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An Entraurinispot in Lewis County -A l*oct*« Rapture, .Caktxiagk, Aug, 7,—In the town of Diana, Lewis county, and along the line of the now Carthage Adirondack railroad, there is tit-tutted a beautiful lake, which is fast growing in notoriety at a summer resort, and which is visited by large numbers of people each year, the number steadily increasing as the place become* more extensively known This magnificent sheet of water coders about twelve hundred acres, has several wild, rocky islands within it, and is environed by bold, rocky shores, alternating with wooded swamps and intervales, presenting altogether one of the most picturesque and quiet woodland scenes which the great forest affords. It was here that Joseph Bonaparte, who at one time owned a largo tract of land in Diana, the town in which the lake is situated, and which town was named in compliment to the wishes of Bonaparte, erected a house on the most commanding sight that the shores of the hake presented It was here that tt e count in his favorite pastime of hunting found an ample fiejd for enterprise, and conferred upon the town the name of the goddess of hunting, fancying perhaps, that Diana herself might in course of time covet this region as her home, axtd he, therefore, by a happy turn of poetic fancy conferred upon It thia name. At the outlet of the lake fit now situated the villageof Alplna. It was on thelands covered by this village thatBonaparte caused to be srected a frame bouse,ice-faousae, cellars and other conveniences, with a view of making thia his summer homa Tbs lake and ttbt interesting history with which it is connected has been made a subject from time to time, for tbscoropowicg of poetna, many of which an highly pleaning and inter-eatingi Tbs following poem, written by Prof. EL If. Brock* of this place wbilb vidttng the lake, will be read with interest by our readers:Each poet tells of M« own dear take In the land of Us mother earth.Where tumbling wave* and moonlight make Us blush, though of hmnbler birth.Thoujch well I know that my worthy theme la still neater than thoughts it leads.I'm lost la an CU-tauaht melodydream.For the smile of a few dear friendsMay be not vainly, Til tryw ts I how In the long pad a noble came.With golden fetters upon his brow,In this vale to write Us glorious nameAnd where tha tight winds their vigils kaep,deaiaaLgzoUe, la qukthvjSee h. rould he oexuild. I'avtj“The hunter loved his piThe backwoodsman fils quiet*And the ishem’ Caret would he With ever kindly deeds for each.Bis lofty name borne there af a charm,Lise a smiling young baba It Ilea,Who** beauty is tree from the touch of aU harm-. Fostered well by the matronly tides.Tioogh other* nestling amrwg its islet,Bag y days their tivew hi'u sees.Bow dear toe hows, full Nature*# sweet umQae, WltUe I rocked ew ha boeom sheen.Thedyiag echoes la muffled note, one the hills their sound probag, WHiftn pUaUra walla of the fooa re mot5 Can Its mate la a mournful song.I tistan I bomaa ear aeter hath brant Buch s woeful lay. E'er the dawa Doth hiss the Illy, alas? straw* bird, likaa dreamthjanote iagona.Asd chro* deep dua^hers In moviy wall.On the b\v. *uh •‘Ivory rhyme,A ttmeful fuuat« chilly bubbtes fall Drop by drop, through lapse of UmeAt are th* shadowing moonbeams creep O'er cliff# and vecuure*clad knolls; Aka* the shores the white Uliee steep la cheir leaves, Uke angels' souk.And ekifff, jpropatted by the nolseteaa oar.Markt tif pathsUsparklingHoe, White Uaklteg sMiodtes o'er them soar. FTam the befh of distant kina.Smite oe, thoo JoveBwt spot, so lone,I will come, since Sommer's noon Thy bcrtom jewfi* with Joy unknown, winter's blasts can not oawe too soon.
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Watertown Times
Watertown, New York, US
Sun, Aug 08, 1886
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