The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-07-09
Our Rurnl Trip.

this State, few week since and; 1t proved to Dt
one of those delightful trips which one remember
through life little business large love of thu
ever varied country, draws us from the Gust, ant
crust and rust, of our every day duty, to the Syl
van glades and precipitous dels of Adams Coun
ty for few days, resulting in more pleasure thai
we had anticipated or can describe. We settled
oursef at first into one of those beautiful and lux
uriant Lady>Cars of the Milwaukee and Lacrosse
Rail Road Co., and leaned on the polished sill o.
those little bow>windows, ard as we whstled anc
whizzed through the Country, observed the ever
varying landscape, dotted with numberless fields
of promising wheat, corn, oats, Barley, Rye, and
! grass till our eyes weared with the very surtelt
of beauty and PROMISE AS we moved farther
north and more inland, the crops OF all kinds be-
came more and more advanced, until we expectn
ed to see the Harvesters and Reapers laying the
golden grain low before we reached the end OF our
Journey. But all the dreamy pleasures of the ems
thusast as we'll as the poor weary editor,sank at
last to prosy realization Of our capacity to be-
come hungry and tired At the thriving and busy
little town of Kilhourn City, we obtained convey,
ance into the centre of Adams County, of which
we had heard much, but had not before seen. AL
though exhausted, hungry and sleepy, we were
constantly surprised with the charming view of
the hills, and dels, and plains, and streams of the
delightful country. And during our entire stay
of two weeks, in the neighborhood of Springville,
White Creek, Dell Prairie and Point Bluff, we
were revealing in the enjoyment of the most stii>
king scenery, the most beautiful farms, and the
most bewitching incidents of country life. Here
YOU see the true Michigan burr oak and black oak
and white oak plains; not praaries. A small de>
preston in the ground will show you bed of ro>
SEES the perfume of which will remain in your
memory if not in your nostrils, for week, and
make you dream over again, the loves of early
days. with Peggy and the posies thrown in. Your
next view will be little level plain of forty ff>
ty or one hundred acres, with not shrub to im~
pede the pillow. except the glare OF a million
flowers, of every hue of loneliness, that will make
YOU stop to examine and 8nalyZe. whilst you are
lost in wonder and admiration of the curiosity and
splendor of these natural flower beds. Whilst you
are engrossed in this pleasing study,you are pleas
ed and sometimes startled with the clipper of the
gopher the wherr of the partridge and prairie hen,
or the song of the whip pCor-willl On rising
pentle eminence YOU get again into the shade of
scattering oaks scarcely impeding your view
the surface of the ground for a hundred rods, so
perfectly clean is it of all undergrowth;and flowers
-fowers-hoWers-of every color, fragrance and
variety 1t is fact-we sat down ON the ground
at the roots of tree and within the length of our
arms reach we picked tbirty~SeUen different kinds
Of flowers and plants, without counting shrubs and
trees But here, while you are stranng your
ves for the different curious species OF flowers and
plants, you see glitterng throu Oh the trees-what
is it mountain, did you say2 in this level,
beautiful and productive region You think so,
and quicken your pace, for you have not seen
stone, and believe such thing would be impos~
sible You come soon to preciptous hill ofrock
in the midst of the plain or openings anywhere
from one to three hundred feet in hight rising per~
pendcularly in spots, before you Nothing IN the
world to indicate its presence. The plOw and
harrow may sweep its very base without scratch
Nor is this the greatest curiosity Of these remarks
able occasional lodges of rocks. They are not
piles of bouldered granite as you might expect,
but fiat smooth even layers OF manageable build
ing stone, of the sandstone or fraestOne kind, at
once the admiration of the speculator and the
wonder of the geologist. Curiously piled up,hune
dredS of feet, and mlraculonsly rlven into slabs,
to the hands of the workman, without drilling or
blasting These layers range from two to six in
ches in thickness, and of any sZe, specifically,
YOU could desire. These lodges occupy from two
to i've acres of ground each and are scattered ali
over the region were in. You may climb up
these rock~piles at any angle of ascent you may
desire and display as much agility daring or foo-
hardness as the Pilgrims to the Jungfrau, or the
adventures to the Ma tural Bridge Yet unless
YOU have a wife or sweetheart with you, your
celebrated in song. But, having completed this
task you seem TO be or would be happy to be,
monarch of all you survey. Here you are lifted
up above all sublunary things and seem to dwell
in the blue empyre0n. A monstrous white pine
tree has forced itself out from one of the creviCcS
of the rocks, and by its growth of two hundred
years has forced the stupendous masses assunder,
and thrust its head hundred feet into the arr as
if to defy the shock of tempests and the wasting
tooth of Time. In one instance, it seems as tho
Will an art n
explorer and the romantic visitor resting place.
You have seen this highest point Ct rock tor some
time, and you hasten your steps to attain 1t, that
so, you may have the most complete brds-eye
view of that beautiful country you have been
wandering through with much pleasure.
The venerable pine has shot its smooth tdpered
trunk straight up by of the perpendicular sides
of the rock which attracted your attention. You
NAV chamber up TO the top, by sticking your fin
gers and toes into the little shelving creviGes,
which constitute the side.but woe unto your couI>
age if you look back You are hanging over
precipice of Jagged broken rocks. to fall upon
which must be instant death. The only other way
to get up is to climb up the tree at the other side
and swing yourself over into the topmost part
This you may as easily do, as to step up the
rounds of ladder, aud you are landed upon
fiat surface of smooth stone about fifty feet In
circumference and considerably elevated above
every other portion Of the Ledge, and. after cuts
ting away few of the thick pine branches you
sit down, on the edge of the rock hang your feet
over the edge, and clinging to the limb Of tree
for support, you look around you, grasp your
supporting branch with nervous tightness, glance
downward with a sublime feeling OF awe at your
own litteness throw your arm about the belov~
ed one, who has by your tender encouragem ent
and assistance. scaled the supreme height, with
you adjust the modest crnoine,which is makS
ing superhuman efforts to ri9e still higher, and
and and-Ook around upon the scene with Won
der and thrill of exstacy, which does not leave
you for month The entire country from twen>
ty to thirty miles in every direction, Is within the
compass Of your startled vision. Forests, plains
farms, streams villages, lodges. like the one you
are on, all are taken in at delicious glance. At
the north are the Roche a Cree, twell named the
rock of creaon)an its rival the Friendship BIutf
At the west and south are White Creek Point,
Bluff Easton the Rail Road bridge .kilbOurn City,
aud the noble Wisconsin River, marked by line
OF light, and high ranges of hills, on each slde,all
OF them at the distance of many miles. But most
conspicuous at the south is the Malden5 Bun
about which an air of melancholy seems to hang
like cloud Your guide tells you that two
or three years sincea beautiful young girl of nine
/ teen summers or so, came to the romantic little
ADJOURN CITY and went TO service there, to get
rid of unpleasant associations at home and for a
short time all went well, and she became respect
/ ed and beloved by all her new friends But soon
/ the tooth of scandal followed, rom the hated home
she had left, and poisoned this pleasant lit tie ep>
sOde of her virgin life, One cold bleak night in
December, the maiden wrapped an old shawl
around her, and quietly slipped from the view OF
| all her treDos ana was heard OF no more. BeNeV-
| ing she had wandered back to her cid frends who
had placed the fuger of scorn upen her without
cause, but little inquiry made tor her The
next spring her remains were exhumed from the
highest peak OF this Bluff, half buried in the snow
and earth, and tenderly removed to the village
| cemetery, by those who knew her and her melan>
choly history best. Investigation showed that not
love, nor guilt, nor shame, but ISLANDERS and scorn
of those who should huve fostered and strength
ened her young life, had compelled her to seek
peace in the GOODNESS and quietness of death. =
\ Dropping q tear over this painful recital you
again swing yourself down, and regale yourself
by picking a few young wintergreens or a few
whortleberries both of which here abound, or ma
king a bouquet of the thousand kinds of flowers
which fill the air with fragrance, and sbewitch
your eyes, with their beauty and variety and you
then descend to the plains, filed with delicious
mixture of ecstasy memory and hunger. 1t is but