“Where shall we go this summer?”

“Where shall we go this summer?”
“I don’t know”
“It is hard to decide, for we are a family of such varied tastes. There is Maggie and Nell, who would be perfectly happy if where boating was good.”
“Yes, and bathing.”
“There is Anna, whose love of the woods is ridiculous. A plant or wild flower would put her in ecstasy for hours.”
“A new bug would do the same.”
“And mother, who needs an invigorating climate.”
“Yes, and father, who won’t go anywhere unless the hotel accommodations are first-class.”
“Then comes Aunt Jane, whose love for archaeology and the wonderful amounts to mania.”
“And yourself, who, besides having the girl’s love for boating and swimming, are so passionately fond of fishing.”
“That’s so. While you don’t care a snap for it, all your energies seem to be given to hunting. You can’t join us until later, anyway; but with a family of such varied tastes, where can we go to please all of us?”
“I don’t know of but one place in America that seems to answer all the requirements.”
“Where is that?”


SPIRIT LAKE, IOWA


From A descriptive sketch of the Spirit Lake Region (Northwestern Iowa), by Messrs. Holmes and Sweetland, Special Travelling Press Correspondents, 1884