216 HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS. 
Five steamboats make frequent trips around the lake, 
stopping at the few landings, but more frequently 
the passengers are taken off the steamers and landed by 
little boats. We have enjoyed the hospitality of young 
Capt. Tefft on board the little steamer that bears his 
name, and shall carry away very pleasant remem- 
brances of the many courtesies he has shown us during 
our stay here. 
Sunday was a gala day for the young. folks of the 
surrounding country. They come to the lake by scores, 
and probably by hundreds, in carriages, and always in 
couples. The young men wore their best clothes, and the 
young ladies, some of them very pretty, were abundantly 
arrayed in their summer drapery of sashesand bonnet rib- 
bons. They seemed -to be very clever people, and most 
of the young men led the girls about by the hand or took 
their arms as they promenaded about the premises. 
Many of them had dinner at the hotel, while others, less 
extravagant, refreshed themselves with lemonade and ice 
cream. Of course the public piano had its share to bear 
on the occasion, and during the afternoon and evening 
the parlors rang with the blended voices of belles and 
beaux, and made one think of the “evening sings,” as 
described in “ Cape Cod Folks.” One cynical city lady 
made some ungracious remarks about “ unmusical people 
always and eternally trying to make music in public 
places.” Yet I think this rustic though well-behaved 
company had a fair share of pleasure. An hour later 
and we shall be on our way to Mount Morris. 
