Connecticut western news., 1900-07-26
TWIN LAKE ES.
Beckley's Camp, July 24, 1900.

One alighting from the train at Twin | Lakes station and glsncing around at the cottage and tent covered shore of | Washining lone of the twins) would not recognize it as one of Plumb's ponds of forty years ago. Most of the camping grounds are owned by Mir William A. Miles. grandson of the before men. toned Plumb. Mir Miles lives in beautiful residence on the shore of Wsshinee, the south lake.
 Notwithstanding that the New Ro- chelle party have left the Humphrey cottage on the north lake, and a party of Holyoke youth have left the south lake. the outing season at Twin Lakes is more than usually advanced for this part of the season.
 Going north from the station on the west shore of Washining one comes first to the Augustus Miles cottage wherein we find Rudolph Keppler and family. Mir Keppler is president of the New York Stock exchange and an enthusias- tic and successful fisherman. We next come to new cottage built by William Miller Scot of PhilsdelphIa. The Scots have been fifteen summers at Twin Lakes and are this year entertaining Dr finders and wife. Passing on we come to familiar party of campers in the tents of Camp C-B, the Conklips of Salisbury. The next tent is that of Eugene s Brown and wife of Winsted. In the Humphrey cottage are Messrs Tyler and Gilbert with families of Hills dale, N. Y. Going on we meet the fs- milisr sign "Camp Hartford" where Messrs Felts and Flsgg of the Capitol City are spending another summer. A new cottag- has been built near by and is occupied by Rev E. s. Ferry and family of Hartford.
 In the little group of Hartford cot tsges are Mrs W. NJ. Wheeler, R. s. DeLamster, Eadie and Olds and fami- lies of Hartford and Bridgeport, O. O.. Rossier and family of Yonkers, a Mir Garvey of New York. and a German ar tist whose Lame we have not caus ht correctly.
 Crossing Whittlesey brook to the north and east shore we arrive at the O'Hara cottage which is occupied by the O. D. LaDow family of Yonkers and with them is Mir Slessiuger of New York. At Thomas O'Hara's home there are ten boarders who swell the mum Der of summer guests at this most beautiful of natural summer resorts. Henry Setzer and family of Bridgeport are oc- cupying their S20 900 cottage. The Frank Miller cottage is occupied hv w. NJ. Cunningham of Brooklyn, million aire, who drives magnificent horses and who came here direct from Florids where he spends his winters. Mrs Bartlett's cottage is occupied by J. F. Porter and family of New Britain. s. A. Eddy aud family of Canaan are al their cottage for the summer. Judge Roraback and family of Canaan are si their summer home here. In the next Canaan cottage is Mir and Mrs A. V. A. Mrs E. Grant Randall of Taunton, Mass. the old ''EdI ewater" grounds Oui party ito be personsD are H. B. Ives and wife, Miss Clara Clarke, Msrcu, Barnes and John Beckley and wife. all Canaan people Situated with us are Mir and Mrs George Dunning of East Canaan. The Freeman ground we heal will be occupied Aug |; and Rev Harry l Bodley is expected in his accustomed place next week. At the old picnic grounds are two cottages, one occupied by P. R. Cline and family, and the oth CT by Lorrin J. Eggleston and family sll of Millerton. B. H. Fry and family of Amenis are in what is known as tn, Thompson cottage. Attorney Fret Williams and family of New Milford ar, occupying tents next to Fry's. NJ Palmer who occupies the Miles farm house has number of boarders. Anc now we are back to the Miles residenc, on WashInee on which body of wate we know of but one camp; that of Fred erick Sanford of Danbury in the loca tion usually occupied by Rev J. H George of Salisbury.
 On the island in Wsshining is th, Algonquin Club of Bridgeport and else where, which opened camp Saturda, night. Besides the club there are fev families in cottages on the island, viz Senator Skidmore and family of Bridge port and with them Mir Skidmore's son in law Henry Curtiss and family, F. M Ostrom and family of Bridgeport anc D. M. Reed and family of Bridgeport The latter are entertaining MT Fraul Miller. MT March of New York tn head sachem of the Algonquins, i erecting portable house near the clu' grounds.
 NOTES.
 B. Grant Randall, who is with tn Feltens, held religious services in tn grove near Mir Eggleston's on Sunda, afternoon which were quite we'll attend ed by ladies and little children. NJ Randall is an active Y. P. s O. E. man
 Mir Slessinger who is with the La Dow's, is solo tenor of Christ church Yonkers, and has promised to sing il Pilgrim church, Canaan, some Sunda, in August.
 O R. LaDow sailed for Europe oI the Csmpsnia week ago. This vesse had sensational experience while pass ing the proving grounds. Mir LaDow' father died in Yonkers suddenly fey hours after the Campania sailed. ant the son did not learn of his death til his arrival on the other side.