Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-11


taking . trip to St. Paul and the fishing
grounds Of Minnesota. Yet, like ourselves,
there may be many others Who have not
taken time for such IN excursion. II any
there are, to such We would say, lay aside
your work, forget the eager, restless
struggle for wealth, and bstaks yourself
hithtr without delay. We admit it 10 no
joke to get up at four and . half o'clock
in the morning. and, without even an
apology for = breakfast, catch the morn
ing train for Port Byron, but it can be
done, and successfully, too. The fact is,
it has beneficial effect upon ones sppe-
tite, and places besfsteak rare ct . dis
count. Oh, you dyspeptics. You who
never see the sun rise, try il. 1t will
give you . new lease upon life.
Leaving Davenport on the morning Of
the 9th, ir company with Louis Ochs
and two carpet bags well stored With
fishing tackle and . box Of collars, (noth-
ing else) We reached Port Byron and made
for the frat boat that came in sight, which,
fortunately, happened to be the steamer
Canada, in charge of that gentlsmanly
Captain, Ben Conger, with Edward Lee
Bready in the Office, who soon had u
most comfortably fred for the trip. Talk
Of pleasure, Of enjoying travelling! Your
cars, even au oug the grand and beautiful
scenery Of the Allsghaniss. are but mild
forms Of torture compared with steamboats.
The fact is, these boats are without rivals.
Noah stood it forty days in bis best, and
had bad weather at that, and Jet he proba-
bly, enjoyed it N chly compared with his
less fortunate neighbors. Had he been put
into tower or . travelling car, old pa
triaroh a. he was, be would probably have
abused his family and made himself gensr
ally dissgrssabls to his hns collection el
animals. II this was the best that could
have bssn dens for him in bad weather
what shall ws say Of ride on the Aissis
sippi, through some Of its varied and beau.
tiful scsnsry, On our modern boats, where
every wish 10 grati6sd. These who havs
tried it can appreciate it, and those wha
haven't and can don't deserve il.
We've been . day aud night % the Va
ter, and with the poet can say,
Water, with oil thy faults love thee still.
At the present writing no correct ssti
mate can BE- made Of the amount Of pleasure
to bs crowded into the next two week -
However. if We have any very romantic
adventures, and We are going to keep On
eye out for such, the readers Of the DEMO
cRAr shall be duly apprissd Of the same
Our friends can expect on almost any
beat that arrives a:dns string Of trout
We have everything arranged for aur
prising . large number and have made
arrangements with Capt. Congar to take
them direct to Davenport.
Items are plenty on the river, and sever
a times We hurriedly pulled pencil to tax,
them, and - hurrisdly quit when the idel
struck US that We we're Oh . pleasure trip
At Port Byron there Vas . lively prospec
Of . fellow who WAS put ashore, whipping
somebody. knife was drawn and Hour
| ished extensively, but on the Mates going
ashore, the fellow had important business
up the bluff. At Lyons there vas littl
| contest between horsepower and negr'
muscle. About dozen horses were to b
shipped, and the question was raised as t
how they could be induced to walk th
planks. The thing Was tried. One va
started up the plank, . colorsd gent at eacl
end-a few steps were taken-horse stopps
rear mig got out OF the way quiek-hors
went of striking on his back in the wats
-darkey at the other end Of the halter fol
lowed suit, and came out flowing. Finally
ropes were attached TO each horse, and n.
gro muscle took them aboard, much to th
amusement Of passengers and spectators.
All day long ws watched the progress q
the boat, viewed the scenery, and, whe
sunset came, took our station 1ith the pilo
as being the best place to see all that va
to be seen. 0ne rho has viewed the viii
scenery Of tho Hudson, and made the tri
of the ST Lawrence with its thousan
islands, and its rapids that are rapids, Cal
not call his sight seeing on American rive
completed until he has traversed the Mi
sissippi, and viewed it after the shades
night have thrown their mantle ever il
woody bluffs and many islands, causir
them to take thousand varied shapes ar
|, forms 10 the dark waters. There 10 som
thing grand and beautiful in the sight. I'll
pilot at the wheel seems to guide his bo
almost BY instinct the cham
- it hugs the shore or makes its wsy b
tween islands or around the treachero,
sand- bars. The wooded b,u6ls seem to me
the sky above and the waters below. Al
between all this, With its burden Of lii
soms good snd some bad, as il tsmptil
Providence, glidss the boat-a more ,h
thing Of life. rolling eSs froa lie high ehi'
nsys the dark smeks that forms long da
slesd 70 mark its counp. Bot ~ must
more prastieal and tell Of what ws are I
!. joying; zee, really enjoying: nothing l.
than over coat and gloves on deck, Will
= jsviAl crowd are singing end playing
guitar around ehssry. blazing Ore in
= cabin. just think Of 1.-THE first week
August. Scarce two weeks ago, aad
:. we're sighing fer cool retreat--soms VI
;. dsring zephyr, yea, even cool breeze
- There are ether things than singing 60
y on about the cabin, which need my att
7. tion. A company sf young peopls-sc
y Of them fsom Canads, with trunks mari
"Tersnts." are just iastitutirg some I
Of game in which I zee that ny chuu
H. getting interested. A bright-eysd Csnsd
ns beauty 10 there, and who knows what !
o. bs the result. These plsasurs-trips ars
%. r,bly dsmoralising 70 ens's practical p
, osophy. OF our further journey and suee
q disciple Of Isaac Walton more au
OF ].
Fl PssssnAL.-Joha Hoyt. Esq, rstur
=, homo this morning attss six weeks
"A East.
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