The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-25
AWAY FROM sULrRY HEAT.
A New Haven Lady,s Interes,,ng Lett,

Thousand Islands, Woronoco Island, N f'--Io those who have been swell tering in the nineties in the shade and the one hundred and twenties in the sun let me just say, to cool them off a. oit' that there is spot where the cool breeze Is in order, where the mercury does not get upon a rampage. where the nights are never so hot but soft wool blankets are comfort. This most attractive spot is Woronoo Island, just out in the current of the St. Lawrence about fifteen minutes by steamboat rom Clayton, the terminus of the rail- road' All you people who are saying
 there never was such a moist and s'ichy tlme' have to do to find this aelectable country is to take late af- .erhoon train for New York, change there TOT Clayton Via Albany, and at o'clock the next morning you may step rom your train on board of any one of tne waiting steamers for the beautiful | Hotel Frontenac on Round Island or Murry Hill hotel on Murray Island or ~--~ OSAtAAbAoH ct ltUuSdnu lSldHQ park or further down to Alexandria pay, The Croasmen or The Thousand l Island house. Better still, if you are coming as guest for the summer, as | IS the good fortune of your correspon- dent, to Woronoco Island, the summer nome Of MT. and Mrs. Charles A. Terry of New York, yoS will find awaiting your arrival their fancy matched span in the shape of trim little launch called "The Glance" with seat Ing capacity for ten or more, propelled | by a two horse power naphtha engine | With speed of seven miles per hour. Tn less than thirty minutes Woronooo IS before you with its pretty veranda surrounded cottage, standing high up- on its rocky foundation, the boat house, the ice house, the tall flagstaff and from it's top the flag we most love waves its ample folds as a signal that the master of the house" is at home, and to complete the picture the wind mill that hints of city comfort and completeness. How beautiful the views. On every side picture, and how beau tifully cool! you exclaim. The nearest neighbor "Basswood,' an island similar in size, owned by T. A. Gillespie of Pittsburg, the handsome house and grounds, the qaint summer house on a | rock little distance out in the water, and connected by miniature Venetian bridge, the ample boathouse which ac- commodities his beautiful steam yacht The Jern," known to the numerous is- l flanders as one of the most beautiful l by many considered the most beautiful and swiftest yacht on the river. The picturesque "Wanda," 8 fine yawl own- l ed by one of the sons, anchored just be- yond the island. the flagstaff and the | indispensable wind mill, the new Mur- ray Hill hotel and the cottages on Gre nell Island altogether form picture on which our eyes rest with never failing l interest and delight.
 But the fairy pictures who shall paint when sunset4gold tinges islands, clouds and river? Later when all the lamps are lit, and the stars are out, and the full moon casts it's wonderful light up- on the broad expanse of water, and the reflection of the myriads of many col ored lights from Murray Hill. Fronte- nae and the island cottages reflect in l the depths of the grand St. Lawrence who shall dare attempt to find words that shall give even faint idea of the beauty and the glory of the series of pictures which the grand old artist Nature spreads daily and nightly be- fore our waiting eyes! There is but one St. Lawrence river with its Thou i sand Islands Here is no monotony. The river life is charming, but I must ,,at In t,oU rtt, ,oo rni11f viz ha weather. Besides all this beauty, no flies, no dust, no mosquitoes, cool breezes, and the clear dry atmosphere of the mountain heights, with none of the moist and sticky time' of which you complain. Why do not more New Haven people come to the Thousand Islands? Our third summer but con- firms the opinion that this is the De lectabe country
 In another letter if it shall please you, I will speak of the pleasures of this river life; the many excursions from Kingston, Alexandine Bay and Montreal, and around the nineteen hun dred (counting both Canadian and American) islands, by searchlight on the large steamers and by day on the pretty steamer Captain Visgar" own- ed and conducted by it's genial captain; the fishing, the moonlight sails, the pie l nics, the hops and germans at the ho- tels, the water carnivals and many oth- CT things which young people know so well how to improvise-not emitting the cake walk recently given at one of the hospitable island mansions.
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