The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1853-08-20
El,fnrIal CoIIcsnOndcucc.

M Ds,s FRIEND during the excessively hot
weather following the 9Th ult we sought cool
retreat on the shares ci Lake Michigan. Les'
Ing Chicago at PM, We arrived at milwaukee,
a, IN The morning The contrast between the
river aud lake steamers is decidedly III favor OF
the latter So fuasy yet appears, The stale rooms
furnish rather more accommodations aud rather
clearliter Their BOATS are Low Pressure, less
noi,y-use wood ior fuel and have their furnaces
gu, Of SIGHT They ply in cooler latitude
One notes a percepuu'c dlnrtrrce IN Tue class "'
travellers on ihrm--thc well known difference
which dis, ,pgu,h the northern aud eastern, h'h
the western AID southern men
P,rtw, ar tbr,c miles south Of Milwaukee the
Land hes quite iletu'e'qu'h' to,"nS H'ns "'
.r,rc and rirb a rr,. fuai slope towards 1t. In
lr,y,pg Ch,rog, TO-. Mllw. ukcs the transient vs..
itur cannot avoid the impression, ,hs he hhs Is
c,ped from hustle to a compultNrli q"et reh'a'
-. city Of wealth and Of ddIshtful Te'"@h'C'
vet lacking the spit OF that m,shtlrr ents'P' sc
which characteliEvs their Gc,gAOor OF the irl"'r
State.
ShebovCan is NOT far from afty miles north Of
Milwaukee and comprises population Of about
5000 souls There Is a large m'ctmNture OF
Ger airs ana DuIch with the native Americans
In fact they are nearly equally divided. There
are about J 500 ilolandcrs IN the county, AMI a
very n-a; weekly paper in DItch Is puoh'hrd
in thus city. There ave two other weekly papers
here In looking over the exchanges III the ONCE
enc caun.t f.ll To be struck with the growing
entrrprlzr Of western Wisconsin. There Is Fond
do Lac not quite forty miles from Sheo'Nsan,
and connected with it bv plank road, ihavns
population of 5000, and dang u large business g"
Lake WIunp bago a. we'll on shore railroad
W in soon bring this place INTO close proximity
with Milwaukee aud connect them with the
ports Of Lake Mrmgan.
On the lake shore IN these warmcst DAYS,
cool delicious hreeEe temprrs the summers heat
and makes life comfortable. Notwithstanding
the icy GOODNESS u he water OF lake Michigan.
through whose depth Of $50 feet, the sun never
generates, ". vrnlurrd To t~ke a swim. Eiglt
or ten rods distance fiom the shore WAS AS lat
~ We could endure to 20 without real suffering
such a. one feels when travelling barriooied
through the snow. Directly ID the cost frrm
where we were, was the fatal spot where few
years since the propeller Phoenix went down
one sheet of 4 ume, cusuphng IN th~ rigid lake
some eighty souls, Ii MAS sabbath morning
IN November, and the last Of the season lvr
navigation. There IN sight of their own
home two sisters returning from school IN But
hln persisted, while the parents not knowing
their deep person i Interest, stood gnZug At tue
terrible catastrophe No congrcgat'ons gathered
in the churches Of Shrboygin ON that dreadful
day. No psau Of praise went up FROM human
bahItation-bu, the death w,tl uf sorrow was there
cries of h.rrur, .hrirks & anguish.
few onl, escaped Inc fire aud tue water 10
tread again he snl,d yround
STANDING in the chilling water in DAYS Ike
these. could well imagine the hurrots of that
day when the November winds howlei thr"ug !
the burning deck- aud lashed the ioaming deep
Nours &c