St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1859-09-08

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....;, CORRESPONDENCE
3: a9.ssr1 o3a. For tn. st. Cloud Democrat.
-2aaas ST. PAUL, Aug. ~, 1859.
Dear Ms: .Eu1ron.-Know;ns tha.
you take deep interest in all that per-
tains to our young and growing Northwest;
and that you have a hearty relish for wild
wood scenes and natures beauties, have
taken my pen to tell you of the rich teasts
of soul which have Of late been mine. ~-
"A new stage route has. just been COM
pleted from, Yaylor's Falls on the St.
Croixg to Bayfield,, Wis, on Lake Superior
aud thus hiking = direct and easy COM
munication with this city. The enter
prise Of the Minnesota Stage Company
has done this; which only last May was
declared impracticable. Now Mrs. Ly.
man Dayton and myself resolved to. be the
first ladies who should pass over this route
and accordingly "kissed the good by to
lovea ones ut home, and with hearts full
of joyous expectancy set forth. ..
We were provided with large dinner
basket we'll filed, camping arrangements
&C., &c. .:'.--- T.
We were the only passengers. Mr.. AL
Ian one of the proprietors accompanying
W. From here to Taylor's Falls we were
on old and oft trod ground; but from
thence it was not only new to US, but to
the rest of the world also, we exulted in
t'sis and began to relish the green old
woods al soon as We set out: and you need
not wonder if the first cbulitions Of joy
from female hearts to which they had ev.
er listened made them ring with merry
laus shter.
Twelve mile. from our last starting
point we dined; and really had very
comfortable dinner, fourteen miles further
We stopped for the night with an inte)li-
gent, VII TO do Swede farmer. Thrift
and comfort we're sprsxd around in abaad-
ance. ~-'s5s< -. 80 s-sSsss- :
2 Nowwe bid good bye to all tokens of
civilization and miles on miles wind amid
the mammoth pines, aud CLASSY lakes
which smile in transparent beauty amid
their verdant surroundings: Our souls
are enchanted with the loye!iness and We
almost forget that we arc SUBJECT to like
cares offothersz of our SEX cE7Ie, literally
,revel amid thu delights Of nature for the
tour blessed days We are in passing from
che St: Croi1 to Lake Superior, lS0 miles.
l&lom the latter fact you can infer the ex-,
ceiient state OF this new road. Such was
the e1hiierating effect of the breezes that
we felt little or. 10, fatigue. Mr. Allan
kept cur larder wen supplied with pleas
ants aud pigeons. Nice trout and other
fine ish were Also abundant. Ihe Camp
ing cat we enjoyed with a relish and
found ourselves invigorated and strength
ened thereby. There are views on the
road which no language can describe, pro-
ductive o. emotions which no peu can
portray. -
i The glory Of nature, the majesty Of the
woods, and the expressive language Of ST.
iencc were nevcrso fully realized: We
rejoice that it WAS our privilege to De the
first Of our sex on 'Nount Harriet, (thc
name given BY Hon. II: NJ: Rice) the d.
'vidi6g ridge between the waters of the
Mississippi and Lake Superior. Here At
one view the eye could span, six hundred
millions Of acres Of woodland with silvely
lakes and streams intersperycd. Surely
no one will wonde that tlessoul was ab-
serbedinsadmiration and could find mo
language adequate to it, fall expression
zIrapscendantly, glorious incomparablyyEE
lovely st dwelling place for celestiAls! In
short it bust be seen Is be realized, for
~o could mot sbslisvS that ever mortal had
SUCH another view. Isis /
The, young city Of Bayfield, boasts Of
the 6ncst harbor on the lake, ha. seen but
9 three years and Is scarcely out Of its
swaddling clothes Jet it has steadily pro-
crossed amid the hard times, and i Is yer
IL, believed i defined To- be. the Chicago
Of lake Superior, and thus when the rail-
read from thence 8 built; to be the source
Of an immense revenue to the Mississippi
eeoeWns' eeW!s s.ya&. ,,od, - os{a s4.arsi.. ~. 4
q. After spa riding six days at Bayfield, in
the midst Of rich and varied enjoyments,
We determipedt fer greater variety TO-, re-
turn bysways Of the lake and thus have we |
made ., circuit Of fffftecn hundred miles. on
laklee and riser, hy 6ail and stage in less
than ten days cf ftrssel, AZ ef which Was
riiseh lF fAipya1x md IS. doubt whether d Al
merica affords another such. = i, ,eirc4it lfor3
The eTcazsippist Of pleasure geekga y What
il mpat worthy, Of note is that 4 eft hene
in yarY,aelicsts health, return hearty,
etfeag ,lnduwen. This efnitelfo speaks
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