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February 32 Telescope This photo shows steamers at Put-in-Bay for the G. A. R. Encampment of 1869. Although photographed just ten years after the grand excursion of 1859, the steamers already belong to a later "generation" than those thirteen which were similarly ranged opposite the pier at Put-in-Bay then. From left to right are R. N. Rice, Lake Breeze, Evening Star, Reindeer and Jay Cooke. On the island beyond can be seen the castle which was the summer residence of Jay Cooke. PHOTOGRAPH FROM DOSSIN MUSEUM COLLECTION itself for a better view and more conspicuous position. Aside from these, there were fifteen or twenty yachts and sailing vessels, all of which brought their living freight and discharged it into the throng that poured ashore from the steamers as they ranged themselves side by side opposite the little dock. It took some time, as might well be supposed, to get such a crowd of people safely ashore, but the feat was at length accomplished, and each party, with baskets in hand, found its way to the pleasant grove on the beach, and sat down to join in one of the most extensive grand consolidated pic-nics that ever took place in the west. There were not less than ten thousand people, at a moderate estimate, on the ground, judging from the reports of the different boats that brought them there. The North Star carried between twelve and fifteen hundred alone. Besides, there were the Ocean, Western Metropolis, Sea Bird, May Queen, Bay City, Forester, Arctic, Granite State, Island Queen, Bonnie Boat and the propellers Cushman and New York. All of these were heavily loaded, and, as all but two or three are boats of the largest class, the number of people present on the occasion could not have been less than as above estimated. These came from all the lake ports between Detroit and Buffalo, Cleveland contributing a much larger number than any other. It was emphatically a scene of confusion, not only in the general features of individual enjoyment, but in the carrying out of the day's programme. We were unable to ascertain that any very definite line of action had been resolved upon, and if it had, it was discarded in the