Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-08-15
Here and There.

COCOON submits the following promis-
cuous resume of the burden Of his
thoughts after having enjoyed the
pleasures of the late Chautauqua and
visit to charming Sylvan lake, which
will be found worthy of perusal by
CHRONICLE readers:
1T will never pay" They'll all die"
"Waste of money" These and other
like pessimistic groanings were heard
on every hand but few years since,
when the waters ofthe Black Hills were
being stocked with fish. Ye corre-
spondent was in the vicinity of Sand
creek the other day where anglers
gather from all about and find rich re.
ward in cultivating contact with the
finny tribe. Splendid specimens of the
genus salmo fontinalis people this invit-
ing stream and, like the Chicago con-
vention, bite before they investigate In
consequence many a tired denizen is
vending his way thither for few days
outing.
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| The tourist who studies the move
ments of the thousands Of people that
come to the Black Hills for
vacation of few days or a few weeks,
is impressed with the fact that many
eastern capitalists are combining busi-
ness with pleasure. While their FAM
lilies are multiplying "oh my's" as they
wander through the Harvey range,
staring at the surprises of Spearfsh
canon or enjoying the delightful baths
Of the city of hot water, pater familias
is investing a share of his surplus in
promising mining property. For long
time these investments were confined
largely TO the northern Hills. "It's
long lane that has no turn" Keystone
surprised everybody. This same every
body will think that lightning has struck
him one of these days, when some
things which your correspondent wot's
of are secrets no longer. Custer won't
be out in the cold then either.
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What an attraction Sylvan Lake has
become! The heavily laden tallyho,
double carriages, mountain buggies,
buck boards, carts, prairie schsooners,
ETC., etc, etc, are found, all along the
way from the magic city of Custer to
the gem of the mountains, Sylvan Lake.
On its granitlc shore, splendid hotel
| hot a1o "A t~o oil
of any land or cline welcomes the
coming stranger" nd speeds the part
ing guest" All about it the sturdy
outiers of the Harney range, and over
yonder three miles distant old Harvey
Peak rears his lofty head and stands
silent sentinel of the present, sug
gestive prophet of the future and u
historic monument of the Azoic past.
Many tourist scales the walls of this
old pile making his way to its base on
| foot or on the back of the sure footed
/ mountain donkey. Women, even the
most fastidious, though sensitive en-
ough to blush at the suggestion, are
sensible enough to ride "man fashion"
in making this ascent. One woman of
the type lovable and lovely, modest, re-
fined, reserved, declared, when 1 come
here again next year. III have bloomers
and leggins made purpose" She
would never wear them anywhere else
in all the world, not she, but she WILL
and be none the less a woman either
Some women are modest even in bloom
ers, others are masculine in spite of
dressmakers and milliners. But Sylvan
Lake. Talk about the gorgeous Ale
ghenies, the towering Rockies, the gla-
cier ridden Alps, and the snow clad
Himalayas, and, well you may talk, for
they are wonderful. But would you see
the crowning handiwork of Him who is
the worlds great artist,@ 60 to the
weather beaten monuments that tell the
story of his chisel of time in the Buck
horn and Harvey ranges; wander
among the needles that fringe Cathedral
Park, follow Marble, the photographer
guide to the vantage-points Of obser-
vation among the needles, catch the
changing scenes as the ever shifting
lights and shades afford you a new
picture at every respiration, and climb
ing to the summit of Harney Peak, gaze
upon the whole enhancing panorama
until it burns into your very soul-and
gazing, know that in the Black Hills OF
South Dakota God IS the master sculp-
tor.
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The Black Hills Chauiauqua Assem-
bly, has just completed its sixth annual
session, the same having been held al
Deadwood. The city of Deadwood had
guaranteed the advance sale of SS00.0t
worth of season tickets, as condition o.
securing the location Of this session o.
the assembly at that place. In addition
to this, the receipts at the gate were
$4,000. AS result the management i.
, able, for the first time in the history o.
E the Assembly, to pay ell the expenses
Of the session. The Chautauqua move
, ment is the greatest educational move
;nent Of the century, or of the Christian
, era. True, it does not pretend to the
thoroughness of our colleges and uni
: versities, but it Is so far reaching in it
scope that no other educational infu
ence can be compared with it. Th'
t annual assembly or summer school, nov
r so much appreciated by the masses o
: all classes, is but small factor of thi
: great movement. 1t is to the G. S. S c
reading course what the commencement
t week of college, or university is to it
regular curriculum. The programme a
: Deadwood was superior, as was vel
s attested by the large patronage and th
r uniform expression Dissatisfaction hear'
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