The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-08
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chitaso News; 40 sumner resort
for me-" loudly SPOKE broazed CHI
casoan the othc- day in telling how he
spent his vacation. II had a rest. a
real rast. on my t-ip-sained eight
pounds In ten Ga!s-and that is what
couldn't have lad II / went to sum
MGR :csort got out next to nature
and Fur from tie conventional fcivolit-
les OF fashionable life. such as every
resort Is taintad with more or less.
There wc:c 70 long evening waltEes In
heated ballroom. no .patent-!cn:acr
proncEnccs up and Gown hotel p,az-
"a. no scven-cou.ss dinners with their
tip-wantlng waters and no lightning
change acts in and OCT your clothes two
or three times day.
Thc taarcd ran fai-ly puGca with
the eSo-t OF his defamation against
summer ho:a, Ike.
!"Wel!. crt down 70 w.',-. ,.or ~ -:
not what you G!dn't do demanded the
friend WHO Eas i.c..::::.:5s .:..:.. - .ne
recital.
What Cd co." paacG liz o: the
brown skin rnorn nncrsatically than
eyer. ~ w:nt 10 spot completely is
olated from the OUTSIDE wo-ld. half
salIe t,em the re:;t :aoasc, two miss
from TIE railway and c+ren MRS from
q restaurant. went 10 a farmhouse.
The farm was Kept by an old Michigan
mlller-wlfe and FIVE daughters. NJ
nl-prctty girls"
And the relntor pulled big puff OF
pleasure at the thought OF the FIVE
pretty daughters.
Usually take about hnlf n dozen
summer boardcrs there, Just enough to
make an enjoyable party for lot OF
fun. he continued. Picturesque old
mill. with picturesque old creek flow
Ing past It. Boating, fishing and swim
ming In the creek. the boating for two
miles upstream between the prcttiest
kind of hills, bluffs and ravInes, with
their magnificent foliage meeting over
the water. Big trunks and moss-cover-
cd logs. maIGcnhnir ferns and bluehells,
all along the bank. Quaint bends in
the creek, where overhnnging trunks
have to be lodged. and one or two
places where yet have to pull the boat
over fallen logs. Storks standing on
one leg close TO the bank until you get
near and then tapping away. Oh. I
tell you row ur that creek was worth
while.
He Of the tan layers was progressing
so rapidly In his inventory that he al
most forgot to pun.
Mud turtles basking on logs In the
sun-saw hundreds OF them. Water
lilies in the mill pond and the biggest
cat-tails ever saw. Water as clear as
crystal and schools Of nsh were visible
several feet beneath the surface.
"on shore there were the most ro-
mantle hills and dales imaginable. The
beauties of the place cauldn't be cx-
hausted In month OF rambles. Half
the day was enjoying the scenery on
the creek or In the woods and the other
half rested ut the rnte OF forty knots
an hour. There was nothing to mar
the pleasure OF the enjoyment. A
straw hat, hickory shirt and overnlls
We're as good ms full dress with those
simple people. Every day went to the
mill. weighed myself and noted the
gain of n pound or two.
"Eat-grrnt Scott. how ate! They
were used to It there, however. and did
not seem at NIL alarmed because drank
two glasses OF milk meal and ate
three or four helps OF potatoes. Be-
sides what nte at meals. ] had the
berry bushes aHd the orchards Of n
whole fruit farm Mt my disposal he
tween meals. I tell you, we who get
berries In boxes here In Chicago have
no Idea OF how delicious the fruit is
picked right from the Dush' when
left Chicago took n wad OF bills an
Inch thick. as didn't know where
might land or how much money I
might spend. There ! couldn't spend
any money. because they charged only
IS q week, and as the nearest soda
fountain was seven miles away could
not treat even one of tho i've daugh-
tiers. l tell YOU. limits the way to spend
a vacation md got n real benefit. I'm
going there regularly every year. you
can rest assured. Where Is the plnce?
Why, Just few miles lnshoro In Mich
!sen, UP on Plpes,ons creek, II were
to give II away there would be n thou
sand people there Tomorrow to spoil 1t
by making n hotel a necessity"
SCRATCH. scratch. scratch; unable