Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-05-22
EAGLES MERE.

Eagles Mere AnnualS IOf IU- NaNe
seldom been eaualled and never sur
passed by any that have proceeded
them. Bearing the imprint of j.
Horace Mcfarland, Mount Pleasant
Printery, Harrisburg, Pa, the read
er is no longer surprised at the -x-
cellence of the books, for Mr.. Nc
Farland is more than a printer and
a photographer. lie is an artist In
every sense of the word as is clearly
evident In the peculiarly happy Sc
lection of the views as we'll as the
remarkable tone and finish that pOr-
trays rugged nature with more than
velvet softness, and gives us gems
that are like poets dreams. The
literary work indicates Il vivid i'm
agination with the ability to clOthe
it i'm words that invest the locality
with an attraction more than mag
netic. The books are gems worthy
of a place on any library table In the
land.
We regret to learn that Mr.. ThOs.
Miles will not be with us this sum
mcr. We have been so accustomed
to seeing his tall form In leisurtly
stroll on the Avenues or enjoying a
ride on the steamer that we can
hardly imagine the possibility of his
not being with us. In more ways
than one he will be missed. His
quiet, almost unknown bcneficence
was unfailing. lie was always APP
proachable and ready. One evening
last summer he looked in at the fes-
tival of the Baptist Church, and AS Il
result the cashier had an accession to
her funds greater than all the rest of
the receipts. This is only one char
incident. Though years
are plainly Yelling on our old friend,
we sincerely hope that he may be
with us again.
zFor more than fifteen years the
visitors to Hotel Eagles Mere have
been accustomed to n sweet mOtherly
face, always pleasant to look upon,
with n never failing kindly greeting
that attracted every one coming
within its influence, and its absence
will be felt as one after another will
ask for Mrs. Kennedy, of Washing
ton, who has simply gone to enter
into the heaven of her faith and
part of which she seemed to carry
with her by anticipation. We shall
never know the extent of kindness
that added to the number of l0veable
old ladies that were always there as
her guests. 1t will be long time
before she can be forgotten.
In spite of ourselves we find that
we are drifting into saddened mood
as we remember that since last sea-
son we have lost another of the long
time lovers of Eagles Mere, in Mrs.
Louis S. Smith of Muncy, of whom
it is said that she has been summer
visitor for about forty years. Your
correspondent hestitates to attempt
to portray the beauty ola life that
has left behind it a precious memory
that makes Paradise more real to us
than can any earthly teaching.
Chautauqua has not escaped the
call. Among all the pioneers none
met the difficulties of the early days
more patiently and cheerfully, none
were more devoted to its pleasures,
its rest, its worship and its success
than Mrs. j. w. WoddrOp of Ger
mantown, Philadelphia, who so
quietly went to sleep one evening
last winter, surrounded BY her fam
lily, and then woke up on the. other
side by the great Sea of Life. 1t will
require but little of a stretch of i'm.
aginatiOn to see her sitting on the
steamer drinking i'm the beauty of
the sky and probably thinking that
if earth could be so transcendently
beautiful, how must it be beyond the
clouds where people never grow old.
Yoimay think US little blue as
we write this letter but the thought
will suggest itself that perhaps We
young people who are so full of golf
tennis, euchre, the german and al
the rest Of it, might perhaps do wei
to catch little of the spirit of thu
people who have made our village