The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-06-21

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IS = snt;eipesiss - ~ - i.aiaY :.
,eribs LACrcsss and winona, A = ~
rsacA In good time . oar III
Pee Lynxvills, LAnsisG, D.
bergen, Warmers, Brownsville :
which later place Ne ssein i
brightness Of bright sab6sM. - e
we have ,aid, l. L.Crosse, but VIZ 9fse Q
,hr;lt. Brick Ponercy pub!isbe =
croe.e Desscerat here, and tvs pa,nssa
4aef s,.d. 's nswssksd and
s. Iu1j1n nsnMred down and issi',
vs,cb.d lie boat - j. lay a tbs wharf
TSxs1xEas Sad sss indsz61 xsfs M =
/ hesnus se~sr-y@yrsre ~sAe-tsss egafeess.
n feeticss hsrbasistE Psa 6eefsas ssd
Richmond, and Irempsleau, which la'tel
lies :. tho foot Of two towering c'iiis which
rio. f.r above il, With bald, bold cappines o.
ch.lk and sandstone, washed and furrowsd
into divers channels By ancient Hoods ana
r.censer time. Here, too, are the hfst ciump
NJ n,n,s on the farihest Of these bluns, and
one Just beyond both Of them, the srsf
n;na. n IA seen. So Ill the steamboatmen
.aid. We Congratulated ourseh on our NOR
lsYktAlG3 uhhsses.ss~tion, - ia vsasSrf ssAs-
den. We sav pines on the hill sides several
hours before reaching Trenpeleau. Iners
are but two or three other places on the Up
per Mississippi whore there are any pines
these Al ~ pespsysnonarpbicef massive
bu, . sSnesd and a ~asaed sshis1& that ws
=, ia u. i,ti,u Is &lisye piaSs cssd grow II
they would. From TrsmpeIeau to Lauavile'
Homer, Winona. Fountain City, Minns'sss,
Buffalo { ity. Alma, under its heights, Vaba-
shsw, Reeds Landing. A the boat PVT out
from the wharf ,here you see opening be-
youd the vstsrs and shores Of Lake Pepin. A
6pe shee, Of water thirty-tvo miles in length,
fonr and Eve in Width, and walled in By the
sreeness Of bills. The sun shines ovsr the
cold cres. Of dense storm cloud to the LEFT
o. p&Ae9 touches in. crimson Tho bull t1pe
suUUlsy II RS j - ris ~
ID II ~ III bsssy nd SsTd l9g
Perrin . few evenings later when we retutusd.
Al this latter tiue Ne steamed down shs
length Of j, in the soft splsndor OF the love
Hest Of Juns afternoons. The sun was
higher at arst. and the waters rippled in the
sunlight. aud the hills slowed in the heat, and
sen. their, shadovs 6s coplsess bathing away
down IN Is SUD xiaSSs, Eraa sur cool,
quarters in the pilot honse,
Nv 4 constant breeze. We watched the
waters ripping in the sun-heat, and hills
resting in the sun. heet, and With never care
for them other than tkSir beauty We watched
them and we're content. As We neared the
southern extremity of the lake, the sun vas
going down aud going ont with us, and there
- ~ Z psrS bssqkkf seniet t1r4e
ons We then and fhers watched. Cirri and
cumul Of cloud, with no reminder OF storms
bu. for enda purely aesthetic, folded snd
fenced the heavens. The sun 10 . rAss
painter. according o,Ae .tereotypedallpxcn,
and IS md rare coIon in thuss clouds, and .
rare canvas in that SKY. That we're enough
but the lake became shs mirror Of the can
vas, and as the hues Of the clouds varied and
and changed, shs mirror r tiecse4
III faithfully. II Was asudy Of delicate
tints and shades and pe,pective, and a. the
81 ssns DO n. i pat ihe LAKE aelev, ord NJ
up the path before us with such fame and
gold and sp.endor as would. have made richer
the oriental oraient faacys that charmed HA-
rouu al Rs.chid.
We have said little about the towns afons
tbSfiysts 1tey fAfe fepsisions asd tpna
mesa runs .is-ii a--- a---'... The
larger ones lie upon fat table lands. BUR-
ronndsd ~ hiiis. The snsiser onss And BY
fas the greater number, are clusters Of pew
fraae and brick building. Jing II toe baseof
,jksfpendiculsr cliffs, OF Il the foot Of little
valleys, close surrounded BY the invsriabls
green hills, end With rpom for hut one street
In the early dawn Of Monday morning We
vent into ST. Paul, and that's another good
plaqesp step. ~ :. No.