Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-08-23

streams, dark de6les and fearful looking chssne
,reslls bridges from 40 10 100 feet high. No
visitor to:lhis section Of country should fail ,o
see the Dalles Of the 81. Louis River, be
tween Thompson and Duluth.
Back again among the sanguine pcople NJ
Duluth, we were soon en- route for home, aboa I'd
the Giy Of Boston, with JouS BRowN as Master.
and tue Of the jolicst Of Lake Captains. Nav
his soul continue to " march on" until Il Ia our
good fortune to enjoy another excursion, when
we hope to see him again, and enjoy the hospi.
tality Of his boat.
AZ near all the watering places on the nppee
lakes we found Toledo people basking in The
sunshine, Fishing and hunting. Az Saut Ste
Marie joviNl party Of Toledoens boarded our
boat, homo. ward bound, after spending a few
weeks along the North Shore of Lake Superior.
Among them @. A. WRED. 7. s. BARLOW, r.
h. HAMILTON, T. s. DIoEERsoN and lady, and
IL. BURpIcK and family, of the firm of CnAsR
lsnEHwooD & Co. Much pleasure was added
to the already joeial party BY this acquisition!
MIR. WEED, combining business with pleasure,
g took orders for 81 0 ,2Tl worth Of goods for the
i firm Of DABBrrr 4 HERMAN. As the leader of a
midnight" Finnigan" raid on Sarnia, Canada
West, he was a success.
Now we are prepared to say that the upper
peninsula Of Michigan, like the country lying
between Duluth aLd ST. Paul, Is not adapted to
agricultural pursuits. The soil is light and
thin, and rests for the most part on a strata of
rock, often Of a metallic character.
/ Timber is abundant, and embrace n variety,
among which, my b, foual Maple Oak, Pine
Birch, yellow, black, and whitt) Cedar and
Basswood. There are but few fences, and no
farm houses, properly speaking, and yet some
Of the best potatoes in the world are raised
there. Turuips a'so'do we'll, all berries grow in
abundance, but larger fruits. like wheat. have
not been much tried. Garden vegetables four
sh, and the county is, beyond all duubt a
healthy one and the air highly salubrious.
The lumber, mining, and fishing interests
Of the upper peninsula, constitute three great
sources Of wealth to that State, and must
sooner or later be appreciated. Large amounts
of capital are already invested in the first
and third !. bu, the latter has boen so injudic-
iously managed that loss aLd disappointment
| have been the result tending to check public
enterprise, AMI surround mining pro, etly
with haze Of rerr,eSity and doubt as to Its
being safe aud legitimate investment
| When mining stocks can can be kept free
| from Bulls and Bears, and mining manage
ment divested Of every species of dead head
I'ot parasiticai genera, aud none but scientific
or skilful men employed, useless expenditures
: will be avoided, the total costs be kelt down
to its minimum; and the production will In
many cases, not only exceed the expense, but
yield a fair If not handsome profit, where at
preseRt nothing in tho shape Of dij4cuds, il
realized.
we are mot a stock holder, nor ever expect
to be, but we know whereof NC speak, and
believe the time will come when the copper
mines Of that region will offer to the capital
ist sure, safe, and reliable investment.
Then, and not till then, will the Lake Supe-
rior region awake from It's lethargy, become
prosperous, and attain that prominence in
manufacturing and commercial interests
to which it is entitled, and which it is dcs-
tined at no distant day to occupy.