The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-08-04

cultivated farm in the Northwest. We
saw one field of corn which we were IN
formed contained nearly one hundred a
ores. After striking Rush River, we fol
low it down to its mouth, where is situa-
| ted Maiden Rock, small but apparently
thriving village.
The scenery along the Rush River is
unsurpassed in its beauty and grandeur.
The lofty hills towering their ragged sum-
mits up against the sky, covered with a
dense growth of noble trees, with their
clustering foliage glimmering in the sun
the river flowing in its loneliness along
sheltered from the breeze by the hills and
trees that border on its bank. The cur
| rent fingers along SO gently, softly muir
muring through the trees, as if making
love to the boughs that hang low to kiss
its mirrored bosom-And then stray
beams of the sun. that flash in vivid
cheerfulness upon the waters surface, sin
gu]arly contrasting with the prevailing
tint. Gentle and unobtrusive as the riv-
er is, yet the trees seem hardly willing
to allow its passage; they are rooted ON
the very brink and almost cover its en-
tire surface with their spreading branch
es. Grape-vines Irvine themselves around
the messy trunks of old trees and hang
their tempting clusters big over your head.
Flowers CLEAN out here and there, illu-
minating the surrounding shrubbcry with
their mellow light. The winding path
that led down the stream was continually
curtaining the scene behind, and reveal
ing an equally novel and pleasing one
before. Thus we moved on, the silence
broken only by the note of some bird, or
the plunge Of trout as he leaped from
the water to catch some of the many
winged insects that were lowering over
the stream.
at Maiden Rock we leave the road,
or rather, the road leaves us, and we are
obliged to rely upon the instinct of our
horse to take us Alright. The path we
followed wound along the side of the
bluff overhanging Lake Pepin. The
bluff is 400 feet high, and the path was
about half way up from the water, and
narrow, being an old Indian trail. The
reflection our horse might make mis-
sep and precipitae us into a tree-top
many feet below, was in no remarkable
degree pleasant. We had from our ex-
alted position, fine view of the lake for
many miles, two steamers, three villages,
and one city were distinctly visible
After travelling seven miles without any
road, we intersected highway and were
soon in Pepin.
Pepin is a pleasantly situated and thri-
wing village at, or near. the foot of Lake
Pepin. 1t contains about eight hundred
inhabitants, and the population is rapidly
increasing; we noticed good many new
buildings in process Of erection. The on
" objection we should have to the place
is, on account of its being very sandy,
and town lots would need heavy mortga-
ges laid upon them to prevent their being
blown away. While there, we visited
Mr.. Curly the editor of the Independent,
also principal ofthe Hesperian Institute.
He informed us that both his school and
| paper were doing better than heretofore.
We also formed the acquaintance of our
Assemblyman in the last legislature, Hon.
Lucius Cannon. We found him sslike
unto other men," heseemed abundantlv
satisfied with Investigation" Mr. Can
non has proven himself faithful repre-
sentative, and an effective legislator.
After stay in Pepin of nearly day,
we started home; nothing worthy Of note
occurred on our homeward trip. except
a terrific thunder storm of twenty four
hours duration, and as we could not lay
over on account of the mail, our ride was
not particularly agreeable, The channel
of reflection in passing throue h the woods
was turned in the direction of over-shot
water-wheels, induced doubtless by the
force with which the great drops of wa
ter, from the trees overhead, came thump-
, ing down upon our hat. We came to a
: settled determination before getting home
; not to accept another situation under the
) present Administration.
l The Tribune says it is doubtful whe-
thor thn month Of Fro gar Rivar ,,pop +bo