The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-09-07

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FROM THE NORTHWEST.
An Entertaining and Instructive
Letter from a Bright and Tai
ented Young Lady Correspond
ent.
PETosKEY, Michigan, Sept. 1, 1898.
EDITOR GOLD LEAF:-The waning sum-
mer days have been spending at Petos-
key, Michigan, by the blue waters of
Little Traverse Bay, listening to what the
"wild waves are saying" and they have
told me that aletter from this we'll known
summer resort might not be unwelcome
to the editor of the GOLD LEAF and his
readers.
Twenty years ago Petoskey, now with
a population of over four thousand
people and known all over the United
States, was dense wilderness where the
"children of the forest' roamed at their
own sweet will. Where now stands q
beautiful little city with all modern con-
veniences and a decidedly metropolitan
air the Indian habitations alone were
seen and the red man hunted and fshed
along the shores of the Bay that are now
SO beautified by the palatial summer
homes OF the rich people OF the cities.
While a little city of mushroom"
growth, Petoskey's fate will not..be that
| ordinarily met by towns of rapid growth
"a sudden collapse followed by pro-
| tracted stagnatiOn-fOr it's site is such
that it's future as popular summer re-
sort is already established, and a very
| few more years promise to witness marked
changes in the direction of general prog
| ress and increased population.
Seen on bright, clear day, Petoskey
and its surroundings present a picture
OF unrivalled loneliness. The country
| around the Bay forms q natural amphi-
| theatre the top of which is graced by
| chain of green-clothed hills, in some
places, and Nesting at the base of the
luxuriantly wooded incline of land are
| the little towns and settlements-the
entire scene enveloped in the purple haze
| of the waning summer days makes a
picture as beautiful as q poets dream.
Then the blue expanse of Little Trav-
erse Bay, dotted by the sailing vessels
| and steamers, and widening out into
| Lake Michigan in the distance, is a con-
| slant attraction for all visitors to this
picturesque resort.
| country as arefugefor hay fever sufferers,
many Of whom come here annually from
| all parts of the Union, and get almost
entire relief from that torturing disease
which battles medical skill.
And in cases of nervousness and many
other troubles that afflict humanity q
sojourn here by the bracing Lake Mich
igan breezes soon produces the most
| marked improvement. The air is q
nerve tonic, and as the show bills always
| say "is alone worth the price of admis-
sion" here.
The sojourner at Petoskey soon grows
familiar with the Indians whom he
| meets at almost every turn. They are
| remnants of the Ottawa and Chippewa
tribes and are q stolid looking people
| manifesting in their countenances not
the slightest sign of enthusiasm or in
terest in anything that goes on around
| them.
The "noble red man." as he is found
in these parts, is happiest when the pros
pect is most favorable for him to get
hilariOusly drunk and he will sell his
most valuable horse or other possession
| for a mere pittance when his pecuniary
| condition is such as to shut off the posi-
bility OF his getting generous supply
1t has been my pleasure while in this
region to visit Mackinac Island around
which clusters so much of historic and
| legendary interest. The first sight that
| greets the eye of the traveller as he ap-
proaches this island, which stands on
the waters OF Lakes Michigan and Huron
like an emerald gem, is the old white
| washed fort which hangs over the little
town and which was built by the Eng
| fish in 1887.
But to return to Petoskey and the
settlements of the fortune-favored peO-
pie on Little Traverse Bay.
Anybody and everybody, no matter
how rich, can not own a home by this
breezy bay side.
There is an association which meets
| and decides whether a PERSONS fortune
| was made in a way to entitle him to q
place among the residents of Bay View,
Wequetonsing and Harbor Point. Du-
cats that come by the whiskey traffic,
| gambling or any other way not consid-
cred eminently respectable can not buy
real estate at these exclusive resorts; but
a fortune made at the newspaper bust
ness will carry one right along on the
TOP. wave OF social recognition, and the
legions of rich editors in the country
SoOAN OAA NuAAA AoAAS0 CACo0 btkO SEQ
waves" without word of protest from
| thesaugust Association!
"See Rome and die" goes the old say.
ing. would revise it a little and say see
Petoskey and live, 80 that you can go
back and see it again some time.
The Grand Rapids and Indiana rail-
| way which is the most direct line from
the South to this country has a reputa-
ton for gentlemanly and accommodating
officials hich it continues to sustain
from year to year and which is an item
| OF no little Importance to travellers to
this breeze-favored country of the pines.
| The editor of the GOLD LEAF and the
readers of his bright, Democratic publ
cation should some day visit this in
| MIGRATING section of the Wolverine
State and the Mackinac region, which
battle the power of any pen to adequately
describe in the same degree that the
sunset and the sea shell defy the deftest
hand of the artist and the most delicate
tints of his palette to portray.
| ADA A. HUBBARD.
| RASYTn TIKK