Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-08-02

A Pleasant Summer Res ort in
Michigan.

A Pleasant Summer Resor Ii
i Michigan.
| Leaving Indiana we travelled nortf
for day stopping at Grand Rapids
Michigan, the second city In the state
The Grand river that In early spring
drove many families from their bone.
and destroyed much property is nov
low and sluggish giving off an often
sive odor that somewhat mars the
grandeur from which it receives its
name. Here we visited North Park
and the Soldiers home. The build.
ings are better than those found at
Waupaca; but it Is sadly lacking in
much that goes to make up home as
the old soldiers and their wives are
not permitted to live together. Our
next stop was at Ludington on the
east shore Of Lake Michigan, where
the Epwortb Assembly is located, and
it is good place for the physically or
mentally tired man or woman to rest.
One finds there air the purest, water
the clearest, and society the cheeriest.
It has enough OF the musical to
crafty the aesthetical, enough Of the
intellectual to keep the mental
machinery from rusting. and enough
Of the religious to keep the pious
politician, lawyer or newspaper man
from back-sliding. Intellectually
lyou will find Ludington very con-
genial to person with literary
Tendencies and exceedingly stimulate
ling to thought. The series of sermons,
lectures, concerts and entertainments
are of the highest order of excellence.
The talent secured for this years
[program is magnificent, rarely sur
passed anywhere. Hence while
being built up physically, one is being
stimulated mentally and more
thoroughly prepared for work when
they return home. Too many OF us
are too closely tied down by the cares
OF life to enjoy ourselves, or at least
we think 1--WE are. Possibly, IL we
would stop to think that If we were
removed entirely the old world would
go along just the same as ever, we
might resolve to rest our minds and
bodies more frequently than we do,
and thus have higher enjoyment OF
life while we are PERMITTED to live.
When you round the curve on the
railroad going into Ludington and
the lake air strikes you fairly in the
face and fills your lungs with fresh all
it comes with wonderful relief and
refreshing influence. After one has
been riding In hot dusty car and
over dusty roads in the heat, day
after day, it is relief to look out on
Lake Michigan. The air is refresh.
ing and quieting and the murmul
of the waves striking on the shore Is
| like lullaby. The lake has many
moods. It is pleasant to watch Its
myriad changes caused by different
conditions of wind or air or clouds OF
wave currents. 1t is place where
thin men grow fat and fat men grow
just thin enough, where you can worl
up an appetite that calls for three
square meals day and eight hours Of
sound sleep, and where you can &c
Tout and catch pickerel for breakfast
lor mess of trout for supper, and al
lthe same time feast your inteliec,
upon as fine a selection of lectures
Entertainments and music as can bt
found on any assembly grounds. The
dense growth OF trees in most parts ol
the grounds furnish many quiet
nook for hammock or for stool, fol
isoul to soul intercourse with nature
| Every hard worked person of Crane
Rapids needs change of horizon {
inew environment once year at least
It brings fresh life, new ideas,
broader view OF life than we have
lever held before. No one can evel
igo to Epworth and look upon Lake
Michigan or roam over the forest
lowered sand dunes without feelinf
his horizon in life enlarged. without
becoming conscious that man with
all his powers is only of Coos smaller
lcreations compared with what sur
IroundS him.
| But not all of the life at Epworth
lappeals to the sober side of our nature
Boating, fishing, bathing, tennis
Igolf, bowling, are sufficient to fill VI
the time. To one socially inclined
few other places offer such attraction.
| as all there meet on a common level
and being equal, are willing to sacri6c.
lsemethlng ii necessary for the enjoy