S
good hours ride; by rail, under pres
ent arrangements, 1t 10 anywhere from
thirty minutes to three hours; by car
riage 1t is q good half hours ride. un-
less you hire . Muskegon livery team,
and then it's more. The distance IN
miles is six by the highway and ten by
the railway.
How to Get There.
Going from Grand Rapids one may
take either the q. X. 4 /. or c. N w. M.
The former is the better one IL one ID
in Q hurry. There is more ride for the
same money on the latter. At Muske-
gon, if you are in q hurry to get to
Mona lake, walk. If you arc not. wait
for the boat, Ii you prefer to take u
trip attended by the discomforts Incl
dent to . newly built and newly oper-
ated "Dinky" line, buy ticket, "a
cents round trip, and board the Harbor
Lake train. You will be taken around
the beautiful sweep of the shore to the
south OF Muskegou and between the
great piles of lumber, lsth and shingles
that hem in the water front and Ob.
struct tho vision. The scent Of tur-
pentine is not disagreeabie, and you
will appreciate the lake air when you
get to it. The first stop is ut Lake
Michigan resort, where = pavilion and
bath houses afford Sunday pleasure for
the denizens OF the sawdust city.
There the "Dinky" train executes q
switch-back and presently continues
along the lake shore towards Its ter,
minus. The beach 10 strewn with drift
wood and wreckage while out beyond
the blue waters Of the lake are unre
lieved by sail or ribbon Of smoke aris.
ing from passing steamers. The sur
blazes fiercely on the sand while the
"Dinky" train cautiously ]olts along Al
| if Its engineer was fearful that every
revolution of the wheels meant .
plunge into the yawning "dugouts,
along the line, from which the roadbet
was taken. After tedious ride, last
ing forty minutes, the "Dinky" engine
shrieks q wild, discordant shrek from
| Its cracked whistle and with q humI
and q bump the train stops. A con
ductor pOkes his head In At the doo
and in an mimi table falsettO nonchal-
antly remarks, "We're there"
The Hotel and the Flags tan.
On emerging from tho car the frs
object one beholds 10 the hotel, anC
from its flagstaff the stars and stripes
| A five-minute walk over . board side.
walk, Q Chamber up the sloping terrac,
| and "you're there" On the steps thu
genial landlord, j. II. Johnson, tn,
| prince of bonlfaces, greets you anC
| makes you feel welcome.
It'sA delightful place. The air, tho
water, the woods and the grass ell
seer, to welcome you. The atmos
phere, from Q social standpoint, il
wholesome and congenial. Conven
tionalitles are not offensiveiy pushed
under your nose. and you are free K
read, smoke, bathe, lounge and soal
in solid comfort, without feeling tina
you are trespassing upon anybody,
sense of propriety. After you have
| shaken the accumulatlons of eDgin,
cinders and dust from your clothin,
and whiskers Qf you have the hirsut,
sppendage, and introduced your fac,
and hands to the water, you are pre-
pared 70 eat.
In the hotel annex the great dinine
room stretches away like two railway
| tracks that seem To meet in the dis
tance. The tables are supplied wit.
the best and the service is superb. Dur
ing the dinner hour Miss Maud,
Hughes, the harplst Of this city, render
| exquisite selections. After dinner the
lakes and the woods afford retrea
| where you may fsh, bathe or ride OF
the one and stroll 70 . quiet nook IL
the other.
The entrance to the Hackley park as
| eembly 10 in the rear of Tue hotel
Here the Methodist camp meeting 10 il
progress. The grounds and building,
have been described before and ali tia
has been said of them portrays wbs
they will be eometime-when finished
| The park 10 q pretty place. II over
| looks Lake Michigan, and would d.
pretty If there wasn't . tree in f0rty
miles Of the piace-but there 10 ar,
number Of trees and they afford shelter
from wind and sun.
At the eampmeeting.
The campmeetIng 10 moderately sue
cessful. The speakers are Among IN.
best in the Methodist church. but Elm
ners do not flock to hear them, prinea-
paily because it doesn't strike thu
average sinner that IL - necessary Il
pay twenty y-bve cents to get that which
he has been taught 10 beiieve is free a,
the water that swasBes the shores ot
the park. Hence be IL not tarnIng oui
| en- Dassc.
Tne business end Of the park IL toe
conspicuous for the religious end sna