, 1870-08-14

hEOhEeas ne1f1te heape4 up IN great Celulean
EIles, q canenized in generous pies:
lsvtr. and all the while KewsenAw Bay sing
i5g Lars with its bluc, tunbIng waees to the
noiry treble Of brook bounding down its
walls OF trap in thonsanl beautiful cas-
cades, aud tie vast, eclcmn woods looking
fto~'..ngs;; doEn. shutting rs out from ne
Hc1c =. y brooGt With its white wings in
IeTstusl bcncdiction. Hero i lepose and
ycn.'rr il rest ''on the heights" And 30, all
that Eight. tho waves. rs they Tapped the
sho-e. ed the winds, AZ they swayed the Sreat
'retr. t.ld us nothing Of the jangls and din OF
the wt.;lt. Leyord slleir walls, tut only sung
their oyr!. snblinoe secrets, their oHn soothing.
tsxEn:.i!hziug strains.
TEE ,n,brosial days we spent there, en1or-
ing sce far ne7,tr, floating on the blue waierss,
propelled b. the stout arms Of the Indiana.
ishiEs in the brooks WHICH come tucsaling
down. 10 The lay from tho b:ue distance oi tho
Mou1taius, discovering s:lnri3es and entoElng
slpsctr, dlcnchet1 in thunderstotms aud lost
in woods, ,-far it VAS on
July 90 thst three OF the Free and Easy Club,
magma pars fut, setting out osteusibly 10
catch trook tront, AID nor being possessed Of
aud erioyed the sensation ct being lost all
that blts= ed day. 1ti. something to b. lost
in there boundle.~, rath!ess, tza:kless, dense
Lake Superior woods. These a-o not the
pretty civilized woods Of . prairie opening on
. subuti an grove. ii We should travel per
t trav.i isr q days W ritieatk meeting soul Thsse
:ree4 haven't learned tho civilized way OF grow
thing peculiarly solemn In them
to me- They seem li!eless.
pu!seless, with no moving thing IN their vast
The sunlight can scarcely pierce the 1cafy
ecreens. Only the wind swAys the plnes over
head, singing the eame dreAmy monotone
which The surf sings on tho ocean side. God,
tho Almighty. Ill a1onnd yon. You can ap-
prec1ate wha, is meant By His omnipresence
The sup, we tramped through thesa woods !:
sometimes oyee beds Of the most delicate and
selyets messes; sometimes brushing through
seacl,es Of ferrs Rhic1, were hreast-high !;
amongst all manner Of arrange pink and scsrles
flowers, dcnsey matted together, and, anon,
literally tearing onr Hay through vines loaded
with fragrant white blossoms now pausiuS to
Eett for n,uute under gigantic pines, which
lowered aloft like tho masts. Of ''sonas tall
Adn:isal;" now stopping to afm;re some old
patriarch OF the woods, Krcy With lichens aud
uaceses. and warled with immense gnarlel
fnns' s those :sns Of iniir'ni'y noa in tho
transIueen. spring, gushing ont from
tic lojlow Of maple supplied us with water
aud fortified US for tha afternoon tramp,
which led uH into all manner OF sylvan per
p!csities and ilitricacies- One Of the party had
the good fortune to be small. and lie could
crawl OIL all-fours underneath the wiudfalls,
Tut the subscriber snd the banker h.ppened}so
bc ,a!l aud large, and it therefore became
their Eournfut duty TO Climb over, through a
c.trau1 de jrise Of cheerful srskes, shorn.,
AID tt.arlsd limbs, feats Which we're accom-
PHI liz d by the ute Of hard English and ut the
sacrifice OF much raimeut. Now ne fought
our ~ay through AT apparently i:u;'ene:rablo
vail ot viEoa and elEuts to eme;ee upoa =
..oEen or 70 old monarchs OF the forest, piled
Vi OIL top & ca. Il Gti.cr, or into trslcherouA
swamp, full Of brilliant fojiage, branching
ia:-s Of ferns aud lustrous poison hcs-
'es em " which sihs ie iasians ai ad se tie thes
aupetb co1ors. Toward night wo heard tha
Il: ginE CT little brook, and no held coun-
Il! Of was aud determined 10 trust ourselves,
| cur lives, onr tcrtnaer, and our sscred hon
| OILS 10 its hussyirg waters, firm in the faith
| thai they would bring us somewhere They
deer. just where We started from, Of course.
! Wc didn't fish any that day. We we're not pic.
| turck Of Ica,1ty when We emerged. 1t ID y afe
to tay l,2t, in cur normal conditions, and IN.
der the most advantageous circumstances, all
,1,see OF us together la1n't beauty enough tc
make lady't finger nail ont Of, and, had
either OF us been in ADKINS place, it woult
have been ha:d Old ehow for humanity in The
Way Of beauty. Elt when you consider that
| 1r Ills cigtteer-nlile tramp. hundreds OF mos
| qnisotr, thousands Of guat:, millions Of deei
tiit.. and billions OF black 1ics had in.
ill., cnnrs1' to dr1rs us into bankruptcy; that
they had punttured erery pore of on. skin.
/ even ihiCugh two or three thlck:csses Of
clotA;nE, ard that our laiment WAS soilctl ss,tl
! nue- aLd tlas our boots we're tn1l OF water
ard that every rag OF clothing WIS full Of tht
| Il.
| rId tEat our faces wore the Appearance o.
coo,. c1d,fashioned cases Of small l,ox, aud
tlas lin. dale, the telegraph, man, had lost lii
| ! at end hiH ke1urcE. md that Fer.n1lSen, tht
lsrk.r, had lost his spectacfes, to him sin.
| qua ,.en, and lis serenity, aud that Pickle had
lot the larger portion Of bis vest, which
| pres snmr to-day IL the hnppr home Of some ot
1icfe ttern.oss wood-tF1dess nc encountered
nos to speak Of liz philosophy, whiet, is hang
tf:E :,.en bla& kl,es1y vine that drew fourteen
! fct:.t tilorns direcssy Acrors big uosc-con'
-ioc'u's tlcao lit'}o-asrerltles OF lite, you M
s ,en.a''le 81 In a., tho dra~isnS room g, q ny y
I our cquaniulity to he asked every
ns1sIIe OF 20 for the next two days b.; the resi-
C lie Club low nla,,y trout we captured. Du
all ;lras urcs must end, and the ambrusial lays
| II l. LAlse ended Oh July q.
| 3UNsET.
int; ss. we were on Lake Superior, bound
ftr I'su::tl,. Que Scene On thir Itkc impressed
me mrre than any other, sad will always re-
zal.: with mo as the u,nst beautiful thing
have eytr seen. 1t wss sunset. accompanied
| ky the mcst exquisite Of natntal phe,lomcua
Ike snn ithelf whs Of bloot-re*l cUlor, alj
as dsss eaw it waH ncar tho watcs-line. Ju-'
al;ovo it sae q dun-colored strip Of cloud which
! charged into yellow, and pearl. and orange, II
il ucarc&i the upper edge ef t!ir orb. Imme Ii
ately 10 the right and left. tht. sky was OF th4
pecs;tiar bright green wlir1: is common in tlt
Pacific. Shading gradually on toa bluci=h slate
c1iel. aud underneath the SUI, the water
s:o'ra Ike molten gGl', y brilli.n
rpcessrlc in <,,en. a:!:siratiun. ono 'v on.
ire Apostle 1='snds, full sixts Mills ava,
came m from ths l'c.izon in mirage aspa-
e.tis t;.t nf this rec OF eoll, each i>l.rl dis
tit.et i,y itself with inverted trets, nntii Ill,
wFclt 'x. I've were in sight with their little I'll
lcwe.s, The Apostles stool tLefe for full III
teen Minutes crowned with tho halo cf i.nno,
til Eicrr. hit this, sublime "a 1t Was. "a!
er1s enall razt OF the graua picture u.tu.,
wee painting. On tho southern horizon 3!
u:a, nc- OF fog islands were tsoating in a lri:h
slip If orange, lifting themselves ont Of tl,,
lake, sometimes like great fca.hcrs, now Hkl
nnr.tain f=nEc.. again like smoking volcanoes
aid sometimes assuming the .crzn Of dragons
aid of faurifni vessels. Iu tho north, wa
succession OF thunder storms lriviu.
tl,eiE long s,a1,ding lines Of rsii
into the lake a,u1 riegring the LAX,
>is1' continual charte Of tose-cniored light
uinF. To the East. the kcwcenaw range o
naet,1.tairs icoued darkly, old Porca?1p
i'atee,i in = glow Of misty rur3lc end liftin:
itstls out " white whtrls Of clouds whiel
c.nc,cyed 1t AZ with gi1dle. AZ tho scect
fade: away and glory after g!cIy vaniencd ans
twilight earpe down. the Aurora suddenl,
| sias:letl the northern shr auts shot itr cosi
tinEa',y shifting shaft. Of pink and pearl il
/ ssinp.cles OF tainr to the zenith. A stoo'
Hn:ci.irE il. Major Davis, Of GENERAL cookc'
| st.t7. Hy my ride, turned to 1re and said
ARD r;cn say there Is 10 God!"
Ns letter .l1s alrcads reached such lini.
that l nust reserve Duluth and tbs Nostl
Store for my next PIaEoR1xE prcsLs-
| S:icnNfIc Project for Extcuutow III,