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LAKE CHAUTAUQM-
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THE MOST CHARMING OF ALL SUMMER RESORTS.

View from Griffith Point: Chatrtanqua Lake Station (A. & G. W. E. R ) in the distance.

' They come , the merry summer months of beauty, song, and flowers ;
They come I the gladsnme months that bring thick leafiness to bowers.
Up, up, my heart ! and walk abroad ; fling cark and care aside,
Seek silent hills, or rest thyself where peaceful waters glide ;
Or, underneath the shadow vast of patriarchal tree,
Sean through its leaves the cloudless sky in rapt tranquillity."
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LAKE CHAUTAUQUA.

New York State is full of lakes and chains of lakes with high and sweet
sounding names — the best legacy that the Indian has given to the land —
but not one has a name more attractive or more familiar than Lake
Chautauqua. In thousands of families throughout the country it is fast becoming the
household word, which suggests health and happiness, mental growth and
physical regeneration.
To some its very name is a synonym of pure and perfect delight in the
mere enjoyment of nature, after being long housed in the city ; while to
others Lake Chautauqua means a kind of periodic, rural university, where
they get supplies of enthusiasm and suggestions for mental cultivation,
which carry them round to the next year. To all who have ever been
there it means relaxation, rest and refreshment.
As the world every year- goes faster, and the machinery of life becomes
more complicated, the strain upon the individual man — the wear and tear
of his nervous system — gets to be a fearful thing. Hence it comes about
that every one who can, breaks away for a time, and what was once the
recreation of the few and the rich, has nowadays become an imperative
necessity. It is passing into a proverb that a week's hunting or fishing
saves big doctor's bills. There is also an increasing appreciation of the
need of change of climate as well as relaxation and rest. This is espe
cially desirable for the dwellers in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys, whose
long summers tell on the stoutest constitutions. It is the fashion to talk
of malaria and miasma, and those whose systems are poisoned and be
numbed and deadened are often the last to recognize the fact underlying
this talk. The only way to make such people stand upon their feet again
is to transplant them to regions free from such malign influence. The
consumptive of New England must go to the Sunny South; but the resi
dent of Cincinnati and this latitude must go North. The true tonic to
him comes down from the Pole. Up in that region is the laboratory where
is generated oxygen and ozone and laughing gas, and, like the fish, he
must rise to respire.
This process was once long and tedious. To reach these breathing
places, these healing waters, it was thought necessary to undertake a
thousand miles of railway travel and sometimes hours of stage riding on
rough and dusty roads. Within the last few years the Atlantic and
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Great Western Railroad has developed a sanitarium near at hand — has
found the very Como of the West.
Lovers of the beautiful need not now cross the ocean to gaze upon the
waters of the Italian Como, or feel that life is not half lived unless they
can "do" the Scottish and English lakes, or even make a pilgrimage to
Lake George, beautiful as that sheet of water is. Lake water has usually
about the same constituents everywhere, and the traveler is only tantal
ized by trying to catch glimpses into the lovely villas of the old Como, or
to figure to himself sweet Highland Ellen, or the Lord of the Isles, sail
ing about on loch Lomond. Half the fascination of the Irish lake is in
the dead and gone ' ' Kate Kearney, who lived by the lakes of Killarney,"
and the " Mountain Dew," which might as well be mixed in Kentucky.
The natural loveliness of Chautauqua will soon gather about it history
and legend, and tender association.
LOCATION.
Situated in Western New York, about midway between the Atlantic
coast and the Mississippi River, Lake Chautauqua is easily reached by
the inhabitants of the large territory between these two boundaries. By
the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad it is fifteen or sixteen hours
from Cincinnati. Lying within seven miles of Lake Erie, it gets the
fresh free winds, laden with moisture and purified from miasma and earth
taint, that come across the great system of lakes which make our inland
ocean. The Lake is seven hundred and twenty-three feet higher than
the surface of Lake Erie, — in fact the highest navigated water on the
continent, being thirteen hundred feet above the ocean ; hence the breeze
that sweeps its bosom is always salubrious and refreshing. The lake,
called by the Indians Ju-du-qu-a, — some say this means saddle-bags, which
it resembles in shape — is about twenty miles long, stretching from north
west to south-east, and at its widest part is about five miles across.
At its southern end it becomes a deep, winding outlet, flowing between
low banks, very much resembling the bayous of the Mississippi. This
narrow outlet is two miles long, and a sail through its slow tortuous
length in the steamer, which almost touches the bank on either hand, is
one of the most novel and enjoyable excursions which can be made in
the vicinity.
Being upon such high table land — the highest east of the Rocky Moun
tain slope — the lake has no considerable inlet, but is fed by springs be
neath its surface. The adjacent country is a fertile, grazing country, dry
and well watered by springs and small streams. One of the principal
industries is that of cheese-making. Several factories are near the shore,
and form another object of interest to town-bred visitors.

LAKE CHAUTAUQUA.

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HOW TO GET THERE.
The lake has long been the haunt of trappers and adventurous hunters
and fishermen, but it has become popular as a summer resort only since
1872. The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad runs along its southern
border, and now annually carries thousands of pilgrims thither. During
these years numerous large hotels, capable of accommodating hundreds
of guests, have been built, while for those seeking greater quiet or cheaper
entertainment there are private boarding places and cozy farm houses
scattered along its shores.
The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad .runs daily Express trains
from Cincinnati, Chicago and Cleveland to the lake without change of
cars. Leaving Cincinnati at 9:30 p. m. , the traveler by the Broad Gauge
Route finds himself, after a comfortable night's sleep, at Mansfield,
where the through cars, which left Chicago at 5:00 p. m. the previous
evening, are attached to the train. Among these is a Pullman Hotel
Coach, from which he can order breakfast and eat it at his leisure, while
the train is spinning along" at the rate of forty miles an hour. This is a
concession which railroads make to the spirit of the age, which utilizes
all its senses and all its opportunities to the utmost. On arriving at
Leavittsburg, the 7:10 a- m. Express from Cleveland is added to the al
ready long line of cars, and then this truly royal train sweeps onward for
the East, reaching Chautauqua Lake Station, formerly Lake View Station,
at 1:38 p. m.
And now the lake lies sparkling before the gaze, and involuntarily peo
ple begin "clear, placid,"— but the porters step up and cut short senti
ment. There is no need of hacks, or stages, or 'buses. What will you
have ? — are you going to the Kent House, or the Lake View House,
here they are — step in and be at home. Are you bound for the Chau
tauqua Assembly, or the Baptist Convocation, or some hotel farther up
on the lake ? Here is the steamer, and where are your checks ? Step
down to the landing and your trunks will follow you. All is gayety and
animation ; boats are whistling, the bells are ringing, this one is to start
first, that one goes before it, all go to the same places, all charge the
same price — this friend is here, that friend is there ; the lake keeps spark
ling before you. You are dazzled. You will go anywhere and be any
thing anybody wants you to. You have come to Lake Chautauqua, and
here it is. And this is
LAKE VIEW,
Tor some rer?ons the most attractive spot on the lake. It is the link with
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market and board the train at any moment ; if you want to see who comes
and who goes, stay at Lake View. You will not fare badly. The beau
tiful panorama that bursts upon the eye justifies its name. Griffith
Point, Fluvanna, and the high hills of Ellery and Ellicott are across the
blue waters, and the arrival and departure of the steamers and smaller
craft only heighten the loveliness of the broad expanse before you.
Here is located the Kent House, one of the largest and finest hotels on
the lake, whose appointments would do no discredit to any first-class ho
tel in the land. With a water front of five hundred feet and wide piaz
zas extending around each of its four stories, it affords a promenade of
more than half a mile. Here the guests are congregated at all hours of
the day, and such is its extent that those who want privacy or a tete-a-t&te,
can easily find it at some corner or angle, and those who choose can
wander and chat from group to group. The grand dining room is one
hundred and seventy-five feet long ; and in addition there are several pri
vate dining rooms, and a separate hall for children and nurses ; thus
affording ample accommodations for five hundred guests.
The house is also furnished with steam laundry, billiard room and bow
ling alleys. Every guest's room is supplied with stationary wash stand,
and the house is lighted with gas throughout.
The cuisine is unexceptionable, the table being supplied daily with
fresh cream and vegetables from the farm belonging to the house.
The Kent House is under the management of Mr. Z. Martin, of
Titusville. Terms $14.00 per week, and $2.50 per day for transient
guests. Nurses and children taking their meals in the children's dining
hall, halt price.
The new Lake View House, to the left of the Kent House, has the
most elevated location of any hotel on the lower lake, and its broad
verandas command an unequaled view. On each side of the original
structure have been thrown out two wings, and between these wings is en
closed a spacious court with a ceiling twenty-five feet from the floor.
The front of this court .looks out upon the lake ; and as its side is en
closed entirely with glass, it will be a favorite lounging room for the
guests. The "Hops" of the house will also be held here, and as
there is a balcony round the second story overlooking the interior, the
position of spectator or wall -flower will not be so painful as it sometimes
proves. On the first and second floors there are no halls or corridors,
the rooms being entered directly from the court or the balcony after the
manner of the celebrated Pico House at Los Angelos, Southern California.
The house is lighted with gas, and furnished with bath rooms and water
closets on each floor. All the roo"ic for quests have electric call bells, and

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are supplied with an abundance of pure spring water from the neigh
boring hills. The rates are $2.50. per day, or $14.00 per week.
Packard Brothers, Proprietors. Both of these houses are near fine
groves of trees, and the neighborhood of private cottages that have
sprung up around them indicate the popularity of Lake View for a
protracted residence. A commodious wharf furnishes anchorage for the
large number of yachts and row boats which are kept for the use of the
guests. The steam yacht Waukeegan, built of iron and capable of a
speed of eighteen miles an hour, is run for the special accommodation of
parties wishing to visit the grounds at Fair Point and Point Chautauqua,
during the session of the Assembly.
The roads about are good, and the drives picturesque, and in some
respects the views are superior to those to be obtained from the deck of
the steamers on the lake. Jamestown is at a distance of four miles.
This is also a convenient point from which to visit Panama Rocks, a
wonder of nature, eight miles inland. Here on the hottest summer day
may be found patches of ice lurking under huge bowlders of rock piled
up or drawn asunder by some bygone convulsion. Visitors to the Rocks
always come back with arms full of maiden-hair fern and mosses and
other products of cool recesses and sequestered dells. At Lake View
there is a Kindergarten under the management of experienced teachers,
and nowhere could Froebel's method of training the infant mind by bring
ing it in close contact with mother earth and all its myriad sights and
sounds, be better carried out. There is also in this village a Union Pro
testant Church where services are held every Sabbath by ministers of
different religious denominations stopping at the lake. Post-office address
for Kent and Lake View Houses, Chautauqua Lake, Chautauqua Co.,N.Y.
JAMESTOWN
Is the largest town of all the region around Lake Chautauqua, having
about 10,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the outlet of the lake, on the
direct line of -the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, four hundred
and fourteen miles from Cincinnati, one hundred and seventy-nine miles
from Cleveland, and four hun"3red and forty-eight miles from New York.
It is the terminus of the B. & S. W. R. R. , seventy miles from Buffalo. It
thus becomes a point of departure for lake tourists if they prefer it ; but
travelers from the West naturally stop at Chautauqua Lake Station, from
which steamers start in their circuit of the lake, and passengers from the
East can embark at Jamestown, the first point at which they touch after
leaving Chautauqua Lake Station.

Fluvanna House, Lake Chautauqua, two miles hy boat from Chautauaua Lake Station, on the
Atlantic & Great Western Railroad.

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Though apparently a river town it is one of the most picturesque in
Western New York. The outlet divides the principal business portion of
the town from that devoted to residences. Upon the north side are many
blocks in which the Jamestown merchants display choice stocks of goods
rivaling in quality and cheapness those of large cities. The largest
Alpaca mills in the United States are located here ; also several chair and
furniture factories, a piano factory,, woolen mills, upholstering establish
ments, oil refineries and founderies. There is one daily paper, the
Journal, edited by John A. Hall ; and two weeklies, the Journal and the
Democrat, the latter published by A. B. Fletcher. There is also a weekly
published in the Swedish language, called the Folket's Rost, (People's
Voice), J. F. Nystrom, Editor.
Among the fine residences is the beautiful, villa of Ex-Gov. Fenton.
The streets are delightfully shaded, the graceful elm sometimes completely
overarching them.
Many persons prefer taking board in Jamestown, and enjoying the lake
almost daily by excursions up through the outlet and on to the farthest
point. In Brooklyn Square in the city is a celebrated mineral spring, pro
nounced very beneficial in many diseases. It is perfectly free from
all poisonous metals, and attracts many visitors and drinkers.
On Main street, fronting Brooklyn Square, and convenient to the railroad
depot and the steamboat landing, stands the Weeks House, designed
especially for the reception of summer visitors to the lake. Its apart
ments are all cool, airy and comfortable. It contains over one hun-
' dred rooms, and can easily accommodate double that number of guests.
Its proprietor, Mr. A. M. Sherman, has had long experience in the hotel
business, and intends to keep a first-class house in all respects. Terms
$2.00 per day, wish special rates for parties and boarders.
On the arrival of the train at Chautauqua Lake Station, the new
steamer, W. B. Shattuc, starts on the circuit of the lake, passing down
the outlet to Jamestown, thence returning and landing on the east bank at
FLUVANNA.
This is the oldest settlement on the lake. The village, consisting of
two hotels, the Fluvanna and the Sherwin, and some cottages, is sur
rounded by will kept farms ; and over all is a tranquil beauty most fa*-
cinating. The Fluvanna House has been kept by the Whittemores, father
and son, from time immemorial according to the lake calendar. It is the
pioneer hotel of the lake. Mr. H. A. Whittemore, the present proprie
tor, keeps step with every march of improvement, having enlarged and

Griffith Point, Lake Chautauqua, one mile by boat from Chautauqua Lake Station, on the Atlantic & Great Western
Railroad.

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remodeled his house till it will now accommodate one hundred guests.
The lawn in front goes down to the water's edge, and the steamer lands
passengers at a substantial wharf, directly before his door. The farm
connected with the house furnishes an abundance of fresh vegetables and
dairy products. The rates are $2.00 per day or $10.00 per week, and
the house is kept open the year round. The village post-office is in this
house, and the mails are received twice a day from Jamestown, three miles
distant. The Sherwin House, P. O. Sherwin, proprietor, is a quiet family ho'.el,
located about two hundred and fifty feet from the lake, and will accom
modate from thirty to thirty-five boarders comfortably. The boats be
longing to the house are free to guests, and the rates are $10.00 per
week. One mile farther up the lake, still 'on the eastern shore, is-
GRIFFITH POINT.
This is nearly opposite Lake View, four miles from Jamestown and one
mile, by water, from Chautauqua Lake Station. The Griffith Point Hotel,
formerly known as the "Lake Shore'-' has a frontage upon the lake of
two hundred feet, with a veranda around each floor. There are one hundred
large and well furnished rooms for guests, and the parlors are spacious
and pleasant. The dining room will seat all the guests at one time, and
the table is supplied with the best the market affords. The lake swells
out to its greatest width just above this point, and the lawn sloping down
to the bank, as well as the house, commands fine views on either hand.
Many of the fishing parties start from this point, and the wharf, to which
is attached a large fleet of sail and row boats, is always a scene of life
and excitement. The woods about the house and extending back into
the country afford another source of pleasure to visitors to this point.
Rates at " Griffiths" are from $10.00 to $12.00 per week, and $2.50 per
day for transient guests. The house is under the management of Mr. A.
Dunham, whose post-office address is Jamestown, N. Y.
The steamer now returns to Lake View, and then starts' for
BEMUS POINT.
Situated about midway in the length of the lake and jutting out into
the water, this point helps to make the narrows, a contraction of the lake
so sudden and so strict, that a chain ferry is constructed here to connect
the opposite shores, only half a mile apart. . Bemus Point, with Long
Point about two miles above, forms a sort of crescent, in whose bay the
waters are more tranquil and sometimes as smooth as glass, reflecting de
licious sunsets and moonlights, as well as forming an arena in which all
the life on the lake, — the steamers and the pleasure boats of every kind — .

Bemus Point and the "Narrows," viewed from Long Point.

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will be sure to display itself in near focus to the dwellers on the shore.
The different steamers often of an evening carrying colored lights and
music, and sometimes convoyed by gay row boats pleased to catch the
swelling of the waves in their wake, all necessarily pass quite in shore
here, and make a scene of enchantment not to be surpassed by the at
tractions of the more frequented points on the lake. The largest hotel
at this part of the lake is the Chautauqua Lake House, A. J. Pickard,
proprietor. A row of flourishing poplars in front make it a conspicuous
object in all directions. It has accommodations for one hundred and
fifty guests, and is supplied with the usual adjuncts of boats, livery and
fishirig outfits. Terms $10.00 per week, or $2.00 per day transient.
Reached by the same landing is the Bemus Point Hotel, formerly
known as " Garfields," but now owned by Mr. L. Dunham, who has
recently refitted it. The rates of board are from $6.00 to $10.00 pee
week. The post-office address for these houses is Bemus Point, Chau
tauqua Co., New York.
PRIVATE BOARDING HOUSES.
Many of the most delightful private boarding houses are in the imme
diate vicinity of Bemus Point. That of Mr. Daniel Bemus, near Griffith
Point, will accommodate twenty guests. In the very center of the happy
hunting and fishing grounds, his house may well rival the English " Pea
cock " inn, so dear to the angler, and all that that wayside spot usually
sets forth — a joint of beef and. a cheese — is easily furnished here for
$8.00 per week. Mr. Bemus' post-office address is Fluvanna, Chautauqua
Co., New York.
Mrs. J. S. Bemus, Mr. J. Bemus, and S. H. Brownell have all very
delightful houses within a mile of the point, capable of receiving between
twenty and thirty boarders. The large boats do not touch at these
smaller houses, but they are easily accessible either by carriage or row or
sail boat from the Point itself. Or the small tug which plies the lake and
which goes anywhere for a quarter, will make a landing wherever a plank
is thrown into three feet of water. One of the most pleasant, places in
all the region around the lake is Maple Springs, on the shore of Whitney's
Bay, about three miles from Bemus Point. The proprietor, Mr. P. S.
Barnes, has spared no pains or expense in beautifying the place, and the
appearance of the house and park, surrounding it, attest the success of
his efforts. The post-office address for all these houses is Bemus Point.
Along the shore here may be found absolute quiet for those who wish
it, "the world forgetting, by the world forgot," and yet when the humor
seizes, the sojourner here can take a boat, always at hand, free without
asking, and launch out into the gayer world across the water. In this

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bay one of the Sherman family has a country seat, which, thiough all the
region, attracts attention because an English steward has arranged and
tended the grounds, and made the place fruitful and comfortable after the
true English ideal. A mile farther north
LONG POINT
Stretches out a slender belt of woodland, a shaded little kingdom just
large enough for a family pic-nic, or a lovers' stroll, and a favorite bit of
'landscape for the artist. The fisherman here can loll all the morning on
the shady side, throwing his hook to northward, or N. N. W., and as the
sun rolls over the tops of the trees, roll himself over and drop again to
S. S. east. " How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream,
With half shut eyes ever to seem,
Falling asleep in a half dream.
To watch the crisping ripples on the beach,
And tender-curving lines of creamy spray:
To lend our spirits wholly
To the influence of mild-minded melancholy; "
and then to spring to our feet, and seizing the oar, stiffen the muscles,
and row home to supper.
As the steamboat rounds Long Point it makes a run straight for
FAIR POINT,
The camp ground of the great National Sunday School Association.
The Association owns about eighty acres of the finest woodland on the
western shore of Lake Chautauqua, on which more than three hundred
cottages have been bui'*\ Some of these are of imposing architecture,
and others but one remove beyond the groves which were God's first
temples, p:M which still serve as an auditorium, for the immense multitudes
who congregate there at certain seasons. The grounds of this settlement
are enclosed, and admittance is gained only through the gate at the
steamboat landing. They vtere laid out with great care by one of the
most eminent civil engineers of the State of New York. The native
forest is left as far as possible, and the lots are arranged so as to give op
portunity to all tastes and all purses. The wants of a large community
are provided for in bath houses, market houses and shops for all sorts of
wares, largely books and the sundries and trifles which people carry
away as souvenirs and relics from summer "watering places." There
are also a post-office and telegraph office inside the camp. The
grounds are adorned with statuary and fancies of horticultural art.
Chief among them is the Park of Palestine, a model of the whole land
of Cunaan, go large that visitors can ramble about among the mountains

ALL THE LUXURIES OF A HOME.
T A T/ Vi \] (Win U I Ptlsse,1gers by way of the Atlantic & Great Western
1 /\l\.Ly i\ \J 1 IV^Ly 1 Railroad do not have to get off the train between
Cincinnati, Cleveland and New York. Meals served on the train in one of Pullman's
Celebrated Palace Coaches. This is the only line running these Coaches.

(Interior "View of a Pullman Palace- Hotel and Sleeping Coach.)
n J??Jnl a^° m mo.f,ation °f tn°se «*? do not desire to take locations in PALACE SLEEPING
P°£?H-F v-S '',"e ls ™?nlnB a First-Cla-s PnsxerRcr Coach from Cincinnati, Chicago and Cleve
land to Now \ ork and all points on the E le Kui way, in which passengers can have seats through
witlumtchnag^ and without any extra expense; also from New York to Cleveland, Chicago and Cincin
nati without clmntfe. ' &
Ask for ticket's via the ATLANTIC & GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD, for sale at all offices
ttvroughojit^the_Sonth and West. ' vu«.c»
P. D. COOPER, Gen'l Supt.,
CLEVELAND, O.

W. B. SHATTTJC, Gen'l Passenger Agt.,
CINCINNATI, O.

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and valleys, and cross the brooks, and inspect the towns, and become
familiar with the exact topography of the Holy Land. The site of the
cave of Machpelah, of Jacob's Well and other shrines are labeled, and
the Bible student can easily identify the locality of all the scenes depicted
in the early history of the Jews, as well as the allusions to these spots in
the Gospels. Besides this extended chart there is a more detailed repre
sentation of Jerusalem and the hills surrounding it, a model of the Jewish
temple, a section of an Egyptian pyramid, an oriental museum, and a
children's temple capable of seating two thousand people. The object
of the Association is not (as its name imports) merely to teach a Sunday
school, or train Sunday school teachers, but in a broad and unsectarian
way to endeavor to raise the standard of education and morals among
the people. A regular course of reading and study is prescribed, and
some of the most eminent scholars of the day have been lecturers there
on religion, science, literature and art. Last year Dr. John Lord, Joseph
Cook, Bishop Foster, Prof. Bowne, and others gave interesting courses.
During the season the Association publishes two daily papers, the
" Children's Hour, " distributed gratuitously, and the Assembly Herald,
which publishes verbatim reports of all lectures delivered before the As
sembly, as well as general news of the lake. The Herald is also published
monthly throughout the year. Subscriptions may be sent to M. Bailey,
Manager, Jamestown, N. Y. While a large number of the students and
listeners to the lectures take quarters in the cottages and boarding houses,
or in the large Palace Hotel, kept by Mr. E. L. Ailing, intending to stay
through the season, the audiences are vastly increased by the crowds.
which come merely for the day on the steamers. One large caravansary
does a good business in furnishing meals to these transient visitors.
Rates at the Palace Hotel are from $9.00 to $10.00 per week.
The popularity of these annual assemblies is evident from the fact
that 150,000 persons visited the grounds last year. The session
of 1879 will begin August 2d, and continue until August 21st. Printed
programmes of the different speakers for every day are distributed very
generally throughout the vicinity, and it is an easy matter for persons
boarding at any of the hotels along the lake to attend any meeting
they choose. The steamers make the last trip down the lake after the
close of the exercises in the evening. The speakers' stand and a large
platform for eminent guests and a band'of trained singers is built under
magnificent beeches, which furnish shade for a large seated audience by
day, and at night, transfigured by calcium lights, make one of the grandest
lofty-columned cathedrals it is possible to imagine.

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To those addressing or calling on any agent of the
ATLANTIC & GREAT WESTERNER
He will gladly give full information as to time, rates, &c.

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POINT CHAUTAUQUA.
Over against Fair Point rises Point Chautauqua. The Baptist Asso
ciation has pre-empted much of the ground here, and has certainly shown
good taste and judgment in choosing its lot. For beauty of situation it
can hardly be surpassed. On the borders' of a fine grove a substan
tial tabernacle has been built, and near it the Point Chautauqua Hotel, a
palatial structure, has been erected the past year. It is not only one of
the largest, but architecturally one of the finest hotels on the lake. It
occupies a commanding position above the lake, and is furnished with
corridors and piazzas from which are had superb views of the country
around. The sunsets as seen across the lake are grand. Cottages, rooms
and tents have sprung up around, many of which can be rented for the
season, and provisions obtained from the Company's store. Boats of all
descriptions are supplied, and the steamers make regular stops. The
annual session of this association (called the Point Chautauqua Associa
tion) will begin July 20th and continue ten days. The price of board at
the hotel will be $10.00 per week, and further information regarding the
place may be had by addressing J. H. Miller, Secretary of the Associa
tion, Mayville, N. Y.
MAYVILLE.
Three miles farther north stands Mayville like a sentinel at the head of
the lake. As seen from the deck of the steamer, it rises in terraces till
the ridge is reached which forms the great water shed for this region.
From the summit can be seen on one hand Lake Chautauqua and on the
other Lake Erie, seven miles away and extending to the north and the'
west as far as the eye can reach, and the steamers and sails plying back
and forth can be easily descried. Near the landing is the Chautauqua
House, owned by Horace Fox, a genial host, who knows how to keep a
first rate house. The hotel is large and commodious, capable of receiving
one hundred and fifty guests, and its fine outlook and extensive verandas
attract many tourists. Terms, $2.50 per day, or $12.00 to $15.00 per
week. Farther up, and on the main street of the village is the Mayville House,
Gerrans & Hurty, proprietors. The terms here are $10.00 to $12. 00 per
week.
HUNTING AND FISHING.
In August and September the country around the lake abounds in
woodcock, ruffled grouse and squirrel, and later in the season vast num
bers of ducks, principally teal and broadbills find a feeding ground on
the lake in their migrations southward. The strict enforcement of the

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fishing laws has made Chautauqua a fine fishing point. The muskallonge,
called here pickerel, are abundant in the neighborhood of Griffith and Bemus
Points. They are taken by trolling during the months of May, June,
September and October. In the same locality and in Whitney's Bay,
(between Bemus and Long Points) is found the yellow bass, a fine game
fish weighing from one to five pounds; also the black bass and pike-perch,
locally known as the pike. Among the smaller fish are the rock bass and
sun fish, found in shallow water.
LIFE AT THE LAKE.
The entire unconventionality of life on this lake makes one of its great
social charms. There is gayety for the pleasure seeker, rest for the in
valid, idleness for the overworked. There is no absolute necessity for
a Saratoga trunk, but if you are young bring it. If you have none, you
will no doubt find your level,, and it may be along side of the great ones
of the land, who carry their wardrobe in a hand-satchel. But if you are
old, or tired, or cross, bring a tent and get down to first principles. If
you are rheumatic, don't; if you are not, do. Do as you please is the
one great principle that holds the lake as a social institution together.
Most of the private boarding houses, as well as the hotels, have horses
and light wagons, and the drives about the country and from point to
point on the shore are very charming. For miles the roads skirt the very
edge of the lake, affording glimpses of the water in every mood of a sum
mer's day, and then they plunge into magnificent forests, where no
sign of life appears.
This bracing atmosphere works strange metamorphoses sometimes.
The belle of the ball-room becomes the winning oar in the race ; the count
ing room clerk, pale and attenuated, soon rivals the red Indian in the
hue of his face and the make-up of his limbs. Dyspepsia gives way,
hay fever gives way; and appetite and spirits, and flesh and health, are
upon a man almost before he knows it. As the physical man renews it
self, there is a sort of making over of the mind, for vast numbers of
people, in the peculiar facilities afforded by this unique summer resort.
One may be a month at Lake Chautauqua, and never know, from per
sonal observation, that there is anything special going on at Fair Point ;
but if one puts oneself within the sphere of Dr. Vincent and his coadju
tors, the mind will begin to send out feelers in every direction. This is
a method of growth alike in the vegetable and animal kingdom, and at
Chautauqua, sky, earth and water combine to build up the man who
yields himself to their influence.
5' He can behold
Things manifold,
That have not been wholly told, —
Have not been wholly said or sung."

Tlie Atlantic & Great Western R. B.

OFFERS TO

TOURISTS, BUSINESS MEN pD FAMILIES
Going East, facilities and comforts not found on any other line. Among the
special features of this route are
.A. DAILY JL.I3SIE OIF1
Pullman Hotel Coaches
Leaving Cincinnati in the evening, and running to New York without change.
Meals can be taken at any hour without leaving the train, and the cuisine includes
all the delicacies of the season at popular prices, i
These Coaches are literally hotels on wheels, having a kitchen, dining room,
family room, smoking and sleeping rooms. The cooking is equal to that of any
first-class hotel, and with the skillfully constructed springs on which the car rests,
and the smooth track over which it travels, the oscillation is hardly perceptible,
and passengers can take their meals with as much comfort as at their own homes.
The equipment of the
Atlantic & Great Western R. R.
and the many excellent features of its train service, tending to promote the com
fort and safety of the passengers, are not surpassed on any railroad in the United
States. The Palace Cars are of the Pullman Company's finest make, and are larger
and roomier than those in use on any other route. All passenger cars are equipped
with Miller's Patent Buffers and Couplers and Westinghouse Air Brakes.
By use of the patent buffers there is no slack in the connection of the Coaches,
and when starting, the entire train moves at the same instant, without the jarring
which is experienced with the ordinary coupling.

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0IIFORT AHD QiLFETTi

ATLANTIC & GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD
Recommends itself particularly to the
TOURISiWLEASURE SEEKER.
When purchasing, ask for tickets via this line, for sale at all offices of connecting
lines West and South-West.
D. E. HOLMES, F. H. GARFIELD,
General Southern Agent, Traveling Agent,
Cincinnati, O. Buffalo, N. Y.
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PLEASURE RESORT.
Lake Chautauqua
SITUATED NEAR JAMESTOWN, -N. Y.
414 Miles from Cincinnati, < 179 Miles from Cleveland, 33 Miles from Salamanca.

ARRANGE MENTS

PLEASURE SEASON.

Excursion Round Trip Tickets
AT EXTREMELY LOW RATES, will be sold at all offices of this line,_ com
mencing June 1st : In Cincinnati, at No. 44 West Fourth St. (cor. Walnut), No,
4 Burnet House Block, ticket office in Grand Hotel and at Depot. In Dayton at
Union Ticket Office at Depot. In Cleveland, at ticket office at Depot, (A. &G."\V.
R.. R.) Also through Local Agents of this line at Hamilton, Springfield, Urbana,
Marion, Gabon, Mansfield, Ashland, West Salem, Akrin, Ravenna, Warren, She-
nango, Greenville, Meadyille, Franklin, Oil City and Salanvnca, and at other sta-
tions-on main line and branches. Also, in St. Louis and Louisville at Ohio and
Mississippi Railroad Offices; at offices of Louisville, Cincinnati & Lexington R. R.
in Louisville and on line of road, and at all offices throughout the South and West.
These Tickets will be good for return until October 1st.
Tickets from all Points to New Yorkagd Philadelphia
— —AT REDUCED RATES,— — .
WITH THE PRIVILEGE OF STOPPING OVER AT LAKE CHAUTAUQUA,
can be had at all offices of this line.
r —
Conductors on this line haveJnstructions to give stop over checks on all through
tickets at Chautauqua Lake Station (Lake Chautauqua), whether good for stop,,
over or not. Passengers must, however, resume their journey in time to reach
destination before time limitation on ticket expires.
Chautauqua Lake Steamers
Leave Lake View (Chautauqua Lake Station) directly after the arrival of trains for
points on the lake, and return, to connect with tire several trains East and West. ,
For TIME of DEPARTURE of TRAINS, R^TES, & FULL INFORMATION
Please call on Local Agents, who will cheerfully answer all inquiries.

W. B. BHATTUO,
Gen'l Pamenger & Ticket Agent, Cincinnati, O. 24

P. T>. COOPEK,
Gen'l Superintendent, Cleveland, 0.

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