, 1866-01-29
THE LAKE IN WINTER.
A Journey to the Crib and Return,,.
Uniting the 1ce-..An Arctic Yoyapa
on Lake Michigan...Fast In the
ice-.-A Few Experiences.

N t,.-xt = .. "1tU 10y. out II Is slightly
bowling storu and 1he chr1 cn,,,nr ,,saa,
u snrce ofths aerv w.rss e s1. ~. cu'uns winds,
p- Which ulneess' e< ,aa, and the universal ,gloo
Mt the cios1neE E 4 indigenous spasmodica1fy
o e9d ao'rbt 81 Astsnn 1assn a. that eett
10 div tn ,. y W1n.er are seldom chosen as CO
for Wagcs Or he ew ho nrtt sne saios who wer
railroad comnannicstono mnts ] needs 1ssel VIII
muc 1ess e. the sefe leaf gins to fa Ht
phcn The broad c1n,rse !. ~ sae lake IN mtdH1nt'
os which the eus ta ss1ny IL eesss eees, ., ~ W tn
d arc .ole Inonarch, ~ H. ~ nsl Aqfhtns lone1ne
big bump Of curiosity ~ ~ tee 3ss =; must require
1nest IL ~ nsa, aen iund q nAtuEal good huor
equally nnInritfn. uosnon se ~ Of the yast ezpans
Threatening even NOR ~. sneedY qSsd o. Sahata II
tssfo enough 10 b ont els xshona .1n
: Ana vet tbe da.o,+ =,
he bcaatiet: bat # u nc.,. Gnen ,es y not wtthos
,.se xi ~ 1pa the whole world 10 appreciate tie ri e.
ejemcnts fhsrc sas, :. 1 ESen tn the tarbor OF q
one speaIboepa whtj. rsea ssr6sniy ,sa whe
lie ehftstst snrf1e osef e NTH gl.ssy miro
se Il retec9s IT, eLaskinE N The mid sunshtnt
direc1ons, ihe New e enssaptina toon:snd desen
fsce he astn,sa 81 ~ the Nhllorn continuous sn1
m thee broSen an'o 9ofea se.n1 np INTO ssseF e.de
IL ~ p.os oeer zhZ y n ast1E .ad
n tn aoaM and n even and ea,a TIE feather
the me- s1psase par With ticn most work Of .1lvs
tcmnation NJ ~. pienls 1t alike for the con
sentfT1snt.r,eWt ~ eae pnlloeopher, the idcast, tht
osos Il RR aenee 9f ee Pans
you View IT, II cola Ind sae.es 1ns ~ Mtasonsh which
aaa forming eonst1se of % one sesss
those eds, II 4 ri, is ous Q. he midet q one Of
Ing lie asony Of mo1. te. while Il sner
n1zen :fea with no ayenue Of cscspe oIs onen ~
1loeSea ut In the ice and afraid o! droTnfnr II
s.nr H., it, tnoad & s1n n 2 walk ashore and
psssase o. those drifting sheets Of tee ehould yoE
esnain On board. the prospect Is anyfhinn hnt M
4 iiitGs p.rtv q, b,r
ao'es nag on Tncsuay good oppoftunIty nf snds
T s ne sMaasion under any and iii Of these n.necis
inspection to the Tunnel c1Ib two miles frm eho, "
y was 1aw morning and the sooT MA faii;n. Ig.u,
te Mhen nc party gathered board lie fus Il
eevstors and the Ice IN lie river preTrn;i11 1aE
oef nom ascending further The csntain IA t,as,
ss Tqs onee neore that morning. md had such bard
" o. The chances Of making 1he Tin. Mnn.
eHer the party hsd no Idea Of r1ytn1, # ~, noM r.
@ sPe ReeteS s Sths sss,s p,spisa S E
1ng 4tm fur the 1ske tunnel and cfeshonn%t,
1, Gsg had business ther; tbs otheEs CIV
stand the TTingna sased IN fson 10 WITH
raS eu thFonsh put % On Sasa ate Hou'd and
For FoT aubI,e the ,onr,.v ,.,. ~.
one. Ihe nsr1v s!nod = Ias ,. not an unpleasant
e they nm, rs1ensd me masses q sspnae b
cufs nter, ~ .1e e, tn nost laly aoneede md de
i o amid tts foe their hay forms iaiino ntess
Is the distance increased slowly into M
i1cd TIE forward pa1t Of the pleturs being
rapidly eloted up The pah hs,{a on pnapes r which
9he{ Listened atteutise, hslf rerionsiy io H. H. Hi
mountains Of Ice cakes piIcd On H. aamHsa I'M ths
wind, and then courrr7 ated an tha .toa ~ " tae
boat, gazing eutiously ii he nssntes m sa,u .ne
Tie ice now yielding hxiIy iI6e m es3t. a..
barring dc wy a. de1na seSdne ~ sna thu solusT
monster working In The hoId to rotn. f19E. a'ssmg
nd anon light SNOW crest would eusi iss fs,,S hseE
Imagination might trsce mi mnt" MnlGa the
han were erer eonjuled up on Of IT, rsaie.5
2os.e-a bright coal are Here y md ID tbe9e " mr. r.
,eens down 10 see 1n0ae an9 eG ne ySEn1s y;1
q that Nazareth Of ales On one ene eide fo@s
SSpP1s SeXP s,G q dasks 7sn tst e ke On which
e. eaE r sae ses s a. s'sqe s
a,s .s ente g. the o s'hs5 i1s ,ser ss
parry and tber sassounass H. IT, pa, 9Sss
III thong oat b l.P egsn nss A.
pyhinR but nm md acTeeabfc and tear tss Was
now particles In in*,nustng guIse 10 mtIe Emit
aoc3 N!tn me sk1n tpItc O 1lF; and furfetorrs |
1dden!y the boat stopped in mid csrrer snj S.~
.eh month ss1aultaneoatly came lie e1clsuatioa a
y ha.f the mat,ers' Tie ice had inerea.ed Il
3nns ~ snd The the inches Of s vas almost
atss of nearly sbe c,ashed tSfoSRb se te
Again and again sss % the % prnee,s 20 as0.ses fsl1
ID he dttaoce Of halfa nile was msde By iisrsily
tsuIg s WY through The ice In wsy which wonid
" H1d NJ tn ordinary. Near the crib The Ice ~. !,
nIef y ana the boat made the last few rods with
ana fnsds @ f. ben The landed
inutely detc7'bed. that ne need here eay poth,ns
'out y. iathef Than that the thirty -seycn men
~ .9,t Tp there = N mona.es1, seemsd Tay ooss-
thing &ztrsofdinary In the aituat,on Strange =,
It Te 20 soon become accustomed to The most !.
81 These en sndS p.oaa 90 'hs ia tas L
msplty, TAP down through the waste Of W1,ers y y
atre bidding tair to res1e tbe s.ory 1o Of sa .ne
rot 60 'hest for mere wonder; though sssstel liz b
ought By, the nnelen, na.ician.. Arrived AZ q
Pm 20 great That ths rumble Of The waves oTer- ~
'7ng with pick, sheref, bricks md cement thr th
Or cmpt.e though not tn ezsparic hshiun. but az az
saE Eu OF their OWE, one ri gg.trss. OWNING ~ ~
nIntnsr as 1Ein 9f nse ~, a. issner a. ~ ~ s LIN.
sss n ri .n ansS 'nass t6s,r ~ ns
i INV ~ ~. g4e.x IN tbs snots - to
~ thrr s;n,rv INT .nsriy wfrr thejr yTnv IN ~ ~
IraleSt nno nA!soW Pata, MnSu. ael " npPe, Ma pa
= eisseed as the eighth Wonder Of the world snd
dopbtiete 70 rank until eclip<ed By some Other 81
ich oyyrs ia incent,on 10 IL lei tbcse men xhn q q
tins bcwiur opt. Immortality At he rate Of r. r.
ven lipcai feet PEI Day for the city il not for -
nsclye., seem 10 be Ill unconscious o! The great an
q thus thrust npou ,hern Tncy arc Working for ~ ~
ges, and With ifat and liberal 1atlons from fhe 4
chen they waft patiently and work laboriously | -
The coming Of spring shalt again bring limpidE 1ni
10 the lake euFhce md teleate them from iher III
ing tomb. I ii,
eey nave slrcady progressed one hundred and ! III
feet toward the khore- ial
lne parry fefntered The tug, and while Mr. ! ri,
~ vas etrsng, some pastan. directions to the foJ
emin. mad iefsure 10 looE around: The Glib, 70,
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