Sewickley Herald

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The Herald
The Sewickley Valley's Home-News Weekly
Vol. XXVI.   No, 45,
SEWICKLEY, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1929
Price 5 Cents
Scenes on tfye beautiful ^ttuskoka TLakes
Upper left: Beaumaris Hotel, on Lake Muskoka, showing the Yacht Club on the right of the hotel and the
wharf on the left. Upper right: A speed boat cutting through the waters of Lake Eosseau. Lower left: A
picturesque island on Lake Joseph.   Lower right: A palatial summer home on Lake Muskoka, illustrating the
huge granite rocks which underlies all the islands.
A'
ON FOOT IN ONTABIO
Our Hitch-Hiking Correspondent Continues  His  Pilgrimage
Monday evening aftor I had lauded
at Beaumaris I ■walked along a dirt
road back of tho hotel which curved
and twisted through tho cool green
depths of the woods. Birds chirped,
insects hummed, the far off roar of a
speedboat receded into tho silent distance and tho bright sun made great
splotches of gold on tho forest floor.
At dinnor that evening, and the Beaumaris Hotel is famous throughout tho
entire lake district for its good meals,
I was introduced to Oharles J. "McCarthy of Toronto, who had been playing thirty-six holes of golf a day for
two weeks, Ho had formerly rowed
With tho Argonaut crew of Toronto,
so it was only natural that wo should
go for a row after dinnor.
Out on the lake tho cool breezes wore
slapping up waves but wo pushed on
into the glorious sunset for about a
mile then turned into Milford Bay
Where Cedar Wild lies bosido tho lapping wators.
To mako a novel into a short story
wo had a date with two girls who wore
staying there, Then, whoii tho proper
time came, wo rowed back on water
shimmering liko quicksilver beneath a
bright half moon. Every so often tho
red, green and white lights of a speeding motor boat would approach ancl we
would quickly hold aloft burning
■matches to ward off a possible collision,
The next morning, aftor a short but
sweet swim, I ran for tlle Sagamo steamboat which takes a 100 mile cruise
around tho threo lakes. Going up the
placid Indian.Biver to Port Carling I
saw a small bird attack a heron, which
was standing on one foot in marshy
ground along tho bank. Tho bird would
dart down, peck at tho heron's head
and fly away before tho larger bird
could raise his cumbcrsomo beak to
strike. Finally thc heron flapped away,
his tormentor flying close, overhead,
every once in a whilo taking a peck at
the larger bird.
At Port Carling, as the whistle sounded our approach to tho locks, a couplo
of youths carrying a Y shaped pipo
Walked to tho middlo of tho bridge
and using the pipe as a loyor, slowly
turned the bridge back far enough to
allow us to pass by. . Then tho captain
of tho boat and the Chief Of polico of
"Port Carling heaved on a similar pipo
on tho lock wail opening the gates into
tho lock. An orchestra, that is a
pianist, a fiddler and a drunimor, started
to play popular airs as soon as we
came within hearing distance of tho
Port and continued the process at every
stop. However, as soon as the boat
pulled away from tho dock tho musie
and dancing ceased until the next stop
was made.
The lock walls at Port Carling were
lined with summer residents, who all
came down to watch tho boat go through
thc ancient locks. At that moment I
saw something which mado me make
up my mind to stay at tho Port for a
.day at least, but for the day I was
satisfied to glide along ovor the dark
wators watching tho green trees and
rock shores slide past "beneath a cloudless sky. Numerous cottages and hotols
peered out from among tho birch and
pine trees both on the many islands and
on the mainland.
Tho folks on board wore very friendly
and gay, commenting on tho attractiveness of tho landscape or their neighbor
with equal promptitude. Gulls wheeled
endlessly about tho vessel, plunging into
tho lako and fighting among themselves
for tho crusts of broad and refuse
thrown from the boat.
The boat stoppod for half ah hour at
.Natural J?ark, Lake Joseph, where it
was mot by an Indian in full regalia.
I don't know what ho was Selling but
it was amusing to see him pound on a
tom-tom while his companion executed
a rwar dance on tho wharf as the boat
-was pulling out. Natural Park has a
great many largo and interesting rocks,
that is, if one is interested in rocks.
Ono would imagine he were in Hollywood, so many cameras clicked as we
passed some particularly attractive
island. Spocd boats, sail boats and
canoes were also the targets of many
snaps although it was not easy to
dctermino whether any of them had
been hit.
At the Boyal Muskoka a girl was
swimming when the boat pulled in. She
splashed out to the rudder and stood
on it balancing herself by the rudder
chain hanging down from tho stern Of
tho boat. As the boat started to
reverse she dived off the ruddor and
began to Swim in the same direction
the boat was going. The mate happened
to bo oii tho dock and shouted to tho
captain to put full steam ahead, just in
time to avoid running ovor tho girl,
who was being drawn toward tho boat
by the suction of the propellor. In tho
oxcitement the mate Was left on the
dock aiid it Avas necessary to land again
to tako hiin on.
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