Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1866-08-07
(for the Cant Co Herald)
A School Master on Foot from Clayton
Iowa, to Darlington Wisconsin.

City-without form or confines.
wedged into one oe those ravines
| which the little streams have washed
out in making their way from the
prairie to the river The mills and
ware houses stand along the river on
a narrow shelf composed Of soil which
the brooks washed down, the build
lngs have no pretentions to archi-
lecture, and, IS You go up the ravine
yon find some so small that one i'm
AGNES Turkish porter m chit walk
of with one unC en- each arm and one
on bis head From this city l?) on
the Both Of April last |, a school mas
ter dilapidated by five years Of hard
service took a start, intending to
walk till | got sick Of it, Two weeks
previous q friend, an apprentice to
the printers trade, had visited with
me at my brotherin laws We were
both ont rusticatiug, trying to inyig-
crate the outer man he that lie
might be ready for the summer cam
paign in the printing Office | that |
might get Injured to the fatigue Of
walking
We explored the Bottom lands fo,
duck, stealing through the long grass
or lying behind fallen trees, accord
ing to the surroundings Of the sloughs
on which we hunted. The proceeds
Of two days work was one duck,
n,inter oof
! / cannot az, wbotLer IL sbot i H.
RIM Il dawn bnt v.Lan I unnt a,.o.
fho ,.ivar far I'm - n;nbt i ! Nm M
ma hav;nl. rnnnaiaad 49, H. !" IN 49,
Eonndsb,. ssdaoianat;aa NJ - 80 ~
bUn+ IN II /" - ','on ~ ~ Mo"l"
on tho bam Nh, =. ,of ftt lll,il
From, ~ e,1 5 ~ &, '0'.s'lci !
vim ia 87ra53, - - ~ w.
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NE rowed 81 to Nc(;re@or stonn;n7s,
some two miles below u rat lnac;
mems Of Mortified moss from ! .Llnr
where if y n process of tornin., All
to visit tbo nictnred rocks an1 coI-
Loot the various colored sond rel
yellow Green and white dav ~
IN {
yiIlo and visited The Ara1cmv taToht
by Mr.. Rriors WE listened Win
aviditv to tie instruction and inform
alton which he gave his pupils In
geography, book Keeping and gram
mer in pcograI hy he told them
how to findthe area Of the earth from
its radius. and described the coffee tree
of Brazil greatly TO the eptertain-
laent or Ills pupils and Is. Here 10
parted: he to find his way back
through the country and the homes
Of lis friends, to the printing office
! 70 wait another week il Clayton
and 500 the Mississippi, rise and cover
the bottom lands and mount around
the trees until il expanded over three
miles Of surface.
Monday morning. April aOth. |
took passage on Keen ferry boat for
Wyaiusing. nv baggage consisted Of
acIoth satchel and It's contents. which
fo1, Inc information or other nedestri-
ans wiH mcntiop--a flannel shirt
and drawers Two pair socks three
handlzorchicfs towel l neclxtie
throa collars vritino materials IN
account book . nocRet COMPASS an
old pajr Of bo6ts.Ito relieve . pair Of
new stooa ehoas from dnfv The
distance n Wyalusjno Il four miles
The current was swift and our pilot
ran close under tho trees which BEING
inundated looked ike i foatino forest
Huge LOGS and trees were boating
down the channel, others were lodg-
ed against the trees to settle down
and strew the bottom lands when
the water falls. The Mississippi is
grand old river in the ,pring sweep
ing Gown with the united ho6dsofits
swollen tributaries, and the giant
breast works that confine it seem not
out If proportion as they do in Aug.
and Sept. The day was cold, with
occasional sprinklings, and it requir-
cd brisk walking 10 keep warm. The
road at first wound M i raYine. sew
cral miles, to the level Of the prairie.
The country is timberel and sparseIy
settled. till YOU get Il Patch Groee.
AIT the latter place | stopt for dinner.
and experienced the hospitality Of
\ Mr. VIM Humphrey, the liberal
minded gentleman, to whose zeal
tile place il indebted for its academy
] In the afternoon my route was over