To The Lake And Back

W. S. Clarkgon of the First National Bank and two Register fellows, (bookieeper Royal and the proprieter), took their extended summer trip and vacation this week, going out to Whitmore Lake, via the T. & A. R'y, Tuesday evening, and being very hospitably entertained by A. Stevens, at the Lake House. With the exception of a little too much upward pre8sure on the meroury of the thermometer, for which, however, no charge was made, everything in connection with their stay was very satisfactory. They slept in a room tbat was struck by lightning a few weeks before, so feit perfectly safe even during a short storm that occurred during the night. Tne morning and evening boating on the beautiful water was delightful, and they caught several fish, none of which broke their lices or endangered the vessel from their great weight, while being hauled in. The entire company arrived home Wednesday noon, greatly refreshed from their long sojourn, finding Ann Arbor improved and more beautiful than ever in the cool shade of her umbrageous f oliage. D. C. Yale, Alvin Wibey, Prof. George W. Renwick, R. C. Cuthbert and Avery Calkins and their families, arrived at the Lake Wedneaday morning,) and began pitching their tentg in the grove on the east side of the lake. Tbere are enough of them to scare all the bears away and prevent all feelingg of loneliness even when the san has gone down and the owls hoot. They are a jolly crowd and will fill the woodswith music. Mrs. Dr. Breakey and daughter Anna and several friends are stopping at the Lake House. Dr. Frothingham's children are drinking ing in the lake breezcs. It is a fine time to visit the lake now when the hotels are not crowded. A large number of boarders are expected soon. The great excitement and grand topic of conversation Wedne3day forenoon, wa9 the catching of a twelve-pound pickerel by Al. Southerd, who is running a barber shop at the lake this summer. It was a beauty, about two and a half feet long and it made a fellow hungry to think of the luscious broils that he carried in his ponderous sides. The wheat is mostly cut along the road to the lake, but'it looks very light; and in some fields it lay flat, the work of the Hessian fly.