Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-09-04
Some Singular Errors
About Eagles Mere.

John ii. SWlnburg OF tnat Guy III
swimming the length OF Lake Ea-
giles Mere. 1t speaks of the distance
being mile and three quarters and
if he means that the round trip from
one end to the other and back is that
long it is approximately correct but
the article reads as if the lake was
one mile and three quarters in
length. The other statement was
that the temperature of the water
was fifty degrees when in fact it was
probably seventy degrees. Really
the temperature Of the water in Lake
Eagles Mere does not vary greatly
in any part of it from that of the
bathing beach and at no time in any
summer has any such figure been
reached as it is represented this
swimmer had to deal with. The
temperature of the water from the
bottom of the artesian wells is about
from forty two to forty four and is
about as cold as one cares to drink it.
Thre is no danger of cramps at any
time in our lake from the cOldness of
the water.
Another statement was that the
thermometer went down to thirty
six i'm the middle of the summer.
1t would be a sufficient answer to
this interesting fiction to say that on
the lawns of most of the attractive
cottages of our place are beds of SEN
sitive flowers that would be ruined
in one night with any such condi-
tions. The fact is that at 6:30 in the
morning of June 25th the thermom-
ctcr stood at fifty and this was the
lowest figure in daylight this sum-
ner While this summer seems to
be characterized as the coolest in
many years there has been no time
when the visitors were not comfort
able as is clearly evident in the larg-
or number than have ever been here
before and that they stayed is an un-
erring indication that they were en-
joying it.
Eagles Mere has never made IA
better record for itself than in this
year of Grace 1902. With some
changes in methods that it is hoped
may be brought about it is destined
to continue to grow as it has done.
No boom is to be anticipated, no
speculation in values but the posi-
tive and reliable progress that will
STAY with it. There is no specula-
ton in Eagles Mere property and it
is to be hoped that any such idea
may be gotten rid of as we believe
it has retarded our progress in the
past and perhaps it may still do so
to some extent now. 1t has posi-
tive value but not a speculative one.
When holders of property who may
have it for sale will learn this lesson
it will probably be to their advan-
tage and it certainly will be good
thing for the place.
a gentleman of wide spread OBJ
servation and who lives at Scranton
said to the writer that "there was no
place in Pennsylvania that could
compare with Eagles Mere and that
the Pocono Mountains are not in
it," This is no new sentiment but
unfortunately our people are inclin-
ed sometimes to depend too much
on the natural attractions and to for
get that unless these natural attract
ions are supplemented with the COM
forts and conveniences that belong
in present day life together with the
attentions that come from alert, in
telligent and industrious residents
we shall lag in the race for growth
of material prosperity. Nature and
skill have done much for our viii
lage in the mountain top but we are
by no means to the fore as we should
be.
However we are strongly inclined
to believe that the material advan-
ces of the last two years are only the
beginnings and that when the crowd
comes again in 1908 they will find
that our community has not been
indulging in any Rip Nanwinkle
sleep by any means.
B. G.. w.
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