Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-11-25
SELECTIONS.
BEAUTIES OF THE WESr-TuE -FOUR
LAKE COUNTRY.
- ID .NaliE.n laaNtet.


Gov. Doper of Wisconsin. ia letter published
IN the Madison Inquirer, .sfs:.-
Tie -Four Lakcs are lonr beautiful sheets oil
watet aud az filed Nuh f8e hsIf. THIS county
abound, with fountains 81 pnfc waef. and - renef-
alis wed uubrted. 7 be distance from Tie Four
I.akfs to the WISCONSIN f,vrI. o. a Straight lHc,
would no. exceed fifteen ml-s.''
lle,as K. SchotleraG. Ia. SAYS: The fonrli
lake Is heaelHbl -heei al transparent water. Wnl
an opeu. clean shore, winch rsrs with handsome
e,esston IA the vlrmify. Il IS rabtetd within a
good ha~.lupc soil, aud ha- i4r proportion oI
iefess. l. Is aet oHs beautiful to the eve lui hs,
eaet, tejra len 81 5tpa ssiubrlous aud Possessing
,lrne4ts ol lu5utr "eai-b and prosperity"
II sia tls delightful -nG OF BAfs tiiat lie srai
of Gs,rt,rt eut az Wisransip Is located tieu.
srst,a hnlds ta~ hiiaefas language Ia hs recent
wofh on u iseos,ia:
q. lie ieuH lase 5rau'#f a. sbeei 81 waller six
M ~ tom 'asi fo wtsi. aai Tour naI.s tom u0t3i
south rs WIDEST pats - regular oltcunier.
elce tc o.. interrupted By ibe p,pfusion II wooded
Teiats al aud no tae laae. Tie salrf >, iteir
fHy T. saegs lei deep. sHd always pt.sef,es A.
pBf~ eirsie''ss. au sts-iee Hppcsaus, ~ color, al
lbaa.b s8nrtimes Hlsfa,b-d no Il causldrrable ~
moli IT eae's - high etui- Tic tbir3 iskr = jrs.
tlanfl4r ipuIt .td fs ou, aud his LAKES Gradual
Is diminish "a z uauI fbe Vi the -Four l. ,kes
eaniiners a r0gse Ga the tnaetteu 81 Rock nv l.
These are 81 eaarse CONN c.a u, .couunuous chan.
mel. Of oHiio'. ilom one Lake. 10 snoihrr. which
AL
pelly tHe Fnuf l. she fsct. itfef 81 -Four Llkcs.
and IS desi sn.e3 ln tne odd maps al tins roun.
ty. do MT kuaN f8at ,i4efe Is any water power Ga
tins connecting rHaauel.
Sprn-s arse oil IND desc Likes. particular.
" the tsofth lac, supplying The grct mass OF va.
ters ba iut'eipd snutte = oan-,Jtr,blc stream
efiwo OF ilffr bftuers empty ~ ou the natlhrfr
shore ut iar tounh lakr. W situation eau b,
enncrised more beautiful than tue shores Of thu
lake: tie Iand t5sts geuiiy all around ~ margin
rcredjes sud f,ml staiualis taiu gentle en.nrnc,
Tor abaat u iufIe 4rafu The lain aud tie whole u
this share IS studded aud .orneI with spo,s o
w,rod aud lbcA gfotrs. giving The idea ol paft
scenery 10 f. giaud - Tie reh views Of Ialy. ant
more beapiiius tan eitberu IL naturaI state TIT
lake abouuds W.T. tic IL, 81 fish perch bass cad I'll
buffalo h,h. mushelopec. II m pound we ebt I,
thius ppntds and mote. TIE shore, are lined wit
fine shIug aud "hife saud, al amongst the peb
bies found clai. sHlone. a-asc anal cofueau an,
other hue buanull stones sntanie Tor seals brrasi
pins, and other ornaments, not only often bat IA a
bnndance.'
''ludeed, eau hardly say enough in relation 1.
this chaamng tegloa. The prescott easy access q
tins section at county, By ending The NJ ,lsslpl
TO Gaena ississpli CITY, Css>Nllr. or pfait4e d
Chen. and the dehghdul prSr,e. 10 Four Lakes
will undoubtedly make II The frequent sumner IL
sort Of ihe Southrtp Planters. Surrounded a
II IS with the putrst Hlutosp heTe. aud a mos
healhful climate. not surpassed, II tquaed, /
any OF the old States, visllris here can never TAI
- enJay ,hens lVesthctin sJmitiog lls pictoresgu
scenery OF by bithiug or fishing IN those ct,sta
lakes, IN which are 10 be luunl the Gosl dehc lou
varieties Of the dnuy rlLe.
IN my Judge ort, ~ American gentleman slrau
visit turcne until lie has made the rrnrd " ,stef
tour. There are single paS, fof instance lie Plat
Mounds. Helena the Blue Mounds, aud the plac
have Leen deseuhins. IN our own beautiful an
fere West, ~otti, The ri.ne and expense consume
IN The journey from The border. OF tie Atlantic TO I'll
rtcent home Of the roaming Indians. Great nun
ttrs OF ireigbets traverse these praries and uod
land grounds u efchdntnenI every year"