The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-09

opportunity. She glanced at him with a
doubtful. summer resort smile and handed
over the rod. A worm was impaled and
scarcely had the young lady dropped the
hook into the water than she had a bite,
and joyously pulled out a postage stamp
blue-gill. The young man calamity lifted
his hat and said, as he resumed his jour-
ney:
(which is to prove to you. ladies. that to
catch anything in this world you must have
your hook properly baited.'
AS his footsteps died away the girl with
the golden locks, fishing from the bridge,
said:
'Julia!"
Eyes, my dear"
"Was my hat on straight"
Underneath the water shed which dips
here from the north there is a stratum of
gravel through which runs a stream of cold.
clear water. The full force of this stream
is obtained at a depth of fifty feet on the
island, or at any point near 1t on the main
land. and artesian wells are secured. At a
depth of twenty feet there is another bed of
gravel, which feeds the wells OF the assem-
bly, and cottagers with pure water. These
many places in the bottom of the lax and
on the shore. At the Spring Beach Hotel
there are several of them, different from
others, as they possess the additional ele-
ments of medicinal value.
NO DANGER FROM THE DAM.
What if the dam should go out?' is often
asked by the visitors, who, standing near
the fish ladder, glance nervously at the deep
and broad bottoms below. That question
has often caused concern in the cities o
the river from Rome to Elkhart. Twelve
years ago, during an unusually severe
spring freshet. the telegraph Mashed the
warning that Sylvan lake had reached the
top of the earthen dam. and there was
grave LANCER that the water would seep
through and cause a waShout. AT Goshen
steps We're taken in great haste to strength
en- the dam there, and at Elkhar much
fear existed for the safety of several fac
tories located on the canal fed by water
from the river damned at that point. But
the railroad company prevented a catas-
trophe by unloading many carloads of
gravel on the embankment here, and since
The sudden bursting of the dam, if it should
occur, would no doubt destroy much prop
erty at Ligonier. Goshen, Elkhart and other
points.
Only once did the dam go out. and that
was during the civil war. Among those
killed upon that occasion was a man who,
a few days previous, had executed a deed
of conveyance to a farm in this vicinity.
A number of years afterward a claim of adj
verse ownership to the and was filed in
the Circuit Court of Lagrange county, in
which the complainant charged that this
mans alleged signature to the deed was a
forgery, for the reason that the deed had
been evidently Executed after the dam went
out, and consequently after the mans
utdtn. d. ~. ceTTdli, now Judge Oh the IHlT-
ty-fourth judicial circuit, and j. S. Drake.
now Of the law firm of Miller, Drake &
Hubbell, of Goshen, were then in partner
ship as practicing attorneys at Lagrange
under the firm name of Ferrall & Drake,
and they defended the case, winning 1t
after a long fight.
Once a year the "tumbles'' is inspected
by a State official. A year ago he decided
that inasmuch. as some of the heavy tim
bers were becoming defective through de-
cay that it is unsafe, and the structure was
accordingly condemned. This action places
the responsibility for any disaster which
might occur upon the railroad company,
and 1t is understood that that corporation
Is proceeding to make the necessary alter
atoms. The headgates are now located
about 500 feet from the dam proper, the
water from the lake flowing under a narrow
bridge in the DAM. The new headgates are
to be constructed of cement and will be a
part of the dam. 1t is understood that con-
tracts for the Improvement have been
signed and work will soon begin.
Newspapers are not permitted to be sold
on the island SUNDAY for the reason; main
dismissed from the mind SO far as possible
on the Sabbath day.
TROUBLES OF THE GATEMEN.
The tickets for admission to the island
are arranged with three small marginal
squares in which are printed the words
respectively, young medium elderly"
which are punched according to the ages
of the holders, as quickly judged by the
gatement.
Sometimes 1t is difficult to Judge in which
class to place the women" said Pat Sui
Ivan, the jolly heavyweight who presides
at the main entrance, land it is funny tc
see how curiously they await our decision
Upon some occasions they really become
angry. A while ago three women entered
and one of them, whose licked l punched In
the elderly square, actually turned upor
me in rage and wanted to know why
thought her elderly when she was only
twenty-six years old. It's a risk job. this
ticket pun hing"
The board of directors of the assembly
has already begun plans and preparations
for the session of 1904. A number of i'm.
provemcnts will be made on the grounds
and additional cottages will be provided
on the mainland. Contracts lave beer
signed for several attractions, which will
be placed on The programme later. Rev. j
+. Snyder, WHO has been the efficient ex.
ecutive officer of the assembly for the past
eight years. will continue in that capacity
and give his entire attention to the manage
ment.
WIDOW TO BRING SUIT.
The tract of land on which is located the
village of Rome City and many of the cot.
tages along the north shore of Sylvan lake
Is to become the object of heavy litigation