Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-07-08
Around the lakes.

Leaving port on Wednesday noruiog
seemed 10 the officers and men Of the Gig
! q 2o5eC'o very common place affair, bui
| TO many Of ,ae passengers it was full Of ia.
| terest Down the river, through the draw
bridges, with The crush Of street travel in
| terrupted Oh either side. out into the blue
water Of The Lake, the buildings and spires.
and smoke and mum Of the busy city falling
| away, and home End friends fading into
viStas end the clear cold nater a thousand
miles ahead The hsrbor was filed with
craft OF al kinds bearfng the wealth o our
| young state to various ports. TIE {deho,
fine steamer OF a rival line, led us out of
The bay, little 10 our chaggiu, it must be
confessed. i0nr Fourth OF July patriots
| understand the sentiment of!iberty awak an-
| ed, when Doth ys5sels added canvass to
steam and lay neck to neck Tirae
was Of 40 special account s. snails pace
would have recruited health Just as well,
! bus then there was The satlsfactio OF duty
veil performed when the last streak Of w is
copsin shore faded away across our rivals
bows, a supremacy well sustained the rest
Of the way.
Once out Of port and everything depends
on the imam ss the wheel" There be
| stands turniag this way and that, his eye fix
| ed on the compass only now and then gianc-
ing at the guides ahead. Looking OYER his
shoulder The needle reads two points north
OF north east and it has been his duty to
hold just at that all day. That is, draw
circle around Milwaukee, divide between
north and east into twelve parts and Ue
are running Two points nearer north than
east. Lay this circle on the map and you
have our course TO Wabbloahank' s lighthouse
our highest latitude and the entrance to the
straits About four o'clock g sharo blow
from the north came down upos Us and
night set ia with The THERMOMETER nearly
down to freezing, the clouds as heavy and
leaden as November, and q fog so dense rs to
smut out from sight any approaching boat.
| The officers were alert and about every min
ute the whistle sounded cot an alarm.
| Slowly and carefully our Captain moved
| along, Ioosing over two hours during the
| fog. The evening formed a number Of
| acquaintances, not toe less agreeable in that
| the religious sentiment was numerically
! predominant. At late bed time the fog was
lifting and the fall moon glanced aslant the
| dark troubled waters, and many who wonld
| have been terror stricken in a heavy storm
were asleep, not knowing that the fog was
more dangerous than two or three blows
! The night was very cold and the morning
| gloomy, but about ten O'Clock as we round
ed tbel;gbthoasa and entered the straits, as
delightful q day as one coud ask broke up
on US. The world famed waters rolled up
before the prov IN crystal spray, OF fell
astorn in dancing emeralds, or glsteDed in
gold more enchanting than the cornet Of
jewels Of earths queenly beauty. Che
islands now lie close on either hand, and
the bracing air, and changing scenery keep
t all on the hurricane deck Mackinac island
the new Government Park-tha gem OF all
this wealth of beauty lies off to the left,
and we 90 ashore at Duncan City-eoasist
Jag of one sawmiii where they run out
about ,0oo feet as their daily work.
| Here we enter Huron dreary and monoton-
| Gus except when its broad expanse is dashed
| by the winds that sweep across It. The
low shore as far as the glass can reach brist-
| les with q seemingly unbroken forest OF
| pine. Enough for the present generation,
and who cares for the future. The second
night settles down upon a starlight sky and
| quiet sea, and the cabin now generally ac-
| quainted is alive with cheerfulness. The
| pineries furnish the material, and al fore
noon friday the def fingers OF the ladies
have been preparing the decorations of our
steamer, and after laying in stock OF
! rockets and fire crackers at Detroit we ex-
! pec5 to morrow morning to run the fourth
/ into Cleveland in a very entertaining way.
| About three P. NJ. Of Friday we reached civil
| ization again, and this epis.Ie is committed
| 10 you with remembrances TO those Of your
readers who may glance at it. e. B. G.
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