The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-09-15
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nv nightfaH we were at the camp of
1 Messrs. Graham & Shield, contractors on
4 the road, where the banquet was spread
4 in their palatial log mansion, where hos
pitality okerfoped, where the mantling
beeralWent, round, for King Gambrinus
fhad Ms subjectsegen in this wild spot,
and where. for an ambrosial hour, jollity
prevailed that made the rafters ring
After supper, a few minutes walk
brought us to-another log hut, where we
were to- sleep, the. ladies bundled into
one rpem, and the gentleman piIedsnP in
another, tier on tier, in pine wood hunks,
stretchcd on "a rude frame work. One
tier had four hunks, and as the top one
was Occupied by threes hundred pound
Teuton, there was notIonly the pleasant
thought, that he might come through and
down any moment, but being uneasy in
his sleep he kept all four hunks in state
which continually threat
|ened devastation and despair ldrsm qoia,
9gIsl 3 THE SCENERY. bsaago ns'
The scenery of the iDalles of the st.
Louis is unsurpassed by anything on the
American continent, considering its Fex7
tent. The waters of the Vermillion,
Cloouet, Savannah, and the two White
Faces empty into The ST. Louis above the
| falls, and this vOlumeIof water has work
ed its, way through beds Of SLATE, cutting q
Edeep gorge, ana rushing through chan
mel nef Is vide wids iSIonis parts as tie Missis-
Rsippf at ST. Paul. candl making q plunge of
l800 Saetin about, tEe miles, This is the
IDaIles of the, ST., Louis, where in the flu
Eture artists win congregate. William
Hart is already there. and the glory of
his canvasses will belthe glory of this won.
lderful region to those who cannot see. it,
The dip of the slate in this descent is
formed in such manner that one strata
Iproiectso over the other, making bold,
sharp ridges, extending across the river
lin. every direction. Against these Jag
4 eed points the andre water hurls itself,
each wave being divided and Obliged to
4 pass around inidistinet. streams and with
out regular order. The pressure OF the ice
i foes in the spring, and the constant ac-
ton Of the water have splintered these
! proiectiies into all manner Of fantastic
4 Shapes, 50 that the river is one series OF
\ cascades for miles. There are thousands
\ upon thousands of miniature waterfalls
4 colored amber, blue, and white, flashing
in the sunlight. . Now add to these the
mighty upheavals of rocks which tower
.labove the water, sometimes markedly re
4 sisting the action of the waves, and
4 sometimes formed int towering islands
crowned with the gverdure1 of trees 9and
I, vines; now in solitary Masses, now in
4 cualulous piles full of dark ravines and
4 mysterious caYerns.il Addgtol this 9the
4 eternab roar of these wa tiers, their long
} flashing curves of foam, their lodark
) Thirlpools and boiling eddies, Their
4 rising holumns of spray and the rain
i bows spanning the turbulent food! ADD
to it on the one hand, hill sides present
ing the mostidelicate effects of light and
shade, afecked with the purple of phlox
the gold of the9wild sunefowers, and
ever-yarying tints otW wild toornlng
J glories large enough for chalices for the
l wood nymphss covering the bliss surface
of the slate with every variety of tints
and ON the other hand majestic cliffs O
!. rock based upon the old red sandstone
: upholding the slate in its grasp, and OF
: these foundations crown of pines anC
birches, showing alternate strips of whit,
Z and green, and deeper,m subliner, NOR,
mysterious and more beautiful than al
D else, the tsolemn solitude of nature AM
q you have sueha picture3of beauty as cal
D scarcely be found anywhere else.J .nif
4 9s7l 8 'pu THE NEW TOWNS. 3ttlios
I Ia On the morning of the Goth, we walk E,
Eup to Thompson, the future metropoli
|. of this region. It is, but simple Justice +
u SAY that Thompson is not prepOssessin
e 7 lace. : The pines have just been cleare
}. away, and the town is made. up of thirt
r Tor forty board shantics, wigwams, an
tents. and inhabited by a heterogenou
9 people of the toughest description
q Every shanty with one exception, is d.
e voted to the sale of whiskey. TIL
+ American flag is profuse here, and wave
G the way to whiskey. There are tn
y Montreal House, the California House. !
! 4 read the inscri options written in char
Il coal upon rude Boards, and, each of thes
!. bark or log shanties is devoted t
t. whiskey.! Life here is in its roughes
:. mood. But there are indications Of IN
provement for we just passed two stor
house on a railroad car awaiting transpol
!. tation. Here are enterprising young fellow
$ with miscellaneous stocks Of goods keet
: ing watch over them until they can get
shanty up Now and then al India
$ stalks out of his wigwam and gaze
v upon the busy scene, wondering what !
g all means. You can get drunk anywher
for q six pence. You can lose your none
2 at very greasy faro anywhere, for tn
! law seems to be inevitable that all on
new towns must be founded in whiske
q and swaddled in sweat-cloth. Thomr
t son is repetition of several other town
. along the road where the pioneers hav
) just broken ground, and there is tim
e enough to study them for the trair