The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1873-09-18
Correspondence.
Oled0O., Sept. 4th, Is

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region, l will write them, at least
q brief account, by way Of satisfy.
ing their desire for information,
My journey was over the popu-
lar line Of the Flint q Pere Mar
quctte Railway. The point of
embarkaiion was Horsey, aud the
time, on the morning OF the 81
inst. | found there were plenty
OF empty seats at the outset, aud
had begun to ilatter myself upon
tho prospects Of that pleasure Of
riding upon the cars without tho
annoyance of a crowd, when l
learned that Barnum's great ex-
hibition was at Saginaw that day,
and my worst suspicious were con
tirmcd, as ut each station largo
numbers were added to the occu.
pants OF tho cars, until said cars
were literally filed to overfowing,
and caused Arnold, who, by the
way, is one OF he best and clev-
crest Of Conductors, to look OK
ceedingly sharp after the business
of collecting tickets.
At Farwell large delegation
awaited tho arrival of the train.
Among them AZ pears the genial
countenance OF Holden, tho Re
gister man, who had set ont for
Saginaw for the purpose of allow
ing the '.junior editor" the pleas
nre Of an introduction to "the
elephant" 1t WAS net long after
this that two empty passenger
coaches were added to tho train,
and quickly filled with passengers.
With the tlirong which boarded
the train at Midland, came Frank
Burton, OF the Independent. lie
also, was bound for Saginaw. This
addition of the third imam of let
tiers" gave the excursion quite al
intellectual cast" l had almost |
said gave "weight," instead Of Sin.
tellectual cast;" but l didn't for l |
remembered the story OF the Edi
tor who made an ascent in a bal.
loon; when it collapsed, and the
literary man fell with it suddenly
to the ground escaping, however,
with little or no injury. the
!igbtness of bis fall was attributed
to the samount Of "gas" he was
Of. But enough of this.
l had nearly forgotten to speak
Of the signs Of energy and pros.
perity displayed in most of the
new towns along this Division Of
the +. & p. NJ. Railway. Now
stores and dwellings were every.
where seen springing into cxls.
tence; also lumber mills. In
speaking Of tho scenery along this
part of The Road, l am compelled
to describe it as somewhat monot.
Onous, consisting chiefly Of dense
forests on either side; streams of
clear, pure water +; with here and
there Il well cultivated farm, tho
crops afording ample evidence OF
what we may expect when once
our wild lands are brought under
the pillow.
Leaving Saginaw and continu.
ing my journey southwark,
passed through some of the most
beautiful country my eyes ever
behe!d. Here | found on every
hand, evidences of a somewhat
older settled country, in the farms
and substantial farmh ouses. One
of the principal points of attrac
ton was the many beautiful lakes,
each one covering ground from
one to ono hundred acres in OK.
tent. The water contained IN
them is said to DC rcmaI kably
pure, and to contain many fish
The surface of the country is
slightly rolling. Rain was now
falling, as in fact it had been since
about 0 o'clock in the morning.
This gave a peculiar freshness
and beauty to the landscape view.
which was very pleasing.
So far as formed the opinion
while being whirled rapidly along,
It seemed evident that this section
had not suffered much, if any,
from the drouth which prevailed
in Lake and adjoining counties
during the latter portion of the
summer. The grain had been
nearly all harvested, while in
some instances tho corn had been
cut and shocked. The apple orch.
ards gave promise of an abundant
crop, but | did not observe any
peaches.
This train was under the control
Of Converse, who formerly run on
the Northern Division, and whom
MANY TINT have hal occasion IN