, 1873-08-02
A SUM M ER-TRfP.
Chicago 10 Bismarck, via Dulut'l---
Notes by tho Waysillc.
Chicago, Geographically and CONNER.
cially, the Venice Of tho Lakoa'

6tRNN upOA OVAA / VA "tA-- =
II Chicago cau givo n jew Justice aganst
Christian, thcn will se hold hor own ngainst
tho ucnoaa Of tho day. Lot her Board of Trado
opa her to-bo-purged Justico-rooltB accept
Venice as their model, and tho world will ace
resurrection OF Vonice upon tho Bhoree OF The
Northwestern A(1riatio.
Tho busy hum Of thousands returning from
their daily toll was dying away Oh tho ear "llo'
with moonlight on tho watora, aud tho gol'len
llues Of a declining sunset gliding tho spires OF
tl,ia high1y-moral city, wc passed
FROM THE RIVER TO THE LAKE,
through largo tleet Of coal, lumber, and iron
froirltcd nrgostos, bearing inward to q city ap'
parontly atloat and aslcop on tho BOSOM
of tho 1nirrorcd lalo Iuy-inflatod lungs
and delicious GOODNESS divorce liz from our other
olf who for weeks past, has boon dotniciod uil-
dor tho eyor-attondant donso envelope Of impuri-
tios wlcl, hang like a pail over tho far-roachtng
arrav Of atroots. Attor nights rost. wo wnko
md find ourselves ut Milwaukee. II this city bo
n measure Of what tho Groat Northwest Ia to do
for towns paying homage to Chicago, where and
When is this rapidly ly-accumnlating development
to oulnlinatc2 but yestortlny, Chicago marsh;
Milwaukee, grovo-covored hil1u; our mtddlo~aged
men associated with thoir inception;
GAN u1sronG PARALLEL IT?
CAM the Past, with ooEturtos, pile up the re-
Aults which the samo number OF years havo
produced horo 2 Does tho Old World today
form IN adequate conception Of tho vast natural
trcasurics Of this country, y,-trcasurles which, at
overy muscular effort OF her oxilcd Hons, 1B
creating cities in what waa a Wilderness, pouring
plenty into tho GranarieB Of ovor-popuased
Europe, transmitting prairie-grass into gold, and
evolving grand arterial circulation between
East and West, North and South tho result,
"Tratlo tho. calm health Of nations" Tho
world scarcely realizoB tho fact that, forty years
Bnce, the Chicago swamp WIS cleared out. by
tho Indians. Of the fow hardy traders who woro
temporarily sheltered by tho then most advanced
fort Of the United States. It is of intorost to
start from this point md travel Northward and
Westward till we reach to-dny tic point Whero
CIVILIZATION AND sAvAaEnY
confront each other, az they did in our Juvenile
day on tho 1ako-front OF Chicago.
Tho most euporficinl observer notes that, the
further wo got from Ollioago. tho cities, settlo-
monts, squattors, aud cloarings bocomo few or
and wider apart until spaces Of from 90 to 40
miles Of coaat may bc passed where. no uign Of
humanity is mado. Nevertheless, yonr by year,
1000 immigrants pour through milwaukee, md
Chicago, aud aro spreading over tho country;
section after section of prairie are brokon up
md woodland cleared. Could we compress
years into tho observation of weokB, ne should
500 this vast tidal wayo Of Civilization porcopti-
biz move within our vision. Botwoen Chicago
and Duluth, 1000 miles Of coast, richly clothed
with valuable timber above, and profuse Inctallll-
crouB riches below, awnit tho coming men. Tho
levor is being applied at mnny points, indicating
us mnny districts, each one Of which is indiviau-
ally capnblo OF
surr1Y1NG THE WORLD ....
with iron for the next 1000 yeays. Tho Same
may DO said Of ita copper; and tho present indi-
catlone of silver promise to pour such NIL abuns-
apco into our midst aB to naturally alter Its pre5-
Ont relative value to gold.
Tho Present and the Future arc dominant in
our thoughts; hut tho Past, tho long Past, rises
up, aud thruste upon our notice facta clothed IN
concerning the condition Of these latitndos when
climate nnl physical fentllrcs woro different to
thoao Of to-duy. Tho student OF tho Glncial Pc
Rod Of our globe has, on the shores OF Superior,
ed geological fact TINT, at some period in the
pabt, not ycry far removofi from the ai'vant nj
man, ,...
tho hish lalilulea Of tue Continent. In tho
scooped-ont lateral valoy, and tho great valleys
of Lake Superior, ho il surrounded by evidences
Which accumulate in tho ratio Of his observation.
In many instances, tho valleys have boen filled
up by tho ordinary morano-mattor left by tho
retiring glacier. Hancock nnl Uoughton Val
leys arc rich in moraino-matter, aud modified
and unmodilod drifts iucloBing boulders many
tons in weight, which have travelled hundreds OF
miles from tl,or paront.rock. Tho oxcavating
power Of water las not snfficod to lid tho valley
of it's drift, blt it has aided III noting two dis
tinct alterations in tho level Of tho land. The
rocka here as in most metal-bearing districts,
nttost great disturbances, and necessarily intense
chomical cha'gc: The power which collects the
minute atoma Of
distributed through large areas OF rock has been
busy in aggregating them into masses of nntive
copper mud dentlaing forces have probably
stripped off 1nucl oyorlying rock, and thus OK,
posed to our observation tho rich deposits with
In our reach: ThoAo denuding forces wero pow.
orful enough to wrench or large and Bulall
masses Of rock holding native copper and these
n,nsses, iucased In ice, after much wandering,
hayo boon borne into our moro Southern Staten,
whore their discovery has often led to tho viaio1,
Of coppor.depoBita noar by. Theso erratio blocks
nlines. / was told, at 1foughton, OF block dis.
covered tlloro which yielded 18 tons OF pure cop
pcr. This, was refreshing. But, noar, q
thor tnepoon % Ills lode uat De tho fathor Of sAah tho
orratio. On the strength Of this conclusion, Q
company was organized, and, after 3200, 900 had
;beon expended, tho lodo did not pay, and, al
every stage, 1t persstent1y ropuaiated ta aftir.
hero atteasel tho ricnosa Of the Ilines :; Ecoref
Of massos OF native copper, Weighing and {
tons each, Wero scattered around. At this 10.
caty, coPper-o1'-thc,brai afflicted most Of ou'
party Ladies' and gentlemen, including
straight Methodist parsorl,. pllod the la1nlnol
vigorously, in not only breaking Btones. but a1st
Tie mammillated rocks Of glacial dis
triots arc we'll HAoWn ut many points along tht
coast, but notably Mt Duluth.
After eight days on the water, re enter q
suuriaa the port of
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