The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-06-28

ssads1 - he river ahort distances HON sAs
eAors. fofmips Blooms, il which liz inneass
nunhers Of logs--shs nav massea ~
n,lls. These are floatea inso ~ q -
wanted ior saving. Ths alesIas 80
sawsd, ere dropped iato the chute -
nils, and the vsisr bears tksn
70 ! boom in the quiet water below mp
ID. There they are put into RATS g aAipped.
Ne loe and The Lumber are thus ~ - q
he water While they are being sassd.
ne fafis srs merely rspids ONLY fs3 sss1
but thers - thres e1t;ss falls and The great
81 number Of incidental, side. and inssrpo-
laasd fila, iermisx 1 cid sscsne. immsnss
MACS SC socky arv pised vve1~asre 70 ~
cham / y s,honsh hese bsa eqn ms vsk-
shop Of the cyclops or battle asld OF the
sode. Over these in all dilsetioaJ1 and vary
Ing volumes, with rush ard apscH infinite
the water leaps. From the head Of the falls
to the foot Of them is about mile, more OF
less. Down this you look and varied view
it il. The great ragged, massive piles OF rock
f al sizes and thrown into al
shapes the water broken into numbefiess
falls and rapids; here pouring blue shses
over ! fedge there cot up infsA soso snd
spray, rushing forward, and from the side,
and back from the face OF great rocks thas
it can't 1eap, and down surgins and dash
ing, ard beating aeAinst itself, and sashing
itself into fury ssainst the stones and roaring
always f,is rad sce Of :, male that the
water pres, ands scene yca caa' look upon
longer than upon Minnebaha. The river 70
crossed at MinnesT oils By passenger bridge
there is q railroad bridge just beyond that.
Opposite Minneapolis and on the east side 10
81. Anthony, mere village beside the Tor
mer. Here are mills, aud mineral springs in
tn. river bank along side the falls. And
cave Len ding back for half mile, which the
dsellers hereabouts have largely opened
themselves, % assisting nature to make me
flocs,isE varied aud interesting, Juh below
ss ApSspay, on the rosd n ST. Pad y The
Silver cseesAs littls sheet Of crystal
water, bounding from tho rnadslde twenty
feet or more over The river bank on IL Say
to the NJ ain stream. A mile or more beyond
that the driver stops again. and sends you
around q short point, and there is one OF the
pre.tisst ef little catsrscts-the Bridal Veil
4 strip aE water . couple'ef yards in width,
eaping SorH sn-sf ~ Tree branches, twice
the distance OF MinnehshS. Well gaftb see
ing tha, vas. The driver tells you boy lree
men nneittingly drove over ,hs falls, and
we're killed. Then yop don't resist . re-
minder to somebody how . great many men
Lave been willingly sacrificed TO bridal yeiis,
and in good humor It your own Wit you are
driven aSey from the falls. on inio s.. Paul,
and rom very deiish,fal dsy's drive is ended
There 10 . great number oi pleasant ex-
c,rsions 10 he taken from ST. Paul, but NOT
by %. sse vent aboard the good steamer OF
the Northern Lace. apyteys State, With
its very escelient master, Caps. Warden, and
iss very 70, den and supersnpusied siesv,
Mr.. Doly-almost as wooden and superan
puated rs ths. other Mr.. Dolls. or Dolly. tor
short, the Bad Child-wi,h its very genial
and gsptJ manly pilots, or good keokukian
friend, IL. Albert Wempner, and Mr.
BlakesIe.-, Of Qainey, 70 stQ,e kindnes. =
real enjoyable r.rarn;rrip Was largely dss
Down the Mississippi 10 mos. delightful
| weather. A pleasan, Sabbath q, Davenport.
where We owed'much TO the genial kindness
| of oar i,ierds, Ellis and Bsllou, of that capi-
tai Republican sheet, the Gazette. and espe
eialiy much 10 that superb man and journal
! lat, our friend Dick Richardson, Of the Deiso-
Graf Thar 6 "trip With that web known
steamboat master, Capt. J, y, Campbell, OF
the Keiihsburs there is good desi q si;a71
and every bit the true man and the gentle
man; and Mr.. C. c. Msther, the clerk II The
steamer, who is the rival Of Capt Campbell
ia avery worthy. admirsbis and popular char
sctsris6e, srs ss.eemed at once BY all that
meet and know him. Thea eur river trip Il
over, and Ne are OF for Chicago sns iAe
East. s. NJ. G.