The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-21
In THE COOL NORTH.
Indiana People who Seek Pleasure in
Northern Michigan.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WEQUETONSING. Aug. 20.-"All aboard
for Bear iaker' and the suburban train
carries it's passengers through the woods.
nine miles from the Petoskey station, to
Bear lake, which is as pretty a sheet of
sparkling blue water as the country can
show. 1t is a plunge from the gay social
whirl around the bay into the wild wood
land. The steamer Walloon completes the
circuit of the lake in an hour and a half,
touching a half dozen piers on the route,
where there are groups of cottages and re-
sort centers already started.
Where do the people come from who set
tie at Bear lake for the summer the
writer asked the proprietor of the Nicer
House. Most of our visitors he answered,
come from Indiana. Only the other day we
had hfty-six at dinner and fifty of them
came from different points in that State"
Mr.. and Mrs c. j. Nicer and Miss Ellie
Troyer of Goshen, Ind. proprietors of
the pretty hotel. Well-read copies of the
Indianapolis Journal lay on the reading
room table. Among the summer visitors
Or. John Navin and family Harry Hersey
and family. Mr.. and Mrs. George G. Smith
and ]. c. Test, from Indianapolis Other
guests were w. A. Sample and wife, the
Misses Gertrude, Lillian b. and Mona Tag
CART and Josephine Young of Richmond:
5. =. Young and family. Fl. w. Herr and
family. and w. A. Hughes. of Alexandria:
7. j. Burk and family and Mrs. j. F. Yates
and Miss Edna Yates. of New Castle and
DR.. c. II. Cannon. wife and son from New
Albany There were many people in cot
tages. Captain and Mrs F. M. Hunter.
children and grandchildren arc cottage peo-
pie, and the Huntington camp near the
hotel, IS the summer home of many people
from that town. Among these are Mr.
James Slack and family. the Misses Pur-
viance. T. +. Gogerty and Alex Burnison.
Across the lake is the Indiana clubhouse
and the Fort Wayne resort-and this is only
the beginning. What do you do over here2'
was asked an Indiana lady. who was strip-
ping pine needles for pillows on the norch
of the hotel. Her answer was: THE men
go fishing: the young people always find
something 70 do. and l make pine pillows
lis the fishing good? p They always bring
home their basket full"
Bear lake is twelve miles long and about
a mile and a half wide. A dozen and more
sail boats and launches are af1oat on its
waters. There could be no lovelier spot for
perfect rest and one can easily touch the
world al Petoskey at any hour.
All sorts Of amusements are going on
around the bay. The social event OF the
season was the german given by Mrs D.
Nj HOuser. of St. Louis. at her new We
quetonsing cottage last Monday The cot
tage, which was already lighted by acety-
lene gas. was made brilliant by the addition
OF fifty electric lights. The graceful evolu-
tons Of the dancers. the merry music the
fragrant flowers, the gay company pre-
sented bewilderlng scene. Supper was
served on the third floor Of the cottage Mr.
Rouser is one OF the owners Of the ST. Louis
Democrat. No more beautiful social
Traverse country.
Mrs. ]. F. Carson, Of indianapolis. gave a