, 1874-09-05
ACROSS LAKE MECHIHAN.
CorrtsnoNHeHte Of TAe Chicago 1Fribuns.

GnANp 1Ar1ps, 1tlch., Aug. 49, 1874
Forty years. ngo q Bnhll canoe WIZ rowed by
two mon up ono of tho uImnrof3s rivers tributary
to the eastern shores of Lake Michigan. 1t 1SAs
q winding, pretty stroara, passing through u fer
tilo, well"woodnd country. Just nbovo tho Rap
ids two log-lluta wero to bo soon, and hero our
travellers reatod. THIS was oil thon to DO found
OF the now tourishing little
CRY OF GRAND RAp1ps.
It bocano quito trading point md people, en-
ticad by tho riohnosa Of tho soil, and by it's no.
bio surrounding forests. canso by families, bnilk
their small houses aud commenced u fifo OF
prosperous industry.
So tho place grow. Houses we're pcrchoa
hack upon the Hills, and llnod oithor shore;
streets wora dug out Of tho high, sandy banlia
and gradually grain and frnit market was es-
tablIsllod. md mauy points along tho lake sup
plsod from this, tho moro favored garden. Mon
ca,no to tho realization that lumber was needed.
Houses wore going up everywhere. and nowlsoro
than bore wore soundcr, stoutor forest trees.
&c. like mushrooms in a nights growth, mills
sprang up Oh either hand. Largo gangs Of mon
wore sont up into the woods, and down the logs
came in tho spring, nllng the streams, mud
bringing substantial proof Of the money that
lay locked up it, tic heart Of pine elm, and onk.
Then it vas discovered that quantities of limo
stone iay bodied in tho Bnndy soil. Somebody
conceived tho toa OF turning it into plaster and
mortar, aud thus grow a now source OF iu-
dlstry+
THE LITTLE TOWN rnoangasED.
Wealthy men came from other pGrts, aud mado
protty a1,ti handsome homes within its precincts.
Tho citiXe,ls, grown rich in their sl1ccesafn OIL
torpriaes, wore uot to ho outtsono BY strangers;
n1,d consequently tllo hills about wora crowded
with pleasant dwellings, built of neat brick
manufactured in tho town. Largo garslonH wore
laid out, plenty Of Hhado-tr loft to limo the
streetB; md now you will 10 far to ind n prot-
tie city.
Down town thoy llavo 1atoly developed moat
aspiring disposition. Whole blocks Of brick
st0rps md buildings have boon raisod b and &
feot, Thu Btroots nra to bo lovoled, nud things
remodsloil over after modern fashions, Several
quito handsome blocks arc going up, old etoroa
enlarged, largo pfato-glass windows put in, and
in short, tho very latoat styles adoptod.
While they haYo attended to worldly comforts
and necessities, to judge from tho number Of
churches tho morals have not boon neglected. NIL
| tho different croeds 1oiug generously ropre-
| Honted.
along tic 3ii ryer-sido. TIC troos aro nostlyy
clear wator. Hote md there arc little iBlands,
| covered with luxurlant vegetation.
Auohor teaort is yeTy tey ta a1f ora no0n
oral summers ago, Mr. Pierce aud somo Of ats
| frloads built cottages for s,ta,1nor-roadenees,
| aud spent their days IN fishing and rowing.
! Thoso hayo boon cAnngod tnto = hotol. Doats
| aro to bo halt and hotol on tho other slo,
| whore extra fl.lo Lemonade is supplied, tompts
| the yiytpr to try his skill Ut thu oar
Onn OF the most beautiful tlacss In town is
| oAKHull5T,
| ]yinc on tho crown and down tho Blopo ot one Of
| titp thickeat~vootod hills The family -naaason
stands on tho highest point, nud from 1t you look
| down over tlo tops Of treos into tho riyor's vnl-
10y balow, where lies tho largor portiou Of tue
town. worry pratty Wow 1t is, with tho sunset-
light Illuminating 1t, and MI nyoninB.1 mist riainE
oYer tho foroat-ridgo beyond Onkh1rst COM
prsoa about acras, and, boaidea Nature ulylrg
with prodlgal hand dono much tor it, Art aud
cultivated taato haye mado the moat of ilA cal,a-
hllitlea.
The Hhrubbory Ia arranged 80 that pretty ylows
t.ere Ns.d thero Aye made. lsustle seats Of .,uuy
pattorns invita- rest hcnoath spreading oak md
| olM, VaAoA filed With bloom, fountains wlloao
| wators altrnck many birds and door raating oil
Buluy slopes or Hhyly lidaon In groom copsos,
add 10 tic general loausy, 4 lastoful sllnnof.
hn1so, aud ono OF tho wii.loss, most NATURAL
rnokorloB NO l'aya eyer soon, aro ony pArt Of tho
| charms OF this lovely place. a lino chnnco 1t Ia
For soma ono wishing beautiful h0mo, ~ wo
SOC it is 1uRt now to DO sold. Lot ua enyy. not
its future ownc.l but, ~ we take p"stlnG Look