, 1875-07-14
The Peregrinations Of q Pro-
fessional Picnicking
Party.
Old,Tims Rocks, and Their Eject on
the Average Theatrical
Digestion.
South Chicago, Col. James f. Bowen,
and tho Calumet River.
The Suspicious Behavior Of Some Sun
day-school Excursionists.

unf30ElIUua hhAA1 9AtthSASt
n the EH1n7 AZ ne Chfeaoo ntbttM:
Cu,cAao, July t3.-To whit for steamboat on |
= tlusty lumbor-pter, with furio',s SUI polling
down It's dog-aay f1onzy, ia no new SENSATION IN
July. but to fecl the susnmes-toEer In ones
blood suddenly numbcd By gust from the
North Pole and to SEQ tho white caps mTati-
ca,ly bog;n tumbliug nndes the lash OF keen
no1thwsss gale, u!leso = moment before tho
water had bcen gliilerinG aud Wnvelets, arc
privileges, I take It, exclusively permitted to
thoec who tlva nnd moro and have their being
on tho ehorcs Of Like Michigan. When, thia
morning. tiras began my vigil on tho edge u
thst ftful sca, It qutvetcd with heat. 1nsts, and
nothing worso; the eky disclosed daz-
cling bluo, anil tho city bohind mo was
still cuttaine1 in tho fading murk Of
J.ybrcak, md alas Of cosl-smoke 1n tho very
shadow Of that majestic pattorn for cr11et-
stand Ia which there has been como wonderful
protense OF N Exposition, stood and waited,
with the impntonce OF Enoch Arden, for no
enil. hut for tho trailing cloud which should
proclaim the approach Of
col. DowEs's sTEiN YACHT.
Az waitod. therp Hns abundant tin1o to con-
tcnplatn thu freshest industry iuto Which Chi
c4eo capitai and enterprise laTo been injected
| 10 wit, tho odd collection OF ploasute-boata
which now line tho south shorc.
| 1he5 a1e weird, uncanny voesols these Chtca-
m ,,toaanra,l,oatn ,onnrc and mssbopen. With
| . dismal homemade look about them, moro
than enough to nfrront tho critical yiew. Such
| walla aided craft with such square, ungaiuly
eailR never uoood tho patronage Of city folk
elsewhere. To me they sconod mighty COLI
scions OF being in no sense comparable with
thelr maEho COUSINS ano' "non ois'"' nv
a1id thon struck their grim canvhs, they verify
.rombiod down to thcir kccls, as il they suffered
| from sneaking terrof Of toipR shortly EXPOSED
a.
"e
faros1Eha AND cooSthAt Etis'
Ono bearded ntren beleagufea mo WITH n's
prayers to take an outing In his boat, and. look
ing bo1tily at hjs t1oprtng and uncou!h mainsail,
dns,-.a n,o h n,tfca thot ho vas m o,d n,an-of-
ware-man, to "nlcn pIca oouia fosnfn no'hlhs
bottor than an incrcduloua wink At tho squafor
and uunhinshapaneas Of his pI1naco, which two
| f.i1,noa t.kc il havc hoon tlovcal out Of salt.
=. ~. ~, -. ,,,.,.s a.,t,s;ss
| "ateh 'an q. Ae"o. '''so oo'sai',o .s',
There TAe, lhdecd, opo p1etty sloop, FeEy carc-
fully rcofod A. to her mansail, nhch cEept out
rin4et1y 70 tho new hsTbor 1ine and which,
enreen,nr N thu ,onno broeze. eamo homo viii,
much hurry and e1Pod!tson ~ 6oon Is sue
touchod that easy booha. sno was nes'oo''y
handled. Raa tnAt hoop, anu "neh nao pun VI
wind sent her recling TO leowtrd. one Of her
ownera+ ~ suppose who Htood 1t ny eoo",
held his breath tiil she rscovs7ed hor balance.
~. ....a. -. . vi. tr,n,fncort hIr, and a
sb;s.;ns hsso n eray yaror. norhsns tho ghost
os ronS yestar1ay's ooaI.smoks. hoyercd upop
IL surfaco
EAk - soAataaS" aLnnH nsaana ,t,- ,h;c,,
chanes5 and thtnned snu thickeued ooptinual-
w. w"ra Yew achooneIs a. anchor or yslnly
c,,r,t,nv tha w,nd Two rni,oa out the crt6
snono "hlts @na !natn.enn, hae .o0l e1at'1;. uLto
tticad mat lon1 anouah 10 bo forgotten,
!. - fnn1. nnfv n,,A mn1nent for tha scene tn hc
cbarec1 and the xtana to b elcarol for another
c'auReu AHn ~. ss"S S;et ~ - ea.s ~. N',.,h nat
III h,oe1 t,nr,h1sd n 1nv voins ,lke strtnltn All
st..tn-. In lis hrnLn mt into 4 thonsand
crostcd vsyos. ths sky VA cav, tho smoke IND