The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-08-26
GUTE'S HILL GAINING IN POPULAR
FAVOR.
to Sunday School Picnickers and
to Society Parties.

to Society Parties.
The Sunday school of the First M. K.
church was to have picnic at Gute's Hill
Wednesday but the heavy rain of Tuesday
night and the threatening sky and storm of
Wednesday morning made the attendance
smaller than IL would otherwise have been.
Gute's Hill Is now once more In the hands
of Mrs. Cute, and is again bidding fair to
become a most popular place for picnic
gatherings and for parties. and with good
reason too, as visit to the grounds will
prove.
Nestled among the trees on the side of
high hill the fiat rooted rectangular old
brick building with its wide verandas, is,
by its very location and pcturesqueness, an
ideal spot for picnic parties and for gay
social gatherings, where the dancers when
resting from their exertions on the large pol
shed floor can overlook city and factory and
yet allow the influence of the romantic spot
to make them think they are, for moment,
in different world.
Or, in warmer months, the shady hillside
with its benches and tables scattered about
and its attractive band pavilion, furnishes
a pleasant place TO dream or visit away the
afternoon, even though there is large
picnic party round about. While, If quite
ambitious one can swing his hammock from
the trees farther up the hill beyond the high
fence, which will probably be all torn down
before another season, and overlook both
hall and city.
Probably one of the greatest attractions.
however, lies in the famous old spring
which was opened up away back in the
sixties when excavating for the cellar of the
present building. This spring, which when
tested several years ago ran eleven barrels
per minute, has been popular one for
years, and without creating any stir or ex-
element, its chalybeate waters have effect
ed number of quite striking cures. DR..
Duffied, who was at the time financially
interested in the st. Louis springs and sani-
tarium, analyzed the water and pronounced
it to have the finest curative qualities of any
water he had seen in the state and strongly
advised the building of sanitarium and
system of baths. As with all of the
grounds the water is free to all comers who
observe good order and respect the rights OF
property.
Now IL you have a fair imagination and
would like to see something which will re-
mind you Of the old dungeons Of his.
tory and romance just get admittance to the
cellars and stand In front of one of the tun.
nel-like openings which run back to the
rear end of the building. For moment
you can see nothing but blackness, then
slowly the rocky walls, every stone of
which is said to have been brought from
Ohio at large cost, begin to assume shape
until you can see the round vaulted roof
and curying sides run clear back to the end,
and the almost impenetrable darkness, the
damp walls, and the trickling of the waters
of the spring, the most of which are now
concealed from view, will be all that is
necessary to complete the picture in your
mind.
extending of the street car to this place
would make 1t the prettiest and most popu-
lar resort in this vicinity. The appearance
of the grounds has already been greatly
improved by Herman Cute who has been
spending his vacation with his mother at
the old home.