The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-06-17
BY RAIL OR BY STEAMER
EXCURSION TICKETS FOR A soNG'

| The season for summer travel IL ~ nan''
! and for a few months halt the world wiz D.
away from home. An immense sinVuu' "
travelling 10 done in this country IN 'ne sum
mer season. People whose desires 10 "o'
lead them, or whose p,D,es will not permit
them TO visit Europe or the iasnioh"o'e
watering places, crafty their desires 'o'
change and recreation by excursions W
beautiful and picturesque places In our
own NATIVE LAND.
Some combine business with pleasure, and
take such routes as will allow tnem N s'tenu
10 some small matter by personal atteptioh
which would not warrant the expense IN
cured were Il not combined with pleasure
and recreation. Those who seek pleasure
only are oftsn ct a loss 10 determine whieu
way to 20 or which route will embrace the
most variable and pleasing scenery, give
most comfortable accommodations and touch
| lightest that highly necessary companion,
the pocket-book. For who is there among
| all those who travel In search OF pleasure
who tries to see how much expense can he
incurreds And again who 10 there who
does not endeavor In all cases 10 incur ~ lit
|
] possib.e? The Illinois Central ksilrosd
company with CONNIE ndsble liberatity and
enterprise on the part OF itself and the ysri-
Gus routes with which IL connects, have
issued n
ROUTE BOOK FOR TOURISTS
For the summer oi 1873, containing routes
and rates for excursion tickets for the sum-
mer season. These tickets were placed on
sale in Cairo at the company's ticket Office
June. 1, aud will continue to be sold until
August 1873, and will be good until the first
day Of November 1873, being four months
and half from the present time. They are
sold at greatly reduced rates and may
be purchased either in Cairo or At
the company's Office at l02 North Fourth
street, ct. Louis aud are sold only Tor the
round trip. Persons DESTROYS OF taking a
summers jaunt into Michigan, wiscon-
sin or Minnesots have the choice OF no less
| than
roRTY-EIGHT DIFFERENT ROUTES,
From Cairo or ST. Louis. some Of these
routes are all rail, others are part rail and
part steamer. For instance tn. tourist who
wishes to take trip to Milwaukee may buy
a ticket Tor $40 40 and take his choice of
seven different routes after reaching Chi
cage. If he wishes to reach 81. Paul, he can
| buy ticket for the round trip tor ga 50,
and from that up to S36 10. On the first he
can travel from Cairo to Dubuque by rail !;
thence to St. Paul by steamer, and return
| by the same route. The more expensive
tickets take him via Chicago and other
points, and a pie ising variety Is added 10 the
Journey by change from
BAIL To STEAMER.
Excursion tickets can also be had for
Madison, Wisconsin, Bar.boo, Waukesha,
Oconolnowoc, Grand Haven, Green Bay,
Green Lake, Duluth, Marquette, Elkhart
AXE and kipon, the prices running from
go Az to 10 40, according to distance ard
route chosen. All of these routes take the
traveller through some Of the grand At, moot
| va led scenery on the American continent (;
gives him . sight OF the grandest OF the
great lakes, (Superior) and its companion
lake Michigan. Tue Baraboo valley, thu
beautiful lakes W hich are In the vicinity Of
Madison and Oconomowoc, Waukeshs with
Its noted mineral rprings, and many other
aces OF notes, descriptions Of which, to-
getner with many OF the different
towns Of the Northwest, can
be found In the guide which will be sup
pied tree on application At the ticket Oh
fees.
The Western and Southern tourist who
wishes to travel east, Is not lett out in the
cold. Special excursion tickets from
CAIRO TO BOSTON AND RETURN,
The round trip for iorty-hve dollars arc
offered giving the traveller the choice OF
TIL ee different routes, from Detroit east
by the fist he may go from Detroit to Port
land, Maine, by the Grand Trunk railway;
thence to Boston via the Boston aud Maine
or Eastern railways; the second, same Is
above, to Montreal, thence via the Vermont
| Central railroad along lake Champlain
through the Green mountain region via
White river junction, Concord and Nashua
| to Boston and return the same route. The
other is the same to Ogdensburg, New
YORK; thence through northern New York
TO ROusee Point; thence along lake Cham
| plain same rs No. 2 10 Boston and return by
the same route. In connection with the ex.
cursion tickets those who wish to pass
through the Thousand islands and down the
rapids Of the st. Lawrence river by steamer
from Kingston to Montreal can do 10 at an
extra cost Of four dollars; loron o to Niagrs
Fails AMI return via Lake and New York
Central railroad three dollars and sixty
cents; Richmond junction to Quebec and re-
turn Tor three dollars.