The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-07-09

cessity Of dropping the Eaitor few lines,
and my pen seeming unwilling to "qut"
after 50 short performance, I concluded
to let it run on n little further, and say
something Of my travels thus far in the
Empire State"
left the cars OF the Lake Shore r. r.
at Wcstheld, ChauIauguc County, on last
Thursday evening and remained there
until Friday p. M. Westfeld is the most
delightful village have visited in west
ern New York, contains over 1000 in
Ihabitants whose houses are literally COW
erred with the verdant branches of the
maple and locust and shrubbery and fow-
ers of almost every hue and variety
Could every citizen Of Upper Sandusky
visit this enchanting spot feel confident
that each and all would conclude at once
to make sach their home. so Iah
We took stage at West6eld to Mayvi]le
on the west end Of Chautaugue Lake,
miles distant, where we then took the
"Ste0mer" for jamestown 81 miles distant
on the East end Of the lake. We had a
glorious time staging it from Westfeld for
The first five miles. The day was one
Of our hottest-tbe Thermometer at 96
and the gentlemen, (ofwhicA of course I
scas oae)--like the old lady's goose. had
to ride walhing! and pay Eve cents per
mile for the fun atthat. We doffed our
coats, vests and cravats, and went at it /;
and ut the end Of the FIVE miles we found
ourselves fourteen hundred and twenty
feet above the starting point, with "Old
Erie" rising higher in the distant West
and North, and her bosom decked with
the outstretched arms Of trusty schooners
as they spread the canvass 10 the breeze;
while three miles east Of us and seven
hundred feet below lay sleeping, be tween
the rising hills the ifant "Chautaugue!"
Old Mother Erie, thine is a beautiful
daughter she must ever be, when com.
pared with thee, dwarf-like, but she has
ever refused to feast at your fountain of
anger, or to toss her trusting excursion.
lists "high in air" until they seemed sick,
almost unto DEATH Therefore give me the
daughter. M g aFt
The l. Ike is said to be the highest nav
igable water in the World--being 720
feet above Lake Erie. Its bot tom, at the
narrowest place has never been found.
On the summit, and in view of both lakes
we again boarded our Gland craft" and
rode down hill to Mayville, very pleas
ant village Of fabout 900 inhabitants and
the county seat. The steamer was ready
and VIC soon on board Of her, In size
she is OF a yast age-oply 80 feet wide
and 1875 feet long, and draws only 2 feet
of water, but is as large as the "outlet" Of
the lake will allow. AT 5 O'Clock P. M.
we left Mayville, steaming down the lake;
at we partook, with sharp appetites. Of
an excellent supper, and at 8! we were
at jamestown. For 5 miles the Lake is
about miles wide; a neck Of land then
runs in and leaves it not over t of mile
wide, 1t Immediately swels again to s
miles and continues so for several miles
when we came 10 the "narrows" which
are not over 200 feet wide expanding
again to about three miles it gradually
slopes off to the "outlet," which is truly
romantic. From the lake to Jamesto wn
via this ''outlet" is four miles; in width
III is about 80 feet, and in depth l5to 25,
and the banks rise no higher than the wa
ter. The flats on either side are wet and
covered with dense growth of hemlock,
the the lower limbs (which dip, thickly,
into the water, making it impossible to see
rod from the shore, This is only the
case with the outlet $50 crooked a
stream i never before saw, and often
when making those turns the steamers
stern would brush the trees on shore. We
entered this stream at sunset, passed
through it In the twilight. and more
solemnly sublime and impressive ride
never have had!
From the shore not soul could see us
The puff Of the steamer alone broke the
spell of solitude around us, while nature
herself seemed robed in her garb of mour
ming. Why seek Italian skies and Ital