, 1873-07-09
Tho Pi1le~Top Town in l873~--
The Pulse and Peri
cardiuln.
People, Prospects, and improvements
There...A Quieter Ambition,
but Hopeful.
Country Opening Around the Lake"
Head. -
From Our p,na Correspondent.

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Vb,n 7 arrivod at at, Paul, in Tho afternoon
Of Juno Il, my attention wns moat ongagod,-
not Will, tho striking appearance Of tho city as
It stood on the bluff With It's long llilo8 OF atono
houses and stores, nor with tho bold hridge
which crossca tho Mississippi at steep fnclinn-
ton, aud perm'ta steamers with tho ta!lcst
blacks to pass under It's upper pior. wllo COM
mon cart could not go undor tho pior at tho
othor side,-but with n long linn OF ears on WHICH
wore inscribed the words:
tNoRruEnN PACIFIC RAILROAD,
that topic Of losislation aud finance
for 90 mnny years In I'LL parta |
Of tho country, but which now gave mo for |
tho first timo visible presentation OF laef.
In . fow days, found mysolf on Il comfortable |
eloepIug-car, Of tho Pullman pattern, on this
road, looking out OF tho window upon passing
lakes, rapids, and groves Of alm and fir; anu,
vhon nwoAo in tho morning, after eomtort-
ab!o ride Of 100 miEes, heard tho roaring Of
tho j.. I,
pALLEs OF THE BT, LOUIS n1SEn-
perhaps tho most isolated OF all on: beautiful
streams in the interior, Tho water cauo thnn-
loring down . gorge, its surges eintod brown
with tho juicos Of baBaul mud tnrnarac, ,-greon
islands amidst The pillows. and great, castoilatod
piles of rock towering aboyo tue smoke
and chugn Of tho wators. At this pofne,
the Northorn Pacific Railroad proper
fell away in tho forest behind us, and wo de-
scoudoti tho high bank Of tle river, amidst seon-
ory as unexpected AZ it WAS startling and wou-
acr{ul, For 10 milos tho st. Louis niyor pro-
ceeds in this manuor, widening in places almost
to tho o1tont Of tho Horseshoe Falls at Niagara,
aud again narrowing between preoipicon, where
tie stream ccases to appear, and only tho hoarso
roar md smoke Which ascend mark tho fact TINT
there It is engagod in torriblo struggle with it.
eelf. Tho bankH aro ofton 200 feet high, COM
posed Of sha1e, sand, and boulaers; and tho
road IL constructed OH d 8holf loTn from tho
face, OF scarp, OF what 1s nearly q mountain
covered to it's summit with foreBt-oalB. The
fall iB 500 fent in tho course OF
this ride mud 1 nm suro that mono OF
tho rapids ct tho st. Lawrence River
prcaents such grand Bcenory,--all tho moro Won
uerful from tho fact TINT, Ill tho foreBt-}evela
above tho Dallos, tho St. Louia ovotlowB its
banks, and lies in boundlesB shadows, which
rove through the uutroddon forests. grent
nbor Ty d pGadK n ona
thoro arc trestos 100 foot high, bracod one above
tho other, until tue oyo is made dizzy BY looking
down into tho boiling caldron. Along this
stretch OF road aro tho hnts OF bridgc-tondors,
aud tho old-fasl.ionod cottages Of ha!f-brecd
bircI,-cauoe liz f,eaueutly sccn gliding over tho
water, padded porhare by squaw whoHo lord
,s meantime spoaring pike and pickeroi at Tho
bow.
is tho largest place along this part OF tho liuo
and n srnall stoamboat, called tho "Stillinnn
Witt" lies o this pase bsnd Ind ts Hery &c.
Siilc Company. Below Fond du Lac the st;
Louis River il & scries Of lakes, flowing behind
Islands aud fields Of wild rioee, with the north
er shore ss snS hn n, snn
h;rcA. bpsswood, nnd white rlno. Grcnt bonl-
doris are scattered over tho precipitons ground,
and one 1nountan near at hand appears To rtHe
TO tho height OF 500 to COO feet.
DULUTH TO LooE At.
was eot down IN the main street OF puluth,
and the Wow waa certainly moro agreeable and
cheerful than had inforred from the. colorloaR
nl,otnrrnnhB which represent tho place aa =
stony foreground and wid-forest background,
insieatl. / found a smart, not-oror-oxcited,
woll-oauippcd young city, with an abundance OF
gosa noSa sssS ta an ts on tho HaRes
Imagine tho town rising up tue. stoopy ridges
of forest that il still boarding the submits, 20
that tho backing Of the town il bold and nearly
and he onE stfeoss @ lily fn a ~ tns
pye ns il It Ind been tltod up to be locked upon
Every houHe in 1t can ho saen from tho tarbof
Az it continues to spread, ii m11at eventually
oea foea Two.thrds Of To Way down tho town.
com1onts long, naIinw ps1nunito ,,'nisaa ~ aoa
Mleh o1tenns Gs snar;nr e I'll Thia % snit Is orfcct,
.a ana nave5 Ntl, innuruornblo thousands O.
iesal, 9na ~ naih,"a i,,rnwr, nyar i v The lake
t1ns s,l;1o W ~" ra1n hav behind IL. rocoiyius
,hn nn.'e ST. Tnuis itiyor, las waftoa t
tnS ti,;a bar tia uocdlota Of the ploasan
ansn n,,os uw ,Sc,, mo,e h aady all tho way to tn
E.G1'0sn nrar "o ti,a nm, Az re] M the hillside. Du
Hs' i,sS =; hit ~ an1 brand caual cut artilcia1l
ti., tsn IN t1n at matea s1hn ,en,,tiful i,,no
iIu n"r,'ns srho i, TaiIroa.l comoa down tho who'll
inn"si. ~ tho town h,t rion niles iu thu bay
wnIrr nnd croseiuy tho capn, terminates at
,;! ;,' A.'' tor ~, the t1een Lrink nf Ak
~. u,,nar;rr s,rSi itsafr
eDp''''A '''0''' nun DULUTH.
a! nusuIa "ntr.n ~ - - nj mr. cammnwnata #
i;teroyv iie suirt il outo remarkable, and tic aft
net na2aseI Lv the Torritorial Legislature, il
s Via r n,f IN onaraton Historical Socioty, Who's
.s,h1;epa pi tnna -, ara ,,ot exceai by those Of au
d p,nsr BODY in this county or Europe
' am inIoLted to Senator IlamBoy for Ill
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